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Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: Well, frankly, many things go on that you don't know affecting your own district. Most of the time I knew, because I'd had a hand in it, but I'm trying to give an example of his thoughtfulness and cooperation. would call, and I'd say, "John, I didn't

Oral history transcript, One More Story (group interview), 11/17/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to change the drafting committee. I don't want to kick off anybody if he's been put on, but I do want to be sure that the drafting committee is one that will have some feeling of cooperation with the President." said, "Who are they?" And I read them

Oral history transcript, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

How Reynolds came to work for Senator Robert Kerr in 1953; LBJ's relationship with Kerr and Richard Russell, especially regarding civil rights; cooperation and leadership among Russell, Kerr, and LBJ and why they were successful; Senator Robert

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of manhood and so on. Yet he was extremely cooperative and helpful, understanding and witty about civil rights problems throughout the time that we worked with him. The President liked him a lot.Whether that was something that was generated ab initio purely

Oral history transcript, Clarence Mitchell, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

there was a bona fide, although apparently unwritten, agreement among members of the Senate that certain things were going to happen. And after these things happened the bill would pass without invoking cloture. One person who didn't cooperate on that was Senator

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 16 (XVI), 11/21/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. That was an aggravation. Believe me, a lot of pressure was exerted and I utilized White House pressure in that regard, too. You have departments in your own administration failing to cooperate while you are busy with the mail users and the citizens in general, pleading

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 3 (III), 6/7/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: No, not precisely. Because Johnson would do many things which Russell did not like, which Russell could not cooperate [with], but which Russell still realized had to be done. G: Can you give an example? R: Civil rights. Russell couldn't possibly have advised

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 4 (IV), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, James P. Coleman, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

throughout the convention and cooperating with each other and maintaining the common front. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral

Oral history transcript, Price Daniel, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and Senator Johnson quite a few times when I observed the very best of friendship and cooperation. Of course, there would be times when the Democrats decided they could not go along with a certain measure in which they just ran over Bill Knowland by getting

Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

totally wrong, was not born out at all by the FAA man when he came out and went over all facts and heard all tapes. The Egyptians finally, as is so often the case, were cooperative after it was too late to be cooperative, and helpful. M: After

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 3 (III), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Dr. Samuel Halperin and Harold Howe II, interview S-II, undated (Item)

in the big cities or thos e that are rurally isolated. Similarly, such a new pro gram. could also p~ac ~ a premium on cooperation between, or among, several· school dis tricts, thereby introducing the possibility of a city cooperating with ~he tuburbs

Oral history transcript, Frederick O'Reilly Hayes, interview 2 (II), 10/10/83, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Arthur J. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

cooperated and, more importantly so did the Soviets. Most of my negotiations about 242 were with Deputy Foreign Minister Kuznetsov, an old Bolshevik and skilled diplomat. We got on very well, although for Soviet interests and ours. In general I was treated

Oral history transcript, David L. Hackett, interview 1 (I), 4/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of cooperation between them, but I think the difference in the personalities and capabilities clouded it somewhat. In the main, they got along very well. I remember something though, which probably is not in the histories anywhere, unless you've talked to some

Oral history transcript, Frank Ikard, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and cooperate. He was very gracious about it and said that while he certainly, you know, was interested in Walter as he should have been quite properly because Walter had been with him. Anyway, we went on--this was really the beginning of what became a very

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Meanwhile, the session in Washington was winding on to a close-- Tape 2 of 3 J: The next day would be Honey Grove and Cooper and Commerce and Wolfe City and the 17 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 29 (XXIX), 3/19/1982-3/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] Johnson -- XXIX -- 12 was very forthright and cooperative. He didn't get mad; he tried to be open and helpful and up with the committee. But I must say

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

he had caused us a lifetime of grief. But it should have been repaired. M: As I recall, he was quite wounded by a book that Sam Houston wrote about that time, which-- J: Yes. Somehow some author who wanted to write a book in cooperation with--you

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 2 (II), 8/26/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

were the same on every single guest list, and it was up to my office to try and weed those out and not invite Senator John Sherman Cooper to eight dinners in a row. B: Then the guest lists also went beyond that into just private citizens, entertainers

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, James Cain, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

their physician. This was my role. M: Was the recovery from the heart attack satisfactory? C: Oh yes, extremely satisfactory. Very good. M: And did the then Senator cooperate with you? C: Very well, very well. Actually, I think most of this was directed

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

expanded because he was trying to win support, friendship, cooperation, from all the members of the Senate. That also means having the understanding of their wives. It meant some entertaining. I think that she fell in love with the Senate and became

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the cooperation of some of the nurseries around town, who by now had begun to feel the economic aid that her program had brought all of them, we planted that school and had a ceremony. Walter Washington was then head of Housing, but that was also one

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 2 (II), 5/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

a problem. I didn't. In fact, I welcomed cooperation because it left me free to do other things that I wanted to do around the White House. M: Was Califano an able staff man? C: I think he was very able, yes. He was particularly skilled in keeping

Oral history transcript, Solis Horwitz, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in those days that he didn't get through without the help of Lyndon Johnson. M: How about Mr. Johnson and the administration during this period? To your knowledge was he in close contact~ in close cooperation wi th Presi dent Ei senhower or Secretary

Oral history transcript, Don Hummel, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Dwight A. Ink, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

would be much more touchy, much more sensitive. I: Very touchy. It was on that trip that we first began discussing the possible cooperation with the peaceful uses of nuclear explosives. M: Is that a possibility--nuclear sharing for peaceful uses? I

Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, although they may prove to be through interagency cooperation. It's true that we in the Labor Department, in enforcing the Equal Pay Act, coordinate our work very closely with determinations with relation to equal pay as far as EEOC is concerned. I

Oral history transcript, A. Scheffer Lang, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

departments and permit new people to put aside the old animosities and get down to business on the problem of trying to integrate transportation development as a whole with urban development as a whole. M: So there will be cooperation? L: Yes. And I think

Oral history transcript, Edward G. Lansdale, interview 1 (I), 6/5/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, and then there were French officers there as well as. Americans in it. G: Were there problems in cooperation hetween the two? L: Yes, there were. The French primarily staffed it with their intelli- gence people to keep track of me. I'd sit in there and they'd

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1964, when he met with business and labor leaders urging cooperation and support for Medicare and civil rights. about his effort then? Do you remember that? Did he talk to you LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 3 (III), 4/3/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

did not gener- ate the same amount of antagonism, he didn't contribute very much to the spirit of real cooperation on behalf of the Secretary. My view of the assistant secretaries and the general counsel and the deputy under secretary

Oral history transcript, David Dellinger, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of the FBI. So the first thing that they did was to try to destroy the spirit of trust and cooperation and patience and human sensitivity, without which no movement can grapple with difficult problems or build a different kind of spirit. But the second thing

Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

for the benefit of the people, but Congress has got to cooperate. F: That's exactly right. Congress has got to understand that what the people of the District want is to be able to make their own decisions as it relates to their local problems. Now we all

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