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Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 2 (II), 5/3/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and we drove the multicolored, multiracial, multinational subcommission by to see the Ku Klux Klan.And of course we even heard from this black comedian-- what's his name?--who is so bitter. G: Dick Gregory? A: Dick Gregory. We went down to the Butler

Oral history transcript, George D. Aiken, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

leadership, some of whom were critics of Mr. Johnson in the 1950's like National Chairman Paul Butler, for example, and others who were generally referred to as liberals, criticized Mr. Johnson by saying that he made government work by surrendering

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 8 (VIII), 4/2/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at that time so he landed out at National. And over the dissent of some senators and I don't know how many others, he [Johnson]--and I don't think he was invited even, to be there--but he showed up out at National Airport up at the Butler terminal

Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it. and so I did. He called Jack Butler, Jack wanted me to call him He talked for, I guess, 30 or 40 minutes. F: Actually you didn't cover him though. K: No, he was in Washington. F: Okay, you get him elected Senator. Now then, we know the general

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

this fall in here? R: Back early in the year '60, Paul Ziffren spoke to Walter Reuther about setting up a committee which would represent the liberal candidates, which would try to avoid trouble and differences that might make it possible for a conservative

Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Roosevelt. It was a reciprocal 'hypnosis. And this caused great difficulty, because the President was laterally educated, as most Edwardian gentlemen were. rounded man." He was what was called the "well- He was in Dr. Butler's words, "a gentleman should

Oral history transcript, James A. Farley, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for Vice President; 1960 campaign; 1940 election; motion for abrogation of 2/3s rule; contact with LBJ when he was Senate Majority Leader; Paul O’Dwyer and Allard Lowenstein; Dump Johnson movement; LBJ legislation proposed and enacted to help the people

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Thomas D. (Tom) Mills, interview 1 (I), 8/24/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

I was going to Butler University in Indianapolis, and they had an air force ROTC program. I decided I didn't want to go to college, and it was during the period where everybody was being drafted, and so I decided to enlist rather than be drafted

Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 2 (II), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the House Interior Committee; and John Saylor, the ranking.Republican on the Interior . .. . ' .· . . Committee; Miss Julia Butler Hanson, the chairman of the Appropria . ' tions Committee of the.Interior Committee; my wife and I

Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in the Pentagon was, I think, President Johnson's first approved appointment, alongside that of Paul Nitze as Secretary of the Navy . We both hold what must be unique commissions in the recent history of the United States, possibly in all its history, because

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 6 (VI), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. G: Lost by one vote I think, wasn't it? B: It was close, but we got beat. G: Really? B: No. And we never did get over it. We were never able to accomplish what we wanted. You've got to understand the Paul Butlers and the people like

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 25 (XXV), 1/2/1982-1/3/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Not precisely, but it seems to me that Paul Porter for a while was in the Surplus Commodities--was he, do you recall that? G: I don't know. J: Before he went to Greece as an ambassador. He was not a regular ambassador. He was kind of, "Let's work
. in 1950; socializing in Washington, D.C.; club memberships; Senator Joseph McCarthy asserting that he had a list of Communists in the State Department; Rayburn's opinion of McCarthy; Stuart Long; Paul Bolton; dinner at the Bob Kerrs' house and his

Oral history transcript, Margaret (Mrs. Jack) Carter, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. Rayburn frowned on it. It was not Mr. Rayburn, but Paul Butler who made the contact with us about this Democratic Advisory Council to the national chairman in Texas. But Mr. Butler assured us that he was working closely with Mr. Rayburn

Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Abell and Liz Carpenter and Paul Glynn, many others that were there. It was a warm and comfortable relationship. I was asked many times, did I not feel awkward in this situation? I must say that I really did not, I think simply because the period

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 26 (XXVI), 1/9/1982-1/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it that spring. We had Clare Boothe Luce to talk to us one Friday afternoon. Well, I can't remember at the moment who the other was. For Diana, I tried to look up some young folks. My friend Paul Porter, he and Bess, his wife, had two daughters. Betsy Goodlow

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

are going to be written in the record that the party makes in the Congress when you're out of power. And so Paul Butler came forward at the urging of many of these people with the Democratic Advisory Council. B: Was it his idea? H: I have no idea. I

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 3 (III), 4/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Newton Minow, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for Jack Kennedy to stop in Chicago to have a visit with Governor Stevenson. Jack Kennedy was on his way back from Oregon to Hyannis for a family birthday party. Bill and I picked Jack Kennedy up at the private airplane hangar of Butler Aviation

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 10 (X), 6/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was engaged in politics from the time I was sixteen--it was the national chairmanship. And I think without question it was because Farley was unique and I admired him from afar. And then I became acquainted with Paul Butler when he was chairman in a very

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

had been under attack by Paul Butler and the very liberal wing of the Democratic Party for not being partisan enough, being too pro-Eisenhower. So I figured that this was one way for him to show his power and to gather the votes to defeat Louis

Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

times I would be--many times Paul Glynn or Ken Gaddis would be in there arranging his clothes and sometimes the butler would have brought in his breakfast . But generally he'd be propped up with television sets going to see the early morning news

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Go down to Dick Russell's coming out here ." So I rushed down there and got two cases of Black Label, and I came back up and got one in the basement and a couple of bottles under the bar . The Senator came and told the butler--I can't think of who

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Winters -- IV -- 4 G: Okay. You remember when Paul Butler came to Texas that year to make a tour? He was a prominent liberal Democrat

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Democratic politicians in office in the country. I've forgotten all of the particulars, but Paul Butler was then the Democratic National Chairman, and created outside the Senate a Democratic advisory group, which got considerable support from senators

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 2 (II), 2/11/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Cross -- II -- 8 board of Capital National Bank, and I don't recall the other guests. Roy Butler

Oral history transcript, Claude J. Desautels, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, India Edwards, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

imagine so. After all, the only thing I saw of John was in the office when we both happened to be in the office. I know he was busy all the time, but I was the one who was going out to these, what I call, dog states. F: Well, now, Paul Butler

Oral history transcript, William S. White and June White, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think Paul Butler was chairman of the committee then. But Johnson and Rayburn were very indignant about that, because they didn't think that unelected people should speak for the Democratic Party. But Johnson's method of persuasion is sort of legendary

Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of Senate Democrats; John Sparkman; Paul Douglas; Paul Butler; Matt McCloskey; Americans for Democratic; Charlie Murphy; Albert and Mark Lasker Foundation; 750 Club; Ed Foley; Liz Carpenter; Ralph Hewitt; Bob Berry; Dave Lloyd; Jack Kennedy; Ted Sorenson

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, that was the occasion where Paul Douglas went over to walk the bill over and it was already gone by the time he got there. Do you recall any of these circumstances here? H: I wasn't there at the time. G: Really? H: I didn't get there until 1957. Before 1957 I

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 36 (XXXVI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

acquainted with him I just had a hand-inhand feeling for Willis Hurst, and it was a great gift from the Lord that he happened to be in that place at that time. He had trained under an extremely well-known doctor called White. M: Paul White? J: Yes, [he

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 40 (XL), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

beforehand to give it to the Metropolitan Museum. They didn't, however, remove it from the house at once; [it] took a while to get set up to display it properly. And there were still in the house some old retainers, butler, cook, two or three people, so I

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and how he would take them. I was just wondering if this had anything to do with seeing a colleague defeated by perhaps-J: I don't know. Well, of course I was up there at the time Maury got defeated in 1938 by Paul Kilday there. more about Maury's

Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

.) and former Senator Butler of Maryland . The Democratic members were Senator (Hubert) Humphrey (D-Minn .), Senator (John) Kennedy (D-Mass .), and Ted Sorensen was their counsel . At one point there was a roll call in the House and Mr . Hagan LBJ

Oral history transcript, Henriette Wyeth Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

, "Do this. Take off the glasses, I can't Do that. Father stand it," and all that. In the meantime the President had asked the colored butler, two of the gardeners who had just been employed, because [',Irs. Johnson had been discussing two men she

Oral history transcript, James L. Noel, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

into the practice of law. I was in charge of the oil and gas division; prior to that time, I had served in the lands division. I was in charge of oil and gas there for about six months; then I came to Houston and joined the law firm of Butler, Binion, Rice and Cook

Oral history transcript, Jacob Javits, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Court. I think one was HR 3; another one was the [John Marshall] Butler-[William] Jenner bill. Do you recall how you were able to turn those around? One of them had already passed. 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

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