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Oral history transcript, George Meany, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh August 4, 1969 Mu: Let's begin by just identifying you on the tape here. You're George Meany, and you are president of the AFL-CIO and have served in that capacity during the entire Johnson Administration, as well
Aid; 3/31 announcement; AFL-CIO would have supported LBJ for another term; LBJ’s legislative achievements; assessment of LBJ’s presidency.

Oral history transcript, David Dubinsky, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

for the AFL-CIO. minimum wage. And we organized a committee to work for an increased At that time we had it already $1.25 because of many years of hard struggle and difficulties. went up to $1.25. It started in 1938 with 40¢ and then I remember under

Oral history transcript, Chris Dixie, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a place for as long as Shivers was in the saddle in the official Democratic Party. But the DOT was an outgrowth of the Fort Worth convention and the growing self-awareness of the liberal elements around the state. The AFL-CIO had merged a year or two

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

-60; exec. dir. Nat. Urban League, N.Y.C 1961 --- ; instr. Sch. Social Work, U. Neb., 1950-58; frequent lectr. Mem. Presidents Com. Youth Employment; nat. adv. council AFL-CIO Community Services Com.; adv. bd. N.Y. Sch. Social Work, Columbia; adv. com

look good . say, You write this and 'Sources say that it looks as though it's going to be Kennedy and Johnson .' That's the background on the story ." I can remember talking with the AFL-CIO delegation from Massachusetts . Bill Bolanger

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Pechman, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, the president of AFL-CIO, talked to the President about it and objected to it very, very strenuously--and fairly soon after the leak. The leak also generated opposition from people within the administration, to wit: Willard Wirtz, a strong opponent of the plan

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 4 (IV), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to become the next president of the AFL-CIO . Now, I don't know whether this is true or not, but looking at it objectively, there was � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Oral history transcript, Timothy May, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to go into Denver and get one. have one in Cheyenne, Wyoming. They don't I'll never forget going down to the union. We wanted to get a painter, and we finally found this little storefront office which was the state headquarters of the AFL-CIO. I went

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and the CIO and the AFL and the miners to be carrying caskets up and down Broadway and State Street and Pennsylvania Avenue day after day after day after day after day." I said, "I don't know. I don't have any entree to the labor." And he said, "Could you help

Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Reynolds -- I -- 3 say, "I'm not a doctrinaire. On one issue I may vote with the AFL-CIO [American Federation

Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

Committee, not supporting either the AFL-CIO bill or the Teamster's bill or the Eisenhower bill. The Teamsters and the Machinists very much opposed my re-election in any year after that. K: Because you had organized his--I don't know if organized

, at least in the beginning, the AF of L and the CIO were separate 0 rganizations. Green would not permit the AF of L men to sit down with the CIO (then) woman on Social Security unless a third party brought them. together. I became that third party. So

Oral history transcript, Charles Frankel, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

policy adviser to George Meany in the AFL-CIG. But 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

nicely with my own philosophy and background and experience. He was a vice presi- dent of the Pennsylvania AFL, a printer who belonged to the typographical union. He worked as a printer for a Reading newspaper and then he became active in the labor

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