Solr Search · Discover Production

Oral history transcript, John N. Luft, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. From that time on I became very actively engaged in the farm program activities, being elected first to a township committee, then to the county committee, served on the county committee. Along about 1934--if I remember correctly--the production

Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

with him during the '50s, during the period he was majority leader. I took a good deal of interest in the Democratic party because I was a member of the Advisory Council to the National Committee. The two leaders in the Senate and the House, both
Biographical information; Advisory Council to the National Committee; LBJ and foreign affairs; role in peace negotiations; Poland/Yugoslavia visit; India and Pakistan; Soviet Union prevented bombing halt in Vietnam; trip with HHH; Manila Conference

Oral history transcript, F. Edward Hebert, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

i n g Democrat, and the Standards of O f f i c i a l Conduct Committee where you are also t h i r d - r a n k i n g , I have i t . You are chairman in the Armed Services Committee of the s pec ial subcommittee number two and s pec ial subcommittees
Biographical information; Huey Long and scandals, suicides, indictments, 1939; 30 years of service in the U.S. Congress; Armed Services Committee; 1945 trip with Naval Affairs Committee and LBJ; represented 8th Naval District; lost belief in LBJ

Oral history transcript, Reynaldo G. Garza, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

congressman or anything, but I got in touch with him. He said that he was going to go talk to the National Youth Administration people. In a couple of days a man came down from Austin at Lyndon Johnson's request and, through the NYA, we restored

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 4/5/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

-of these states they had a Democratic Committee, etc ., and they were setting up very formal arrangements whereby they would clear people for patronage jobs, etc . They didn't have anything like that in Texas and there was a lot of hasselling among

Oral history transcript, Emma S. Webb, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the community, like the Democratic chairmen of the precincts in which they were. Mr. Webb had been chair- man of the Elgin Precinct Four for a long, long time. So, anyhow, if they wanted to ask anything, or if they had any question they wanted to have

Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods and Virginia Woods, interview 6 (VI), 4/21/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

--takes a while to contact all her relatives--just to ask people to vote for him and maybe give them a bumper sticker and that kind of thing. That's actually all I did in 1948. VW: Well, he really did more than that. He organized a committee that worked

Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 3 (III), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the forecasts haven't been all that good all the way along, but partly it's just suspicious about what you might call fine-tuning the economy. The tax writing committees by and large think that taxes ought to remain basically unchanged so that business can

Oral history transcript, Samuel Yorty, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Y: 1960, that's right. F: What was your role in the preconvention workings at that time? Y: I was not a member of the California delegation to the national

Oral history transcript, Hector Garcia, interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

be buried in Three Rivers, after all, this is where he should be buried, and if not, I promise you that we'll bury him with full military honors at the National Cemetery in Arlington." We continued. We continued trying to get an arrangement and trying
.; Council on Economic Opportunity; poll tax repeal; Medicare and Medicaid; Padre Island National Seashore; impressions of the Johnsons.

Oral history transcript, Edwin W. Pauley, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the time he was in Congress I was Treasurer of the Democratic National Committee, and I paid attention to most Democratic Congressmen, particularly those who would be influential in raising money, and he was one of them. LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 3 (III), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

areas, the famous interagency youth committee, which was to circumvent the State Department and USIA, or at least the stodgy parts of it. But no, I don't remember specifically. G: Anything on a cabinet-level committee? Did he advocate that to your
National Youth Administration (U.S.)

Oral history transcript, Milton P. Semer, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, when Alabama started to go Republican it was the three big cities. The country stayed Democratic, and Sparkman knew that, and that's the way he played the political game down there. Also, Sparkman had been the vice presidential candidate in 1952 and had

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 3 (III), 7/2/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

really be running it off because it was so certain that he would win. The Democratic Party's national convention was held in Philadelphia, the convention made famous by Humphrey's civil rights speech and the walkout of the southerners and all that sort

Oral history transcript, Norbert A. Schlei, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the War on Poverty Task Force. Were you involved at all with the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency? S: I really was not particularly involved in that. I think that what I did before this task force was formed that got me into it was that I

Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it was the Committee on Public Works. I took up his charges one by one. Of course, the first thing he did is say he didn't mean dishonesty in its usual sense. Like Arthur Morgan before him at TVA, you used that word in order to attract attention, and then when you're
that the commission was dominated by public utility interests; cases regarding Idaho Power Company and Pacific Gas and Electric; Morgan's accusations that the commission and Swidler were dishonest and the [Senate?] Committee on Public Works' resulting investigation

Oral history transcript, Lewis Blaine Hershey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

consider the-- what went on, sometimes there were meetings. Of course at that time in the House, Mr. [Walter G.] Andrews [R-N.Y.] of Buffalo was the head of the Armed Forces Committee, but Uncle Carl Vinson was the senior Democrat on the committee
Adams; gaining minority representation; John Doar; Jim Folsom; Patrick Moynihan; rehabilitation program; attitude toward voluntary or national service systems; Ted Kennedy; definition of uniformity in relation to draft; criticism of lack of uniformity

Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

everything was transferred to HEW. The main purpose of it was to convert what was the Federal Security Agency into the Department. This had been attempted several times before. K: I did not know that. S: Oh, yes. The Democrats, particularly I think

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 42 (XLII), 11/5/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

of one little room in a hotel, like I think he said Truman had done. Ed Johnson, predictably called Big Ed, senator from Colorado, had us out to his state for a meeting of Democratic leaders, which Lyndon addressed. And I think it was called the national
; the 1960 Democratic National Convention; LBJ's reluctance to fight for presidential candidacy in 1960; support for and disapproval of LBJ accepting the vice-presidential nomination, including the reactions of Sam Rayburn and John Connally; Lynda's location

Oral history transcript, Harold H. Saunders, interview 1 (I), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the executive committee of the National Security Council sat down with a Mac Bundy, there were questions of what happens if the oil flow stops; what's the impact on the international financial markets, what's the military situation, and so on across the board
How Saunders came to work for the CIA in 1956; job duties and how Saunders came to work for the National Security Council in 1961; the process of presidential decision-making and the role of the NSC under different presidents; preparation

Oral history transcript, Allen E. Barrow, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

presidential nomi nee . F: What did you do, incidentally, during that campaign season? You had Senator Kerr running for re-election, and you had the national Democratic ticket . Did you participate at the national Democratic level, or did you stick
Early involvement with Senator Robert Kerr; first contact with LBJ; Sam Rayburn and Kerr; managing Kerr campaigns; Kerr's early interest in LBJ for president; LBJ's work for Oklahoma; organizing Oklahoma for LBJ; 1960 Democratic National Convention

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to convince them that this was a great addition to the national ticket and would help the Democratic Party in the November election. F: Fortunately, that worked out. On an occasion like that you have got very influential people like Walter Reuther, Soapy
Biographical information; JTBC AM, FM and television; 1960 presidential campaign; 1960 Democratic Convention; Communications Satellite Corporation; USIA

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

life. He could have moved probably from being a congressman's secretary to a staff director of some committee. If Kleberg stayed on longer and longer--seniority was even more rigid then than it is now. They became chairman of a committee
of the Young Democrats; Sam Fore, editor of Floresville Chronicle ; Deason assists LBJ in setting up state NYA program; sources of LBJ's appointment; early employees: L. E. Jones, Marie Lindau, Deason, and Sherman Birdwell; organization of state NYA; living

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 12 (XII), 12/21/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

] Reedy -- XII -- 6 reality of the figures on missile production. That's what misled us, misled almost everybody, the figures on missile production. G: Anything else on Sherman Adams' charges that the Democrats were play ing politics with national

Oral history transcript, Gerard C. Smith, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Well, Mr. Johnson was always on the Joint Atomic Energy Committee when he was in Congress and [\'/as] very interested in its operation. Did you not encounter any

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

went on active duty in the navy but before he went to the South Pacific. You know, he went out on the West Coast and did some work there for the Manpower or Navy Department. I think he was looking at NYA [National Youth Administration] projects, as well
How Rather went to work for LBJ; LBJ's work on National Youth Administration (NYA) projects on the West Coast before shipping out with the navy in World War II; Lady Bird Johnson's interest in photography, movie-making and drama; Rather's

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 44 (XLIV), 3/29/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

meetings with Fowler and Ribicoff. G: LBJ met with the Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee that day, or evening, 6:00 p.m. C: This is a long . . . but this is the first--I mean I'm sure there are internal. B: And you had gotten

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

. Johnson when we had invited him to come to Arizona as a speaker in the Adlai Stevenson campaign, and had had some association with him at the national Democratic conventions when I was a delegate from Arizona. But after that time, I had no real close
Concession business; Assistant Secretary appointment; early proponent of HUD; Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; minorities; HUD areas of responsibilities; Renewal Assistant Program; “Negro Removal;” establishment of national goals

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Johnson •. Because . .. it was part of his effort to capture. the nomination for the Presidency in 19.60: to use the record that he had made as Democratic Leader in the Senate as, in effect, the launching platform, the basis and background of his

Oral history transcript, Phil G. Goulding, interview 1 (I), 1/3/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

or political congressional news reporting with Lyndon Johnson? G: Yes. Not very much contact. I covered the Preparedness Subcommittee hearings when the President was chairman of that committee, and when Cy Vance, as a matter of fact, came down from Ne't
Biographical information; reporting political, congressional and military affairs; 1960 and 1964 Democratic campaigns; Cuban Missile Crisis; Cy Vance; Robert McNamara; crises operations; defense directorates; public affairs

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton and Dolly Bolton, interview 2 (II), 4/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was supported by national organized labor . I really think that he probably received contributions from their polit ical action committee . Of course, as I said at the beginning, that's hearsay and speculation on my part . G: Is there anyone I should talk

Oral history transcript, Robert P. Griffin, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Johnson was there on the Senate floor in his leadership role, [I don't remember] a great deal about his participation. Of course, Kennedy was the floor manager of the bill in the Senate. He was the chairman of the full committee, or perhaps he
rights; LBJ’s speech at University of Michigan launching the Great Society legislative program; LBJ’s success dealing with Congress was legendary; objections to Justice Fortas in 1968 as political maneuver to prevent Nixon making an appointment; Democrats

Oral history transcript, LeRoy Collins, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Where did the impetus for that come from? c: Paul Butler, who was then chairman of the Democratic committee, I had known favorably for some time. Bi 11 Baggs, who at that time was the editor of the Miami Daily News, was a close friend of mine
Biographical information; initial contact with LBJ; desegregation plans; 1956 Democratic National Convention; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 Democratic National Convention; Collins' selection and role as chairman of the convention; minority

Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

II of asserting its role in the foreign policy business. But earlier, within the Senate, there had tended to be a deference to the Foreign Relations Committee and very often to the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. You remember
; weakness of the United Nations; State Department’s reputation of representing foreigners rather than America.

Oral history transcript, Clark W. Thompson and Libbie Moody Thompson, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

at several jobs during 1919-1920. You were the treasurer of American National Insurance Company in Galveston. T: That's correct. M: And in 1920-1932, you were Secretary-Treasurer of the Cedar1awn Company. T: Yes, this was a little later in the 1920's

Oral history transcript, Dan H. Fenn, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/18/1972, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

our ball game. What the Vice President was doing we really didn't know. !~: Di d it ever come the other way? saying, II Di d ca 11 s ever come from there Hey , I've got a good, loyal Democratic friend somewhere who needs a job."? F: Yes
1960 Democratic National Convention; circumstances of working with JFK; duties; appointment and LBJ; impressions of Walter Jenkins; relations between JFK and LBJ's staffs; work with Tariff Commission during the LBJ Administration; LBJ's early

Oral history transcript, Lawrence Fox, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

with the President and the Cabinet, but usually with some of the White House assistants who are concerned with economic affairs or international economic problems. In the balance of payments field, the President has a Cabinet committee on balance of payments chaired

Oral history transcript, Roger Blough, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

investigating committees that he was head of? I had to appear before a number of investigating committees, but I don't believe that he was on any of them that I appeared before . His interests ran a little differently, you know, in the Senate from the sort

Oral history transcript, Henry Hall Wilson, interview 1 (I), 4/11/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

cut bill and the civil rights bill. And the civil rights bill, plus the whole national mood--the marches and so forth--had the Southern Democratic Congressmen extremely edgy, upset, and uncooperative. (md \1;:',5 !-';,?S(~ wer~ 8 o 'rilous times

Oral history transcript, Charles Frankel, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to see if I was a Democrat. I don't think it would have made any difference, frankly, if I hadn't been, but they did check to see if I was a Democrat. Hhile I'm rather independent, on the whole I usually vote Democratic and supported Democratic
Writing The Neglected Aspect; circumstances of appointment to office; disapproves LBJ's Vietnam policy; drafting the Smithsonian speech for LBJ; background of the International Education Act; the Interagency Committee on International Education

Discover Our Collections

Limit your search

1354 results