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Oral history transcript, Earl Howsam, interview 1 (I), 5/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and, as I recall, he was on that committee at that time. G: What were your impressions of him at the time? H: That he was a tall, outstanding Texan, and he seemed very impressive. I had heard about him before because we were interested

Oral history transcript, Roger W. Jones, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

have lived here since I was about eighteen months or two years old. I'm a product of the Houston pub- lic schools starting in kindergarten at Montrose School, which was at that time, I think, a pilot kindergarten program. I completed elementary
; eras of BOB; role of BOB in times of economic stress; LBJ's personal interest in management efficiency; LBJ as the most management minded President in Jones' experience; LBJ was the first President to personal participate in incentive award ceremonies

Folder, "Steinbeck, John [Copies from the WHCF Subject File]," White House Famous Names, Box 9 (Item)

as an extension of the Soviet Union. He replied that this was no longer so. He went on to say that we r·estrict diplomats all restrictions. , whereas Hungary had removed Other subjects in briEf : ( 1 ) Hungary has signed for exchange with the Ford Foundation. (2

Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 4 (IV), 4/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: ~- IV -- 2 I wasn't present to hear it, and all I would have heard would have been how many times--hearsay I don't know--but I know Lynda, and I knew that she could say harsh things. But at any rate, that apparently was the background of the early

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 7 (VII), 9/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with many of those Jews and continued to be throughout his political career, while having a kind of amused, Texas view of Jews. I remember one time when I kept pushing Johnson to take up a bill that would achieve some immigration reform and let a lot

Oral history transcript, William Healy Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/21/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Johnson? S: I guess that was probably in 1962. M: After he was already vice president? S: When he was vice president. I spent from June 1961 until July 1962 pretty much in Geneva on the Laos talks, and I think the first time I met him
to negotiate; drafting a congressional resolution and comparing it to the Tonkin Gulf Resolution; meeting with Canadian officials about U.S. negotiation goals; J. Blair Seaborn; LBJ balancing time devoted to domestic affairs vs. Vietnam; how Sullivan was chosen

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1959" (Item)

the State of the Union Message. CTJ hosts the first of two luncheons for wives of new senators. The second is 1/14. 1/10 Soviets send message to Eisenhower and 26 other nations calling for a conference to discuss the reunification of Germany through

Folder, "January 23, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

of the Union Jobs Civil Rights Arms Control and Disarmament Budget Consumers Education Economic Crime Foreign Aid Health Veterans The American City (Housing) The Ame ri can Indian Foreign Tra® Protecting Our National Heritage Sports Maritime The American Farmer

Folder, "June 25, 1968 - 1:20 p.m. Tuesday luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

it be the lull before the storm? General Wheeler: It sure could. The President: I think it may be. CIA Director Helms: I agree. Under Secretary Katzenbach: The response time of Abrams to mortars is fantastic. It takes only 90 seconds. General Wheeler

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/1/1966 (Item)

Date October WhiteHouae Da 1, 1966 y SATURDAY Activtty (tnctude vtsited by) fure ExpendiCode Breakfast - JJ and MW in about then. Amb. Arthur Goldberg - NYC (b. 3) — r e union dispute w/ General Electric, plans for weekend at Camp David

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/18/1965 (Item)

Child Development Centers wil l be operated a s part of the War on Poverty by 2500 community groups in every state in the union . H e announced th e first 1500 projects approved . Th e remainder will b e announced within 10 days. i HEAD ST ART STEERING

Folder, "CHICOM - Hong Kong," Files of Alfred Jenkins, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

by the peiu~nt• at Ma.A Kam To., from $40. 000 l1K ou Ne11enl.ber 3 to $83. COO on Nc•~ber 11. Thl& aec:o:nP3n1ed., ln timing, the- inltLa.1 reversal on the ovel°tl.11 &eU.lo-ment .and probably occurred aa pa.rt of tha t development. SubseqaenJly the Chiri

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 4 (IV), 8/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

at that time, over the phone. Most of it was Sunday afternoon and the problems were related to--my memory is very hazy on this, but the main issue I remember was when to move army troops, if and when. We and the Justice Department both made an enormous

Oral history transcript, Carl Hayden, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

there in addition to what would have been possible for the power from the Salt River. There are lots of industries out there now. F: Why do you think they picked the Salt River for the first darn? Arizona wasn't even in the Union at that time. H

Oral history transcript, John M. Leddy, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to that, in the immediate past, you had served as Ambassador to OEeD and then prior to that in the Kennedy Administration, both as Director for the United States and the World Bank for a short time-L: Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/17/1966 (Item)

. , Manager, Marketing Services, Union Carbide Corp Bolin, Roger H. , Marketing Communications Director, Westinghouse Electric Bolte, Brown. , Chairman, Bolte Advertising Companies Brinegar, Claude S. , President, Pure Oil Co. Brooding, Milton E., Director

Folder, "January 25, 1968 - 1:26 p.m. Pueblo 5 - Luncheon meeting - Rusk, McNamara, Katzenbach, Wheeler, etc.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

advocate" questions: How much time do we use up by our actions at the U. N.? Do we have control of the time situation if we get involved in U. N. debate? What is the danger if we go to the U. N. for some sort of humiliation? (What is the possibility

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 3 (III), 1/2/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to comment on them and frequently did so that as far as Washington was concerned there was pretty good coordination. For a time President Johnson had Mr. Robert Komer in the White House to coordinate what was called "the other war," that is, the political

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 89, February 2008," LBJ Library (Item)

topic of the conversations in June 1967. For the first time, the "Hot Line between the leaders of the United States and the Soviet Union is put into use dw;ng a crisis. Later that month, the conversations tum to the summit meeting between Pre ident

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 16 (XVI), 12/16/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of aluminum that somebody brought me the wire on the power failure in the Northeast, which, if we're right here about times, occurred about five o'clock. I immediately went. It was a total power failure. New York City was knocked out. The LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 2 (II), 6/1/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: MAXWELL D. TAYLOR INTERVIEWER: TED GITTINGER PLACE: General Taylor's residence, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: General Taylor, can you tell me the reasons for your trip to Vietnam in 1957? T: By that time, I was chief of staff

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] The World Food Problem, 7/19/1966, Volume 4, Tab 44," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

grai.n exporting regions were North Ameri ca , Latin America and Eastern Europe (including the Soviet Union). At that time Latin America was the leading grain exporter. ally . Latin America, plagued wit h runaway rates of popilation growth, has lost its

Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

president, the former president and now a statesman . F: Our former friend . J-9 : No, he's not a former friend because he's still my friend . He and his wife have been my friends for a long time and I've been their friend . In fact, Lady Bird has

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the inaugural affairs. So that busy month drew to a close. There was an alchemy about Eisenhower's State of the Union. As I said, it sort of ushered in a time of good will and good feeling in the town. And Lyndon was quick to praise it. One of the marks of a new

Oral history transcript, Jean A. Sauvageot, interview 3 (III), 8/14/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

/show/loh/oh Sauvageot -- III -- 2 everybody, including all the student cadre and the faculty people at the National Training Center for the training of the RD cadre. Of course, nobody knew at that time but what the assault wouldn't come down

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 12, 15 April 1978," LBJ Library (Item)

for the Inks and Buchanan dams in the 1920s, fondly recalled the times "Lyndon helped me out. Ile helped me in just about anything ... personal problems ... anything. Took care of 'em too." Cotten said be met LBJ in the first ear he ran for Congress. "I met him

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

that up for a little while but not very long. M: He took your advice for a short time? R: Oh, yes, because we were close friends, and he had respect for m-y judgment. M: Did you visit him in the hospital after the attack? R: No, I didn't visit him

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 3 (III), 6/7/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at the time to bring the union negotiators and management into the White House and make them negotiate there. Under that kind of heat it worked. contract. They did negotiate. They did settle a That left him with a feeling that a way to settle those huge

Folder, "[November 7, 1968 Foreign Policy Meeting - Family Dining Room]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

on the first day -- mortar fire. Nothing since that time. There were a couple of small attacks against small population centers in the last 24-hours. The President: I figured they would do this to save a little face. General Wheeler: The North

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 76, October 2001," LBJ Library (Item)

vious Lhre conferenc s focu, d on hm .S. policy toward Vietnam evol ed in Wash·ngton and was applied in the Field. This time, twenty prominent scholar, met to con sider ho, the Johnson Admini tration search d for peace in Vietnam. Pr . ident Johnson's

Oral history transcript, John T. Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

have lived here since I was about eighteen months or two years old. I'm a product of the Houston pub- lic schools starting in kindergarten at Montrose School, which was at that time, I think, a pilot kindergarten program. I completed elementary

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 5 (V), 11/28/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the American people felt they were seeing too much of him in that period. He did know the value of the evening time period, because he's the first president who had the prime-time State of the Union addresses. Usually, in the old days, the State of the Union

Oral history transcript, Harold J. Russell, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

this. This year marks the twenty-fourth observance of the National Employ the PhySically Handicapped Week in October? R: Yes. P: So it does make it all the way back to '48, and you have served on the committee for the entire time. R: Yes, I have. I've seen

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 6 (VI), 2/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

people still felt that the treaty was contravened. This was a time when it was 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 3, April 1-30, 1964 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

THE WHITE HOUS E WA S HIN GT ON __ s ECB :u: r-- April li, 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT This folder deals with the tough problem of decisions on export licenses for the Soviet Union which will come before the National Security Council

Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 2 (II), 2/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Union and China, Moscow on the way and I think Peking on the way back, I'm not sure. But he did make all three capitals, spent a lot of time in Hanoi, carried our message. It was reported by one of my ambassadorial colleagues, Sir George Clutton

Folder, "NUCLEAR - Nuclear Detonation - Chinese Nuclear Tests, Joint Comm. Report on," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 36 (Item)

threat to the United States and the free world comes from the Soviet Union and Communist China. In order proper!y to understand the scope and magnitude of this threat, the Joint Committee has over the years held executive hearin~ at which nuclear

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/14/1967 (Item)

'KITE Hous e Dat e Jul ENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N WARY ^~^ resident began :hii da y a t (Place) Time Telephon 1i 1 In Ou tL Th 9:20a t t Wal —— Sec — I j 9:31a f —— —- Mik I - . y Dean Rusk 9:42a f Sec i 10:15a _j j t , 10:27a t

President's Daily Diary entry, 4/21/1967 (Item)

to representative s o f th e carrie : _s _ and th e unions. " HITE HOUSE Date •NT LYNDON B. JOHNSON April •MAT resident began his day at (Place) The Time Telephone 1: 1 In Out Lo L . D 8:45p To White Activity H ouse Day (include visited by) Oval

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/4/1967 (Item)

hi s day at (Place ) Whit Time Telephon 1: — Activit In Ou tL oL 10:10 / 10:15a t e Hous e _ y WEDNESDA Y y (includ e visite d by ) D Joe Califano I Henry 10:16a ' V Marvi ,j (pl) . Wilson Director 10:28a t __ Da y 4 , 196 7 e

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