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Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

minutes and that he was appointing--of course, the Detroit riots were at their height, and Newark was still smouldering. that he was going to appoint a citize~s He said committee to investigate LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
Biographical information; Business and Professional Women's Clubs; Sarah Hughes; Commission on Civil Disorders; Detroit riots; Kerner Commission Report; 1964 Democratic National Convention and campaign; Peden's Senate race; Doers Luncheon; Eartha

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 3 (III), 5/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

to the Detroit riots that sununer,were very important--when it became quite clear that he was no ionger going to connnit hiroselfto any kind of leadership in the area of race and urban strife. LBJTs reaction to the Detroit riots, you will recall, was a day
LBJ’s response to the Detroit riots and race problem; McNamara’s move from Defense Dept. to the World Banks; Robert Kennedy’s and the “doves” in the Senate; assessment of LBJ and conclusion that he was a bitter man; Kennedy’s decision to run

on Saturday morning with the other appointees and Mrs. Johnson. As we arrived the President was holding a press conference at which he announced our appointments and we spent the rest of the morning with the President, had lunch with him and Mrs. Johnson
; Detroit riots; Robert McNamara; Clark Clifford; cost effectiveness; role of service secretaries

know what to do at that point--you know, what they were supposed to do. So I wound up writing a press release for them by which they could announce this marvelous thing--not a part of my usual work. P: What is the line between the use of the Civil

Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, these were sort of pressed together into one lump package and attached to it. G: I think that's probably the major thing that occurred. When I asked about your impressions of the bill and you pointed out its similarity to previous .measures which either

Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: JEROME P. CAVANAGH INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Cavanagh's office in Detroit, Michigan Tape 1 of 3 F: Mr. Cavanagh, let's talk a little bit about how you came to get into politics in the first place, and become a national figure
Political background; LBJ's support of poverty program in Detroit; use of phrase "The Great Society" and how it began; role of Public Officials Advisory Committee; Detroit Freedom March with MLK in 1963; creation of HUD; Model City program; U.S

Oral history transcript, Charles Diggs, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 3 Michigan and into Detroit to try to stimulate some interest in his behalf, but they weren't too successful. There was just a normal pre- judice against Southerners
LBJ's commitment to civil rights; 1967 Detroit riots; opposition to Vietnam bombing policy; reorganization of the District of Columbia

Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the kind of county that needs the program. K: That's right. The same thing would be true of New York and Los Angeles and Detroit, various others of these large industrial centers. M: That's interesting. You know Mr. Johnson's current critics, some

Oral history transcript, Samuel Yorty, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in, maybe twenty people, in this suite and said that he had this offer and that he wanted to let us know before the press knew it because we were his good friends. So to the few of us there he explained that he had had this offer, and that he felt

Oral history transcript, Kenneth Torp, interview 1 (I), 6/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. They bombarded a small Turkish village with heavy artillery, and they went in and killed some people, looted the place. F: As part of the ambassadorial community, were you free to go anywhere you wanted to? T: Oh, yes. F: There wasn't any problem

Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to the White House." I said, "Why?" He said, "I can't tell you." So I was able to find a place for my wife and kids to stay at a motel, and the FBI got my suit pressed for me, got on the airplane, landed at Andrews Air Force Base, arrived at the White House

Oral history transcript, John W. Hechinger, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of overpowering when you see him coming up from that 4 or 5 o'clock nap. He was looking ruddy and like he'd been out of the sauna and sunbathed --freshly pressed clothes and a folder in his hand. how are you, John? Good to see you. He said, '~ell, Come over

Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 2 (II), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

most people would have guessed that the city of Detroit was the last place that would have gone and yet it was one most violent. what went into keeping peace in New York. So I don' t really know I'd like to think that we influenced it, I don' t k

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was the recipient of the Spingarn Medal which is a medal given by the NAACP for outstanding performance by a Negro, and I was going to go to Atlanta to receive the award. knew I would have to meet the press. I What I said to the President was that I wanted

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, Narch 30, the Presice.nt ?r::::ss conference out on the la,vn in the Rose; Carden. I ve:ry '.;1211 because I \"ont to my daughter's school and fIe" a kit e with her that morning, and he had called my office, apparently just t, ~)2 at th. press co

Oral history transcript, Powell Moore, interview 1 (I), 1/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Natural Gas Company for approximately a year. By this time it was fall of 1966. Then I got a call from a guy by the name of Bill Bates, who had been Senator Russell's press secretary since the mid-1950s. By the It/ay, he might be able to make

: You couldn't do much really except deplore? S: That's right. What were we going to say to a joint session? So then he had me--that was on Saturday--he had Christian announce to the press that we would defer the joint session. or Tuesday. We'd

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