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Oral history transcript, Elmer B. Staats, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

back further, or whether to go ahead with something on the order of a hundred and one, to two billion dollar range. It was President Johnson's view that if we pressed ahead, and particularly what he thought might be the political reaction to a budget

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in this society as they ought to to read the black press when the Kerner Commission Report came out. It was said that the President ignored the Kerner Commission, didn't like it, didn't like what it was dOing. What he didn't like was certain ways

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with a But they're human beings too so those frictions sometimes came up. F: Did you press for cease-and-desist power? A: Oh, yes. years. And so did Johnson. And we didn't get it. It just didn't come through. A couple of Then as I left-- F: Was this a kind

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 2 (II), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

cross section of that. I think we provided a vehicle for people to talk out their problems. We did not provide a vehicle for Pat JvIoynihan, and that's what most of the press criticism related t o , Pat having many, many press contacts. The point

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a good deal more candor and writing it in a more free and open style when it came over from the State Department, whose interest was primarily in the substance--and which wrote in that peculiar form that I've never been able to comprehend. F: Did

Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the Department of Justice. I And that's all I wanted to do--go back to my job--and in fact I did. F: You didn't know who they were going to move your life around, did you? T: No, I didn't, but they certainly did. to press me on the matter. My father

Oral history transcript, Homer Thornberry, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

my standpoint, better and better. Did he talk to you any about specific votes or did he pretty well leave you free to go your own way? T: He would leave me very free. As a matter of fact, I do not remember his ever, ever just coming directly

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. It was a fact-finding comrr.ittee really. F: Were you given a free hand in naming your assistants? W: Yes, sir. F: No political pressures then? W: None wha~ver. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

Memo, Smith to Bundy, 12/4/63 (Item)

to the word "DEFCON" since the time of the Cuba missile crisis. We will guidance receive given in the morning by Defense. a copy of the press
Press

Note, U. Alexis Johnson to George (Item)

Press

Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

saw eye to eye. F: Did you see much of Johnson in his Senate years, back here in Austin? K: Not a whole lot, periodically-- F: Did he come around the press room any? K: Yes, he would do that every now and then just on a hand-shaking tour. F
Skelton; LBJ’s acceptance of VP; covered VP while in Austin; move of press from Austin to San Antonio; Eastern press; post-Presidential press conference; John Connally’s dissatisfaction for some of LBJ’s policy; off the record meetings; Sam Kinch, Jr

Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

about specific telecasts? H: I think twice in all the years, indirectly through his press secretary, we got word that he was something less than happy with something that had been said or shown. F: Do you remember what it was? H: I'm sure both
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; 1960, 1964 Democratic conventions; association with LBJ during the vice presidency; NBC’s handling of the news after the JFK assassination; meetings with LBJ; credibility gap; Georgetown Press

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

any sort of intimations in those days of the sort of later at least alleged manipulation of the press that Johnson attempted from time to time? B: Well, he wanted to tell you his story. There's no question about that. He wanted to persuade you, he
as vice president; space program; LBJ relations with Eisenhower; LBJ and Robert Kennedy; JFK assassination; role of White House press; Walter Jenkins' resignation; Bobby Baker; presidential press secretaries; Nixon-Johnson relationship

Cable, FBIS 06, 12/2/63 (Item)

Press

Oral history transcript, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

--Marshall McNeill. is the And so So now when Marshall get hardboiled and I want to get mad at him, I remember, "No, he's really a P: softie inside." Did you think that Mr. Johnson was pressing himself too much--ove~orking at that point when he did
relationship with Lynda and Luci; Lynda’s illness; the girls’ early education and personalities; Mrs. Johnson; the day of JFK’s assassination; LBJ’s 1955 heart attack; Marshall McNeil; the press; 1954 campaign for re-election; LBJ’s aspirations; 1960 convention

Cable, to White House Attn: Bundy, 11/27/63, #24 (Item)

STORY FROMSILVIA DURAN.THIS IS OBVIOUSLY INCORRECT INTERPRETATION. NEITHERLOPEZMATEOS NORECHEVARRIA KNOW OF ALVARADO'S STORY. PL.EASENOTETHATACCORDING ECHEVARRIA DURANIS BEINGTAKENTO ATTORNEY GENERAL'SOFFICE TO WHICHMEXICAN PRESS HASEASYACCESS

Oral history transcript, Joseph H. (Joe) Carter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in Oklahoma. I was with United Press International for four years. B: Was that in Oklahoma, too? C: That was in Oklahoma, Texas and in Kansas City. I was in Texas, incidentally, during the assassination of President Kennedy in '63, and was working

Oral history transcript, Nancy Dickerson, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

his He's a powerful, forceful man, as everybody knows, and so of course he made an impression. I didn't see him much after that until one night maybe a year later I was on the board of the Women's Press Club. was sea,ted at the head table. di nner
Washington career background from 1951; contacts with LBJ when Senator; LBJ's relationship with Washington and White House press corps; LBJ's control and selection of Lady Bird's wardrobe; early days in Washington as correspondent; impressions

Oral history transcript, Richard S. (Cactus) Pryor, interview 1 (I), 9/10/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

Carpenter was Mrs. Johnson's press secretary? Yes. I said, "Well, I haven't prepared any remarks, Liz, and I don't speak German, and I understand the Chancellor does." She said, "Well, just come on in and present the acts." So I immediately acquired

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the press. I saw that, and 1 talked 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
; Rather’s comments on LBJ’s choice of advisors; evaluation of LBJ’s press secretaries: Reedy, Moyers and Christian; LBJ’s role pertaining to Kosygin and Middle East; LBJ as a role model to rather in gathering all information available and representing hard

Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 1 (I), 6/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

?". He said, and he spoke very low, "The Speaker just announced me for the presidency." Sure enough, Rayburn had called a press conference over in the Adolphus Hotel without saying anything to anyone about it and made the announcement. Mr. Rayburn

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, is that correct? M: That's right. G: Did he ever have you up to Washington? M: Oh, I was up to Washington. I didn't ever stay in the White House. One time I went in there when Kennedy had all the Texas press in there, and I wasn't on the list and I got
; the Brazos River Authority; LBJ makes a last visit to Temple, Texas; at the Dallas Trade Mart with Storey Stemmons during the JFK assassination; LBJ is faithful to his friends; investigating the M-16 rifle; observing the Tet Offensive; Ted Connell; the press

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

meeting, but you sort of sensed it in individual meetings when he was pressed to do certain things that he would sort of indicate that, after all, he was not the President of the United States. For a man who had had great power and had great energy, I did

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it was a great press coverage that after that vicious attack, here the man was at a state dinner. And as they were leaving the White House, the man's wife turned to her husband and said, liThe President danced with me three times tonight. Isn't that amazing

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

himself very accessible to them, on his own motion. B: This brings up the whole relationship of Johnson and the press. Would you agree with what has been a good deal of public criticism that Mr. Johnson does not understand the press and cannot live
Democratic Convention; JFK-LBJ rivalry; LBJ’s acceptance of the VP nomination; LBJ’s irritation over his Alfalfa Club Dinner speech and camel driver story; cross off; LBJ’s personal reaction to the JFK assassination; LBJ and the press; RFK; LBJ’s judgment

Oral history transcript, Richard Bolling and Jim Grant Bolling, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Bolling -- I -- 8 could be with the press, both in terms of columnists and editors . He was a positive genius with them, despite his reputation with reporters . influential . He had a very close friend in Phil Graham, who was And he had demonstrated

Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Ackley -- I -- 5 "This is the way it is," he was willing to assume that that's the way it was. And, once he'd pressed you with "Are you really sure

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

bachelors in Washington. We were We were assigned to Margery when she got back to the States, more [as] bodyguards in keeping the press away, and keeping her from dropping any more post cards, really, until we could decompress the situation. G: What

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, and I'll understand why you wouldn't, but Lansdale was a rather legendary figure I think in the press and popularly, although I think Graham Greene didn't think as much of him as a good many other people and saw him as rather a sinister figure than

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

believe she later resigned . Ba : Secretary Freeman has said just recently in his valedictory press conference, he indicated that he thought might have handled the Billie Sol Estes affair better--that is, handled the press relations better . Bi : Yes . We

Oral history transcript, Luther H. Hodges, Sr., interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

if nobody else was there but me. B: Was that an innovation of yours? H: Oh, absolutely. People never dreamed of starting anything like that and never dreamed of having a secretary that was there at 8:30. B: I believe that you had regular press

Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Press Club here. And the person making [the presentation?], just casually, just like you were lifting something from a biographical sketch, mentioned that I was to be serving as chairman of the Texas Advisory Committee on Civil Rights, and a member

Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was assisting me, who I mentioned a little while ago, he told me of a magnificent old man in the city of Memphis of great wealth, who had the previous week made an offer in the press, an offer born frankly of ignorance of just what he was talking about. He

Oral history transcript, Dale Miller and Virginia "Scooter" Miller, interview 1 (I), 8/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that commented on the national scene and that brought me to ~Iashington every now and then. F: What was that magazine? OM: Texas Heekly in Dallas, edited by Peter Molyneaux. I took two years' time out in 1935 and 1936 to head up the press publicityand

Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of that, and he said--actually he wasn't there but he had one of his assistants read his speech for hinr-"I am now in a position from certain statements I have made on national TV and to the press of looking as if I may lead the state into a secession again. All

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

together at President Kennedy's briefing sessions before his press conference. M: This is in the Cabinet Room? H: No, Kennedy used to have briefing sessions, starting in about mid1961--at least I became a part of the group at that time--at 8:45 a.m
JFK oral history project; first contact with LBJ; JFK press briefing breakfasts; biographical information; LBJ as VP; SST; 1961 Berlin Crisis; JFK assassination; transition; Eliot Janeway; poverty program; tax cut; Christmas meeting at the Ranch

Oral history transcript, Ivan Sinclair, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

became his public affairs officer; handled the press for him individually and for the visiting dignitaries that came to the U.S. while he was ¢hief of protocol; did a lot of travel, both domestically and internationally, the international portion that I

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Beirne, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

when he was up in the Majority Leadership post, for they were attacking him quite frequently in Texas in the press and in resolutions at labor meetings . Some of the boys from the Communications Workers had aligned themselves with the DOT's

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