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Telephone conversation # 10510, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/1/1966, 6:02PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DIRKSEN SAYS SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE WILL REPORT AIRLINE STRIKE BILL WITH 180-DAY PROVISION OF RAILWAY LABOR ACT; EDWARD KENNEDY'S AMENDMENTS; LBJ SAYS STRIKE IS NOT NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND SENATE SHOULD PASS BILL THAT HOUSE WILL PASS; GERALD FORD'S
Telephone conversation # 12613, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 1/28/1968, 11:38AM (Item)
  • United Nations
  • GOLDBERG DISCUSSES UN SECURITY COUNCIL DELIBERATION ON CAPTURE OF USS PUEBLO BY NORTH KOREA; POSSIBLE USSR VETO; QUESTION OF USING NEUTRAL NATIONS SUPERVISING COMMITTEE TO NEGOTIATE RETURN OF SHIP, CREW; LBJ READS DRAFT CABLE TO SEOUL ON US RESPONSE
Telephone conversation # 11580, sound recording, LBJ and JENNINGS RANDOLPH, 2/28/1967, 12:35PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • RANDOLPH REPORTS THAT HEARINGS IN SENATE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE HAVE CLOSED; LBJ'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSN OF COUNTIES, INVITATION TO ADDRESS THEIR CONVENTION; LBJ SUGGESTS RANDOLPH ORGANIZE MEETING OF FEDERAL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS IN WEST VIRGINIA
Oral history transcript, Lister Hill, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • foundations that are working on federal money that in effect you supplied for them. H: Well, I'll tell you. When I got to be chairman of the Subcommittee of the Appropriations Committee and handled those appropriations, the National Institutes of Health
  • Biographical information; first contact with LBJ; General Pershing; FDR and TVA Act; Muscle Shoals; LBJ’s ambition; civil rights; Richard Russell; George Wallace; integration; tidelands; Joe McCarthy; 1956 and 1960 Democratic conventions; Woodrow
Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to the Waldorf Astoria, sit around in a parlor atmosphere, and just discuss the issues. We had Katie Louchheim, who used to be the Women's National Democratic Chairman, and a number of local women who were articulate and knowledgeable. He was just superb
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/6/1968 (Item)
  • , and is manage r of the plant in Bruceton, Tennessee Christia n d To m Johnson . Marshall (Kenny) Gaddis id Jo 11:10a 11:30a 11:30am Abov e Califan o Congressman Bert Podell- newly elected Dem Congressmen from Brookly n John Burns State Democratic Chairman
Folder, "Brewster, Daniel B. 1/1/67 - 12/31/67," Name Files, WHCF, Box B-449 (Item)
  • "'"·.,,....' ' =··. =~-"'"'".....,~,,...._..,...~_,,__...,.,,,,,,,.,.,,._-.,,_,.....I--,l.............- -. . ~= "t,,,... • FILES .RETAINED t' /~ _: r IN OUR OFFICE. ' ... l.·. REFERRA L Democratic .National Committee To: .,...,.....,~_...,.,,...._,,...,,...._~\~ TH E !WHITE HOUSE OFFIC E -I ~ x=-=.-----=-r
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 20, 1 August 1980," LBJ Library (Item)
  • of the academic world and others that the papers of a President constitute a vital part of our Nation's historical heritage. We likewise believe that the richness and ful nes of the Nation's knowledge and under'itanding of that heritage depend in a large measure
Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • are talking about. But after he was nominated in 1952 we were out in Denver, and the politicos came out, the Republican National Committee, campaign managers and everything. In the first meeting they had with Mr. Eisenhower, when they were arranging
Folder, "NUCLEAR - Non-Proliferation Treaty," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 36 (Item)
  • ON THE PRESENTATION TO THE 18-NATION DISARMAMENT COMMITTEE OF THE NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY The White Hou•e was informed at 4: ZS a. m. this morning that the USSR would join the United States as Co-Chairmen of the Eighteen-Nation. Disarmament Committee to suhmit
  • A (National Security)-SANITIZED
  • National Security Files
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • as Democrat; he had the kind of rapport whereby they would pretty well work out all the various conditions of the piece of legislation. Again, this was the hard, conscientious worker that Hill was. But pretty much by the time it came out of committee, it would
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 2, May 1 - 15, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)
  • States repledges itself to seek peace in the world through the procedures and policies of the United ·Nations. "That is liJhy I voted in committee to recommend ratification of the treaty, and that is my on the noor or the Senate today I .. voted tor
  • A (National Security)
  • National Security Files
Folder, "NSAM # 332: U.S. Government Policy on English Language Teaching Abroad, 6/11/1965," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 6 (Item)
  • but to overall objectives of the USG." This committee has served as a focal point for requests for information, and its members have represented their Government agency at privately sponsored national and international meetings. However, because its members
  • Folder, "NSAM # 332: U.S. Government Policy on English Language Teaching Abroad, 6/11/1965," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 6
  • National Security Action Memorandums
  • National Security Files
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 11/22/63- 8/23/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)
  • , and so on. 2. Meet and · confer with representatives · of national civil · rights groups, their · LA area affiliates, the LA · United Civil · Rights Committee, and local independent · civil rights groups ·. Learn their immediate and long-range plans
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • Lyndon as majority leader had to do with that. I thought that came from some committee in the Senate. Was it an appointment delivered by the Majority Leader? M: The Senate Democratic Steering Committee gives the committee assignments, but the majority
  • of a restroom; a 1956 birthday party for LBJ with several senators in attendance; LBJ's relationship with Senator William Fulbright; socializing with Walter Lippmann and other members of the press; the National Guard presence in Arkansas to allow desegregation
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Various Topics, Panama, etc.", 4/3/1964, Volume 1, Tab 7," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE WITHDRAWAL SHEET {PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF DOCUMENT CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE # Secret s~,;~t!«-~':31 DATE RESTRICTION w ~ t /4 /0 1 FILE LOCATION NATIONAL SECURITY FILE , National Security
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
  • Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Various Topics, Panama, etc.", 4/3/1964, Volume 1, Tab 7," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1
  • National Security Council Meetings Files
  • National Security Files
Oral history transcript, A.M. "Sandy" Keith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Democrat from the St. Louis area in Missouri even at that time. And Tom had the same problems at that time as he got into subsequently. In other words, he learned to drink too much, which led to his demise--not as a senator; he's still there, and very
  • senator; Keith's involvement in the 1960 presidential election and Hubert Humphrey's 1960 campaign; LBJ's strategy at the 1960 Democratic National Convention; reaction to LBJ's vice presidential nomination; the Democratic-Farmer-Labor (DFL) political party
Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 4 (IV), 1/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • as the in-house Democrat. Arthur Fleming was chosen by the President as the out-house Republican and also as chairman of the commission and did a fine job. The first problem that we ran into was that the Speaker and the senators who were on the committee regarded
  • interagency committees; Wozencraft's involvement in the President's Commission of the Observance of Human Rights Year 1968 and related conferences; the difference between government- and non-government-employed commission members; the Panel
Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • said to me, "Now, Fred, you're going to run the department, but you're not to touch anything affecting the White House or the National Committee ." Mr . Bishop was given that assignment because he was the personal confidential aide to Mr . Day when
Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 2 (II), 5/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • and Democrats--I guess most of them were Democrats--had proposed various far-reaching new conservation bills. President Kennedy, fortunately, sponsored the Cape Cod national seashore. There were others that were beginning to push for saving large pieces
Folder, "Notes and Transcripts of Johnson Conversations, January, 1960," Telephone Transcripts, Office Files of Walter Jenkins, Box 1 (Item)
  • : ''We are having lunch With Mr . Manell, of the Democratic C:entral Committee and also head of the Executive Committee for Brown. We feel that we cannat wait much longer for an answer as or not Senator Johnson canspeak before the clubs 'bere
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, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • committee [for the] NYA. [Alvin] Wirtz was the chairman of it. last time. Senator I think we mentioned that Do you want to talk about any of these other people on it, or what role that committee played? (Interruption) Z: Of course I know Bob Anderson
  • National Youth Administration (U.S.)
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, June 1965 (Item)
  • 18 2:30 P• m. Reception, film (Paintings in the White House) and tour for the National Accessions Committee, a group who select paintings for u.s. Embassies Friday, , June 18 9:00 p.m. Luci Johnson will hostess a party for a group of Diplomatic
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 2 (II), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • a lot of that was the feeling that Johnson was still a New Dealer, a Roosevelt man, or a loy~l or liberal Democrat. _and Joe Kil gore and Ray Le.e and· Gordon· ful cher;. Buck· Hood; Tom . « · Mill er·, tne mayor: Bob Phinney; myself; and one
  • Wheeler-dealer charges; Gene Autry; 1948 Senate campaign; helicopter; Coke Stevenson; George Parr; State Democratic Executive Committee, 1948.
Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to go to the national Democratic convention in Chicago. When was this, in June that we're talking about? G: May. I think late May. R: May. Well, the national one met in June or July, probably July. Both groups went to the 14 LBJ Presidential
  • for his daughters; the death of Rather's mother; the 1944 state democratic convention and later national convention; friction between Democrats who supported FDR and those who did not.
Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. [1947]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 29 (Item)
  • easily lead to World constructive tun &upport to the democratic , civilization of com­ · War III. I believe that toughnee ■ breeds United · Nations, then these na­ petitive ~nterprls111 at a time when tions can &'Ive full ■upport to the most of the reat
Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1975, by Elspeth D. Rostow (Item)
  • to deal fully with it. So, as a result, I was, for all these reasons, frequently in conflict with my committees. But I didn't consider that a failure. To the extent that the committees were not representative of the national interest and were pursuing
  • and congressional military committees relations with Defense. Role of Presidential Tuesday lunches; domestic policy.
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 8, 15 April 1976," LBJ Library (Item)
  • members of the Friends living in the eastern United States will be unable to attend this anniversarv event, this year an appreciation party will also be sponsored by the Library in Washington, D.C. It will be held at the National Archives Building on May
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/10/1967 (Item)
  • " _ Monday Day '' leadership /. 8:32a —9:50a White House 10, 1967 - second floor dining room HOUSE/DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP President was prepared for his mtg two memos from H Wilson -report on the status of the legislative in the House -- and a suggested
Oral history transcript, Samuel V. Merrick, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and Employment, which again grew out of my being on a special Senate committee studying unemployment problems which Johnson largely instituted in 1959 and was headed by Senator Eugene McCarthy. I was general counsel to that Select Senate Committee
  • Biographical information; War on Poverty; Labor Department; President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency; Model Cities; Job Corps; Neighborhood Youth Corps; personal impressions of LBJ; Adam Clayton Powell; legislation
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 35, 1 November 1985," LBJ Library (Item)
  • document the nation ·idc conserva­ tion programs and legislation spcarhcadcd by Mr:-. Johnson and the accor1pli:.hment!-. of the Committee For A More Beautiful Capital, for which she served as Chairman. Include
Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • was just before the collapse of the German armies in Europe and just before the time of the San Francisco conference. M: And you were a consultant at the United Nations at that conference. Is that right? F: I was a consultant. After I retired
  • Biographical information; Finletter Report; 70-group Air Force; George Mahon; Adlai Stevenson; Vietnam; decline in power of Democratic party; John Foster Dulles; NATO; meeting with LBJ on 4/10/64 on MLF; lack of support of MLF; Ottawa speech; Non
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • delegate. But the Stevenson thing did roll on. I'm looking for the date of the Democratic convention. Do you have the date of the convention that year? M: No, it's usually in August. You mentioned awhile ago the Ziffren committee. Where does
  • The complex Democratic two-camp division in the 1959-1960 campaign; being confronted by Kennedy about his alliance; Rauh’s version of the Kennedy, Humphrey, Johnson party choice for President and Vice-President; Rauh’s disappointment over JFK’s
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 10, April 15 - May 31, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF DOCUMENT -#Ba me me CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE to P~eside ~t DATE :&om Dee:m: Rt::trtt Sec!E t' '9¥2b Li st Cgmmeaity RESTRICTION -05/2'9/65 ~F
  • A (National Security)
  • National Security Files
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Lucey, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • White House room at a rather late hour. l'larry Jersi 9 of San Antoni 0 and hi s wi fe occupi ed the apartment across the corridor from mine. During 1966 the President appointed me a member of the National Advisory Council for the War on Poverty
  • First meeting LBJ; the invocation at LBJ's inauguration; Chancellor Kiesinger of Germany; Hugo Black; Harry Jersig; the National Advisory Council for OEO; Sargent Shriver; Maury Maverick, Jr.; 1967 trip to South Vietnam to observe national elections
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 15, September 23 - October 14, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 5 (Item)
  • the Paks off rather than t..11.e reverse. ~EGRET· ( -SE-CRE~ Page Two Indian Attitt:.des. Embassy Delhi emphasizes that Indian succes : -: has united the nation and produced a new surge of nationalist fervor. :C..owles and his UK colleague flatly
  • A (National Security)
  • National Security Files
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 7, 1 November 1975," LBJ Library (Item)
  • University, and is President of the International Solar Energy Society. He and his family have Jived in a solar heated home of his own design for nearly 20 years. Dr. Lo£ was selected by a Committee co-chaired by Mrs. Lyndon Johnson and Dr. William J. McGill
Folder, "Mississippi Summer Project Voter Registration," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Mr. White: Louis Martin called to say that a committee of 8 hasbeen chosen to call the Attorney General or his designee at Justice Department in connection with the three mis sing people in Misso A Resolution was passed
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 15 (XV), 6/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • is a union is a union. One of their biggest targets was the so-called closed shop. Now to most of the members of both the House corrrnittee and the Senate committee at the time of the Taft-Hartley Act, the closed shop was merely a monopoly of labor
  • Dubinsky in reforms of the Taft-Hartley Act; Arthur Goldberg as chief counsel AFL-CIO; the Kennedy bill; McClellan bill of rights; secondary boycott provision; picketing; the conference committee; the Landrum-Griffin bill; barbecue at the Ranch for Lopez