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

; two hundred ninety-three Democrats, one hundred forty Republicans in the House. I have a note that early in 1966, the [Senate] Democratic Steering Committee appointed four assistant whips, all liberals, to assist Russell Long. Was this a measure
Russell Long's support for LBJ's programs and how Long compared to Harry Byrd, Sr., as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; tax increases to help pay for the Vietnam War; Winston Prouty's and Vance Hartke's proposed amendments to change Social

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/5/1966 (Item)

, Export-Import Bank, Wash. , D. C. * Mr. Bob Perrin, Assistant Director, OEO, and former AA to Sen. McNamara * Mrs. Margaret Price, Vice Chairman. Democratic National Committee ' Mr. Zolton Ferency (Democratic Candidate for Governor of Michigan) ' Mr. Joe

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 3 (III), 8/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in putting it together. M: Did you get a chance to talk with her about the Democratic National Committee's apparent atrophy by that time? One of the mysteries to me is how someone that you've described like Johnson as a great politician, would at the same

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 4 (IV), 12/4/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

entities of the Democratic Party. I don't know whether it was monthly, but it was a newsletter the ADA [Americans for Democratic Action] developed that was attacking the President specifically in the area of civil rights. They felt there hadn't been any
on a failed farm bill; the influence of the Farm Bureau, liberal Democrats, and moderate Republicans on the farm bill vote; Otis Pike's response to frequent arm-twisting tactics; the administration's willingness to accept passage of legislation that didn't

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

that we met as you usually meet your colleagues in a place like that. Casually, walking over to the Chamber some day or sitting around the cloakrooms, or something of that nature. We never served on the same Committees of the House together, although

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/1/1964 (Item)

mans To the office w/ JV McGeorge Bundy Congressman James Burke out off the record Mass To the Cabinet Room w/ Jack Valenti to make a magnetic tape for the Democratic National Committee Taped three statements Senate Democratic Conference Jan 2 1953

Folder, "5/16-26/65 - Program for State Visit of His Excellency Chung Hee Park, President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs. Park to the USA," Statements Files, Box 146 (Item)

Excellency Sung Eun KIM Minister of National Defense His Excellency Jong Chul HONG Minister of Public Information His Excellency Chong Kap KIM Chairman, Committee of National Defense National Assembly His Excellency Hu Rak LEE Secretary-General
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Oral history transcript, Kenneth E. BeLieu, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Services Committee. Senator [Richard] Russell was chairman. Styles Bridges was the senior Republican. Lyndon was number three on the committee on the Democratic side, Russell being the chairman and Harry Byrd, Sr. of Virginia, now deceased, the next in rank
Belieu's work with the Armed Services Committee in the mid-1950s; a bill LBJ requested to transfer the San Jacinto Army Ordnance Arsenal from the federal government to the state of Texas; how Belieu came to lead both the Senate Space Committee

Folder, "Pepper, Claude (Senator) [1947]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 29 (Item)

Republi tent, and, in a large measure, anti can adviser on for~ign policy, speaking democratic. to the National Publishers' Association In the same Cleveland address the on the 17th day of January past, the Senator from Michigan would have us latest

Oral history transcript, James Roosevelt, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Roosevelt -- I -- 12 recollections there of his getting a public housing project for Austin? R: Not directly, no. G: You were named Democratic national
LBJ's election to Congress in 1937 and Franklin Roosevelt's (FDR's) appreciation for his support in Texas; LBJ's appointment to the Naval Affairs Committee and FDR's feelings regarding the appointment; Roosevelt's duties with regard to members

Oral history transcript, William M. Colmer, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on the committee. They stacked it. They put three new members, two liberable Democrats and a Republican. F: Did Johnson ever show any evidence of the kind of bind he put a number of you southern Congressmen in with these civil rights acts and other federal acts

Oral history transcript, Stuart Symington, interview 2 (II), 11/28/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

handle it or not, I don't know. G: He \'las certainly able to command a strong Democratic vote to censure McCarthy after he became leader. S: Well, by that time it was a great national scandal; no problem then. My major problem with McCarthy started
Senate years, including initial contact with LBJ; House Naval Affairs Committee; biographical information; Joseph McCarthy; tin smelter; agricultural issues; impressions of LBJ and his relationship with other Senatorial leaders

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/11/1967 (Item)

True," to be used by the Democratic National Committee. j^ The ltr from Dr. Bailey thanked the President for his help for his help through his administration in providing funds which enabled Northland College to "reach toward excellence. " n*t

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/2/1964 (Item)

for Sheraton -Park Hotel. Arrived Sheraton- Park - to Cotillion Room of Hotel - Women's National Democratic Club dinner honoring Ambassador Adlai Stevenson The Usher Re Reception at Mayflower Hotel given by Prime Minister and Mrs. Levi Eshki President give s

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

that-- C: Pardon me? G: I said could it be because his role at the White House was one dealing with electoral politics rather than-- C: That's what I'm saying. The Democrat--yes, it may have been the Democratic National Committee thing, but I'm

Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

the Democrats that It's recognized by everybody as the most powerful committee in the House, and the next one is the Appropriations Committee. That's a very much larger committee. Only 25 on the Tax Committee and there are 50 on the Appropriations Committee

Folder, "Hoover Commission," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 285 (Item)

• dressed to Preeldent Elsenhow• er, by the Committee !or 01\'1! Million. This petition Is "a1alnst the admission ot Communist ChJna to the United Nations" and Mr, Hoover wlth six oth~r prominent sponsors Intend to obtain at least o!l'e million st1natures

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 6 (VI), 5/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and then Texas Law School. I only say that because it was as a result of being at Texas Law School that I lucked into the job with Lyndon Johnson. Gerry Siegel was the counsel of the Senate Democratic Policy Committee. He was a Yale graduate, law graduate

Folder, "[Briefing Papers for] September 4, 1968 National Security Council Mtg," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

of the Defens~_Planning Committee have accordingly reaffirmed the necessity of maintaining NATO's military capability and of taking into account the implications of recent developments in Eastern Europe in the planning of their national forces. The overall
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Folder, "[Briefing Papers for] September 4, 1968 National Security Council Mtg," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 2 (II), 7/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the thing. That involved a big reception at the State Department in connection with a major national conference that the President's Committee was 12 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library
; Herbert Hill; examples of Hill's cases against non-compliant companies, including Southern Bell, General Motors, California Light and Power, Mississippi Light and Power; Hobart Taylor, Jr.; why Feild left the committee; NASA compliance issues; RFK's

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 32 (XXXII), 12/11/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the day I introduced the suit that whatever resolution would ultimately be reached involving damages, my proceeds would be turned over to the Democratic National Committee. The last thing I wanted was to gain a nickel from what I considered a national
; O'Brien's legal fees for his civil suit; obstacles and delays in giving the remaining settlement money to the Democratic National Committee (DNC); how well the listening devices worked in O'Brien's office; listening devices on Spencer Oliver's phone; FBI

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

/show/loh/oh SIEGEL - I -~ 9 paradox of being in a sense, the true and clearlyoutstanding leader . of the Democratic Party, but unable, because of politics being .what they are nationally, to win a national nominating convention. · and probably
experience from Korea in Vietnam decision-making relating to wage and price controls; work on the Senate Democratic Policy Committee; LBJ’s early staff; LBJ’s tactics in making legislative change; 1957 Civil Rights Bill; LBJ and “liberals”; Southern Senators

Oral history transcript, Don Hummel, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Mr. Stevenson often spent some of his vacation [with Jenkins], and that's how I got to know Mr. Stevenson during those visits. Dick Jenkins was the chairman of the Democratic central committee and I was the vice-chairman until I was elected Mayor
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; 1956 convention; 1960 convention; Ernest McFarland; mayor of Tucson; President of the National League of Cities

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the delegates at a national convention. So a lot of people [wanted to nominate Eisenhower]. Olin Johnston from my state of South Carolina flew over to talk to Eisenhower about Eisenhower being the Democratic nominee. And there were a lot of stories

Oral history transcript, Claiborne Pell, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Committee on the Library. Previous to your election to the Senate, you were active in Democratic party affairs both in your state and national. Also, in the late '40's and '50's .you have had government service in the State Department both in Washington
; the High Speed Railroad Transportation Act; JFK and LBJ compared on foreign policy; congressional White House briefings characterized; doubt that LBJ moved as he should have in peace initiatives; LBJ and the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; the antiwar

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
; Theodore Kheel; the work of committee members and staff; how LBJ and JFK grew in their understanding of civil rights on a national level; Lawson's work as chairman of the civil rights section of the Kennedy-Johnson campaign and people who tried to undermine

Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Yale Political Union, New Haven, Connecticut, 10/9/1967" (Item)

as a Nation: thelia~ Can a great democratic society generate the energy to plan and build projects of order and beauty? Or does democracy, after all, mean the l owest common denominator? of Most of the great cities in history; most"the great works of beauty

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

--Republican or Democrat, if doesn't matter. course, I was lucky. And so you get it. Of I got some space nobody wanted, and it turned out to be the best room in the New Senate Office Building when we moved over there. Committees? ments. No, I don't think
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Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 14 (XIV), 6/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, but not at that particular time. G: The Democrats had as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee Theodore Green who was, I guess, in his early nineties at this point. R: Easily. G: It seems that early, even before Congress actually convened, LBJ had discussions
LBJ’s Capitol office; P-38; Castro assumed power in Cuba; resignation of Theodore Green as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; annual battle over Rule 22; LBJ’s motion to change rules to two-thirds of those present and voting than

Folder, "Johnson Administration - 1963–1966," Files of Robert Komer, NSF, Box 34 (Item)

image. Wo will help only those who a~e like us. The Democratic vision is of a world where nations are free to develop as they choose. We will help them, oven though they may choose paths quito different from ours. This .difference is most evident
Includes suggestions for LBJ’s acceptance speech at 1964 Democratic Convention and for 1965 State of the Union Message and small amount of material on transition following assassination of President Kennedy
National Security Files

Folder, "Pepper, Claude (Senator) [1946]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 29 (Item)

.what you did in Arabia. Manoeuverinc around tor petty position as a .middle aaed senator seeking security. You have -alked about a liberal bloc ot •epublioan and Democrats inr-;the Senate maki.D.& a people~ s party. You talked about this six montha ago

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-- III -- 24 active in the National Democratic Committee; he was a real political appointee. G: Did the committee receive pressure from Capitol Hill? I know that a lot of the southern senators resented these committees that had not been authorized
Abe Fortas' role in the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity; how LBJ's control of the Committee was undermined; John Macy; discrimination in White House hiring; NASA; federal workforce turnover; Feild's involvement

Oral history transcript, William F. McKee, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

on patent policy which had been raised by Senator [Russell B.] Long [Democrat of Louisiana]. I think the committee, when the hearing was over, was clearly convinced that I had no bias with respect to civilian personnel and no bias with respect to a sound

Oral history transcript, John H. Crooker, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

." But this I think is a forerunner of how the campaign committee was set up after the time of the national election. With respect to the national convention 20 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
duties in LBJ's 1964 campaign in the Office of Regional Coordinators at the Democratic National Committee; monitoring public support at campaign headquarters; Crooker's nomination to membership on the Civil Aeronautics Board (CAB); staffing Crooker's law

Oral history transcript, Frank Church, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

had a feeling that he was kind of recovering for lost time, though I certainly did not hold that against him. He had many other things on his mind besides my election. However, the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which at that time

Oral history transcript, Jacob Javits, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

office in the Capitol called a Senate hideaway, to trips abroad of various gradations, appointments to special committees, campaign funds. G: Would the campaign funds be limited to Democrats or would he find money for Republicans that supported him? J
and Title II; LBJ’s pre-presidential policy with regards to the Middle East; the National Defense Education Act in 1958.

Oral history transcript, George D. Aiken, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

that pressure is not too effective on me. M: Again, you're not on the inside of the Democratic Party and don't have the pressure on you then? A: They have advised me of their position on various matters which have been coming before the committee and before

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on in as much detail as you can. Let me ask you first generally about foreign policy during the [Dwight D.] Eisenhower years and how bipartisan it was. The Democrats controlled Congress through much of that time and the Republicans--many of them--had a more
of church and state in the South; initiation of the National Defense Education Act (NDEA), changes made to the Act and how it was passed; Senator Lister Hill's support for reciprocal trade; Hill's and Estes Kefauver's involvement in a 1955 bill relating

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1946" (Item)

secretary of the navy after a two-month fight. Senator Charles Tobey presented witnesses accusing Pauley, California oil man and former treasurer of Democratic National Committee, of using political influence to protect oil interests. Harold Ickes said

Memorandum # 357, The Technological Gap, 11/25/1966 (Item)

THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON CONFl:BEN t!AL November 25, 1.966 NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 357 TO: The The The The Secretary of State Secretary of Defense Secretary of Commerce Administrator, National Aeronautics and Space
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