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Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Abell -- II -- 26 each other when Johnson was working as secretary to Congressman [Richard] Kleberg. Drew never missed an opportunity when he felt like it to take a dig at Johnson about his close association with the oil and gas interests and the money

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 4 (IV), 8/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

had Actually though, Joe, I have written this rather exten sively in"Sixteen Crises"--makes Richard Nixon look highly unqualified for the job when I had sixteen just with the wedding. But I 1 ve written it in my book, Ruffles and Flourishes, and I

Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was a great friend of the President's, but his company and his people, Mr. [Roy] Ash and others, have been great friends of Nixon's. lex was registered. F: But, no, So I have no Jdea how politics was never a part of it. Was the commission chairman named

Oral history transcript, Eugene M. Zuckert, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

we were on Air Force One going to Colorado, he had written something to interpolate into that speech, which was the announcement of our decision to go ahead with the supersonic transport. Senator [Richard] Russell was on the plane, too, but I

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 36 (XXXVI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

teaching school, the second one after he came to Washington, and I think still as a member of the staff of Congressman [Richard] Kleberg, a job in the Library of Congress. She did it well. She was a source of pride. They were never as congenial as I would

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 19 (XIX), 4/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, it was enacted in the Nixon Administration. That involvement obviously was time-consuming. Additionally, I had a legislative item on the agenda involving postal rates, which became a sticky situation. Pressure groups were in heavy action; it took a lot of doing
Richard Daley about rising concerns about Vietnam; William Fulbright's opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam; Bob Hardesty's work providing congressmen with statements and material for their newsletters that were favorable to LBJ's legislative program

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 11 (XI), 12/20/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and the only committee member that had enough intelligence to direct that kind of an investigation was Dick Nixon. That was a very poor committee, very poor committee, and the staff was even worse. found Alger Hiss. They could never have In fact, I don't
LBJ and Senate activities, 1957; Middle East problems; disarmament issue; open curtain proposal; USIA; J. Edgar Hoover; 1957 Civil Rights Bill; Little Rock crisis; Senators Walter George and Richard Russell; Sputnik; space hearings; Johnson

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 5 (V), 8/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

foreign knOll fror.l later accounts, \-las apparently offered the position of Secretary of D~fensc by President Nixon nine months later-- the Pn.:sjdcnt th(:i1 il;:::-;cdi.:ltcly dc.ci.dcd that he Hanted to get on the phone with, as I recall
LBJ’s gift-giving; LBJ signing autographs; Bill Hopkins; how becoming President affected LBJ’s friendships; learning that Hanoi had accepted LBJ’s 3/31/68 initiative; Tuesday luncheon group; appointment of federal judges; Senator Richard Russell’s

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 15 (XV), 11/20/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

basis they dealt with us on, as long as we were able to get these programs and money. F: In these early War on Poverty days did mayors like you and Richard Daley and John Lindsay pretty much support the administration's efforts? C: Yes. John Lindsay

Oral history transcript, Charles L. Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

within the Wh i t e House, and I think it deprived the public of a really full understanding of the problems that the Eisenhower Administration were up against. My view of it is that the open approach, as the Nixon people call it, is really a pretty good

Folder, "Dr. King, Inves. of his Murder April 1968," Papers of Ramsey Clark, Box 66 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jack Albright, interview 1 (I), 12/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of conversations; William Gulley’s Breaking Cover; recording in the Cabinet Room; Robert Kennedy interfering with recording; LBJ’s love of gadgetry; getting small tape recorders from Japan for LBJ; removing recording devices from the White House before Nixon came

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 107: Nov. 19‑22, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

Folder, "Steinbeck, John [Copies from the WHCF Subject File]," White House Famous Names, Box 9 (Item)

Udall LIND CW, Lester W. MARVEL, William W., Education and World SPARKMAN,John J ., Senator RUSSELL, Richard B., Senator Affairs MUSKIE, Edmund S., Sena.tor MEANY, George, AFL-CIO PROUTY, Winston L ., Senator NOELTER, Wolfgang PATMAN, Wright, Congressman

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 95: Sept. 19‑25, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

Permanent Representative States my to Nations. I have taken time and energy the election this step so that I may devote all my between now and November 5 to help assure of Hubert Humphrey and the defeat of Richard Nixon. My decision has

Folder, "Right Wing Extremism," Records of the NCCPV (Eisenhower Commission), Series 11, Box 5 (Item)

Oral history transcript, One More Story (group interview), 11/17/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1977 INTERVIEWEES: Lady Bird Johnson [CTJ] , O. B. Hardeman [OBH], Ralph Huitt [RH], Lindy Boggs [LB], J. J. Pickle [JJP], Lynda Robb [LR], Luci Nugent [LN], Dean Reid [DR], Patsy Steves CPS], Carl Albert rCA], Beryl Pickle [BP], Richard Neustadt [RN
Neustadt, Richard E. (Richard Elliot), 1919-2003

Reference File, "Jenkins, Walter" (Item)

.'s shop with quiet efticiency since Johnson moved into the White Hlmse. He supervises such speechwriters as Richard Goodwin, Douglass Cater and Horace Busby, tosses in the scriptural citations of which Lyndon is so fond. Better than any other staffer

Reference File, "Jenkins, Walter" (Item)

.'s shop with quiet efticiency since Johnson moved into the White Hlmse. He supervises such speechwriters as Richard Goodwin, Douglass Cater and Horace Busby, tosses in the scriptural citations of which Lyndon is so fond. Better than any other staffer

Reference File, "Whistle Stop -1964 ("Lady Bird Special," 10/6-9)" (Item)

Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, friends to all the people, including Zephyr Wright, the cook and others, including the chauffeur. The President was trying to get the driver to accept the position to be Senator [Richard] Russell's chauffeur. The driver had originally been from Georgia. He

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 24 (XXIV), 11/15/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that one of the most faithful, and one of the nicest, ones we ever had was Pat Nixon. I don't think she missed a Tuesday unless she was out of the country with her husband. We took it rather seriously. I, too, later on acquired that job. We had a high point
; the relationship between LBJ and Richard Russell; Robert Taft; tidelands controversy; Felix Longoria's burial; a letter from Herbert Hoover to Harry Truman regarding Hoover's public service; buying souvenir pieces of the White House during its renovation; Paul

Oral history transcript, William E. Colby, interview 2 (II), 3/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

itself by way of my Vietnam adventures. Can you give me any commentary on the effect on the agency of the changes of leadership which took place in the decade of the sixties? C: Do you mean [John] McCone to [William] Raborn to [Richard] Helms? G: Yes

Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 3 (III), 5/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the polls, and he loved tinkering with that, and he loved interpreting what did that mean and if he were really to go for it, how much could he really defeat Richard Nixon by? Yes, he really got into all of that. And then there would be days when he would

Folder, "White House Fashion Show, 2/29/1968 [1 of 3]," White House Social Files, Bess Abell Files, Box 23 (Item)

of Chardon Marche SHE SAYS THAT/SEXX HE ASKED THAT HIS NAME NOT BE USED until scarves are manufactured. ~~x~~~~~~~tAXBcXktit::!di»Qii~ltie~~~lkX:>ttJ~to51M:xoc!Mbt({) ~!BdW:i~~C6:DtX~~tia:xx:~~~THE Y ARE REPUIBLICANS. Believe they have Nixon order thru

Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that he took. F: I don't know either. J: I don't recall whose seat that Kleberg took, but he went in at that time as secretary to Richard Kleberg. It was during that time that he met Lady Bird. My wife lived with the Terrells, C. V. Terrells, Judge C

Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in New York. of fact, I uas sent off to try to persuade Allen to do it. at that tim" As a matter He refused and I take a certain sardonic pleasure in having devoted my attention in the last few months to getting him to do it on behalf of the Nixon

Oral history transcript, David Dellinger, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to give one more example of that. When we held a counterinaugural--in 1969, it would have been--to the first inauguration of Richard Nixon, a wounded Vietnam veteran who was not supposed to leave the hospital sneaked out of the hospital--against doctors

Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

connection? T: When Representative [Richard] Kleberg had been elected to Congress in LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 5 (V), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Richard Goodwin; Great Society speech; initiation of Great Society programs; major legislative acts; Everett Dirksen; Bill Moyers and his use of power; Horace Busby; Walter Jenkins; Valenti’s 'I sleep better because Lyndon Johnson is in the White

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 3 (III), 4/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

: At any rate, in the letter you sent to Dr. Frantz, you pointed out that you were on a committee with Richard Kleberg. You were the chairman .... R: Yes. M· In such a capacity you must have run into his young as sistant, Lyndon Baines Johnson. R: Oh

Oral history transcript, Philip Lee, interview 1 (I), 1/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, there was no policy in the State Department, there was no policy in AID to provide direct assistance. ~ere was a policy which was articulated at the U.N. in 1962, December, by Mr. Richard Gardner, a lawyer who has gone back to Columbia--he was Deputy Assistant
to Nixon Administration; changes in doctors’ attitudes towards working with government; Gardner’s leadership.

Oral history transcript, Charles S. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, first, secretary of Congressman [Richard] Kleberg and then elected a member of the House. M: I did not know him when he was secretary for Congressman Kleberg. I did not know him personally until after he was elected to the Senate. Beyond perhaps

Oral history transcript, Eugene Williams and Helen Williams, interview 1 (I), 10/27/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Vice President? The year President Kennedy beat Richard Nixon. HW: We must have been at the ranch. EW: What was that question? MG: In 1960, rernember, when he was elected Vice President, the night of the election, I was wondering if you were

Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

became a special assistant to the undersecretary, Robert Wood. I left the government on January 19, 1969, just after President Nixon was sworn in, and went into private practice of law. I practiced law until two years ago and then became Washington

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

explanations, but I mean they are- S: Well, I later talked to Rayburn about it. As I recall, he said that the notion of Nixon becoming President was intolerable to him, and he thought that if Jobnson could make the difference he should do it, Vice

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