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Oral history transcript, Herbert N. Blackman, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, The interview is in his office in the main labor building in Washington, D.C. time is 2:05 in the afternoon. The date is January 8, 1969, and the My name is David McComb. First of all, Mr. Blackman, I'd like to know something about your background, where

Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

first trip to Washington. I was a new member, I met all of the Texas members, of whom there were twenty-one, including myself, at the time. them, probably, on the opening day of the session. I met all of I'm sure I did. That included Mr. Rayburn

Oral history transcript, Herman Talmadge, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

considerable nationwide publicity. The first time I ever met former President Johnson, to the best of my recollection, was at the Convention in Chicago in 1952. Governor of Georgia. I was then I was chairman of the Georgia delegation to the National

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

other line. case. So he took them out of the He eliminated the international route to Japan that had been proposed for them. I thought at the time, '~ell if there's any act that will ever make it clear that he had thrown politics aside in deciding

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. This has become home to you. S: Oh, completely, completely. 19l7~ He liked it very much. Quite a long time. Anyway, the portrait was very small, and they liked -it. _ The President said, "Well, sometime would you do another one for the White House

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Commander in Chief of the Atlantic Fleet, NATO Allied Commander in the Atlantic, and the USS Enterprise Atlantic Commander. From 1964 to 1965 [you were] Commander-in- Chief of the Pacific Fleet. Another area and time period that does concern us ali ttl e

Oral history transcript, William C. Westmoreland, interview 1 (I), 2/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Johnson. W\~: I first met Mr. Johnson when he was Vice President. This was in 1961 in June of that year when he came to West Point to make the graduation address at West Point, at which time he was, of course~ I Vice President of the United States

Oral history transcript, J. Roy White, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with the Johnsons? W: I don't know whether that's an untellable story or not. F: There are no untellable stories. W: The first time I had ever met Lady Bird and the President, the thenSenator, was out at the Ranch when we were building the first guest house. F

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

in Dallas, grade schools I didn't get a formal college education; however, as I relate through here, you will see that I spent quite a bit of time in different schools. I went to work in the pplice department May 1,1936. I worked as a patrolman first. M

Oral history transcript, Walter T. Kerwin, interview 1 (I), 9/13/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

assignment as chief of staff, MACV [Military Assistance Command, Vietnam]? K: Yes, I knew Westy. The first time I really got to know him pretty well [was] when he came to the Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth. At that point in time, I

Oral history transcript, Charles Evers, interview 1 (I), 4/3/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was his record for voting and particularly his stand on the racial issue. It was thought that he was very conservative, and we just were afraid of him. I think that's the reason why that during the time of the campaign when he was running for nomination

Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods and Virginia Woods, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to a congressman and Maverick was a political figure in San Antonio. W: Well, Maury Maverick, as you know and everyone knows, was a socalled liberal at the time and he would have been now if he was living. He wa~just born that way. There's a real fine book

Oral history transcript, E. Ross Adair, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

remember, I've had it. And the time then seemed to be a good one in which to enter the political field, as I was just resuming my practice. It might have been more difficult a few years later when the practice was better established--or better re

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

remember, but living in Dallas at the time. Lyndon was very glad to get him in the Democratic Party, but not really sure that he would go. He did, however. I remember a very nice luncheon being given for him in one of those old Senate rooms that I just

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

~ and then when he would still call. It was~ "This Also when a man voted He satd to me one time, just \n visiting, that you want to find out exactly why, and then start doing your groundwork for the next time. But I think this was so true. I've heard men who

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was formed, I came east and was one of the early organizers working for John L . Lewis . Later on I worked for other unions, at one time was southern director of the Textile Workers Union just before the war, and I forced myself to be drafted . I had

Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside and Walter Richter, interview 1 (I), 8/1/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with pneumonia, and I went back that summer so I would be eligible for track team the next year. That was in 1927 and 1928, and I went part-time. I worked a little in between, as we used to have to in going to college when it wasn't a shame to not get

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, 1984 INTERVIEWEE: SPURGEON H. NEEL, JR. INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: General Neel's office, San Antonio, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: --the use of chemical agents which created, I'm sure you know, a great furor at one time. CS or tear gas and CN

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 2 (II), 2/25/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Winters -- II -- 2 G: Let me ask you something about the early years. Now I know he worked for you some on the road in the twenties. Was your association more or less constant from that time on? W: Well, we stayed in touch

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 5 (V), 4/1/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of people who could not manage to get their children into the more expensive schools either sent them there to board, or in some cases moved there themselves for the period of time that the children would go to school. I remember little about it, except

Oral history transcript, Leo Gehrig, interview 2 (II), 3/21/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the Public Health Service and assigned in Washington, I was available when Sarg [Sargent] Shriver talked with Surgeon General [Luther L.] Terry at that time and requested that he send a man over to assist the Peace Corps in the planning of a medical program

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 2 (II), 5/1/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: FRANK MANKIEWICZ INTERVIEWER: STEPHEN GOODELL PLACE: Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1 G: Last time you referred to a briefing that you had had. I think it was your first contact with Senator Kennedy. M: Yes, that was at the end of, I guess

Oral history transcript, Volkmar K. Wentzel, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

something about it. Well~ I knew a little about it. I wished I had known more, but I did tell her about General Mannerheim and why he at the time sided with the German troops when they got involved in that horrible battle. Then we were just talking when

Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, I can't do justice to you at this moment, because I spent so much time with Lyndon Johnson and did so much business with him, supporting him on some occasions, opposing what he was doing on others, that it's impossible for .me to think of everything

Oral history transcript, Boisfeuillet Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

with NYA beginning in the summer of 1935 when it was first created. I did not have intimate contacts of any kind with him at that time, but I did meet him once or twice only during that period. As I recall, he was twenty-six years of age when he was made

Oral history transcript, John Michael Dunn, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in that appointment. But he had a great admira- tion and expressed to me many times a great admiration for President Kennedy and what he was trying to do, and he also had a great feeling for the United States Army, in particular; for the armed services generally

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 28 (XXVIII), 9/24/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, let me ask you to talk in more detail about the equal time initiative, the effort to have the party receive more television time. O: Let me preface that by again stating at the time I again assumed the role of chairman, not only was the Democratic
to get television time; O'Brien's televised speech regarding Nixon's decision to invade Cambodia and reaction to the speech among Democrats; Spiro Agnew's attacks on O'Brien; Frank Stanton and CBS agreeing to give the DNC four thirty-minute loyal

Oral history transcript, Nadine Brammer Eckhardt, interview 2 (II), 3-21-84//19, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that period, and I can see now how busy [LBJ was]. I knew he was very busy all the time. Billy Lee [Brammer] and I were hired really for political reasons, because he was gearing up so much for a political--well, he had always been. I don't know who he had

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in August of 1964? M: Yes. At that time we were doing what we called peripheral reconnais- sance, and it was conducted by aircraft, by submarines, and by surface ships. This type of operation was not limited to Tonkin Gulf by any means; it took place

Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Time and Life reporters, generally speaking they were at absolute loggerheads with their publications. And in the other circumstances where a reporter's view and reported view of the world coincided with his publication's, I think it was coincidental
; exaggerated body counts; Henry Cabot Lodge; Maxwell Taylor; the relationship between American and South Vietnamese commitment to fighting ; altering of his articles by Time editors; Charlie Beckwith; his early impression of LBJ; the Maddox incident; the Navy’s

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

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Saunders -- I -- 2 G: Did you know Professor Goetzmann at that time? S: Bill Goetzmann? G: Yes. S: We came in in the same year. We were, in effect

Oral history transcript, Omar Burleson, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

(D-Tex, 17th District) Interviewer : Paige Mulhollan October 3, 1968 M: Did you know Mr . Johnson before you came to the House? B: Yes, as a matter of fact, I knew him before I was a member of the House . I was here for a time . I was here

Oral history transcript, Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/11/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Reserve during my time in medical school, the majority of which, of course, was during World War II . I was in the Navy for two years, during which time I was stationed at the Naval Medical Research Institute at Bethesda, where I did bacteriological

Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 3 (III), 3/9/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

appeared to be a drive which was being prepared and mounted by the North Vietnamese and NLF forces. So I think the really critical time came in the early 1965 period. M: Before that late 1964 period when you mentioned things really fell apart

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 3 (III), 5/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

] Krim, and Mary Lasker. Most of those women are well-known, but Florence Mahoney did not ring a bell with me. Can you identify her? C: Mrs. Florence Mahoney, who is presently at this time living in Washington, is a friend of Mrs. Lasker. She has been

Oral history transcript, Ruth Booker, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1986, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

there that my father died in the TB sanatorium. C: Where were you staying while--? B: I was with my mother. This was in 1929. Mrs. Martin was most generous. It was very, very hard times but what little she and Mr. Martin had, they shared with my mother

Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

; an assistant professor of government at TCU in 1930 to 1931; then as a tutor and instructor at Harvard, 1931-1933. were getting your degree. I assume this was while you And then as a professor at the University of Texas in government 1933 to the present time

Oral history transcript, Frank E. Moss, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Johnson in those days? No, I was not acquainted with him. I did see his name. I remember an incident that happened about that time where the House administrative assistants or secretaries, as I think they were called then, used to organize a Little

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

is at this time . G: Was there anyone in 1944 of prominence who was dissuaded from running who originally considered running against LBJ and backed out that you remember? B: Not to my knowledge . Of course, I joined up with the Johnsons in 1944 and hadn't

Oral history transcript, Paul L. Thornhill, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, it was in September or October of 1962. G: How did you get that job? T: I was selected to fly with Jim Cross. Cross was a captain at the time and I was a captain and he had flown Vice President Johnson several times on the Jet Star. Jet Star, you know

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