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Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 22 (XXII), 1/8/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

sort of a broad, general commentary. Otherwise, everything that you need to know is in there. You might ask Ed Welsh. G: Okay, this is a memorandum from you to the Vice President dated January 12, 1963, with regard to press stories. R: Press
in other military tactics, such as rocket power and supersonic speeds; Robert Kennedy's presidential aspirations in 1963; LBJ's reaction to criticism in the press; assumptions in 1963 about President Kennedy's political future; Barry Goldwater's chances

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, for the record, S o m e background inform.ation on yourself. If you want to provide any additional details, please feel free. You were born in Kentucky, in Latonia. it? Is that the way you pronounce , A: Latonia, it's pronounced Latonia- - Latonia, Kentucky
of LBJ and JFK; LBJ and columnists; LBJ's press secretaries; LBJ and the press; Gene McCarthy; Bobby Kennedy; 1968 campaign; personal observations on LBJ

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 3 (III), 6/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

again, he had a newspaperman there, and once again, I was surprised at the fact that he exposed himself so completely to somebody of the press. This time it was a representative of one of the big wire services, Sid Davis, who had brought his family, too
October 1965 visit to the Ranch; LBJ’s relationship with the press; activities at the Ranch; LBJ’s desire to pay off Democratic National Committee debt and Krim’s involvement; Cliff Carter; John Criswell; political discussions at the Ranch; Francis

Oral history transcript, Lawrence McQuade, interview 1 (I), 1/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

by the press because many of them are in the Georgetown set. In fact, my current wife is a member of the press and covered the White House for Life Magazine. She happens to be a good friend of the President's but that brings you into contact with a lot

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 3 (III), 2/27/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, who came ou t of the preach er realm to become Presiden tial Press Secreta ry, an d move on f rom there. I know that pa rt of this wi ll be a f te r th e fact, but you d id overlap, and I'd be i nteres te d in his r elati ons hi p wi th th e Pr e
Bill Moyers as press secretary; LBJ’s techniques; overseas trips.

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

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 13 (XIII), 9/2/1979-9/3/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and join us at the dinners. Another part of my life, one that began immediately when we went to Congress and never ceased it seemed, was to address envelopes. Lyndon had a great sense of putting any idle hands to work. Also he liked free workers. I
helped them; support for LBJ in the press; Welly Hopkins' letter to friends in support of LBJ that resulted in a perceived connection between LBJ and the Congress of Industrial Workers (CIO).

Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, the embassy counselor: "You got any cards?" "Cards cards?" He fumbled for his cards. "No, playing cards!" He rushed around to the duty-free shop or something and got a deck of cards. So Wawee and Doug and Spaak and one other sat down and played a couple

Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of power of the North Atlantic area and particularly of North America and of Europe as this, shall I say, core of western strength in order to preserve the interests of the North Atlantic generally and the free world in particular, but also to project
-Proliferation Treaty; DeGaulle; American economic encroachment; effects of détente on NATO; Harmel exercise; INTERIM REPORT; press; institution of war.

Oral history transcript, Earl Warren, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Yes he had. He had discovered me because I had attended a governors' conference once at Salt Lake [City], Utah, and the press was having a conference for a few governors. And they called me first one morning and asked me if I would submit

Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to Washington. I would teach out at Georgetown University and I would teach at George Washington University, and felt totally free to call Ashton Gonella that I would be in town, and they always wanted me to stay at the White House. They were kind enough to make
Hurst’s relationship with LBJ; declining the position of White House physician; LBJ’s health and fitness for the presidency; LBJ’s decision not to run in 1968; gallstones operation in 1965; medical information and the press; psychological analysis

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

communities. That meeting was an organizational meeting of mid-Western--I don't know what the exact name of it is, but in effect it was an association of citizens organizations involving the Model Cities Program. And Kincy Potter, my press person, had been

Oral history transcript, Andrew Young, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in Washington." It was a Negro reporter and he wrote it up headlining "Talk Going On About a March To Washington." And that was the big headline across the top of the page and it just seemed to snowball. I think the press and the masses created the kind

Oral history transcript, Edward G. Lansdale, interview 2 (II), 9/15/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Lansdale -- II -- 8 what it was like in Detroit, to police the city of Detroit. He said t "We have lots of troubles. including racial troubles

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 2 (II), 6/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that criticism? J: Yes. G: What did he do? J: Well, he got free elections going as soon as he could and got the troops out as quickly as he could. He was very, very conscious, as you well know from everything you've read and seen and people have said, press
of the war and the information and advice he was receiving; how LBJ obtained information; LBJ's secrecy and relationship with the press; LBJ's travel planning; LBJ's opinion of William McChesney Martin; Joseph Swidler as head of the Federal Power Commission

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 15 (XV), 8/30/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

24617781] Jenkins - XV - 2 G: How about [Robert] Kerr, was he--? J: And Kerr. G: Was there unanimity among these people with regard to what the bill should include, what provisions? J: Pretty much. Pretty much to free the industry of government

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 6 (VI), 9/16/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a leading stand. I feel sure he always felt a little limited in the field of foreign policy, but I think that he supported free Israel and the effort to give them a home. G: Congress enacted the Military Unification Act that year, too, and [James

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ Library oral histories: -2 http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] We gathered up a press plane, which we chartered
in beautification project; demonstrators; Head Start project; Women Doers Luncheon; Earth Kitt; press relations.

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

. Shortly after Johnson took over in 1963, he brought Okamoto in, and of course Oki can fill you in more about that. But N~sweek ran an article in the press section about Oki and his job, at which point Johnson fired him. The press--he didn't like
, LBJ’s reactions to specific members of the press.

Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Watson -- II -- 3 W: Temper? I'm not sure I know what you mean, what you might be trying to--you may be talking about what someone may have written in the press that didn't know him. There have been some

Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, it has been said for vice presidential possibilities in a geographic balance of the ticket. W: Only through the press reports on that. Of course, by that time I had met on a personal basis Mr. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson, and by then I must admit that I

Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

appoint a consumer council if he were elected, and the consumers kept press i ng him, "Hhen are you rea11y goi ng to set up a consumer council?" They did set up the consumer advisory council to the Council of Economic Advisers. I know the consumer

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 1/24/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

somebody else about that, because we did not really have an opponent that summer. Perhaps it was too far along into the summer, I guess it was, by the time they saw the caliber of person he was. But we did get a free ride, so to speak, that summer

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

into the hotel after this action by the hotel authorities. F: It was tremendously convenient for a young man working on the Hill. P: As I remember, the first month or so they gave me my room rent free. After that, I paid a very nominal sum, and as I remember

Oral history transcript, Lester R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

residence in Rome away from the meetings and the press so that we could have detailed private discussions . Present at these sessions which were held, as I recall, every day for a week each morning from early morning to roughly mid-day were the Secretary

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 4 (IV), 6/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

few minutes. C: Most of my duties pertained to getting the press ready for overseas trips. On most o f our trips, particularly those ~nvolving international conferences like the Manila Conference in 1966; and the Punta d el Este Confe rence
Experiences with Presidential foreign travel; importance of availability of communication; Presidential speeches; LBJ’s foreign relations; White House staff press briefings; Marvin Watson; 75% free hand with the press; Fortas/Thornberry nomination

Oral history transcript, Dwight A. Ink, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, the under secretary, had a keen interest in this, and a very strong personal interest. And he was pressing as hard as I was to get this machinery functioning. And he had good suggestions and ideas and outreach at the higher levels. That was helpful

Oral history transcript, Sally O'Brien MacDonald and Sarah McClendon, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: SARAH McCLENDON (and her daughter, SALLY O'BRIEN) INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: National Press Club, Washington, D.C. 16~ Tape 1 of 1 M: I thought you might be interested to know the first time I ever met Lyndon Johnson. I can't
Biographical information; meeting LBJ; Lynda and Luci Johnson; LBJ’s relations with the press; Senator Styles Bridges; visits to the Ranch; LBJ’s resentment of press criticism; LBJ’s sister Josefa; Bobby Baker; Johnson’s lack of trust of people.

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 50 (L), 7/19/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

files of accepted desegregation plans. We believe Mr. Barry has been preparing strong protests against OE." I don't know how [Bill] Moyers got that with Moyers telling Cater to look into this very carefully. This is just a press statement. Some other

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 51 (LI), 8/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

included is Senator [John] Sparkman's, who urged that the new guidelines, which were tougher in terms of desegregation, requiring that free-choice plans result in desegregation, be held up until after Tuesday, March 1, the primary filing date. The President

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 20 (XX), 9/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

obviously not the key to Asia or even close to it. There are two keys to Asia; one is China and the other is India. G: There was a press report in August that LBJ had not been helpful to the administration on either the Peace Corps bill or the foreign aid

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, incidentally, that both [Clark] Clifford and [Abe] Fortas were at that meeting. In any case, I never heard anything more about going to work for the White House until the day that Bill Moyers was announced as press secretary. And I was just reading that over

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think it was a demonstration that the elections were free, as they were. Thieu and Ky were elected with a plurality, not with a majority. I think they got about 35 per cent of the vote. As it turned out, it was of course a more democratic election than

Oral history transcript, Timothy May, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of President Kennedy's meeting with the Greater Houston Ministerial Alliance. At that stage of the campaign, or in that time, there was some suggestion and some belief, particularly in the South, that Kennedy's Catholicism would be an impediment to his free

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 10 (X), 9/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

have to go look in the press and see that. What's remarkable about--in the context of this . . . I think the President was also much more comfortable once we got Pat Brown out to California. G: You did send an air force plane to Greece to meet him. C

Oral history transcript, Henry Hirshberg, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Act just long enough to shake hands with him. of the Hatch Act, always have. I very scrupulously observed the provisions I've been a free man comparatively little in my professional life except during those early years when I was with the Citizens

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 12 (XII), 10/29/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: I remember dimly, so my recollection may not be right, that we were constantly pressing [Attorney General] Nick Katzenbach and the Justice Department to get more and more people into the voting arena in the South. The Wiley Branton move as a special

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of this fact of his selection of Lyndon Johnson, I was deluged immediately by press and radio. And I was able to say then, and did say, very strongly that Lyndon Johnson had an excellent, liberal record, and that basically he was a populist in his political

Oral history transcript, Ben W. Heineman, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

committee? F: I'm talking about the planning committee. H: He did talk about personnel, and also told me that I should feel free to make suggestions, which I did do. That was a fairly interesting episode. you ask me where did I come from, I don't know

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 25 (XXV), 8/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Spivak on press and Orville Freeman on issues; Al Barkan, labor; Bill Connell, a close associate of Humphrey; Fritz Mondale, extremely active; Terry Sanford, the head of the citizens committee; Geri Joseph, the woman's division. The make-up of that policy
statements, letters, and press releases were released without approval from Humphrey or his staff; Humphrey's agreeable nature; the possibility of presidential debates with Humphrey, Nixon, and Wallace; legislation that would mandate debates; the possibility

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