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- , and looked at Bob, and he said, "You want me to tell him?" you tell him ." And he said, "Yes, He [Rayburn] said, "Everybody thinks they're the one should be groomed ." I thought it was pretty clever . F: Right . When did you first meet Lyndon Johnson
- , and Rayburn told Bob Anderson, the secretary of the treasury, with whom he was very, very close, "Now, Bob, you'd better think long and hard before you do that because you start this kind of business, there's going to be all sorts of organizations all the way
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- , a businessman in New York, myself, Bob Nathan-we were all for Humphrey 100%. practical. We were I guess more idealistic than It was unlikely that Humphrey could get it, but we thought he could get it and it was a fun thing to try and do. I was in fact
- the crowd there and there's Bob Strauss who was working for me when I didn't have three friends in Dallas County, I guess'" knew. So he Dallas has never been really a good town for him, and I went to work here. M: Why was Dallas not ever a good town
- brother Bob Phinney, who resides in Austin and who is the Internal Revenue Director for the Southern District of Texas. Bob had been working with Mr. Johnson in the Youth Development Program before he went to Congress with Congressman Kleberg. After
- Biographical information; family history; Sam Houston; Sam Johnson’s speech to Texas House of Representatives regarding Ku Klux Klan; Congressman Kleberg; Bob Phinney; Col. Ernest O. Thompson; LBJ’s use of a helicopter in 1948 campaign; labor’s
- -- 3 were going and came back and talked with Earle about it. Johnson could make a big difference in Utah. touch with Bob He thought Then Earle put me in and we began to get little pieces together Hinkley~ of areas where we felt very definitely
- the only top man in the Johnson organization that was in New York. So that was the sum total of my delegate hunting. B: Incidentally, at that time, was the Johnson effort there kind of a for- lorn hope, or was there still belief that he could get
- mentioned including Mr. Truman, Senator Truman, and Lou [William 0.] Douglas, and there were several others. But those two were the ones who seemed to--names seemed to be mentioned most and apparently Bob Hannigan, state and national chairman, and Flynn
- hope to do would be to break even . if I've got only so much time to work and so many workers, then I'm So � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781
- to Senator Kennedy, "Jack, you're awfully I'm sure you will be President some day, but I think you are too young to run now and I hope you don't." President Kennedy said, "Well, Phil, I'm sorry, but I'm running, and LBJ Presidential Library http
- later said that I was a traitor to my country, by the way. Bob Sherrod was going out to Vietnam, I think it was about 1966 or so, and as a lot of people did he went and got briefed in the White House. Lyndon always wanted to know who was going out
- in the Senate in his position, might very well be able to carry this talent into the international field, and I put most of my hopes at that time on a . candidate that could do something in international affairs. I wasn't too concerned--obviously the domestic
- and I said, "Now, will you give us a courtesy vote on the first vote from the Illinois delegation." of blew up the hope. And the answer was "no." And so this kind If we couldn't go in with the home state of the man who had been governor
- for the brilliance and knowledge you brought to my aid at a time of need. I will never forget that I had the services of one of the country's best attorneys, and I only hope that some day I will be able to repay you adequately for your assistance. I do know where I
- something like the Korean settlement, with a genuine demilitarized zone and the Communists on the North and the free Vietnamese on the South, with some guarantees of our troops remaining there. This, I think, was what he was hoping for, praying for, up
- This was contrary to the policy of the paper which at that time to keep the news and the editorial comments separate--I hope it's still that way today . F: That's almost old - fashioned now . B: It is! And they would make the editorial comments on the editorial
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- , 1976 INTERVIEWEE: BOB WALDRON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Waldron's residence, Washington, D.C. D.C~ Tape 1 of 2 G: You're from East Texas. Beaumont, is that right? W: No, Arp. G: That's right, that's W: A-R-P, in East
- that campaign was going you know, although he hoped for the best. spoken out innnediately and forthrightly. But no, I think he should have I would have said, "Regardless of the truth or lack of truth of these charges, this man is my long-time friend and still
- didn't really change the course of events, we were on the wrong side, as it turned out. So I didn't have any objection to coming down. I really wanted to, but I was pretty well tied up. In fact, But I went ahead and made the concession and, as Bob
Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
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- Bobby up pretty well. Bobby was "Ruthless Bob." He was the one person that I think Lyndon Johnson had a problem [with]. And I loved Lyndon Johnson. It's been my theory, and I think it's a good one, that Roosevelt had Harry "The Hop" Hopkins
- histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 4 vice-president. But I had already announced through the state that I was going to be for Johnson and hoped the delegation would be for him. Actually, we got more than thirty out of forty votes
Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- in Massachusetts, up in his Boston office, and a fellow by the name of Eddie Ford, who was very close to the Kennedys . I said, "I've got to locate Jack Kennedy ." Bob had Kennedy's schedule for the day . The best place to LBJ Presidential Library http
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- might be able to do it today. You've got Bob Eckhardt and Henry Gonzalez, who by the way, is also about to fallout with the liberals too, who can pretty well represent a state like Texas and be friendly with the liberals. Now, to get back to your
- think that this is no condemnation that his basic philosophy. I suspect sometimes, you know, if I were an 18- year- old student today I might be marching in some of the confrontations. I hope I would be a peaceful con- fronter, but as one who spent
- there had been Some hope that your position on the ticket might appease some of the Southerners who were at least on the fence regarding the Democratic party. Texas then broke away from the party. Allan Shivers from Do you recall what Lyndon Johnson
- series of new things. I hope I have a copy of that here. A friend of mi ne, Florence Mahoney, and I were great friends with Clark Clifford, who was also a great friend of Senator Johnson's, as you well know. Clark Clifford said that he would . get us
- with him was after I had been appointed Ambassador to Great Britain . When President Kennedy was killed, President Johnson sent for me and said that he expected and hoped that I would remain in the office there . I told him that of course I was honored
- --they went in on a mountain peak; then they were naturally excited about that moment, that type of conversation. So they go across and stand in Lafayette Park and began talking that they had such high hopes after the election, with Mr. Kennedy as President
- Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] hanging out. Then this other part of him said, "This is impossible. Why get my hopes up? fail." More on LBJ Library oral
- did see it as a year and a half or so job, which might possibly lead into another job. During those depression years, we were grasping at straws. You wouldn't remember that, and I hope you never have to go through it, but that was the way it was. M
Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- send the checks, which I did. would come out. But he also asked me when LBJ I called LBJ and said to him [that] I felt that he owed Jack Burns this responsibility and that I would hope he could do it. do it. He said, "Well, I would like to Remind
- Americans." means that we are ex-soldiers or ex-G.I.'s. "GI" merely The word "Forum" was like the Roman open forum derived from the fact that we were hoping that this would be an open meeting,and open discussion meeting for everybody taking part. So
Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
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- , I think the convention will tear itself apart . Some of these Kennedy-pledged delegations will move and we hope they will move to Lyndon Johnson . If they do, I know that Senator Johnson has a tremendous respect for you ." F : You had had
- , whatever, self-determination a chance. And he was deeply dedicated to the idea. With that in mind, with the advice that he got and with his real belief that the United States had to continue to be a leader in the world and in the hope for peace, according
- ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 14 time and one that of course was crucial to what we had hoped to do. F: Were you
- and a profound respect. I would like to include in my informal statement here one of my hopes that somewhere along in history that Walter Jenkins, the stigma that has been attached to him will somehow be removed, because I think that I'm a realist. I'm
Oral history transcript, E. Ross Adair, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- his Cabinet members--I think did quite well. This is a practice which is growing in recent years, and I hope it continues to do so. I think it's important and valuable. And if the legislature is not briefed, there's going to be more and more
- the manusc:ipt when it was over, autographed it and gave it to me to give to my son, my boy, who is now thirty-one years old and who is now the district attorney in this district, following in my footsteps. F: I hope I'm not bragging when I state it like