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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 7 (VII), 2/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Johnson and his associates went through in the [1964 Democratic] National Convention reflected absolute paranoia on their part regarding Bobby Kennedy and people like me. And yet I'm on a day-to-day basis performing my functions with the President
; the relationship between JFK and LBJ; LBJ's concern about RFK's role in the 1964 Democratic National Convention; O'Brien as a go-between in the LBJ/RFK relationship; LBJ's meeting with RFK to tell him that no member of the cabinet would be his vice presidential

Oral history transcript, Woodrow Bean, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

had to be for him 110 per cent; if you were just with him 99 per cent, you weren't worth a damn. I said, "No, I can't commit us on the national committeewoman." Because, after all, hell, I'd been going to their DOT [Democrats of Texas] meetings
convention; the Democrats of Texas organization; Mrs. Frankie Randolph; the 1956 National Democratic Convention; Bean's invitation to JFK to visit El Paso in 1956; LBJ's effect on the 1956 Ralph Yarborough/Price Daniel primary run-off for Texas governor

Oral history transcript, M. J. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1984, by Roland B. Hayes (Item)

for the invitation of Carter to come down in May 5 of 1965, and Cliff Carter at that time was head of the National Democratic--the Democratic National Committee, so that is one of the beginnings of the situation, but that was an invitation to come and meet
Carter; Anderson's involvement in the 1964 presidential campaign; researching LBJ's background and political views before campaigning for him; difficulty promoting LBJ among black voters; Anderson's involvement in Democratic National conventions

Oral history transcript, Dale Miller and Virginia "Scooter" Miller, interview 1 (I), 8/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, party tours for the women. parties. I \'ient on all of those. of course, Liz Carpenter and Nrs. Johnson were the primary movers. I \'ient representing the Democratic National Committee as one of the workers on it. on it. was Did you help set them up

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and saw LBJ from time to time when he was in the Senate, during the early part of his career, later as majority leader, and then as vice president. After Kennedy's death, I saw him quite often. The Women's National Democratic Club had a private dance group

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

one of the best nominees that the Democratic party could have. I had never heard much about Stevenson. I think I'm a one-speech convert. I had never heard him speak. I had been at Chicago at the convention trying to build up a bonfire for Speaker

Oral history transcript, Jule M. Sugarman, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

of the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency had put us in touch around several matters and I had done a number of chores for the two of them in various efforts to draft new legislation and new programs. So in the summer of '64 Dick called to ask if I would
; Head Start; Cooke’s report; “Pancho” film; Child Development Group of Mississippi; attacks by Senators Stennis and Eastland; Freedom Democratic Party; Mississippi Action for Progress; Educational Testing Service; Dominick Amendment; Wayne Morse; Oregon

Oral history transcript, Francis C. Turner, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

and Means Committee, Senate Finance Committee, and the Public Works Committees in both houses. During that time, President Johnson was the Majority Leader in the Senate and was the leader of the Senate at the time that that legislation was enacted. had

Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--for telling you this. But there was a night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago in 1956 when Johnson became so convinced himself that he had a good chance to be nominated president that-F: In 1956? C: In 1956--that he started telling people

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 2 (II), 2/28/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

happened? G: Well, of course a lot of that depends on who you talk to, but basically they fell out by the time of the fall convention. They wanted to replace all of the [State Democratic] Executive Committee right away, and they wanted their own people

Oral history transcript, John A. Schnittker, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to the Democratic national convention. B: Did you find Kansas at that time receptive to the idea of a Kennedy candidacy for the Presidency? S: No, it was a rather bitter struggle even within the Democratic Party. There was partisans there of Mr. Johnson, Senator
Biographical information; Democratic and political activity background; LBJ’s acceptance of VP nomination; Orville Freeman; positions on JFK/LBJ staffs; 1961 Grain Act; struggle with Congress; JFK assassination; appointment as Under Secretary

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Committee which prepared these briefing cards on the accomplishments of the eight Democratic years and the substantive issues for the future, and what the Democrats were proposing. And those were the things that I was working on at the time, as well

Oral history transcript, George L.P. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and relations have been, particularly with the newer generation? \if: I think that the major link and the person ,.,rho has bridged this gap, if there is one, has been Louis Martin on the Democratic National Committee. He has been the major link

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and a separate Department of the Army. It maintained the Department of the Navy. It also, that early Act, created the National Security Council. Interestingly enough, it also created the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which had not existed before, and also

Oral history transcript, Ben W. Heineman, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

were mainly interested in in 1964, so far as I can tell, is that you were one of the top men who, mostly Republicans, who formed a National Independent Committee for Johnson-Humphrey. H: Yes, that is true. President. In June 1964 I of course had
Illinois Central strike; National Independent Committee for Johnson-Humphrey; organizational task force for HUD; Robert Weaver; White House Civil Rights Conference; “Summit Conference” in Chicago; Cabinet posts offered; Demonstration Cities

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 8 (VIII), 7/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

guess in September you went to the state convention. What did Looney do? J: Yes. G: And I guess spent a lot of time with the State Democratic Executive Committee in an attempt to win over-J: Where the vote was 28 to 28 and then they found

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

commitment all the way through, no question about it. But Mr. Garner didn't like me because I ran against Black. You see, when I came here Black was on the Banking and Currency Committee. And traditionally if a Democrat beats a Democrat or a Republican
National Youth Administration (U.S.)
rights issue; Nixon’s inflation of economy; LBJ’s sound ideas regarding national economy; interest rates; history’s judgment of LBJ’s presidency.

Oral history transcript, James Robinson, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Stevenson's pre-convention campaign in 1956. I took the train down and worked some with John Brademas, who was then director of research for the Stevenson campaign. I had been to a lot of Democratic and Republican national conventions; I had written some

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 7 (VII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

particular years you're talking about. I don't remember which one that was. And we went to the White House, and there, Republicans or Democrats, I had to literally go up and nudge them to go up and shake hands with and be seen with the President of the United
of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA); an alliance between Republicans and Southern Democrats in the Senate, and Everett Dirksen's influence on that alliance; Tommy Corcoran; the Hill-Burton Act and ESEA legislation that favored poorer states.

Oral history transcript, Roland Boyd, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1985, by Dave McNeely (Item)

. When Rayburn brought the--he told me [this], and this is something else that's off the record--when they brought the national leaders down here during the war and he was on the stage with Coke Stevenson, he said Coke spent all of his time on that stage
in his bid to become the presidential nominee; the 1960 Democratic National Convention in Los Angeles and Rayburn's involvement in the decision to choose LBJ as JFK's running mate; Rayburn's death; opposition to LBJ accepting the vice presidential

Oral history transcript, Harris Melasky, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

to the convention that night when the executive committee met, you understand. They had to vote first on whether or not he would be the nominee, and it was pretty close. They called there in the hotel there in Fort Worth as they went down the line. I'm sure you've

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. But the main thing that was important over Kleberg's election was this: his predecessor was Wurzbach, the House. d Republican. John [Nance] Garner was minority leader of Well, when Kleberg was elected as a Democrat during a special election, that one vote

Oral history transcript, James A. Turman, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in mind. There were already two fellows that had announced for the office, so I made the third candidate for the Democratic primary. There was no Republican opposition. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

formed the basis for publications of political organizations. We used to review almost anything in the domestic area that came out of the Democratic [National] Committee, or anywhere else. For a brief period of time Jim Gaither went off the payroll

Oral history transcript, William S. White, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. But to answer your question briefly, I don't think he cared at all about domestic politics in the last two years, except in the sense that he generally hoped that whoever succeeded him would be a good President. M: Do you think that the Democratic National

Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

there was no Democratic National Committee. I did the research work, but as far as talking to Lyndon about it, no. F: Thank you, Mr. Corcoran. [End of Tape 1 of 1 and Interview III] LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
John McCormack's refusal to stand in for LBJ as a favorite son at the 1968 Massachusetts Democratic National Convention; LBJ's campaign weakness; LBJ's efforts to win the Kennedy family's favor; the lack of loyalty of JFK's staff members to LBJ

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 6 (VI), 4/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, you're doing the same thing here. C: This is really a civilian decision. F: Did you have any problem in working with the various groups that are concerned with Washington because you have a peculiar situation here in that you have a national city
April riots; Washington riots; role of military troops; interest of foreign military groups in American example of dealing with riots; Resurrection City; 1968 Democratic Convention; involvement in inflation fights; LBJ’s relationship with William

Oral history transcript, John A. Schnittker, interview 2 (II), 5/18/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a number of counties. I believe it went national, at least theoretically, about 1965 or 1966, although it still had to inch its way from state to state 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 2 (II), 10/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

correct. That's where Walter and Mr. Perry and Juanita and Mildred and so forth were. Then over in the Capitol, George was in-- guess actually at the time he was Democratic Policy [Committee]. I He handled--the staffs today would be shocked--all

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

, but when the war came along . . . . After the war, I knew him better. He was a commander in the navy, as you know. He sometimes has blamed me for getting him into national politics. In fact, he said that out here when he was visiting Denver a couple

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 3 (III), 3/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

meeting in Joe Califano's office, where we talked about setting up working groups on various issues that might assist the Democratic National Committee in getting access to information that LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with it a brevet status in the national Democratic Party. Of course in the time that I was in Arkansas we had an extraordinarily influential Washington delegation from Arkansas. In fact they still do, with LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; Democratic political campaigns leading to 1956 Convention; Central High School integration; 1960 Democratic Convention and Kennedy-Johnson nomination; relations with LBJ as VP; ghost writing for Lady

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 6 (VI), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, but to commit fifty billion dollars of the nation's resources, not necessarily all government money, but fifty billion dollars, to the project, before he made that decision, he looked to the guy that was on the other side of it, McNamara, to chair the committee

Oral history transcript, Rutherford M. Poats, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, this intervening layer hereM-the Budget Director and the Treasury-was perfurmed in the past, and to some degree is still performed, through what we call the Development Loan Committee and the Development Loan Staff Committee, which required the clearance

Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 2 (II), 5/3/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

president--I am--of the American Jewish Committee, before the annual meeting of the American Jewish Committee on what happened to the civil rights movement. Crucial to that is the question you're asking me: What happened at the Civil Rights Conference

Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

or with his ambitions. F: Did you work with him on any committees in the House? M: No, he was on the old Naval Affairs Committee in the House. I was on the Banking and Currency first and then the Ways and Means later. So we were not on the same committees

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 25 (XXV), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the House. And that made it necessary to keep the moderate Republicans aboard because the southern Democrats still voted very much as a bloc and very much against most of our programs. So we had to have the Dirksens and [Jacob] Javits of the world with us

Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 1 (I), 1/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for Democratic candidate for Congress in 1958 from Dallas. F: That was against Alger? S: I defeated Pool in the primary--he and another fellow. primary. We had a very bitter Segregation was the big issue at that point, as you recall, in the late 1950's. I

Oral history transcript, James E. Webb, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

as a Democrat and a businessman from the midwest. They usually had to have one Democrat and one businessman on each of these bodies like the Cancer Council and the Bayne Jones committee that studied medical research, and so forth. So I sort of performed

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 21 (XXI), 8/10/1981-8/11/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at the Democratic Club, the Women's National Democratic Club on New Hampshire. A great gathering of the clan, lots of Texans, lots of other congressmen, and just all the family of the Rayburns that could be present. It was a much-looked forward to, and very special
on television; visits to historic sites around the Washington, D.C. area with guests; the 75th Club, the Congressional Club, and Women's National Democratic Club; Mrs. Johnson's interest in interior design; LBJ's decision to run for the Senate in 1948

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