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Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , 1985 INTERVIEWEE: GEORGE INTERVIEWER: Ted PLACE: JACOBSON Gittinger Colonel Jacobson's residence, Reston, Virginia Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: All right, sir. Why don't we begin with 1954? How did you get selected for that duty in Vietnam? J: Well
Folder, "COLEMAN, JAMES P. (GOV.) [3 OF 5]," White House Name Files, WHCF, Box C-320 (Item)
  • home state. • But the new Mississippi law sets up elabor8te procedures which an out­ of~state attorney now must follow before he can represent anyone. Under Chapter 255 a private group, the Stat~ Bar· Association, is given the power of making
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 74: May 1‑5, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • positions which make it impossible to n~ 6 otiate a satisfactory settlement, the presence of men 1-· :
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 83: June 20‑25, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 2 (II), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , and then they gave the incumbents credit proportional to what they had spent. So the surgeon was eligible to come home. So I was able to get the Surgeon General to change my orders to get over to Vietnam. I think General Westmoreland knew all this was taking place
Folder, "[Public Activities - Biographic Information - Navy] From Mrs. Johnson's Desk," LBJA, Subject Files, Box 74 (Item)
  • .,~. K.,. t ' f.:j i?:{::::,; ::i:.: fRIORITY CLINit '\ .. SCHEDULED FOR NEXT, THURSDAY Analyst Will .Discuss Details_ of U. S. /Construction Of Regulations Private ·Homes •• • ; ••, t I ,-..., A ",pridrities. clinic" to inform local business
Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Daniel O. Graham, interview 2 (II), 11/8/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • . The remarkable thing was, in fact, that [William] Westmoreland was able to get most of them to keep half of their strength at home for Tet. A few of them let more than that go. Some of them, like the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
Oral history transcript, Joseph H. Skiles, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , after greeting me were "Is all this true?" He got this folder from Bill Deason. I said, "Yes, sir." He said, "You got beat for county judge?" I said, "Yes, sir." "Why?" I didn't know whether to be cute or just avoid it as well as I could. But I
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of supporters from my bureau--accountants and the heads of various geographical areas and so on--Mr. Rooney says, "Is this one of the ones that's going to be cut?" And I said, "Sir?" And he says, "Is this one of the ones that you're going to cut back?" And I
Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , 1969 . INTERVIEWEE: GERALD W. SIEGEL . · T. H. BAKER INTERVIEWER: Mr. Siegel's office, Washington, D. C. PLACE: Tape l of l B: Sir, we had gone in time up to about. 1960. We have covered legislative matters when you were on the Senator's .staff
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • commitments. aid. It really was military aid but we called it foreign The Congress then wanted to spend money at home instead of overseas. Now, 90 per cent of the money that we spent for foreign aid was really spent here manufacturing our stuff
Oral history transcript, Eugene C. Patterson, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Mar ch 11 , 196 9 B: This is the interview with Eugene Patterson. Sir, let me summarize your career here, subject to additions and corrections. Born in Valdesta, Georgia in 1923; B.A. from the University of Georgia; army service in World War II
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 52: Nov. 26‑30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)
  • to arrive home with his agreement shadowed by Cypriot ambiguity. WWR DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12958, Sec. 3.6 NLJ ~n-i1'I • By cJ:s , NARA Date'hv-1" INFORMAUON BCRET Tilv•tlaJ, 7:ZS p.m. Mr. Nonmber 30, 1967 Preabtent: You ahollld kaow we laaYe
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and, as I said earlier to you, I don't recall if that's during the vice presidency, but around that period of time. G: Conceivably, the presidency or the vice presidency. C: Yes, G: sir. Did Johnson try to retain some of his prerogatives as majority
Folder, "March 11, 1968 - 6:57 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on additional troops for Vietnam," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • .· .• " -­ from General Westmoreland's cable to General Wheeler 11 March 1968). I This would be roughly 30, 000 men? General Wheeler: Yes, sir·. The President: Was Westmoreland limited ih this? General Wheeler: Yes, we told him this was all that we had
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/5/1967 (Item)
  • ot a message """ Prime Minister Wilson of Great Britain, covered by a short note ' ———_—-—,—. .—,—, from Sir Patrick Dean. ~^^_ —• —-- -i^r- THE WHITE HOUS E Date June 5, PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DAILY DIARY The President began his day
Oral history transcript, James J. Rowley, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh MULHOLLfu~ Let's begin simply by identifying you, sir. You are James J. Rowley, Director of the United States Secret Service, and you have held this position as director since 1961. R
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Public Affairs," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)
  • YOURFELLOW AMERICANS AT HOME, AS IT HASME. EACHOF YOUHASMYBESTWISHESANDMYGRATEFUL THANKS FOR ALL.THATYOUHAV~DONE.ENDTEXT. PAGE 6 RUEHGN 18716 UNCLAS BUNKER 1 1 . . ,I 1. Wha.t actions we took: 102 o! 106 bat-talions by Christmas; alllca (Canberra
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 113: Jan. 1‑15, 1969 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 44 (Item)
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/1/1967 (Item)
  • route the airport--never mind Cong. George Mahon, at home Breakfast Hon. Charles Schultze, Director, BOB Sen. Carl Hayden Cong George Mahon, at home^ Walt Rostow -pl Sen. Spessard L. Holland Sen. John Pastore Hon. Charles Schultze, Director , BOB Walt
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/11/1964 (Item)
  • calls carded December White Willie Day Abe Fortas Secretary Bill Friday Taylor C Secretary House 11 1964 Douglas Robert Dillon McNamara Moyers George Reedy George Reedy To the office w/ Kenneth O'Donnell His Excellenc y Thana t
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/8/1964 (Item)
  • ) for lunch arr - second station 1:45 - might or might not return to office THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON April 8 , 1964 - Funeral motorcade of Gen Douglas MacArthur. - from Union Station. 1:45 p. m. Pres. and Mrs. Johnson depart W. House for Union
Oral history transcript, Roland Boyd, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Dave McNeely (Item)
  • ://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Boyd -- I -- 2 county [Collin County] is my home, it's been the home of my family since 1853 on both sides of the family. So I've always had
Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
  • , three of which were Comal, Blanco, and Hays. President's family at that time. Blanco was the home of the Hays, of course, had Southwest State Teachers College at which the President was then a student. I met Nr. Sam Johnson, the President's father
Oral history transcript, Everett Hutchinson, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in that campaign, but no more than any number of other law students to whom the young candidate appealed. F: Before we get into that, let's finish your brief account of your career. H: I went home from the University to practice law in my hometown of Hempstead
Oral history transcript, David Dellinger, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • always felt that my politics were in a sense a carrying-out of the kind of attitude that he instilled in me toward human beings. G: Right. All right, sir, let's get down to a specific case then. your opposition to official policy in Vietnam evolve over
Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • away from home on any extended trip or for any extended period and I was stationed down in Augusta, Georgia, training to be a machine gunner. I found to my amazement that there were a lot of other fellows down there, and I had no idea that that many
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 2 (II), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • was that you would send a handbill?" I ..said, "Yes, sir·. 11 ''Well then, why didn'tyou send a handbill? 11 . said,, 11 Well, I thought-.;.•• He said, I 1 ll tell you again. 11 I You're. ·not supposed to be thinking.•· You do what we have agreed to do
Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 1 (I), 9/20/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • hundred forty thousand, is that correct, General?" And General DePuy said yes. He said, "You've killed eighty thousand of them according to your statistics, is that correct?" "Yes, sir, that's correct." "Now, General, you have been in combat," which
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 85: June 29‑30, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 37 (Item)
Oral history transcript, John Holton, interview 1 (I), 6/19/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with his bald head, and he had little clinch glasses on his nose. He took those off, looked at me and said, "I understand you want to go to school and work on your graduate area." I said, "Yes, sir." He said, "What are you interested in?" I said, "Well, I
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • -- I -- 5 G: So was your primary responsibility that of Alabama, looking after the home state political needs? C: Primarily. Of course that included Alabama--what I'm going to call casework, what I'm going to call Alabama projects. If we had
Oral history transcript, Charles Evers, interview 1 (I), 4/3/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • is votes," and "What's important in this country is money," and "You ain't winning' you ain't got none of that, so let's go back home and get busy." He said, "You're up here hollering and screaming, but you haven't done your homework." I remember very
Oral history transcript, George Meany, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • primarily? Me: Yes. Mu: Once the assassination of President Kennedy occurred and Mr. Johnson was suddenly President, how quickly did he contact you? Me: He contacted me at home the next morning. President Kennedy was assassinated on Friday around 1
Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , 1976 INTERVIEWEE: J. R. INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Major Parten's home in Madisonville, Texas PARTEi'~ Tape 1 of 1 F: First of all, Major, to that first little visit where Jimmy Allred called you in to meet Lyndon Johnson. You were
Oral history transcript, George A. Smathers, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • good, and he was having these pains. What was happening was I would ride home from the Senate with him, and then he would pick me up in the morning on the way to work. Then he would call me three or four times during the night to see that I was thinking
  • LBJ's 1955 heart attack at George Brown's home and his health before the heart attack; LBJ's recovery from the heart attack; why LBJ was an effective Senate majority leader; LBJ's relationships with President Dwight Eisenhower and Sam Rayburn
Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton and Dolly Bolton, interview 2 (II), 4/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : April 8, 1981 INTERVIEWEE : PAUL BOLTON [with occasional comments by Dolly Bolton] INTERVIEWER : MICHAEL L . GILLETTE PLACE : Mr . Bolton's home, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Mr . Bolton, let's start today with some of the events in Lyndon
Oral history transcript, Richard G. Stilwell, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • of a government. G: What were your relations with the press like? Did you know any reporters? S: Oh, yes. They obviously sought me out, and from time to time they used to walk home with me, which was my only free time to talk to them. [Laughter] Well, like any
Folder, "COLEMAN, JAMES P. (GOV.) [5 OF 5]," White House Name Files, WHCF, Box C-320 (Item)
  • . Former Governor Coleman could not have been a moderate and still have had the opportunity to fill every constitutional office in his home state of Mississippi. He was the legal source of most of the unconstitutional state legislation which has so