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Oral history transcript, James Sundquist, interview 1 (I), 4/7/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh SUNDQUIST -- I -- 2 From 1953 to 1954, you were the assistant to the chairman of the Democratic National Committee. From 1955 to 1956 you were
in the Budget Bureau; Sargent Shriver; Sundquist’s participation in the War on Poverty task force; department representatives vs. free agents in the task force; how Shriver became head of the task force and later the OEO; the concept of community action

Oral history transcript, Oscar M. Laurel, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 4 Smith--being the first of our faith really to become a Democratic nominee for the Presidency was something that created a tremendous amount

Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, and this was a deliberate action on my part. an appropriate response to it. I had to think of Probably had my wife not been with me, I would have said it wasn't worth the trouble, but since she was with me, I resolved to do something about it. And then I resolved to do
Address; LBJ’s 1963 Gettysburg speech; Jack Brooks; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; critics of LBJ.

Oral history transcript, Robert Lampman, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Lampman -- I -- 7 and so on, clearly got its expression in the community action approach as a remedy. But I would say in general there were sort of the econo- mists against the rest of the disciplines
of draftees from disadvantaged backgrounds; income maintenance programs; campaign program proposal; January 1964 economic report on U.S. poverty; Sargent Shriver; community action; employment and poverty; labor union viewpoint; budget problems; Defense

: The combination didn't cause you difficulty with your other delegates and the Ohio Democrats? C: You mean Johnsorrs? M: Yes. C: No, we accepted Johnson. M: When you went to Washington then for President Kennedy, were there any particular areas of HEW

Oral history transcript, Herman Talmadge, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Democratic Convention. dacy of Senator Russell. We were espousing the candi- Senator Johnson at that time was in the Senate, and he was also active in Senator Russell's campaign. I became acquainted with him at that time, of course not extremely well

Oral history transcript, Edwin W. Pauley, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

know you're interested in getting to the subject matter of Lyndon Johnson. I became quite active in Democratic politics. This was occasioned because there was a legislative bill which was put up, passed the legislature--put up as a referendum

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

no need to appoint bad people, but their wants and needs ought to be considered, and also help in their political campaigns. Now Johnson, in my view, neglected his functions as leader of the Democratic Party which substantially contributed to his
of the Democratic Party; Young Citizens for LBJ in 1964; Birch Bayh; ran Associates Division of President’s Club; McSurley case; 5th Amendment; Bill Moyers; importance of Jack Valenti; reason Katzenbach moved to State; comparison of Katzenbach and Clark; Task Force

we left the airport in the motorcade, and there were large crowds all the way into town on the autopista [expressway] from the airport. And all at once--I was in the, I don't know, second or third car, with the assistant secretary for Latin America
; Adlai Stevenson’s briefing on Dominican Republic; relationship between LBJ and Robert Kennedy; 1968 presidential campaign; LBJ’s control of 1968 Democratic convention; Hubert H. Humphrey’s campaign.

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

people? N: No, I don't. The Department of Agriculture man later came up here, and the last time I talked to him, I think he was going to South America. Sorry I can't remember his name. It's been twenty years or more. B: Was the Stevenson side

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ASHMORE -- I -- 2 which became increasingly close as the years wore on, as I was very active in Democratic politics as an editor of a Democratic newspaper. F: Did the Gazette
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; Democratic political campaigns leading to 1956 Convention; Central High School integration; 1960 Democratic Convention and Kennedy-Johnson nomination; relations with LBJ as VP; ghost writing for Lady

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 3 (III), 5/26/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was the Chieu Hoi returns, although Chieu Hoi could be a result of a military action, military pressure, as much as psychological operations. But psychological operations, you would think, were an element in it. You would, I guess, measure it by the degree

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 2 (II), 9/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh He didn't ever really trust Joe Clark very He was skeptical about Paul Douglas. Did it seem to you sometimes he was more suspicious of fellow Democrats than he
at start of LBJ presidency; LBJ and his advisors; LBJ’s method of operation; press comparison of LBJ and Nixon; 1964 campaign; LBJ and Mike Mansfield; Democratic National Committee; fund-raising committees; Lady Bird and Mrs. Rowe

Oral history transcript, Ivan Sinclair, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--it's an old trite saying that you hear very often now--that was where the action was in politics. So I began to work for Leslie Carpenter, who still is a correspondent in Washington for several newspapers. F: Including the Austin American-Statesman. S

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 2 (II), 10/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that the action was in the basement. I got down to the basement, how I got down I'll never know. I was stopped about eighteen times, but finally managed to get into the Parkland Hospital basement where I saw-F: You didn't have much identification beyond just

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 3/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be President Johnson himself. I think that most campaigns are an amalgam of the leader's desires and the peculiarities of the situation. The Democratic National Committee played practically no role at all in the campaign. The way the campaign structure

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ROBERTS -- I -- 6 bus, somebody had taken a shot at the President, but we had no reason to believe he had been hit. F: They had just an evasive action in a sense. R: For all we knew

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