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- . Of course, he was annoyed very much by Senator [Joseph] Clark of Pennsylvania. He also greatly admired Senator [Harry] Byrd [Sr.] of Virginia despite the fact that Byrd and he were often on opposite sides. Clark and Gore-- what he called the liberals
- , Mr. Joseph Dodge, whom I had known at the Pentagon through his assistance to the Army in connection with the Japanese and Korean financial matters. As a result of that, we had been professionally associated. He called me, asked me to come over
- up my wife and children and drive them cross-country to bring them back to Washington. When we were going through the city of Rapid City, South Dakota, Thursday, the 24th of August, and we stopped at a signal on St. Joseph Street. M: You must have
- was Joseph W . Bailey, who, by the way, President Johnson was very interested in and President Johnson's father was very interested in, if I have heard it related correctly . I remember in 1'920 when Joseph W . Bailey ran for governor after having left
- approaching different campaigns for me to participate, but anything I did to more or less clear or discuss with a man named Robert L. Clark. Robert Clark was a brother of Justice Tom Clark. Robert Clark had been an attorney in Dallas for many years
- to the University of Texas and did my undergraduate work, and my lau degree from the University of Texas. Upon graduation I went to Washington and served for a year as law clerk on the U.S. Supreme Court to Mr. Justice Tom Clark. F: Had you knmvu him previously
- Working for U.S. Justice Tom Clark; working for Governor John Connally; increasing the pension for widows of Supreme Court Justices; Ralph Yarborough; Congressional delegation luncheons; pre-presidential interaction with LBJ; JFK’s assassination
- relationship with Attorney General Clark and Fred Vinson. We had occasion to work with them a good deal during the Poor People's Campaign, and during the demonstrations of one kind or another in many tense situations. Because the attorney general
- Califano, to get me to accept the city council chairmanship, from Ramsey Clark. I counseled with him and with Barefoot Sanders and said, "Look, I've done my duty here. think it's the right move." I'm a lawyer. I just don't I particularly thought
- with my appointment were with the Attorney Genera 1 \vho telephoned ne perhaps as much as a month before the fifteenth of June and there began a series of conversations between us. B: Sir, the Attorney General called--this was Ramsey Clark at this time
- , along with others who then came to assist me. I recall that Ramsey Clark, assistant attorney general, Lands Division, joined me in maintaining the communications. We had an open line with Lou Oberdorfer, assistant attorney general in charge at the Tax
- , Ramsey Clark? R: I don't think you could separate them. I think Ramsey Clark had instructions from Johnson as to how he was to behave, and I think that this was not difficult for Ramsey Clark to do because he wanted to behave. B: Then there's
- to go over and have a casual luncheon with him. I was over there after the Vietnam thing. with General [Bruce] Clark. I went over to Vietnam And Ted Connell, who sort of acted as a self-appointed sergeant major to Johnson all the time, in any event
- else besides Abe And of course I was very, very, very fond of Mr. Fortas. Fortas? R: I would doubt it, because of his confidence and fondness for Abe Fortas. Now if he did, I would think Clark Clifford, maybe Jim Rowe would know. G: How
- that I have the greatest regard and respect for Clark Clifford. I like Tim [Townsend] Hoopes very much. I regard both of them as friends s I think they regard me as a friend. So what I'm saying has no personal overtones whatever and is not intended
- ://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 j ~. .~ 26 being mnde. The Attorney General, Ramsey Clark, for exanple
- impatience; MLK and Resurrection City; Ramsey Clark and his relationship with LBJ; wire-tapping; J. Edgar Hoover; Robert Kennedy’s assassination; getting Secret Service protection for Presidential candidates; the Commission on Violence; Lloyd Cutler
- ; the Pueblo incident; Robert McNamara and Clark Clifford; LBJ’s estimation of the enemy’s thinking; Tet offensive; the San Antonio formula; LBJ not running for re-election; LBJ’s lack of involvement in the 1968 convention; General William Westmoreland
- called spe- cial counsel to the President, the first person really to hold that job actually was back in FDR's days I guess, when Ben Cohen was in that job. But then it took on a little different flavor when President Truman came into office and Clark
- the attorney general. I think Ramsey Clark was attorney general at the time. F: Yes. S: I think that I had him on the phone, oh, I would say, within five minutes time. was granted. F: No problems at all. There were no delays. The request Everything
- . This, then, called us to the attention of many of the groups that were working in this field, including some that were close to Secretary Ickes, who had set up a racial advisory office under Clark Foreman--a white Georgian but had worked with the Roosevelt-F
- meeting would consist of Nick Katzenbach, Jim Vorenberg, Joe Califano, Harry McPherson--two gentlemen of the White House staff; often the then Deputy Attorney General, who soon became Attorney General, Mr. Clark, and myself. And that was the nucleus
- Relations Service has been available at times. helpful. I can't recall the specific instances, but it has been very And of course at the time of the King funeral I was in daily telephone conversation with the Attorney General Clark, and he offered me
- and former presi dent of the State Bar of Texas, and I guess one of the outstanding people in the legal field in Texas, perhaps the nation--a partner in one of the leading law firms in Houston ; the ex-Ambassador to Australia, Edward Clark ; Mr . Will Wilson
Oral history transcript, George L.P. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- endorsement in Missouri. Yes. Although Senator Symington had been one of President Truman's favorites, he and Clark Clifford, both about the same age, very handsome, both tall blondes, had served in President Truman's administration and were ve~J close
- in the House perhaps except in the days of the caucus, in the Wilson days of Clark and Underwood . And we've only been precise on the number once, and that involved four switches, two each way . That was on that Rules fight in 1961, and that was probably
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 2 (II), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
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- , unfortunately. That still pertains today. F: Did they get past the Attorney General's screenings, or did they ever get that far? A: They got that far, but it gets a little mushy there as to how it just died. F: I was thinking both Katzenbach and Clark
- of the Johnson family while you were there? T: I believe that the Clark Cliffords carne to call some time during the holiday; and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Porter. out, because the staff ~vas Then also a number of the staff members came always family
- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh WICKER -- I -- 17 you put a \'/hole bunch of people like Joe Clark in there, it wouldn't have any weight. F: But Arthur Watkins was almost as unassailable as church. W. Exactly my point. And I believe that the political
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
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- Ramsey [Clark] and I don't know, but it was the Justice Department. ment of a black judge in the South. It was the appoint- We had a person highly qualified, and they brought up the old saw of IRS investigation, which was just utter nonsense. But it's
Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- Komer summarizing the contents and saying, "It's mostly a lot of flowery garbage." What he had done is sent it around to his kitchen cabinet. He sent it to Abe Fortas; he sent it to Clark Clifford; he sent it to Dean Acheson; I forget who the others
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
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- in November of 1955? H: Well, I can answer that specifically. In 1950 I was with Headquarters Army Field Forces at Fort Monroe, Virginia, as deputy G-3. manding general was General Mark Clark. The com- A most outstanding officer. I went to Korea from
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- : Do you recall who some of his early associates and advisers were during this period? J: Yes. I recall some. I can't tell you how much of this is hearsay or how much this comes from later knowledge, but he had Ed Clark . here who has been