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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 15 (XV), 11/20/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh O'Brien -- Interview XV -- 2 G: Did the book's publication exacerbate tensions between the Kennedy people and the Johnson

Oral history transcript, Chester Bowles, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. I said, "In Southeast Asia we need a policy as to where we're going . What are we there for? What are the conditions for us to leave?" I tried to get Kennedy to see this . I pointed out that in Korea we never knew what we wanted there . we
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, James Adler, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

as part of a grant to prepare a background paper for the Appalachian program, really growing out of ,President Kennedy's campaign and I think particularly his West Virginia experience. The Appalachian governors had come together with a proposal to have
Position in government during War on Poverty; Appalachian program; Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Sol M. Linowitz, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

after the Gridiron Club dinner. F: Do you remember what hotel? L: Yes, it was the Statler. Thereafter I had occasion to come down here from time to time on various committee assignments and President Kennedy had asked me to serve as Vice-Chairman
Meeting LBJ in 1963; Robert McNamara; Dean Rusk; David Bell; Ralph Dungan; James Farley; Alfred Gruenther; Eugene Black; John Gardner; General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs; James Perkins; Robert Kintner; Kennedy Center

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler and Charles K. Boatner, interview 4 (IV), 6/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: You mentioned that you were known as Lyndon Johnson's man in the Interior Department, and he had other people who were closely identified with him in other departments and agencies. How did this work? B: Well, he kept the Kennedy cabinet
LBJ's tour in Australia; kangaroos for the ranch; LBJ's decision to retain Kennedy cabinet; press leaks; opinions of Stuart Udall; appointment to the Department of the Interior; Rebekah Johnson's relationship with LBJ; Boatner's father's death

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

obviously. The reason I'm delving on this early period is that you were in a good position to have an impression at least of what the nature of the American commitment in Vietnam was during the latter two years of President Kennedy's tenure and, thus
Professional background; Jordan’s two trips to Vietnam; report that the North Vietnamese threat was serious; Kennedy’s 1961-1963 decision to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam; Jorden’s belief that Kennedy would have followed LBJ course in Vietnam

Oral history transcript, David Dellinger, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that John F. Kennedy, after the Bay of Pigs invasion--and I'm sure there was more to it than this--but where he felt that the United States had been disgraced because it had not used enough military power to win, John F. Kennedy decided to step up U.S

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

despite the President? W: Bailey never had the confidence of the President, I don't think; he was feared by the President as a Kennedy man, and also I think he was getting a little tired of it, and nobody was allowed to move without Johnson's direct
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to answer this, but given your Massachusetts background and your Texas connections, did you see anything during the Vice Presidential years or the time immediately after the assassination of the speculative or alleged rivalry between Johnson and Kennedy

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

in the lack of appropriations for their pet projects or the failure to support pet bills. So it's not unusual. But the papers and the columnists, particularly--those who have been So devoted to the Kennedy line--made it a point continually to hammer away

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 2 (II), 1/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to these men like Richard Boone, that they had been associated with the Kennedy undertaking and the Johnson poverty undertaking was not making use of them. I don't. know whether that was really purposeful or whether it was a correct evaluation. LBJ

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 3 (III), 1/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

and with his aide Neal Kennedy. Nick Katzenbach had to do that at the level of the Senator, and I worked with the Senator when he was working with Mr. Katzenbach. I went through an entire redraft of the bill with Neal Kennedy, with a group of persons

Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the first announcements President Kennedy made after held been elected to the presidency--and this is in December of 1960--was that he was going to make the Vice President the head of his space advisory council, or something of that kind. Well, when we read

Oral history transcript, Roman Pucinski, interview 1 (I), 12/29/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and see what America--we had a preview of what kind of America he wanted during those two years of a coalition-proof Congress. F: I always thought he made the utmost out of Kennedy's assassination. As far as all those things that had hung, he realized

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ic), 12/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was going to come from? R: Oh, rather obviously from--Gene McCarthy had already challenged him; very obviously Bobby Kennedy was sitting in the wings and waiting nervously to make an entrance. B: And you thought they or some combination thereof might

Oral history transcript, Sam Fore, Oliver Bruck, Dan Quill, & William S. White, group interview 2 (II), 1/20/1965, by Douglass Cater (Item)

a piece for the campaign. I remember very well there was a weekly newspaper editor by the name of Denver Chestnut -- very close friend of Lyndon's and mine. He lived at Kennedy. We just quit our offices and we went up there and spent two weeks campaigning

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

interpose some questions as it seems judicious. U: All right. The question of Indian policy was one I found one of the most frustrating issues of my Department. I made the rather foolish statement the day President Kennedy announced my appointment--he

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

, but comes later on in his life and I probably already have recited that in my White House things about after he--having taken over as President after the death of President [John F.] Kennedy--in August of 1964 was approaching the convention time. And he had
Democratic National Convention; the support of John Connally and the Wesley West family; early memories of John F. Kennedy; LBJ's senate majority leader office; committee to select the best senators throughout history; LBJ persuading Texas delegates to vote

Oral history transcript, William M. Capron, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Council--and my memory is not sharp enough on the exact timing and just who said what to whom at this point--was already, I know, in June talking about the need to think ahead to the legislative program that President Kennedy might introduce in 1964
Capron's work on the Council of Economic Advisers in 1963; research and plans to address poverty issues in the Kennedy Administration; Capron's involvement in a Saturday lunch group that studied poverty issues and developed related program ideas

Oral history transcript, Henry H. Fowler, interview 2 (II), 4/22/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

for the Presidential nomination. Also, it had been indicated to me, either by President Kennedy or Secretary Di110n--I've forgotten now which--that we in the Treasury Department should extend, make every effort to keep the Vice President informed as to significant

Oral history transcript, John L. Sweeney, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of the President's Appalachian Regional Commision. S: Yes, that's right. Frank Roosevelt was--the IT~in reason I went to work for Frank was because one of the assignments he had been given by President Kennedy was to be chairman of the Appalachian Regional

Oral history transcript, David Halberstam, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

an everwidening cone into Oklahoma and the Southwest. abiding fundamentalism. covert issue then. There's a deep and John Kennedy's religion was something of a I mean it was a burning brush fire among [what] I guess you would call the religious groups

Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Kennedy, Mr . Nixon, and Mr . Albert all in one little huddle . They were the only � � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral

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

was. I'm glad he did. We were over at Mr. Rayburn's--Ann and I --for dinner the night before he left for the convention in Los Angeles. Of course, that's what we were talking about, and there was a lot of talk about [John] Kennedy had it in the bag

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 28 (XXVIII), 9/24/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. The end result in pure political terms was to impose a defeat on Nixon. G: Also that year you had Chappaquiddick. What did that do to the Democratic Party? O: I had no personal involvement at all in Chappaquiddick. G: Did the Kennedy people seek your
was able to purchase television time and allow Edmund Muskie to speak; 1970 election results nationwide; the Chappaquiddick incident involving Edward Kennedy; a February 1971 meeting between O'Brien, Carl Albert, Mike Mansfield, and potential 1972 potential

Oral history transcript, Ernest Gruening, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. F: You were just about the first senator to go on record. G: I was the first. My first attack was in October of 1963 when I criticized Jack Kennedy for sending so-called advisers down there, who were not advisers at all

Oral history transcript, Ben W. Heineman, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

President Johnson and Willard Wirtz regarding the violence down at Cape Kennedy, and the fact that there had been dynamite blasts against a train. I don't know--this may be no more than a LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Kennedy regarding my relationship with President Kennedy during the time that he was president and also the one or two contacts I had with him during his campaign for the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon

Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside, interview 2 (II), 8/6/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

name. We were talking about the fight between he and Babe [Mylton] Kennedy. That all stemmed from a very small item, due to the fact that Babe Kennedy was very jealous of his job as the head of the Star and Lyndon was trying to root him out
Student activity fund; Gaillardian; LBJ and Mylton Kennedy; Mary Brogdon; Whiteside’s letter about postmastership; repercussions from Whiteside’s role in Lyndon Johnson Day at Southwest Texas.

Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the Eisenhower Administration in 1953 as you suggest, I've served under three Presidents, as you indicate: Johnson. President Eisenhower, President Kennedy and President So from a practical sense it is a non-political or non-partisan appointment. B: Do you

Oral history transcript, Nelson M. Bortz, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

in, then to be followed with Secretary Wirtz . And I continued as deputy to--well, Jim Reynolds was the man who became the Assistant Secretary under the Goldberg-Kennedy Administration . So I was his deputy until 1964 and one of the finest, most considerate men

Oral history transcript, Raymond E. Buck, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the vice presidential B: No, I wasn't . M: You thought he might do that? B: Yes, I thought he might do it . position? I didn't think that Kennedy would offer it to him, but I thought he might take it if it was offered . M: Why do you think he

Oral history transcript, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the parents were in Texas at the time of President Kennedy's assassination. Lynda was in Austin at the University, but Luci was--I was out at the Elms with Luci. And that afternoon I went by the school to pick her up to take her home. That is one of my

Oral history transcript, Loyd Hackler, interview 2 (II), 6/2/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

might re-enter? That with all that had gone on with the Kennedy assassination, for example, the troubles in Chicago, and so forth, do you happen to know whether or not he ever waivered, whether there was a possibility that he might have come back? H

Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to assess, or to make a comparison perhaps, between the way Mr. Johnson has operated in the realm of foreign affairs vis-a-vis the State Department as compared to President Eisenhower and/or President Kennedy? Ma: Yes, I think so. It probably would have

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 29 (XXIX), 11/3/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the first step, to stop Kennedy. If they could stop McGovern, then they'd see what would happen. In the case of Kennedy and the case of McGovern, the end result reflected the intensity of the effort that had been expended over a period of a couple of years

Oral history transcript, Henry Bellmon, interview 1 (I), 4/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

picked up--but in Okla homa the big difference between Nixon and Kennedy, I think, was a difference of region . Mr . Kennedy spoke with a New England accent ; he always said "Oklahomer," which offended our people, [and he] was looked upon as kind

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

with Lyndon Johnson. I did have considerable contact with Jack Kennedy, because he, too, was a veteran and that was indirectly a relation to Lyndon Johnson. I had no direct contact. G: You came back to Congress as a senator in 1957. J: Right. G

Oral history transcript, Tom C. Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

favoritism for Ramsey than he did for Mimi. F: Did Vice President Johnson confer with you regarding the appointment of Ramsey as Assistant Attorney General? C: Yes, I asked him to speak to President Kennedy. F: What about his elevation to the Attorney

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

police units going down to Selma. I think Johnson learned from the 1963 march on Washington that he had to act more boldly than Kennedy had, in certain respects. When they had the 1963 march on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, which is really one

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