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, but it was the elite. Every member of the Space Committee when it was first created, both Republicans and Democrats, were already chairmen of a parent committee: [Warren] Magnuson on Commerce, Hayden on Appropriations; Bridges, every one of them, see. They needed one
" conservation; the formation of the Space Committee; the decision to build the Space Center in Houston; the Kerr-Mills Bill; billboard legislation; natural gas legislation; Kerr's relationship with the oil industry; Senator Jennings Randolph, Kerr

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 2 (II), 8/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

then on he went back and he took hold of this thing in the Senate. It was only his tenaciousness and his guts in seeing about the investigating committees, the preparedness committees, the tenacity with which he held on to appropriating that money during
; Corcoran's work for LBJ at the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles; Corcoran's efforts to convince Sam Rayburn that LBJ should accept the vice presidential nomination in 1960; Mike Mansfield as Senator Majority Leader; Jim Landis; Ambassador

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh BASKIN -- I -- 4 B: The t1a.y one when they overthrew the Shivers-dominated State Democratic Executive Committee
First contacts with LBJ in 1953 in Texas campaigning; Johnson's role in Texas state politics in 1956; Sam Rayburn's selection of LBJ as favorite son in 1956; DOT (Democrats of Texas); contacts with LBJ in Senate; LBJ-Ralph Yarborough as senators

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with the Secretary? W: Well, it was an interesting story. That was the time when the NRA Codes hearings were being conducted, and a classmate of mine, who had finished law school, and I established the National Committee on Industrial Recovery. We got the various
National Youth Administration (U.S.)
Biographical information; Adviser to Secretary Ickes on Negro affairs; National Committee on Industrial Recovery; Harvard thesis research; integration of cafeteria services at Department of the Interior; “The Black Cabinet;” duties at Department

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Security Agency. In the 1950s [you held] a number of government positions, including assistant counsel of the U.S. Senate Committee to Investigate Organized Crime; general counsel of the AntiTrust Subcommittee of the House Judiciary Committee; trade

Oral history transcript, George C. McGhee, interview 1 (I), 7/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the political pressure--not just of Senator Mansfield--but the entire Senate Democratic policy committees. I think he felt that he had to make this small gesture--because we took them back after Czechoslovakia, and they're still there. M: Right. A little

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

really didn't have enough money in the budget to do the things that he thought were important. F: So he was very active as long as he was there, you know. Now, any congressional official who sits on a committee that oversees you is a person to think

Oral history transcript, Rufus W. Youngblood, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

you also use more computers? Y: Yes. This was mainly an outgrowth of the Warren Commission. have computers prior to the 1963 occurrence. We did not As a result of the Warren Commission and other committees, we now have a computerized protective
Secret Service car following him on the highway; paint throwing incident in Melbourne; death of Clarence Kretsch’s child at LBJ Ranch; nationally televised remarks to Secret Service personnel on the White House lawn

Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 2 (II), 2/23/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Allred's--Governor Allred at that time--who met President Roosevelt on one of his trips through Texas. He went fishing with him, and he talked to him about Lyndon and asked him to appoint him as National Youth administrator. arranged

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