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President's Daily Diary entry, 6/6/1968 (Item)
  • visited by) ti Jim Rostow -- Mr. Rostow told th e President, "Mr. President, it has just been ^ announced that Senator Kennedy is dead." Jones following this a WHCA man went to the bedroom, and they px taped Jones a statement -- Tom Johnson:mf 6: 32a t
Oral history transcript, James H. Tate, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • by the people from Texas. Of course, he was selected by John Kennedy to be his running mate, and then I think he was pretty well taken seriously. B: Did you have anything to do with the pre-convention campaign? Did any- one from Mr. Johnson's camp try
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • pitch to and convince them to vote for Johnson. Two of the delegates were black dele- gates, and they were irretrievably committed to John Kennedy. Then I talked to two other men, both of whom I found out later were hack politicians out of New York
  • in the 1960 campaign; dating Mary Margaret Wiley (Valenti) and their marriage; LBJ’s possible frustration as vice-president; events leading up to the assassination of President Kennedy.
  • Valenti, Jack J. (Jack Joseph), 1921-2007
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/8/1964 (Item)
  • --- fr. Mansion) Ann Garga n (cousi n to Ambassador Josep h Kennedy ) - - Hyannisport , Mass . (n r fr . Mansion ) (Sgt. Gaddi s say s tha t Pres , als o spok e t o the Ambassador - bu t just briefly ) To offic e - - say s goo d morning t o mjdr, gw , v m
Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 2 (II), 7/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Okay, as I've told you earlier on, Troutman was a friend of the Kennedy family by virtue of having been a roommate with Bobby's older brother Joseph Kennedy. By the way, Troutman was Catholic; that's something that you've got to keep in mind. G: You
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • from New York--Brooklyn, who is the chairman of the Subcommittee of the House Appropriations Committee that deals with State Department appropriations, and consequently has to do with this program. Rooney calls Fulbright "half-bright" just as [Joseph
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 24 (XXIV), 3/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: This was your first State of the Union Message that you worked on. C: Yes. The basic questions
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 24 (XXIV), 3/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 58 (LVIII), 12/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: [My] recollection is as vivid as the one I had on the first briefing
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 58 (LVIII), 12/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/24/1964 (Item)
  • , Mass. Hon. Joseph G. Kennedy, San Francisco, Calif. Westley W. Law, Savannah, Ga. Alfred Baker Lewis, Old Greenwich, Conn. Chester I. Lewis, Wichita, Kansas. Rev. Emerson Marcee, San Antonio, Texas William Robert Ming, Chicago, 111. L. Joseph Overton
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/13/1964 (Item)
  • . , Fireston e . Tire & : Rubbe r Co. Mr. Willia m E . Dun n White To office G Reedy J Valenti Ken O'Donnell Geo Reedy Gov Carl Sen Everett Senator Thurs 8-13-64 House until Sanders Dirksen Joseph Atlanta Ga Illinois returning Clark O'Donnell Thomas
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/11/1966 (Item)
  • Jones:mf Peace Association Award has previously gone to General Marshall, General Eisenhower, Cardinal Spellman, Secy Dulles, and President Kennedy. IDntr AugUSt11, White House Dav 1966 Thursday 11:30a OFF RECORD: Governor G. Mennen Williams
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/17/1966 (Item)
  • to change posts and be assignee to Senator Richard Russell of Georgia Portugal. Hon. Joseph Palmer, newly designated Asst Secy of State for African Affairs Liz Carpenter Joe Califano To the Civil Service Commission Auditorium for the Government Equal
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/12/1965 (Item)
  • . Jordan Senator Ralph Yarborough \ Senator Robert F. Kennedy Senator Milto n R. Young Senator Warren G . Magnuson Senator Mike Mansfield UNABLE TO ATTEND: Senator Everett Dirksen Senator Georg e S . McGovern Senator Peter H. Dominick, Senator Joseph Josep
Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , however, when you became postmaster general for the Kennedy Administration. Is that correct? G: I became postmaster general effective September 30, 1963 under Jack Kennedy, President Kennedy, and of course served under him until his death a month
  • treatment of Gronouski, 1964 campaign and the Post Office, Bob Hardesty, Bobby Kennedy, news media’s treatment.
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 17 (XVII), 1/5/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Kennedy for censoring military speeches to make sure they complied with the State Department policy. Against all of that and coming out of the [Joseph] McCarthy era, which the President was very conscious of, and [Richard] Nixon who was still playing very
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 17 (XVII), 1/5/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 63 (LXIII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1990 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: With regard to the [Abe] Fortas nomination [as chief justice
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 63 (LXIII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/20/1964 (Item)
  • Watson Robert Weaver Wolf Yarmolinsky Warden Joseph Wirtz assistant and NYC Celebrezze Secy. Freeman Hodges Sec}. Udall General Kennedy Secy. Wirtz Henry Clark of Pa Lane out at Kirkland Jackson of OFF RECORD OFF RECORD Thurs White G
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/29/1966 (Item)
  • correspondent Marvin Watson (pl) To ^H Cabinet Room w/MWfor brfng session W/Members of CongreSS who have been to Vietnam, ATTENDANCE: Senator John Sherman Cooper Senator George McGovern Senator Walter Mondale Senator Edward Kennedy Senator Joseph Tydings
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 23 (XXIII), 7/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in Indiana. We were frankly taken aback by it. We had the same state campaign director we'd had in 1960 with Jack Kennedy, Edith Green, a congresswoman who was highly regarded in the state. We felt that under her direction we had as effective a group as we
  • Robert F. Kennedy (RFK) loss to Eugene McCarthy in the Oregon primary; support for RFK going into the New York primary; concerns going into the California primary and memories of 1960 California problems with Edmund "Pat" Brown; the RFK/McCarthy
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/26/1964 (Item)
  • McKee Attorney fr mans Atlantic fr City fr mans mans Ford Motor Co Dallas Texas General Robert Kennedy Atlantic City fr mans Wednesday 8-26-64 Walter Jenkins Atlantic City fr mans Mayor Robert Wagner of NYC - Atlantic City (fr. mans
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 60, 1 June 1995," LBJ Library (Item)
  • President Clinton never men­ tions are ""Lyndon Johnson""----cven ··1ast year when he rattled off the names of other presidents besides himself who had tried to reform America's [healthl system. he cited Harry Truman, John Kennedy. and Richard Nixon. I
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/14/1966 (Item)
  • ^ ^ ^ ^^ ^ : — ?-^^ ^ ^ ' — f^/l Senator Harry Byrd, Jr. Senator Bourke Hickenlooper Senator Mike Monroney ^%. Senator Frank Carlson Senator Lister Hill Senator Wayne Morse ! \Senator Clifford Case Senator Spessard L. Holland Senator Thruston Morton ; § Senator Joseph Clark
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/3/1966 (Item)
  • Dominick Sen Oliver Meadows Sen.Hiram Fang Sen. Edwin Patterson Sen. Paul J Fannin Lister Hill John Holden Sen J Sen Daniel Inouye Andy Biemiller Sen Robert Kennedy i Sen Thomas Kuchel ! Sen George S. McGovern : Sen Jack Miller Sen Geo Murphy Claiborne
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/27/1966 (Item)
  • , Washington, D. C. Churches in Geneva. The A.M. lauding the President's achieve- Bishop Joseph Gomez, Cleveland, Ohio Church is the second largest denomin ments, in civil rights, education, Bishop Carey A. Gibbs, Columbia, South Caroina among negroes in the U
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/25/1966 (Item)
  • . -- and the President asked to see her before announcing her appointment) Bill Moyers MW (pl) Mrs. Fagan Dickson joined Senator Robert Kennedy (B.2) S^*a*< GeneralDwight Eisenhower -Palm Desert, California (Indio, Calif.) (B.; To mansion w/ Mrs. Fagan Dickson
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 19 (XIX), 1/27/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Let me ask you to describe this visit to the LBJ Ranch on December 22, 1964, when you were still
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 19 (XIX), 1/27/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 22 (XXII), 2/23/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: We were working on the [Wilfred] Feinberg-- C: Had we finished Feinberg? (Interruption) C: I
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 22 (XXII), 2/23/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Rayburn to go to Dr. Janet Travell, Kennedy's back physician, down at the White House. He finally convinced the Speaker that he ought to let Dr. Travell examine him and see what she could do for him. in the back. So she started giving him shots He
  • LBJ and the NYA in 1935; LBJ-Sam Rayburn relationship; political philosophies; Griffin-Landrum Bill; Ralph Yarborough; Allan Shivers; LBJ & JFK; Rayburn and the Kennedys
Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 3 (III), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh INTERVIEW III DATE: May 8, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH W. BARR INTERVIEWER: Michael L
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  • Congressional relations with the Department of the Treasury during the Kennedy administration; Charls Walker; Barr's duties under the Department of the Treasury; Larry O'Brien; conflict between the Department of the Treasury and other departments
  • Barr, Joseph Walker, 1918-1996
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 3 (III), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph W. Barr
Oral history transcript, Andrew Young, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • was involved directly or indirectly in any of the things you were going through here in the South? Y: No, I don't think so. Not to my knowledge. Actually, largely our work was through President Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, Burke Marshall, John Doar and others. B
  • ;” work for Senator Joseph McCarthy; Justice Department and Ramsey Clark; Community Relations division; Roger Wilkins; Leroy Collins; FBI and J. Edgar Hoover; 1965 Voting Rights Act; solution to race and peace problems.
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 6 (VI), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , 1969 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Joe B. Frantz PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: You had some experience with General Edwin Walker both at Oxford, [Mississippi] and then later when he was sent
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 6 (VI), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan
  • Joseph A. Califano
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • jotted down a statement for him to say in this meeting with President Kennedy and other advisers. Well, you know, I was bowled over. One, I'm not that smart, but I strained every bit of gray matter that I could to produce. I don't know whether
  • . Shriver and Ethel Kennedy to Texas; LBJ’s ability to recall names; 1960 election night; began working for LBJ when VP.
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 30 (XXX), 5/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: What I must have done is called Vickie [McCammon McHugh Murphy] at some point that morning to ask him
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 30 (XXX), 5/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH SWIDLER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Chairman Swidler's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Chairman Swidler, I would like to begin today with a general discussion of the Federal Power Commission's role under
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  • Swidler, Joseph C.
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph C. Swidler
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 18 (XVIII), 1/6/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape l of l, Side 1 C: In late 1965, when I went down to take the President through the legislative program--in July
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 18 (XVIII), 1/6/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/12/1964 (Item)
  • Kiley , Washington , D . C. Frank L . Fernbach , Washington , D . C. J. Lelan d Gourley , Okla . City , Okla . Harry Graha m Mr. Willia m Haber , Univ , o f Michigan Dr. Seymou r E. Harris , L a Jolla , Calif . Joseph T . Kennedy , Washington , D . C
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Paige E. Mulhollan PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: Mr. Johnson the man, what kind of boss did you find him to be over nearly four years of fairly close contact? C: I found
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan
  • Joseph A. Califano
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 28 (XXVIII), 4/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: One question on Model Cities that I neglected-- C: Okay, go ahead
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 28 (XXVIII), 4/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 55 (LV), 9/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: We had some concern about financing, because we were worried about
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  • Califano, Joseph A., 1931-
  • Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 55 (LV), 9/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Joseph A. Califano
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 45, 30 April 1989," LBJ Library (Item)
  • , "is just as bipartisan as breathing." Credit: Ausrin America11-S1ares111an David Kennedy LibraryMounts Workof Black Artists An exhibition which proved to be immensely popular was "Harlem Renaissance: Art of Brack America," on display in the Library