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Oral history transcript, George Pazianos, interview 1 (I), 8/30/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think of specific pieces of legislation, but a lot of the concepts were not brand new. They weren't fresh off the tree or anything like that. They had been around for some time. I think that the administration felt that it had the clout; it had

Oral history transcript, Adrian A. Spears, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

or fifteen of those people who came to me and said, "I wish I'd had the guts to do that." And I said, "Well, it doesn't take guts. By gosh, it just takes honesty. You did what you did to kick them out and to have a new start and then you want to leave them

Oral history transcript, W. Evans Buchanan, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Ben Barnes, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

had a combination of all three of the liberal, moderate, conservative. Now you can't keep all these people, but itls a new ball game in Texas. This is something that's hard for people to realize. Most of Lyndon Johnson's supporters are too old

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 5 (V), 7/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the first one I encountered was New Zealand. couldn't believe thac all of that was necessary. Thev jusc 3ut thev didn't realize that when the Ame-::-ican President travels, he travels with dozens and dozens of press. The British might have three or four

Oral history transcript, Ella SoRelle Porter and Mike Porter, interview 1 (I), 11/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

have a top on ; t-G: A large touring car. P: --and the wind was just olawing. I remember at that time that we all had tne feeling that you wore a flat if you went anywhere, and I had on a new pink felt--wnat time of year waul d this have been? G

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 15 (XV), 8/30/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

could contribute more to the Judiciary Committee than Lehman could. Lehman was, with all due respect to New York, not 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 5 (V), 3/14/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that are significant in how the new president handled the grief that came in the wake of Kennedy's assassination? C: I remember the assassination well, and the body lying in state in the rotunda. I think if I had to comment as you're asking here, the transition

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 6 (VI), 3/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of his heroes; education was one of his advocacies. I knew none of this. As the new kid on the block, I fixed up a statement. Without knowing it, I just happened to hit it pretty right. But I found not too long thereafter, and included in that statement

Oral history transcript, Paul H. Douglas and Emily Taft Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, was in sympathy with the South. They had gone early to California over the Overland and Santa Fe routes, and had left behind them I ittle enclaves of Democratic sentiment, pro-South, pro-slavery, and these continued in such states as New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada

Oral history transcript, Sim Gideon, interview 2 (II), 10/3/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

; Texas Power & Light; transmission and distribution lines; cost of LCRA System; Pedernales Electric Cooperative; Bluebonnet Electric; pooling systems; Lake LBJ; Young "New Dealers"

Oral history transcript, Carl D. Perkins and Donald Baker, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

mistakes in several states, as I recall. Maybe some mistakes were made in New Jersey. [There were] a lot of complaints here and there throughout the country and from the city people [about] the administration. They were claim- ing that they were being

Oral history transcript, Irwin Wolkstein, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in part the result of a payment in some circumstances in Blue Shield. It was just kind of if you paid a small amount and you allowed the physician to charge whatever he liked, you just added that to whatever he previously charged--new payments out

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 11 (XI), 4/18/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with a bayonet, I believe. There al so were a whole series of investigations of military indoctri nation centers and how their programs worked, what their facilities were like, and just the processing of these new recruits. They were Fort Jackson, South

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to be doing it fast. Everybody was upset, of interest that is, including Mary Lasker. And she called, "How much do you need?" "I don't know, but give me twenty thousand to start with." She sent it down on the next plane. She had one of her people in New York

Oral history transcript, Clarence S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

know, and mixed it all up, and then the sheriff didn't show up. So they had to reallocate the resources again. I don't remember whether this was true or not for sure. It could have happened; Lyndon was somebody who was always trying to figure out a new

Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that I can recall was [Leverett] Saltonstall of Massachusetts, a very scholarly and distinguished and reserved New England gentleman. He made some changes in his family plans and came back and privately expressed his disgust at what had been done. G: I

Oral history transcript, Anita P. Winters, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Houston and Josefa and I. The car was sitting out in front of the house, and it was rather new. Mr. Johnson--Sam Houston had asked him if he could have the car, and he said no, that he didn't know how to drive it. So Mr. Johnson went in the bedroom and lay

Oral history transcript, John W. Gardner, interview 1 (I), 12/20/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

of acquaintances begin there and professional relationships begin there, but there was a very strong identification of education with the Johnson Administration as a result of that conference. it M: ~ Everybody felt that the dawn of a new day in education. Do

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, William S. Gaud, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

goods - -to stimulate the entire economy. have a momentum for development in India, Korea, in Pakistan, in in Taiwan and in a number of other countries that's new and that's real and vigorous and that, these countries where they want to go

Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

almost the entire seaboard, and it would I think represent a real threat to the independence, and the western orientation, of not only Japan but also Indonesia, the Phillippines, and potentially even Australia and New Zealand. But what I've suggested

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, in my estimation, and they went public. So when I came back, all the news- papers were after him, onto the story. Then I went back to Okinawa, talked it over with some friends, and we decided that one of the problems was nobody in the Pentagon knew

Oral history transcript, Anthony Solomon, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

system since Bretton Woods, particularly the agreement worked out among all countries that are members of the International Monetary Fund to create a new special reserve asset. M: This is the paper gold, as it is commonly called, idea? s: Right

Oral history transcript, W. Sterling Cole, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Then S c o t l a n d . Caffery There was a n o t h e r ti m e o f v i s i t i n g London when t h e American ambassador and I had a very good r a p p o r t . t h e former g o v er no r of New Hampshire. He was I d o n ' t know why t h a t man comes t