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Oral history transcript, Charles F. Herring, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

ringing and so on to keep it going. We set up offices in the old Hancock House, just west of Congress Avenue two blocks. worked so hard in my life. and would help with I believe that I never We would try to raise money and would make speeches
Biographical information; 1937-1960 campaigns; Congressional secretary to LBJ; lived with the Johnsons; Hardy Hollers; waiting for election returns; appointment as U.S. District Attorney; Herbert Brownwell; Frankie Randolph; Los Angeles Democratic

to have heard me four blocks away when that Istop Kennedy" proposal was made. killed. The proposal was promptly There was one thing about a proposal like that. It had to be unanimous, because if it wasn't unanimous the group that disagreed would have

, we had blocked off part of the hall because we had feared that we wouldn't be able to fill the hall . We had called all the union people and senior citizens people to get them into the hall . We had to tear down the part of the partition that we

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

said, "Yes, sir, but I've been about my Vice President's business," and he grinned and didn't say a word ! So we went on out to dinner and oddly enough Nixon was in Chasen's! So he was just about getting ready to leave, so we circled the block--the Vice

Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 2 (II), 7/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

because Dallas is, the early part of next year, going to have ceremonies for '\ Kennedy Memorial, which will be some block and a half from the actual site. design. It's to be a rather simple It's to carry the passage of scripture from Ecclesiastes about

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

be a meeting between Kennedy and Johnson at the Biltmore Hotel which was campaign headquarters. We would go from there directly to the television program, but it would give us an hour to talk things over and to get ready. I arranged for a block of rooms

Oral history transcript, LeRoy Collins, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

this because they thought it would be used as an instrument to slow it down. On the other hand, the radical holdouts, who at that point in history for every possible way to block desegregation, didn't like the prospect of having an agency that, as they saw

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

have much, much more. If those few hundred trees gave so much joy, why not spread it around! Then Kenwood, the suburb of Washington, is so marvelous. It's about forty square blocks all planted in Yoshino cherries. So Mrs. Johnson did a very good

Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: Blocking you out, you mean? P: Right, and not letting me get to the President when some of the situations were rather tight, especially during my fight with the advertisers. For example, when they had asked me to speak--that is, the AFA, the American

Oral history transcript, Allen E. Barrow, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Hector Garcia, interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the Thornberrys were very close friends of the Johnsons. apart. They lived about three blocks They lived on Davenport Street and President and Mrs. Johnson lived on 32nd Street in northwest Washington. Congressman and Mrs. Thornberry were very dear to me

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 2 (II), 9/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that some people had: The ball game was over. I could count. if we can block Kennedy on the first ballot, then we can get them to pick a second choice. R: Kennedy had the votes well before the convention. people and he had them counted. He had damn good

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

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