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Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • upset. It seemed as though President Roosevelt had been campaigning in New York and the impetuous, southern born, Steve Early had kicked a Negro policeman in the groin. This had been played up quite a bit, and Jonathan suggested that I get the boys
  • to LBJ Ranch regarding housing message; his impact on LBJ’s thinking; reason for resignation; prejudice; feeling that the new administration will attempt to make administrative reform
Oral history transcript, Ivan Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • by political philosophy or conviction? A: Yes, I would have looked on Mr. Johnson in those days as part of the New Deal, a young man that came up during the Roosevelt days that had been liberal and progressive in his thoughts. Of course he came from what
Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 3 (III), 12/2/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . by no means unique in that attitude . Oral history is really fairly new, and we are just sort of relying on the intelligence of the future scholars to be well aware that that kind of circumstance does develop . And indeed I think perhaps the purpose
Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • that I did in Of course, it does develop problems, but I've yet to find any govern- ment that doesn't present problems. M: The problems are just different is all. There was some thought apparently when this new D.C. government was set up
  • ; initiative for ordinances or legislation in D.C. government; Cloud 9 concept; new D.C. government; urban problems; D.C.'s preparation for marches; April riots after MLK assassination; Brookings study; prevention of riots; gun legislation; Resurrection City
Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • believe Paul Ylvisaker was the principal spokesman for the state of New Jersey at which there were also representatives from the city of Newark, I continued to play a coordinating role for the goods and services that were made available by the federal
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/8/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • as secu red th ir ty -fiv e new additions to the N a tio n a l P a rk S y stem , one m illio n a c r e s - - t h e eq u ivalen t of Grand C anyon N a tio n a l P a rk and Grand T eton com bined. T h ere a r e now 163 ^ lin e a r m ile s of sh o r e lin
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/5/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • There are small number of wrong or missing words. At 04:44 it should say "But I was tied. Everybody was tied to the news."
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • a protracted period of tir_,;, but it seemed ltke a lengthy period of tin~e. I also recall that, at the time--i t seems to me that it w as prior to the response from Hanoi about the peace talks--and the Presidcnt got Cy Vance to come down from New York