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  • been associated with SNCC since then. He had been active in civil rights activities during the latter part of his college years. He was elected National Chairman of SNCC in 1966 and became famous for his chanting use of the phrase "Black Power. His
  • The President The White House Washington, D. C. My dear Mr. President: I am sure you realize how deeply I appreciate your call to me last evening expressing your willingness to have us fight back on the unfavorable press line and giving me the ammunition
  • Intelligence Agency funded private American foundations and organizations, particularly the National Student Association, including letters from concerned citizens and members of Congress together with associated responses from the administration, newspaper
  • /1 Johnsons are at the Ranch. At noon Skeeter Johnston calls LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) to inform him of Senator Kerr’s death. Phone conversations with Jim Webb, Reedy, press follow. 1/2 LBJ helicopters to Austin for the afternoon, returns to Ranch
  • with a small group of inside people--people that he had been associated with for some period of time largely, and people who were of his particular bent, very imaginative, very humorous, very light and gay. I didn't fit into that particular category, so
  • on OEO policy; contact between OEO and CEA; cost of living formula; OEO consulting with critics; Office of Public Affairs; press releases statement; view of quality of OEO Personnel; 1966 Shriver’s statement to Congress regarding abolishing poverty in ten
  • with Joe Califano about the risks of an airline strike. I had followed the press reports simply because it was clear that Roy Siemiller, who headed the International Association of Machinists, IAM, was totally against the guidelines. He was trying to break
  • -wage control in the airlines; the need for increased revenues without tax increases; Wilbur Mills' perceived opposition to taxation; International Association of Machinists (IAM) president Roy Siemiller's efforts to break the 3.2 per cent wage-price
  • : Did you have any association with Lyndon Johnson prior to the time you came to the United States Senate? B: No. M: None at all? R: None. M: When you got here, he was Vice President for that first full year that you were in the Senate. Was he
  • to hang on. It made it awfully easy for the enemy and It's exaggerated in the press. sion is greater than the actual fact. interests of the United States. M: The impres- This all works against the There's no question about it. I have read
  • [For interviews 1a and 1b] Biographical information; first association with LBJ; foreign policy problems of the 1960s; investigation of the Bay of Pigs; military representative to President; contacts with LBJ; role of Joint Chiefs; relationship
  • . At the University of Wisconsin, I was a member of the Young Progressives Club, and also in the election of 1940 the whole campus seemed to be Young Democrats or something [to the] left of that. Much to everyone's surprise, a press release came to me as reporter
  • unsympathetic with it. I then went into the regular last two years of the University of Wisconsin where I majored in economics. There I met a series of men who shaped my ideas and whose association inevitably led me into government and the Social Security. I
  • didn't know, and I tried to communicate this to them--to tell them that I didn't know. And this infuriated some of those members of the Congress. I recall that Congressman [William] Cramer of Florida was a real tiger about this. He kept pressing me
  • Leadership Conference's (SCLC) interaction with the press; communication problems within SCLC; racial tension at Resurrection City; lack of coordination and organizational problems at the demonstration; Ralph Abernathy; the terms of the Resurrection City
  • what had happened to the university. Well, it turned out, as was fully reported in the press, that.when the student procession entered the Capitol, Stevenson figured that this was going to happen, and there is a back stairway entrance to the Governor's
  • of this. sensitivity to the media. It's again a reflection on his Spencer Davis, who was the Associated Press reporter on the trip, happened to be their Far Eastern specialist. The reason he made the trip was because most of the time was going to be spent
  • with Republican leadership; relationship with Senate and White House press; relations with HHH; hot and cold staff relationship
  • Mann, who was also a friend of the President's, as you know, came to be president of the AMA, the Automobile Manufacturers Association. Lloyd Cutler came over to see Joe and me, said he wanted to come over on a personal legal matter, because we had
  • and the press; LBJ's perception of press coverage; finding a public relations consultant for LBJ; LBJ's problems with television appearances; Mary Wells' speech-writing; LBJ's editing skills; Ramsey Clark and the Watts riots; LBJ's views on wiretapping; LBJ
  • of Transportation, with them some 92,000 employees dollars to the Department. Secretary for Research officers immediate staff and.Technology, Mr. Hutchinson Mr. Everett is a lawyer; complete. Association 1968 and was replaced he had held several
  • remember whether it was during my relatively brief time with Public Works or whether it was during my tenure as Under Secretary of the Interior, but in one of those capacities I did have an association with the LCRA. J: To get me straight, you followed
  • have discussed, who had very negative views of Lyndon Johnson. And they probably, in some instances, had those views before the assassination, but didn't have a handle to articulate them to their friends and associates or press. I think what clearly
  • undertakes••••" (3) He emphazied importance of preserving present wording of aommt~ment~ If any change made, he would have to return to 30-nuntbtrard of citrus growers association whom he described as vigorously opposed to any change'in present /UK
  • Stop. The labels formerly said, "Whistle Stop 10/13-16/64" but now say "Whistle Stop [10/6-9/64]." CLAUDIA ANDERSON Archivist FOR RELEASE AFTER 6:30 P.M. SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1964 Office of the Press Secretary to Mrs. Johnson THE WHITE HOUSE
  • Press relations
  • with you? H: Yes, we had a very close association during the time. When I entered the Congress he had preceded me by two years, I believe it was. He was a member of the Naval Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives at that time
  • Biographical information; first association with LBJ in Congress; LBJ’s chief motivation and goals; 1943 and 1948 elections; Sam Rayburn; Charlie Murphy; oil/gas industry; Bob Kerr; Natural Gas Act of 1938; Senator Francis Case; Area Basin decision
  • was a type of mentor? P: Well I suppose everybody felt close to Nr. Sam. And because of my associations in the 1936 presidential campaign, where I was directed to become the executive director of sixteen farm states-F: Yes. P: --by Henry i'Jallace
  • . During the time Mr . Johnson was president, you were frequently described in the news media as a longtime Texas associate . I wonder if you could perhaps begin by just describing how that early acquaintanceship came about and just how close
  • of naturally put me in this area of activity and when Mrs. Johnson was contemplating some of the problems associated with the first wedding, I think she and Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell decided that there was going to be a lot of problems involved with gifts
  • of the exhibits. At 11 :00 a. m., he will meet with the press in the auditorium of the Museum of History and Technology to introduce his executive staff and outline the new Department's role. In the meantime, and continuing until 9:15 p. m., the public
  • Press
  • under the leadership of Prime Minister Lemass, the Irish have shown growing interest in partic•i­ pation in international affairs and in international organi­ zations. They joined the OEECand participated in the Euro­ pean Recovery Plan, associated
  • . Taylor, I know you've had a very long and close association with the Johnson family, and I would like to just begin this interview with asking you: first, when did you come in contact >vith the Johnson family, and what were the circumstances
  • relationship with Lynda and Luci; Lynda’s illness; the girls’ early education and personalities; Mrs. Johnson; the day of JFK’s assassination; LBJ’s 1955 heart attack; Marshall McNeil; the press; 1954 campaign for re-election; LBJ’s aspirations; 1960 convention
  • occasion to see the President who, as Moyers stated to press, would be delighted to see de Gaulle if he should come to UN. In accordance with this suggestion of the Secretary, I informally communicated this thought without attribution other than my own
  • ask you to elaborate on some personalities association with Lyndon Johnson . B: I was sitting Alvin Wirtz, to start with . his mentor . Well, Alvin was his great and good friend, and sort of Wirtz' advice . I'm sure that on many an issue that he
  • . FOR RELEASE SATURDAY NOON, November 30, 1963 Uo S. INFORMATION AGENCY · Washington 25, D. C. TRANSCRIPT OF VOICE OF AMERICA PROGRAM "PRESS CON'F'E'RENCE, us·AnGuest: Jo William Fulbright Senator of Arkansas ANNCR: Press Conference USA, a discussion program
  • Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ROBERTS -- I -- 4 There was a local reporter riding on the White House press bus. The only discussion I remember about possible crowd hostility
  • ; the Kennedy staff that stayed to work for LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with the press compared to that of previous presidents; (dis)advantages of getting close to the president; LBJ’s relationship with Phil and Kay Graham; Great Society speech; type of access press
  • already dug in and had put himself in charge of the press relations and was acting as the voice of the agency. So I came down in a rather difficult position of having a deputy already established, and having to take over a department that had been
  • Biographical information; Shrivers; Holmes Brown; James Kelleher; John Brademus; Mr. Boutin; Mr. Loftus; press relations; Marshall Peck; Paul Weeks; Erwin Knoll; Joe Kershaw; "The Year Toward Tomorrow;" yearly Congressional approval; lack of White
  • degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. She ha represented the Library, sometimes presenting papers and serving on panels, at meetings of the Texas Library Association, Society of Southwest Archivist, Society of American Archivist, Organization
  • FOR IMMEDIATE REI.EASE NOVEMBER 17, 1965 OFFICE OF THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY TBE WHITE HOUSE EXCHANGE OF TOASTS BETWEEN PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND PRINCESS MARGARET (In The State Dining Room) (AS ACTUALLY DELIVERED AT 10:04 PM
  • the President gave to the Pope and to Cardinal Cicognani copies of a proposed press release dealing with thei conference. The Pope objected to a line near the end of the release which said "We will never surrender South Vietnam to aggression or attack." R
  • this as unlikely. B: There was no talk that the deputy position just might be just a temporary stepping stone to acting or the administrator position? P: No, although there was a little speculation to this effect in the press at that time, but I didn't pay any
  • . Matt Reese, an old friend and associate going back to West Virginia in 1960, had become, over the years, expert on a basic campaign, particularly in the utilization of phone banks. A major effort was put into setting up a phone bank throughout the state
  • , 1964 BY COURIER SERVICE Honorable Lee c. White Associate Counsel to the President The White House Washington , D. c. Dear Mr. lVhite : Reference is made to my previous communications which furnished information concerning Mr. Walter lilson Jenkins
  • force. Since Pat had been a friend and associate I asked him if I could get with the action, but I hadn't had any time to be briefed by him. I just knew that it sounded like the kind of thing that interested me. I had been working on related things
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 4 a good friend of the newspaper publisher in the area, Mr. [Eugene] Pulliam, and it seemed to me that my press
  • Biographical information; House Banking and Currency Commission; Sam Rayburn; Inter-American Bank; International Development Association; Hoover Commission; campaigns for Congress; Kennedy appointment to the Treasury; Chairman of the FDIC; May 1965
  • discussed this with no one other than Chief NELSO?l MUROOCK, Associate Chief 1MLTER W. LANGE, and captain WILLIAM GUNTER of the USPP. Tllis discussion '9ith these individuals took place on tho morning of October 16t 1964. SHOEMAKER further advised that he
  • with the people associated with the whole venture around him in the White House and in HEW. And it seemed to LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ