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was the second youngest of eight children, and he was born in San Fran cisco . My grandfather was a gardener in Golden Gate Park in San Francisco . My maternal grandfather was a farmer who lived on his farm all his life--never left it, as a matter of fact

a supervisor in a cut-and-sew industry to be sure that the merchandise that had been assembled was ready to be moved to the market of the public of the United States. He had courage to insist on a 10 per cent surtax and worked hard to see that that went over

for Vice President, and if Johnson, knowing the situation as it is--and he must know it by now---if he allows his name to go to the convention, if he allows his name to be nominated and to be voted on for President of the United States at this convention

Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and recommended to your brother policy changes in Latin America. How have those been realized through the years? E: It's hard to change a policy! First, let me say that I think there were more changes in policy toward Latin America by the United States during

of that kind, and some in the far West. Neither, I felt, would be able to offer the full commitment of the United States on the non-sectional basis to handle the problems that I thought were there for us. So, for that reason, a few of us got together over

Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

talked to him about the small towns in America where the level of teaching was mediocre and certainly not competitive with the big cities, and how, if we had television stations serving those towns, films by acknowledged experts in the field could

nature, a rather open at that time approach to problems, and one who was willing to chat with a relative newcomer to the Congress of the United States. M: Do you recall subsequent meetings where you got to know Mr. Johnson better--what they were

Oral history transcript, David Halberstam, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. That was a particularly moving campaign because if you'll recall in 1960, it wasn't just the race issue in places like Tennessee, it was the religious issue. There really is a belt in America that starts in sort of southern Indiana, and is like a cone expanding, like

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

nothing to gain. I didn't want any appointment and I didn't want anybody appointed either. And you might say, "How come you got appointed to the United States Information Agency Commission?" Well, that came about in this way. He called me up one night
to the United States Information Agency Advisory Commission; LBJ’s decision to not run in 1968; Vietnam propagandist and censor Barry Zorthian; Hoyt’s trip to Vietnam; John Vann; LBJ’s “credibility gap”; LBJ’s press secretaries; LBJ’s personality

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