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Oral history transcript, Dixon Donnelley, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

would logically come out of the White House at that particular time. And you may have read that this system came "a cropper" because on one day at the ranch, Joseph Laitin then an assistant press LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
House press apparatus; Dean Acheson; Dean Rusk; Senator Aiken; Congressman Moss; Mr. Rooney; Mr. Katzenbach; Eugene Rostow; the press; Joe Alsop; Vietnam coverage; mail; lag time in making records available; Douglas Cater; transition; Lady Bird; trip

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

classmate of mine, a doctor who, after he pressed it in my hand, said on the way out, "I want to be on the Medical Care Commission," so I sent it back to him. I later put him on the Medical Care Commission, but I didn't take his money. So I didn't want

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 28 (XXVIII), 9/24/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for the party. I found during 1970 that Nixon had free reign. That was not unusual. A president has great advantages. I had seen that in my days on the other side. But what was disconcerting was that he seemed to be on television constantly. There didn't seem

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 27 (XXVII), 12/13/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Because one of the characteristics of American politics is you always get people that are excited about it and will go in and do all the work free. If you couldn't find people like that the cost of 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

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

with us at the Mansion overnight--and he kind of felt that, at least I got the feeling that he thought that the Vietnam issue was the big issue. F: Did Humphrey ever talk to you about his problem as a candidate and sort of getting free of the Johnson

Oral history transcript, Aaron E. Henry, interview 1 (I), 9/12/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the bills. I would rather not be in a position where I would not be at all times free to make the judgment that my conscience dictated. Like I say, I stayed on the board of the Southern Regional Conference, SCLC, NAACP, involved in organizing the CDGM

Oral history transcript, William G. Bowdler, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

they predicted dire consequences. I think that the way that the crisis was handled, bringing the OAS into it, reaching a solution with the rebels going to free elections supervised by the OAS, and the prompt withdrawal of all forces within a matter of three

Oral history transcript, Sol M. Linowitz, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

met President Johnson. Actually my first meeting with him was at a Gridiron Club dinner in March, 1963. I was there with Paul Miller, who is now head of the Associated Press and head of Gannett newspapers and there was a little party after
for the Performing Arts; relationship with the Kennedys; Bill Moyers; Tommy Thompson; Lincoln Gordon; the Dominican Republic crisis; Castro and Cuba; Free Trade Association meets in Montevideo; Central America foreign ministers meet in San José; Fernando Eleta

Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ONASSIS -- I -- 1 2 every single moment of free time going out--and that that was the way it was gotten

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

was to the Big Bend National Park and of course, over and over to the Grand Tetons. S: Oh how I loved that! Did you delight in subjecting the press to this? And making them all go down on the rafts? J: Well, actually, I think they came to regard it as quite

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 35 (XXXV), 9/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

movement and the legislation. But it's increasingly clear to me that we really left Morse out there to hang out and dry. G: This is a UPI [United Press International] dispatch, July 28. How was the administration able to facilitate the travel of government

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

victory in the United States because of the way it was reported by our press. I remember saying and reporting to the President a few days after Tet that this had been a major setback and I was fearful that it would turn out to be a psychological victory

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

hundred people, who lived in the area; and there was some organized opposition to it on a small basis. I remember we debated before the press in Spanish--because not many of them spoke English--what the issues were and why we thought we should make

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and I held a press conference and I, because of my familiarity of being from a state that had the most Indian people and Indian reservations--that I might be my own Indian commissioner. F: As a young Congressman, had you dealt much with Indian

Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

elected. F: You just wanted to give a free hand to a successor? E: I think any successor--by the way, I am now chairman of one Presidential Commission and a member of another. I got in touch with President-Elect Nixon immediately after the election

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

taken trips to a number of academic institutions for dinner meetings, basically asking three questions: what were we doing wrong, what problems had we missed, and what do we do from here? They were free ranging discussions at which one member

Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

could not be happy as a member of the govern- ment while such a situation existed. He was never a na- tional socialist; in fact he was never anything except a strong advocate of free enterprise; but he believed that government had an opportunity

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

on the campaign trail and he was mighty relieved. And that's about the extent of it in agriculture. My work in agriculture led me into a good deal of time in the trade field. This was an area that President Johnson felt very keenly about. He was a strong free
Biographical information; First impressions of LBJ as President; functioned initially as McPherson’s deputy; farm programs; free trade; Kennedy Round; draft system; personal opinion of President; authority in dealing with departments and agencies

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

that was. A: This is the Agricultural Fair Practices Act, which the President signed in Honolulu last April. This legislation was originally introduced by Senator [George] Aiken [R. Vermont] in order to establish the right of farmers to join bargaining organizations free of any

Oral history transcript, James E. Webb, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in your mind about exactly how much of a free hand you were going to have. There was, for example, Mr. Johnson, who I assume had already been designated responsibility in space, Dr. Wiesner as the science adviser, and the existing staff of NASA like Dr

Oral history transcript, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

members of the press corps to meet me there. I asked him--he now lives and works in London--why was he so eager to save me from arrest? He answered "For a very good reason, a very good reason. I've just become engaged. I'm really a very poor person
of British royalty in 1994; how royalty and government officials are treated by the press; publishing The Best of Flair; Cowles' work with SatelLifes and the Institute for American Studies at Oxford University and her future plans.

Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with you. He fundamentally thinks that the press kept him from getting his opinions across to the people of the United States, and I fundamentally disagree with him. I think that his conception of a free press, unfortunately, is one that prints what he
; Russ Wiggins; 1960/1964 Democratic convention; meeting of JFK and Graham regarding the VP nomination; Home Rule; LBJ’s attitude toward the press; beautification; press relations; civil rights; assessment of LBJ’s presidency.

Oral history transcript, Logan Wilson, interview 1 (I), 11/8/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

that I was talking to the late Oliver Carmichael who was president of Alabama and he was complimenting Texas on escaping some of the difficulties that they didn't escape at the University of Alabama. from the press. I told him that we had good

Oral history transcript, India Edwards, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for the women, or did you do this as India Edwards personally? E: I did it as the President's representative and the Director of the Women's Division of the Democratic National Committee. I may have appeared to be more free- wheeling than I actually was for I

Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 3 (III), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it was Saturday that the White House staff and the press were invited to pay last respects in the East Room, and President Johnson was asked if he wanted--and he did. Johnson paid their respects there. He and Mrs. He saw the cabinet on Saturday. And he was busy

Oral history transcript, G. Preston Smith and Ellen Smith, interview 1 (I), 11/8/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Well, but that wasn't exactly our--we didn't have the same don't think. I don't believe so. Maybe it was. goals~ Wait till I find something here. ES: It was more of an English, cultural club, I believe. G: I see. S: There was a press club

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 10 (X), 6/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with some pretty mean stuff out there [when] you got to the Clevelands and Detroits and San Franciscos around this country. You discovered that this rather narrow area of support for Goldwater had depth and commitment. It's comparable later on to the [George

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 2 (II), 6/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Johnson's reaction when she as first lady was compared to other first ladies? I remember seeing in the press a lot of comparisons of Mrs. Johnson and, say, Mrs. Roosevelt, and most of all, Mrs. Kennedy. A: It's very hard for any first lady to be compared
Mrs. Johnson as first lady; trips into poverty areas; Mrs. Johnson and speeches; Lynda and Luci during the presidency; 1964 campaign and train trip in the South; press on train trip flying Lady Bird Special; Mrs. Johnson's control and self

Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

a mission in and because for American reporters covering Phnom Penh the war, we rarely went anyplace where there was a North Vietnamese possible contact, just about everybody who went to Phnom Penh least a pass in at and the guy, day, in the press
Time limit in dealing with Vietnamese situation; the Tet Offensive; Weyand's role; press reaction; impact of Tet on South Vietnamese forces; intelligence; Cronkite's visit to Vietnam; the pacification programs; decision to write Tet!; subsequent

Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of tall tales. But as time went on, and especially with the disclosure in (I think) 1966 that LBJ and Defense Secretary McNamara had secretly been sharply increasing spending in Viet Nam, coupled with the press pounding away at the credibility issue
of the treasury and Henry Fowler and Robert Roosa as undersecretaries; LBJ's request that Walker praise Fowler's abilities to the press; publicity for an ABA-sponsored luncheon attended by Robert Anderson, Robert Roosa, Douglas Dillon, and Henry Fowler; LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and was a daughter of my oldest brother. She had married a University professor of engineering, and they went back over to Lebanon and were living over there at that time. F: Was this in Beirut? J: In Beirut, yes. So the Associated Press and UP came out

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

completely free of any-- M: I don't know. I doubt that it was. I remember there was Some charges made LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ Library oral histories: -8http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ORAL HISTORY
jobs and errands for the President; advice for LBJ’s press relations; Bill Moyers; LBJ’s treatment of George Reedy; Jenkins held LBJ in respect but not afraid to disagree with him; 1964 campaign; Mississippi delegation; Mooney’s admiration of LBJ; Eric

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

the regional bureau's view is not sufficiently well based to justify a State Department intervention I would simply say so. Now, the regional bureau is free just as I am free to take a difference of view with another bureau to the seventh floor

Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Stoughton -- I -- 10 would have a meeting with someone that the press did not need to know abouts but it was somebody important to the administration and to hims

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Montague -- I -- 15 G: --rescued you from the depths of the Delta or whatever. What was the press situation
office under General DePuy; obstacles to Montague's promotion; members of the press who covered pacification; Montague ignoring orders not to talk to the press; the effect of the Vietnam experience on the U.S. army as a whole and the idea of a volunteer

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 1 (I), 4/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. It's of historical interest to say that that was the first and last conversation we ever had on the subject until totally to my surprise in 1966, he announced at a press conference that he had just appointed me Director, although he had

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

ought to be free to go in jointly and sit 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://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh

Oral history transcript, John Wesley Jones, interview S-I, 6/8/1974, by Richard D. McKinzie (Item)

.'. . was, of· course, very careful to assure that the Communist party in Italy was able to participate politically on a free and open basis; and we all agreed with this. ( This ;. ~ ·. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT

Oral history transcript, Frederick Nolting, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

supervised elections, whatever that might mean; it surely doesn't mean everything that it implies. But [it means] at least certain supervision of the fairness of the elections. Nevertheless, most of the press interpreted the elections as another

Oral history transcript, Perle Mesta, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was there and I remember how she sat up in the gallery and she moved from one place to the other and the press would follow her. That was marvelous. Of course, she was for Johnson too, you know. F: Did you ever talk to her about this? M: Yes, of course. F

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