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Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
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- HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh HILLER -- I -- 2 F: Yes . i%l : But we came here with Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1933
- the phone so that earpiece just about shook my ear off. He said, "Goddammit, it was good enough for Frankl in Delano Roosevelt!" "Well," I said, "it's not good enough now. We can't stay there. What are we going to do?" He said, "Look, Bar Harbor is just
- . This was new. There was no pattern I believe I was the second one to be appointed. However, they had agreed that all of the five appointments would be announced at one time. The first appointment was that of Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr. As everyone knows
- to the House. President Johnson was--from the time he came to Congress, his qualifications and his fine qualities were known. B: Was he fairly close in those days to Mr. Roosevelt? M: He and the late President Franklin D. Roosevelt had a very close
- liberal tendencies--he has supported many liberal things, of course, going on back to the first time that he was smiled upon by Franklin Roosevelt . And at that time and in that day, of course, most of what Franklin Roosevelt did was considered quite
- or less a rubber stamp for FDR, for Franklin D. Roosevelt. The country was prostrate and the people were anxious for leadership, and Roosevelt got by with murder so far as Congress was LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
- fortify Guam then . really You probably recall Then after Hitler began to march in August, 1939, we were called back to Washington around the first of September, 1939, and President Roosevelt urged us to fortify Guam . � � � LBJ Presidential Library
- ; procession to the Capitol, riderless horse, flag-draped caisson; memory of Franklin Roosevelt's death; arrival at Capitol Rotunda; eulogies; LBJ lays wreath at foot of casket; Jacqueline Kennedy kisses the casket with Caroline by her side; Lady Bird comments
- . In a way it would be going a step beyond what his great hero Franklin Roosevelt did. I've always felt that if it hadn't been for the Viet Nam war--which is one of the ironical bits of fate--that Mr. Johnson would have made America the Great Society. He had
- since the time that Franklin D. Roosevelt flew out to Chicago and was the first man ever to attend a convention. So I don't understand why Johnson was so severely criticized for the allegation that he had rigged this whole thing. F: Did you have
- and former e■ployers of the accused assail Approxi■ately 207 e■ployees of ant Sirhan Bishara Sirhan. the Ambassador Hotel have been interviewed to date. Roosevelt Grier, professional football player who was present at Senator Kennedy's speech
- Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Strauss -- I -- 3 9f course, Austin was in that district. Franklin Roosevelt. I was an admirer of Johnson, when he came down and ran
- . They said, "I guess that's right." against Mr. Truman. "I recall also you were I recall that you were against Franklin Roosevelt. You really had them condemned. Now, let's get down to business. Who do you owe your allegiance to; where did you make
- , I have often felt that certain necessities of office, if nothing else, determine a man. G: I will tell you a great example of it. that is Franklin Roosevelt. It's noncontroversial today, and LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
- , of the Appalachia. It came obviously out of I(ennedy's trip through the West Virginia and the Appalachian Regional Commission, I think it \;05 called. think either Franklin Roo~"e\Jelt, ~ssistant or under secretary of commerce. ,Jr. \'Jas the head
- on the White House detail, I believe, Is that correct? R: No, on the White House detail I reported in 1939, around February. M: So you were through the Roosevelt times as well as-- R: From the Roosevelt times. I must have spent a total of approximately
- on the Commission on the Status of Women late in 1961. He apparently asked the Vice President to keep an eye on the deliberations of that particular group. Roosevelt was the chairman of that committee. interesting, very rewarding. Mrs. I found the work
- television and sometimes not in personal conversation, but to my mind is there and always has been there. B: Did he give you an impression in those early days of ambition, too? K: There seemed to be no ambition except to do whatever Roosevelt thought
- strategy, of course, was to go all out for Roosevelt, and even to the endorsement of the so-called Supreme Court packing. Did he talk with you about what he was doing? D: Well, r sat in some meetings where that was discussed, yes. F: Was it generally
- Congressman from Texas. He said that President Roosevelt thought very highly of Congressman Johnson, and that I ought to meet him and help in every way that I could. So he called up Congressman Johnson, and I went over to meet him, and we became friends. F
Oral history transcript, George L.P. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- that difficult period - the way that she has served the country has underscored much more vividly than at any time since l'ITs. Roosevelt that our country quite often gets t 1tlo-for-one in the y,'hi te House. I think that she is deserving of great credi t • 11
- ; campaigned in Texas in every election since 1954; 1957 Civil Rights Act; LBJ’s philosophy of the art of the possible; labor issues; 1960 support of Symington; Lady Bird; Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt; comparison of Labor Department under JFK and LBJ; LBJ’s
- in young Johnson going with the NYA? P: No, except maybe I was probably conferred with by people with the administration. I was close to Mr. Roosevelt at that time, you know, in fact all during the time he was in office. have discussed
- wonderful Negroes who- -athletes who-- B: Roosevelt Grier is one of them. C: Grier, and they were sort of his bodyguard almost. Roosevelt Grier and-B: I can't remember the name of the other one myself. C: lean 't either to save my neck. (Rafer
- . This activity continued until some time, I think, in early 1940 when President Roosevelt decided that he would have another term and of course when decided this, our effort in behalf of Mr. Garner was more or less at an end. F: Did you make any effort at all
- , which was about Roosevelt. Anyway, when I got off the plane--Smitty always felt that because he was the dean, what he said was gospel and he set the standard--I remember him saying to me, liThe President took the oath at 2:37 p.m. central standard time
- the seeds of my growing liberalism or moderation were planted a generation before I came along. I always had a certain pride in that, and it of course flowered in later years when I became a part of the Roosevelt New Deal about the time Lyndon Johnson did
- role. But the Bureau has to be a staff arm of the president and can't function in any effective way on its own. matter. It shouldn't, for that But the first budget director that I served under was Harold Smith, under President Roosevelt
Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
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- there under President Grant, I don't know if that's exactly when they came) were now in the Capitol, and one of them was in the Vice President's office . have one of them back . I was so anxious to You know until Theodore Roosevelt the president's offices
- with President Roosevelt. B: Still on into the 40's-- M: Oh, yes. B: Presumably his association with Mr. Truman, too. M: Yes, I think so, although he was never as closely identified in the public mind down there with Truman as he was with Roosevelt
- . This, then, called us to the attention of many of the groups that were working in this field, including some that were close to Secretary Ickes, who had set up a racial advisory office under Clark Foreman--a white Georgian but had worked with the Roosevelt-F
- by President Roosevelt in the late 1930s that resulted, I think, in one of the most creative and successful advances in government management that we've ever seen. sophisticated group of men. It was a wise and farsighted and What came out of that report
- , although his early record in the Congress would indicate that as a young congressman he was quite liberal and supported all of President Roosevelt's programs, all the New Deal legislation. But by the time he came back to the Senate, I would say that he
- did Mr. Roosevelt do during a period like that--just sit in his chair and watch? N: I don't think they moved around. They stood in the Blue Room, and we went down the hall to shake their hands. was beyond in the Red Room. The Cabinet
- . F: You had a lot to talk about then in the way of issues and what to do about them. P: Lots of new legislation was being introduced under the Roosevelt Administration, and we would discuss these various bills and recommendations. Mr. Johnson
- this ahead so they are out there ten minutes before he arrives. We use various means, the Congressman, Ken Hechler, who had been a speech writer and advance man for President Truman and had worked in the Roosevelt Administration, is a congressman
- by political philosophy or conviction? A: Yes, I would have looked on Mr. Johnson in those days as part of the New Deal, a young man that came up during the Roosevelt days that had been liberal and progressive in his thoughts. Of course he came from what
- almost always Democratic anyway, who went very heavily for Al Smith; and when Roosevelt ran, the township generally ran about ninety-five to five Democratic. It's still that way. B: Are you a Roman Catholic yourself, sir? S: Yes. B: Did you go