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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Joe B. Frantz PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 F: Joe, let's talk today about some of the reorganizational problems and talk in the beginning about the formation
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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan
Joseph A. Califano

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 25 (XXV), 1/2/1982-1/3/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, were Sam [D. W.] Low down in Houston, J. Ed Johnson in Brownwood, I believe, and Ed Clark in Austin, and of course Ray Lee and Stuart Long, also in Austin. Lyndon appointed Ray Lee to an interesting position that took him to Austria--rather, he got him
visit to Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Johnson's trip with them to New York City; F Street Club; Joseph Davies' home, Tregaron; visits to Senator Harry Byrd's home; "Byrd houses" along the Appalachian Trail; socializing with the Texas delegation; Tony Buford

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 35 (XXXV), 3/8/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and the once and future speakers, Joe [Joseph] Martin and John McCormack--got them down to the state department to discuss the U.N. situation. He told the congressmen that the Administration wanted a joint congressional resolution authorizing the use of air
on U.S. soil at a White House dinner; Democratic political victory in the fall of 1954; censure of Joseph McCarthy; Wayne Morse; the Johnsons' interest in hunting and guns; Clark Clifford's parties with skits; LBJ Ranch managers before Dale Malachek.

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 26 (XXVI), 1/9/1982-1/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[Gilman?] was about Diana's age, so I took them to lunch. Betsy Goodlow got some dates for Diana. And then Mimi Clark, the Tom Clarks' daughter, took her out. Tom Clark was one who remained all through our life, and I still see his wife and daughter. Diana
; Joseph Davies' home, Tregaron; Vice President Alben Barkley; Speaker Sam Rayburn hosting evenings in his home; socializing with Senate friends, such as Lister Hill and Millard Tydings; LBJ's business dealings with Mrs. Johnson's father; attending

Oral history transcript, Lewis Mayhew, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

asked Gardner to become his secretary of HEW. K: Yes. Were you aware that Gardner was under consideration for the post along with Clark Kerr and William Friday, some of these other people. M: On things like that, Janet-- K: There wasn't any
; the pervasive nature of intellectual engagement in the 1960s; the state of the higher education establishment in 1985; Mayhew's work with the Carnegie Commission and Clark Kerr; James Bryant Conant's work; the idea of federal grants to support colleges.

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 3 (III), 5/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

known, that nothing was coming out of our office. columnist, a pro~war And I Temember a.ferocious argument with one columnist---Joseph Alsop--who wrote about it and said it was coming from a source close to Robert Kennedy. ~t, and he said it was me

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 1/24/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on all the crops that affected his district. And something that was a lasting interest with him began about that year, I think, and that was a report on the economic conditions of the South in which Clark Foreman and Lowell Mellett were major economists
problems of the South; Clark Foreman; a new congressman's wife's duty to call on the wives of her husband's delegation, committee chair, cabinet and Court members; visiting Joseph Edward Davies at Tregaron; LBJ helping Jewish people from Germany in the late

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 4 (IV), 1/28/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Then it was shortly after that we started getting the responses of civil turmoil, and I can't remember whether it was that night or the next night where things erupted in Washington. I remember that [Joseph] Califano set up sort of a command post, I believe in his
Townsend Hoopes; LBJ’s decision-making; LBJ’s relationship with Dean Rusk and Ramsey Clark; Clark Clifford; the relationship between LBJ and his staff; Spring 1968 turnaround in attitudes regarding Vietnam among LBJ’s staff; General William

Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Both my grandfather, Joseph Brown, and his wife, Bridget Burk Brown . They were both born in the town of Thurles in County Tipperary in Ireland . far as we can find out, about 1860 . They came to California in, so My father was born in 1870, and he

Oral history transcript, Andrew Young, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: Did you meet Ramsey Clark in that period? Y: Yes, I did. I met him in the Justice Department but really didn't have much to do with Ramsey until later on. B: I gather Selma was probably was his first serious involvement. This isn't directly related
;” work for Senator Joseph McCarthy; Justice Department and Ramsey Clark; Community Relations division; Roger Wilkins; Leroy Collins; FBI and J. Edgar Hoover; 1965 Voting Rights Act; solution to race and peace problems.

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 18 (XVIII), 12/18/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-plated plums" and said it would be helpful to him on future votes to be in the position of extending the invitation to Mexico City to Mansfield, Dirksen, [George] Aiken and [Paul] Douglas and [Joseph] Montoya, obviously. I had been aware of it and I would

Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. But anyhow, I was anointed; I became a stockholder then. And then in the subsequent years--this I hate to say more than anything--he and Everett Looney and Ed Clark, the senior partners in my law firm, grew apart and were apart. I never did know exactly why

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 5 (V), 8/12/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, wouldn 1 t it? J: Yes, okay. G: What role would people like Everett Looney and Ed Clark play in 1941? J: Well, Everett Looney actually took Mr. Johnson's place on the speak ing. Again, am I getti~g G: That was 1948, yes. J: 1948. mixed up

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 24 (XXIV), 11/15/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

birthday. Another annual one was the Clark Thompsons' party, which this particular year took place early in February. The Speaker had such a busy time, one had to stand in line to help celebrate his birthday. Then a custom of those days was stag parties
Clinton Anderson, Harry Byrd, Tom Connally, Paul Douglas, James Eastland, Allen Ellender, Allen Frears, Walter George, Theodore Francis Green, Hubert Humphrey and others; Estes Kefauver; Bob Kerr; Russell Long; Joseph McCarthy; George Malone; Wayne Morse

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

Senator [Joseph] McCarthy--that's a later story I believe. G: John Henry Faulk got into trouble also with this. J: Yes. Congress did go back into session in November, but to move back would have meant that we'd have to move again to come home

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it and how pleased he was. G: That was in the Reporter, I think. J: Yes, I think so. Lyndon's old friend, Altavene Clark--he used to have dates with her in his single days--got married and a lot of parties for her [were] sandwiched in between all
in the Senate; Ed Weisl; Senator Joseph McCarthy and Charles Bohlen's nomination as ambassador to China; social events; Styles Bridges; Lynda's ninth birthday; Amon Carter's heart attack; LBJ's early struggle being an effective minority leader; LBJ's reaction

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

can remember was Clark Clifford's daughter got married that fall in a lovely ceremony. Our own social life was enlivened as Lyndon went up the ladder in the Senate. We began going to Mrs. [Gwendolyn] Cafritz', at my urgent insistence, because she
; socializing in Washington, D.C. with friends such as the Clark Cliffords, Stuart Symingtons, Tom Corcorans, and Walter Hornadays; escalation of the war in Korea; Sam Rayburn's birthday party with the children; LBJ's election as minority whip in 1951 and his

Oral history transcript, Ed Gossett, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

GOSSETT -- I -- 5 chairmanships than any other delegation. Mr. Hatton Sumners was the chairman of the Judiciary Committee; Mr. Fritz Lanham was chairman of the House Commiittee on Public Buildings and Grounds; Mr. [Joseph] Mansfield was chairman

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 4 (IV), 6/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

or something. Evidently no one was-- B: W e l l , we had a duty officer every [weekend]. The Clark subcommittee, Senator [Joseph] Clark of Pennsylvania, and--your memorandum refreshed my memory--some real star-studded members of that subcommittee, [Gaylord

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Of course, he was annoyed very much by Senator [Joseph] Clark of Pennsylvania. He also greatly admired Senator [Harry] Byrd [Sr.] of Virginia despite the fact that Byrd and he were often on opposite sides. Clark and Gore-- what he called the liberals

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the definitive work in that field. want it. They Clark Kerr is heading a big study for the Carnegie Commission. We have not, because of the policy and very important underlying objectives of the whole process, released that report, but we have told Clark Kerr
Califano, Joseph A., Jr., 1931-

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 5 (V), 3/14/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

heard about the Selma march a couple weeks before. So there was nothing spontaneous about it and it wasn't supposed to be, plus the fact that permits had to be gathered for the march. Sheriff Jim Clark, who was one of my old buddies of Dulles County
Wallace blocking entrance to the University of Alabama in 1963; the 1965 Selma to Montgomery march; Selma mayor Joseph Smitherman; Hill's opinion of the racial unrest; concern about how all legislative issues could relate to civil rights; the purpose

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

-of-the-Court argument. Attorney General Tom Clark had been contacted ahead of time by his brother Bob Clark at my request. I asked Bob to ask the Attorney General if he thought it would in any way prejudice Texas for me to represent the National Association

Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

then? R: Yes, throughout. M: And prior to that, I believe you were an Administrative Assistant to Senator [Joseph] Clark [D-Pa.]. R: On the Hill. M: Right. For a period of five years-- R: About that, correct. M: Did you ever have occasion during

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

10, 1966--that might not be the exact date; it may have been a few days before that. After an hour or so with the Attorney General, I then talked with the Deputy Attorney General Ramsey Clark, whom I had also known slightly through knowing his father

Oral history transcript, George Pazianos, interview 1 (I), 8/30/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

education. Bob Barclay handled health. I'm trying to remember Bill's last name--but Senator [Joseph S.] Clark who handled the OEO [Office of Economic Opportunity] program. By specific design Senator [Pat] McNamara was designated to handle the entire

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

. It was at that luncheon where it became apparent that Johnson had decided that he had to cut back the bombing and lay the groundwork for starting a negotiation. It was also that briefing where the Wise Men who had supported the war effort, including Clark Clifford
Goldberg, Arthur J. (Arthur Joseph), 1908-1990

Oral history transcript, Donald C. Cook, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Joseph B.] Knighton. 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 Cook -- II -- 30

Oral history transcript, Horace V. (Dick) Bird, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

had gone over seas . And the note that I have indicates that he was going to go to work either with Forrestal or with Dr . [Joseph] Barker in manpower training . B: Oh, yes, Dr . Barker . G: He was a civilian, wasn't he? B: Yes, and a non

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that was close to Johnson named George Clark, and Clark was from Texas, but basically he came to us through Jerry Holleman, which in Texas political terms meant that he more likely came from the [Ralph] Yarborough group than from the Johnson group, if you go back

Oral history transcript, Clark Kerr, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: CLARK KERR INTERVIEWER: Janet Kerr-Tener PLACE: Dr. Kerr's office, Institute of Industrial Relations, University of California, Berkeley, California Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 K: lid like to start by having you review your biographical highlights
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Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 3 (III), 6/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. This was a period where he was talking more in praise of McNamara than of anybody else in the cabinet. In later years that switched to Dean Rusk. G: Now, with regard to Vietnam, Curtis LeMay was advocating a wider bombing range of North Vietnam, and Clark Clifford

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 8 (VIII), 9/15/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

family, so they gave the initials to her, too. I can't remember except that she was born, and we were all happy that everything went fine. G: Shortly after that, about ten days later, Congressman [Joseph J.] Mansfield died and LBJ went to Texas
duties in LBJ's House office and his personality; Sid Richardson's home on St. Joseph's Island; Luci Johnson's birth; LBJ's decision to run for U.S. Senate in 1948; Jim and Miriam Ferguson giving their files on supporters to LBJ for his use in the 1948

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 20 (XX), 2/20/1981-2/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a comfortable sort of a swing in it and lots of beat-up old chairs, and eventually it came to have a big chaise that was a gift from the Tom Clarks. Another gift from the Tom Clarks was an absolutely huge baby buggy, which somebody jokingly said, "Have you got

Oral history transcript, Powell Moore, interview 1 (I), 1/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

- ments to try to delete money for Vietnam. As I recall then, the guy who handled most of the opposing amendments was Senator [Joseph] Clark of Pennsylvania. He would get maybe a handful of eight or nine, ten, twelve votes that would include Senator

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 36 (XXXVI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

recovery from his heart attack, including changes in his diet and no longer smoking; Ed Clark; LBJ's friendship with A. W. Moursund; Mrs. Johnson's interest in wildflowers; the Johnsons' friendship with the Hubert Humphreys; Arthur Godfrey; the death

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 4 (IV), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

an [inaudible] and it wasn't a big item in the budget, but he saw it and he figured I was kind of trying to make a semi-end run and he called me in the middle of testifying. G: Tell me how this whole hunger controversy came up. Remember Senator [Joseph] Clark

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 2 (II), 4/17/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: No, I was not. I was just looking at the [Senator Joseph] Clark subcommittee report. The Clark subcommittee reported out $2.246 billion total and the full committee then cut that back to $2 billion, I believe. G: Did Sargent Shriver delegate as much

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

real hard. But then we elected him to the state senate and he switched. He became the shadow of Ed Clark, who was a very conservative man, and he was one of the biggest lobbyists in the state at that time. And Johnnie B. had to deal with corporations

Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

you cannot advertise with companies owned by congressmen. meaning their wives indirectly, HEB, Jack's Sawmill, owned by Ed Clark." I'm quoting Dan Moody. Lyndon and I have. you might call it, a hate-love relationship. buried the hatchet with Lyndon

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