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Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 3 (III), 4/26/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

people. Perhaps it would be of interest to relate how I did become involved in this. As we have discussed in the two earlier interviews, I had had association with Lyndon Johnson during the Vice Presidential days and a rather early association

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 5 (V), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that friendship and association automatically brought political support and he didn't seem to understand that there are political conflicts, that Kennedys are oftentimes caught in situations where there are others seeking a nomination, where there are other
; JFK's leadership through the crisis; keeping Pierre Salinger and JFK informed about legislative matters; press relations under JFK; Peter Lisagor; contact with John Bailey and the Democratic National Committee; Mike Mansfield's leadership style as senate

Oral history transcript, John Chancellor, interview 1 (I), 4/25/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

had a continuous association with the NBC network, during which time you worked as a news writer, general assignments reporter in the United States, and a foreign correspondent. Your first overseas assignment was in 1948 to Vienna. C: 1958. M
organization workings, policy problems, determining how to portray America to radio listeners; LBJ’s lack of involvement, USIA, recommended changes. Chancellor’s comments on 1964 convention, LBJ’s relationship with the press, how LBJ’s career as a legislator

Oral history transcript, Arthur C. Perry, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the Johnson treatment that he used to give people in the Senate particularly, Congress a little less so. As a member of the staff, did you see evidences of this? Is this legitimate, or is this something that his associates and the press have invented? P

Oral history transcript, Frank Pace, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

a clear impression of Senator Johnson as a man at that time. r think of him in reference to my association with him, which was again not extensive, both as vice president and president. Lyndon Johnson, in those days, was clearly a man who knew exactly

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

very unusual. The social health legislation--Pell had been a leader in the fight against venereal disease and the American Social Health Association is the private sector group that was pressing this on a national basis, the programs to alleviate

Oral history transcript, David W. Angevine, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

for the Kansas Association as its first employee; my title was assistant And I was also editor of l"iidwest r'junicipa1 Ut"ilities, the six-times-a-year publication. Then I worked also for a brief period of time, less than two years, for the U.S. Department

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 14 (XIV), 9/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

program that the White House lobbied hard for. Do you recall the issues on that one? O: As I recall, the ABA [American Bankers Association] lobbied hard against it, feeling that by this guarantee program you were going to limit the bankers. You were
that civil rights and Medicare legislation were inevitable, as opposed to education legislation such as the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; LBJ's decision to make O'Brien the postmaster general of the U.S. and a press conference at the LBJ Ranch

Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 1 (I), 9/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

association. F: I don't know lowell Limpus. C: Lowell Limpus is now dead, but Lowell Limpus was night city editor and military expert of the News, and it is my opinion that out of that genesis came much of the Roosevelt Administration, at least press-wise

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 5 (V), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

speeches. It did not attract any kind of superlatives from the press, no one leaped on it, because it did not have a structure at that time. It was just a phrase. F: Excuse me a minute, Jack, but had you before then tried to find some sort of a tag
House' speech; LBJ and the press; LBJ’s television appearances; Festival of the Arts; Eric Goldman; Dwight MacDonald; Charlton Heston.

Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and the Far East in 1966, I guess it was. M: This is the only time you traveled actually in the press party. A: Right. M: Did you get the impression on that occasion, this was when he was meeting with. the chiefs of state of all the Asian states
LBJ’s personal style and diplomacy in interviews and in informal public appearances; reactions of reporters to LBJ’s unpredictable schedules; Cuban Missile Crisis involvement; role as VP; personal enmity with Robert Kennedy; relations with press

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 18 (XVIII), 1/6/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

association with Stevenson with you? C: I have no recollection of that. 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

Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 2 (II), 11/25/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

with a small group of inside people--people that he had been associated with for some period of time largely, and people who were of his particular bent, very imaginative, very humorous, very light and gay. I didn't fit into that particular category, so
on OEO policy; contact between OEO and CEA; cost of living formula; OEO consulting with critics; Office of Public Affairs; press releases statement; view of quality of OEO Personnel; 1966 Shriver’s statement to Congress regarding abolishing poverty in ten

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with Joe Califano about the risks of an airline strike. I had followed the press reports simply because it was clear that Roy Siemiller, who headed the International Association of Machinists, IAM, was totally against the guidelines. He was trying to break
-wage control in the airlines; the need for increased revenues without tax increases; Wilbur Mills' perceived opposition to taxation; International Association of Machinists (IAM) president Roy Siemiller's efforts to break the 3.2 per cent wage-price

Oral history transcript, Birch Bayh, interview 1 (I), 2/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: Did you have any association with Lyndon Johnson prior to the time you came to the United States Senate? B: No. M: None at all? R: None. M: When you got here, he was Vice President for that first full year that you were in the Senate. Was he

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1b (I), 2/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to hang on. It made it awfully easy for the enemy and It's exaggerated in the press. sion is greater than the actual fact. interests of the United States. M: The impres- This all works against the There's no question about it. I have read
[For interviews 1a and 1b] Biographical information; first association with LBJ; foreign policy problems of the 1960s; investigation of the Bay of Pigs; military representative to President; contacts with LBJ; role of Joint Chiefs; relationship

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

. At the University of Wisconsin, I was a member of the Young Progressives Club, and also in the election of 1940 the whole campus seemed to be Young Democrats or something [to the] left of that. Much to everyone's surprise, a press release came to me as reporter

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

unsympathetic with it. I then went into the regular last two years of the University of Wisconsin where I majored in economics. There I met a series of men who shaped my ideas and whose association inevitably led me into government and the Social Security. I

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 4 (IV), 4/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

didn't know, and I tried to communicate this to them--to tell them that I didn't know. And this infuriated some of those members of the Congress. I recall that Congressman [William] Cramer of Florida was a real tiger about this. He kept pressing me
Leadership Conference's (SCLC) interaction with the press; communication problems within SCLC; racial tension at Resurrection City; lack of coordination and organizational problems at the demonstration; Ralph Abernathy; the terms of the Resurrection City

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

what had happened to the university. Well, it turned out, as was fully reported in the press, that.when the student procession entered the Capitol, Stevenson figured that this was going to happen, and there is a back stairway entrance to the Governor's

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

of this. sensitivity to the media. It's again a reflection on his Spencer Davis, who was the Associated Press reporter on the trip, happened to be their Far Eastern specialist. The reason he made the trip was because most of the time was going to be spent
with Republican leadership; relationship with Senate and White House press; relations with HHH; hot and cold staff relationship

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 7 (VII), 11/2/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Mann, who was also a friend of the President's, as you know, came to be president of the AMA, the Automobile Manufacturers Association. Lloyd Cutler came over to see Joe and me, said he wanted to come over on a personal legal matter, because we had
and the press; LBJ's perception of press coverage; finding a public relations consultant for LBJ; LBJ's problems with television appearances; Mary Wells' speech-writing; LBJ's editing skills; Ramsey Clark and the Watts riots; LBJ's views on wiretapping; LBJ

Oral history transcript, Abe Fortas, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

remember whether it was during my relatively brief time with Public Works or whether it was during my tenure as Under Secretary of the Interior, but in one of those capacities I did have an association with the LCRA. J: To get me straight, you followed

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 7 (VII), 2/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

have discussed, who had very negative views of Lyndon Johnson. And they probably, in some instances, had those views before the assassination, but didn't have a handle to articulate them to their friends and associates or press. I think what clearly

Oral history transcript, Oren Harris, interview 1 (I), 9/3/1973, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

with you? H: Yes, we had a very close association during the time. When I entered the Congress he had preceded me by two years, I believe it was. He was a member of the Naval Affairs Committee of the House of Representatives at that time
Biographical information; first association with LBJ in Congress; LBJ’s chief motivation and goals; 1943 and 1948 elections; Sam Rayburn; Charlie Murphy; oil/gas industry; Bob Kerr; Natural Gas Act of 1938; Senator Francis Case; Area Basin decision

Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was a type of mentor? P: Well I suppose everybody felt close to Nr. Sam. And because of my associations in the 1936 presidential campaign, where I was directed to become the executive director of sixteen farm states-F: Yes. P: --by Henry i'Jallace

Oral history transcript, Robert B. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. During the time Mr . Johnson was president, you were frequently described in the news media as a longtime Texas associate . I wonder if you could perhaps begin by just describing how that early acquaintanceship came about and just how close

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 5 (V), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of naturally put me in this area of activity and when Mrs. Johnson was contemplating some of the problems associated with the first wedding, I think she and Liz Carpenter and Bess Abell decided that there was going to be a lot of problems involved with gifts

Oral history transcript, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. Taylor, I know you've had a very long and close association with the Johnson family, and I would like to just begin this interview with asking you: first, when did you come in contact >vith the Johnson family, and what were the circumstances
relationship with Lynda and Luci; Lynda’s illness; the girls’ early education and personalities; Mrs. Johnson; the day of JFK’s assassination; LBJ’s 1955 heart attack; Marshall McNeil; the press; 1954 campaign for re-election; LBJ’s aspirations; 1960 convention

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

ask you to elaborate on some personalities association with Lyndon Johnson . B: I was sitting Alvin Wirtz, to start with . his mentor . Well, Alvin was his great and good friend, and sort of Wirtz' advice . I'm sure that on many an issue that he

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ROBERTS -- I -- 4 There was a local reporter riding on the White House press bus. The only discussion I remember about possible crowd hostility
; the Kennedy staff that stayed to work for LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with the press compared to that of previous presidents; (dis)advantages of getting close to the president; LBJ’s relationship with Phil and Kay Graham; Great Society speech; type of access press

Oral history transcript, Herbert J. Kramer, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

already dug in and had put himself in charge of the press relations and was acting as the voice of the agency. So I came down in a rather difficult position of having a deputy already established, and having to take over a department that had been
Biographical information; Shrivers; Holmes Brown; James Kelleher; John Brademus; Mr. Boutin; Mr. Loftus; press relations; Marshall Peck; Paul Weeks; Erwin Knoll; Joe Kershaw; "The Year Toward Tomorrow;" yearly Congressional approval; lack of White

Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

this as unlikely. B: There was no talk that the deputy position just might be just a temporary stepping stone to acting or the administrator position? P: No, although there was a little speculation to this effect in the press at that time, but I didn't pay any

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 22 (XXII), 6/19/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Matt Reese, an old friend and associate going back to West Virginia in 1960, had become, over the years, expert on a basic campaign, particularly in the utilization of phone banks. A major effort was put into setting up a phone bank throughout the state

Oral history transcript, Eric Tolmach, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

force. Since Pat had been a friend and associate I asked him if I could get with the action, but I hadn't had any time to be briefed by him. I just knew that it sounded like the kind of thing that interested me. I had been working on related things

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 4 a good friend of the newspaper publisher in the area, Mr. [Eugene] Pulliam, and it seemed to me that my press
Biographical information; House Banking and Currency Commission; Sam Rayburn; Inter-American Bank; International Development Association; Hoover Commission; campaigns for Congress; Kennedy appointment to the Treasury; Chairman of the FDIC; May 1965

Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 2 (II), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with the people associated with the whole venture around him in the White House and in HEW. And it seemed to LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ

Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 11 speechwriter himself, but he was at that time Press Secretary and really the number one substantive aide as well--and deeply
; press leaks and staff members talking to the press; believing in what you write; 'crisis mongering'; changes in socioeconomic conditions for Negroes; presenting statistical information to the President; the Kerner Commission; Robert Kennedy speaking out

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

had a kind of--I sensed that he had a different relationship, this was the one thing that intrigued me about him. He was a close friend of Dick Russell's; a close associate of Walter George, who was a powerful senator from Georgia; he was on good

Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

union dues. He wouldn't have to belong. He'd just have to pay his dues. B: Do you recall how the mainstream press handled this? Were most of the--was most of the press anti-labor or pro-labor? M: I think--I don't know whether anti-labor is the exact
; higher education for African Americans; Morehead's work for Southern Education Reporting Service and Southern School News; negative press coverage of the South; school integration and racial violence in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957; the legal

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