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Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 3 (III), 2/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • settled when I heard Baltimore was coming unlatched again for some reason or other. political intrigue within the union. Philadelphia. There was always some Then finally the last port was Then it was a question of working Philadelphia. I recall
Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 5 (V), 9/9/1982-9/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and worked for the--who is it that owns the Philadelphia Inquirer? Was that the Guggenheims? Well, anyway he was an attorney and he worked there, stayed in Philadelphia a few years, and then I think he went on to New York and I don't know who he
Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • with me and inquired whether I could return � 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/show
Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • . But by and large, I think Myron--the Times was okay. Christ, the best people weren't the Times or the Washington Post, it was the Philadelphia Inquirer, a guy called [David] Zucchino, and the guy for Variety. Variety had a guy in there every day, Kevin Goldman
Oral history transcript, Eugene M. Locke, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • was mustered out of the Navy, oh, I forget whether it was October 1 or November 1. It was the fall of 1945 in Philadelphia. That's right. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • undertake it. I think he felt that these contacts were kept to the absolute minimum, and he knew the motivation would have to be one of last resort--that there was a need for presidential participation. Now President Johnson would inquire. As we talked about
  • and Republican opposition to national Democratic Party policies; anti-Catholic sentiment in Louisiana that diminished JFK support; the role of Mayor Robert Wagner in New York City patronage; Democratic Party organization in Chicago and Philadelphia; judgeships
Oral history transcript, Victor Ferrari, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was living in Philadelphia I was examined at the recruiting station; low and behold, they passed me. You know, once I was in the air force I didn't experi- ence trouble with blood pressure--passed it on every subsequent occasion. I joined the service
Oral history transcript, LeRoy Collins, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • the press had been hounding me about somebody Luci was dating or Lynda was dating, or something. They had inquired about it, and [asked] could we just tell them something. Or whether he was going to church, or this or that. I told him that they wanted
Oral history transcript, Gene Latimer, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in the school's history he meekly inquires of me if I think he may with application develop into as good a debate coach as his predecessor, G. Preston Smith. The district meet is almost too easy and when we set out for Austin and the state finals, our school
Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 3 (III), 7/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to him? Did you get any reaction? D: Generally speaking, he always made inquiry because he watched the progress pretty well, and then he would inquire as to what real progress was made and what the likelihood was for success and especially on certain
Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • I personally serve, that's all. Frankly, I thought it would have been rather presumptuous of me to inquire of the President who was being appointed. That was his power of selection certainly, and one in which I felt I should make no inquiry. M
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 5 (V), 6/3/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , under the law as it presently exists even though there's no possible relationship between his having been overheard calling this embassy to inquire about olympic games or when's the best time to visit a place and what kind of clothes should you take
Oral history transcript, Vann Kennedy, interview 1 (I), 11/xx/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • of the executive committee to inquire into it. If I recall, the theory of the opinion is that in the Courts and other laws, the machinery for election law contests are very clearly set up, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Oral history transcript, Nelson M. Bortz, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • at the University of North Dakota, I received a telegram from the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U . S . Department of Labor inquiring as to whether I was available as a statistical clerk, CAF-2, $1,440 per year . This was in the spring of 1935 . I replied
Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 4 (IV), 2/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • there were machine guns on the floor of the car. I inquired a few times, "What's this about?" but it's all. . . . I recall something else. George Reedy was with us, I believe, and became ill in a hotel in the middle of the city. He had gastrointestinal
Oral history transcript, Frank Pace, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • /loh/oh PI\CE -- I -- 5 criticism. office. This had to be channeled through my general counsel's When it was identified, I had him take it to the appro- priate committee and indicate the nature of what we knew and to inquire whether this \'Ias
Oral history transcript, Daniel Garcia, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • by the hotel, LaSalle Hotel in the city of Cotulla and then another little place down the street that he used to come to the Welhausen. He was all thrilled because I was kind of telling him a few things that I could remember. And he would inquire and so forth
Oral history transcript, John E. Horne, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • money. M: Since he already knew you, he still didn't ever talk to you directly about that. H: No, not during the campaign. He might inquire as to how things were going, but he never gave me any directions as to what I should do or as to what
Oral history transcript, John Fritz Koeniger, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the story was that Sam cast out and just left his hook there, sitting there all morning, and the other man came back [from] fishing, all of them with a string of fish. They inquired if held caught anything, and he said, "No, I haven't even had a bite. '1
Oral history transcript, Oren Harris, interview 1 (I), 9/3/1973, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • and inquired about it. his intention. He confirmed that that was 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
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , but anyhow, the representative from these areas to Washington. One of them was named [Anthony J.] Dimond [delegate from Alaska], as I recall. I wonder if that's right. G: I'll check it. J: I had, I think, written him a letter to inquire about
Oral history transcript, Manuel Cohen, interview 1 (I), 7/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • conversations were limited solely to matters under the securities acts. The President has a lot of additional powers, but they certainly didn't inquire from me about that because they knew more about it than I do. M: Since you've been out of office, there's
Oral history transcript, Livingston Biddle, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1989, by Louann Temple (Item)
  • not preserved in Austin I don't know where they would--I'm sure they would not be in the archives of the National Endowment, though you could inquire. I have never seen them. T: But do you recall whether he just got up and spoke extemporaneously or whether
Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • it?" I said, "Not anything." He said, "Well, let's get started tomorrow," which we did. And it was a very important evening in I ~y life. After we had discussed my future, I inquired as to his. He said, "I'm going to stay in public life." I said
Oral history transcript, Phillip Tocker, interview 2 (II), 8/1/1984, by Lewis Gould (Item)
  • of signs on a motorist or on the environment, then I need only inquire of anybody within hearing distance, do you notice any difference? And I think the answer has to be there is no difference in the visual impact. That is not to say that the outdoor
Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • waited out there was probably around four-thirty, and as the plane took off I was astonished to see smoke rising from the city of Washington. I inquired of the stewardess what it was. She spoke to the pilot, and the pilot was informed through
Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 2 (II), 10/21/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was in everybody's head because of his book, The Other America. I brought in John Rubel, because he had been a colleague in the Pentagon and I thought of him as an LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org inquiring mind. ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon
Oral history transcript, O.J. Weber, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • not ever inquire. Aubrey Williams would make trips to Texas, supposedly with money that we were collecting generally in that area. The campaign was of course something that consumed us there at the office. As I say, we set up what we call the political
Oral history transcript, Janet Wofford Ingram, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • when he was a senator--I think it wasn't when he was in the White House--inquired of the President where she was, and he said, "Oh, I don't know. She's out planting flowers somewhere." (Laughter) So that's a--that's a-- B: Longstanding? I: Long time
Oral history transcript, Bui Diem, interview 2 (II), 8/14/1986, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • came to school, I learned that Quan Toh, who was supposed to teach that day, was not present, and inquired about it, and nobody knew about him. A few days later, we learned that he disappeared completely, and from then on, nobody heard about him any
Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 4 (IV), 8/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • , and I think I called him once. Those were actually the only conversations I actually had with him. M: To inquire as to how your voice was holding out, Mr. Albert? A: Yes. I had a virus, you know, during the convention. I was about to lose my voice
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with an inquiring mind--one of the main burdens of Khanh's argument was the reason, the justification, the apo7ogia pro vita sua for having the coup was because the four generals were about to betray everything to the French. Lodge approached that, I think
Oral history transcript, Ben W. Heineman, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ? H: He did not personally, but in what I understood to be in his name Joe Califano and Harry McPherson talked to me about my becoming secretary. F: Was this a general fishing session? H: Well, they inquired whether I was interested, giving me
Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 2 (II), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to the Governor's Mansion. It's hard to think now that that was rather unusual but it was, and no longer ago than that. F: That's what I say, this seems quaint almost now. S: I, in the course of conversatior., simply inquired what he had been doing. It turned
Oral history transcript, Ray E. Lee, interview 2 (II), 2/8/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in Johnson IS office, and we had a two-hour, he.ad-to-head tal k. G: About what? Do you remember? L: She was inquiring about what \'Je were doing, why we were doing it this way. Johnson was trying to get her to say it was very good, trying to win her
Oral history transcript, R. Vernon Whiteside, interview 2 (II), 8/6/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • before they got to inquiring into how the same bunch ran every meeting, how they were a sophomore today and next week they'd be in the junior meeting. I don't think we got to vote too many outsiders in the senior class. They kind of got smart
Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Lowell K. Bridwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • individual . mind . I I admired I admired him for his inquiring I admired him for his ability to pursue to logical conclusions either questions or problems that he had before him. very tough-minded person . Bob was an individual, I think probably