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Oral history transcript, Frederick O'Reilly Hayes, interview 2 (II), 10/10/83, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • some early, acceptable applications. Outreach of this kind went notably to cities but also to rural areas. In the task force we had people from the Department of Agriculture, like Jim Sundquist. G: John Baker, did he help any? H: No, I don't
  • ; the relationship between LBJ and Sargent Shriver, especially relating to CAP; the difference between Hispanic and African American community groups; Ted Berry as head of CAP; Shriver's staff meetings; the role of the War on Poverty Office of Inspection and William
Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 2 (II), 12/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Can you sort it out B: Yes. The struggle--as I remember it and as my documents kind of I R U me? support, and Jim Sundquist's documents--was mainly between what later was called HEW, and the Department of Labor.against each other and against
Oral history transcript, Anthony Partridge, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of it. It may have been around in draft when I got there. Jim Siena and I did legal review and contributed to it. G: Was it basically a handbook for setting up a Community Action program? P: It was partly that, but it was more a set of regulations, I would
Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 3 (III), 4/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . and Jim ~1addox, Dr. Hill [?] brought Harry in, and with Carl Gibbony an administrator, supporting him, we got those-- neighborhood discussion groups set up nearly everywhere, and they lost out of course when the war came along. A lot of things were
Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in that election. Many of those elected in 1958 went on to become committee chairmen and subcommittee chairmen. They included people like Dan Rostenkowski, Bob Kastenmeier, Neal Smith, Bob Giaimo, Bill Moorhead, Jim O'Hara and John Brademas, now the House
Oral history transcript, Horace E. Richards, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Richards -- I -- 10 broke-down Chevrolet over to San Antonio to hear Jim Ferguson speak. Now, you remember Jim Ferguson. They were big Ferguson people. On the way back, the old man was pretty tipsy, and he
Oral history transcript, Guy S. Meloy III, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • shortly thereafter and was replaced by Colonel Bartholomees, Jim Bartholomees. G: Will you spell that? M: B-A-R-T-H-O-L-O-M-E-E-S. He is now retired at Fayetteville, North Carolina. I've seen him many times since those days, a prince of a guy. He
Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Congressman James H. Scheuer. Jim and I, as his chief executive, over the course of the next seven years got about one hundred million dollars worth of housing started in redevelopment areas. The biggest project is the 1739 unit development in Southwest
Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of Senate Democrats; John Sparkman; Paul Douglas; Paul Butler; Matt McCloskey; Americans for Democratic; Charlie Murphy; Albert and Mark Lasker Foundation; 750 Club; Ed Foley; Liz Carpenter; Ralph Hewitt; Bob Berry; Dave Lloyd; Jack Kennedy; Ted Sorenson
Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • by Secretary Freeman and President Kennedy that this Administration just had to be like Caesar's wife, Assistant Secretary [Jim] Ralph had apparently received a pair of shoes, so that the then-famous alligator shoes as a present from Mr . Estes-­ Ba : Did
  • of Senate Democrats; John Sparkman; Paul Douglas; Paul Butler; Matt McCloskey; Americans for Democratic; Charlie Murphy; Albert and Mark Lasker Foundation; 750 Club; Ed Foley; Liz Carpenter; Ralph Hewitt; Bob Berry; Dave Lloyd; Jack Kennedy; Ted Sorenson
Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • . think I first met Jack at his house, probably it was 1960. I I think he and his wife gave a fund-raiser for Jim O'Hara, Congressman O'Hara, for whom I worked when I first came to Washington. Anyway, we met at the Lafayette Hotel, the four of us
Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 2 (II), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • guidelines. There was a guy in my office, the CAP lawyer, Jim S i e n a who talked at great length with a variety of people, knowledgeable in that field, and who did the drafting and the actual modifications over LBJ Presidential Library http
Oral history transcript, John H. Crooker, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 4 (IV), 6/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Levette J. (Joe) Berry, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • : DECEMBER 10, 1985 INTERVIEWEE : LEVETTE J . "JOE" BERRY INTERVIEWER : Ted Gittinger PLACE : Dr . Berry's office, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Let's start with some biographical information . Where are you from originally? B: My father
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Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 2 (II), 3/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • . 1969 INTERVIEWEE: THEODORE BERRY INTERVIEWER: STEPHEN GOODELL PLACE: Mr. Berry's office, O f f i c e o Washington, D.C. 5/29/2 Tape 1 of 1 G: This is the second session with Mr. Theodore Berry, the director of the Community Action Program
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  • Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 2 (II), 3/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell
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Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • 15, 1969 INTERVIEWEE : THEODORE M . BERRY INTERVIEWER : STEPHEN GOODELL PLACE : Mr . Berry's office, Office of Economic Opportunity, Washington, D .C . Tape 1 of 1 G: Mr . Berry, it's my understanding that you're from Maysville, Kentucky
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  • Biographical information; work as a welfare department investigator; involvement in the War on Poverty and the Urban League, how Berry came to be the director of the Community Action program; early community-related programs; funding programs
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  • Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell
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Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 2 (II), 4/17/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • on the part of the Community Action Agency Director, Ted Berry, and the Director of the Head Start program, Jule Sugarman. Jule Sugarman is a very interesting guy. I don't know if you've talked to him yet. G: I haven't interviewed him yet. P: He's now
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in his selection as Job Corps director? S: Well, again, that's not too hard to explain to you. Ted Berry, who was running Community Action, got sick. And Ted Berry was in the hospital for somewhere around four to eight months. I had to get somebody
  • Corps; Jeanne Noble and Bennetta Washington's involvement in women's Job Corps centers; Bill Kelly taking over for Ted Berry as director of Community Action and Kelly's later work in Job Corps; talking to LBJ in December 1964 to get the Job Corps budget
Oral history transcript, Spurgeon H. Neel, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • . Then they came back and finished up their obligation, their patriotic obligation, the rest of the two years. And we tried to get them somewhere near their homes, so they could start their real life again. We had something called the Berry Plan, because old Dr
Oral history transcript, Frank G. Wisner, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • there was future general Sid Berry. It was a fascinating time; I met a lot of the future leadership of the United States Army. G: Jean Sauvageot, was he around? W: Absolutely, and I first met him in My Tho. He was down training the propaganda teams, black
Oral history transcript, Floyd E. Dominy, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Ed Gossett, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , Texas, and I became the junior member of the law firm Berry, Stokes, Warlick and Gossett, which was the best 1aw fi nn in tm'ln. (~: How do you spell Harlick? G: W-A-R-L-I-C-K. M: You passed the bar in what, 1927? G: We didn't have to pass the bar
Oral history transcript, William McChesney Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • over here. We'd come in here. I knew him very well. He was from Georgia, and I had been chairman of the Berry Schools in 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
Oral history transcript, Robert F. McMahon and Mark T. Muller, interview 1 (I), 7/7/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • it was going to quit cold, so at any rate I got over the pass, and because of the condition of my engine, I had to land at Seven Mile [now Jackson Airport neat Port Moresby], which was not our regular strip. We were at Twelve-Mile Strip [now Berry Airfield
Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • just used it. Later on Sarge Shriver's group came in there; their Citizens for Kennedy-Johnson used a lot of that space. But Charlie Murphy's group stayed in that space. My wife worked in that space with Vi Berry and Charlie Murphy and Jack Burns, a son
Oral history transcript, George D. Aiken, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • of wildflowers, 1926. School Dir., Putney, Vt., 192037; elected Gov., 1937-41; elected to U. S. Senate, 1940, to fill vacancy for term ending Jan. 3, 1945; relected, 1944--. Author: Pioneering with Wildflowers, 1933; Pioneering with Fruits and Berries, 1936
Oral history transcript, Jule M. Sugarman, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • even millions of people who within one year were involved in the Poverty Program in one way or another. G: Ted Berry was brought in in February 1965-- S: I believe that's right, yes. G: What was the purpose of this? S: This was at the time
Oral history transcript, Jack T. Conway, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Donnelly Bolton, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 5 (V), 5/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that the legislative guys used to give at the White House, where they stood and so forth. But I never really had a very good sense other than we had problems. MG: Let me ask you about Ted Berry, the director of the CAP. Did you ever have a chance to assess his
Oral history transcript, W. Stanley Kruger, interview S-I, 8/13/1968 (Item)