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Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and the Democrats quite well and faithfully--everyone from Truman forward as President. I wonder how you first came into contact with Lyndon Johnson. M: My first contact with Lyndon Johnson was in 1950 or 1951 when I was Under Secretary of the Air Force during

Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

up there . We were listening to the Speaker and he looked up at the clock and he said, "Well, it's five minutes to seven . tell you something . Fish, let me Now, I want you to know that old John W .'s going to come by here," speaking of Mr

Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

reflection of foreign policy even in the food disposal prograws. restrictio~s becaus~ And the Congress was constantly imposing political on the countries to whom we could send food, as it still does now. B: We had that problem with the extensions in '64

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to the job. F: Tell me a little bit about those years on the NYA; I'm not revealing any confidence when I say that I've talked to some of the current Negro leaders who told me that back in the middle 1930's, they didn't know Lyndon Johnson from Adam

Oral history transcript, Harold Pachios, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to acknowledge that. I told you that he wanted so much to sign the Medicare Bill in Independence, went out there, and how pleased Truman---boy, he paid a lot of attention to Truman. I don't know if anyone ever asked Truman LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on the staff. There was no justification for having an agricultural economist as a member of the council, even though that had been the tradition under Eisenhower and Truman, I guess. F: Did the President ever voice the opinion that in one sense agriculture

Oral history transcript, Rufus W. Youngblood, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Homer Thornberry, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--5 T: He made s,uggestions as to people that I might see while I was traveling over the district. Judge Herman Jones was then my law partner, and he gave. him several suggestions about the helpful. campaign~ and they were very I am sure

Oral history transcript, William J. Connell, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and Matsu, and when we had just finished, of course, having stopped the Chinesesupported invasion of South Korea. Humphrey, by the way, supported that; he supported the commitment by Truman in 1950 of troops and forces to the defense of South Korea

Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

convention? W: In 1952? P: When they nominated Strom Thurmond, with Truman versus [Thomas] Dewey in 1948. W: In 1948? P: Yes. W: Well, of course, I've always felt that the party should support the nominee, whoever that nominee may be. That those