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Oral history transcript, Ed Gossett, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

GOSSETT -- I ~- 17 knew that and was smart enough to talk Mr. Johnson into becoming his running mate. I think there would have been almost a southern rebellion without Mr. Johnson on the ticket at that time. M: When you went to Los Angeles

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of such a thing when it first came up. It was sort of a glancing conversation. B: Was this before the convention? K: This was in Los Angeles, but before anything materialized because people were just beginning to mention it, only one or two people because

Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there. C: Fine. I came to Houston with my family in 1929 from Long Beach, Mississippi, and felt very much a stranger in Texas at that time. the fall of 1930 I entered Sam Houston High School. old. In I was fifteen years President Johnson, then twenty

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. 1970 INTERVIEWEE: CHARLES ROBERTS INTERVIEt1ER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Roberts office, Washington. D. C. I Tape 1 of 3 F: Mr. Roberts, you were in Dallas at the time of the assassination, November. 1963. R: Ri ght. F: Did you have any

Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to be governor. S: Well, I got into politics a long time before 1968. F: Yes, sir. S: My first venture into politics was in 1932, when I felt not an obligation, but felt that I wanted to help the Democratic candidate for governor at the time who was Henry

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh October 19, 1968 W: I was born of southern parents in St. Louis, where they were residing at that time, briefly in 1923. We returned to the South. My mother and father were Tennesseean and Alabaman people with a long

Oral history transcript, Robert P. Griffin, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the Senate? I wouldn't say that I knew him well. However, while I served on the House side, I would get over to the Senate side from time to time to see the Senate in action. Of course, Lyndon Johnson was very prominent in those days as the Senate's

Oral history transcript, Kermit Gordon, interview 4 (IV), 4/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Gordon -- IV -- 2 happy phrase. I didn't at the time. There \Vas just none better around and for SOme reason it was felt necessary to have a rubric

Oral history transcript, Matthew B. Coffey, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

, Maryland, visiting my parents for the weekend. I got a phone call. My boss at that time was a guy named Frederick Stalfort, and he called me up and he said, "Coffey, where in the hell are you?" And I said, "I'm home." "Vlell," he said, "You're going

Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

first trip to Washington. I was a new member, I met all of the Texas members, of whom there were twenty-one, including myself, at the time. them, probably, on the opening day of the session. I met all of I'm sure I did. That included Mr. Rayburn

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 5 (V), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

who felt that he was overstepping and overplaying his hand. Once again, Goodwin was exiled, this time to the Peace Corps, where he became a speech writer for Sargent Shriver. It was in this kind of obscure post which someone said is as far as you can

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 1 (I), 7/13/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

left that under unhappy cir- cumstances in the end of August, beginning of September, 1964 [and] spent time from September to June more or less sitting in the White House doing nothing. Then I went down to the Dominican Republic as chief of the U.S

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Whitney Young -- Interview I -- 2 the statement many times that some of the best liberals

Oral history transcript, George R. Brown, interview 3 (III), 7/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

talk to Mr . Jones about it? B : No, I never did . G: I guess it wasn't successful . B: Mr . Jones was in Washington at the time and he theoretically had I don't remember the details . nothing to do with the editorial policy . The people

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

. C: The first time I ever ran for public office was in 1961, when I ran for the office of mayor here in Detroit. Prior to that time I had been practicing law here in the city. F: You ran, I gather, pretty much as a lone wolf. C: Yes, I ran

Oral history transcript, Albert H. Quie, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

topic of interview: Date ___4_1_3_0_1_6_9______ Place ______________________ Length Tape I - 32 pages Tape index: Page or estimated time on tape Tape I - 1 Sub;ect(s) covered Biographical 2 Personal contact with Johnson; the Johnson technique 3

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 2 (II), 10/21/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of a nighttime basis. I'd go to work on the poverty task force stuff when I left the Pentagon at seven or eight o'clock at night, and then after a bit of that I shifted to full-time as Shriver's deputy. G: In his phone conversation with you did Shriver

Oral history transcript, George Pazianos, interview 1 (I), 8/30/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the Railroad Retirement Subcommittee, but in practice handling all of Senator Pell's work on [the] committee, which included all the health, the education, [and the] poverty programs. G: Describe the committee at the time you went there, in terms

Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 2 (II), 2/29/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

made was very late at that big meeting that was finally staged in Houston at the Astrodome. I was there. F: That must have been in October, pretty close to the end. P: I think so, pretty close to the end. at that time. Johns.on made a very fine

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

be a member, a lobbyist, or someone else to speak to the group and answer questions about a pending bill or some other timely issue. to be qu ite a popu 1ar event. Club." This got We ca 11 ed it the "Tuesday Luncheon I was one of the organizers

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 3 (III), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

grievances and so forth. But I don't remember minimum wage. And you say, [reading from outline] "Has there an urban orientation? primarily on urban instead of rural poverty?" G: Last time, right. Y: Yes. "How did the task force function? We talked