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Folder, "COLEMAN, JAMES P. (GOV.) [5 OF 5]," White House Name Files, WHCF, Box C-320 (Item)

staff, but I see by the paper you are going ahead with that appointment. I have worked long and hard for the Democratic Party. I supported you in the last election. I have served as Chairman of our County Democratic Central Committee, and I presently

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

that would give a Democratic candidate appeal. I strongly sensed that he was aware even then that he was in an underdog position with reference to Kennedy. But that was my first close contact with him and I saw very little of President Johnson again until

Oral history transcript, Horace V. (Dick) Bird, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: --in 1937 . B: Through my brother Phil . My brother Phil was head of NYA in Oklahoma and Lyndon was, of course, the head of it [in Texas] . NYA, National Youth Administration, I think that's the proper- G: Right . B: Yes . That's the name
Biographical information; LBJ's Naval Commission; Naval Affairs Committee; LBJ military service overseas; LBJ and Sam Rayburn; LBJ and Forrestal; LBJ and John Connally; Board of Visitors of the Naval Academy; LBJ investigations of Navy Department

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 37, August 1-10, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 20 (Item)

General Nicolae Ceausescu's remarks on the United States _in, his talk before the Grand National Assembly on 24 July 1967 and an entire paragraph on the United States was modified. Before the revision, the United States was treated harshly and accused
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Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Kennedy came out surprisingly well in the state. G: He did carry the state. C: He carried the state. G: Looking at the earlier phase of the campaign, the primaries and conventions, did you attend the Democratic Convention in Los Angeles? C
1960 Democratic National Convention; Alabama citizens' opinion of John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon; the Kennedy/Nixon debate in Tuscaloosa, Alabama; LBJ's and Lady Bird Johnson's 1960 campaign trip through Alabama; LBJ's ambition; LBJ as vice

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of all, tell us just a little bit about what brought you from Indiana and DePauw University, and so forth, right on into a life in Washington. B: Mr. Frantz, back in 1958 the Democratic party in Indiana faced a peculiar circumstance. As in many big

Folder, "Warren, Robert," Name Files, WHCF, Box W-090 (Item)

• THE PRESIDENT THE WHITEHOUSE AS A REGISTERED ANDVOTINGDEMOCRAT FROMTHE CANDIDACY OF AL AT SMITHIN 192g TO THE PRESENTDAY, I AMSICK TO MYSTOMACH THE USURPATION OF THELEGALLY CONSTITUTED DELEGATION FROM MISS. ' . . BY THE FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC PARTY,ANDTHE ROUTEOF

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 7, October 1 - December 31, 1964 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [2 of 2] (Item)

c Collection Title National Security File, Memos to the President Folder Title "McGeorge Bundy, Volume 7, 10/1 - 12/31/64" Box Number 2 Restriction Codes (A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security lnfonnatlon. (8
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Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 4, May 1-27, 1964 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

Meeting of' the Bipa•tisan Leaders and the National Sec·u rlty Council at 1a:-OO noon today SUB.1ECT ·: \ .Jack Valent! and J have worked out a:n attonda:neo · ~she6t wbieh is attached at Tab A. 'T b one change fi'om yeste~day te that we have added Mahon
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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

ones were going on in very full scale. The Dale Millers, by that time their party for the Speaker--for his birthday--had become customary at the Woman's National Democratic Club, a heavy contingent of Texans, but a widely expanding group. You felt two
broken leg; Lady Astor; Mrs. Woodrow Wilson; LBJ's subcommittee work in 1951; tension between Truman and General Douglas MacArthur; MacArthur's dismissal and his testimony before a joint committee hearing; the Johnsons' interest in starting a television

Folder, "Ex FG 170/A-Z [4 of 6] [Department of Housing and Urban Development/A-Z (FG 170/A-Z)]," WHCF FG, Box 256 (Item)

NATIONALCOMMISSIONON. URBAN PROBLEMS ROOM640, 80615THST. N. W.,WASHINGTON, D. C. 20005 PHONE: 382-8226 June 28, 1968 Dear Mr. Levinson: -}. I am happy to send you Volume 2 of the Hearings of the National Conunission on Urban Problems. As you
File unit description: This file unit contains a substantial amount of material relating to the formation, activities and findings of the National Commission on Urban Problems - Codes, Zoning, Taxation and Development Standards (also referred

Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 2 (II), 9/29/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and with the commissioners. We went out all over the country. I got special groups in, and we organized certain people. School districts, we brought a fellow in from--oh, I can't even remember what his name was, but he was one of the leaders in the National Education

Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the fact he was shackled--and I kept saying this to him, "You are shackled by this unit system. You cannot be a national politician if you've got to appeal to the worst and the most primitive elements in Georgia. How can you be a national politician?" I
Biographical information; how Abram met Richard Russell; Georgia’s county unit system; Russell and civil rights; Herman Talmadge; Charlie Bloch; Thurgood Marshall’s appt. to the Supreme Court; Supreme Court appointments; the Democratic Presidential

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 2 (II), 6/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to accommodate both his constituency, which were the Democratic senators, and his view of the national interest quite extraordinarily well. G: Anything on his association with Everett Dirksen during this period, when Dirksen was minority leader? F: Every

Oral history transcript, Dr. Samuel Halperin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

about the state of the economy, But the Congressional committees dealing with education in both the House and the Senate are not typical committees. They are "spenders." They are, Democrats and Republicans alike, quite liberal, progressive

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

: No, I don't believe it was that. I think what was happening is that the focus of government was shifting toward international affairs. You must realize that when Eisenhower first came in, the nation was in something of a state of turmoil domestically

Oral history transcript, Patrick V. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. I know the police department would probably have to be more responsive to elective officials than it has been to appointive city officials. On the other hand probably, less response to some congressional members of the committees because elected

Oral history transcript, Fred Korth, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

all out of proportion, really. There were, of course, the accusations made by the committee counsel--and I suppose by Senator McClellan--that because of my former association with Continental National Bank, my ownership of some stock in the bank

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 2 (II), 1/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 18 Well, he convened a meeting of the Joint Committee on Internal Revenue Taxation. That's the House and the S e n a t e . and me to come down. He asked Kennedy They--he and the Republicans and the Democrats

Folder, "Civil Rights – Watts, Los Angeles Riots," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

and in our Regional Office in San Francisco. [2 of 2] DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE 1730 K STREET, WASHINGTON N.W. 6, D.C. August 23, 1965 LOUIS MARTIN TELEPHONE DEPUTY CH A IRMAN FEDERAL 3-8750 MEMORANDUM FOR MR. LEE WHITE The attached

Oral history transcript, Herbert N. Blackman, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

commission on national defense, [r think it was calle:j}, which was the forerunner of what later became to be the War Production Board. And from 1940 until, as I recall, about 1946 I was involved in the work of the War Production Board, which had several
investigation of export control; American business attitude toward open trade with Communist bloc; labor union's view; McClelland Commission; Herbert Blackmon; Sam Anderson; Sinclair Weeks; National Security Council; White House Council on Foreign Economic

Folder, "NSAM # 297: Latin American Military Aid, 4/22/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 4 (Item)

, NSAM 297--Latin American Military Aid " Box 4 RESTRICTION CODES (A) Closed by Executive Order 12356'governing access to national security information. (B) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance
Folder, "NSAM # 297: Latin American Military Aid, 4/22/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 4
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Folder, "Southern Christian Leadership Conference," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 73a (Item)

June 24, 1968 NATIONALCOMMITTEE OF INQUIRY A confidential information in the past June 17 and 18, 19680 source who has furnished reliable furnished the following data on Stanley Levison has taken an interest in the National Committee of Inquiry which
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Folder, "Volume I, Documentary Supplements, News Releases," Department of Transportation Administrative History, Box 3 (Item)

, the power to exempt itself from the six-month observance of daylight time. "Kentucky is the only state in the Nation where the legislature has not met since the passage of the Uniform Time Act. For that reason, I believe it is proper for me, as the Federal

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

of pressure that was being built up on his flanks within the Senate, and within the national Democratic party, which was not very happy with the type of leadership that he was giving the party. He and Sam Rayburn, of course, being the two top-ranking
; veto power and overrides; creation of the National Advisory Council; Perrin’s duties as deputy director of OEO; Senator Morse; involvement of BOB funding; political red tape; GAO investigations; Nathan Report from Brookings and its effect on efforts

Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--Mr. Roosevelt. I was at the head table, so to speak, in a very minor capacity. I was at the Democratic National Committee. I was the only man of the young men who had had a great deal of newspaper experience, and therefore I spent a great deal
; Jesse Jones; FDR's 1936 campaign for president; development of NRA; Supreme Court reorganization by FDR; arrival of LBJ as Congressman in DC; FDR's efforts to balance the national budget; role of LBJ in the administration during WWII

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 5 (V), 4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

not met with the President's approval. But the day following that nomination of Humphrey and Muskie, there was a meeting in Chicago of the Democratic National Committee. That was handled very badly by Hubert Humphrey from the viewpoint of the President
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Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

these also delegates to the convention? T: Most of these men later became delegates to the Democratic national convention, yes. G: And that was the very convention delegation from Michigan that rebelled apparently when it was learned that Johnson
Address; LBJ’s 1963 Gettysburg speech; Jack Brooks; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; critics of LBJ.

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 57, 1 April 1994," LBJ Library (Item)

of giving grants twice a year, the university selection committee met recently to determine grant win ners for the second half of the 1993-1994 period. Tbe funds, which total $25,000. result from a grant from the Moody Foundation to help defray travel

Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Committee, but he died, I believe in April '37, and they held a special election in which Mr. Johnson was elected. Of course, he was ill at the time and didn't get to Washington and get sworn in quite as fast as he would otherwise have done. When he came

Oral history transcript, Malcolm G. Bardwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

practically most of the posts over at the courthouse. P: And ultimately in '34 Richard Kleberg, your candidate, was the first to win in a national contest? B: Let's see. It was not '34; he won in '32. In '34 they had redistricted the Congressional
National Youth Administration (U.S.)

Oral history transcript, Perle Mesta, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that happened that got out of hand? M: No, thank goodness, no. F: You're glad to have been spared that. M: I'm glad I wasn't there. F: In 1964 you were sort of unofficial hostess at the Democratic national convention. M: I should say I was. F: Tell
Biographical information; envoy to Luxembourg; 1960 campaign; Eleanor Roosevelt; selling her house to LBJ when he was VP; Democratic Women for Nixon in 1960; Mrs. Rose Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy; Democratic factions

Folder, "Bowles 11/3/63-1965 [2 of 4]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 13 (Item)

frank talk on both sides. This is especially true of democratic societies like those of India and the United States where everyone speaks his mind, not always with full regard for the consequences. In totalitarian nations, where govern ments are able
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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 7 (VII), 2/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Johnson and his associates went through in the [1964 Democratic] National Convention reflected absolute paranoia on their part regarding Bobby Kennedy and people like me. And yet I'm on a day-to-day basis performing my functions with the President
; the relationship between JFK and LBJ; LBJ's concern about RFK's role in the 1964 Democratic National Convention; O'Brien as a go-between in the LBJ/RFK relationship; LBJ's meeting with RFK to tell him that no member of the cabinet would be his vice presidential

Folder, "Ex HU 2, 1/1/65 - 4/20/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES]," WHCF HU, Box 3 (Item)

] news re ease ~ 10 FROM THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE PUBLICITY DIVISION 1730 K STREET, N. w. FOR I MMEDIATE RELEASE MARCH 31, 1965 WASHINGTON 6, D.C. FEDERAL 3-8750 B - 4003 President Johnson Warns Cabinet, Agency Heads of Their Civil

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 84, June 2004," LBJ Library (Item)

courage. "When left the Johnson 2 White House, I practiced law. I was able to represent the Washington Post and the Democratic Party during Watergate .... We filed a suit against the Committee to Reelect the President three days af ter Watergate

Folder, "Diary: Vol. #9, 3/31 – 10/19/68," Papers of Orville Freeman, Box 12 (Item)

forces. I was treated with kid gloves I really think that I might have made a con- . tribution in this process in driving home in this State and perhaps in the Nation· the importance of these principles and if so it may well be much more important than

Oral history transcript, Woodrow Bean, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

had to be for him 110 per cent; if you were just with him 99 per cent, you weren't worth a damn. I said, "No, I can't commit us on the national committeewoman." Because, after all, hell, I'd been going to their DOT [Democrats of Texas] meetings
convention; the Democrats of Texas organization; Mrs. Frankie Randolph; the 1956 National Democratic Convention; Bean's invitation to JFK to visit El Paso in 1956; LBJ's effect on the 1956 Ralph Yarborough/Price Daniel primary run-off for Texas governor

Oral history transcript, M. J. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1984, by Roland B. Hayes (Item)

for the invitation of Carter to come down in May 5 of 1965, and Cliff Carter at that time was head of the National Democratic--the Democratic National Committee, so that is one of the beginnings of the situation, but that was an invitation to come and meet
Carter; Anderson's involvement in the 1964 presidential campaign; researching LBJ's background and political views before campaigning for him; difficulty promoting LBJ among black voters; Anderson's involvement in Democratic National conventions

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 79: May 25‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)

out to "Committee For Peace with Freedom" and sent to: 1028 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, D. C. 20036. ,. Publications of the Committee: Who we are Our committee is national and non-partisan-it is composed of Democrats, Republicans
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