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Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , Senator [Hugh] Scott of Pennsylvania and Senator [Joseph] Clark of Pennsylvania both came to testify, since I am a Pennsylvanian. And members of the Foreign Relations Committee such as--F: They made it bipartisan then? M: Gene McCarthy and [George
Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 2 (II), 11/5/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • Assistance Command, Vietnam]; Komer's aide, David Pabst.
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • when she thought I was being cussed out, even though I probably needed it at times. I said that on the David Frost show one time but I didn't go into detail. Anyhow, we got there. That's beside the point. He called me up, went over to Mr. Kleberg's
Oral history transcript, Jewel Malechek Scott, interview 2 (II), 5/30/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JEWELL MALECHEK SCOTT INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: The LBJ Ranch, Johnson City, Texas Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: What I thought we could do is start today with a discussion of the President in retirement, because we have very
  • See all online interviews with Jewel Malechek Scott
  • to Acapulco; LBJ's memoirs, The Vantage Point; LBJ's daily routine at the Ranch following the administration; LBJ's interest in golf; the Malecheks' home on the Ranch; Scott's work as LBJ's post-presidential secretary; Scott's experience talking to the press
  • Scott, Jewel Malechek
  • Oral history transcript, Jewel Malechek Scott, interview 2 (II), 5/30/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Jewel Malechek Scott
Oral history transcript, William Cochrane, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • [William] Kerr Scott had asked him to manage his campaign and if he did and if Scott won, Terry would be entitled to come up here as his assistant, but he was running for governor, as I knew, and would I--he'd like to have me come. I said, "I'll go
  • Biographical information; W. Kerr Scott; Brown v. Board of Education; Harold Cooley; the Southern Manifesto; Walter George and Herman Talmadge; moderate stances among Senate leaders like LBJ; Benjamin Everett Jordan; Bobby Baker; how LBJ became
Oral history transcript, Bess Whitehead Scott, interview 1 (I), 3/31/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: BESS WHITEHEAD SCOTT INTERVIEWER: Christie L. Bourgeois PLACE: Mrs. Scott's apartment, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 B: I want to begin by asking you to talk about your own background for a moment. S: Well, I was born on a farm
  • Xerox of Scott, "You Meet Such Interesting People" chapter 16 (pp.165-169)
  • See all online interviews with Bess Whitehead Scott
  • Biographical information and family history; Scott's hearing and health problems; Scott's educational background; Scott's early work experience and how she became a newspaper reporter; Scott's work for the Houston Post and Hulsey Theatres; Scott's
  • Scott, Bess Whitehead, 1890-1997
  • Oral history transcript, Bess Whitehead Scott, interview 1 (I), 3/31/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois
  • Bess Whitehead Scott
Oral history transcript, Jewel Malechek Scott, interview 1 (I), 12/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1978 INTERVIEWEE: JEWELL MALECHEK [SCOTT] INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: LBJ Library, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start out with your background. Where are you from? M: I'm from Eola, Texas. It's a tiny little town about
  • See all online interviews with Jewel Malechek Scott
  • Scott's background; how the Malecheks came to work for the Johnsons on the Ranch; meeting LBJ; improvements made to the Ranch under the Malecheks' care; LBJ's fond memories of his childhood; LBJ's Ranch "family"; Ranch employees and their duties
  • Scott, Jewel Malechek
  • Oral history transcript, Jewel Malechek Scott, interview 1 (I), 12/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Jewel Malechek Scott
Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 3 (III), 4/1/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the teachers, and let's start off with Scott Klett, who I guess was the superintendent. that right? Is LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library
  • The school in Johnson City; Scott Klett as a teacher; curriculum; athletics; school rules; unaccredited status of high school; LBJ in school; LBJ’s ability to absorb information; Sam Ealy Johnson; community opinion of the Johnson family; LBJ’s visit
Oral history transcript, Georgia Cammack Edgeworth, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • probably--well, I'll tell you what they divided, I'll tell you that way, and I don't know that I remember just--they taught the maths, all the maths. the maths. math. Now, I would say that the superintendent taught I know that when Mr. Scott Klett taught
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 8 (VIII), 1/23/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , was just quite primitive. From then on--and I think that was late summer--until his death in late October, Lyndon's father had a series of recurring attacks. He was, I believe, a part of the time in Scott & White in Temple. The family always had great faith
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 30 (XXX), 3/22/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it. Lyndon dedicated a new building in Austin, the Texas Medical Association, and reminded them that he was on the board of Scott & White [Hospital], and also said, as he said many times, that he was against socialized medicine. This was in 1952, and the FEPC
  • a television station; the flood at the Ranch in September 1952; LBJ's involvement with Scott & White Hospital; the effect LBJ's public support for Adlai Stevenson had on LBJ's political career; LBJ's concern that Allan Shivers might run against him; Mrs
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 31 (XXXI), 3/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • guess I'd look in the yellow pages of the telephone book and find somebody. Well at any case, it couldn't have been prevented, and I think I finally wound up in the hospital in Austin and whoever could took care of me. Later on I did go to Scott & White
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and made a table. Well, they thought I was a boy genius when I came up with a table for sixteen. And then I got lucky. Scott Wilson. I ran into a little old Missourian named There was a senator from Missouri named Thomas Hennings, and he and Johnson had
Oral history transcript, John Fritz Koeniger, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was certainly [interested]. And she remained in touch with the school after she left the profession. G: There was a Mr. Klett, is that right? K: Klett. Scott Klett was the superintendent about that recall Scott Klett teaching any classes. time~ He might
Oral history transcript, Earl Howsam, interview 1 (I), 5/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it, his job. So it's very hard to do that. I saw Scott Lucas push through legislation which later was going to defeat him because the people of Illinois did not want it, but his position in the Senate required that he do that. You know, he was defeated
Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 2 (II), 10/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . And I think when they all started sni pi ng at him, he thought, "Well, maybe I wi 11 resign." But I also think that history shows that the majority leaders usually got defeated. If you look back at the various ones, [Ernest] McFarland-- MG: Scott
Oral history transcript, Oren Harris, interview 1 (I), 9/3/1973, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • and somebody else lost. H: McFarland lost. And the Senator from Illinois, Scott Lucas. Scott Lucas lost in that election and that opened the way up for him. [Lyndon] Scott Lucas was the Majority Leader of the Senate until Mr. Dirksen, I believe it was, beat
Oral history transcript, Ernest W. McFarland, interview 1 (I), 2/8/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • at that Scott Lucas was running for office, and so was Senator Myers from Pennsylvania. Scott told me that he 'Has going to be gone quite a bit of the time, and he asked me if I'd kind of look after things. We had a kind of committee of a dozen that he had
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 30 (XXX), 11/4/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • be an occasional burst and McGovern was a pretty good target. It could be capsulized in a comment that I believe can be attributed to Senator Hugh Scott and repeated ad nauseum during the campaign. Scott said, "The McGovern campaign is the campaign of the three
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 33 (XXXIII), 9/4/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , and that was the route to take, he'd take it. One of the things he loved to do was to be on the board of trustees of Scott & White, and he usually managed to get there for the meetings. The Atomic Energy Committee took up some of his time and his excitement. Of course
Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1968, by William S. White (Item)
  • two years ahead of you. D: I ran against Scott Lucas, who was then majority leader of the Senate, who so very recently passed away. Well, I was successful, and there was Lyndon so we simply picked up our friendship where we left off before
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
  • favorite. G: Did she refer to Sir Walter Scott at all? R: I don’t recall that she did. G: Some of the accounts mention that the room to the right in the Johnson City home was filled with books -- R: I can imagine this was true. She wrote
Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 2 (II), 6/5/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Republicans--Hugh Scott of the Sixth District of Pennsylvania, Clifford Case of New Jersey, James G. Fulton of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Thor Tollefson of Washington state and others--put in a Republican alternative to what was then called socialized medicine
Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 6 (VI), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • invitations. G: Did he ever come close to buying another house instead? V: Well, I remember when Mrs. Johnson was looking, I think that they looked at a house very close over here on King Street. It was owned by Scottie, F. Scott Fitzgerald's daughter
Oral history transcript, Herbert J. Kramer, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • between Johnson and Scott Lucas is this. When Scott Lucas wanted to talk to me, some secretary would call up and say, 'Senator Humphrey, can you come around this afternoon to Senator Lucas' office at such-and-such-atime?' When Lyndon Johnson wanted
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • of that pit." He said "That's fair enough," and he never did and I never hired any of his. But we had congenial arrangements. off and on. In fact, our relations were When he was in Scott and White hospital, he called me over there and I sat there with him
Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • was the year in which [Estes] Kefauver ran? F: Kefauver ran in 1956. C: I remember Lyndon came in 1948. Then I remember--who was it dropped dead or was defeated? It was Scott Lucas, wasn't it? F: Yes. C: I remember at that time all of the talk about who
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 2 (II), 2/25/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • against his father. His father was a [state] congressman at one time. G: Okay. In May, LBJ's mother was operated on at Scott and White. Do you remember that? W: Yes, I remember her being in Scott and White; I remember that. No details. G: In June
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 3 (III), 3/3/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh M. Winters -- III -- 3 LBJ's mother had an operation, another operation in March of that year at Scott and White and she was still in a wheelchair in April. Do you remember any of those circumstances? W: Well, I remember her having
Oral history transcript, Paul H. Douglas and Emily Taft Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of anything. Do you know--? ETD: Offhand, I can't think-G: It's been very kind of you-- 0: Not at all. I'm interested in Texans. I lectured in Texas for a man by the name of Elmer Scott, who had been head of Sears, Roebuck and who became converted
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 15 (XV), 1/4/1980-1/5/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • little Rose Groos and that slap happy Jerry Wilke and Lela Scott [?] and all. They all say 'we' about the campaign. They don't think they work for you; they work with you. I've come to think a lot of them, bless their hearts." I think that's the way so
Oral history transcript, James O. Eastland, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • a candidate for defeat. Scott Lucas was defeated when he was Majority Leader, so was Ernest McFarland. 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ
Oral history transcript, Louise Casparis Edwards, interview 1 (I), 1/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • really know if he did or not. G: Now he had been a superintendent earlier, is that right, before Mr. Bowman? Or was he after him? Oh, Mr. Klett, Scott Klett. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org E: ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 2 (II), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • the situation was and I concluded that I could beat him probably. But I concluded that if I did beat him I would have divided the state so badly that the candidate for governor, Bob Scott, would have been defeated, and I probably would have been defeated
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 26 (XXVI), 4/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /loh/oh Califano -- XXVI -- 21 and [Maurine?] Neuberger and [inaudible] Scott here, [Jacob] Javits. And you know they'd react. There was no chance for change then. I mean the President hopefully had signed off on the message by then. There were
Oral history transcript, Elaine Fischesser and Ellen Taylor Cooper, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1967, by Douglass Cater (Item)
  • many books beyond her years. As you spoke a while ago, they haq one of the finest libraries that her mother had collected . I visited out there at the brick house. I saw these books. Many of them were still crated, such as Scott, Dickens, Shakespea re
Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • whip was Senator Francis Myers from Pennsylvania. So you had Scott Lucas, who was a moderate Democrat that Senator [Everett] Dirksen had defeated in November of 1950, and Senator Myers had been defeated, which was unexpected. We knew that Senator