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- HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 1 3 of the full committee . George and John Kluczynski, Bob Jones [Democrat] from Alabama, who
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
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- decide where you were going to go? C: Sometimes with an invitation. For instance, Bill Battel--I think I told you in the last tape, had been head of the Area Redevelopment Administra tion--came over and hoped Mrs. Johnson would go up and give out
- of the President to testify on behalf of the Civil Rights Bill. And my reply to Marris at that time was that I would respond to any request that the President made on me, that I hoped he would explain to the President that it meant that I could not be re-elected
- clung to that hope, and I clung to that hope for a long time, as my public statements will reveal. Even as late as 1966, I probably still thought there was a chance. And increasingly, I became more and more pessimistic and visited Vietnam in late
- take the average colonel or lieutenant colonel in the army, you probably find him saying, "Gee, I don't like war. I wish this war were over, but I sort of hope it isn't over until I have my chance to get over there." Because having served in a command
- to those I can remember very well asking his advice and counsel about the legislation and my having gotten none of my bills passed. But I hoped to have some influence on other things that were done. M: I have read that Lyndon Johnson worked closely
- remember him making a statement one time that, "Of course I hope I don't see some of these things we're going to tell you in the paper tomorrow. I'm sure I can trust the chief execu- tives of the states, and if you can't trust them, I don't know who you