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Oral history transcript, Charles J. Zwick, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

director and the build-up was taking place, at that point we were having trouble with the totals. too large when you added them all up. The programs were There was still a great drive on the part of the President to continue new legislation, keep them

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason and Jeanne Deason, interview 6 (VI), 10/24/1985, by Lewis Gould (Item)

out of the Naval Personnel Department. WD: Burea u of Personnel. JD: And he was going to New York to be shipped overseas. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID

Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

believe, is suffering from a systemic sort of cancer, I think? N: Well, with the contaminant that's in Agent Orange, the dioxin that causes the trouble, it's not good at all, it's bad news. But I don't think that the problem is anything like it's exposed

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

for the Chicago Defender. I stayed here a few months and then in June of the same year, 1936, I went to Detroit to help establish and edit and publish the new newspaper called the Michigan Chronicle, which I still retain some proprietary interest in. From

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 23 (XXIII), 8/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Reedy -- XXIII -- 2 R: Oh, sure. It's rather strange. I've got to recapitulate the background here. One night Dave Broder, the Washington reporter for the Dallas News--I think you have
of producing a unanimous committee report; problems in the New England watch-making industry; Reedy's concern that committee staff were taking on investigations without appropriate jurisdiction or resources; problems with government bureaucracy; trying

Oral history transcript, Harold H. Saunders, interview 1 (I), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. So you had the full range of expertise and senior-cabinet-level thought that-- G: Did you sit on the new committee? S: I did sit in with them, and I must say that wherever the notes are from those discussions-and they are probably in some of my

Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

industry and the FPC as a dead letter. So when I got this invitation, I said to myself, that's one thing that won't be a dead letter when I get on board. I had no recommendation from any senator. In fact, I broke the news to both my senators, [Estes
, new technology, and the reduction of rates; FPC chairman Jerome Kuykendall; members of the FPC; Swidler's voting role as swing man and duties as chairman of the FPC as opposed to a commissioner; Swidler's goals as chairman; the benefits of the FPC

Oral history transcript, Roswell L. Gilpatric, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, 1982 INTERVIEWEE: ROSWELL GILPATRIC INTERVIEWER: Ted Gittinger PLACE: Mr. Gilpatric's office, Manhattan, New York Tape 1 of 1 TG: Mr. Gilpatric, can you recall the circumstances under which you were named to chair the task force on Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Ellsworth Bunker, interview 2 (II), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

this occasion? B: We did have some review meetings, yes. I don't think we had very many, but we did have a fairly comprehensive review of the situation at the time in regard both to the military and pacification situation. I reported, I think, that the new

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

, in its ever-loving wisdom, had eliminated the appropriation for the domestic division of D.W.I. because they were angry because of a field survey, \~ich was that the representatives were interposing themselves between news sources and the government

Oral history transcript, Phillip S. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

it?" There is the opportunity, you see, for the new administration to say yea or no or maybe or, I~e don't know at this point and we think, therefore, that you ought to advise the agencies that ahe administration has not yet formulated a position." M: I had occasion to read

Oral history transcript, Barnaby Conrad Keeney, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

on a political trip through New He had been somewhere just before, and he went somewhere And I met him at the airport, together with the Senators and Congressmen and the Governor and we had a calvacade, which was quite well known. This is the one that took him
House; dealt with Cater, McPherson or Middleton; Temple of Dendur; proposed Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars; some of best new members chosen by the President; most significant achievement was survival; controversial grants; successful programs

Oral history transcript, Leonard M. Elstad, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

brought a group of little handi- capped children down from New York City on a drive for funds so that he could start a school for these handicapped children. He would take them into the wealthy parts of the city, and he'd put on a little dance

Oral history transcript, Sanford L. Fox, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 3 is a new adventure. I think perhaps it's the fact of dealing with human beings

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 4/5/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

in the Dodge Hotel . was a vacancy there . that . He wanted to know if there He said, I'll move there . Started right off like Turned out Mrs . Garner had given him. a ticket too . Of course, she had given them to the new young employees . G: What part

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to widen his political spectrum and meet new young people to gain new allies, to add to his cadre of supporters in Houston. But I must say that I was not unattended by any doubts. B: You had some knowledge of Mr. Johnson before then? V: Yes, I had. My

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 10 (X), 10/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

inspiration for that letter. worth checking out. I'm not sure of that, but it's If you find the letter, I think the letter first appeared in the New York Herald Tribune. G: Was Johnson upset about the leak of it? R: Not really. He said that he

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Lewis -- I -- 2 president of the Young University of Wisconsin Roosevelt For President Club in 1940. Many of the young Progressives were also for the New Deal, and the Progressives split with Roosevelt on the war issue. In my senior year I was editor

Oral history transcript, Claiborne Pell, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to always be rather surprised in a state such as Rhode Island that I would have led the ticket rather than vice versa. M: As a member of the New Frontier, as it was called, of those people entering during this election, did this help in committee

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 30 (XXX), 11/4/1987, 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: One point on something we discussed yesterday: your continuing as national chairman. McGovern in his book
; the McGovern campaign's relationship with the DNC and its new chair, Jean Westwood; organized labor support for McGovern; a meeting of congressmen and senators to discuss Democratic discontent related to party reforms; attempts to increase congressional

Oral history transcript, Lowell K. Bridwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Citizen which is a Scripps-Howard newspaper . I successively went from the Columbus Citizen to the Scripps-Howard Bureau, which is a state capital news wire organization for the ; then,, three Scripps-Howard newspapers in Ohio plus two others in which

Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 2 (II), 3/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

to have it a viable, acceptable, legal entity, and for the first time in the history of the agency, we established a trustee ship . There were visits from delegations from Syracuse, and I remem ber very distinctly telling the new chairman

Oral history transcript, Donald F. Hornig, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

that I had a call from Santa Fe, New Mexico from Kistiakowsky, and Kistiakowsky said, "What the hell is going on down there? Everyone's mad that you said no. You are the first person that has said no." So I explained to him that his call had helped me

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 28 (XXVIII), 3/15/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

party was a big occasion. [It] always called for new and 2 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

Oral history transcript, Adrian S. Fisher, interview 2 (II), 11/7/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was always left sort of vague. Now this matter was studied and until quite late in the game, until some time in 1966, the U.S. drafts all had so-called European clauses in them, designed to make it possible for there to be a new state, a new non-state

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 4 (IV), 8/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. The context was different, and the whole thing had to be thought in new terms. DeVier kept saying to Udall that the President had reservations and had question marks. Stewart felt that Saturday the eighteenth had to be the day in which the announcement would

Oral history transcript, Sidney Dillon Ripley II, interview 1 (I), undated, by T.H. Baker (Item)

in January, 1963 when he came for the dedication of the new Museum of History and Technology of the Institution. I was then the elected Secretary, but didn't take my post until February. Mr. Johnson spoke at that speech about his personal interest

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 5 (V), 5/3/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Johnson, but she's from Chicago. My God, we have taken our best room; we've put in all new wallpaper, all new drapes, a new mattress, new everything, but Mrs. Johnson from Chicago is in there. Why didn't you tell me? give you as nice a room for Mrs

Oral history transcript, Helene Lindow Gordon, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. F: And wandered down to Washington at what late age in life? L: I was about seven or eight years old, I think. My father got a new job in Washington. F: Well, basically you are a Washingtonian, as far as you're concerned. L: I am

Oral history transcript, Hugh Sidey, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was when he was in the Senate back in the fifties. How close did you actually cover him personally during that period? S: That was a very close relation. I remember the first time I met him. I came down from New York here, and I was here in this bureau

Oral history transcript, Philip Lee, interview 2 (II), 1/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

for the three health agencies for which I have responsibility, what I would describe as briefing materials. This of course has been done in all of the departments. These materials were particularly developed for the new assistant secretary; LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was to illustrate the fact that Mr. Weisl, who is Johnson's long-time friend in New York and his lawyer, became his committeman in New York City. Yet he had met few members of the press. Mike O'Neill knew the President very well; if I gave the impresston otherwise

Oral history transcript, James Robinson, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

to New York to see, on his next trip, what he could do. And his notes indicate one or more houses said that's an interesting idea, yes, there's a market for that that would make us a little money. But several in a row rejected it on what I call

Oral history transcript, James A. Shannon, interview 1 (I), 4/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

which we can then go into some of the material. S: Okay. Well, I was born and brought up in New York City and spent the bulk of my time there, except when I was away at school, until about 1946. I graduated from the College of the Holy Cross

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 48 (XLVIII), 6/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

extending the executive order, or, as I said here, "presidential memo to the departments that would prohibit discrimination in all new housing, financed by any institution, supervised, regulated or insured by the federal government," which we figured would

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 52 (LII), 8/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

little success in doing anything about it. I think we talked about it in New Jersey; we tried to do something there to no avail. We also had going at the same--in these times--the labor part of it became very sensitive because we also had going

Oral history transcript, Henry M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] Jackson -- I -- 2 the fact that he came from Texas and was in the thirties, as I understand it, a New Dealer. And that liberal image in the eyes of Mr. Roosevelt gave
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Oral history transcript, Russell M. Brown, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

counties on the coast to make a new district, and Dick Kleberg ran and was elected . My best recollection is that he came to Congress January 1, 1933 . G: No, it was earlier than that . Lyndon Johnson went up there I guess the first time in December

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 6 (VI), 2/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEW VI DATE: February 11, 1986 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 4, Side 1 G: [Let me ask you about some] issues in 1963. O: Yes. First of all, [I'll try

Oral history transcript, Louise Hermey Stanford, interview 1 (I), 9/6/1989, by Sybil Jackson (Item)

a little bit about your background in civil rights, particularly how you became involved with SNCC [Student National (formerly Nonviolent) Coordinating Committee]. S: I was a college student at Drew University in New Jersey and was in the class of 1964

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