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Oral history transcript, Robert M. White, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • in the Department of Commerce, revised in the White House before going down, of course, and we took this to be the general intentions of the President in regard to this new organization. M: Where did the inititative for the reorganization originate? W: It's hard
Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • the alter- nate elementary government section with Hubert Humphrey, he was the section man. I had not been in touch with Humphrey, however, at the time of my appointment. He and I had chatted briefly when he visited New Haven in the 1964 campaign
Oral history transcript, Laurance Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 5 August 1969 F: This is an interview with Mr. Laurance Rockefeller and Mr. Henry Diamond in Mr. Rockefeller's office in New York on August 5, 1969; the interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. Mr. Rockefeller, very briefly tell us how
Oral history transcript, Edgar Cahn and Jean Camper Cahn, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that subsequently took place between the Ford Foundation, Mayor [Richard] Lee's administration in New Haven, and the federal government. [Those negotiations] led ultimately to the designation of New Haven as an appropriate site for both Ford and the federal
Oral history transcript, William J. Hopkins, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . With the death of President Kennedy, there was an under- standing that President Kennedy's files would be kept at the White House for a while, so they would be available to the new administration. On instructions from Mro Bundy, as I recall, we made arrange
Oral history transcript, Warren Magnuson, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the New Orleans, a cruiser, which I was going to go to anyway to take active duty, and Lyndon to report to CINCPAC command. So when we got out to Pearl Harbor here was Nimitz, who was CINCPAC. Because the New Orleans got hit he finally let me go aboard
Oral history transcript, A. Phillip Randolph, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • INTERVIEWER: THOMAS H. BAKER Mr. Randolph's office, 217 West 125 Street, New York, October 29, 1968 B: This is the interview with A. Philip Randolph, International President of the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters. Do you recall when you first met Mr
Oral history transcript, Howard Bertsch, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • was in my home town, served on the staff at the state college there for a couple of years, then in 1934, when the New Deal's programs came along and the professional staffing for them was, let us say, in short supply, I went to work as field officer
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of the witnesses were forced to espouse the Administration's position when they really didn't want to. F: To move ahead, you were quite active in New York politics, most particularly in city politics in New York, in the early 1960 ' s. Did Mr. Johnson as either
  • and 1964 campaigns; New Yorkers’ feelings about LBJ; Jack English; RFK’s Senatorial campaign in New York; effect of William Miller on Republican ticket; duties as Lands and Natural Resources Division of the Justice Department; proposals for Indian problems
Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 9 (IX), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , and the role of the cities became considerably different. Today we have, for instance, in the New York metropolitan area, as the most clear-cut example, situations where New York and Connecticut and New Jersey simply cannot act independently of each other
  • of Businessmen (NAB) and compensation of its members; how OLC helped NAB and a housing commission avoid a conflict-of-interest pay problem; subsidizing new businesses in low-income areas or offering tax incentives to business owners to involve the poor
Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 2 (II), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh -3- Since I've left the government, I've been spending some time here in New York on same state matters, specifically looking at the data on the racial problems in the schools in the city of New York and the other big cities
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 3 (III), 2/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . Jack, we were discussing the last time the campaign of '64 and we shut off on the campaign swing through New England. Now then, as you know, along about that time when the President was up in New York we had the unfortunate episode of Walter Jenkins
Oral history transcript, Emanuel Celler, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 the members from the State of New York, whence I come. B: The relationship between Mr. Johnson and Mr. Roosevelt--you said it was noticeable. Was this because of Mr. Johnson visiting the White
Oral history transcript, John A. Hannah, interview 1 (I), undated, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • the contentions about Civil Rights in Congress and elsewhere and, since some of us wanted to get off the Commission, maybe it would be a good thing if he would accept our resignations and name some new members to the Commission. LBJ Presidential Library http
Oral history transcript, William Gorham, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • this new position to you? 3 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/exhibits/show/loh/oh Gorham -- I
  • ; Gorham's work in White House task forces; Joe Califano's work with HEW; conflict in creating new social programs without increased funding; the creation of the Urban Institute (UI) and how Gorham moved to it; funding the UI and their first reports
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 17 (XVII), 12/17/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1986 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: Of course [in 1966] you had big majorities: sixty-eight Democrats, thirty-two Republicans in the Senate
Oral history transcript, Jack Howard, interview 1 (I), 10/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • uninterest- ing for me because it was a circulation war and there was no room for good heavy news. It had to be feature and light stuff, and I was interested in more serious implications. So I came to Washington in 1960, worked on the subcommittee, did
Oral history transcript, Everett Hutchinson, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 9 H: Yes, the legislature adopted a new legislation code or a revision of the Texas election laws in 1951, I guess it was. And one of my duties as executive assistant attorney general was to handle
Oral history transcript, Joe W. Fleming II, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • fast. It was Public Law 89-4, meaning it was the fourth bill passed after the new Congress came back, and the first major legislation passed after the President received it in the fall. G: In 1964, again it's my understanding that the bill passed
Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 6 F: A lot of the time, and, therefore, while I saw him when he came to Paris and did occasionally see him here in New York, it wasn't anything like as close as during the time we were both
Oral history transcript, Eugene H. Guthrie, interview 2 (II), 5/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • expert in that field. And that ultimately led to the passage of the Mental Retardation Act, which gave us roughly seven million dollars of new money to support--I think my recollection of the funds is correct--a variety of activities around the country
Oral history transcript, Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh October 23, 1968 M: Let's start with your background. According to my data, you were born in New York State at a place called Saranac Lake. Is that right? 0: That is correct. M: In 1905. 0: That is correct. M
Oral history transcript, Edward P. Cliff, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • at Hultnomah Falls. and saw our new visitor information center at Multnomah Falls. Again on this trip I had the privilege of riding LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 2 (II), 5/3/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: MORRIS ABRAM INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Abram's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2 A: I don't know the year, but it was probably around l963-64. Arthur Krim called me and asked whether or not I would be willing to be the president
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . It was during the time of the early New Deal when labor was encouraged, when there was new legislation that allowed for organization. John L. Lewis, who is one of my great admirations, took advantage of the climate of the time and started to prganize
Oral history transcript, Edward J. Brenner, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in Wisconsin, I think, an independent voter and a registered Republican, and in Louisiana I was a registered Democrat, and in New Jersey I was a registered Republican, and I was really pretty much middle-of-the-road, and, to a large extent, it depended upon how
  • Biographical information; David Ladd; J. Herbert Holloman; Secretary Hodges; Bill Eaton; appointment as Commissioner; morale problems within the department; minority hiring; new facilities; international law; need for international system
Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : January 11, 1974 INTERVIEWEE : MRS . JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS INTERVIEWER : JOE B . FRANTZ PLACE : Her Manhattan apartment in New York City Tape 1 of 2 First part of tape missing (35 feet) F: Let's continue, then, our broken interview
Oral history transcript, Clinton P. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • not? A: Yes, he was. B: Did you immediately become acquainted with him? A: I had met him earlier than that. In 1935 I was National Youth Administrator for New Mexico and he for Texas, and we got acquainted at that time; so that I knew him already
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 3 (III), 9/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • generally about the Johnson Rule and his new policy of placing frestunan senators on major committees. J: Right. Up until Johnson became majority leader, it was most conman for a new Democratic senator to receive two minor committees and not any major
Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)
  • when you go back to the old field, you find that the new technology that's available will permit you to do a job you couldn't do before. Then that area will again become productive. So one just has to search constantly through the list of problems
Oral history transcript, Lindy Boggs, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • New Orleans and gave a speech. Hale was in a seersucker suit. Two days later, he asked me if I could please send him some winter clothes to Springfield. I think Lyndon understood that it was a personal commitment that had 8 LBJ Presidential Library
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 3 (III), 1/17/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • as in the Executive Branch, and his belief that the traditional processes were not producing the kind of innovative and imaginative new approaches that were necessary to deal with the very significant problems facing the country. And this was particularly true when he
Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • exactly vihat all the inner struggl es staff membfi' in the M: edj'llei~ fail~ly \.yC:I~e ff)l~ a years. You'r0 also perhaps in a position to answer a general question. In the sixties there was a great deal uf talk about the so-called new economics
  • Biographical information; the Eisenhower, JFK and LBJ Administrations and the Council of Economic Advisers; new economics; Troika; tax cut; contact with Congress on economic matters; Appalachia program; SST; Agriculture Department budget
Oral history transcript, C.R. Smith, interview 2 (II), 11/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . Where did he get his money in that campaign? Brown was one of the best old-time supporters Johnson ever had. G: You know, they published the New York members of the President's Club in the Congressional Record, and the list just went on for pages
Oral history transcript, Frank Pace, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: FRANK PACE, JR. INTERVI EWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN PLACE: Mr. Pace's office, 545 Madison Avenue, New York City Tape 1 of 1 M: You're Frank Pace, and your last full time government occupation was in 1953 \"lhen you retired as Secretary
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 11/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the New Haven and the proposed Penn Central system which is satisfactory to the New Haven trustees and to the district court, then, unless circumstance of material change, it would be my recommendation the Department of Justice not continue opposition
Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • that just between January 1 of '64 and the end of December '65, that one hundred new appointments of women had been made to top posts. this continued. Then in 166 and '67 There were well over three hundred appointments, as far as I can find, but the full
Oral history transcript, A. Scheffer Lang, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • at the graduate school after I got out of the Army before I went to MIT to take the faculty appointment there. M: Then from there, 1962-65, you worked for the New York Central? L: That's correct. M: According to my information, you had something to do
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 2 (II), 8/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of the electorate in Texas and point out to me that in substance, Texas, because of the way in which it was settled was as big a melting pot as New York, and that particularly he had always been able to have the support of the Negro and the Mexicans. His problem
Oral history transcript, William E. Colby, interview 1 (I), 6/2/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • of the communists and their call for revolution. He wanted to revolutionize Vietnamese society, which he considered as a corrupt inheritance from the French. He wanted to establish an authentic Vietnamese ideological base for a new society and the rejection