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Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 61, 15 November 1995," LBJ Library (Item)

Society of LBJ. but our best hope in these more than slightly retrograde times.'· Even though, he said. his title is "one grade down from the long standing, deathless expression which Lyndon Johnson gave us.'' there should be "no doubt as to where

Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the Truman Administration. At that time, I don't recall exactly the position that senator Johnson-F: I'll refresh you on that. November '48. He was a new Senator; he had been elected in Then, after '50 when Ernest McFarland was defeated, he was named

Oral history transcript, Frank E. Moss, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Johnson in those days? No, I was not acquainted with him. I did see his name. I remember an incident that happened about that time where the House administrative assistants or secretaries, as I think they were called then, used to organize a Little

Oral history transcript, Eugene V. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: Before that time you'd served from time to time in government service along with your career in the Law School at Yale. Did you have any prior personal relationship with Mr. JohnsonZ R: No, I didn't. M: You hadn't had any occasion politically

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and Public Buildings and Grounds. You first cace to the U.S. Congress as a representative in 1959 when Hm.Jaii became the 50th state in the union and served on the Agricultural Committee. From 1958 to 1959 you served in the Hawaian Territorial Senate

Folder, "[January 31, 1968 - Meeting with Congressional Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

a::ld with the Soviet Union. We knm·1 i t is much easier to get into a war than get ou~ of one. At the sarne time wa co have our p::?:"ide and our p=estige and our men at stake. So we are pursuing t~rough diplomacy every possi~ly avenue that is calcula

Folder, "NSAM # 277: Review of our Procedures for Anticipating Foreign Crises, 1/30/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

of Staff and higher authority turn for an immediate review of the situation and for advice as to the available courses of action in time of emergency. The Deputy Director for Operations (NMCC), a General/flag rank officer, and the NMCC maintain an around

Folder, "President's European Trip Briefing Book - June 1963 (I)," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 3 (Item)

Programs Possible French Proposal on European Political Union (B-11) I J Germany Miscellaneous Economic Matters - Germany (B/G-2) A Berlin and Germany (B-2) B GERMANY: US-German Military Cooperation-Status, including offset arrangements, sale

Folder, "Diary: Vol. #8, 6/6/67 – 3/29/68," Papers of Orville Freeman, Box 11 (Item)

hope they destroy tieir military resources and complete discredit them· and eradicate the power of Nasser and make it clear once and for all t _hat Israel is around to stay for a long, long time. If they do that som.e kind of a sensible sort

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 2 (II), 5/2/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

California was made a state it was not contiguous to the East. When other states such as Nevada, Montana, Wyoming became states, their population was much smaller than Hawaii's. But obviously, tne opponents had other deeper reasons. There was a time when

Oral history transcript, Tom C. Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. At the time I said publicly in a release that I thought that Texas was a different footing because it had been a sovereign nation, and that when it joined the Union it said that it would pay its own debts and keep its own land, and that therefore it had

Oral history transcript, Abe Fortas, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the time and be in Washington part of the time. J: You actually were with the Triple A part of that time too, weren't you? F: That was part of the Department of Agriculture. J: Yes. F: Then I went from there, as I recall, to the Securities

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Prior to that you had Prior to that you had been a New York Times State Department reporter. Does that pretty well get tbe last ten or fifteen years? J: It does except my last public service was as a member of the American delegation to the peace

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 99: Oct. 10‑15, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

, and tq avoid a shutdown of Ghanaian textile mills, AID proposes to increase the P. L. 480 program. At the same time AID will reserve $5 million of In this way. P. L. 480 will subthe 1968 $15 million program loan. stitute for scarce AID funds. Self-Help

Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on portions of the State of the Union or a crime talk from time to time. And, remember, it was during that period he created his Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice~ with Nayor Lindsay coming in, Kingman Brewster, Whitney

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 21, February 12- 28, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)

the first time wo~ld mean an estimated 300-500 ci,.dl ian casualties in the initial assaults. The irnpact · o•f this action on Hanoi 1 s capacity .to infiltrate materiel into lhe So~th would be entir~ly through the load placed on the i~port' trahsportation

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 1, Nov. 1963 - Feb. 1964 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

~ . AT _ THE . PRESE~T TIME ·. .

Oral history transcript, Jerry Voorhis, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

an outstanding job for young people. He was, with some of the rest of us, one of the strong supporters of many of the well-conceived New Deal measures that were at that time so vital, really, to the saving of the country, from our point of view at any rate

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

action on this contract for the time being inasmuch as the Air Force wants the · aircraft and there is a special background to this matter .,inyol;ving Y,_OJ:lc.J;"::-

Folder, "Corcoron, Tom," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 131 (Item)

, because of varioUNtrikes -de- _cent with the President. ~laying the national defense program, is all4 . Now we have time for just one more ~portant today. It has been charged in prediction, and I want to make jt regarding ,certain parts of the country

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 2 (II), 7/9/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

not commit it to such a terrain. The result is that, as one reads the memoranda, it becomes clear that I was prepared at various times to concede things that had already been decided. This was tactically necessary if I were to have any credibility with my

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

his name out because I thought we ought to have a Southerner for President. something on my mind for thirty years or so, South to get back in the Union. This has been that it's time for the I would like to have voted for Richard Russell earlier

Oral history transcript, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

calls from them. There weren't very many people who were taking Joe on at that time. The only favorable comment I remember was a TV columnist here named Bernie Harrison [?] who wrote about it. I don't think it was even mentioned in the editorial s

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 17 (XVII), 12/17/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

came from and some of the basic positions that officeholders from Louisiana would hold, whether it was on oil or perhaps some elements of civil rights. But Long was basically supportive. I don't recall whether it was this year of 1966 or at a later time

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 8 (VIII), 8/17/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a positive expression to his leadership. It was largely based upon various social values and was not really in accord with the overall trend of liberalism at that time, because liberalism had gotten quite far away· from populism. Unfortunately

Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 2 (II), 5/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the most recent interview about the selection of an architect for the Johnson Library, and that's where we quit. Do you want to pick up the story there? H: Yes. We had the policy at the University at that time of having regular architects who did

Folder, "Japan, Sato's Visit Memos and Cables, 1/11-14/65 [4 of 4]," Country Files, NSF, Box 253 [1 of 2] (Item)

. Bundy said that . we would be discussing with Sato the problem of Japanese trade with Communist China and in that context we would also be noting the problem of trade with North Korea. The Pak Visit Ambassador Kim again raised the question of the timing

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

by their own destruction. n Since 1961, f Polaris • J ·missiles have increased we. h~ve increased more. t:tian four· times from fewer of Polaris ballistic Union. of our allies., ballistic.missiles 100 to more sub1narines that of the Soviet

Folder, "NSAM # 333: Follow_up on Miller Report, 5/13/1965," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

such authority in bilateral bargainning. The difference between Commerce and the rest of us is on timing and on the relation of this issue to Vietnam. The matter of timing is minor Jack Connor would like to have further "public education" before ~~~ .. blR in 1

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 99: Oct. 10‑15, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

,• HE SA ID• RESU:1PTION OF DETENTE WITH MOSCO'.i.1 THUS WAS MADE CONTINGENT, FOR TH£ FIRST TIME, ON THE SOVllT UNION•s WILLINGNESS TO RECOGNIZE THE SOVERIEGNTY AND "PERSONALITY" OF HER NEIGHBORS. . . FRENCH OFFICIALS DESCRIBED THIS AS A DELI3ERATE

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Jorden -- II -- 3 interviewing people, looking at documents, trying to find out as a reporter what the hell was going on here. G: Did you use the same techniques that you would have if you had been researching a story for the New York Times or--? J

Oral history transcript, Leonard M. Elstad, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

at the college in the Hall Memorial Building. The date is February 14, 1969. The time is 10 a.m. in the morning, and my name is David McComb. Dr. Elstad, can you tell me something about the background of the college? E: Yes, I'll be glad to. In 1857 a man

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 80, January 2003," LBJ Library (Item)

to that. Yet George Christian did what few White House press secretaries have been able to do: he conscien tiously served a President who was wary of the press; at the same time he conscientiously served a press that was wary of the President. And because Mr

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 83, January 2004," LBJ Library (Item)

was wa[kjng down the campus toward the Student Union Building, and I looked across at the other sidewalk ... and I saw the be. I-looking f IIO\ I ever saw in my liJe ... He had black hair and brown eyes, and I thought, 'Hm. I wonder what I can do

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 3/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

picture at this time? V: Not to the degree that he later became involved. He was involved in the financial part of it, but I would say that it was later on that Arthur took a role with President Johnson that really superseded everyone else

Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a little bit of background here to begin with. You came out of East Texas. Right? H: Yes. Leon County and Grimes. F: You went to the University for your law work? H: Yes. F: And then went back to Grimes County and at one time was a judge

Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

try to recollect how I came to know President Johnson to begin with and when and in , I what odd connections our paths crossed over the forty years live been in Washington. Probably the first time I became aware of a Lyndon Johnson '\ was during

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 92: Aug. 22‑31, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

sentence of the above paragraph. . . , -3. The U.S. Delegation may, at its discretion, point out that the Soviet Union at the present time has deployed a large number of this type of missile which presumably are · targetted at Western Europe. .The United

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 14, October 1 - 31, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [1 of 2] (Item)

of our White wheat exports ~e also tor cash), . and (b) to a.void undercutting Australla.'e price at a. time vhen the

Oral history transcript, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was going on at that time in the Democratic Party than Lyndon Johnson did in all the states in the Union. He knew them all. He knew the people. B: Who were some of the people who were encouraging him to run for president in 1956? E: In this area