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Telephone conversation # 10921, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/4/1966, 11:18AM (Item)
  • Press relations
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 3 (III), 3/25/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • be a segregationist and try to uphold some principle that's long outmoded and overruled. (Interruption) G: Okay. I was asking you about Bill Moyers' replacement of George Reedy as presidential press secretary. J: When I came on board and was around a while
  • judges to appoint; Bill Moyers replacing George Reedy as press secretary; Reedy's contention that LBJ was isolated from accurate information; Bill Moyers' personality; the credibility gap; George Christian as press secretary; Thurgood Marshall's
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 2 (II), 6/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • remember? This was a question that was raised a lot in the press. J: I don't remember. But let me ask you a question. Was this before we went in or after we went in? G: No, after. After. J: Oh, I wouldn't be surprised. No, I don't know, but I wouldn't
  • of the war and the information and advice he was receiving; how LBJ obtained information; LBJ's secrecy and relationship with the press; LBJ's travel planning; LBJ's opinion of William McChesney Martin; Joseph Swidler as head of the Federal Power Commission
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 5 (V), 3/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Eleanor Roosevelt than some of the other first ladies, like Mrs. Eisenhower and Mrs. Truman, who just kind [of] were in back. He always was pressing Mrs. Johnson to get into some thing that she would enjoy and take leadership in. Of course, she did select
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • of the staff’s backgrounds; friction among staff mambers; Jacobsen’s opinions on the press; assessment of specific LBJ staffers; who had influence on LBJ’s decisions; LBJ’s temper; LBJ’s 'earthy' language; LBJ’s power of persuasion; the credibility gap; Mrs
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 4 (IV), 3/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)