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Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh August 19, 1970 F: This is an interview with Mr. John A. McCone in his office in Los Angeles, California, on August 19, 1970. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. Mr. McCone, you have served both the Republicans

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of business, then, over and even W: Above everything else. F: Did you go to Los Angeles? W: Yes, sir. F: What was your feeling of the climate when you arrived there? above~~? I'm not talking about the weather, lim talking about the political climate

Oral history transcript, William F. Knowland, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

down in Los Angeles. You and Senator Richard Nixon proposed the cancellation of it, and the Senate refused to go along with you. Do you recall just where the opposition to your proposal came from? K: This, really, I can't recollect at the moment

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to go back and consult with him all the time. We'd see him-- F: You had latitude in whom you interviewed? W: Utter latitude from him. He said, '~ou've He just turned the investigation over. got to find out who it is we should be examining

Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 2 (II), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 He came out and we opened a dam up in Los Banos, the part of the California Water Project where we were in partnership with the federal government . And he was here on other occasions . Of course, I was always with him in his

Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was going over your recommendations, did he examine the recommendations in detail and question you about specific items? P: No, he was primarily concerned then with overall levels. He had the detail in front of him, but the basic question I think

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

; their contracting officers are supervised much more rigidly. But I think there's a real improvement in the business climate around the country. F: It wouldn't have been your function though to examine contracts after they're made to see that the contract is drawn

Oral history transcript, Harold Brown, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and examined all the details and torn away the newspaper chaff and the biased reporting that comes in, biased on both sides I may say, not on one side or the other exclusively, and then makes up his own mind. just which side he listens to more. So I don't know

Oral history transcript, Alan L. Dean, interview 2 (II), 3/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

as an independent agency, the administrator would never see the President. Decisions would be made by third level examiners in the Bureau of the Budget, and the program would simply drift without the kind of policy support and leadership that a cabinet secretary

Oral history transcript, Elmer B. Staats, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was to create some self-examination in the agencies, and to require the agencies to in a sense start from zero base on their budget and then come in with their prediction. The third piece of it was an effort to try to project not for one year but for five