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Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 4 (IV), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , but I think I worked with seven different directors of information or ministers of information, depending on the title of the department in that particular government. A couple of those had been educated in the United States. Nguyen Ngoc Linh had been
Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 3 (III), 5/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Services and Mental Health Administration which is within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. Dr. English was the assistant director of the Office of Economic Opportunity in charge of their neighborhood health center and health services 4
Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 4 (IV), 1/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • as in the veterans' task force situation. Each is approaching the problem of human rights from his own viewpoint more or less, and the viewpoint of his department, although he has an overall interest. The State Department will be saying, "Well, now we really must
Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton, interview 1 (I), 4/6/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • not be able to continue his studies without employment. job in the news department at KTBC. He was given a He was a most satisfactory employee-- so much so that the then manager, who is the present manager in this year of 1969. J. C. Kellam, aided him
Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh B: I might add for the record, that was before Bishop Pike became Bishop Pike. G: That was before he became Bishop, right. And then Office of Alien Property in the Department of Justice; then setting up the War Claims Commission
Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . That's broken down so that it has a Subcommittee on each one of the twelve departments, and then one on foreign aid. believe they have one on Supplemental Bills. And then, I also But 14 different subcom- mittees and they're the ones that hear
Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 2 (II), 09/10/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , anyway, that's how that came about. I might add in line with that, this is not very consequential in the history of man's affairs, but the four-year term began, I think, December 31, 1966, and in the course of events my four years ran out. Now it had been
Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in political affairs came into focus in November 1928, when I was living in this small town in LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] Fayette County. Al Smith
Oral history transcript, Daniel J. Quill, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
  • continue working with him on some of these things. In connection with that work, we’ve been told, as virtually the Congressman, Mr. Johnson was especially interested in agricultural problems in veterans’ affairs. Does that check with your impression? LBJ
Oral history transcript, Wallace Terry, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • minutes, when in came President Johnson and his entourage. He would be the main guest, as he always is at these affairs. And I stood there waiting to say hello to him, and Kay Graham--and of course he embraced Kay Graham; it was Kay Graham’s husband
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 5 (V), 8/12/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in the Justice Department. Do you know why he wanted Don Cook to be there in the Justice Department? J: No, other than he had a great admiration for Don Cook, his ability. I don't know for sure where he met Don Cook; I met Don Cook in 1945 when I came back
Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Giaimo, whom I know quite well, and I had an appointment with Bailey. A phone call came during that appointment and Wayne Phillips, who was a public affairs man for the department and was shepherding me, came into the Giaimo meeting and said
  • Department of Housing, Education, and Welfare
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 19 (XIX), 2/6-7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • abortive attempt--was it in 1948? G: Yes, to run for president. J: To run. I don't remember. G: President Johnson did a good deal of work on the Naval Affairs Committee during this year. J: Oh, yes. Naval Affairs all during his House service
  • on the Naval Affairs Committee; LBJ's interest in defense and the military; constituents staying in the Johnsons' home in Washington, D.C.; Lynda Bird Johnson's first birthday; African-American employees; LBJ's career aspirations; Bill Deason's marriage; FDR's
Oral history transcript, Gene Latimer, interview 2 (II), 10/5/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ]. It was a big banquet deal. He hap- pened to be the teacher of this debate team instead of the prime mover of the whole affair. G: He invited Pat Neff to that, I understand. Do you remember that? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • the information got back to us immediately.Ordinarily in matters like that, the Justice Department is the primary source of information and gets it through United States 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
  • riots; Newark situation; contingency plans; Washington riots; Poor People’s Sit In in Lafayette Park; Resurrection City; fair housing law; liaison between LBJ and the Justice Department; textile workers union and J.P. Stephens; civil liberties; Ramsey
Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • as a general assignment reporter for about six months till the end of 1963, then went to Newsweek in early 1964, spent three years there as an associate editor largely in charge of the radio and television departments, otherwise just "swing writing
  • ; department's speech drafts; review of speeches; "Rose Garden rubbish;" LBJ's sensitivity to press reaction to speeches' LBJ's relationship with the press; joke specialist on staff; LBJ as am accomplished storyteller and raconteur; LBJ's speech referring to his
Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 4 (IV), 7/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • lightly organized, with strength in certain plaees, like TVA, certain parts of the Interior Department, some elements of the Veterans Administration. With the presence of several large industrial-type unions, one of them the AFGE--the American Federation
Oral history transcript, Jerre Williams, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • how he was a lot. less a spendthrift than most people. We went out at his invitation, my guess is, arranged by Horace Busby, to consult with him on foreign affairs. We got very little talking about foreign affairs done because he was all wound up
  • budget; problems with Ed Morgan; internal operation of the Council; a dispute between the FAA and the Transportation Department over disciplining pilots; "selective certification;" the John Macy operation compared to the RMN personnel program; Dick van
Oral history transcript, Joseph Bruno, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • ; then they read the letters over. And some letters, of course, are generally critical, some are generally favorable letters--these go to a certain department. There are letters that deal with foreign affairs that are handled by another man and his staff
Oral history transcript, Russell M. Brown, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • situation . He said, "Just think, at this time in life I've got four boys in college at the same time ." With all the busi­ ness affairs in a turmoil during the Depression, I decided that I ought to do this law school thing myself . When I came to town
Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 2 (II), 5/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh CHARLES BOATNER (Tape #2) JOE B. FRANTZ 1969 This is the second interview with Charles Boatner in his office in the Department of Interior Building in Washington on May 21, 1969 . The interviewer is Joe B . Frantz . Charlie
Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • millions of dollars to the Post Office Department for the below cost operations. It includes your villages, it includes your rural routes, and it includes delivery of your publications. They're subsidized, you see. These big magazines that yell
Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of a sort of get-together among the liberal and young New Dealers, I gather. P: Oh yes, there was a very congenial group, plus a very volatile group. It was a controversial group, and I sometimes said that with the group over at the Department
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 8 (VIII), 4/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and procedures. Otherwise they wouldn't be in these roles at their respective departments and agencies. Some of them, however, were better technicians than others. There were those who, while they would be extremely knowledgeable regarding the substance
  • Assessing the work of congressional liaison staff from various departments; the importance of department and agency heads in promoting the president's programs; the importance of congressional liaison work; Nicholas Katzenbach of the Justice
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • -·e_c_t~--~--~---~--U_.__T._O_ra_l__ Accession Record Number ~------A_C_l_7_-~1_3_8__~----------~General topic of interview: Discusses his role as General Counsel and Special Assistant for Civil Functions, Department of the Army. Date Length Tape #1 Jan
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 2 (II), 2/25/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • Gardner, and had to do with some veteran's affairs. Do you recall anything about that? Apparently you had written-- W: That name, Clyde Gardner, sounds familiar to me. G: Apparently you had written LBJ trying to get him to intercede on a case that Mr
Oral history transcript, Leverett Saltonstall, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • years, first on the Naval Affairs Committee and then it became the Armed Services Committee. I served also on the Appropriations Committee and I think Senator, or President, Johnson was a member of the Appropriations Committee for one or two years
Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • been done before . There was a coordinated effort to deal with some of these same issues and same problems under the Eisenhower Administration, but it was sort of an ad hoc affair that when the budget had to be formulated, they met ; when
Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton and Dolly Bolton, interview 2 (II), 4/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • what Johnson's personal position was, but the position of KTBC's news department was I'm afraid a little biased in favor of Rainey, not the political campaign, but all the other stuff leading up to the political campaign . Were there any particular
Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 2 (II), 6/1/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • you find the country team state of affairs? T: Well, I found it was doing very well indeed, just as I expected. spent, I think, only a day and a half, something like that. I I LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
  • Biographical information; 1957 trip to Vietnam; General Sam Williams; Edward Lansdale; Taylor-Rostow report; intelligence; Lionel McGarr; coordination; Diem coup; Harkins and Lodge; KATUSAs; Westmoreland; State Department; bombing campaign; Taylor’s
Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to go home and get in bed and go to sleep. I know I've got to go home and shave and go to mass." He was a very devout Catholic, very active in Catholic affairs there. The two, Lady of the Lake and what was the other famous girlsl school down in San
Oral history transcript, Rufus Phillips, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • been on Taiwan and who had been largely responsible for the success of the veterans' program in Taiwan. G: Was that part of AID? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
  • Vann; Wilfred Burchett; LBJ and advice on foreign affairs; 1966 elections in Vietnam; poor organization in American military in Vietnam; Francis 'Ted' Serong; the Tet offensive; 3/31/68 speech; El Salvador in 1982.
Oral history transcript, George P. Miller, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in with us in the 79th Congress. He had been in Congress before and had served on the old Naval Affairs Committee under Carl Vinson. So the moment Havenner said he wanted to go back, Vinson welcomed him with open. arms; nobody tried to override Carl
Oral history transcript, Jonathan F. Ladd, interview 2 (II), 9/25/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • guess the Ho Chi Minh Trail was pretty much an improved-- L: Road, by that time. G: --system, by that time. Yes. I think we talked a little bit about how you came back and retired and eventually went into the State Department, but I don't think we
Oral history transcript, Charles A. Halleck, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • INTERVIEWER: T. Harrison Baker September 19, 1968 B: If we could start with just the chronology, which goes back to the '30s. You were in Congress, a two-year veteran when Mr. Johnson arrived. H: He was here with Dick Kleberg, wasn't he, as secretary
Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • city, New York was Rome; everybody went up there for the But in any event, Premier Clemenceau had asked President Wil son how the United States government worked. extremely complicated affair." He sai d, II It I S an President Wilson said, liMy
Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh December 17, 1968 F: This is an interview with Mr. Charles K . Boatner, the Director of Press Information for the Department of Interior, in his office in Washington, December 17, 1968
Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was involved in. He was then on the House Naval Affairs Committee, studying at the knee of Uncle Carl Vinson, the chairman. At that point I believe he had been out in the Pacific and come back. But [thi s was] my fi rst experi ence of hi s persuas i ve abil
Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • : That's interesting, but what about these cases you hear about: nothing, the veteran is normal in all respects until weeks or months after he gets back and then he has-- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • Bragg, I think. They sent them in. It was wild, a wild affair. Nine scared little black people they were trying to get into school, and there was a bunch of mainly--well, they were out-of-town people that were squawking about that, and the Little Rock