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Oral history transcript, Eugene C. Patterson, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

acquaintance with Mr. Johnson? P: Oh, I had seen Mr. Johnson at various places when he was in the United States Senate. I'd seen him at the 1960 Democratic Convention, for instance, when he had sought the nomination that John F. Kennedy ultimately won

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 76: May 9‑14, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)

- --., - - ·------ .. -----------· ·------ -- - ... ME:MORA DUM ACTION THE WHITE HOUSE WASHlHOTOK Tuesday, May 14, 1968 7 :30 p. m. MR. PRESIDENT: Attached at Tab A is Harriman's At Tab Bis Sect. Rusk's the end in which we identify I have been working draft is an improvement. proposed statement

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 21, February 12- 28, 1967 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)

. Today's Economist assessment, 11 Were the Americans wrong?" ~d Ouardlan editorial, "Whose Side Are We On?" take to task Labor backbencher• who are protesting the U.S. action. z. Economist commentary does not wholly absolve U.S. but, on examination, finds

Folder, "Japan, Volume 1, Cables, 11/63 - 4/64," Country Files, NSF, Box 250 [1 of 2] (Item)

to To TSG DA, To OCS, To State / (Gp 4) lp. Embtef'from ADMINOCINCPACto AmEmbassy Tokyo; Reischauer condition ·OfState OUTGOING TELEGRAM Department INDICATE: 0 □ CHARGE TO COLLECT I 207 I ~ Iii &:iiSi ' I Origin FE Info, ss G SP L H ACTION

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was the quality of the bills. And Russell didn't think that you got quality out of hasty action. He thought it was better to let some of these things simmer for awhile and let the rough edges rub off. That's about all I know about it, Joe, aside from

Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

for any office goes down there and files on that day. Anyhow 9 the leaders of the Democratic Party came down and persuaded me that I should not file for the state senate but should file for secretary of state--over my best judgment! I did 9 I had never

Folder, "1965 Task Force on Los Angeles Riots," Task Force Reports, Box 10 (Item)

the urgency of a comprehensive and effective attack up~n the problems of urban America. He emphasized that as far as the rioting in Los Angeles is concerned: . .••we cannot let the .actions of three or four thousand rioters stay our compassion

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 77: May 15‑19, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)

ACTION Mr. Pre•W.at: You caa•t ab.oee a man for try1Dc -- or maJN yo• caa. Kel Wabbllml au hla Tokyo editor aak If two to tbe B.uk i..r.a.w: tblai• are po••Dtle a• backSl" .... wlth -- a plctve -- a •tat.meet Iran yoa tllat J011 an ''plea

Folder, "October 17, 1967 - 5:35 p.m. Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

could see why Republicans wanted to play politics on this issue, but he did not see how Democrats could conceivably make a political issue out of it. President: They obviously do not understand this. reasons why I want this measure: There are two 1

Oral history transcript, Grace Tully, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: How did you get to know Nr. Roosevelt? T: r worked in the Democratic National Committee in 1928, when Al Smith ran for the presidency. And President Roosevelt was active as--the Business- men's group, I think, is what he had. He and Louis Howe ran
FDR’s death and coming to work for LBJ in 1955; Democratic Policy committee procedures and how members were chosen; comparison of how the Policy Committee ran under Senator Johnson and then Senator Mansfield; LBJ’s work on civil rights legislation

Oral history transcript, Leverett Saltonstall, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. the 1944 campaign. That was in And I served in the Senate until I retired voluntarily in January 1967. F: Now, in 1944, when you first ran, the country went Democratic. You bucked a national trend there. s: I did. I got a good majority vote in both

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 3 (III), 4/3/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

as secretary never seriously departed from this doctrine. One of the first actions of Secretary Volpe as secre- tary on January 27, seven days after he took office, was to send out a memorandum strongly affirming the principle of decentralization

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

as he was president. Well, that night I was in Baltimore with the ex-Governor of Maryland, a Democrat, Governor [John] Tawes, and the Democratic Speaker of the [Maryland] House [of Delegates], Marvin Mandel, who is now governor of Maryland

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 6, Bunker Reports," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

.: the Presidents of both Houses of the Assen1bly to lay out an action plan of relief and recovery for the civil population. In the afternoon., he !"ecorded a speech to the nation which was delivere·d on TV· and radio the. same ever.ing

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

one of the best nominees that the Democratic party could have. I had never heard much about Stevenson. I think I'm a one-speech convert. I had never heard him speak. I had been at Chicago at the convention trying to build up a bonfire for Speaker

Folder, "China Lobby II," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 130 [2 of 3] (Item)

castigation of Chiang Kai-Shek and on the plan to send a N_,-vy to Formosa. Knowland had inserted in the record Madam Chiang Kai-Shek 1 s '\farewell address to America. ") , Madam Chiang ' s spe ech contained a l ot of fulsome twaddle, as for instance

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 43, September 21-30, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

issues while con tinuing collaboration with conservative parties on foreign policy issues. An indication of Krag' s political astuteness has been his ability thus far to manage both collaborations at no apparent cost to either his own Social Democratic

Oral history transcript, Joe W. Fleming II, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

in 1961 and 1962, sought to find some common solutions to the problems. It might be use- ful to briefly describe what those problems are. Appalachia as a region is afflicted with the same set of problems as rural America at large. BaSically

Folder, "Liaison - FBI - Miscellaneous Reports [Jan. 1968]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)

at Valparaiso University today. Brown is an outspoken militant who in the past has advocated the use of dynamite to bomb the Democratic National Convention to be held in Chicago du in the Sun.1~r.of 1968. The Valparaiso Police Departmen and the Indiana State

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 10, August 1-11 1966 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 9 (Item)

Monday.- August 8, 1966 - 1?:00 noon LIMITED OFFICIAL USE MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT SUBJ'ECT: ... ACTION Appointment for· Ambassador J .o nes Our Ambassador to P-eru, John Wesle_y Jones. returns to Li.ma on Thursday. Tomorro,w is hls last

Press release, Address, Denver Mining Conference, Denver, Colorado, 4/22/60 (Item)

-- we want the best We want to do the right things now, make the right decisions, so the future will judge that we acted with vision and that we anticipated the consequences of today's actions on tomorrow's citizens. Now, I don't our place in history

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 78: May 20‑24, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)

••lon• in Lati.A America of the iact• a.a we bow them. State baa given •pec1al briellngs tu the Venezuelan and Bra.dliaD Embaadea here since theae are the two countries en whlch ~.-e would n1ost depend for aupi,ort ln the event collective action

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 57: Jan. 16‑24, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)

' . .. . . "I • /, .... • ' • • ._ ., I -- . . .... ' .-. ·: • • ... , ' +-~ J / '· - • ..,~ ~ - .. • . . > . . . .~ ' ...... .... - ACTION Wedae•clay, Jaauary 2-4, 1968 5:00 p. m. Mr. Prealdeat: ha•• I am acbeduled to 10

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 46, October 16-20, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 103: Nov. 1‑4, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

• ~ . -; ACTION VITH FAVOR•., - -UNABLE·.TO CONTACT DIRE.CTI.Y.... INJ"ONMATION WILL AA. AA RAISED •· BE PASSED TO CONGRES~AN THROUGH· , THE QUEST-ION OF VHETHER-.THERF.· IS A DEFINITE ,TIii! ~Ri O T_HAt;VihVILL.STAN~OOVN---:THF.. B011BI.NG. \I

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 39, August 18-31, 1967 [2 of 5]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 21 (Item)

that their donations were large and real enough to fulfill the matching criterion established by the Congress -- the United States agreed to send half this wheat -- 1. 5 milli(?n tons. That action was taken in the light of more thai-.. S 96 million in contributions

Folder, "[September 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

not be anticipated. lb traced development of the democratic process in Vietnam, said when Geno Ky took second-place on the Thieu 1

Folder, "INDIA - December 1963-1964 [3 of 4]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

of State OUT-GOING TELEGRAM., Depilrtment INDICATE:0 0 CHARGETO COLLECT UNCLASSIFIED 1· 48 Origin NEA ACTION: AmembassyNEWDE!BI 510 lnfo1 -;, f ss G p 'Following message from President /'t.::.:.,:,;:.l'...,~/tl,I

Folder, "Farley, James #1," Papers of Drew Pearson, Farm Series, Box F 437 (Item)

. The reception entering ot bureaucracy. It is not that the other masters have simple anil democratic fices, in and ~sp in the capital, tor breath inner sancttll will be sending esthetic an4 when the landscapers even in th• in the humid look out upon

Oral history transcript, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

, why they did them - and what was necessary to do the same in America. I not only discovered what I wanted to know to reproduce new things but found gifted people as well to bring to America. I spent the next six months persuading American producers

Folder, "The Message - Vol. II [2 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)

--------------------------------------------------Other Senato1·s:. DEMOCRATS --··----Inouye Okay n..,.nc1olph No commitment· - 2/18 R SPU DLIC/.1'\S Cc,op.:·r - ~o:1-co~nrniltal y. P, ~.r zo11 - c1~o~ 2/ 28 ?,/l3 2/ 18 Di'.:PART.MENT OF TRANSPOR HOUSE GOVERN11E:\''f T.ATION OPERA TIO~S

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 5, May 27 - June 10, 1966 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 8 (Item)

on me last night to congratulate the Committee on th e success of its efforts to help bring about genuinely democratic elections in the Dominican Republico He fo und nothing to criticize in the electoral process and claimed that he and Thomas had

Folder, "Ex FG 170-6, Federal National Mortgage Association" WHCF FG, Box 257 (Item)

in advance, it should be easier to hold the agencies requests in line -- they will know that any further request for new nioney will require special action and cannot be tacked on to a routine request for an issue to meet a coming maturity. I i ,t i Ir I

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 81: June 7‑12, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 35 (Item)

ACTION ~xx Moaday, June 10, 1968 - 11:30 am Mr. Prealdent: reque ■ ted, a· draft memoraadum from you to the Secretary of Defen ■ e reque ■ tlna our ae.nlor mllltary leader• to ■peak re1'1larly on the ■ tate of the war ln South Vletaam

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, Symposium: Legacy of the Sixties, 1999," LBJ Library (Item)

rebels with out a cause, "with their contempt for the squares of the world," and for America at large, "an old country ruled by old men." The election of John Kennedy in 1960 signaled a seismic shift. A new generation was taking over. The New Frontier

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 3 (III), 6/21/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Remember that resolution by Senator Joe McCarthy that would tie President Eisenhower's hands at Geneva? It was sort of a slap both at the Democrats in the Senate as well as the Eisenhower Administration. I think the Republicans wanted it killed quietly

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was what I'm going to call the Hill-Sparkman political boss of Alabama. But you must remember that all of this was in the days before the Republican Party, for all practical purposes, so that the head of the Democratic Part--the political head, let's say

Oral history transcript, George Mahon, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

delegation, we're one zone in the Democratic set-up. Texas is. position on a committee. So we would recommend the person for the The senior man, usually the senior man who sought the position would be favored though he might not necessarily
of 1957 and Mahon’s response to it; 1952 presidential election and Democratic Party’s loss of Texas; LBJ’s loss of presidential nomination in 1960; LBJ as vice-president; Ralph Yarborough; JFK’s assassination

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 13, 15 July 1978," LBJ Library (Item)

to the interest of Dick as well as to the rangements for secretarial help, I im erals can't count." Which may be right. young man for whom I write, I am mak mediately decided to suggest Lyndon to He believed in the democratic system, and I thtnk partly because

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 12 (XII), 7/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. home rule discharge petition. It wasn't that we were pressing Kay Graham to accomplish the impossible. On the Democratic side, we had been working arduously. Perhaps there was another area for these Republicans. They might respond or react

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