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Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a resolution was read one morning by the reading clerk who had this big old voice, you could hear him all over Austin almost, reading without the benefit of a public address system. And he said: r~e it resolved that tonight after the House adjourns

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 5 (V), 3/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that we shouldn't have this forced on us. Well, here I was in Washington and this bill was brought up. My wife was in Austin. I'd take the bill home at night and and I read that bill backwards and forward. And I analyzed. tri.ed to reason with myse1f

Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

simply by reading and asking questions and staying at the office until all hours of the night. By the way this is an extremely time-consuming job. many visitors to see. You have so You never really leave the office before maybe 7 o'clock, 6 or 7

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 13 (XIII), 7/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to get some relief for the areas where it didn't rain. G: Did he talk to Webb about this issue, do you know? J: I don't know. Webb's [stuff]. He was a great admirer of Webb's and had read all of And as you know, President Johnson was not an avid

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

and a speech . . . [reading chronology] No, it couldn't have been that night. You don't have me in this one; I was there. "Motor to Tullinge Airport"--that really was something. They had a demonstration of the--what do they call them? The Blue Angels

Oral history transcript, Jack Albright, interview 2 (II), 6/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

? A: Yes, but I don't remember much about that. I was not privy to that or present at the time he did. I do recall that he did, I read about it. But I don't know much about that. 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 3 (III), 6/9/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

? Because Eisenhower had a good smile, [was] very diplomatic, and believed in carrying out orders. Winston Churchill was trying to get us involved, to get us to help invade Africa. Every time he'd come to Washington to see * Mr. Johnson's readings

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Hardesty, interview 1 (I), 3/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to go to school at George Washington University in 1951. school with time out for the Army. It was almost night I spent almost ten years at George Washington in English literature and working on my master's. F: Why did you pick George Washington? H
Kintner replaced Valenti; expanded writing staff; Larry O’Brien; 90 to 100 items a day marked in Congressional Record for LBJ who read each morning; LBJ never forgot opposition, insults or slights; Stewart Udall called LBJ "a man of the land;" Hardesty

Oral history transcript, Emily Crow Selden, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and that was 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/oh Selden -- I :.. :. . 5 Twelfth Night

Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 2 (II), 2/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Gronouski -- II -- 2 M: Get clearances at 2:00 a.m. in the morning? G: He was in the air already. So my DCM [deputy chief of mission] was on the phone with Mr. [Mieczyslaw] Sieradski all night

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

: But how did you work it, because it seems like you must have had a very limited membership? P: Just we fellows who were running around together seemed to associate, and there were nine of us. I know this night we went down to the Hofheinz Hotel

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 4 (IV), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and that, by damn, he was going to call them back in session and stick it to them. When I heard that on the radio, Truman's acceptance speech--I think we were in Tyler that night, something like that--and my heart sank. G: Is that right? B: Well, he called

Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. l You said, I think, Bob Vin [?], is that his n-ame? D: Bob Vin, of Miami read about my entry in the race in a Miami newspaper, flew to Texas and sold me on the idea of the talkathon. G: Had he worked in that [George] Smathers campaign? D

Oral history transcript, Tommie W. Glick and Sarah Taylor, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

that. reading my own thoughts into it. I may have been But I came away·with the feeling that she would have very much liked for him to retire. Mc~ Did Mrs. Johnson, Lady Bird, enjoy politics, do you think? G: Well, I wouldn't be able to say. I couldn't

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 3 (III), 6/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

which was, I thought, very outstanding . First of all, when he arrived late on a Sunday afternoon, he had to see a number of the key leaders--he had to see all of them really- to save face that night . And he did those calls very well . I

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler and Charles K. Boatner, interview 4 (IV), 6/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the troubles than the good, because he'd read the good in the paper . And he wanted to know about the bad before he read it in the paper . And this involved the whole department . other words, [for example], oil policy : if there were any leaks from

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

. I think that would be something I would have read from the textbooks. But I know that I remember definitely his being majority leader. I remember that. F: Did your dad ever come home screaming about the way he ran the Senate? H: No, I honestly

Oral history transcript, Clifford Durr and Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

met him the same night over at Tex Goldschmidt's, Alvin Wirtz and Kitty Mae. You see, Alvin was a good deal older than (Lyndon], and he had one daughter, but he kind of treated Lyndon like a son. Lyndon had these relationships with older men like

Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)

commission. RUSSELL: Oh, you have already? JOHNSON: Yes. And I've got--may I read it to you? RUSSELL: Yes. JOHNSON: The President announced that he is appointing a special commission to study and report upon on all the facts and circumstances relating

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

, as I recall, was held in Mexico City--thought it was '46 but I think it must have been '47, one of the two--and I spent six weeks there, and this is what aroused my curiosity and it was then that I began my studies on Latin America, reading everything

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Humphrey and Henry Reuss, as a corps of young people who would go overseas and do good things in developing countries. I stayed with the program and enrolled in Georgetown Law School at night rather than going on to the Universi:ty of Virginia Law School

Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 2 (II), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

landed at Andrews, and I got my first lookC F: Jack Valenti told me that the first night he came up here after the assassinationCyou know, he was in DallasCthey landed on the White House lawn, came through the White House, and went over

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 2 (II), 5/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on that night. The next day was spent in various activities, swimming, bowling, and walks and driving around the compound and having relaxed conversations. In the evening John Chancellor showed us a sixteen-millimeter film which he had just taken of the ranch
The Krims’ first visit to Camp David; LBJ’s hospitality; an all-night discussion at Camp David; John Chancellor, Marianne Means, and an argument over Jack Valenti’s statement that he sleeps better knowing the President is in the White House; Bobby

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 1 (I), 5/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

· fo the Dodge Hotel but they all lived in the basement or the sub-basement. It was a lot cheaper, and we could put two and three in a room. We found that we didn't have any time to do anything except finally fall in bed at night and get up early

"LBJ as I Knew Him," by Mildred Stegall (Item)

not guilty. Once a week I reported to the Oval Office at 6 PM to relieve LBJ's secretaries. A number of the President's Assistants like Walt Rostow brought in confidential material for LBJ to go over at night. It was known as night reading

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 3 (III), 4/26/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, but see what so-and-so and so-and-so and so-and-so has to say about it." These memoranda went to the President in his night reading. always be a ballot at the end of the memorandum for him to check. There would It would LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 2 (II), 8/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was the biggest it ever was, pupils. They would range in grades from the first grade to the seventh. We didn't call it preschool; we probably called it primer, which was the first book one had. It began with one-sentence reading lessons: "This is Will. How do you

Oral history transcript, Guy S. Meloy III, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

at night, the rest of the time I was in the field. G: What were you supposed to do exactly, in helping the task force accomplish? M: Well, I had a--in my case I was quite fortunate. My counterpart, the Vietnamese colonel commanding the task force

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

, 1988 INTERVIEWEE: SAMUEL GAMMON INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Gammon's office in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: A night flight. An overnight. MG: I see. Let's start by focusing on the purpose of the trip. What was the Vice

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 2 (II), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and Hays Counties, and he did a magnificient job for me. but very active working group. He set up an informal I remember Wilton Wood and Bill Deason who, I think now, is on the Interstate Commerce Commission-F: I saw him election night. H: Well, I

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the steam right out of us. In that particular campaign, why, we worked all night long getting our committee plans ready. The next morning we'd read the Los Angeles paper, which was being put out with the aid of Mr. Kennedy out there, wherever he sat his

Oral history transcript, John Wildenthal, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

he·could get us established in a basement room at the Dodge. We did, and we spent two or three nights out there and rode to town with him. He was going over the newspaper. He told me, "Now, John, if you want to amount to something up here you will read

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 36 (XXXVI), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, Ackley, Connor, [Cyrus] Vance, I guess, Katzenbach. (Inaudible) it goes on from two-thirty in the afternoon all through the day, on and off through the evening until eleven-thirty at night by my book. The President says, "Look, we can't swear that we're

Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 2 (II), 5/22/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Bartlett -- II -- 8 M: Would you like to just read the memo into the record? B: There's a memo just about

Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 4 (IV), 4/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Ramsey Clark -- Interview IV -- 5 On the other hand, at Detroit I was first called a little after midnight the Sunday night that the riot got out of control. And Mayor Cavanagh called and he said Governor Romney was with him

Oral history transcript, Joseph H. (Joe) Carter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

started reading my columns and news stories in the paper in Oklahoma, which is his home state. We became friends and a dialogue developed. expressed an interest. I I told him that I wanted to work for the President if I could, do anything

Oral history transcript, Margaret Mayer Ward, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

sure would remember. But at any rate, when he went out on the road the first time I was assigned to go with him. On most of these trips out into the district he would leave early in the morning, make several towns and come back that night

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 5 (V), 10/27/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, it was sheer nonsense. Anybody that read the Yalta agreements with any kind of sense of reality would realize that about all it really did was to confirm points of strength that the Soviet Union held and points of strength that we held. weren't very rational

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the byline that they read . F: B: Did you tend to travel separately or did you gang up? Some of us traveled separately, some traveled together . Most of the time Acheson of the Times Herald rode with me, I can't recall his first name . F: B: F: B: F: B

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

. carefully, and he hoisted aboard what he read. But when he read, he read So during the time that I was Deputy Director and principally since I've been Director, I saw to it that he got the right publications put in his night-time reading. I could tell

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