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Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

purpose--and he made it explicit on many early occasions and thereafter regularly through the years of his presidency--the purpose being to expose some of the brightest young minds in America to intimate and high level contact with the workings

Oral history transcript, Marjorie Lawson, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Lawson -- I -- 3 Democratic National Committee and who had helped me in supporting Kennedy. And we, all of us together, agreed that the best thing to do would be to have a meeting, and that it should be called by Mr. Dawson

Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

and sometimes take immediate action . B: Yes, that's right . leadership . And also he had me circulate copies of it to the I would have a copy of my brief and a copy of the Record sent to Senators Mansfield and Russell Long ; subsequently, Ted Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Eugene H. Guthrie, interview 2 (II), 5/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

support from both Republicans and Democrats? EG: Right. G: There was a series of amendments in 1967 that extended the 1963 law, and in addition provided funds for the first time for initiating services and facilities for the mentally retarded

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 2 (II), 8/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to represent America . In briefings to other ambassadors after he became president, he often said this also, that he expected his ambassadors to get out among the people and to be seen and talked to by people . So I think it was a deep conviction on his

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 17, December 14 - 31, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [1 of 2] (Item)

report helped bring to life the Marshall Plan. Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts; For 4 years he was and then Under Secretary of State and Secretary of Stateo Throughout his life he stood for an America that would assume its full

Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

thousand and didn't even have the decency to say thank you to the President for campaigning for him. But it wasn't just Bobby Kennedy who was elected in that landslide. There were Democrats all over the country who were elected that year who will never
LBJ’s 1968 actions to Nixon’s 1972 actions; LBJ’s 3/31/68 speech and reaction; William Westmoreland and publicity; Creighton Abrams and publicity; Braestrup’s book, Big Story, and reviews of it; TV coverage of Vietnam and Walter Cronkite’s visit

Folder, "Notes and Transcripts of Johnson Conversations, 1951," Pre-Presidential Telephone Conversations and Meetings, Box 1 (Item)

committee hold of the Air Force now) -- we don't you should either /4/.f attention to the committee have a very few Democrats feel it is their duty to (I am trying to get --- we don't make allegations until we have confronted the individuals involved

Folder, "NSAM # 281: National Policy Paper Series, 2/11/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

regular forums). 3. 'lbe documents emerging from this effort should be reviewed personally by a very few key officials, with the object of getting agreement in principle rather than of obtain ing firm commitments to specific and detailed courses of action
Folder, "NSAM # 281: National Policy Paper Series, 2/11/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 2
National Security Action Memorandums

Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

consequential trans- action that they had and the frequent reports from the manager of the properties had to come through him, and he looked after that. G: I understand that he was also a political supporter of John Nance Garner. S: Oh, yes. They were very

Oral history transcript, Philip N. Brownstein, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

available in the particular area then the distances are somewhat reduced . really happened rather casually . It My father was rather active politically in Indiana--Democratically--when in that little rural area there were very few Democrats as a matter

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Soviet Military Capabilities, 12/5/1963, Volume 1, Tab 2," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

l'ORM 7122 17-Hl COP1 LBJ LIBRARY - SECRE I' NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL RECORD OF ACTIONS NSC Act ion 2473. SOVIET MILITARY CAPABILITIES a. Noted a briefing by the Director of Central Intelligence of the United States Intelligence Board's

Oral history transcript, David S. Black, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the Kennedy campaign and worked out of the "Citizens for Kennedy" head quarters in Seattle there to help move that along . And then, after the election, I had become interested in government in a--my family and I have been Democrats for a long period of time

Oral history transcript, James C. Thomson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

with Lyndon Johnson prior to 1960, in the fifties. T: Prior to 1960, no. M: What was your earliest acquaintance or contact with him? T: That's hard to recall. I saw him [when] I was at the Democratic convention in both 1956 and 1960. One milled around

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of the Senate as Vice President at the time my confirmation hearing came up, and he noticed my name on the calendar. That afternoon, after the confirmation hearing, I was in the office of Robert Giaimo, the Democratic congressman from my Connecticut district
; naming the 1st model cities; working with the White House as LBJ’s power waned; Robert Wood; Vietnam’s effect on domestic spending; problems with progressing from plans to action; difficulty with appropriation of funds; working in cooperation

Oral history transcript, G. Mennen Williams, interview 1 (I), 3/8/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in it. 14: In the 1960 convention the Democratic Party of Nichigan had committed itself to two goals. First of all, we had a candidate, John Kennedy, whom we'd settled on after I decided that I was not going to be a favorite son candidate. form. Our
Meeting LBJ in 1936; the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles; the role of the Michigan delegation in shaping the platform; LBJ's record on civil rights an impediment to nomination; Leonard Woodcock; LBJ as a candidate in Michigan; appointment

Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 2 (II), 4/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to me a misassessment of where time ought to be spent . Anything that the President is going to say, anything involving his words, actions, and so forth, has got to be top priority for the Council . M: You mentioned earlier that the surcharge was sort

Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 23-31," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

of this par ticular study you mentioned did not have access. I never heard of the 8 study when you requested it. General Wlieeler was not aware of it. The author did not query General Wheeler or me about the actions we took today, or the actions

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 6 (VI), 7/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a professional [job]. Then my brother being chairman of the Senate Re-election Committee, we hired the firm to go into a certain state and help a Democratic senator that we wanted. Well, that's just about all that I know of, but the reason I'm saying

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 3 (III), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in office: A Democrat Looks at His Party; A Citizen Looks at the Congress, that kind of thing, or "What It Takes To Be Secretary of State." But no really major work on foreign affairs until his book, which came out in--what? About 1970? G: Present

Oral history transcript, Julian J. Ewell, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

because most of the action took place down at the squad and platoon level, with some exceptions. You didn't have big operations, and it was almost impossible for a correspondent, particularly a TV correspondent, to get out where the action was. He

Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 1 (I), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to give him the famous Johnson treatment. If you've followed that history at all you'll note that we were always very careful to criticize the Fed for doing it unilaterally, but not for taking the action. We never said it was a wrong action, but we

Oral history transcript, Horace V. (Dick) Bird, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

recall . Corpus Christi, that was a navy project . navy pretty much started that on their own . The I doubt very much if there was any congressional action or reaction, except maybe the congressman from Corpus Christi, whom I don't remember who

Oral history transcript, Elbridge Durbrow, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

] about the instructions I asked for in September 1960 to help Diem to get a better hold on things and get things going in a better direction, more democratic and that sort of thing. Well, Wolf was all for me on that sort of busi- ness because the land

Oral history transcript, William G. Bowdler, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was offered a job in the State Department. This was in January of 1950. F: How did you happen to be born in Argentina? B: My parents were missionaries down there. While at the Fletcher School I was offered this job in the Latin America area, and I
; Dean Rusk; Bowdler’s involvement in LBJ’s trip to Central America; LBJ’s interaction with Latin American presidents and people; how Bowdler became ambassador to El Salvador; a pilot project in El Salvador involving instructional television programming

Folder, "Operations of Billie Sol Estes, Report Prepared by the Intergovernmental Subcommittee of the Committee on Government Operations, October 1964," Pre-Presidential Confidential Files, Box 2 (Item)

investigation, the subcommittee concentrated virtually all of its attention on matters involving the storage of Government grain. There were two reasons for this action. The subccmmittee had considerable knowledge concerning Government grain storage operations

Oral history transcript, William B. Cannon, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to [William] Capron and Heller. And they bought it. It had the germ of the Community Action Program, but it had more than that. Around this germ and some other ideas, you could get a coherent program. Really what the memorandum did was while it specified
Kennedy Task Force; comprehensive community action program; Sargent Shriver; Shriver Task Force; legislation; VISTA; drafting the bill; resident participation; planning and operation problems; regional planning; political power; Moynihan; Job Corps

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 98: Oct. 5‑9, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

assume, action the risk promptly, will quickly to abandon not increased, who would now postpone Treaty this case it is our objective powers of Union happened to ratify who are reluctant would be diminished, arrangements Non-Proliferation

Oral history transcript, Lewis Blaine Hershey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

consider the-- what went on, sometimes there were meetings. Of course at that time in the House, Mr. [Walter G.] Andrews [R-N.Y.] of Buffalo was the head of the Armed Forces Committee, but Uncle Carl Vinson was the senior Democrat on the committee

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 17 (XVII), 9/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Republican or Democrat, and I never was sure who was who. Somewhere along the line Maggie--Warren Magnuson--was a member of Naval Affairs. Lyndon got the Chairman to appoint a committee to investigate naval personnel itself, to make sure that able-bodied men

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the downfall of the Democratic Party and many people in the Congress can be explained by the war. In terms of the budgetary impact, I doubt whether it's a significant factor. Because the fact of the matter is that we haven't been able to get nearly as much

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 2 (II), 6/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, a sort of a war man. His basic feelings, I think, are democratic to the extent that he would want to see somebody in there who was elected. G: There was a good deal of press criticism about his Dominican policy. The Republicans accused him of being

Folder, "Memos, [Cables, memos, reports, and other material, 11/63-5/67] Vol. XVI, 8/16 - 31/64, 1 of 2," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thought, "Well, that's cheap. She'd pay a hundred for it in America." So I just took it right there. And after I had paid him he looked at me and he said, "You've only been in our country a short time I can tell. You didn't handle this very well. You mind

Oral history transcript, Clark Kerr, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

This is his last year before he leaves. He wants a plaque to be put up in the building or on the building where we met, where this historic action was taken to bring greater equality of opportunity for all young Americans through this system of grants based

Folder, "Our American Government (Ziff Davis Publishing Company)," Papers of Wright Patman, Box 120-C (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of lines of authority bet\Jeen you and Harry McPherson? T: No, not at all. Harry McPherson and I had been friends for a long time. I met Harry when I was in Washington in 1959. He was then, I guess, an attorney for the Senate Democratic Policy

Folder, "April 5, 1968 - 11:10 a.m. President's meeting with Negro leaders after death of Martin Luther King," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

with nothing. THE PRESIDENT: I have sent letters to the Speaker of the House and Congressman Ford urging action. Another letter has been prepared -- this is not public. You may be sure that this leader will do all he can to make this a reality and get

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 4 (IV), 4/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

involved chance, to set it off. I would say that many riots were prevented by wise action and cool heads. The riots tended, up until the riots that followed the assassination of Dr. King, to arise from a police incident that could have been avoided

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