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Folder, "Klu Klux Klan (KKK) - Miscellaneous," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 16 (Item)

and immediate threat to our security and to our very existence as a free nation. The Klans are not. At the same time, however, our country cannot afford the damage done to our national unity and the indirect long-range threat to democratic principles
Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)

Oral history transcript, Jerry Holleman, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

to the national conven:ion and to instruct them in whatever way it chose. The one in September elected the State Democratic Executive Committee. Wel'ianted the State Democratic Executive Committee replaced in May, and we made a deal that if he would replace

President's Daily Diary entry, 4/30/1964 (Item)

of the 1964 Campaign Conference for Democratic Women. Escorted to speaker's platform and introduced by Margaret Price, Vice Chairman of the Dem. National C nference - speaks from 9:50 unti 10:25 pm - 10:30p To the White House w/ Mrs. Johnson and JV

Folder, "Transcripts of Telephone Calls, 1957," Telephone Transcripts, Office Files of Walter Jenkins, Box 1 (Item)

just what is the BERLIN: John said you have a hell of a fight on your 23 Democrats and I Republican. hands with If the Republican is elected, which he very well could JENKINS: be, it will overturn the Senate and all the committees. The problem

Oral history transcript, Roy Elson, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Okay. Of course, after they had the National Security Act and under Truman set up the watchdog committee, he was one of that group that oversaw our intelligence activity, along with Russell who was chairman of Armed Services. Who else served
boundaries for Hayden; Hayden's memory; Hayden's investigation of Joseph McCarthy; McCarthy's censure; Hayden's work to prevent the Bricker Amendment from passing; Mike Mansfield's intelligence committee resolution; Hayden's committee assignments; Hayden's

Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

if that resolution would have passed until he made the many misstatements that he did and the brutal statements that he did about some of those six people that were on the McCarthy committee. G: Do you think that the selection of the Democratic members
[For interviews 1 and 2] First impressions of LBJ; LBJ's visits to Kentucky Derby; the McCarthy censure; LBJ's powers of persuasion; LBJ's speaking engagements for Democratic candidates; 1960 campaign; how LBJ became VP candidate; Social Security

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the major factors in the national Democratic Party. But over and above that on labor relations, I think he understood the excesses of labor very well in a general way. Nevertheless in this eternal struggle between labor and management, what he was trying

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

~ or was it nationally based? Johnson~ I should say? L: David Lloyd was a director of the committee, and he had been an administrative assistant of President Truman's. You may remember him, I don't know. He was a highly intelligent person. He and I both felt
Castro; Committee for National Health Insurance; beautification stamps; 1968 campaign; dedication of Lady Bird Johnson Municipal Park in Fredricksburg; Laurance Rockefeller and Mrs. Aston; how to spread beautification around a city.

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 7 (VII), 12/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Gillette PLACE: Kozy Korner Cafe, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 B: In that Nicholas Lemann piece the name of a commission jumped out at me, the committee or commission on juvenile delinquency, and I thought for a moment--well, longer than

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/7/1964 (Item)

:40p : The President had LUNCH in his stateroom w/ Sen. Scott Lucas. Dorothy O'Brien National Democratic Committeewoman from Illin ois). VM, MF Arrive Springfield Capitol Airport -- greeted crowds (President was met by usual (lost one hour from CST

Folder, "Guatemala (1 of 3)," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 284 [1 of 3] (Item)

four pro-Arbenz pol1tlcal parties participated 1n an event staged in a Government school bulldl.ng by the Communist-front National Peace Committee on July 31, 1953, to celebrate the Communist victory over American "Imperialism" 1n Korea. II.•. fOY

Oral history transcript, Carl D. Perkins and Donald Baker, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Perkins -- I -- 2 people when I came here. I'd get a bill to the Rules Committee similar to the old Civilian Conservation Corps to try to put the youth in the forests of the nation
First knowledge of pending legislation to fight poverty; personal interest in and involvement in legislation of this kind; LBJ and unemployment; War on Poverty; steering legislation through committee; Adam Clayton Powell as chairman; LBJ’s

Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 4/16/1970, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, Mr. President. It has been remembered by Thomas Corcoran that when you were about to resign your NYA [National Youth Administration] post to run for the congressional seat, the Administration, especially Aubrey Williams, thought that you were doing

Telephone conversation # 9156, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 11/12/1965, 9:04AM (Item)

National politics
LONG TELLS LBJ HE EXPECTS TO BE NAMED SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN; LBJ'S RECOVERY FROM GALL BLADDER SURGERY; QUESTION OF LONG SERVING AS BOTH ASSISTANT MAJORITY LEADER, COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN; LBJ'S SERVICE AS SPACE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MAJORITY

Telephone conversation # 10121, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 5/13/1966, 7:50PM (Item)

A (National Security)-SANITIZED and B (Federal Records)-SANITIZED
LBJ DISCUSSES VOTE IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH NEW OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR CIA, FBI, INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, SUGGESTS HOOVER MAKE EFFORTS TO STOP ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS

Telephone conversation # 9629, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 2/10/1966, 12:45PM (Item)

Natural resources and national parks
FOWLER REPORTS ON HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ACTION TODAY ON UNNAMED BILL (TAX BILL?), SCHEDULING OF RULES COMMITTEE, HOUSE FLOOR VOTES, SENATE HEARINGS; WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON FOREIGN INVESTORS TAX BILL; HEARINGS ON COPPER BILL

Folder, "NUCLEAR - Nuclear Proliferation, Cmte on (NSAM #320) [1 of 2]," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 37 (Item)

of Nuclear Proliferation outside Europe" s 17 12/7/64 A 9 12/1/64 A [Duplicate of #1, NSF, Committee File, Cmte on Nuc Prolif, "Problem 2 ... ", Box 1] 42 notes Handwritten Notes on Briefing - Gilpatric Cmte PCI Collection Title National Security
A (National Security)-SANITIZED
National Security Files

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 3 (III), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, the Democratic Policy Committee, where a lot of this kind of conversation went on, was closed to everybody except George Reedy, who took some notes on it but did not write minutes. He just kept the notes for Johnson's use in case he wanted to remember what
of a 1958 labor bill supported by Senator John F. Kennedy; how LBJ would gain votes for other senators' bills; LBJ's ability to get Republican senators to vote in support of Democratic plans; Senator Bill Langer's vote; how opposing senators would help each

Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

presidential campaign specifically? A: I was on the payroll of the Democratic National Committee, working for Lyndon Johnson's campaign staff. B: Was that the group headed by Charles Murphy here in Washington? A: No, Charlie Murphy was in charge
Meeting LBJ in 1955; the 1956 Democratic National Convention; Abell's father-in-law Senator Earle Clement's career; LBJ trying to do favors for his colleagues; adjourning Congress for the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/9/1969 (Item)

, Democratic National Committee General John P. McConnell Signed a few pieces of mail -- mjdr working signing table with the President To Jim Jones office with Larry O'Brien. Jan 9, 1969 The Whit e House Thurs George Christian (PL) Director Charle s Zwick

Folder, "[July 24, 1968 - 5:30 p.m. Meeting with German Defense Minister Schroeder]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

very hard to de-escalate the crisis and reach a settlement. On the issue of withdrawal of U . S . tro ops from Europe, the President recalled that we faced similar problems a year ago. Some 12 to 13 members of the Democratic Policy Committee were

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Relations, which had previously been called the Detroit Interracial Committee. It was established following the race riots during World War II. When I came back out of the army, after finishing my degree I went to work for that committee in 1947. So I worked
Career history leading up to Feilds’ work with the President’s Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity; Phil Hart; the consolidation of the President’s Committee on Government Contracts and the President’s Committee on Government Employment Policy

Oral history transcript, Lowell K. Bridwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

make some rather elaborate efforts . I know that Dick Maguire stayed on, for example, at the Democratic National Committee because Johnson specifically asked him to and said that he needed him . M: Robert Kennedy stayed on for a while . B: Yes, Bob
Biographical information; impressions of LBJ when he was majority leader; covering the Democratic National Convention in 1960; LBJ

Oral history transcript, Carl Hayden, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 7 H: Champ Clark was the Speaker when I came here and they had the Democratic National Convention over in Baltimore. day after day. I went over there He could get a majority but he couldn't
Biographical information; candidacy for Congress; Senate Committee assignment; first contact with LBJ; longest record of service in the Senate; Reclamation Act of 1902; Colorado River Commission; Boulder Canyon Project; Udall family; Central Arizona

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

: That's right. Ed Smith was a prominent attorney in Houston and very active in politics there. His wife was on the State Democratic Executive Committee for a long time. That was pretty early to even consider a black in any court at that time; it would have
to LBJ; J.E. McDonald; 1952 Democratic Conventions – state and national; Governor Shivers for Eisenhower against Democrat Adlai Stevenson; 1972 Democratic National Convention; 1960 Democratic National Convention; contacts with LBJ while President.

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 3 (III), 12/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

out. I believe there was a committee appointed that held an investigation and the committee came up with what I'm going to call a "slap-on-the-wrist" sort of thing. And I think it all went by the wayside. But that's right. Francis Case was a major-domo
of a Democratic majority in the Senate in 1958 and how that changed the character of the Senate; LBJ's relationships with Bill Knowland and Everett Dirksen; LBJ's reputation in the Senate; the Senate majority leader's power; Senate Rule Twenty-Two allowing

Folder, "Humane Slaughter," 1958 Subject Files, Senate Papers, Box 582 (Item)

. DALLAS 2, TEXAS Riverside 2-4628 Riverside 7-2122 September 19, 1958 Mr. Arthur C • Perry Administrative Assistant to Lyndon Johnson United States Senate Off ice of the Democratic Leader Washington 25, D. C. Dear Arthur: Thank you for your letter

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Accordingly you may have to nudge this a little bit. Perhaps, if everything else is equal or close to equal, then it's going to work. However, in much of this our referral would be to the Democratic National Committee. While we retained the active interest
the announcements locally; Dick Donahue's work with patronage and members of Congress' efforts to get jobs for their constituents; the role of the Democratic National Committee; criteria for ambassadorships; career versus political appointees; politicians' view

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/13/1966 (Item)

A. Walsh School of Foreign Service Building, ^^HHthe President met by Father Joseph Dunne, S. J. (head of the school of foreign service), and Jack H. Vaughn, Director of the Peace Corps. They escorted him to the Hall of Nations in the Building

Oral history transcript, Ben Barnes, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

because he was too busy. M: I would have been very embarrassed. How did he happen to make these appointments of you to these national committees? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org B: ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 11 (XI), Jan. 27-28, 1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with the President and the head of the Democratic National Committee, [who] was a venerable and very nice old gentleman, but I don't think he was very active-was that Drury [Flynn]? G: It may have been. J: It resulted in Lyndon being asked to take over
to Washington, D.C.; Dorothy Jackson's marriage to Philip Nichols; anticipation of a world war; Charles Marsh telling the Johnsons about the dangers of Adolf Hitler; Welly Hopkins' work for United Mine Workers; the 1940 Democratic National Convention in Chicago

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 36, 15 February 1986," LBJ Library (Item)

political editor, Dave McNeely. Strauss Robert Strauss i. worried that Americans don·t put their best leaders in the White H use. The salty-talking Texan, who used to head the Democratic National Committee, said that fear was underlined la t week by a visit

Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

legislative chairman for the Oregon Congress of Parents and Teachers and was on the national legislative committee. In 1946 in Oregon there was a major education bill and I became involved in that. K: So you actually did some lobbying on behalf [of the bill

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
Election to Congress in 1948; Sam Rayburn; Homer Thornberry; Johnson-Rayburn relationship; early relationship with LBJ; Drew Pearson; support of LBJ over Shivers in 1956; selection of Mrs. Bentsen as committeewoman; Secretary for the Committee

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, in part, because he originally also lived in Madison, Wisconsin, years before. That brought him and his family into contact with Altmeyer and myself. I also knew Mrs. Ellen Woodward, who also was the vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee
[For interview 1, 2, and 3] Biographical information; social security; Eleanor Roosevelt; 1939 amendment to Social Security Act; Congressional committee and chairmen; unemployment insurance; disability benefits; Kennedy administration; Medicare; LBJ

Oral history transcript, Oren Harris, interview 1 (I), 9/3/1973, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh You're Judge Oren Harris. You served as Democratic representative in the House of Representatives in Washington from 1940 until February 1966, when you became a U. S. district judge
; Sherman Adams; Congressman Morgan; Schwartz; Mr. Moulder; Bernard Goldfine; Jack Anderson; Bob Bartlett; 1960 Democratic convention; Arkansas Valley Development; Senator McClellan; JFK’s VP decision; federal judgeship; Attorney General Katzenbach; civil

Folder, "Special Picture Orders," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 2 (Item)

Health Association, Detroit and Chairman of the National Physicians' Committee for Health Care through Social Security; Dr. Montague Cobb of Howard Uni versity, representing the National Medical Association. Other non-Congressional guests included Msgr

Oral history transcript, Clinton P. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

as whip in the early 1950's? A: I hope so. I don't know for sure, but I was the chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee in 1950. And for a short time the Democratic party nationwide was sort of leaderless because the then chairman

Oral history transcript, Michael V. DiSalle, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 22 itself, but after 0'64. I've also heard it said that the Democratic National Committee in Johnson's Presidency sort of fell on hard tnnes, became a not very effective

Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

15, 1¢4 121 Remarks at a Reception for Members of the Democratic. National Committee. January n, 1¢4 15, 1¢4 107 Toasts of the President and President Segni at the Italian 95 White House Statement on the Events in Panama. Janu ary 10, 1¢4 105

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