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Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

targets for years from Franklin Delano Roosevelt on through to Johnson's time--substantial numbers of these were passed. Slum clearance, housing, the poverty programs, the interstate highway systems, airline and airport legislation, and the development

Oral history transcript, Harold Pachios, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, Endicott Peabody, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to Philadelphia, got my early education there, and then went to Groton School where my grandfather was headmaster. He was also the headmaster of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and he was still headmaster throughout the time that I was there. FDR was President

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Excerpts and Taylor's Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

Oral history transcript, David Dubinsky, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

it, but in 1932 with the New Deal, you know what happened at that time. were elected in that year. Two, good people One is Franklin Roosevelt, and the other one is David Dubinsky--two presidents. He was elected President of the United States, and I

Oral history transcript, Lister Hill, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of '37, and then Hugo Black was appointed to the Supreme Court by Franklin Roosevelt in August 1937. My friends here called me on the long distance telephone to tell me I ought to come on home and run for the Senate. So I came home as soon as I could

Folder, "[April-May 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

of strategic interest - - is deeply imbedded in our national life, going back to President Franklin Roosevelt's reaction to Japanese takeover of Indo-China. It is a major region in its own right; the flank of the Indian subcontinent which contains perhaps 20

Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

the greatest program of economic and social reform we ever had up until that time because he knew what he wanted. presidency. And he knew the role of the And he was willing to get his nose bloody. Franklin Roosevelt had to do the same thing at different

Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)

make just one last point, Harry. M: Alright. D: He knew the model Frank Roosevelt and FDR had been brilliant at building a consensus and moving toward involveme11t of World War II. Johnson was there. He had seen this; he understood it. He

Oral history transcript, Chris Dixie, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

issue in the 1948 Senate race. D: Well, I've told you. G: No. D: Well, one of the things we noticed particularly about him was that he No. Is that on your record? That's why I wanted to-- disassociated himself from Franklin Roosevelt and went

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Rovere, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

better for himself both as a domestic and world leader, and pointed out that Franklin Roosevelt reached the height of his popularity around the world when the world thought of him as someone who LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/4/1965 (Monday) (Item)

Bird to F Street Club with Lynda; Lady Bird visits with Mike Monroney about his trip to Saigon; Lady Bird visits with James Roosevelt about portrait of his father, Franklin Roosevelt

Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

on the design for Duck stamps. M· You must have agreed then with Franklin Roosevelt's conservation program? R: I met him before he was President. When he was governor he brought Henry Morgenthau down to my hometown. Henry Morgenthau was head of his

Oral history transcript, John J. Corson, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

recollection there was not. Franklin Roosevelt issued his first fair employment practice order later; in 1941, I believe. In the intervening years, 1935-40, it LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. 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

Oral history transcript, Ben Barnes, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

Connally has not helped me in politics because, sure, it has Helped me, and I'll admit this. As did Lyndon Johnson's friendship with Franklin Roosevelt help him in his first campaign; as did Lyndon Johnson's friendship with Sam Rayburn help him get

Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

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

Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 2 (II), 5/22/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Bartlett -- II -- 17 Washington, D.C. There's nothing really important that you can do alone. So four years went by. Bob had been secretary of Alaska, appointed by Franklin D. Roosevelt, which was the same as lieutenant

Oral history transcript, Daniel J. Quill, interview 2 (II), 10/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Library oral histories: -6http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Dick Kleberg and Paul Kilday were real good friends and so ,,;ras Lyndon Johnson a good friend of the Kildays. F: Did you knm,;r Franklin Roosevelt? Q: Yes, sir. F: Did he take

Folder, "VP Johnson's Trip - Far East - May, 1961," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 1 (Item)

world power know that the United States of Amerioa meant what it said. It wna the wisdom of Woodrow Wilson and the astuteness of Franklin Roosevelt that stopped the atotaton in their tracks after the Lusitania hnd been sunk, after they'd marched through

Oral history transcript, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of leadership is to prepare the country to carry it along with you. I mean Franklin Roosevelt, who was a great leader--you could write a piece calling him a perfect poltroon for not doing X, Y, and Z, and if he wanted to do X, Y, and Z, he was pleased

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

there and John Sharon said, "Well, I've spoken so often down there they know everything I've got to say, and I want you to speak." I never shall forget Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt-- thank goodness for her--had spoken before, but she was kind enough to introduce

Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

about the only one he can talk to, in that nature, and as far as I know, well maybe the only one that didn't quite do it that way was Roosevelt at first with Herbert Hoover. But before Mr. Roosevelt got out of his office he was talking to Mr. Hoover

Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

XXIV tion Award Upon Admiral Rickover. January 30, 1¢4 165 Remarks on the 82d Anniversary of the Birth of Franklin D. Roosevelt. January 30, 1¢4 XXV 249 250 List of Items, Book I • I List of Items, Boole.I 166 Letter to the President

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 2 (II), 12/18/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

think Lyndon Johnson is a great President . I think he represents the end of an era, the era begun essentially by Franklin Roosevelt . I think that he has suffered terribly both personally and in � � LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Albert H. Quie, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

at that, Kennedy was the conservative and Johnson was the liberal. I think Johnson truly had Franklin Roosevelt as his pattern and tried to do as well as he had done. It's odd that Kennedy came across, you know, with a liberal image in the country and Johnson

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Boatner -- III -- 6 "Where are you living?" I said, "Down at the Ben Franklin Hotel ." He said, "That's expensive isn't it?" I said, "Yes sir . But I don't get off until

Oral history transcript, James M. Nabrit, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 19 that position--what are they going to point to! It's just like Franklin Roosevelt. In his first hundred days he got all that legislation before Congress began to balk

Oral history transcript, Patricia Roberts Harris, interview 1 (I), 5/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, is one of the two women who has ever served in the cabinet of the United States, Mrs. Perkins being the other during the Roosevelt Administration. Nonetheless, he did articulate a position with respect to women, incidentally, that made everybody very

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in history as the most effective President we've had since Franklin Roosevelt. M: GM: What happened then? Did he take bad advice and, if so, from whom? He took bad advice from Dean Rusk, from McGeorge Bundy, from Mr. Rostow, from the Joint Chiefs--who were

Oral history transcript, Frederick Nolting, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in the communique that came out of his visit there. G: That was the visit when he referred to President Diem as the Churchill of Asia I think, wasn't it? N: Yes, and in several toasts as the Franklin Roosevelt, referring as he did in context to the recent

Oral history transcript, Warren I. Cikins, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Clark Kerr, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

about launching some sort of attack? J: No. I have reason to believe he wasn't and he kept people's hope up. [Franklin D.] Roosevelt was great at keeping our hope up during two years when the Russians were demanding we use force and we weren't ready

Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/17/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

; Entertainment for dinner is Carol Channing in "Hello, Dolly!"; Carol Channing and Everett Dirksen have "same voice;" LBJ and Hubert Humphrey dance with Carol Channing; Lady Bird dances with Douglass Fairbanks, Jr.; Fairbanks speaks of President Franklin

Oral history transcript, Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr., interview 1 (I) A, 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

executives spending a week talking with and meeting government executives and learning about the three main branches of the federal government and how they interacted. During that session one of our speakers was Franklin Roosevelt Jr. whom I had worked

Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)