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Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and press assistant to then-Representative Jacob K. Javits from what was then the Twenty-first Congressional District of New York, which is the upper west side of Manhattan ranging at that time from West 114th Street north to the end of the island
Oral history transcript, Clarence S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . In the meantime I had worked for the state auditor and state agencies and worked my way through law school working for the state and stayed with them until after the war. M: Coming out in the mid-1930s was a tough time to be looking for a job. R: 1931. I
Oral history transcript, George R. Brown, interview 2 (II), 8/6/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 that in Montana . He talked me into extending my leave of absence another six months and going to work on one of these bridges, which I did . When my leave was up by that time I
Oral history transcript, Richard R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • said he was at Senator [Edward P .] Costigan's house and wanted to talk with me, no matter what time I came in . So I called him, and he wanted to know if I could come over right then . midnight, and I went over . This was past He said, "Aubrey
Oral history transcript, John M. Cabot, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • was passed at the end of '62, and it was repealed toward the end of '63, as I recall it. But it was just about the same time that Congress passed this law forbidding the surplus agreements in the same terms that had been held before. M: Poland is one
Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 2 (II), 1/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh January 16, 1 9 7 0 F: This is the second interview with Mr. Joseph Barr in his office at American Security and Trust in Washington, D.C., on January 16, 1 9 7 0 . We were talking last time, Mr. Barr, about the problems
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , but that we became more amenable to congressional control. For example, at the time that I took over we were confronted by the fact that many hydro licenses would soon expire. The commission had done no research and had developed no rules on how to handle
Oral history transcript, Andrew Young, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • President? Y: While he was Vice President. B: I gather that neither you nor anyone else in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference was really having much to do with him directly. Was there ever any times in those years when, to your knowledge, he
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 18 (XVIII), 1/6/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • think he wanted to be a judge. That's my recollection. I mean I was not in the White House at the time. I may have been there at the time the switch was made. I don't think I was there at the time Celebrezze decided to go but, yes, he wanted
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)
  • . And during your Army service from 1964 to 1966 you were assigned to the White House beginning in February of 1965. Is this background information correct? J: That's correct. Actually I was Marvin Watson's assistant from the time I came to the White House
Oral history transcript, Val M. Keating, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh Keating -- I -- 2 K: That's right. I was with the Texas Relief Commission from the time Lawrence Westbrook, who is mentioned there, [pointing to a list handed by the interviewer] left as state director. He was followed by Marie
Oral history transcript, Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1967, by Mary Walton Livingston (Item)
  • , and the cheapest and roughest sort of food. I think the first time my social conscience was stirred was when I was working through Junior League. I was Vice President of the Junior League and we worked with the Red Cross and we would go out and visit
Oral history transcript, Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was true. Bedell Smith told me that one vote was needed. General Walter At that time, I think General Smith was the congressional liaison with the Pentagon on this. General Smith was a great fisherman, and he invited a congress- man who always wanted
Oral history transcript, Benjamin Spock, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • times earlier to join the National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy and turned them down the first two times, saying that I was not an expert in radiation and besides, I was a reassurer of parents, not an alarmer. Homer Jack, the director
Oral history transcript, William D. Krimer, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • D. KRIMER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette DATE: March 2, 1984 PLACE: Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start with your background. K: My background? In 1961 I received a contract as a contract interpreter with the State Department. I was at that time
Oral history transcript, David E. McGiffert, interview 2 (II), 5/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • such as, "Should we send more troops?" or, "Should we start or stop the bombing?" But rather [I participated] in the solution of questions such as, "If we decide to send more troops, how many more can we send and on what time schedule and what would be the effect
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 8 (VIII), 11/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , not me. But I had the distinct impression that Johnson was trying to capitalize on the defense issue politically and at the same time was trying to show himself not as being bellicose but as being large in scope, so far as foreign relations were concerned
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • at the State Capitol from 1935 until 1941. Then I went back to law school on a part-time basis in 1939-40, 1940-41, took the bar exams in 1941 and passed them. Then went into the army for a little over four years. Came back out of the army. I had been
Oral history transcript, Robinson Risner, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • : Okay. Now, of course in retrospect, everyone is expected to have a view on the war. Did you have a view on the war at the time when you were flying? R: Yes, I did. I still have the same view; it has never changed. And you might place me
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 12 (XII), 12/21/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • know how to read the figures at that time. We weren't aware of the fact--you know, most Americans have the concept that figures don't lie. Well, of course they don't, but people looking at the figures can lie to themselves if they don't understand
Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1977 INTERVIEWEE: LUTHER E. JONES, JR. INTERVln~ER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Corpus Christi, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: One thing that you didn't mention in that earlier tape that I'm going to ask you to recall is the first time that you met Lyndon
  • LBJ’s speech class and debate team at Central High School in Houston; LBJ being action-oriented; LBJ’s work with, and loyalty to, Richard Kleberg; Roy Miller; Senator Alvin Wirtz; Little Congress; LBJ’s short time in law school; Maury Maverick
Oral history transcript, Ross D. Davis, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh December 9, 1968 M: Let's begin by identifying the interview. You are Ross D. Davis, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Economic Development; and, at the same time, Administrator of the Economic Development Administration
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 5 (V), 8/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEHEE: ~11 LLARD INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Deason's residence, Austin, Texas DEASON Tape 1 of 1 G: last time we were talking about the WPA and the NYA and some of the projects. D: Yes. (Interruption) G: One of the first
Oral history transcript, Stuart Morrison Long, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • interviewed Governor Allred on the prohibition question. PB: That was a long time ago. Mr. Long, your first memories of Mr. Johnson, as I understand from our previous conversation, are somewhat obscure. Do you recall just when it was you first got to know
Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to help him when Johnson was wanting the presidential nomination, and I at that time had said I was already lined up with Kennedy. So things were a little tense there. In the Moss campaign where Bobby Baker was sent out with a lot of money to get Ted's
Oral history transcript, Myron R. Blee, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • with him that that came about . F : You hadn't known Mr . Johnson personally up to this time? B: No, I hadn't . dedication . I had been here at Florida Atlantic at the time of the Our educational unit had conducted the first VISTA training program. F
Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 3 (III), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Well, I know about your congressional career. B: You do? G: You've covered that in your first interview. B: Did I? All right, okay. I did tell you that I had gone back to work in Indianapolis, and Kennedy--by that time Larry [O'Brien] had
  • ; Sam Rayburn and Judge Howard Smith; Barr's relationship with Sam Rayburn; bond interest rates; time Barr spent with the Senate and House; Harry Byrd, Sr.; Robert Kerr; funding the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT); backdoor spending; Social
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 5 (V), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • had no resources for that. That was a surprise to him. Over a period of time we became well acquainted. I toured the state and John toured with me. John was very disappointed that he had not received strong support from the Kennedys in this quest
  • ; the courteous nature of southern politicians; vice presidents' self-confidence; how O'Brien's opinion of LBJ developed over time; JFK and LBJ as opposites.
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 21 (XXI), 6/18/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Saunders, who was at that time chairman of the Pennsylvania Railroad. You had two prominent members of the business community in the leadership. That was important in the overall lobbying effort because you were invoking some new taxes. There was a great
  • Hampshire primary; the timing of RFK's announcement; Eugene McCarthy as a presidential candidate in 1968; O'Brien's trip to Wisconsin; a run-in with Jesse Unruh the night before O'Brien's son left for Vietnam; LBJ's March 31, 1968, announcement that he would
Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 2 (II), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • #3) INTERVIEWER: STEPHEN GOODELL March 5, 1969 G: This is the second session with Mr. Donald Baker, the general counsel of OEO. Today's date is March 5, 1969. I'd like to start today by asking a question which was partially covered last time
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • this will be interesting down the line. C: Joe, there were forty trips covering what we estimated at the end of the time two hundred thousand miles. F: First of all, you had no precedent for this, did you? C: No, only that Mrs. Roosevelt had gone and seen coal
Oral history transcript, Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr., interview 1 (I) A, 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • it on. He was not confirmed by the Senate, and Secretary Connor wanted to have some people of his own choosing. He offered the job to me, and I thought about it for a relatively short period of time and said ''Yes.'' It was a job which encompassed many
Oral history transcript, William Lewis and Margaret Chase Smith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1975, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: MARGARET CHASE SMITH INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Senator Smith's home in Skowhegan, Maine 20~ 1975 Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 F: Coming in and out of the:inter~iew was General William Lewis, Senator Smith's long-time administrative
Oral history transcript, Jonathan F. Ladd, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • . Nobody did, generally. Oh, some of my damn contem- poraries and classmates used to get mad because they were colonels, and again, I was by that time like a major general in equivalent rank in the State Department, and they would never paid any attention
Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 2 (II), 09/10/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Commission. He went back to Truman. He had been reappointed a couple of times and had been in the Eisenhower years I know and of course the Kennedy years, since John F. Kennedy was very fond of his son, or at least leaned on him. I would presume he was fond
Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • : Gittinger Mr. Adams' residence, Purcellville, Virginia Tape 1 of 1 A: Okay. The last time I talked to you, which was in Austin, what, last year, was it? G: Yes, about a year ago now. A: Yes, about a year ago. I was, of course, in the middle
Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . Gillette PLACE: The Ramada Renaissance Hotel, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: I want to ask you a few preliminary questions about the time of your appointment. One of the memos indicates that Senator Willis Robertson wanted you to go
  • with a San Francisco national bank; William McChesney Martin's leadership in the Federal Reserve System; legislation covering instances when banks changed hands; bank failures; ceilings on rates for time certificates of deposit in 1965; Andre Meyer's idea
Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the Vietnamese, so that my reaction to the Guam Conference was that the feeling in Vietnam was fairly optimistic as to the progress that had already been achieved. G: Was this your first meeting with Thieu and Ky? B: Yes, the first time I had seen them. G
  • November 1967 report to LBJ by Bunker; Bob Komer and General Westmoreland; pacification progress and military situations; 1968 Tet offensive; Bunker's reputation that the U.S. had prior knowledge of the timing of the offensive; Bunker's impression
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 8 (VIII), 4/2/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • printed it, and what needed to be pointed out that wasn't pointed out was, one-- G: Johnson didn't own The Elms. B: --there was six feet of snow on the ground at that time. You weren't going to be sitting out at a garden table talking about
Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • was a part of his debating team. After I finished high . school, I went to Rice Institute for two years. During the summer immediately after that two-year period, I became assistant secretary to Congressman Richard Kleberg. time Mr. Johnson was secretary