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Oral history transcript, Edgar Cahn and Jean Camper Cahn, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the neighborhood offices that community action was to set up. Based on that [experience]--well, at that point during the summer of 1963 after I graduated, we took time before we moved to Washington--I had an offer from the Justice Department, and accepted the offer

Oral history transcript, William Friday, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1987, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: WILLIAM CLYDE FRIDAY INTERVIEWER: Janet Kerr-Tener PLACE: Dr. Friday's office, Chapel Hill, North Carolina Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 F: There's an interesting little footnote here, if I have the time sequence correct. Robert Goheen

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

more about the burden of being a public servant, that it was better time spent than almost anything she ever did to learn her husband's job. F: She was definitely in charge of the office? C: Yes, and worked long hours. F: But without

Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)

for history have recorded for us as a what those skills were. And we are going to play a brief tape that will give you some idea of that. These are voices of people who were with him at the time. " . .. political system is one that requires enormous
in the future; Middleton and Christian's opinion of LBJ and their time spent working for LBJ; preparing for the Library's first conference; LBJ's opinion of the process of reviewing Library documents for potential closures

Folder, "Population Control, 1965 - March, 1966," Files of Robert Komer, NSF, Box 48 (Item)

the bureaucracy. Despite your push and the efiorts of a number of interested experts, concrete progress has been ~low. Bell has long stressed the importan.ce of getting on top of the population problem, but now is the time for his mission directors to step up

Folder, "Demonstration – October 20-21, 1967 [2 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 64C (Item)

, NYC, THAT ; I1IE OR St'.'< INOIV IDUl\lS I~TE~JD TO trfAV EL TO WASHIN ~TON, O. C., 00 TH£ £VENIN'3 ti OCTOBER SIXTEEN l"JSTANT, VI~ ~UTO. TIME DEPAFtT• U~E WAS UNOtr,10£0. THE PURPOSE CF THIS TRIP IS TO RECOJNOITER THE ARE:A'.,!HER£ THE TEN TVENTY-~E

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 23 (XXIII), 8/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

asked him for an imaginative reporter Dave had recommended me. I got to know Johnson reasonably well, and by that time the committee work was so heavy that the United Press had committees divided up. My committees were the Armed Services Committee

Folder, "Greece - Papandreau Visit - 6/23-24/64 [1 of 2]," Country Files, NSF, Box 127 [2 of 2] (Item)

a.m. EDT Departure from Williamsburg, Virginia, by helicopter. (55 minutes flying time) EDT Prime Minister Papandr~ou and his party will arrive at the White House where he will be greeted by the President of the United States, the Secretary

Folder, "Travel – Foreign – Berlin (Pro) [August] [2 of 2]," 1961 Subject Files, VP Papers, Box 109 (Item)

l hls It a fast messaae unle11 h1 deferr~ char• acter 11 Indicated by the WESTERN UNION rELEGRAM w. propet 1ymbol. P . MARSHALL. The filin1 time shown in ·the date line on dom~tic SYMBOLS DL •Day Letter SF-1201 (4-60) PIUt•IDSNT telec rams

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

for the record because future research scholars may spend time looking for memoranda of conversation between me and my Presidents, which are simply not there. Finally, I had no mechanical means in my office at any time to record telephone conversations or other
appointees; White House staff; role of LBJ at times of crisis; State Department involvement in speeches.

Folder, "Beautification Summary - The Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 1965 - 1968," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 22 (Item)

members will be the first to assert that their accomplishments are only a small beginning of what ought to be done. • But they are a beginning. In these times of almost paralyzing urban problems, blight and congestion, the accomplishments

Oral history transcript, Gerald N. McAllister, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the church and duties and functions that I have within the life of the church occasionally bring me into contact with my father in his official capacities, but most of the time they tend to insure that we go separate routes. We're good friends, however

Folder, "Watts," Office Files of Joseph A. Califano, Box 58 (Item)

June 5, 1967 Honorable John A. McCone Chairman Josua Hendy Corporation 61Z Sou.th Flower street Loa Angeles. Califor.n!a 90017 Dear John: I certainly appreda·ted ~ takb3g time to meet with Bill Graham during his visit to- Los. Angeles. He tell.a

Oral history transcript, Anthony Solomon, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh NOVEMBER 18, 1968 M: Let's begin by identifying briefly you in time and position. Did you join the government service prior to the time Mr. Johnson became President in 1963, or was it after he became President? S

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

timing was deliberate? W: An imperative part of it, really. We learned later that there were a good many people that had been expecting the President to do something like this in his State of the Union Message, and they were quite surprised to have

Folder, "Marsh, Charles E. [1945]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 27 (Item)

from a realist male grading her papers. times. Her father told me this. Of course, I have seen it many She simply runs away or hides her feelings, which, unexpressed, grow in the unexplored recesses of her mind. after long seed planting. Many

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 11 (XI), 10/28/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the Pentagon to make sure everything was okay before I sent him over to, I think it was, Jack Valenti who ultimately interviewed him to give him the final okay. G: Let me ask you about the violence that summer. You talked about Watts last time but racial

Oral history transcript, James R. Ketchum, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of us who worked for the Park Service had keys to the gates of Arlington Cemetery, because many times we would work overtime and work a nighttime 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library

Oral history transcript, Samuel T. Williams, interview 2 (II), 3/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and his secretary of defense, his various secretaries of state and so forth. And I thought that they would come out of it, that they would come out of it in time. G: I think, in fact, you said in a letter to Senator [Mike] Mansfield that you thought

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Vietnam, 2/10/1965, Volume 3, Tab 30," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

of the enlisted men's barracks at Qui Nbon. As of that time , o ne U.S. soldier was known to be dead, 20 injured, and 20 missing. Presumably, the missing soldie rs are bur ied under the rubble of the billet. Mr. McGeorge Bundy summarized the discussion

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 84: June 26‑28, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 36 (Item)

and authorization we gi•e final If all Governments agree, we expect to deliver the note next week. If we wish, we could paah off delivery time for a day or two, although the Germane and our allie ■ would probably not wiah an extenai-.e delay. legal stateThere

Folder, "NSAM # 68: Task Force on the Ryukyus, 8/11/1961," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

or obsolete interagency committees and task forces. At the present time there are six interagency committees and task forces for which I arµ responsible. Four of these groups are either actively carrying out continuing assignments or have not yet completed

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 24 (XXIV), 11/15/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. (Interruption) Then there was Carl Hayden of Arizona, who was a landmark in the Senate, already at that time quite elderly, but still with years ahead of him. He had been representing the state of Arizona since it entered the Union, which was about 1912. He
Churchill; LBJ's opinion on the timing of trying to pass difficult legislation; the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO); Lynda's fifth birthday.

Oral history transcript, John E. Horne, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

called a meeting in Washington of what we termed at that time our National Advisory Council of the Small Business Administration. This council was made up of representatives from every state in the Union, and we usually met once a year in Washington. I

Folder, "Liaison - FBI - Miscellaneous Reports [Oct. - Dec. 1967]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)

~IS, MINNESOTA The Minneapolis, Minnesota, Police Department advised that the Lincoln Junior High School in Minneapolis is the scene of increasing tension between Negro and white students. The school has a police officer assigned on a full-time basis because

Folder, "Kentucky Trip – May 21, 1964 – Mrs. Johnson [Clippings]," White House Social Files, Liz Carpenter Subject Files, Box 5 (Item)

and provide new funds palachia, but only if they _w ere The region embraces all of 10 times the size of SWitzer0 wz;:~tr rJR. 4f£R- ·~w J . ., ·, ' ' part 1 1 Johnson Has Asked _Congress for ~cial Program for Area,:, · 1 s improvement of tiinbe

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 32, June 21-30, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 18 (Item)

. McNamara, Deputy Sect. Vance and Under Sect. Katzenbach. Cy proposes to releaa~. it at 4 p. m. on Wednesday. They have considered whether to make it available to the Israelis beforehand. The Israelis have asked for 2.4 hours lead time. Cy is inclined

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 87: July 5‑12, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 37 (Item)

-we can. conceive. 1. I begin with the fact that both Tommy Thompson and Chip Bohlen feel a certain regret that we did not pick up Kosygin 1 s message, institute a total bombing halt, and then lean very heavily on the Soviet Union to produce :resulta

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, "All right, now get that on one piece of paper for me in the morning." I was rather disconcerted because at the time, while we were discussing this, there was a little bathroom off the side of the Oval Room and he was relieving himself in there while

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/6/1967 (Item)

Viet-Na m y Dea n Rusk • y Rober t McNamara t Rosto w : \ THE WHITE HOUSE Da PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSO N te 6 DAILY DIARY The President began hi s day at (Place) M• *"*»• /~

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/18/1968 (Item)

T ^ ^ ^ ^ Octobe VHITE HOUSE >ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON . ,, Th 3 ^resident began hi s day at (Place) Day Time 11 In Out T* 1 V Lo e White Hous e n Frida £ r 18 , l|W Date y » f or t Activity LD (include visited by) t awake 8:20a

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and Johnson called Nixon in New York and he knew we were flying down to Key Biscayne, the key advisers and Nixon, for a quick vacation, and he urged him to come by the White House. And we did, and at that time they more or less agreed on Johnson's behest

Folder, "[September 13, 1967 - 12:32 p.m. National Security Council Meeting]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

'.Vier. - 3 The President then summarized saying that actually there are only three for us. Goldberg said he wanted to take exception to a statement made by Secretary Rusk that there will be a future time to go to the United Nations

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, Five Year Report," LBJ Library (Item)

. Abon>, Prt•si dt>nl Johnson addresses the crowd of 4.000 friends, 1H·ighbors, long-time allies and political opponents. Although the race to complete last minute details was, in Mrs. Johnson's words, a ''cliff-hanger," at 11:30 a.m. on May 22, 197 l

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 48 (XLVIII), 6/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1989 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR., with comments by Marcel Bryar INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: In the time of the riots in Washington for [Martin Luther] King [Jr

Folder, "[September 6, 1967 - 11:09 a.m. Meeting with Vietnam Election Observers]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

should go to Vietnam. Lucey also paid tribute to the "fine type of military men." He said they were just magnificent and it is just terrible that these men are called murderers. "This isn't the time to lie about the United States." - 3 Rabbi P. Rudin

Folder, "History I. A Short Narrative History," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)

leadership had prevented Negroes from retaliating to violence with violence. By the time the Supreme Court of the United States, 12 months later, refused to review a lower court order ruling segregation on public transportation unconstitutional, a significant

Oral history transcript, Sol M. Linowitz, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in on November 11, 1966. I came from Rochester, New York, where I had been for some time previous connected with the Xerox Corporation and a practicing lawyer. I was chairman of the Board of Xerox and had been General Counsel and Chairman of the Executive

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

-- Interview I, Tape 1 -- 3 At any rate we made the connection and I went down and was interviewed. About the same time the word went from Senator Johnson through Dean Page Keeton, the University of Texas Law School, that he was looking for someone and two

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was concerned, lasted from the time he became president, when you were national security adviser, until you resigned in December of 1965 and left in what, February of 1966? B: The end of February, 1966. M: The end of February. One of the most frequent

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