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Oral history transcript, Cecil E. Burney, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

the Young Democrats at the'University, and we were all active in that as well as we could in doing whatever we could around town . M: You'd be handing out leaflets and-- B: Anything we could do, yes . M: And talking to people and so forth . B : Yes
; presidency; plans for 1968 campaign; withdrawal from race; 1968 Democratic convention; impressions of LBJ

Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, when did you first meet Lyndon Johnson, and what were the circumstances? N: I believe it was in 1956 during the presidential campaign. I was serving as a member of the advisory council to the Democratic National Committee, and was a member

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 25 (XXV), 8/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, as many of us do, that it is high time we clearly identified what our position is in cold, political terms. Particularly in the last forty-eight hours, Democrat after Democrat in the states across this nation have expressed deep concern. They're not happy
-September 1968; the role of the citizens' committee and state coordinators; the importance of communication across the campaign staff; Humphrey's popularity in the South; civil rights and how to get the African-American vote, as well as the middle-class

Oral history transcript, Norman M. Clapp, interview 1 (I), 12/6/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

on state organization so he proposed and the executive committee of the party agreed to put on two really paid organizers to build the Democratic Party organization in preparation for the '60 election. I was to be one of these, and I was assigned

Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. But I think if Johnson-Nixon had been the candidates, Johnson would have won. M: He was I believe he would have. It's just been said that his political machine, or the Democratic National Committee was not in terribly good shape in the beginning. T
as a Congressman; McCarthy hearings; LBJ’s cooperation with Eisenhower; rating LBJ as a Senator and Majority Leader; Timmons’ Conventions Record; Democratic and Republican conventions; LBJ and 1960 campaign; Barry Goldwater; “Trial Balloons;” LBJ’s high standing

Oral history transcript, Robert Short, interview 1 (I), 8/22/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Johnson is going. How much maneuvering went on in Minnesota to try to-- S: A tremendous amount. The dinner, it was thought if we did a real good job that would be very helpful to Johnson. And this money all went to the Democratic National Committee
presidential nominee in 1968; how to organize a major fund-raising event; efforts to get LBJ to support Humphrey in 1968; the 1968 Democratic National Convention and the Minnesota delegation; 1968 Democratic rally for Humphrey at the Astrodome; problems fund

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 7 (VII), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to go to ninety. Eisenhower The stacked committee of Democratic 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
; defense appropriation bill; Senator Earle Clements; LBJ’s drinking and smoking; LBJ’s heart attack and its effects on him; 1956 Democratic National Convention; Mrs. Johnson; LBJ’s insurance and Don Reynolds; LBJ’s success in business; LBJ’s secret office

Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 3 (III), 7/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

like that, do you get mail primarily from your own constituency or do you get it from the whole nation, since you are a leading Republican spokesman? D: Well, you get mail from the entire country and largely so, because there are many organizations

Oral history transcript, Michael E. DeBakey, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

on the Medicare. I had previously become chairman of a special ad hoc committee in the National Democratic Party for advising the Platform Committee on the health program. This was quite a distinguished committee of lay and medical people. M: This was in 1964
' Administration; Medical Committee of the Hoover Commission; instrumental in the establishment of the National Library of Medicine; service with the Department Medical Advisory Council; involvement with many study section of the National Institutes of Health

Oral history transcript, James C. Wright, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that, of course, in 1952, he would have had no future in the Democratic party. Lyndon was smart enough to know that. He also, I think, was loyal enough to support the party which had been his benefactor and in whose name he had run for office. F: Yes. Did you

Oral history transcript, Aaron E. Henry, interview 1 (I), 9/12/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

possible effect on the Democratic convention and the national election that year would be? H: No. We really didn't come up with the Freedom Democratic Party until about the last month of the project when we were saying, "What else can we do." B
of 1964; Voting Rights Act of 1965; work on minimum wage; the Neshoba County deaths; Council of Federated Organizations movement; FBI opens new office in Mississippi; RFK, Hoover and LBJ told FBI to get on the job in Mississippi; Freedom Democratic Party

Oral history transcript, H.S. Hank Brown, interview 1 (I), 6/8/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and Price Daniel went for Eisenhower as did the state .. . Did you get to observe Senator Johnson's activities at all B: in this campaign? Well, Johnson, I felt like, was part of the national Democratic administration as the portance of his position

Oral history transcript, Gould Lincoln, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, the Democratic National Committee Chairman. Since we know there were some hard feelings between Mr. Johnson and Mr. Butler over a refusal to participate in the Democratic Advisory Council, do you know why Mr. Rayburn intervened and used his influence to keep Mr
First newspaper interview with LBJ in 1933; LBJ’s relationship with FDR and Rayburn; Carl Vinson; Clark Clifford; 1924, 1956 and 1968 Democratic conventions; LBJ’s techniques; civil rights legislation; Home Rule for D.C.; LBJ’s relationship

Oral history transcript, Jerre Williams, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

general of Colorado, and lid been a Democrat all my life." "Oh, hell. He said, I '>,;anted to appoint you to the National Labor Relations Board as a Republican." (Laughter) F; That's one time being on the right side of politics did you in. ~~: Yes

Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 1 (I), 9/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Farley knew and liked him, and he was a fixture. I knew Eddie Dowling, and through Eddie Dowling I met Robert Jackson, who was the secretary of the Democratic National Committee. Bob Jackson was the instrumentation of the nomination of Franklin
; Jesse Jones; FDR's 1936 campaign for president; development of NRA; Supreme Court reorganization by FDR; arrival of LBJ as Congressman in DC; FDR's efforts to balance the national budget; role of LBJ in the administration during WWII

Oral history transcript, Hale Boggs, interview 2 (II), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. B: Some have said that during Mr. Johnson's Presidency and perhaps dating back even into Kennedy's Presidency, the Democratic National Committee had fallen on hard times, that it became just not as efficient an organization as it should have been
[For interview 1 and 2] Biographical information; Rayburn-Johnson relationship; early signs of leadership in the House; meetings to coordinate Senate and House leadership; 1956 and 1960 conventions; role of Democratic Advisory Council; 1957 Civil

Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, a Democrat of Alaska. Mrs. Bartlett, you have very generously consented to let us interview you about your husband's associations with Lyndon Johnson and the very important events surrounding the granting of statehood for Alaska. I'd like to just mention

Oral history transcript, Eugene B. Germany, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to nominate Garner and put Garner in for candidate for president. manager. Of course~ I was Mr. Garner's national campaign being from Texas and being his campaign manager and chairman of the executive committee, it was quite a responsibility to me because
; preferred him as Majority Leader; JFK bought and rigged Democratic Convention in L.A.; LBJ as VP to help JFK in Texas and the South; LBJ always loyal to Texas and the U.S.; LBJ’s popularity sharply declined from 1964-1968 but Germany found him best U.S

Oral history transcript, Patricia Roberts Harris, interview 1 (I), 5/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

called the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights, at the request of President Kennedy I served as the co-chairman with Mildred McAfee Horton in this effort to secure LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org " ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
of statehood; Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City; White House influence on Convention; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; showboating at convention; 1964 ticket; LBJ’s options concerning poverty; opinions on black and women cabinet members

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 24 (XXIV), 3/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Bundy--he was after all the national security advisor--than it had of Goodwin in terms of tone. But by the time this particular message went to Congress it was Lyndon Johnson. Most legislative messages I'd send him, he'd make a few changes and send back

Oral history transcript, Nelson Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

an advisory committee on international development. That work was done primarily outside of the Congress, outside of vJashington. F: So during that time-- R: During that period I didn't have much contact. It wasn't until the Eisenhower Administration
admiration between Lady Bird and Laurence Rockefeller; LBJ’s refusal to support Democratic opponent of Rockefeller.

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 27 (XXVII), 12/13/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. And the Democratic National Committee was even in worse shape. God, they didn't even know the names of the state chairmen unless they looked them up in a handbook. I remember one of the first things that I did--when Charlie and I decided that's what he [LBJ] was up

Oral history transcript, Roger Stevens, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the one shot sort of situation? S: I was chairman of the finance committee of the Democratic Party at that time and we would meet from time to time, and also when he was vice president, we would run across each other in various situations. F: Just

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 16 (XVI), 11/21/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. G: National Alliance of Postal Employees. O: Yes. G: Anything else on the hiring of minorities? O: No. G: Was there a problem with underemployment of minorities within the Post Office, the fact that they did seem to occupy lower grades? O
in 1966; speculation that O'Brien would become chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in the fall of 1966; the role of John Macy and the President's Club in patronage and Democratic Party finances; the relationship between the political party

Oral history transcript, Charles A. Halleck, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

down in the Board of Education, when he was the Democratic leader and Mr. Rayburn was the Speaker, and as Carl Albert mentioned yesterday in some things he said about me, I was always welcome at the Board of Education. Actually, a lot of things

Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 2 (II), 5/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the Democratic side would be carried normally by, let's say, [William] Fulbright and his House counterpart, the chairman of the House [Foreign Affairs] Committee, and those fellows. Maybe George Mahon would get in and this sort of thing, but not LBJ and Sam
[For interviews 1 and 2] LBJ’s role as member of House Armed Services Committee; LBJ’s role as Democratic leader in the Senate; LBJ’s qualities of leadership; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; White House-Congressional relations.

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

opinion. to speak my mind." This was carried over televis~on But this is my time widely. In fact, it turned out that we got more national coverage on that campaign than the Democratic Committee could ever have afforded to pay for. She

Oral history transcript, Roland Bibolet, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

is although he of course the old heads and the others on the Policy Committee and perhaps every Democrat on the floor . But really the � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
personality and his staff; LBJ and Knowland; later contacts with LBJ; Republican senators; the Policy Committee; dealings with Eisenhower Administration; LBJ's attitude toward Joseph McCarthy; LBJ's legislative techniques

Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to the entire problem. We wanted Frankie Randolph to be National Committee- woman, and she was made National Committeewoman. We felt then and there that LBJ was anxious to head that delegation, and certainly it was understandable why he should be, and Sam

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 18 (XVIII), 6/12/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

mean the question of how the speeches were handled? G: Right. R: Basically what happened is that he developed a sort of a theme. The words might be different wherever he spoke, but the basic theme was that the Democratic Party was the party
presidents; LBJ's lack of power as vice president; LBJ being allowed to name judges; the National Aeronautics and Space Council and how LBJ came to lead it; LBJ's Senate staff members who found other jobs when LBJ became vice president; LBJ's response to his

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

2 that many of the members of Congress who were criticizing Johnson for would have been afraid to move had it not been for Presidential sponsorship. I think almost all the promises of the Democratic conventions--liberal projects that had been

Oral history transcript, Horace D. Godfrey, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

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 2 Agricultural Committee and we were working, as I

Oral history transcript, Charles S. Murphy, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

candidates and the Democratic National Committee, on one hand, and ":: the executive branch of the government, on the other hand. B: Some of the cabinet members did participate in the campaign, I believe? M: That's right. I think generally the President
[For interviews 1 and 2] Brief contacts with Senator Johnson during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations; Democratic Advisory Council establishment and opposition by LBJ and Sam Rayburn; Paul Butler; LBJ’s effectiveness as Senate majority

Oral history transcript, Warren Magnuson, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Representatives. You were elected in 1936. M: I was elected in 1936. When I came to the House I sought to get on the Naval Affairs Committee because of the nature of my district. It included the Bremerton Navy Yard, which is one of the largest in the country
Appointment to Naval Affairs Committee in 1936; how he met LBJ; trip to Central America to evaluate a second canal; war service; President Roosevelt and LBJ; LBJ as senate majority leader; LBJ

Oral history transcript, Newton Minow, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that the Democratic Advisory Committee was not favored by either Johnson or Rayburn. M: That's right. They thought that the place for the Democratic Party to set policy was in the Congress, and that the ~est politics was to go along with Eisenhower wherever
Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1955 on a visit to the Ranch; 1956 Democratic Convention; Stevenson/Kennedy campaign; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 convention and Stevenson’s hope for nomination; JFK’s consultation with Stevenson

Oral history transcript, Marie Wilson, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

knew he had gone home for the day? W: Most of the time we didn't know. We just didn't know. over in the Senate Office Building, we had no clues. Especially Over in the Capitol, the Democratic Policy Committee staff sometimes would know when he had

Oral history transcript, Ashbrook P. Bryant, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to Dick Russell at the Democratic National Convention. Well, as a matter of fact, Downey Rice and George whatever-his-name-is had gone up there and come back with a report which contained a lot of this stuff, a lot of these allegations, but with very

Oral history transcript, Boisfeuillet Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

as a layman, and I was called by a representative of the Democratic National Committee in 1960, asking if I would serve as chairman of the health committee of the platform committee. I said well, I would be glad to do it, but I thought a doctor should
Biographical information; meeting LBJ through the National Youth Administration (NYA) and Dr. J. Willis Hurst; Jones' work to develop Emory University's health services, including its medical school; Jones' work on the National Advisory Health

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 23 (XXIII), 9/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that loomed before us was September 13, which was about at that time seven or eight days away, when there was going to be a State Democratic [Executive] Committee meeting. It was going to be in Fort Worth. Lyndon began to get out word to all of his friends
against the certification of LBJ as the Democratic nominee for Senate; Davidson's relationship with Mrs. Johnson's father, T. J. Taylor; irregularities in voting results throughout Texas; Judge Davidson signing the injunction enjoining the Texas secretary

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 2 (II), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

; and that he not only had the approval of the President, but he had the approval of the chai~man of the Appropriations Committee, a gentle- man of less than liberal persuasions called John Tabor. He said that he had been looking over the field

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