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Oral history transcript, J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. always will. And I cherish his memory; Then Congressman Lyndon Johnson came into the office, and the Speaker asked him to sit down and he joined in the conversation. It was my concern, being a new member just starting out, should become embroiled
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Charles Timmes, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

didn't understand when they were talking to us, they were under the influence of this Confucian policy, so they wouldn't tell us bad news, because this was bad for us. This was a very primary difficulty, not having the language, being subjected or being
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 6 (VI), 2/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, but that they wouldn't get anything out of us that they'd like any better, and they'd better just go with State and with Navy. The reason we did this was because we wanted to keep our powder dry in the event of a new kind of question in a different context where we might
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, James L. Noel, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

in his room there. We talked about the senatorial campaign of 1941 and his experiences which he had just undergone attached to MacArthur's command in Gaudalcanal and New Guinea. I believe they were still on Guadalcanal at that time, or at least New Guinea
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview S-I, 6/12/1973, by Robert Hawkinson (Item)

rights conference in 1966, which had a large education element in it- H: I'd like to go back to that, because you've really opened a new area for me there, since I haven't looked at the civil r_ights _papers. say in preparation for that you brought
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Mary Michelson Fish Johnson Haselton, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, he came home and said, "There is a notice up at the post office. Go take the 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

weeklies except the Austin paper. And Camp Swift is still there in some capacity. G: Can you recall any other times when you gave him important news like that? R: I don't know. That was just one of the very first times when I had started working for him
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Mike Manatos, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

rule. ever had one in Wyoming. I don't believe we've I recall, particularly, as the roll call of states approached Wyoming, New Jersey, which had originally passed, came over and asked if we would defer to them when it came Wyoming's time to cast
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 4 (IV), 8/25/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it was an anti - Kefa uver as much as he just t hought 1 Kefauver was too much middle-ground , midd le-part of t he country, and he r eall y t hought that Jack Ke nnedy had more possibiliti es, that he wa s youn g and a new fac e . Therefore he just pushed him
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was that was the opening of the door. But then we met [on] New Year's Eve in Birmingham, Alabama, at the old 7 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 6 (VI), 3/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of his heroes; education was one of his advocacies. I knew none of this. As the new kid on the block, I fixed up a statement. Without knowing it, I just happened to hit it pretty right. But I found not too long thereafter, and included in that statement
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 2 (II), 6/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

that at all. I've heard it since he died, but if there was any such talk it certainly wasn't made in my presence. I don't know whether it was or not, I've never heard it except later. I heard that some people thought that there might be a new Vice Presidential
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Paul H. Douglas and Emily Taft Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, was in sympathy with the South. They had gone early to California over the Overland and Santa Fe routes, and had left behind them I ittle enclaves of Democratic sentiment, pro-South, pro-slavery, and these continued in such states as New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and they were negotiating for new contracts. At least, I imagine that's it. I never went into the details of that because I wasn't called in on it, and consequently, l didnl·t become a, part of it. But we did have some word with reference to the fact
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Carl D. Perkins and Donald Baker, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

mistakes in several states, as I recall. Maybe some mistakes were made in New Jersey. [There were] a lot of complaints here and there throughout the country and from the city people [about] the administration. They were claim- ing that they were being
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Samuel Yorty, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

statement and return it to the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library. B. If you wish to restrict the use of your transcript for a period of time, a new statement will be prepared (either by you or by us) deleting paragraph 2 and substituting the following
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 7 (VII), 9/8/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and the people were saying, "This is Lyndon Johnson's filling station," but it wasn't at all. (Laughter) Anything new that came up, it seemed like they would say belonged to him. So finally he had this big rally in Wooldridge Park. Do you know about this? G
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Morris Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

there was something new coming up. The only thing I did was when Porter ran against him, I told Porter I would vote for him, and that was it. G: Did you have contact with Lyndon Johnson in subsequent years after that? R: Well, no particular contact. He was down
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 3 (III), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

transcript for a period of time beyond the date of the opening of the Johnson Library, a new statement will be prepared (either by you or by us) deleting paragraph 2 and substituting the following, with one of the alternatives: add: It is the donor's wish
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview S-XIII, 1/23/1987, by Nancy Smith (Item)

that I didn't under stand before. Lots of interesting womendid it, diplomats' wives, Senators• wives, and you just found yourself with a coterie of compan ions and learning a new skill. None of it really took away the unease and the scariness
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 44 (XLIV), 3/29/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Everett Dirksen rang Ambassador Patterson, now on the Federal Maritime Commission, taking a new assignment on Subversive Activities Control Board--members of this board require a Senate confirmation." (Long pause) This is now the meeting of August 8
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 1 (I), 3/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

kind of a guy have we got to work with here? They knew McChristian, they knew his good points and his bad points, but here's a new fellow. And I didn't know any of them. Joe and I would have very informal conferences. We lived together in a house
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Michael A. Geissinger, interview 1 (I), 12/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the air force, and in 1966 a temporary duty assignment came down--I was in New Mexico at the time--and it was for "a photographer in Washington," and that's all it said. assignment. I only had about three months to go. September of 1966. I got the I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 2 (II), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. The countdown would go during the week, and they had a Blacks United Against Discrimination [United Blacks Against Discrimination], U-BAD, U-B-A-D. And they would blow it with a big news conference on Friday afternoon, and you know who watches the six o'clock
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, James P. Coleman, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

there for you. C: It would have been superfluous for me to have said anything. F: Right. Well, when you came down to 1960, did you consider going to the convention at all, or di d,You decide just to 1et the new crop have it? C: I didn't consider it at all
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John E. Babcock, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-- 1-- 2 than a full-time job if you were out of the university. So I worked for the International News Service, which is now UPI, under a fellow named Vann Kennedy, whom a lot of people in the LBJ family know. He now lives in Corpus Christi where
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John E. Horne, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: Rather than waiting until it was through. H: Rather than waiting and being encouraged and prodded, as I felt sure I would be, to resign under the incoming administration. Moreover, I had no desire to be associated with the new administration. M
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

to see--I don't know where he picked it up--that there were some new engineering concepts on the way, directional broadcasting; maybe it was already up, I don't know how old a thing it was. Of course, I was not on the team at that time, so I don't know
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Ray Roberts, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

he started out. R: Oh no, no, nobody had ever heard of him. No. Here's a man whose county had only been attached to the district for two years. He was a New Dealer in the time when that wasn't necessarily popular. I don't know whether you have
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. ments approved, that sort of thing? R: No. I don't think so. Most of the trouble I found at that time was selling the public on what we were trying to do. It was new. They couldn't believe, you know, that you could do anything like that, or LBJ
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John M. Leddy, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Germany have a national nuclear weapon. But I believe also the Navy was rather interested in the MLF because it would involve an expansion of the Navy and would provide a new type of naval nuclear weapons system in addition to the Polaris, because
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Thomas C. Mann, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Department and Latin America. In addition to Montevideo and Caracas, I served in Guatemala, El Salvador, and in Mexico--the last two posts as Ambassador. I served in Greece as Counselor of Embassy. Twice, I think it was, I was Assistant Secretary in charge

Oral history transcript, Sidney "Sub" Pyland, interview 1 (I), 9/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Kercheville. As a matter of fact, since I've been here I delivered a new Cadillac to them over at the Cadillac house. That was a 1938 [?] model, delivered it to him right there next door to him. I drove in that night, and the next morning I went over when he
president; how A&O became the White Stars; why Pyland was never the captain of the football team; how new members were brought into the White Stars; making signs to support the football team; how Pyland met LBJ; LBJ's interest in sports; LBJ dating
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Edgar L. Ball, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, national figure, that we had that had stayed and really tried to help in 1952, and we considered him a loyalist. He had been a New Deal supporter, speaker of the House, had done a great many things. G: Now I guess we should go on to 1956. shaped up
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

News said that LBJ and organized labor had made their peace and that organized labor was now going to support him. I wondered if you had any insights on that. W: No. I don't remember. G: What did organized labor in Texas feel about Shivers? W: I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, III, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a Texan, I should add, in case that's necessary. [Laughter] But that far away, we were very much interested in the new mayor of Minneapolis, and, of course, it made him a national figure when he went to the Senate. Then you, of course, being young, moved
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 5 (V), 8/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

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Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 2 (II), 4/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

academic year, really ready to tell my tenant to get out of my house back in New Haven, and end my lease here and so forth, that I think Gardner made a stronger plea to the President for authorization to leave his job . It was during the week that Gardner
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. photoplane could. They couldn't see any more than an aerial And of course we had post-strike assessment recon recce photographs. It's just jungle. Made holes in the jungle. G: The aerial photos didn't improve as time went on then? S: The place just
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Anthony Solomon, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Kennedy's period. President Johnson carried through on that, and that was a very major furtherance of our post-World War II liberal trade policy. But LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library

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