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Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods, interview 1 (I), 12/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , and all the Black Stars were athletes, and participating athletes. he even tried to get in. It just doesn't fit to me that Of course, he might have, because he had that desire to be where the action was and they had control, you know, this many years. G
Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 4 (IV), 6/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • combination of charades and actions took place, whether it was food or whether it was watershed projects or whether it was. People working \lJith me worked up something called Opportunity Homesteads. This would have taken quite a feltl mill ions. I cantt
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 9, 6 September 1976," LBJ Library (Item)
  • ... as much power to influ nee the course of events and the views of the public as anyone else in America with the exception of perhaps a half dozen elected officials." Herb Klein sketched the situation in a lighter vein: "Franklin Roosevelt could get away
Folder, "The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency During the Johnson Administration-Part 2A - 2B," Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Administrative History (Item)
  • that the United States would not take any actions inconsistent with the resolution. It should also say that the United States was continuing to work toward the establlshjnent of an MLF^ which was consistent vvith the resolution. At the same time
Folder, "FBI - Disturbances and Racial Disturbances," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • . advises just enough ·moderate violence to get twenty million niggers the hell .out of America." CONNIELYNCHthen S?Oke. In opening his remarks he greeted everyone· in the name of JESUS CHRIST. He said "We want to briefly introduce ourselves to you, well
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler and Charles K. Boatner, interview 4 (IV), 6/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • --if I could see a final action in the department that might be a White House operation . I mean to be announced by the White House gives your department prestige, rather than the secretary announcing it . To have the president announcing it, that's
  • Democratic convention
Folder, "November 20, 1967 - 5:05 p.m. Bipartisan Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • . To underscore my interest and concern, I took these steps: I met with the leadership of both Houses and the ranking majority and minority members of the tax and appropria­ tions committee. On August 8, 9 and 1 7, I invited every House Democrat and at least 50
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 11-20]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • career and my life. with it. I don't think that anything else could quite compare The Court at Saint James, or the Court at Tokyo, are all more or less well knownand mundane, but presenting my credentials as Ambassadorof the United States of America
Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview 2 (II), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Commander Gingrich actually, that I just did not want to stay in Washington too long, and I thought I had been there long enough in spite of the fact that I'd spent about ten months in Algiers and North Africa. He tried to encourage me to go to South America
  • station KVET; Coke Stevenson; LBJ using a helicopter to campaign in 1948; monitoring the 1948 election returns; LBJ's kidney stones; Paul Porter; legal action surrounding the 1948 election and box 13 incident; the Democratic Executive Committee vote
Oral history transcript, Curtis LeMay, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • America and bomb the air fields in Cuba. And then Cubans would land over in Florida and say that they were Cuban Air Force people that had defected, and they had participated in the bombing and so forth. This got tied up and wasn't very well executed
Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 1 (I), 9/20/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • it the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, not North Vietnam or South Vietnam. The fact that this is one country and you shove anybody in who's around. G: Another thing that puzzles me is the Tet attacks which, despite the disclaimers, were largely a surprise
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1957" (Item)
  • Relations Committee following which he meets with Senators Russell and Knowland and General Persons of the White House staff. 1/3 Congress convenes. Party ratio in the Senate is 49 Democrats to 47 Republicans. LBJ is re-elected majority leader when Senator
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Congo; Cyprus; South Vietnam, 8/25/1964, Volume 3, Tab 23," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • . Re - negotiation would call for Greek concessions. If the treaty laps es, the 10, 000 Greek in Turkey lose their rights . Any deal by Makarios and the Cypriots with the USSR will move slowly. Makarios apparently hopes to delay any action until
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/11/1966 (Item)
  • Committee Chairman. The President impressed upon them the need for speedy action and the desirability of a concentrated democratic effort to move this legislation as soon as possible. The meeting was cordial and each individual chairman was very happy
Record copy, Remarks to the Democratic Conference, 1/7/59 (Item)
  • OF DEMOCRATIC LEADER LYNDON B. JOHNSON TO THE MEETING OF THE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE ON JANUARY 7, 1958. Members of the Conference: For this presentation in two parts. this morning, I shall divide my own remarks I shall, briefly, summarize certain
  • Record copy, Remarks to the Democratic Conference, 1/7/59
Folder, "NSAM # 295: U.S. Policy Toward South Africa, 4/24/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 4 (Item)
  • . McGeorge Bundy The White House Subject: U.S. Policy Tow~frica Status Report on~ In response to your memorandum of July 14, there is attached the current status report on implementation of decisions set forth in National Security Action Memorandum No. 295
  • Folder, "NSAM # 295: U.S. Policy Toward South Africa, 4/24/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 4
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, Symposium: Children in Crisis, 18-19 September 1992," LBJ Library (Item)
  • Symposium A CALL TO CONSCIENCE: CHILDREN IN CRISIS By Martha Angle America's chi'ldren are :in crisis, and we can no longer escape the consequences. We have w~iitedtoo long to build the only lasting securi1ty our nation can hope to achieve
Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership Breakfast," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • . DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST Vice President Speaker McCormack Senator Mansfield Senator Byrd Senator Long Congressm..an Albert Congressman Boggs Mike Manatos Post:Inaster General O'Brien Joe Califano Barefoot Sanders Tom Johnson I
  • Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 8:30 a.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership Breakfast," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to the fund-raising dinner in Washington. I can't recall, and your notes didn't help me on it, whether it was the [Democratic] National Committee or the congressional Democratic committee, but it was a fund raiser. Initially, of course, the President
  • ; Larry O’Brien; Krim resigning as Democratic National Committee finance chairman to be involved with the LBJ Presidential Library and School of Public Affairs; being asked to join LBJ’s cabinet and the United Nations; Arthur Goldberg; the LBJ Foundation
Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , at that time, for congressional liaison, was seconded over to the Democratic committee; I worked through filr. Birkhead. B: He was, technically, then I think, with Rural Americans for JohnsonHumphrey? t1: Yes. B: What were the circumstances of your being
Oral history transcript, William A. Knowlton, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • forth, I, William A. Knowlton, of Alexandria, Virginia, do hereby give, donate, and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title, and interest in the tape recording and transcript of the personal interview conducted with me on March 21
Oral history transcript, Jose Joaquin Trejos, interview 1 (I), 5/31/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Trejos -- I -- 5 Latin America. Last year several countries already reached the goals
Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview S-I, 6/30/1988, by Robert Dallek (Item)
  • , because there were lots of questions raised about where the Republicans were getting money for that [Wendell] Willkie campaign, and where the Democrats got money--and you know better than I do on that. But the campaign laws on this campaign financing
Oral history transcript, Ray Roberts, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • judged you on your actions and your thoughts and your perspective, and apparently he thought that he could m.ake something out of me, and he took it upon himself to do it. G: Did he give you advice on what to do in your work up in Dallas? R
Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Roth -- III -- 29 that has come has been people who were jealous of him rather than who were dissatisfied with his actions or what he did. G: To your knowledge, did he have pretty good relations with Congressman Kleberg
Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • was old even then. P: And who has just recently celebrated, I understand, his ninetyfourth birthday. F: Right. P: And he enjoined the Secretary of State of Texas from certifying any Democratic candidate on the senatorial ballot. Well, Alvin Wirtz
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with President Kennedy, to change that, that he was dedicated to it. I forget the name of the committee, but you would probably know it. G: It was the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee. K: Yes. Obviously his point of view was very pro-action to do away
  • of the President’s Club and its growth; LBJ offering Mrs. Krim Presidential appointments; Krim’s support of Robert Kennedy; fundraising nationwide for LBJ; entertainment celebrities attending political fundraisers; 1964 Democratic National Convention; Don Cook
Oral history transcript, Earl Warren, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • and Boggs on the Democratic side and Ford and Cooper on the other side--and John McCloy from New York and Allen Dulles would be willing to serve on that commission if I was to head it up. And he said, "I think this thing is of such great importance
Oral history transcript, Herbert Jenkins, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . ·He never hesitated, and he never looked back once tie deci.ded. · And, frankly, I know personally Ralph McGill probably had as much influence on Jl\Y thinking and Jl\Y action, other than my inmediate family and the Mayor, than any other person here
Oral history transcript, Arthur J. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • repeatedly he made statements to the same effect. I would be called down to the Ranch to discuss it. And indeed, there were certain actions that proved it at the outset. For example, before I was appointed I was invited to Camp David that weekend. I hadn't
Oral history transcript, Roger Hilsman, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • possible to have adopted the course of action that you were recommending at that time. fair understanding of it? It was not already set. Is that a LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
Oral history transcript, Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • a liberal, being a Democrat, being a . . . Was it anti-Semitic, or was it just a combination of everything? H: I think it could have been a combination of several things but there was one factor that was a motivating one that Harry Cain told me about
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 5 (V), 11/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Democratic Executive Committee. I don't know whether you're aware of this or not. L: No, I didn't know that. F: But he said he turned it down after being the--it was never actually offered, but he was the front runner. He said the condition of his law
Folder, "Colonel Jenkins, Walter W. A0 157 61 86 [1 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 29A (Item)
  • () GPO 8333 Z. ... • 1'--" SUMMARY OF ACTIONS -./..-------------------------- INSTRUCTIONS The action agencies will initiate this form by making appropriate entries in the space provided at the time a review of the record or actions to be taken
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1953" (Item)
  • LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) is unanimously elected minority leader of the Senate at the Democratic caucus; he is nominated by Russell and seconded by Greene and Chavez. Earle Clements is elected Democratic whip. Later LBJ is photographed with President Truman
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the administration, which he, Lodge, as a Republican appointed by a Democratic president, was about to serve loyally and well, and more gung ho than anyone else. It was that sort of reaction, I think. I know Paul Kattenburg personally and have high regard for his
Memorandum # 296, Interdepartmental Organization for Panamanian Affairs, 4/25/1964 (Item)
  • - FILE COPY THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON SEC!tEI April 25, 1964 NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 296 TO: Secretary of State Secretary of Defense SUBJECT: Interdepartmental organization for Panamanian affairs The President has
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Folder, "South Asia, 1962-1966: Volume I, Tab B: 1-13 [1 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 24 (Item)
  • would let you. 11 You reminded him we were paying "great attention" to Chinese Comrnunis t. actions and were therefore concerned about the scheduled Chicom state visit to Pakistan. You "wanted him to k.."'low there would be a probler.i of public
Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume II, Tabs 18-22," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)
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