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  • who, I believe, sort of took Sherman Adams' place ; and I talked to Dave Kendall, who was special counsel to the President ; and I talked to Romer McFee, who was Dave Kendall's assistant . And they wanted to know if I believed in the free enterprise
  • plan for the pool. In getting an endorsement of the plan by her the newspapers are of course a marvelous form of contract. When you get all. those n~~spaper photographers and reporters standing there in the White House Rose Garden and they say
  • Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 7 30 years that I've been associated with the Soil Conservation Service. I think this fact is a great credit to those American
  • --direct, unequivocal statement--was to the effect that the board of directors of our association supported the proposed legislation titled S 2084. I added that one reason for our support of this legislation was that it recognized outdoor advertising
  • in Westerville, Ohio, in 1924 . B: That's correct . M: Educated at Otterbein University? B: Otterbein College, which is in Westerville, Ohio . school associated with the United Brethren Church . It's a denominational At that time, it was the United
  • make this arrangement possible. I suggested at that time that we form a non-profit corporation, as we have in the case of other national parks. I wrote a memo that went to Mrs. Kennedy from the Associate Director of the Park Service proposing
  • Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh March 13, 1969 F: Mrs. Graham, when did you first get to know the Johnsons beyond just an ordinary business relationship in your position with the newspaper? G: I got to know them
  • for the signing ceremony, trying to bring in everybody we could think of in the various transportation interests including all of the modes, some of the suppliers, and such organizations as the Transportation Association of America and the National Freight Traffic
  • not the one who funneled that money into Watergate, are you? (Laughter) C: No, I wasn't. whole campaign. (Laughter) We didn't have that much money in our That was more mor.ey than we had in our whole campaign. 'Really, there was a newspaper man, a radio
  • the churches were holding services the So they all took their sermon that day [from that They were like newspaper reporters, all these ministers, trying to beat the other minister to it, making the attack on him first. F: And they had to take it right off
  • attorney in the state of Texas principally and have been since my graduation in 1933. In addition to being an attorney and representing for many years the Outdoor Advertising Association of America, which is the association of members who
  • Biographical information; how Tocker came to know LBJ; the billboard bonus law of 1958; Tocker’s work for the Outdoor Advertising Association of America; passing an amendment to the billboard bonus law; LBJ’s stance in regard to the billboard bonus
  • to the American 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://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 6 Conservation Association
  • ; Laurance Rockefeller; Hubert Humphrey; consultant to American Conservation Association; Nixon administration proposed changes in the Council; Udall-LBJ relationship; transition; Hickel's influence with Laurance Rockefeller regarding Citizen
  • programs and in beautification, things which you are associated with--desalination of water, the whole myriad. L: I'm interested in health programs because as a child I had poor health-- F: This is in Wisconsin? L: In Wisconsin. At one time I
  • on the part of some of my associates as to whether or not this was a good idea, and what sort of a return we would get, we put this out as a contest to the ninety-odd thousand people through � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
  • when I have been at a senator's side, I have been with him only in other circumstances maybe four or five times-all of them associated with Appalachia. he's a man of great earthiness. offended me as being crude. There isn't any question He's never
  • Biographical information; first association with LBJ while working for Senator Patrick McNamara; impressions of LBJ; LBJ’s techniques for garnering votes; “Johnson Treatment;” LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; total liberal; LBJ lacked tremendous
  • , in addition to which, since a number of my assistants and I had been associated wi t h various of these agencies in one way or another in the past, we knew a fair amount about them. And some of the fellows had very strong feelings about the competence
  • to the American Medical Association. G: He was a believer in waiting until you had the votes, I guess. L: Yes, he was. G: Now, he went to a party at your house in February, 1964, the same day He believed in it, but he didn't have the votes. that he sent
  • The genesis of the Heart, Cancer and Stroke Commission; Dr. Michael DeBakey; goals of funding national clinical research; influence of the American Medical Association and the National Institutes of Health; Dr. James Shannon; LBJ’s interest
  • , and the maritime side, that were against the department, but by and large most of the industry was either openly supportive--this including outfits like the Transportation Association of America--or they didn't oppose it. If they did oppose it, they usually did
  • ; Laurance Rockefeller; Hubert Humphrey; consultant to American Conservation Association; Nixon administration proposed changes in the Council; Udall-LBJ relationship; transition; Hickel's influence with Laurance Rockefeller regarding Citizen
  • to be the deputy mayor. I want a city manager for that job." Horace Busby then called Pat Healy of the National League of Cities, John Guenther, U.S. Conference of Mayors; Mark Keane, the executive director of the International City Managers Association; and Mr
  • beauty. His associates added a great deal to this heritage; Horace Albright was his principal adviser starting back in the early '20's. F: I might add for future reference that Horace Albright also used to be a director of the National Park Service. R