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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 48 (XLVIII), 6/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that; there'd been an issue with Eisenhower. If I'm right, you have to remember something else. I believe that liberals had periodically, on numerous occasions in the fifties, after World War II, proposed legislation to ban [discrimination in] housing

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 54 (LIV), 9/11/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

had in his bill. The Times ran the story indicating we were now looking at mandatory standards, and that set off the President. It also set off Henry Ford [II], who wanted to come in and talk to him about highway safety on February 17. I must have seen

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 63 (LXIII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

would periodically call some senator on the Hill, but my greater involvement was in lining up the businessmen to call on behalf of Fortas. G: Who specifically? C: We went after the National Alliance for Businessmen. I called Henry Ford [II]. I think

Oral history transcript, William R. Desobry, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to Vietnam in 1965? D: Yes, I came to the army in 1941, like a lot of young people, just before the start of World War II, a graduate of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., through the ROTC program. And [I] participated in World War II

Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 1 (I), 3/9/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh SPECIAL INTERVIEW I, II, III, & IV

Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 3 (III), 3/11/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh SPECIAL INTERVIEW I, II, III, & IV

Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh SPECIAL INTERVIEW I, II, III, & IV

Oral history transcript, Clifton C. Carter, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 3 (III), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with Wayne and we talked through most of the night about these problems and related problems having to do with the economic stabilization program during World War II, when he and I had met and we had done some work together. Then as soon as I came in, I

Oral history transcript, Kenneth E. BeLieu, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/loh/oh Belieu -- I --20 B: Yes. Yes, indeed. I've seen bases kept open because of the potency of a senator or a chairman, although not as much as most people would think. You go back to World War II days, Roosevelt said, "Whichever state gives me

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

, Castello Branco. He had fought with us in World War II, the Brazilian division, and he's a very fine person. I said to him, things had improved very much, and I really thought we could start to bring back some of our troops. I didn't think we needed a four

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 4 (IV), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the end of World War II and this campaign. 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Busby -- IV -- 2 Peddy was anti-isolation

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

he said to my mother several times, "f-tlrs. Hopkins, I am going to be President some day. II I didn't know it at the time but in later years when he was in the Senate and before I lost my mother in '56, she used to reminisce with me. She told me

Oral history transcript, Jack Howard, interview 1 (I), 10/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of that miscalculation. up as ambassador to New Zealand, and l~irtz He finally ended got the man he wanted, Jim Reynolds, a very fine person.-B,ut during all that time the direct contacts with White House peopl e, they didn' t bother with ~Ii rtz. G: I gather

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

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

Oral history transcript, Everett Hutchinson, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

from 1940 until 1942. While there, I ran for the House of Representatives of the Texas legislature, and served until 1944. Meanwhile World War II had come on and I entered the U.S. Navy in 1942 as an apprentice seaman and continued on active duty

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

to say, IITake sex discrimination- -that clause - -out, II and risk the ho stility of the women voter s? M: How did the sex clause get put back in? K: Well, it was amended quite early- -to have sex added. But the intent of the congres sman who

Oral history transcript, Michael E. DeBakey, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh DeBAKEY -- I -- 16 office with me and said, liThe President's on the phone right now. If you'll just wai t a moment he'll be ready to see you. II And about that time I got an urgent

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

time there. II was kidding, and he took it seriously. I About a month afterwards, he was President.' B: Some people say that he really doesn't have much of a sense of humor. D: I don't think he has when it comes to him, although he's one

Oral history transcript, L.T. (Tex) Easley, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of labor. Now when Lyndon Johnson was first elected to the Congress, unions were a negligible factor in politics in Texas. much of a factor until after World War II. They weren't very But then, as Lyndon Johnson became a national figure running

Oral history transcript, Truman Fawcett and Wilma Green Fawcett, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

--Clarence showed it to me--there was "Hi, Clarence, from Lyndon. II (Laughter) M: Lyndon must have been close to the power there. TF: He must have been. M: You first met Lyndon Johnson when you were about four or five years of age, then? TF: Yes

Oral history transcript, Lawrence H. Fountain, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

in the North Carolina Senate from 1936 to 1941. After service in World War II you served in the North Carolina Senate from 1947 to 1952, at which time you were elected to Congress and have served continuously since that time. F: That's right. McS: You

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)

Oral history transcript, Eilene M. Galloway, interview 1 (I), 5/18/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and that was what the old NACA had and it worked for them. But it wasn't going to work for a total U.S. space program. So we had Title II in the act setting up "Coordination of the Space Activities", and space was at the top level of the government. The president

Oral history transcript, William S. Gaud, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 9 to go through what we call the Development Loan Committee. II m the chairman

Oral history transcript, Sim Gideon, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on my wrist here which I bought in Hong Kong in 1953 \'Ihen I was there with then-Vice President Nixon. was a great buy. II It He said, "Theis, why don't you keep your mouth shut?" Well, that triggered something in my mind. He landed at our first

Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 4 (IV), 3/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

no need to talk to him this morning. II So that got up into what over the years proved to be a very profitable minority role with some people who had some ability, some resources, to expand further which--let me say before we get into KWTX, they are all

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

being under the Public Works committees, and the financing part, Title II of the '56 act, came under the jurisdiction of the Ways and Means Committee in the House and the Finance Committee in the Senate. The bill was split into these two parts, Titles

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

serving in this position since 1961. Is that correct? "\1: Since July 1961. M: You were an appointee, then, of President Kennedy and served through the entire Johnson Administration. W: Yes. ~II: For many years you were associated IVi th various

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

start by summarizing what I know of your career here subject to your corrections and additions. You were born in Pittsburgh in 1918; educated at Amherst; University of Chicago Law School; Georgetown Law School; World War II service with the U.S. Army

Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

if he would come up and help him on the civil rights legislation. So my husband just moved in with him for three days. F: By "help, II is that trying to draft a good bill? G: Exactly. I think it was touching a lot of bases to see who would stand

Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 2 (II), 5/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 2 (II), 5/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz

Oral history transcript, Lister Hill, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 5 (V), 5/10/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: No. G: Anything on his service in the navy during World War II? R: Yes. No, I don't remember--I remember when he came back he gave me his coat, because I was on my way into the navy, a beautiful blue coat which I never used and I eventually gave

Oral history transcript, Willard J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

served through World War II. Where was your duty then? S: My first duty was at sea in the Gulf of Mexico. flight training and became an aviator. Later I went on to During World War II, I served on both the west and east coast in anti-submarine

Oral history transcript, Stuart Morrison Long, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

on this whole thing is the Balcones Research Center which was a magnesium plant during World War II and is now LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ

Oral history transcript, J.C. Looney, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

cousin. F· Well, people have said "yes, he's his cousin, II and others have said, "no, there's --L: That's it. He always kidded me, called me his country cousin. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, Robert Q. Marston, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

in consultation with II-Jr. Cohen, Kelly, Lee and the others in the department. Now when did leave none of us knew what was going to happen. l~lr. Gardner Subsequently Secretary Cohen did--I remember this--call me out of my hearings on the continuation