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Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 2 (II), 7/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

andp~ssibly myself--i't might be more economical for a family with modest means to be able to go to that college there, which was a junior college at the time, a two-year college. But their roots were so deep in Houston, both his and my mother's

Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

with people in the House and the Senate that were important. No one, of cour se, was more important in that particular capacity than Senator Johnson at that time. So I did see him quite often and would go to his office and talk with him- -meet with him

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 2 (II), 6/4/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of the beautification program, which of course led to the passage of the Highway Beautification Bill, and Mrs. Johnson's traveling to publicize the efforts of cities and states in the beautification projects. We had reached a point in time, I believe May, 1967, when

Oral history transcript, Andrew J. Goodpaster, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Johnson a couple of times that Senator Johnson should be careful about any actions that would circumscribe or limit or damage or reduce the powers of the President because as he had told Senator Johnson, "It• s easily possible that you may be sit ting

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

very vividly because it's so belied by what has happened, even in recent days of the birth of Lynda Bird's daughter. It amuses me that--the girls are big and I remember the time he told us, when Lynda was about five, how he took her to Neiman-Marcus

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 4 (IV), 8/8/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

stayed there a short time I think and got this job over in Houston as debate coach at Sam Houston High School. I \'Ias teaching in San Antonio, and he was teaching in Houston. Eyery month or two I'd go to Houston to visit him or he would come to San

Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 2 (II), 7/20/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. They're both good friends of mine, and were at that time. M: So you individually-- F: Individually, they were on the side of the angels. But understand, a department like HEW doesn't change drastically with a change of administration because the same

Oral history transcript, Sarah (Mrs. T. J. .) Taylor, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

, then, in high school? T: When she came here. I've never lived anywhere else. I can't remember whether I knew. . sure that was the first time I really saw her. sure I was a senior when she was a freshman. No, I'm But as I say, I'm pretty So we were

Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. I met my wife, who at the age of seventeen years old was a junior at the University of Wisconsin. I had just gotten out of the Marine Corps and was on the 52-20 Club. I took her out a couple of times and liked her. I asked her to marry me

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 14 (XIV), 9/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 O: [The Higher Education Act of 1965] considerably broadened the areas of the involvement. For the first time

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

. At that time the person we worked with in Commerce was Herb Hollomon, who was an assistant secretary of commerce. He's gone on to become president of the University of Oklahoma; you may know of him from that capacity. So, in many ways, both in my official

Oral history transcript, Josefa Baines Saunders, interview 1 (I), 12/28/1964, by Juanita Roberts (Item)

Roberts and I am secretary to P r esident Johnson and I am going lo visit a little bit this morning with the President's aunt, Mrs . W . E. Saunders - - and Mrs . Saunders , how are you related to the Pr esident? Mrs. Saunders: Well, my sister is Lyndon

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

know Colson. He comes from Massachusetts. He was on the staff of Senator Leverett Saltonstall at one time. You must know him." I repeated I didn't. He identified him then as a member of Nixon's White House staff, at which point I think I had some vague

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, lega lly, or otherwis e. F: He could have solved all the world's p roblems and there wou ld h ave still been some f l aw in it. C: I r e memb e r a t e rribl e cus s -fi ght b e tween Stu Loory of the Los An ge l es Times a nd Loyd Hackler, one

Oral history transcript, Sidney "Sub" Pyland, interview 1 (I), 9/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

during these times. But I was running around with Horace Richards, Lyndon [Johnson], Upton Breeden, Wilton Woods, I could name off several of those boys that I can just think of off the top of my hat. And we were really helpful to the football team

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. Sisco, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Administration. S: That is correct. M: ~!he n was the first time that you made any personal acquaintance with Mr. Johnson? S: Sure. Remember that far back? In many ways, I think this is going to prove about the only real contribution that I can

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Montgomery, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

extraordinary conversation bet,...een the t\'lO of us so Ion.?: ago: t 1) It did not occur to me, at the time, to protest either her conclusion, or the logic behind it; and 2) I have not found it expedient even once, in the intervening years, to exercise my

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 6 (VI), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that this wasn't as bad a bill as it had been painted in the press. I wrote out a couple of amendments finally that I wante d to offer. Along abou t Fr iday when all the time had run out and I had been . attempti ng to be r ecogniz ed, I couldn't get the floor

Oral history transcript, Stanley Karnow, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, that is directly. I started working for Time magazine in Paris in 1950 and at that time the French war in Indochina was going on. So I had a good deal to do from the Paris end of covering the story, that is, from the French end of the story. And [I] became

Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 1 (I), 3/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. As a matter of fact, Patton at one time had been the regimental commander of the Third Cavalry, in the pre-World War II days. After the war I went to Leavenworth, and upon graduation from Leavenworth was picked up in the staff and faculty in the School

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 3 (III), 2/27/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

qua tel v a s Press Secre tary , but Bil l had been awf u l ly close t o t he Presi dent for a l ono- t'me on a lo t of things. Bi l l had develop ed s ort-of a t he Wh i t ? : J . Hous e . I ki nd of l oo ke d uoo n i t as sort of a little

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

here that ,.,as at that time Powell, Rauhut, Maginnis, Reavlcy, and Lochridge. After having been in that law Eirm practicing law for some two-and-a-half years, when January 1963 carne around Governor Connally was looking for what he referred to as new

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 3 (III), 4/26/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

." Underneath that, in smaller letters, there is a paragraph which states: "John Macy recruited more talent of proven ability into government service than any other man of our time. In demanding only the best and in seeking it out, he set a standard

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 2 (II), 8/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to Los Alamos to school for one or two years. He was there when my mother died. He went off, and I really didn't see him much. We became very close friends later on, but from the time I was about ten, I'd only see him when he 9 LBJ Presidential Library

Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of Texas. Our politically minded director composed a campaign song for LBJ which we recorded. I still remember the words which we sang to "When It's Round-Up Time In Texas": When it's voting time in Texas, coming April 28 (or whenever), cast your vote

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

out. And, finally, because of an important conservation conference scheduled at the time, \·rhich she had been invited to address. Lynda went with us on this trip, and added a lot to it, I might say. We arrived at Grand Teton on a midafternoon one

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 3 (III), 8/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of 1926, at which time I was only thirteen. So no, I didn't have any dates, but I went to parties at which both boys and girls were. I remember watching the bigger girls do the Charleston. I never learned how. Oh, I may have tried, but I'm sure I

Oral history transcript, Eugene H. Guthrie, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was then the National Tuberculosis Association, [when] they went to President Kennedy and asked him if he would appoint a blue-ribbon group to study the cigarette smoking situation and report on it. They felt it was timely, that there was evidence in the medical

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 2 (II), 2/11/1981, by Ted Gittinger (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 Cross -- II -- 2 The trip around the world was in 1967 around Christmas time

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 4 (IV), 6/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

ng is pl anned down to the mi nute ah ead ma kes out t he t imet a le ? rse , Is it a ornbination job ? ~ time. I ' m s ure, v i he Pre si dent pu ts t he fi nal a ut ho rity on i t , bu t some o cty a s ,,,o c t o fL,, ure ouc h ow le c an -get

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 5 (V), 7/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and wanting some help. We usually tried to get up ahead of time what sort of American involvement there was in a country, if there was any at all--if so, what was it, what type of aid was the US giving them, and the monetary levels, and that sort of thing

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Busby's office, Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1 B: I arrived in Washington on the afternoon of March 16 [1948] and met with the Congressman [Johnson] for the first time about seven o'clock that night. When I was at the Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in the development of nuclear weapons working at Los Alamos Livermore, Sandia Corporation, Sandia Base, and then on to the Pentagon to work in the nuclear weapons development section there. G: You're not responsible for the target analysis course at Fort Sill

Oral history transcript, Gerald N. McAllister, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the church and duties and functions that I have within the life of the church occasionally bring me into contact with my father in his official capacities, but most of the time they tend to insure that we go separate routes. We're good friends, however

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 6 (VI), 10/13/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

; second, to utilize the Soviet pressures for whatever they would be worth in the Vietnam situation, but, third, more than anything else, to move ahead with the antiballistic negotiations. I remember he said several times that if Nixon doesn't do
; the threat of nuclear confrontation; Averell Harriman and Cyrus Vance at the Paris talks; Andre Meyer and the European monetary crisis; National Commission on Violence report; LBJ’s falling out with A.W. Moursund; Krim’s time with LBJ after 1968; Thanksgiving

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 5 (V), 2/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that had come out at that time, I know. C: Yes. Second, you did know that you were dealing with someone who might not necessarily be a friend. And I think that he proved that he under stood easterners a lot better than [he did] southwesterners. He

Oral history transcript, William H. Jordan, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Mr. Jordan worked for Senator Richard Russell for many years and is going to focus on those years. You are welcome to state any restrictions now on the tape. J: Yes, Mike. It was during the time that Senator Johnson and Senator Russell were
/refusal to change as times changed; LBJ’s change from a 'southern’ to a ‘western’ outlook; Russell as LBJ’s senate mentor; LBJ’s dominant personality and power of persuasion; Senator Robert Kerr; Jordan’s activities as advance man for LBJ in the 1960

Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh This is an interview with Milton S. Eisenhower, in his office in Baltimore, Maryland. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. Dr. Eisenhower, very briefly, let's run through your career from the time you were

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 21 (XXI), 1/7/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

will, generally speaking, get two types: one type of politician that is shooting for the governorship and spends most of his or her time working on local offices leading to the governorship; and then the federal politicians who spend all of their time shooting

Oral history transcript, R. Conrad Cooper, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Administration--I guess throughout the Johnson Administration--you were vice president for Personnel Relations of the United States Steel Corporation. C: I was executive vice president. M: Right. C: Personnel Services. M: And you were, at the same time

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