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  • --Mr. Roosevelt. I was at the head table, so to speak, in a very minor capacity. I was at the Democratic National Committee. I was the only man of the young men who had had a great deal of newspaper experience, and therefore I spent a great deal
  • Biographical information; involvement with Roosevelt's administration; newspapers' importance to the government; summary of politics in New York State when Roosevelt was governor; genesis of the New Deal; Harvard graduates in FDR's administration
  • of small country newspapers throughout, I think Arkansas, some in Texas, some in Alaska. So the fact that he owned some in Texas would have a great deal of bearing on Lyndon Johnsono to say that he didn't know what he was going to do o He went on He
  • candidate for the White House-as. bls well-informed and admiring biographer, North Caro­ lina newspaper publisher Jonathan (Man of Independence) Daniels has just publicly proclaimed he be - there is better than an even chance that this will happen
  • of Humphrey's associates interpreted this whole process as sort of an empire-building operation on your part, which is in some respects kind of flattering since LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
  • was very well put. \Ve are finding that a lot of people will take Nixon over the others, but they won't take Nixon over Johnson." · TELEPHONE CONVERSATIONBETWEEN ED COOPER (Association of Motio.n Pictur.es, Washington, D. C. ) AND WALTER JENKINS
  • of the Reuthers traveled with me. Joe Napolitan, who was a long-time associate of mine and had been with me in the 1960 campaign, agreed to go along. We decided to structure some regional meetings, so that in a brief period of time we would touch base in a manner
  • status report to LBJ on his campaign and local races; the daisy campaign commercial; Tony Schwartz's work on commercials for LBJ; public opinion about Goldwater; opposition to LBJ by the American Medical Association (AMA); efforts to distribute campaign
  • destination on a number of sightseeing trips. G: I was going to ask if his association with them--I know that his family had known A. W. 5 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
  • and Johnson had developed a very kind relationship. I guess it was my association and my longtime friendship with Virgil Chapman, who came to the Senate at the same time that Lyndon did. It made it easier, I guess, for me to become close to Johnson early
  • a number of people on our national board, of which I was a member, from the trade union movement. So I do recall Johnson saying that he had a very close association with that young redhead from Detroit, that fiery young labor leader who, when he couldn't
  • was a great friend of Ed Clark's, a great friend of Jake Pickle's and many other people, I got to know Mr. Johnson. He was looking for help then and he would take on most anybody. In my particular town of Longview, we had a newspaper that was edited by a man
  • Biographical information; initial association with LBJ; 1948 Senate campaign; Carl Estes; 1952 campaign and Texas Democrats; Texas delegation to Chicago Democratic National Convention, 1956; Lady Bird; racism and civil rights; Democratic State
  • issues a statement saying that Truman’s seizure of the steel mills is “extremely dangerous and could open the way to seizure of newspapers, labor unions and churches” and criticizes Truman’s use of the inherent powers of the presidency to justify his
  • enterprise•, nor d oe • it rende r flnanclal or tfich n ical • uppn rt. Our own lntereete are adequate­ ly e~rve d by the V9 lce of >rnerlca (VOA), opera ted by the Uri(tecl State• Information .At;J,en cy. VOA, the voice of the United Stat«,11 Governmetit
  • (OUR TIME) BECAUSE, ALTHOUGHMY SENIOR COLLEAGUES PRINCIPALLY CONCERMEDARE NATURALLY AT ONE WITH ME IN THE ENTERPRISE, I HAVE TO SEEK THE ENDORSEMENTOF THE FULL CABINET AT OUR MEETING TOMORROW,THE FIRST THAT HAS BEEN POSSIBLE SU1CE OUR CPNFERENCE_ LAST
  • Texas has given me the breaks. I have a bit of news tor the radio this ·and I do not know whether I am being unfair to the pr Page two . in speaking this news before the morning newspapers ha.Te the opportunity to print it. ot my good friend, ex
  • of them relating to ways in which they can assist in helping to lift people from deprivation. M: Excuse me a minute. When you say YW-- K: The Young Women's Christian Association. M: The YWCA. K: The YWCA. But the multiplicity of programs is really
  • "Cases on, Patent Trademark and Copyright Law." And then the University of Texas Press publication called American Enterprise and Scandinavian Antitrust Law; articles, lectureships at various places like the University of Puerto Rico, Luxembourg
  • TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh his tent, but not wanting to be associated with a Johnson Administration enterprise particularly, and busy
  • to be straightened out. The only question was where the collective enterprise would go. The reason that they had not been put together earlier was a difference in emphasis and in support on behalf of these two organizations. The narcotics people had considerable
  • relations back to close association with President Roosevelt in days of Good Neighbor Policy. Recall Great Depression in which hemisphere and initiatives of New Deal; link this past in Alliance for Progresso 7. Pledge continued joint effort in carrying
  • did some lobbying before the Texas legislature, I guess in two instances: one, when he \'Jas teaching in Houston, he went up and lobbied for some cigarette tax that would benefit the Houston Teachers Association, or something like that. Do you
  • Early association with Johnsons; LBJ at Southwest Texas State Teachers' College; LBJ as debate coach; Alvin Wirtz; secretary to Kleberg; Maury Maverick; Al Smith; redistricting Blanco County
  • on that one. Anyhow, that was the way that was and then, as you know, later after that, the President went up to a meeting, I think it was the Associated Press editors, in a couple of weeks, repeated the same thing right smack on the record; and then later
  • Council or to one of the groups that I was associated with in which he laid great stress on the then-improvement in business and the fact that profits had come up considerably since 1961, which at that time was true--not necessarily very true with respect
  • throughout the United States. He has been commissioned to work in joint venture with Marcel Breuer and Kenzo Tange, in designing a new plan for Flushing Meadows, New York. His firm Lawrence Halprin & Associates, has been commissioned, together with Wurster
  • Folder, "[A Report from Lawrence Halprin & Associates to Mrs Johnson's Committee for A More Beautiful Capital January 1967]," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 2
  • INTERVIEWEE: CARROLL KILPATRICK INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Mr. Kilpatrick's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: Mr. Kilpatrick, is it correct that you began covering the White House in association with Mr. [Edward T.] Folliard in 1961? K
  • and Mr. Johnson as Vice President. So Mr. Wilkins said to his associates, "Suppose we go over on the Hill." He did not spell out to them just what he had in mind. over there, they go to the office of the Vice President. very late in the afternoon
  • , a Democrat of Alaska. Mrs. Bartlett, you have very generously consented to let us interview you about your husband's associations with Lyndon Johnson and the very important events surrounding the granting of statehood for Alaska. I'd like to just mention
  • Item Autographed: u, 1964 ( ( ( ( ( ) ) ) ) ) ( Photograph ot the President, furnished by office Photograph ot the President, furnished by party being autographed'tor Photograph ot President with someone else ) Magazine Cover ) Newspaper Picture
  • -- K: Well, I think there were some heated words on that. As I understood, there was some leak from over in Paris which was unknown to Robert Kennedy and eventually the leaks got out through--the newspapers came out as I understand it, and I haven't
  • with every American President during that time opened at the Library in February. Titled, "Boy Scouts of America: From the Brush of Norman Rockwell," the exhibit features 15 of the original works which the famed painter undertook during his association
  • that--the filing of the IBM case and the newspaper case on January 19, 1969, cases he knew he never could have gotten clear to file during the administration, that kind of thing. So it became a difficult relationship. G: But it does show, doesn't it, a degree
  • as chief executive to prevent inflation. I'll have no choice. I will have no chance to go to Congress. I am not announcing this wire so that you and your associates can consider the interests of your country, and you can act with complete freedom. The best
  • see, one of our friends also suggested that we watch the newspapers for births and deaths and golden wedding anniversaries and all that sort of thing and write the letters of congratulations or condolence. That first became Mary's job
  • with the press, specifically newspapers; LBJ's interest in Lady Bird Johnson's appearance; Lady Bird Johnson's efforts to get Tom Miller, Jr., into Officer Candidates School; time LBJ spent with Ed Weisl while in California in the navy; Lady Bird Johnson's
  • of the President's speech at the Smithsonian where he laid down the call for an international program in education that would be as imaginative and enterprising as the one in domestic affairs. Out of that a task force was set up that tried to bring together all
  • . The two key ques­ tions would be: What actions could be taken; how should the Congress_ be associated with these actions (the experience in the Dominican Republic and in Vietnam is pertinent). In presenting these questions to General Eisenhower I stressed
  • to details, we thank Thy blessings upon our beloved President, people, and on their faith. the Vice President, and those associated Thee. They came here—the exile and the For all of his skills in the political stranger, brave but frightened—to find
  • remember it, and was really the basis upon which the Job Corps program passed in the Congress, because people could associate the Job Corps with what CCC did. That was really the basis upon which Job Corps was accepted by the Congress. G: Initially
  • security planning. The emphasis in most games is on current or potential problems associated with inter­ national affairs. d. Games are often conducted with high level offi­ cials participating on "senior level" teams which review and discuss proposals
  • to the Conference next Tuesday, the question is whether the United States can state that it would be prepared to link the freeze with the reduction of a significant number of strategic nuclear delivery vehicles, including missile launchers and associated missiles
  • ar.r educa tion peop1!3 cC:.-.:.cat-:. o:i associ? .tions.; ."."'eve n to the point the unfr-ie~~liY-1 ~ss .of th~ t1ro, blocke d p;?.ssage of th~t and the this rift, or n~edcd. legis lation . Do 7cu fc;el t.ha.t you brougJ .t these assoc
  • in that, too. J: Oh yes, he did. Ray Lee was with the newspaper. G: Let me ask you about the press in that campaign. He had, I guess, some good friends among the newspaper publishers. Do you remember any of them, and the reporters and the editors