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

brought him to my office. I was occupying a little small office next to Walter Jenkins' office. Bill Moyers brought him in and said, "Here's a fellow I think you ought to talk to, and you might get him to do some writing for the President." During
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
Richard Goodwin; Great Society speech; initiation of Great Society programs; major legislative acts; Everett Dirksen; Bill Moyers and his use of power; Horace Busby; Walter Jenkins; Valenti’s 'I sleep better because Lyndon Johnson is in the White

. George is a close friend of mine. George was another one wholly devoted to the President. The person who went to work for the President in 1939 and got the President's complete trust, just so totally, was Walter Jenkins. If Walter could have remained
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985

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

. There's no question about that. McHugh, who was a brigadier general in the air force and was Kennedy's air force aide, went flitting up and down the aisle trying to get the pilot to get the plane off the ground, because his President was aboard and he
Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
had to LBJ; 1964 campaign; LBJ’s inability to announce travel plans in advance; LBJ choosing a running mate; LBJ lying to the press; comparison of LBJ’s press secretaries; the Walter Jenkins incident; off-the-record interviews; naming Nicholas

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

with the trouble with Walter Jenkins? C: No, no, I don't think. M: Well, the point is after Walter Jenkins' problem, there's an FBI check run apparently on all White House personnel. c: Yes, full field investigation. M: But your program is not tied

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

time I ever saw those transparent visual aids that he used. He was wearing contact lenses at the time. His speech text was visible to him as he stood at the podium, but through the use of mirrors it was not visible to the audience on TV

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

or eradicate venereal diseases. They're into the AIDS program now. The legislation that was enacted would be introduced by Javits and co-sponsored by Pell. The reason for that--and this is very unique, to have a Republican in a Democratic-controlled senate

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

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

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

didn't agree with his stand M: How about education? Aid to education? G: I think he went too far with that. M: How about housing? That's another. G: Well, I think he overdid that. I feel like he obligated the government beyond the government's

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Phillips -- I -- 5 which we advocated during the campaign--like a minimum wage increase, housing, federal aid to education, social security

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

to defer to anybody. It was perfectly clear that these missions were arranged, some at his request, other Kennedy and his aides thought up to keep [Johnson occupied]. "I don't know what to do with Lyndon. And Kennedy often said, I've got to keep him

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

legislation? F: No, I don't recall. I had very little occasion to deal with him directly regarding such things. Usually my relationship was with some of the aides in the White House, so far as legislation was LBJ Presidential Library http

the analogy is the AID formula: you give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; you teach him how to fish and he can feed himself from then on. G: Was the War on Poverty planned with the recognition that Sargent Shriver would be the head of the program

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

arrival at Metropolitan Airport, which is sort of equidistant between downtown Detroit and downtown Ann Arbor. So all that week there was considerable planning that went into the President's visit. His aides and associates all indicated that he really

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