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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 28 (XXVIII), 9/24/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

believe it was [John] Pastore's committee. G: Why didn't the Democrats support him? O: The Democrats were pretty relaxed on the Hill in terms of their relationship with the networks. They were getting their share of the action. They were on television
the state of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) when O'Brien became chairman; O'Brien's immediate reorganization of the DNC and new priorities; efforts to build the relationship between the DNC and Congress; DNC help with 1970 off-year

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

being taken on the Hill . credit for it . Ba : Paul Butler gets the I think it was a combination of people . ADA [Americans for Democratic Action] was involved in somehow, weren't they? Bi : ADA to some extent although frankly, you know, I think
of Senate Democrats; John Sparkman; Paul Douglas; Paul Butler; Matt McCloskey; Americans for Democratic; Charlie Murphy; Albert and Mark Lasker Foundation; 750 Club; Ed Foley; Liz Carpenter; Ralph Hewitt; Bob Berry; Dave Lloyd; Jack Kennedy; Ted Sorenson

Folder, "Ex FG 170/A-Z [5 of 6] [Department of Housing and Urban Development/A-Z (FG 170/A-Z)]," WHCF FG, Box 256 (Item)

COMMISSION OH 'f'IID 01:'ftES C..O•e,,Ut11,,, I ~4-IA't'ION ,r•"''''-os Ot\l«olrt,.a ~ No greater challenge faces America -,& than the future of its cities. The problems cities from which are deeply and neglect that difficulties do not yield
: "The Challenge of America's Metropolitan Population Outlook - 1960 to 1985," research report no. 4: "The Large Poor Family - A Housing Gap," and research report no. 6: "Local Land and Building Regulations."

Folder, "Pamphlets Master File," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 2 (Item)

long been denied. The voice of the Negro was the call to action. But it is a tribute to America that, once aroused, the courts and the Congress, the President and most of the people, have been the allies of progress. LEGAL PROTECTION FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1950" (Item)

/1 Puerto Rican nationalists attempt to assassinate Truman outside Blair House. 11/2 LBJ speaks at a luncheon meeting of the Theater Owners of America. 11/7 Republicans make significant gains in congressional elections. Senate Democratic Majority

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, but that session adjourned before action was taken, which is a story in itself. G: We'll get to that, I'm sure. First of all, do you have anything that you would like to add to the background material that I've given? P: No, I think that summarizes it. G: lid
; Manpower Training and Development Act highlighted; views of governors and mayors about Community Action agencies. Power of state Economic Opportunity director of governors

Folder, "Interim Report - Office of Investigations [Weapons, Fires (1 of 2)]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)

in America. Ch~'s death means that we must all become ChE!'s, not idolize him ... " (Suggest short description of Chambers' testimony) - 3 Essentially this is the voice of the Students for a Democratic Society {SDS) with echoes of the Progressive Labor

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, when he retired after ten terms. He I became his AA in 1955 and served until May of 1960. Starting in 1956 or 1957, we organized a small group of administrative assistants to Democratic congressmen as an informal luncheon group. We shared copies
Employment history; organization and operation of the Democratic Study Group; support of the Great Society program; attending bill signing ceremonies; accepting position with the OEO; Sargent Shriver; OEO staff members; problems in Congressional

Folder, "Venezuela - Volume 1, 11/63 - 7/64 [1 of 2]," Country Files, NSF, Box 74 (Item)

. U.S. COURSESOF ACTION Development Political 1. Continue to emphasize U.S. support for democratically-elected governments through (a) public statements by U.S. officials, and (b) private conversations with leading politicians, Venezuelan military

Oral history transcript, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for Lyndon Johnson, along with others who also participated. At that time the story was that Allan Shivers was going to support the Republican nominee. I felt that we should keep the delegation committed to whomsoever the Democratic nominee was going to be. I

Folder, "S. Con. Res. 91, Guatemala [2 of 2]," Files Relating to Senator Johnson’s Legislation, Senate Papers, Box 297 (Item)

of America and to the Republlc for which it stends, one Nation under God, indi visible, with llberty and Justice for all. For this purpose, I submit the follow ing resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep concurring ► , Tha.t there be printed

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

in Washington as, I think, the Democratic minority counsel of the Senate Rules Committee. He was my boss in the Senate when I first got there, for the first couple of years, went off to Harvard the third year. Gerry was what I was to become in the White House

Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the leader of a coalition in the Senate. Because his own party was split ideologically in such a way that he was unable to bring complete unity among the Democrats for the positions which he espoused as a leader, or sometimes the policy sent down from

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 20 (XX), 4/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the point where any action had been taken. Conversations took place of an informal nature, but anything in an organizational sense had not occurred. That is awfully late. So it has to be people in their spare moments giving some thought to a campaign
-finding and support for LBJ in his travel throughout the country; growing concern among Democratic leaders about Vietnam; presidential campaign work and organization prior to 1968; problems in the New Hampshire and Massachusetts primaries; lack of support

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 6 (VI), 5/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

not want to have the television exposure of, say, Larry Spivak or something? R: Oh, that would have been very bad really at that particular point. The difficulty there, that was during a period when holding the Democratic Party together in the Senate

Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. (The Vice President) [1942]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 21 (Item)

and, inh_e rent toughness of fiber which char- · acterize his subject's face. · , ;,:

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 1-9," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

and the Issues 27: Action Proposals and the Making of the Basic Decision 28: Three Areas For Judgment: The Communist Powers, Asia, the World 29: Congressional and Public Opinion, June-July 1965 30: Changes and Chances: The Action Decision of July 28 31: Following

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 3 (III), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: You've been here into three administrations now--two Democrats, one Republican. Is there any essential difference in the way information is fed under the Republicans and under the Democrats? T: Not too much. Of course we Republicans feel somewhat better

Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 1 (I), 9/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. swept out~ In the great landslide of 1932 LaGuardia was paradoxically enough~ by the Roosevelt sweep. But everyone from John Lewis and Bob Wagner, and I believe some , intercession of then-Governor Roosevelt, tried to get him the Democratic

Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

; my first political action. I became aware of the agricultural migrants who were coming into California by the tens of thousands. Moved by their plight, I became involved in efforts to improve their living conditions. So, little by little, without
Biographical information; first political action; election to Congress; activities/bill introduced in Congress; Richard Nixon; Melvyn Douglas campaign for LBJ at request of FDR; Farm Security Agricultural Department Program; friendship with LBJ

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Commerce Committee . Present at that meeting were, for the most part, Democrats . Among them was Charlie Vanik of Ohio, [Joseph P .] O'Hara of Minnesota and a number of others . I think I was the only,non-congressional member of the coordinating
Deregulation of natural gas; 1965 national convention; LBJ’s relationship with JFK; depressed areas bill; federal pre-emption bill; question of Democrats caucusing.

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 44, 15 December 1988," LBJ Library (Item)

, one of the symposium keynoters, "is a massive demographic change that may indeed be the biggest stolfy in America in the next century." He pointed out that minority groups under the s,ixth grade in Houston schools and under the fourth grade

Oral history transcript, Kermit Gordon, interview 4 (IV), 4/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of that experience that Walter Heller approached Kennedy, I suppose, first in the spring of 1963, and asked for a license to conduct a quiet investigation of the Jimensions of the poverty problem in America---the dimensions meaning racial, geographic, by age, etc

Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, although I knew that there were people there that just basically did not agree with the Democratic philosophy as espoused by President Kennedy and the Democratic national platfonn. Obviously I never anticipated any violent action against him or any of his

Oral history transcript, George Sandlin, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the 1950 election. There were eight of us that met here in Austin to determine whether or not we could recapture the [state Democratic] Executive Committee from the liberals who--here again, we'll say liberals as versus conservatives without defining either
How Sandlin became associated with Governor Allan Shivers; the Texas State Democratic Executive Committee; the 1952 State Democratic Convention; Sandlin's work as secretary and chairman of the Texas Democratic Executive Committee; Governor Shivers

Oral history transcript, Eric Tolmach, interview 3 (III), 4/16/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

in areas such as resident participation and the employment of non-professionals from the low-income population, than the Community Action agencies themselves. There had been a need to fund rather quickly communities around the country with comprehensive

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

particularly, as far as the national administrations have been concerned, with the Americans for Democratic Action and the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, and UAWand other labor organizations at various times. R: You did that better than I could, so

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 14, September 1 - 22, 1965 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)

America te l-1- ? ~ There were no unusual developments in the hemisphere during the past week outside of the renewed fighting in the mining area in Bolivia. The Dominic,an patient is still on the 11 serious 11 list. Colombia and Uruguay are still

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 9 (IX), 4/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with the Democratic National Committee, but you would control the Democratic National Committee. Everything would be under the direction of the campaign team of the candidate. Now, you're trying to determine where you can take some immediate and direct actions
materials; anti-Johnson publications; labor's power in 1964 and the strength of the Council on Political Education (COPE); grassroots campaign support versus formal party support; JFK's and LBJ's view of the Democratic National Committee; O'Brien

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 31, 15 July 1984," LBJ Library (Item)

compensation. That is one thing liberals conscr\'anves. moderates. Democrats and RLpubhcans. l think. have ull concurred 1> . . . E\'Cl') study ~hm, ~ that w :,pend too liule too late in education . . . We spend a much lower pcrc magc of our av.iilabh:: dollars

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 31 (XXXI), 12/10/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

conflict or tie-in between the clients of O'Brien Associates in New York and my political activities as chairman of the Democratic National Committee. It then proceeded to list some of the clients. The list had been made public when I launched O'Brien
Charles Colson; memos Richard Nixon's staff wrote and distributed attempting to hurt O'Brien's reputation, including one that suggested a conflict of interest between O'Brien as head of O'Brien Associates and Democratic National Committee (DNC

Folder, "Natural Beauty, Resources, etc. 2/2/65," Office Files of Bill Moyers, Box 2 (Item)

will be available as they are made. months of the Fedef:al Government's efforts But I want you to know that this is more to preserve and improve the beauty of than Just a report on action taken and action America. These efforts are of particular con:.. contemplated

Folder, "COLEMAN, JAMES P. (GOV.) [5 OF 5]," White House Name Files, WHCF, Box C-320 (Item)

. Ripple,Ph.D. THE 1HIH·. HOUS,: JULi7 2 6 p1 o o~ :·o: . .ad l ,l ( 'l. A st 10, I r ce ely, JBC:dhl 5 July 14, 1965 President Lyndon Johnson The White House Washington, D.C. Dear Mr. President: I run writing in regards to your actions

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

war situation has a special burden and involves a great deal of manpower. When the North Vietnamese sent their regular divisions into South Viet Nam, you did get a certain amount of conventional war in the classical sense.You had large unit actions
Canal; LBJ and crises during the vice presidency; Latin America; the Dominican Republic Affair; LBJ and Mexico.

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Association of Catholic Trade Unionists, in New York City. It was called into existence in part because of the philosophic conceptions that were behind it, some of which came from Europe. It was like the Christian Democratic movement in Europe. There was a big
of Labor Willard Wirtz’s job program ideas; comparing Community Action to the work of the Peace Corps; LBJ’s role in establishing the Peace Corps as an independent agency; the work of the International Cooperation Administration and later the Agency

Telephone conversation # 1917, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/7/1964, 9:00AM (Item)

Latin America
CUBA; LBJ WANTS TO MAKE SURE RFK IS INVITED TO MEETING ON GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS; DISCUSSION OF US OPTIONS IN CRISIS; STATUS OF WATER SUPPLY ON BASE; TRADE RESTRICTIONS WITH CUBA; NEED FOR SUPPORT FROM LATIN AMERICAN COUNTRIES FOR US ACTION; PANAMA

Telephone conversation # 1956, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/7/1964, 7:26PM (Item)

Latin America
LBJ ASKS OPERATOR FOR ROBERT MCNAMARA, BUT MCNAMARA HAS LEFT; LBJ THEN ASKS FOR DEAN RUSK; LBJ SPEAKS WITH RUSK ABOUT MAXWELL TAYLOR AND JCS ON US ACTION IN GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS; CUBA; PRESS REPORTS ON CRISIS

Telephone conversation # 2480, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/12/1964, 10:31AM (Item)

Latin America
BUNDY REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS OVER WORDING OF PANAMA AGREEMENT, THOMAS MANN MEMO; PRESS LEAKS; LBJ WARNS AGAINST HASTY ACTION; LBJ'S SCHEDULE, POSTPONES CHARLES BOHLEN MEETING TO MEET WITH MANN; PRESS STORIES ON PANAMA; LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE

Telephone conversation # 7628, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 5/11/1965, 4:40PM (Item)

Latin America
DISCUSSION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT RECOMMENDING AGAINST CLOSING SOME VETERANS' HOSPITALS, OLD SOLDIERS' HOMES, VA REGIONAL OFFICES; OLIN TEAGUE'S ACTION IN HOUSE TODAY TO RESTORE APPROPRIATION; ALLEGED LEAK BY RICHARD GOODWIN ON DOMINICAN

Telephone conversation # 7663, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 5/14/1965, 12:01PM (Item)

Latin America
LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR CONTINGENCY PLANS, NEW IDEAS, FOR DOMINICAN REPUBLIC IF TALKS WITH JUAN BOSCH FAIL; POSSIBLE NEED TO MOVE MILITARY FORCES NORTH OF SANTO DOMINGO; WORSENING ECONOMIC SITUATION THERE; PRESS LEAK AT OAS; CHRONOLOGY OF OAS ACTION

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