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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , "the President's man." That's the title of a book, or almost [The President's Men: White House Assistants of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson by Patrick Anderson]. How do those books get written
Oral history transcript, James H. Blundell, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . We remembered how successful Harry Truman was, and we needed to do something dramatic in the South, because the South was not for Kennedy . The Catholic issue was very strong, the Yankee from Boston just didn't go very quickly with the people
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 6 (VI), 7/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and John Connally, but you probably have read that they had been bitter enemies for some time. G: No. J: Never heard about it? They were. Ed Clark, to go back into hi s history, he comes from East Texas, and when Jimmie Allred was attorney general
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • with our family relationship with President Johnson that arose over thirty years ago through my father's friendship with Harry Hopkins who was then, of course, President Roosevelt's personal adviser and assistant. Roosevelt, it is well known, took
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 6 (VI), 8/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • s tory so if you have a paragraph or so to add to that, let's hear about it. T: Only a detail that related to procedure more than substance on that. I recall since I to:::, the" ~ -,,: series of nOI:!inatior:s :~"'. T.... hieh Barefoot
Oral history transcript, James R. Ketchum, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of fell between the cracks during [the] Franklin Roosevelt Administration, but when Harry Truman came along and found it was time to refurnish a house that had been totally rebuilt and he didn't have any money, except for B. Altman reproductions, he, too
Oral history transcript, Clifford P. Case, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Ca s e - - I - - 18 and di scount all the arguments by proper gra ins of sa 1t and whatnot , you come down to the fact that they just didn't like each other. President Nixon had the kind of personality which
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • appreciate it, but the doctor won't release me. II She said, IIWell, Dr. Vossll--he's the White House doctor that came to visit me off and on--lIsays there ' s no reason in the world why you couldn't come and take what therapy you need right here
Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 2 (II), 12/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1980 INTERVIEWEE: JOHN A. BAKER INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Baker's residence, Arlington, Virginia Tape 1 of 2 G: Mr. Baker, l e t ' s start today on the War on Poverty task force. Let me just ask you how you got
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • were going on the whistlestop in 1964-­ (The President value. wa.~ted her to go on the whistlestop because he knew her He was sold on a whistlestop, having been on one in 1960, as a way of campaigning. In fact, it was Harry Truman who said to him
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 18 (XVIII), 9/26/1980-9/27/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the Johnson's niece, Rebekah Sterling Alexander; George and Herman Brown; LBJ's interest in the business world and a career outside of government; Harry Truman's growing popularity in 1944; the bassinet used for Lynda Johnson and other babies; the 30th Place
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • will stay out as long as twelve months at sea, because they feed their people this fish--fantastic protein. We'd all live longer i f we ate fish. This i s one of the things that was predicted that would happen that has happened. G: What about
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /show/loh/oh Baker -- V -- 4 you had on Clint Murchison, S r . , Clint Murchison, S r . liked Lyndon Johnson. Sid Richardson liked Lyndon Johnson. Mr. Bass--I forget his first name. G: Perry Bass. B: Perry Bass liked him. business. Amon Carter
Oral history transcript, John A. Hannah, interview 1 (I), undated, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh that assignment President Eisenhower appointed me as the United States Chairman of the Permanent Joint Board for Defense, which was charged with the defense of the U. S. and Canada. M: With Canada. H
Oral history transcript, Thomas C. Mann, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Secretary to Edward G. Miller, Jr., who was Assistant Secretary at that time under Mr. Truman. Dean Acheson was Secretary of State. I also served before that--I forgot to mention--under Nelson Rockefeller when he was Assistant Secretary of State and under
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 17 (XVII), 6/11/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • because they had no particular need to go. After all, Hyannis Port was being very well staffed at that particular point, and there wasn't anything terribly eventful in the visit with Harry Truman. As nearly as I can make out, it was more of a tour
Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • right. Did you go out to the signing of the Medicare bill in the summer of 1965 at Harry Truman's place? M: Yes. F: Tell me a little about that. M: I was there on the platform at the Library when the President signed the bill. He had former
Oral history transcript, Lister Hill, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • : It goes back to '46. B: Back to politics. Harry Truman signed that bill in '46. In the election of '64, as we mentioned awhile back, Mrs. Johnson did campaign in Alabama in that one. The train LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • once again I was a law clerk to a judge with several other good law clerks like Butch [Adrian S.] Fisher and Herbert Wexler, who is now the head of the American Law Institute. I stayed there until the trial was over in October 1946. I came back
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 3 (III), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . L: That's the way he wanted it. G: What was his reaction to the absence of sound? Do you recall? L: I don't recall whether there was any. It was such a hectic day. But the one thing that saved the day was the fact that Ralph Harris of Reuters
  • Laitin’s work related to the Pope’s visit to New York and meeting with LBJ; press coverage of LBJ’s meeting with the Pope; how LBJ liked to be positioned for photographs; Yoichi Okamoto; advancing trips to visit President Truman; how LBJ treated
Oral history transcript, Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/11/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • the people who want to do a good job a chance to do it . I must say that one thing that sticks in my mind is, although I hadn't realized the meaning of it, is what Harry Truman said about his job as being a President . He said he spent most of his time
Oral history transcript, Margaret (Mrs. Jack) Carter, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • with Mr. Harry Seay and Mr. Bill Kittrell in the management of the state machinery of the Democratic Party. Of course, my husband had been the Democratic county chair- man in 1944, and we had been quite active in the presidential election campaign
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • , the favorite son from Massachusetts? Was that the convention where Senator Russell was favorite son from Georgia? M: I have the feeling that was when [Harry] Truman was running. I think that was earlier. J: At any rate he was there, Senator Russell
  • Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton
Oral history transcript, Price Daniel, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • everything settled. D: I think he was behind making naval oil reserves out of them. At least Mr. Ickes, as he went out of office, proposed, and President Truman in his last week in office proposed that they be made naval oil reserves. F: Did Congressman
Oral history transcript, John Holton, interview 1 (I), 6/19/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . It was in that room that Mr. Rayburn and Vice President [Harry] Truman were sitting with others when Mr. Truman was notified to come to the White House on Mr. [Franklin] Roosevelt's death. G: Were you present then? H: No, that was during my time in the navy
Oral history transcript, Barnaby Conrad Keeney, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • a grant for Oral History of Eisenhower and Stevenson, and he said it would be nice if you did something like that for Harry Truman, and a couple of years later we got a good application and did. in keeping his hands off of it and so did his staff. But he
Oral history transcript, Erich Leinsdorf, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • believe, under the Department of Labor, if I'm not mistaken. I had come to America on a visitor's six months' visa, not being sure of being able to obtain a quota. The Austrian quota was very small, and I wanted to be sure to get to the United State s. My
Oral history transcript, James A. Turman, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • card system. I was invited to a big barbecue on the LBJ Ranch and Mr. Sam introduced me to Lyndon Johnson at that time. about the term before. This was before I was Speaker, I met Harry Truman down there, for the first time. LBJ Presidential Library
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 31 (XXXI), 3/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Texans who just couldn't take Truman's stand on tidelands, on FEPC [Fair Employment Practices Commission], on Taft-Hartley. There was a strong tide running for [Dwight] Eisenhower. You were really bucking it when you went against it. However, there were
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , on the Capitol steps, with Nixon sworn in as vice president. There was general good humor all over the town, a sort of a--bitterness had seemed to stain the last couple of years of [Harry] Truman's time. Interesting to look back on in view of the warm
Oral history transcript, Strom Thurmond, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : What year was that? G: I believe that was 1958, yes, 1958. He managed to substitute a much milder bill by Senator [Styles] Bridges. Do you remember how he did that? T: I don t recall the detail s on that but 1 know he never di d want to 1 affect
Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 2 (II), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • be the potentials--not necessarily in opposition, but sort of the devi1's advocate. I remember, among other things, he finally turned to me and he said, "Well, what would you do if John L. should tell you on a given occasion after you get over there to go out
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 22 (XXII), 8/23/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and progress. Always he thought peace had to be kept by strength, by preparedness. He spoke of the 70-group air force, which he had pretty much rammed through. He spoke of standing up against even Truman to refuse to sell the synthetic plants that we had built
Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh This is an interview with Milton S. Eisenhower, in his office in Baltimore, Maryland. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. Dr. Eisenhower, very briefly, let's run through your career from the time you were
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Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • " members of the Senate, and if memory serves me correctly, and I think it does, he voted with those of us who were in favor of overriding the Presidential veto. Truman vetoed it, we had to pass it over his veto, and he was among those who resisted
Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 3 (III), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • -H-A-R-L-S, Charls Walker. Boy, he's got a fascinating fund of stories. Most of the time I was in the Treasury, Charlie was head of the American Bankers Association. He was their chief lobbyist. I mean he ran the association. G: Did you have any
  • ; Sam Rayburn and Judge Howard Smith; Barr's relationship with Sam Rayburn; bond interest rates; time Barr spent with the Senate and House; Harry Byrd, Sr.; Robert Kerr; funding the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT); backdoor spending; Social
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 4 (IV), 8/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • was selected it was the basis of weight and height." F: Now, you had to get Luci--let 1 s talk about her a minute. You had to get her through a high school graduation, and you had to get her through being pinned. C: Several times. And joining the Catholic
Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 3 (III), 6/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • did have, sat down or s tood , I think, at the table of Marcos' desk and scribbled something out � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ
Oral history transcript, James Cain, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • connection with Lyndon Johnson as a patient came in the '40's. C: In the '40's, yes. It first came when I was a Fellow here. He came up here and I saw him. M: Excuse me. Did he come specifically to see you? C: Oh, it wasn't to see me as a doctor. He
Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . Our leaders starting with President Harry S. Truman and Dean Acheson thought we could police and run the world. It all began in Greece and Turkey when we betrayed the United Nations and ourselves. Fear was deliberately used by the Administration