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Oral history transcript, Harry J. Middleton, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1979, by William C. Spragens (Item)

and pne whose that it w have gone on to have sur-vi ved very well. They were men and women who . At the time make their mark in a very posit ive way o_n their times g. I was stron and ient effic I was there , I feel it was effec tive, time. I

Oral history transcript, Christopher Weeks, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

involvement in the Peace Corps development and indicate how you got into Sargent Shriver's orbit to begin with. W: Well. at the time President Kennedy was elected in November of 1960 I was working in the International Division of the Budget Bureau as what

Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)

you first meet Lyndon Johnson and what were the circumstances? F: I first met him when coming to Washington to meet with the President for the first time with regard to his nomination of me as the director of Defense Research and Engineering. We met

Oral history transcript, Sidney Dillon Ripley II, interview 1 (I), undated, by T.H. Baker (Item)

letters from time to time about things which occurred to me which might appeal to him in connection with his interest in American history, as well as in his memories of having served as a Regent. B: What sort of thing would that be, sir? LBJ

Oral history transcript, Gordon Fulcher, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

along in there. I had worked as a copy desk man, as a news editor, and so on. PB: Mostly as a newS editor. Now I want to ask you to do a rather difficult thing. I want you to go back some thirty years in your memory to the time when you first met

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

, 1983 INTERVIEWEE: MARY RATHER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Miss Rather's residence, Gonzales, Texas Tape 1 of 3 C: To begin, I want to ask you to talk about something that we were discussing last time. That was the Board
The "Board of Education" room where Sam Rayburn and, later, LBJ and other members of the House met to socialize and discuss legislative strategy; Rather knowing where LBJ was at all times so she could contact him if necessary; Sam Houston Johnson's

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 2 (II), 9/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

off last time with Johnson coming into the White House and those early days, I don't suppose it made any great difference in your life in the Senate except that you did have a new President. And things were a bit torn up at that time. T: Well, when I

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 3 (III), April 1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. The auto safety measure was, as I recall it, a long time in development and it was not until our task force, our legislative task force of September 1965, that we really began to focus in great depth on auto safety. At about that time Nader had come out

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to the most serious. On the other hand, he was much less organized than McNamara was. Part of that may have been Johnson himself; part of it may have been the presidency, I don't know. But he'd tend to deal with four or five problems at the same time

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. The time is 2:15 in the afternoon. And I am David McComb. I think maybe it's time to say something about Lyndon B. Johnson as a personality, as a chief executive. You mentioned on the last tape some of your early connections with Lyndon Johnson and some

Oral history transcript, James A. Turman, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, SW. The date is March 10, 1969. The time is 2:50 in the afternoon, and my name is David McComb. Dr. Turman, let me know something about your background first of all. T: Where were you born and when? David, I was born in Fannin County on a farm

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton, interview 1 (I), 4/6/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and activated the automatic telegraph wire printers--we called them Morkrums. Our political hero at the time was James V. Allred, then attorney general, later to be governor, federal judge, and a sometime candidate for the U.S. Senate. Governor Allred's

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 14 (XIV), 7/19/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Well, Grace had been an old, long-time personal friend of Mr. Johnson's and I think that he, maybe partly because of his sort of sentimental feelings towards the Roosevelt Administration, wanted Grace to join the staff, wanted somebody from

Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was. This was a very great challenge for NASA, but one which we were well prepared to meet. The financial status of NASA at the time that I became Acting Administrator was very sound indeed. had been conservative throughout in our programs. The financing We had

Oral history transcript, John Brooks Casparis, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in Washington, D.C. in the early 1800s which at that time was the meeting place for the diplomatic corps. It was known for its Swiss cuisine and wine cellar. When my father's grandfather died, his children, which was my father's father, they were minors

Oral history transcript, Anita P. Winters, interview 2 (II), 4/24/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

house to deliver the gifts or would he-- W: Oh, yes. G: I see. On Christmas Day? W: Yes. G: I see. W: And at birthday's he would come. I know he's been to the house several times when we'd have birthdays, and he'd bring gifts to us. G: You
; the last time the Winters saw LBJ; LBJ at Dolph Briscoe's gubernatorial inauguration in January 1973; the LBJ Library dedication; LBJ's feelings about his health and his death; LBJ's death, funeral, and burial; LBJ's reaction to birds the Winters cared

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it was a gigantic papermill and that such things as arguing over whether we should be leaders in space--which later President Johnson and President Kennedy solved very quickly-occupied an incredible amount of time. So, to make a long story short--when Kennedy came

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, "All right, now get that on one piece of paper for me in the morning." I was rather disconcerted because at the time, while we were discussing this, there was a little bathroom off the side of the Oval Room and he was relieving himself in there while

Oral history transcript, Roswell L. Gilpatric, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was just in charge of it up until the time the President considered the report and made his decision and then it reverted to the usual channels. TG: So you're suggesting that there's not much to the reports that this decision was due to the tendency

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

. But that was due to Clarence Cannon and Sam Rayburn. M: Have you had opportunity to see Johnson operate in the Senate? H: Oh, yes. I wasn't, not being in Washington much at the time, but I was well aware that he probably was the greatest Senate minority

Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: CECIL STOUGHTON INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 - begi:ns at about 350 F: Okay, Cecil, this is the next morning, March 2nd now. S: Right, I've got a little time left. F: Yes. And we'll go on from

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 2 (II), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to himself as the education President. Did the two of you ever get together and discuss education and what to do about i.t? Were you sort of a kitchen advis S: I don't think that would be fair. to me casually. on this? From time to time he would mention

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Daily Cardinal, and whether to intervene in the war or not was the big issue of our time as students. I think some time in October 1941 I took my stand; I wrote an editorial supporting intervention in World War II, contrary to the position taken

Oral history transcript, June White, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Mrs . W . White--I-- 4 W: Oh, there is no doubt that he expended much more energy, in fact, all those years, which is one thing I really wish could be gone into some time : the working hours . One had the feeling that he was always

Oral history transcript, Marie Lindau Olson, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the NYA staff in Texas, is that right? Or you and L. E. Jones came on board about the same time. O: L. E. Jones was there answering mail, just stacks and stacks of it, and some friend of mine when I was in shorthand school came busting in one morning

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 30 (XXX), 11/4/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the discussion hadn't occurred when he returned, said he had a problem and he had committed to recognizing a woman in that role. Jean Westwood, as I recall it, was in the room with him. She was an ardent, long-time McGovern supporter. The view of his advisers

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 5 (V), 9/9/1982-9/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that room. Then below the house, underneath, they refinished it and made two bedrooms with a large sitting room in between, and that was for Zephyr [Wright] and Helen [Williams]. Now Zephyr wasn't married--well, she was married part of the time--but Helen

Oral history transcript, Lincoln Gordon, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. This was when Bernard Baruch was the chairman of the delegation, and we were trying to negotiate the so-called Baruch Plan for international control of atomic energy. But in the summer of 1967 I was asked by a war-time friend who was then deputy assistant

Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 5 (V), 10/30/1995, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Kennedy; he liked Jack Kennedy very much. And each act that night was that of reverence toward him. G: When was the next time you saw him? Did you see him the next day, or the next week? H: No, no, [the] next day I went on back to Atlanta, and he had

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

was there as an honor guest, and also Mrs. Alma Lee Holman, who was the Democratic committeewoman. John Connally gave a talk on the man, Lyndon Johnson, and then naturally they had some singing. There always is. This time it was old familiar Jesse James of KTBC fame. He

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

to President Truman. However, President Truman had made his commitment before Symington entered the race. So it was a very hard fought and vigorous campaign. At the time in question, Senator Johnson was in Missouri to specl( on behalf of Mr. Symington's
; criticism that LBJ didn’t devote enough time to party’s political machinery

Oral history transcript, J. Russell Wiggins, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

for a substantial length of time the editor and executive vice president of the Washington Post and held previous editorial positions with that paper, I guess, on back into the late 1940s. W. 1946. M: Right. You were a Washington correspondent in the thirties

Oral history transcript, Bo Byers, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in January of 1946, became a campus stringer for Associated Press during that semester, was offered a full-time job right after that semester ended, took it and went to work I think it was July 1 of 1946 for AP . That got me into covering state government
Biographical information; first coverage of LBJ in 1946; personal evaluations of various Texas Capitol Press reporters; Stuart Long; reporters' preference for candidates at the time; LBJ's 1948 campaign for Senate; the helicopter; on the road

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 3 (III), 3/3/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

it didn't. G: Right. It was the time that Judge [A. W.] Moursund was running for district attorney. W: Well, it should have been. G: And Tom Martin's widow was running. W: Oh, yes. She was really giving A. W. a fit. G: Was she? W: Yes. I remember
Stevenson's sheep so Stevenson would have time to debate LBJ; LBJ using helicopters in his 1948 Senate campaign; Homer Thornberry's 1948 campaign; Harry Truman campaigning in San Antonio in 1948; LBJ's and Winters' opinion of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

going to do, you're going to-- M: Be as expansive as you feel like being because the more you add, the better the interview is. So don't, when we've got plenty of tapes and, I think, plenty of time. So, okay, we begin with then on the third

Oral history transcript, Rufus W. Youngblood, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Secret Service. interview is in his office in Washington, D.C. 1968. The time is 10:45 a.m. The The date is December 17, My name is David McComb. First of all, may I ask you something about your background? I'd like to know where you were born

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 23 (XXIII), 9/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

really quite a short time to that important project. He went up, oh, I think maybe to about a three-day session and made calls on Senator [Tom] Connally, Senator [W. Lee] O'Daniel, I believe, and Bob Lovett, one of the undersecretaries. When he emerged

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

little time before, so I should have at least Some memory and some responsibility from the beginning of the system. M: Right. Now, I wonder if you could begin, perhaps, by recalling any early acquaintances that you had with Mr. Lyndon Johnson prior

Oral history transcript, Robert Vincent Roosa, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

: I was born the twenty-first of June, 1918, in Marquette, Michigan. My father was at that time the principal of the high school there, and he later, when I was two years old, moved down to the Detroit area. When I was four he moved to River Rouge

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

was at that time, I don't know what the term was, but the staff director of the Democratic Policy Committee. So I was placed over in the Senate Democratic Policy Committee office with George Reedy, and with Pauline Moore, and some other people working
spoke for greater periods of time; LBJ's interest in the Joseph McCarthy issue; George Reedy's understanding of Huitt's desire to work under LBJ; the difference between being a politician and observing politics; LBJ's relationship with the Democratic

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