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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 26 (XXVI), 1/9/1982-1/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a hotel room when they were in town and when the American Association of Newspaper Editors was there, followed by the Associated Press gathering. Of course, since those days, conventions have proliferated, but the two months of April and May were certainly
Oral history transcript, Toinette Bachelder, interview 1 (I), 2/11/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • knew best, because of our early association, and he was a hard worker. dent. He worked from the time he awoke; like any other Presi- When they wake up, the first thing they get is the newspaper or the dispatches. They can't even have breakfast like
Oral history transcript, Adrian S. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • a close friend and associate of then Congressman Johnson, you see. M: And remained so? F: And remained so until this day. We had lunch there with Francis Biddle, and we were all sort of getting together and breaking up, really. I then saw him next about
  • Roosevelt Association; counsel for Washington Post; Phil Graham; Jerry Siegel; John McCloy; Edmund A. Gullion; Herbert Humphrey; Jerome B. Wiesner; Arthur Dean; Arthur Schlesinger; McGeorge Bundy; ACDA; Alvin Wirtz; Moscow trip; test ban treaty; American
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 11 (XI), 7/24/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of assignment, appointments secretary. The nature of the assignment called for you to be at the right hand of the president every day. With me, obviously I was in the White House because of a long association I had with Jack Kennedy. So Ken and I discussed
  • with Powers, O'Donnell, and O'Brien and their career plans after leaving the White House; opposition to Medicare, especially from the American Medical Association (AMA); how the public mindset has changed regarding Social Security and Medicare; the Bob Kerr
Oral history transcript, Phillip S. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • of associating myself still wi. th the Johnson Administration. This administration is probably going to end up doing the same thing, simply because it has to, and will pay the price for it. M: When you say a political price, what do you mean? H: Oh
Oral history transcript, Courtney A. Evans, interview 1 (I), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • such as the National Association of Governors. I didn't know Mr. Johnson personally or well, however. B: Another area that really is somewhat touchy because it's largely personal and subjective, there was some indication that, after Mr. Johnson became President
Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • a delightful time with her and the women newspaper reporters from the White House that she was entertaining on a trip in her final days in the White House. B: Did you or anyone else in your office brief Mr. Johnson before the various missions last fall? P
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • a policy of trying to get the strongest possible government after Diem, and to rebuild and intensify the various efforts of Pacification, political reinforcement, military advice, and all the rest, which were associated with the policies of 1962 and 1963
Oral history transcript, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • : Can you tell me about the circumstances of this appointment? H: This was a strange one, too, because I saw the speculation in the newspaper about who was to be appointed. I must honestly say that I was sort of relieved--which is sort of a self
Oral history transcript, Jonathan Daniels, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in 1945 the acting Illiite House press secretary. D: That's right. F: Now then, as a veteran newspaper man and son of a newspaperman and a man in and out of Washington all your life, I'd be very interested in your commenting on press secretaries during
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , but it was very clear to me that both of them were anxious to have Sarah Hughes have that nomination. This was a particularly difficult one to get President Kennedy to approve for the peculiar reason of age. The American Bar Association was not willing to approve
Oral history transcript, Vann Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 11/xx/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • Service at Austin and a correspondent for a large number of newspapers. Is that correct? K: Yes. B: During that period back in the 19305 a man named Jimmie Allred was elected governor. I believe that you and I thought a lot of Mr. Allred, did we
Oral history transcript, Gene Latimer, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • air calls the roll and welcomes us. He is Lyndon B. Johnson, the future 36th President of the United States. I will be closely associated with him on part of his climb upward, at least until this day in August 1971, and he will be the best friend I
Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , 1981 INTERVIEWEE: RICHARD HELMS INTERVIEWER: ' TED GITTINGER PLACE: Ambassador Helms' office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: Mr. Ambassador, if it's all right, we'll start. H: Okay. G: How far back does your association with the CIA go? H
Oral history transcript, Raymond E. Buck, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • sir, and it became a link in the chain which was later to be American Airlines, formerly named American Airways . M: And you've been associated then with American Airlines? B: I've been associate general counsel to American Airways and American
Oral history transcript, Elaine Fischesser and Ellen Taylor Cooper, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1967, by Douglass Cater (Item)
  • old enough to read poetry, with Aunt Ethie. MR. CATER: Do you rem~er any close friends or associates she had besides her relatives there in Alabama? • . I MRS. FISCHESSER: I do not know of any in Alabama. All I know were distantly related. She
Oral history transcript, John E. Babcock, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was looking for the first good job I could find, and so I had applications out both in the newspaper area and in the government area. I had no luck in 1934, so I went back and spent some more time at U.T. on government work, but did find a part-time job
  • Biographical information; coverage of creation of LCRA in 1934; Alvin Wirtz; opposition to Wirtz and Buchanan forces in the legislature; water rights issues; public power; first association with and impressions of LBJ during the NYA period; Mrs
Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • with me as I finish out my role as secretary in helping me to reorganize the work of the Department. But as a Southerner too, and as a man who came up in the newspaper field, he brought me into association with a great many other kinds of people, some from
Oral history transcript, Edgar Cahn and Jean Camper Cahn, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , amongst other things, to begin putting together a review of all federal programs that impacted on juvenile delinquency and to do some of the speech writing that was involved for different persons associated with the program. The Ford Foundation was very
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • at that point, working with Mac Bundy, and he called me over a few days after I joinej the government just to talk. So that was the first time I met him. M: Turned out to be a rather close association, didn't it, as time went by? J: Very. M: Quite
Oral history transcript, Estelle Harbin, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , a Mrs. George, and Bob handled the publicity, newspaper stuff. He had come from San Angelo and the Harte newspapers. Lyndon and I did all the physical work in the office. Mr. Kleberg never came to the office in the morning, but came to the Capitol
Oral history transcript, Rodney Borum, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • strongly associated with one element as opposed to the other? B: That is correct . I might add, one problem that could arise here--now I'm not saying this would be too formidable, is making sure that there would be one place in the department
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • make this arrangement possible. I suggested at that time that we form a non-profit corporation, as we have in the case of other national parks. I wrote a memo that went to Mrs. Kennedy from the Associate Director of the Park Service proposing
Oral history transcript, Cartha D. (Deke) DeLoach, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : CARTHA D. DELOACH INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. DeLoach's office, Hilton Head, South Carolina Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: Let's start with your initial association with President Johnson. Was that while he was in the Senate? D: Yes
Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • in the newspaper business, magazine business, World War II service in the Air Corps, and, after the war, your own public relations firm. When in this process did you first meet Mr. Johnson? M: I saw him when he was running for the Senate in 1948. I did
Oral history transcript, William D. Carey, interview 2 (II), 1/16/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • it on the wing, and to that extent it threw us out of gear. But, on the other hand, I think the task force process was a plus for the Budget Bureau in that the White House could not possibly have staffed out these forty or fifty creative enterprises without
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • trip to Asia. But he didn't want to get associated with a loser. Now, that reputation went out everywhere--that Lyndon wouldn't fight and take a licking, under no circumstances would he risk a licking. And that hurt him in a great many places. Then he
Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 4 (IV), 3/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of more federal governmental involvement in their business. They believe that with the free enterprise system that it is their responsibility to see to it that there's enough power to go around and that it's reliable. I think that's probably right
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 6 (VI), 5/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • is associated"--the Great Society, let's say--"he attained great eminence as an opponent before he attained even greater eminence as their advocate." Johnson was not the supporter of Medicare in 1960 that he was in 1965. He wasn't the supporter of major
Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • ? M: t·e~, and for about ten months in Europe. G: With what newspapers were you associated? M: Well, I worked in Washington ·for a bureau called Western Reporters that represented a number of western newspapers. I W8.$ . Then I went
Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • primarily rather than official. K: It was truly social. the years. So that our relationship really grew stronger over Of course, knew him reasonably well at the time he ran for vice president because of the necessary association that had
Oral history transcript, Eugenia Boehringer Lasseter, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Lasseter -- I -- 4 G: In childhood. L: No. G: When did you begin to become closely associated with her? L: Well, I don't know
  • Biographical information; association with Lady Bird; life and activities in Austin in the 1930s; the University of Texas; the Johnson courtship and marriage
Oral history transcript, Donald F. Hornig, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • to Brown University as an assistant professor. That was in '46. From there on, it's the fairly usual kind of story. M: At Brown, according to the information I have, you went from an assistant professor to associate, to full professor. H: I
Oral history transcript, R. Conrad Cooper, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • to confer with them any more than we were with our executive associates. We were the representatives, not the principals. Well, we were talking. I don't want to spend a lot of time on things that don't run directly to the inquiry. President. They run
Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Frantz -- I -- 2 speaker. We'd had educators, and we were going to have newspaper publishers and so on, but we'd never had Mr. Johnson in any of his
Oral history transcript, James A. Elkins, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • recall precisely what you did? E: It was purely on the local level, on the Houston area level. M: You would talk to your business associates then? E: That's right. Contact people; send out cards, postcards, the old campaign technique, sign
Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 2 (II), 11/13/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • at a very delicate stage in our association just at that time on settling the claims, and the State Department--I speak of "the" Department as if it were an anonymous entity--which you do, you know, when you are in it--but actually by that time I really
Oral history transcript, LeRoy Collins, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , 1972 INTERVIEWEE: LeROY COLLINS INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Collins· office in Tallahassee, Florida Tape 1 of 1 F: Governor, when did you first get any sort of an association with Lyndon Johnson? I know with your interests in things
Oral history transcript, Joseph Palmer II, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • me over. I He talked to me about his great I think he was already aware of my background-- well aware of it as a matter of fact. As I think you're aware, I've been associated with the Continent for--well, let's see, I went out in 1941, twenty
Oral history transcript, Patricia Roberts Harris, interview 1 (I), 5/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • , and comments in letters and newspapers and that sort of thing. But how or why I particularly came to his attention, I do not know. Incidentally, in this chronology I failed to note one of the more interesting experiences of my association with the President