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Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 4 (IV), 1/28/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a little bit about politics during that period after March 31. You discussed the meeting that he had with Robert Kennedy in that period. I think [Theodore] Sorensen and Rostow were there. LBJ went out to address the broadcasters convention in Chicago. He
  • Westmoreland; Robert McNamara leaving LBJ’s staff; LBJ’s view of civil rights; Martin Luther King’s relationship with LBJ and his death; Resurrection City; LBJ meeting with people who wanted to discuss appointments; keeping meetings on or off the record
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh Jones -- III -- 14 when he says to call a cabinet officer, to do it, and anytime I needed to get him to come in personally and not to Juanita Roberts or someone else. He wanted to deal directly. So access to him was always free
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)
  • , although I had taught swimming, I didn't know how to swim myself. And this was about the time the Bobby Kennedy parties were having everybody tossed in the pool. So Tom Boggs said that he was going to toss me in the pool and watch me drown in front
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 2 (II), 6/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • to transpire. One of our chief functions on that particular trip was to raise a crowd, because we felt it was important that Lyndon Johnson get as good a reception as John Kennedy did. We found out various ways in which the Kennedy assistants had raised a crowd