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Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the Northerners that if they would only let this modest bill go through, they would get a better bill later.So he was playing it out of both sides. B: Did that kind of thing ever get him in trouble? M: Oh, it contributed to the "wheeler-dealer" part of his

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 3 (III), 6/21/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, however. G: How did you get it through? H: Just by plain hard work and lobbying the living daylights out of people and getting the cooperation of some of my colleagues, like George Aiken on the Republican side, on it. G: Did Johnson help you

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, as well as of the South--more probably western than southern. I've heard him talk about the ties that they had with the West--The Spanish background, the large Spanish-American population, the Great Plains regions. A lot of Texas, of course, is completely

Folder, "Correspondence with Old Texas Friends (1964-1966)," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)

still owns stock in two of my companies but has been demoted from president to just plain stockholder, and most of my business is without his valuable ser,rees. It sure is a relief. I am sure that you remember E.G. Kinsbery of Austin , who used to own

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 13, 15 July 1978," LBJ Library (Item)

the Taylor's beautiful ante helium home, bearing its precious cargo. Underneath the pic ture he wrote: ' n December 22, such and such a year, the store in Karack, the T. J. Taylor Store, Dealer-in-Everything closed. In every fireplace in the Taylor home

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 88, February 2007," LBJ Library (Item)

been covering presi dents from George the First to George the Worst.' Drawing on the barbed hu mor of H. L. Mencken, Liz recalled his writing "On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart ' desire at last

Folder, "Chapter 13 - State Department Materials on Imported Guns [3 of 6]," Records of the NCCPV (Eisenhower Commission), Series 44, Box 4 (Item)

STATES' THERE ARE• TWO, LAWS, ONE COVERING PISTOLS AND THE OTHER RIFLES AND SHOTGUNS. P ! STOL S • ANY O NE I N VOL VE D I N I S A LE OF"• P -I STOL S MUS T 1o BE IN POSSESS I ON PI STOL DEALER•$. LICENSE I SSUEO· E ·I THE R BY POL I CE C H I E F 1 0 R LO

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1963" (Item)

/26 Visits Dr. Travell’s this morning before leaving for Cleveland with Senator Young, Congressmen Feighan and Vanik, Ivan Sinclair. Addresses Urban League that afternoon and Democratic Leaders of Cleveland reception before returning to DC to attend

Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. (The Vice President) [1942]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 21 (Item)

-a-year men and on the so-called •radicals.• Believes must have some way of •getting together.• Believes the New Dealers do not defend themselves. Says it is difficult for a Democrat to get a job in many places, not because of Republicans

Oral history transcript, William S. Livingston, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

duties; Willard Wirtz; Harlan Cleveland; David Truman; Brewster Denny; Gardner Ackley and Livingston’s intended trip to Italy to see him; the candidates’ abilities to work with/under LBJ; riding in Air Force One from Austin to D.C. with LBJ; LBJ playing

Oral history transcript, LeRoy Collins, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was a great New Dealer in my own thinking, not with any government association although I did do a little WPA project at one time. But Johnson, when he got involved with the youth-F: ._C: National Youth Administration . National Youth Administration

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1962" (Item)

leaders. 2/7 WH breakfast with JFK, Salinger, others, for pre-press conference briefing. Attends signing of Plans for Progress at WH. Flies to Atlantic City to address Automobile Dealers Convention and attends reception with Texas automobile dealers

Reference File, "Mrs. Johnson -Lady Bird Johnson Award for Highway Beautification (Texas Dept. of Highways)" (Item)

Reference File, "Mrs. Johnson -Lady Bird Johnson Award for Highway Beautification (Texas Dept. of Highways)" (Item)

Folder, "Flying Saucers [1952]," Papers of Drew Pearson, Farm Series, Box F 71 (Item)

at about 2000 Ft elevation and they appeared to be _just plain B47 S ,but upon close obse1·vation they did not have any exterior stabilizers ,and·we1e about 50 o~- more ft long. • I pulled off the earphones and gT'abbed the cameTa which was equipped

Folder, "Minutemen - Miscellaneous," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 16 (Item)

. y· J. ,t...k_ ,,{-ORN L . FENWICK J:~~, according to Tenney, is a weal thy gun dealer deall.ng in all kinds of weapons, tremendous q1:1antity, vast volume sales all over the country and to Canada. '!hat he is believed to be supplying the Minutemen

Folder, "Brewster, Daniel B. 1/1/65 - 12/31/65," Name Files, WHCF, Box B-449 (Item)

SYMINGTON, Stuart, Senator VAIL, Thomas V. H., Plain Dealer WOODRUFF, Robert W., Coca-Cola Co. BISHOP, W. B. . .-.... :""':~~-- ~l 'PV~~ l. ' ·~ jl/jf . .._';, ~·· ...... '.," . ., I . OENEJtAL >~ !}$~~· "°"¥1

Oral history transcript, Barry Goldwater, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was heavy-handed; he was high-handed, he was a dealer. You could go to him in private and say, "I'd like to get this done. Now how am I going to do it?" And he'd say, "Well, you do this for me and I'll do that for you." He was a great back scratcher. I don't

Oral history transcript, Margaret Mayer Ward, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. I walked in and I thought, well, he's been out mowing the yard, these must be shorts for mowing the lawn. They were just plain old boxer shorts. in. He was dressed I was the only woman there. The heck they were! He was unfazed by my walking

Oral history transcript, Harry Provence, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Provence -- I -- 15 P: Oh, yes. Yes, we went down, Harlon Fentress and a man named Kultgen here, a Ford dealer-M: How do you spell that? P: K-U-L-T-G-E-N, Jack Kultgen, J. H. Kultgen. and just a real leader among men

Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-52 assault I saw, and they went down a ridge line. This was at the Ia Drang. There was an enormous massif to the west of Ia Drang Valley, and I can't remember the name of it. It loomed up four or five thousand feet off the plain there. The B-52s went

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

maybe they were--1 don't know what motivated. them--jealousy, fear that this could make him Presid~nt, that they didn't want him to be, or whatever it was. They simply would not cooperate. B: Was there any just plain snobbishness in there, too? s

Oral history transcript, William R. Desobry, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)

represented kind of the wheeler-dealer image and not the liberal image. I remember particularly John Silber had been antagonistic toward me on it, wanting to know why I couldn't have gotten someone with more intellectual content. M: This is when Silber

Folder, "Gen AG 5-1 , 7/1/64 – 12/31/65" [PEST CONTROL], WHCF AG, Box 8 (Item)

, an article from the 2/65 .Shepherd · GPO 10-7126H ?vf.a.gazine, he says e plains why a By_4~ec#~n of, the President: state of ~o~usiQn still exists after 10 years· o( hardship on the victims and waste of money. Douglass Cater · Special Assistant

Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 2/7/1962 (Item)

spoke to Automobile Dealers Convention reception with Texas automobile dealers To Washington, DC -- see travel activity arrived Washington, Mats To home * Selected names should be underscored. SEE VERSO FOR TRAVEL ACTIVITY AND CODE TELEPHONE CODE: f

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 3 (III), 6/7/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Did he ever express that thought? R: No, but it was plain. He never said it in those words, plain just fron listening to him talk. grasped that. that point. Even [c. bu~ it was so Van] Woodward~_ the historian,. He wrote an article

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 4 (IV), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

--see, this is before I worked for Johnson. G: ~las it R: No. that Elk Hill [investigation]? It involved some New Dealer that was very unpopular with the oil interests. G: Oh, Leland Olds. R: Leland Olds! That is exactly it. Now, Leland Olds

Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. [1940]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 10 (Item)

rsonally, think tha state 1B very atroogly tor How is your ooogres S?!'~ c om:ing e.long'r Fs Gosset 11 not a Hn Dealer. Ma I should like to get the results ot a newspaper poll out there. He ,ha• n~ oppoaitlon thia term. l .think. George Brown

Folder, "Chapter 13 - State Department Materials on Imported Guns [1 of 6]," Records of the NCCPV (Eisenhower Commission), Series 44, Box 4 (Item)

intormation regarding son 1mport1n~, it an individual. Location and address 1r a dealer or distributor. (3) I would also appreciate (1) The precise compilation. tion. (2) The definition race, the per or the importer, your advice regarding: meaning ot

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that. They were part of whatever little machine there was. In Cleveland, Philadelphia, New York, Chicago, you really had machines, fairly active machines. In Pittsburgh, there was a Republican machine. Not Pittsburgh, Harrisburg. Pittsburgh, we had--all right

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to pass would probably raise more questions than answers. To get back into the chronology of these years, the two succeeding summers, '66 and '67, the summers after Watts, also saw urban disorders--Cleveland's Hough area in '66; in '67 Newark, Detroit

Folder, "Douglas, Paul H., 1/1/65 - 12/31/65," Name Files, WHCF, Box D-251 (Item)

for the meat he sells. We expect the gaso line dealer to disclose the price per gal lon he charces for gasoline. We expect food stores to past the price for milk per quart at ·the retail level. Why should not we expect the lender 01· credit ex tender to Post

Folder, "Farley, James #2," Papers of Drew Pearson, Farm Series, Box F 437 (Item)

micldle.cl.astmentality added to hif craftsman's sense of the job has filled that function. But that same middle-eta. mentality and th.at saaw craftsman'• sen,e are now elements of clanaer to the New Deal Farley, for all hit ditcntion in the book,is plain)} anguished

Folder, "Gen AG 5-1, 11/22/63 – 6/30/64 [PEST CONTROL]", WHCF AG, Box 8 (Item)

that flies migrate 180 miles and Dr. E " F. Knipling of the United States Department of Agri.culture states that it is his opmion that the barri er which was es tablis hed in the Gulf Coast ·Plain Area. of Mexico (the only place that a bar rier was fully

Folder, "Longoria, Felix [Correspondence] [2 of 2]," Pre-Presidential Confidential Files, Box 3 (Item)

natters like thia or anrtrhil'l& else in which you are interested. ~n B• . Johnson Enc. (l) Jlr. W. a. Luce Wheeler and Luce Tilden, Tams [1 of 2] HAULING • FEED YOUR • • [ GULF PRODUCTS DEALERS "A Pleasure to Sert1e You" 7"'1tu, 7eM4

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the time to get on. That's just plain, common, ordinary pol itical sense, because Lyndon Johnson can win it in the court battle." very much. So he came back, "I got Joe for you." I thanked him And then I'd get another one that got Joe for him, you

Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the House, you know, except on rare, rare occasions. He didn't spend much time listening to others in the House. He usually voted and then left the chamber, loping off the floor with that great stride of his as though he was on some Texas plain. If he

Oral history transcript, David Halberstam, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Ralph G. Newman, interview 1 (I), 9/2/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

problems? Did you have to do more than the usual amount of just plain old grub work and book counting and that sort of thing? N: The thing that concerned me most in working with the presidential thing was this whole business of confidentiality. F: Yes