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Oral history transcript, John Chancellor, interview 1 (I), 4/25/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • , "There's a telephone call for you," and it was the President. He began talking about the subject I was talking on. I wish I could remember; I just can't now, precisely what it was. I suppose I could look it up but it would be hard 5 LBJ Presidential
Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • --he's dead--and he said, "Dudley, why don't you consider running against Lyndon Johnson? The country needs leadership desperately. win. II He didn't say I could But I had a letter or so, and I got a telephone call from my cousin Pat Tenant
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 3 (III), 6/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, David K.E. Bruce, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • an invitation to Mr . Wilson to meet him, as he did soon, and commenced an interchange between them sometimes by telephone, although infrequently, but often by letter . I've seen a good many of the letters from either side because they were sent to me either
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • there; she was at the Ranch. Was it her birthday? Was it an anniversary? G: No. N: Maybe he was just homesick, but he got the violinist in the phone booth with him and called Mrs. Johnson and he had the violinist serenade Lady Bird over the telephone. G
Oral history transcript, Sarah T. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : That was January of 1961. When were you named judge? H: In October of 1961, but I also asked Vice-President Johnson for his support. I contacted him on several different occasions and he said that he would support-- F: By telephone or in person? H: In person
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 3 (III), 11/8/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in the Washington telephone book. He got a call one night, and I believe he was listening, but the Secret Service [was] also listening. And it was obvious the caller was drunk, just so drunk he couldn't say whatever he wanted to say. But somehow they got out his
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 8 (VIII), 7/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • [division]? What's her name? Mrs. Brooks. G: Marietta [Moody] Brooks. J: Was chairman of the women's, and then we had Sarah charge of all the telephones. G: Sarah J: what's-her-name in She was something. Wade? Sarah Wade. She could find you. I
Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 4 (IV), 8/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • by telephone. M: Was there a telephone on the platform connected with Mr. Johnson? A: I talked to him from a trailer that I had behind the platform. I had a trailer office out there. That's where I talked to him. I talked to him at least twice. Once he said
Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 1 (I), April 1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
  • and my most vivid recollection of early days in the office was the telephone-people installing telephones. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ
Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to move down here in '47. I knew Byron. I had known him through the years. I went to work for the Star-Telegram in '34 and, of course, up until he left in '46 we had telephone communication. except-- I never did work with him, LBJ Presidential
Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • the governmental structure. B: There's been a lot of talk about-(Interruption--telephone rings) B: I was getting ready to ask you [is,] there's been a lot of ~hat talk about the attitude of the Kennedy staff toward Johnson while he was Vice President. D
Oral history transcript, John C. Stennis, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • recall whether he ever talked with you about whether he should or shouldn't get into this? S: Oh yes, yes, the first time was by telephone. F: He was using telephone back then! S: Yes. He called me-- I very frankly told him that if Senator Russell
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of the then, I identified later as the Johnson men there. Woody was talking to the Senator. Then he said, "The Senator wants to talk to you, Jack." When I got on the phone, I probably had never had a private telephone conversation with Lyndon Johnson in 1960
Oral history transcript, Ben W. Heineman, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • did not put any pressure, although he did urge me, and we did talk about it on three occasions--one over the telephone at length on a Sunday morning at home, my home, and twice in person, of which that is a memento over there of one of the occasions
Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 1 (I), 6/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • not prevail in the precinct. But in later years the climate did change, and Mr. Johnson received quite a substantial vote. Now in all of this that I'm relating--I may be going too much in detail--I'd have to say that I was engaged in weekly telephone
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 3 (III), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • or later by the time we got through talking and were ready to go to bed. F: How did that weekend go? R: We wor ked in the EOB offi ce ag a i n Saturday, Su nday, and f4onday. were days filled with people, filled with telephone calls. course Mr. Johnson
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 4 (IV), 4/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of people who seemed to have urged him to reconsider. R: Yes. In correspondence, telephone calls, in person. G: Do you remember who some of the people were? R: Oh, no. I would say it was a cross-section of America. G: Really? Did he himself ever
Oral history transcript, Kittie Clyde Leonard, interview 1 (I), 7/27/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • to have this, telephones all over the building and even a hot-line to Washington. M: This was in your school building? L: Yes, sir. M: Did you ever wonder if maybe you shouldn't have invited him? L: No, I never doubted that. I didn't realize how
Oral history transcript, William F. McKee, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • was a brand new white telephone which had just been installed and had never rung. Suddenly the telephone rang, and I saw the look in her face. looked up at me and said, wants to talk to you." "The White House is calling. She The President She almost
Oral history transcript, Carl Phinney, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of the hotels and I think that was where it was. F: You mean it just stuffed envelopes and answered telephones? P: That's right and organized the precincts. section. Of course, we had a publicity We had it pretty well organized along the line as well
Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside, interview 2 (II), 8/6/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • office and started over toward the Rotary Club, which was about two blocks away, with a couple of other guys. twelve. When I got over there it was about, oh, ten minutes till We started at twelve-fifteen. said, "They want you on the telephone
Oral history transcript, Dorris Powell, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of 1934 when she met Lyndon Johnson. P: Oh, yes! That! I think she sent a telegram--either that or telephoned, but I believe she sent a telegram to me saying, "Please go to the Brick House. We're going to have a guest for breakfast, to spend the night
Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 4 (IV), 6/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . promoters and one of the world's poorest administrators. Apparently there must have also been a slip-up on the Department of Agriculture duty officer being where he could answer the durn telephone or • something, I don't know what it was. G: On Saturday
Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 1 (I), April 1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
  • was Mr . Kellam's Once . Was he frequently on the telephone'? Not as much then . He was on the telephone a great deal � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to maintain confidence. He had close ties with Drew Pearson and so did Howard Morgan. When the news of our appointments was published, Howard telephoned me. I had never met him, and he started telling me how much trouble I was going to have, that I was in deep
  • and Telephone with Western Power and Gas; the Con Edison case application at Storm King Mountain; hydropower; the emergence of the environmental movement and the FPC's response to the movement; the creation of the recreation, fish, and wildlife section
Oral history transcript, Lera Thomas, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • was not strong enough really. M: What persuaded your husband to run again in 1964? T: Well, I think the demand because--he said on the telephone you can get more work done and the things that are needed to be done even by your telephoning more than some new
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 19 (XIX), 1/27/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was within a couple of days, because McNamara did not want to give the President a chance to have second thoughts about it. He actually--I should check my telephone books of 1964--but I remember [Lawrence] O'Brien calling everybody [and] wanting to have
Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . Johnson is in Texas; call him on the telephone, and tell him of your interest." Proxmire didn't get that seat. But later on, he got a seat on the Appropriations Committee, which may be . . . F: At least an equivalent plum. H: That's right. Sure. You
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 20 (XX), 2/20/1981-2/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of what a congressman does, small bits of service to the people back home that are not small to them. They matter a lot. Also one of the main jobs that women did--you asked me about the women's division--was to divide up the telephone book of the major
Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • field, one telephone. We couldn't phone out. There weren't enough phones for us to call our office. We landed there for fuel. We took off down in this area somewhere and flew across Australia heading toward Thailand. Lyndon Johnson wanted to go back
Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 3 (III), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was also surprised by the telephone call from Abe. I have known Fortas for a great many years. He came to this city in 1933; I came here in 1935. We met almost within the first few months. He was a friend of a friend. I met him in the summer of 1935--I
Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • on Lynda's bed so she could read them when she came home from school. She was a student of history, as well as current events, and she would almost always get on the telephone to somebody in her daddy's office and say: "What about such-and-such a bill? Did
Oral history transcript, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • wife selected as a committeewoman? B: I don't know whose idea it was. The telephone call came from John Connally, who said that the Senator wanted that. I assume that that's where it originated, that Senator Johnson wanted my wife to be the Democratic
Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 2 (II), 5/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • on up until midnight and send it over to the usher's office to be sent up and put on his bedside table. M: Did he use the telephone as much as he has the reputation? In the books and so forth they say the telephone is one of his chief instruments. C
  • use of telephone; nature of LBJ’s mind; capacity to remember; LBJ’s energy; talking to relax; sense of humor and temper; LBJ as a decision maker; effect of the Vietnam War on domestic policy; relationship to communication media; virtues as a chief
Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
Oral history transcript, Peter Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)
  • . Alice Roosevelt Longworth, elderly and most charming, amusing, witty lady, in a studio in Georgetown that friends of mine had lent me. The telephone rang--we were painting on the studio floor which is four flights up, which, incidentally, octogenarian
Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • as chairman? Really, I don't know. M: Not why so much, for the technique of selection. Did Mr. Johnson talk to you personally, for example, about it? K: Oh, yes. I had received a telephone call previously out of the White House that the President
Oral history transcript, Fred Korth, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • at the fact that Mr. Johnson did not respond to a telephone call that he made from Fort \-lorth to l.J'ashington on what he considered to be an important matter. As I understand it, it was explained to Mr. Carter--and hopefully before he died, he
Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the people and answered the little phone out in our place. We weren't the telephone operators. G: Did you see much of Mrs. Johnson during that campaign? E: Very little. I think she was working with the women's group. She'd come in once in a while