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Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, 1969 INTERVIEWEE: MARY LASKER (Mrs. Albert D. Lasker) INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mrs. Lasker's residence, New York City Tape 1 of 1 F: Mrs. Lasker, let's start by talking a little bit about how you first became interested in health

Oral history transcript, L.T. (Tex) Easley, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

this young fellow could just go down to the White House almost any time he wanted to, figuratively having a key to the back door. So he did go down there a lot, because that's the way I'd get the news a lot on things happening. On the other hand, some

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

of the Cooperative News Service; I was director of information. And in 1963 I moved to Washington, D.C., still with the Cooperative League as its public relations director. live been in Washington since that time. I went to work for the Department of Agriculture

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: NASH CASTRO INTERVIEWER: Harry Middleton PLACE: Mr. Castro's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 M: We are going to talk about some of the things that have not found their way into the oral histories in the Johnson Library

Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 3 (III), 11/21/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there were eighteen new Democratic senators and he [LBJ] had looked in the paper and none of us had realized it, but at breakfast Sunday morning he announced that twelve of them were Catholics and that he wanted to find out something about the Catholic

Oral history transcript, John Ben Shepperd, interview 1 (I), 12/30/1968, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

of West Texas and of southeastern New Mexico. K: I understand, Mr. Shepperd, that you also had a good deal to do with the Chamber of Commerce and when you were younger with the Junior Chamber of Commerce. S: Is that correct? Yes, that's correct. I

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

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 O: I tendered my resignation directly to the President, as I recounted, on April 10 and that would

Oral history transcript, Radcliffe Killam, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, there was a so-called old party and new party in Webb County politics. The old party was primarily the party of the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ

Oral history transcript, Livingston Biddle, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1989, by Louann Temple (Item)

was very fond of Frank and I think he did a wonderful job for the arts and his counterpart in the Republican side was Ogden Reid from New York. You see, Javits and Reid were interested in the arts because the arts were focused in their district, really

Oral history transcript, Courtney A. Evans, interview 1 (I), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

new major policy decisions made that affected the department. B: But this is only a natural development. During these years in which there were three Attorney Generals--from Robert Kennedy to Nicholas Katzenbach to Ramsey Clark--did there occur under

Oral history transcript, Roger Stevens, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Fortunately, many that were elected in that year are still with us. F: Could you use Johnson to go out and help you raise money? S: No, I never did that. I remember he did come to a fund-raising affair with Sam Rayburn in New York once, for the purpose

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

upset. It seemed as though President Roosevelt had been campaigning in New York and the impetuous, southern born, Steve Early had kicked a Negro policeman in the groin. This had been played up quite a bit, and Jonathan suggested that I get the boys
to LBJ Ranch regarding housing message; his impact on LBJ’s thinking; reason for resignation; prejudice; feeling that the new administration will attempt to make administrative reform

Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

going through the Mansion. Mrs. Kennedy did not know anyone else was with him, and just called out: "Jack, guess what I've found! I've found a new piece of the Lincoln china." So the way Mr. Wilkins related it to me, she was in a very excited mood

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 21 (XXI), 6/18/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 4, Side 1 O: The 1968 tax surcharge battle evolved from the proposal that was made in 1967 by the President. He was anxious to deal
in running for president; Bernard Boutin being instructed to keep O'Brien out of involvement in the New Hampshire primary; LBJ's decision to not have a stand-in in the Massachusetts primary; O'Brien's February 1968 memo updating information on primaries

Oral history transcript, Lloyd N. Cutler, interview 1 (I), 4/12/1969, by William Helmer (Item)

service, and then, as many of my friends, I discovered Washington was an interesting and exciting place to live. With several other refugees from New York, we started a law firm. here. We have survived through the normal process of growth and merger

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 8 (VIII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. This is an interesting situation because it brings to bear almost every part, every major branch, of our federal government. Back in the late 1950s and early 1960s, the airlines were in considerable need of financial assistance to pay for the heavy new load of equipment
to permit supplemental carriers to charter planes to travel agents for domestic travel; the president's required approval of foreign charter permits; the airlines' appeal to the Second Circuit in New York of the District of Columbia court's decision

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 5 (V), 4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEW V DATE: April 7, 1983 INTERVIEWEE: ARTHUR KRIM INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Krim's residence, New York City Tape 1 of 1 K: Now you can start with the tax thing or-- G: Let's do. Let me ask you about the effort to enact

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 13 (XIII), 9/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: Well, let's start today with the Water Quality Act, an effort to establish quality standards for interstate
of new towns; the creation of the Department of Housing and Urban Development with Secretary Robert Weaver as the first African-American cabinet member; how the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) was affected by the creation of HUD; a constitutional

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 26 (XXVI), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: I wanted to ask you about President Johnson's role in the campaign. O: There was an uneasy situation
of nuclear arms; Abe Fortas' nomination as Supreme Court chief justice; the effect of George Wallace's candidacy on both Nixon and Humphrey; voting results in New Jersey and Illinois; the effect of polling and publicizing poll results; poll accuracy; Ohio

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

, and not very flexible, and not very quick to produce new policies. The problem is so complex, because there isn’t an Indian problem, there are eighty to ninety various Indian groups all over the West, in Alaska, all the villages in Alaska, and people

Oral history transcript, Wayne O. Reed, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1968, by Broudy (Item)

formerly called services, su.c h as those for libraries and audiovisual aids. In addition, the new division included the program of grants-in-aid authorized the year before in Public Laws 815 and 87l;.--the program to help build nnd operate schools

Oral history transcript, Ashbrook P. Bryant, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was the Empire Ordnance investigation, which had a life of its own, a long story of its own, and we ultimately had to present that to the grand jury in New York. I was pulled back out of the army; I had gotten into the army by that time. We had submitted

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

know, we couldn't get passed until Dr. [Martin Luther] King was assassinated. And even if you look at that--I remember proposing it. It's the only time--and I think if you look at the New York Times or something--I was mentioned in the twenty-fourth

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 16 (XVI), 12/16/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of aluminum that somebody brought me the wire on the power failure in the Northeast, which, if we're right here about times, occurred about five o'clock. I immediately went. It was a total power failure. New York City was knocked out. The LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 16 (XVI), 11/21/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City G: I want to start with a few miscellaneous questions. First, do you have any insights as to why [John A.] Gronouski was made
for new employees; seasonal temporary post office jobs; the Post Office equal employment opportunity task force; Ronnie Lee and the White House Fellows Program; curb versus door mail delivery and new mail pickup ideas; the problem of developing new mail

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 2 (II), 1/6/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Is that right? E: To discuss, I don't recall if it was a party or some new decoration or some new furniture that we were supposed to purchase for the White House. We had a quiet lunch, both of us upstairs in her small room off their bedroom, which

Oral history transcript, Harfield Weedin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Weedin -- I were so bad and so few. ~~ 13 I told you there were only three in Houston. And we didn't have a news department. there, there was no news director. At KTRH in 1936, when I went We got what news we got from CBS in New

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 18 (XVIII), 12/18/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: [In 1966 you] had a reorganization plan that transferred the Community Relations Service from the Commerce

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 32 (XXXII), 12/11/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 O: There was additional evidence concerning ITT that underscored the existing concern during the period when

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 29 (XXIX), 5/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

doing something on New Year's Eve, Friday, December 31--I think it was a Friday--that they thought they could get away with. And it was like surreptitious action, number one. Number two, there was a strong feeling that they were, in fact, taking

Oral history transcript, Dr. Samuel Halperin and Harold Howe II, interview S-II, undated (Item)

for two major new directions in Federal edu cation pr ograms. ·o ne of these directions can be sugge sted by the word "consolidation "-· some kind of pi.:lling together of existing programs so that th ey relate better to each other; so that t hey have

Oral history transcript, Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1967, by Mary Walton Livingston (Item)

of Montganery, Alabama. Mrs. Durr has came to the National Archives today, October 17, 1967, to record her impressions of the JOhnsons as newcomers to Washington in the early days of the New Deal. Mrs. Durr, would you like to tell us how you first met
Impressions of the Johnsons as newcomers to Washington in the early days of the New Deal

Oral history transcript, Ernest May, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

you have any great difficulty persuading people to your point of view? M: Oh, yes. In this county it was impossible. Mc~ What was the difficulty here? M: This county had turned against Roosevelt--turned against the New Deal
Biographical information; Judge Frank Culver; Sam Rayburn; LBJ; George Petty; Coke Stevenson; Dan Moody; Carter vs. Tomlinson; FDR and the New Deal

Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in space, utilizing the facilities that we built over the last decade but not plunging into new facilities. What would be the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
Act; transition to the new administration; Bob Seamans.

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1979, by David Culbert (Item)

this pretty often? I don't know. I think he watched programs like "Issues and Answers 11 and "Meet the Press" and news type programs, the Sunday programs a 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
Special telephone interview regarding the impact of television on public policy; White House Communications Agency; use of videotape; White House Naval Photographic Unit films; LBJ's close relations with the press; television news reports; effect

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

to the Kennedy Administration to have any Admin~tration. contact with Mr. Johnson back in your news career or in private career? D: Only vaguely in my news career. However, in 1955 and 1956, I was on Capitol Hill associated with Senator Estes Kefauver

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

hustled newS on their own, a few but not many. F: They took it off the ticker. R: Took it off the ticker. They were really more announcers than they were reporters, and I never was a very good announcer. I aspired to be a reporter. At any rate

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

for the American-Statesman. I started as a capitol correspondent for the Galveston N~s, and then the Trans-Radio Press; that was a news service. Then I picked up another paper--this was [as] capitol correspondent, [the] Wichita Falls Post, which is no longer

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on a non-commercial basis. There were a substantial number of those already in existence, but they lacked substantial funds; could not enter into the FM spectrum, which was a new field that had just opened; they had poor equipment, and they certainly did
Biographical information; public educational broadcasting legislation; 1960 campaign; liaison with Eastern states; vice presidential nomination; media campaign; LBJ and JFK in New York; LBJ and television; Cuban Missile Crisis; USIA; Vietnam

Oral history transcript, William F. McKee, interview 2 (II), 11/8/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

up the FAA as an independent agency reporting directly to the President. P: How were you informed that the FAA was going to be included in this new departmentZ M: I first heard a rumor that such an organization was being considered, but I knew

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