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Folder, "Politics - 1951," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)

in the field rather ~n- the ··national leveL :r would be entirely Possible to have such candidates .noml... . nated by State Democratic con• ventions, by caucuses · of ths Legislattlfe; OR BY t>ntECT ACTION OF TI!E STATE . LEGISLATURE iii. the various states

Folder, "March 20, 1968 - 2:52 p.m. Meeting on fiscal policy - Fowler, Bundy, Martin, Okun, Freid, Zwick, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

Committee: Senators Hayden and Young. I would talk to Congressmen Mills, Mahon, Byrnes and Bow. THE PRESIDENT: I do not believe you could get anything. Tell them for eight months your proposals have been up. The Democratic leadership has been unable

Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

committee, with everyone, with the National Committee, with each of the candidates. One of the things that the Rules Committee did: when they did away with unit rule, I think that was possibly the greatest thing that the Rules Committee has done in many
His political background; campaigning with LBJ in IL in 1964; Martin Luther King’s assassination and subsequent activities in Chicago; Shapiro’s involvement with the 1968 Chicago convention; the National Guard at the 1968 Chicago convention

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. Kuchel, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was highly controversial, but again, I do not recall Lyndon Johnson's part in that debate. You had Democrats on the Foreign Relations Committee leading the debate from this opposition point of view. I don't recall. G: Reportedly he was responsible
election; Wayne Morse; the Lewis Strauss nomination; the McCarthy censure and the Watkins committee; LBJ’s relationship with Richard Nixon; relationship between Republicans and Democrats in Senate; civil rights legislation; statehood for Hawaii and Alaska

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 3 (III), 7/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: CARL B. ALBERT INTERVIEWER: Dorothy Pierce McSweeny PLACE: Congressman Albert's office in the Capitol, Washington, D.C. Tape I of 1 M: In our last two sessions, we had brought the interview up in time to the 1964 Democratic National

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the significant thing was that every report out of Truman's committee was unanimous by both Democrats and Republicans, and the same was true of Johnson's committee. I don't think there was ever one dissent in any report that came out of the Preparedness
LBJ’s election as whip; Senator Ernest McFarland; Senator Richard Russell; Preparedness Committee; Senator Estes Kefauver; Douglas MacArthur’s speech to Congress; natural gas bill; Tidelands bill; Walter Jenkins; LBJ’s love for the ranch and cattle

Oral history transcript, B. F. "Tom" Donald, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Democratic Party for four or five years. After elections, the precinct election judges bring the tally sheets in to the county secretary, who takes them before the executive committee to have them certified. The tally sheets showed how many votes there were
Biographical information; Donald's duties in Jim Wells County during the 1948 Democratic U.S. Senate primary; Coke Stevenson's efforts to see the voting records; suspicions regarding the final 200 names on the Jim Wills County voting/poll list

Folder, "C.F. - Oversized Attachments, Packet 4," WHCF Confidential Files, Box 193 (Item)

. At the same time, where the security of the nation may be at stake, it is impos sibl e for this committee to state categorically now that there will never be a contingency in which overriding national security interests may require an exception- -nor would
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This folder is from the Confidential Files, file unit "Oversize Attachments: 12/2/68 (Cater 2/67-10/67 material re U.S. Government and Private Voluntary Organizations, Committee on Voluntary Overseas Activities (COVA), also the Rusk Committee).

Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 9:46 a.m. House and Senate Committee Chairmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

, Tl1omcs JohnR>n w. Meeting began: 9:46 a. m. Meeting ended: 10: 18 a. m. eor~F IDENTIAL NOTES OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH HOUSE AND SENATE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN January 23, 1968 Fish Room The President said he had just met with the Democratic
Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 9:46 a.m. House and Senate Committee Chairmen," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2

Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

chairman of the National Committee in '59. M: That's correct. After the '58 election, which really was one of the worst debacles in the history of the Republican party. Here we had the White House, and we took a terrific beating in the Congressional

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

the Democratic Policy Committee of the Senate. How did you get that position? M: Through good luck. I had a cousin working on Senator Johnson's staff named Jack Hight, who was an administrative secretary to the Senator. He told me that Gerald Siegel, who
Biographical information; implication of Joe McCarthy era prompted him into law and public services; Democratic Policy Committee; General Counsel; calendar calls; LBJ’s degrees of interest in legislation; 1946 Legislative Reorganization Act; 1957

Telephone conversation # 12810, sound recording and transcript, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 5:00PM (Item)

. B It was one of the most He 1 s a very decent fellow. What about the Present situation? Let me ask you. Can you in any way entertain that idea of a appointing a Committee? I tell you why•••• Kennedy called me, and he says a lot of people
National politics
ON COMMITTEE

Oral history transcript, James W. Smith, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of committeeman and committeewoman elected to the national Democratic committee. In particular those of us in organized labor were by that time completely loyal to LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
Organization of Democratic Advisory Council; Sam Rayburn; LBJ and labor; the black community; Brown and Root; Harris County Democrats; Frankie Randolph; precinct organization; 1956 State Democratic Convention; committeeman/committeewoman controversy

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/25/1964 (Item)

Goodrich, State Democratic Committee Chairman; Mrs. Annette Raker, Nationa l Committe State Cabinet — Secy, of State — Tom Adams; Sfate Treasurer — Edwin Larson Atty. General Ja mes Kynes, (Comptroller — Raygreen, Supt, of Public: Instruction — Thomas

Folder, "July 24, 1968 - 1:30 p.m. Tuesday lunch with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

be more responsible. He says he is for our position in Vietnam. He thinks Democrats will go the other way. What should we do about the Democratic platform on Vietnam? Mansfield rejects the "straws in the wind" statements. Senator The GOP may be of more
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Oral history transcript, Stuart Morrison Long, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

Committee for a good many years, were you not? SL: Yes, the State Committee, and I've been a Democratic Precinct Chairman since 1946. PB: still am, in fact. And you took part in various other political activities all down through the years in addition
Biographical information; first memories of LBJ; political activists; Veteran’s Housing Council; socialized housing; Balcones Research Center; LBJ’s Senate candidacy; interest in party politics; loyal Democrats and Dixicrats; 12-vote majority

Folder, "January 12 and 13, 1965 - Joint Communique Between President Johnson and Prime Minister Eisaku Sato Following Talks in Washington," Statements Files, Box 137 (Item)

NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE WITHDRAWALSHEET {PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORMOF DOCUMENT memo OR TITLE CORRESPONDENTS to the President Confidential DATE RESTRICTION from Dean Rusk 1 p 01/13/65 A FILE LOCATION Statements of Lyndon
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Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 3 (III), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the Republicans in the House pushed and they had Democratic allies in the committee was that the predominant thing should be aid for the students. Now I'm going to get mixed up on the years on that and that's why I'd like to look into my records, but this really
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and its amendments; equitable distribution of ESEA funds among public and private schools; Millenson's involvement in a committee report regarding ESEA; conflict regarding whether funding should go

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 7 (VII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

base with their key people anyway. The chairman of that committee was [William C.] Dawson of Illinois. The ranking Republican was Congresswoman [Florence P.] Dwyer of New Jersey. The key Democrat on the committee was Chet Holifield of California
of Representatives; Wozencraft's work with the Democrats and Republicans on the Government Operations Committee; the opinion of Treasury and HEW administrators; House subcommittee hearings; Congressman Jack Edwards and Johns Erlenborn's initiation of a floor fight

Folder, "July 13, 1967 - 12:08 p.m. [NSC Meeting - #572]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Johnson Attached are the notes taken during the President's meeting with the National Security Council Staff. Attending the meeting: The President Secretary McNamara Under Secretary Katzenbach General Wheeler CIA Director Helms USIA Director Marks OEP
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Oral history transcript, Elliot Richardson, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. that legislation. We had a massive coalition supporting I brought about the creation of a committee which called itself the Emergency Committee for the National Defense LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
First awareness and first meeting with LBJ; on staff of Senator Leverett Saltonstall; LBJ on the Senate floor and handling Senate affairs; Lister Hill; National Defense Education Act; partisanship; Felix Frankfurter's law clerk; LBJ's relationship

Folder, "November 20, 1967 - 5:05 p.m. Bipartisan Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

. To underscore my interest and concern, I took these steps: I met with the leadership of both Houses and the ranking majority and minority members of the tax and appropria tions committee. On August 8, 9 and 1 7, I invited every House Democrat and at least 50

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 4 (IV), 8/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

there that everybody knew was going to support Humphrey. M: I mean those in control of the convention. You mean the members of the Democratic National Committee running the convention? A: No. When I say I know the Johnson forces, I meant that I knew that a majority

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 11 (XI), 7/24/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. A commitment that had been made by the Democratic Party and by us in the Kennedy-Johnson period had not been fulfilled. Go back to the five-vote margin to expand the Rules Committee. There was further change in procedure in subsequent years, but he moved from
to Hubert Humphrey; Long's objection to changing the membership of the Senate Finance Committee; Mendel Rivers succeeding Carl Vinson as chair of the House Armed Services Committee; changes in the House Rules Committee; the addition of three Democrats

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 3 (III), 2/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

· '. for the Democratic Policy Committee until after ·the election_ of · Mr. Johnson as Democratic Leader and.my recollection. is, until after , ·most of ·the committee assignments had been made. So your first three items I have nothing really to say much about. On item
amendment; the Gore Amendment; St. Lawrence Seaway; Hawaiian and Alaskan Statehood; Communist Control Act; the McCarthy censure; committee assignments for senators; LBJ’s chances of being a serious candidate as a Southerner; tax bill of 1955; Capehart

Oral history transcript, William Hunter McLean, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

, on other usual campaign things. It disappointed a lot of my staff, disappointed some of the local people, but we wound up with a little surplus instead of a deficit, and I was able to send the Democratic national committee about $35,000 at the end. And I
1941, 1948, 1954, 1960 and 1964 campaigns; Tarrant County politics; 1956 Texas Democratic fight; relationship of LBJ to local political groups

Oral history transcript, Grace Tully, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: How did you get to know Nr. Roosevelt? T: r worked in the Democratic National Committee in 1928, when Al Smith ran for the presidency. And President Roosevelt was active as--the Business- men's group, I think, is what he had. He and Louis Howe ran
FDR’s death and coming to work for LBJ in 1955; Democratic Policy committee procedures and how members were chosen; comparison of how the Policy Committee ran under Senator Johnson and then Senator Mansfield; LBJ’s work on civil rights legislation

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. And Johnson said, "We're going to have a new policy. We're going to give each new Democratic senator a major committee." When I came in, you got the dregs, you know, minor committees, unless you were in the club. And most of us liberals were put on over
; LBJ as minority leader; committee assignments; estimations of LBJ; Joe McCarthy; Foreign Relations Committee; difference of opinion between LBJ and Humphrey; William Proxmire; jury trials; 1957 Civil Rights Act; JFK; Rule 22 amendment; Mexican

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

is the need to reorganize the DNC and that LBJ was evidently unhappy with the way the DNC was focused or set up. B: Yes. Do you recall that? The biggest problem that Johnson had with the Democratic National Committee as you know, he was super

Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in particular that were demanding that they be put on the committee. One of them was John F. Kennedy, who said he needed the prestige of the committee because he was getting ready to run for national office. The second was Hubert Humphrey, the whip
Biographical information; Appropriations Committee seat; Strauss and Fortas confirmation hearings; LBJ as Majority Leader; 1960 and 1964 campaigns; JFK; 3/31 announcement; foreign relations; his wife; exchange of committee assignment with Russell

Folder, "Political Notes [1948]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)

? Republican Present Order: Stassen, Vandenberg, Dewey Tatt. Democratic Present Order: Eisenhower, Truman. Stassen has achieved acceptance by both the House ot Morgan and the Roman Catholic hierarchy. Dewey, who had the world by the tail six

Oral history transcript, Emma Guffy Miller, interview 1 (I), 2/12/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

: I've been there several times, yes. Mc: What did you go to--a dinner or what? M: I went to receptions, and the meetings of the National Committee. the last thing. I can't tell you how many, but the last committee That's LBJ Presidential Library
National Youth Administration (U.S.)
History of Democratic conventions; relations with Democratic leaders; First meeting LBJ; NYA; opinion of LBJ

Folder, "Demonstration – October 20-21, 1967 [2 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 64C (Item)

. The National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam is organizing this demonstration. Dave Dellinger, Chairman of the Committee, has claimed that numerous Negro militants, including H. Rap Brown, would support the October 21 demonstration. However
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Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: SENATOR JOHN SPARKMAN (Democrat/Alabama) INTERVIEWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN More on LBJ Library oral

Folder, "CIA," Office Files of Harry C. McPherson, Box 5 (Item)

activities of organizations which are adjudged deserving, in the national interest, of public support." The President indicated that this committee would include representatives from the Executive, the Congress, and the private community. The following
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Material on CIA testimony before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and the establishment of a Committee under Nicholas Katzenbach to inquire into the relationship of government agencies with private organizations.

Oral history transcript, Wayne L. Hays, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Hays Interviewer: Paige E. Mulhollan Date: March 11, 1969 Tape 1 of 1 M: Let's begin by simply identifying you. You're Wayne Hays, Democratic Congressman from Ohio--the eighteenth/district; and you've been in the House of Representatives since
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; NATO Parliamentarians Committee; LBJ’s praise of Hays; collaboration of Rayburn and LBJ in shaping legislation in the House; committed JFK delegate in 1960; LBJ as VP; friendship with President a political

Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

. R: With various titles. M: With various titles, yes. boards and committees. You have served on a number of national You were also assistant director to the Office of Price Administration with Rationing from 1942 to 1945. R: That should

Oral history transcript, Eilene M. Galloway, interview 1 (I), 5/18/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, it happened that Senator [stuart] Symington, who was a member of the committee, does not like boards. So we changed the name to council, that's how it got to be the National Aeronautics and Space Council in the NASA Act. I don't know what Symington's bitter
Biographical information; LBJ; Sputnik; committee work; NASA; space legislation; U.N. and space; conferences; visiting the Ranch; space law; reports; foreign travel

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Committee. He wanted to get the tax, but he wouldn't agree to this withholding. On one occasion he had every Democratic chairman in the House in there. (Interruption) G: You were talking about the meeting with the President here. M: Oh, yes. He started
Tax surcharge; balancing the budget and six billion dollars in budget cuts, pressure from LBJ; budgetary process reform; George Mahon; work on the Ways and Means Committee; appropriations.

Reference File, "Jenkins, Walter" (Item)

LlBRARr ). THE WEEKLY NEWSA\AGAZINE October 23, 1964 Vol. 84, No. 17 THE NATION THE ADMINISTRATION The lmpond•rables Nothin~ it .had seemed, could conceivably .stand· in the way of Democrat,. Lyndon. .. Jo.h·nson's inexorable march back

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