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Oral history transcript, William F. McKee, interview 2 (II), 11/8/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • , was very careful to see that the position of the Administrator in the government hierarchy was not disturbed. Level II. For example, as Administrator, I was a With respect to Level II, that means that you are one notch below the Cabinet level; Secretary
  • Oral history transcript, William F. McKee, interview 2 (II), 11/8/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Oral history transcript, Claude C. Wild, interview 2 (II), 10/3/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • a lot in that Allred affair. They came in to see me one morning, and said, "We want you to manage Lyndon Johnson's campaign. II He had just announced the day before. I only knew him by newspaper accounts. I didn't know him personally. M; You had
  • Oral history transcript, Claude C. Wild, interview 2 (II), 10/3/1968, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Frank Church, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • and said, "That was a fine talk you gave. Have you consulted with Lyndon Johnson on this matter?" And I said, "No, I haven't." And he said, "Do you know- the role that Lyndon Johnson has played in this? gets passed, it will be his doing, not yours. II
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 20 (XX), 1/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a lot of hell because it was a political meeting and he was announcing a military thing but it--that's how he took care of Goldwater. We were so burned by Minute Man II, Goldwater claiming that Minute Man II was not a new weapons system, that when we
Oral history transcript, Betty Cason Hickman, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • on the plane at seven o'clock that morning, he was dozing and Lady Bird was reading a book. my books out of my little case and began to read. Lady Bird asked me, "Betty, what are you reading?" Il m just studying a lesson. II So I slipped In a few minutes
Oral history transcript, Mike Manatos, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • and say to you, There was no It was just like I IIl'd 1 ike to di scuss a matter with you, II and. that was it. F: You had an advantage with him in his famed any hour, he was available. M: (Laughter) Wasn't he? I made it a point to try to have
Oral history transcript, Joseph Palmer II, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
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Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • a whole bunch of tails of fm'-es on the wall, II whatever that phrase was--not foxes. M: Coonskins? K: Coonskins! III ,.;rant to see this coonskin on the wall," banging away with his hands at it, you k-n0l-1--1:V'onderful gesture! coonskins up
Oral history transcript, Terrel Maverick Webb, interview 1 (I), 1/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh :-'"_e'?-~ -~-. - !'ii:-- WEBB -- I -- 6 were working for Lyndon at that time. Because he would come over to San Antonio, and filaury just went crazy on the subject of saving that little historic spot there in San Antonio
Oral history transcript, Daniel O. Graham, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • without Diem," and those who said, "We cannot accomplish our aims with Diem. II It was almost a fifty-fifty spl it. Now, one of the fellows who became very key in the whole Vietnam affair, George Carver, I can recall him coming in after the fall of Diem
Oral history transcript, James W. Gulick, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • cooperation of the labor union leaders to pressure their men to take jobs on ships >"hich are really not the nicest in the world to sail on. You're talking now about making men serve on ships that are twenty, twentyfive years old. M: World War II vintage. G
Oral history transcript, Harrison Salisbury, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • to be sure~ because we didn't get any response from you. II I said, "Well, where did you send this cablegram?" He said, IIWe sent it to the address of your newspaper in Pari s. II At thi s time~ Paris. the Times was still publishing an international
Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . expense~ That put an end to my travels until I got into aviation and finally into World War II, before I ever got to take in a good part of the rest of the world. But Dallas has always appealed to me. I've been away from it several times but I've
Oral history transcript, Margaret Mayer Ward, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Ward -- I -- 6 have done it in quite such a concentrated fashion but still in as a person who was at home with them. congressman. II "I am Lyndon ~ he went Johnson~ your Held eat a bowl of chili, and held brag on the chili. Now I do remember
Oral history transcript, Newton Minow, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • car." going to get my car. driver. He So he was LBJ said, "You see that fellow. He's my He's been the driver for the majority leader for many years, going back to Joe Robinson. II F: Joe Robinson from Arkansas. M: He said, liDo you know he
Oral history transcript, Eugene Williams and Helen Williams, interview 1 (I), 10/27/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • this that you could admire him for. Then there were Limes 'Nhen he would be caITlpaigning and with very little rest:, You would think that he had a. few minutes to rest, and then one of the aides would co'me in and say, "This group is out to see you o II He
Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 2 (II), 4/24/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh INTERVIEW II DATE: April 24, 1981
  • Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 2 (II), 4/24/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • in the press. My experience has been that after every war the underachievers come up with something related to the war, whether it's shell shock or whether it's gassed in World War II or whether it's battle fatigue in World War II or whether it's Agent Orange
Oral history transcript, Jack T. Conway, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of years 1ater I met up VJith him and he sa id, "You I re doing what I talked about doing. II Common Cause was a mi.ddle-class organization, of course. So anyway, he was going through transition in his thinking. So was I. But that's not really central
Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • . It was at that time--and I think this was on January 22 or 23--Shriver made an offer, at least he invited me to accept the position of director of the Community Action Program, which was responsible for the administration of Title II of the act . I frankly demurred
  • such as the Community Action agency and Neighborhood Youth Corps under Title II; job training vs. job placement; STAR program in Mississippi; Berry
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , really? N: He said, IIWhen you're the president or the vice president, or even a governor, all of your dissidents are spread out, II I think his \'lOrds were, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
Oral history transcript, Eugene B. Germany, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • ://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh GERMANY -- I -- 16 just not going to get in that parade. II I said, "Now, Elliott
Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • out a job. II Up until then the only vice president we'd known, really, was [Alben] Barkley, who made fun of the job a lot, and Nixon, who we didn't really know much about. So, we didn't think of Dad as standing around in black tie at ceremonial
Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • assistant at the Justice He said that, lillie want these men dealt \'/ith." . And Ka tzenbach sa i d, to be witnesses. II II Yes. II They wi 11 be tr i ed, bu t your men wi 11 have I wi 11 not subject them to such infamy. You'll LBJ Presidential
Oral history transcript, Robinson Risner, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • find many who like to kill people. run into a single one. I haven't So what I'm saying, you will hear little remarks that really are not meaningful. Just like during World War II, bad language, obscenities, were the mode of operation. cal military
Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • hotel suite. generally wound up That party about three o'clock, and then at seven in the morning we were up and at it again. So it was a very tiring week. Betty \vould say, "How fI --she will imitate a Texas accent. BH: How'r you. Daddy. II Ahm
Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • of American women continues to be the most tragic and the most senseless waste of this century." And then turning to this huge demand for skilled people, people of ability, he said, "This under-utilization is a waste we can no longer afford. II
  • Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1968, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Roger Hilsman, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Hilsman -- I -- 5 convinced after that trip--I had been a guerrilla leader in World War II and taking
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • . But he said, "You can always beat a filibuster if you've got fifty-one strong enough people." His theory was you wear them out. I The "wear them out theory was nonsense. II hope when the next question is put to Johnson on that, that there is some
Oral history transcript, Ray Roberts, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , in his opinion, was the number one NYA program in the country. But to get back. When we started having these meetings on Sundays, the IIJohnson Boys" said from the word go, "Here's a guy that's going to be Vice President of the United States. II He
Oral history transcript, Norbert A. Schlei, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of varying specificity as to what our proposals were to be in that area. We had arrived at the point I think where the core concept was to be the community action plan, which I think turned out to be Title II of the bill. Then there were all the other
Oral history transcript, Joseph H. Skiles, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • said, IIThis guy is something else: It had always been traditional for this speaker of the Little Congress to be selected but we just took it over. II LBJ's name was first mentioned to me I think at that time. The very next time I remember [hearing
Oral history transcript, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • said, "I don't like to shoot four-footed animals," or something. We went on. He said, II Anyway , I shot it. There was another one, and Lyndon said, 'Shoot that one. I shot the second one. I Then Lyndon said, 'Now you're even with Bobby Kennedy
Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • and to the socalled Parr machine, which there was in South Texas, many times. Of course, Coke Stevenson in his political life, most of the elections that I can recall, received the support of the George Parr "machine, in quotes. II Basically that was true because
Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • did just that on the domestic program. '1'1. II. You were already advising Kennedy then on consumer affairs, I think, vl~re P: I feel very strongly about his success in that field. you not? A little later than that. I had worked with Kennedy
Oral history transcript, Daniel Boone Porter, interview 1 (I), 3/29/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • in World War II days. But they even scooped out the earth in such a way that they would form a saucer-type reflector that would pick up the noise of a helicopter engine for quite some distance away. I think also that we were our own worst enemy in some
Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to consider action. If we broke the 3.2 guidelines we would confront the need to re-establish price and wage controls of the sort that we had found essential in World War II and subsequently in Korea. This we all wanted to avoid. Price and wage controls, we
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • designee, if it appears desirable. 4. The material donated to the United States pursuant to the foregoing shall be kept intact permanently in the Lyndon Baines Johnson /i Library. /- / l /II -L> .IJ_.t£- t . y" Signed /////>11;' Date 7( ,"LL. Accepted
  • Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 3 (III), 9/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and that kind of thing they asked about. G: What was the concern about napalm? We'd used it in World War II; we'ld used it in Korea. F: Well, we didn't use napalm in World War II until the very end against the Japanese, but if we'd had napalm in World War II
Oral history transcript, James H. Tate, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • a good crowd, ~'r. It was As he came out of the car, he said, Do we have a good crowd?" President. I said, "\I/e II He went into the hall and he delivered a speech on civil rights tn Houston, Texas, which was out of this world. course wasn't very