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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 26 (XXVI), 4/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

themselves out of the water before we would even have a chance to orchestrate some public understanding or congressional understanding of the idea. That was number one. Number two, timing was very important, vis á vis other things we were doing. When would we

Oral history transcript, James A. Lovell, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

encour aging remarks there. M: Well, that was bigger contact then. L: Oh, yes, it was a much bigger contact we had. M: You might talk about that a little bit. That was right before Apollo VI II? L: It was just before the launch of Apollo

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

though they don't like it because they think it goes too far in the dictates of their political situation." And then, of course, underlying all of it was the feeling that always exists in Congress vis-a-vis the party or vis-a-vis the executive branch

Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 2 (II), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Stuart Symington, interview 1 (I), 10/6/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

commitment to the vi abil ity of Israel. As a member of Armed Servi ces, a deep obligation to see that these people get the weapons necessary to defend themselves. The foreign aid picture has been clouded in recent years because Israel has run out

Oral history transcript, Bart McDowell, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be provided by the Library to researchers upon request. (5) Copies of the transcript and tape recording may be deposited in or loaned to institutions other than the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. Ar i vi st Date·~ 2.~1, /f72

Oral history transcript, Cameron McElroy and Lucille McElroy, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

problem. G: Did you ever vi sit LBJ in Washington? M: Many times, at his office and his home. G: Can you recall your discussions during these visits? M: At home it was always just pleasure, but at his office we talked business. G: Was he helpful

Oral history transcript, Frank Pace, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

wants to say, "Well, a pretty good job was done on it." That's not news, as you and I knOl'l. [vi: Right. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ

Oral history transcript, Edie Adams, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

by the Library to researchers upon request. (4) (5) Copies of the transcript and tape recording may be deposited in or loaned to institutions other than the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. VI / . . 7 _7 _/ F' Dono.r Date I / \ \. Date {/ . .

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in, which was to the effect that the Supreme Court. was going to solve the problem of the use of federal funds in a nondiscriminatory fashion,and that actually it might not be necessary for Congress to legislate. Of course, they did under TiUe VI

Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 3 (III), 2/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was there. What I was concerned about is what many people criticized the President [for], and that is an overemphasis in Vietnam. I was concerned about it primarily because I thought that he hurt his policy; he hurt his position vis-a-vis Vietnam by concentrating

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

Oral history transcript, Harold Fleming, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1986, by Michael Gillette (Item)

that there was in the conference dissatisfaction with the administration of Title VI of the [1964] Civil Rights Bill, particularly with regard to education. Do you recall that being an issue in the conference? F: There were a lot of issues; there were a lot of kind

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 3 (III), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 4 (IV), 4/24/1981, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

VI, suspension of funds, the President never interfered even though we were regularly reported to about HEW's action to cut off funding for schools if they didn't comply with Title VI. Even, I remember, it came when I was getting calls from

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 5 (V), 7/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

problem. Then, when we planned joint briefings, it was usually with the Gennans or the British or some one of that '='-'De nower. ryroblems arose an them. -~e'd decided :.) :>av, 1nd ·ve .ocavee1 preccy much :)ne ~vi th ~eforenand what ~e were

Oral history transcript, Eugenia Boehringer Lasseter, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Miller lived in Corpus Christi. Welly Hopkins was a state senator from Gonzales. G: Rut he L: Yes. v! ass t i 1"1 tea chi n9 vI hen you VI e n t 0 u twit h him? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT

Oral history transcript, John J. (Lt. Gen.) Davis, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to assure your destructive capability vis-à-vis the opponent if he strikes you first. We have attempted to support the Administration's policy decisions, once they have been made, on the size and characteristics and deployment of ABM's as well as offensive

Oral history transcript, Lawrence Fox, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: Too many Secretaries of Commerce. M: That's what I was going to ask. weaken Commerce vis F: ~ Why so many; and does having so many vis some of the other Departments, perhaps? I don't think there's any question that it does. I think continuity

Oral history transcript, James W. Gulick, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

that as these are retired at the end of the Vi,etnam difficulties, then you f 11 be able to take up the slack by the increased commercial use and the renewed emphasis on the commercial arm of it that you were talking about. LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, the Vi ce Pres i dent was more often than not in the room. ~ ness of him j~ Now, my conscious- those days, 1962, early 1963, encompassed primarily, however, an awareness of a man who was there and was quietly leaned on by the President with respect

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Welsh, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, G. Mennen Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/8/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and of course the biggest problem was vis-à-vis Portugal because the Azores was a vitally important stopping point. It's not quite half- way, but being able to stop to refuel meant that our planes could carry twice the payload. And about, I don't know, 75 per

Oral history transcript, Will Wilson, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

or state attorney general did you have any relationship \'/ith him? H: ~'Jell, not to amount to anything. Supreme Court. I can't remember any on the I don't remember that at all. I came through vJashington when I was attorney general one time and vis

Oral history transcript, James C. Wright, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, yes. the candidate. I didn't want to spend my time with For heaven's sake, he can take care of himself. was trying to reach people that he wasn't reaching. F: vi d you get any sort of i nci denta 1 benefi t from thi s, when you offered yourself

Oral history transcript, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Donald C. Cook, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the relationship beb/een Congressman Johnson and f'k. [Carl] Vi nson, the chairman of the parent commi ttee? C: Yes I did. I saw that at rather close range. S: It's often been described as a kind of protégé-type relationship. Is that right? C: Well, I don't

Oral history transcript, John J. Corson, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Maurice M. Bernbaum, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the position eventually of doing what you fellows did vis-à-vis Europe--managing our own industry eventually and taking over . It seemed reasonable, and this was the thesis that I always mentioned to the American community, which I think most of the American

Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

to the Community Action Agency not being a program-operating agency, but to plan, to coordi nate, to be the fiscal agent vis-à-vis the federal government, be responsible for the fiscal surveillance of the grantees, of the delegate agencies . But that programs

Oral history transcript, John W. Black, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

with the primary interest in our trade problems, particularly vis-à-vis Europe because that was my area of assignment, and also having some rather strong thoughts which I still have about the inadequacies of our trade promotion program, I started out

Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 3 (III), 3/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of a misstatement, because from the very beginning it was more a matter of word than deed. In fact, Justice never really developed a strong coordinating responsibility. We did under Title VI of the '64 act which vested in the executive agencies the power to withhold

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, h e n eeded me to come that particula r Friday because o n Monday Secretary Mc Namara was leaving for Vi e t Nam and the Pr es ide nt wanted me to go with Secretary Mc Namara to Viet Nam . So I had to ge t my shots and pas s port and all

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Valley Authority vis-à-vis its relationship with and its performance towards Negroes, and I spent three or four weeks down there doing this. F: You have been credited with having obtained high appointments for several Negroes, most particularly

Oral history transcript, Ben H. Powell, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

was the link between the two, or introduced them, or something like that. P: I would think it's probably true. I would think so. Herman Brown had the same res pect for l\1 vi n .Johnson had. \~i rtz Because, that Lyndon They both \'Ioul d go to A1vi n wi

Oral history transcript, Merrell Blackman, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Lloyd N. Cutler, interview 1 (I), 4/12/1969, by William Helmer (Item)

that the states bordering on New York would have about the same vi ew as New York does on the need for controlling guns. So I don't think that the leakage problem is that serious if we could find a way to make every state impose some form of handgun licensing

Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: No, not at all. Well, maybe I shouldn't say not at,all, but this was not a problem. M: Our minorities were very small. The other consideration of course would have been that these tend to be very 1i bera 1 peep1e towards such subjects as c i vi 1 ri'ghts

Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the same for them. F: Do you have a sort of a rightfielder's position in this vis-a-vis the State Department and its operational function? I'm thinking about, you know, the old thing that the rightfielder ought to pay his way into the ballpark because he's