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- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh February 7, 1970 This is an interview with the Honorable Sam Yorty, mayor of Los Angeles, in his office on Saturday morning, February 7, 1970. The interviewer is Joe B. Frantz. Mr. Mayor, let's talk at the beginning about
- have committed the National Guard to Los Angeles upon request of the Mayor. B: This was at the time of Watts? C: At the time of the Watts riots and as you may remember Governor Brown was then out of the state and Lt. Governor Anderson
- , I fel t that it might be useful if I got back to Los Angeles and did. as the riots came ~4der As soon control, we began talking about the need for S.J2e sort of a high level cor:unission on the character of the Royal Commission to look
- come and that was the only information I ever had. B: Sir, to go back a little further in time, had the thought occurred to you, say, in 1965 when the Watts riot occurred in Los Angeles, that such a thing might happen in Atlanta? And didyoubegin
- Building, Washington, D.C., and my name is David McComb. First of all, I'd like to know something about your background. I know that you've been in Washington for a long time. You've been president of a prominent lumber and hardware concern in this town
- Macy; possibility of Home Rule; time spent with Congressmen; D.C. Committee; involvement in architectural changes; 1969 budget; working groups of Council; DC’s peculiar problems; commuter tax; Congressman Broyhill; Jack Nevius; Congressman Archer Nelsen
- visitors in the United States pleasant. to a World Affairs Council, for example, in Los Angeles. I went They were thrilled that the Assistant Secretary would actually go to thank them personally for their contribution. raise funds. And this of course
- , but your chance of being murdered is twice as high in Houston; your chance of being raped is twice as high in Los Angeles; your chances of having an armed robbery is twice as high in Baltimore. the nation's capital. aware of it. But we are So
- the kind of county that needs the program. K: That's right. The same thing would be true of New York and Los Angeles and Detroit, various others of these large industrial centers. M: That's interesting. You know Mr. Johnson's current critics, some
Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
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- , not the Business and Professional Womenls-P: I know. Well ~ I did not go to the convention in San Francisco. No, Los Angeles. I was very, very interested. The Kentuckians were LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
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- that as a preliminary. S: All right. F: How did you get involved in it, how was it broached to you, and what in effect were you supposed to do? S: At that time, I went up to Justice Department from Dallas the last of February 1965. So as you recall the Selma
- , but-T: By recollection is about three ,veeks. It could have been four, but roughly three '-lecks. F: So there's a lot of time to whittle and hone. T: That's right. And you'll recall that, at least the aftermath accounts indicate they uere r
- discussion last time, Dr . Baker, one aspect of our two prior meetings has occurred to me that I thought I might make a matter of record . I have not undertaken any preparation for our discussions . I have not known in advance the subject matter that you
- independence to union with Greece--which had been at one time the acceptable Hellenic goal--for his own interest. He wanted to, and we think he continues to want to be the president of the independent republic, of a full UN member state. So we think his
Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 3 (III), 5/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell
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- INTERVIEWEE: FRANK MANKIE'"wICZ INTERVIEWER: STEPHEN GOODELL PLACE: Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1 G: I think last time we were talking about 1967 and the last topic we discussed was your urging Senator Kennedy in 1967 to run in 1968. M: Well, I think
- . He was born a freedman in Washington; thus the name Freeman was no coincidence. He looked around to find a dental school that would accept him in the l860-s, and there were about four or five dental schools in the country at that time. Harvard did
- during that time I was very friendly in my attitude and very supportive in my attitude towards Senator [Richard] Russell. I wrote all the editorials for this weekly newspaper and never passed up an opportunity to praise Senator Russell during
- . C: The first time I ever ran for public office was in 1961, when I ran for the office of mayor here in Detroit. Prior to that time I had been practicing law here in the city. F: You ran, I gather, pretty much as a lone wolf. C: Yes, I ran
- #3) INTERVIEWER: STEPHEN GOODELL March 5, 1969 G: This is the second session with Mr. Donald Baker, the general counsel of OEO. Today's date is March 5, 1969. I'd like to start today by asking a question which was partially covered last time
- . 6, 1969 Place #2 Tape 1969 10, Jan. & Jan 6, 1969 --'--------------=-------~ Tape #3 Jan 10, ]969 ----~----------------~ 42 pages ____________ ______ 40 pages _..._._ 5 pages Tape index: Subiect(s) covered Page or estimated time on tape Tape Ill
- in 1954. M: Right. Is that correct? How well did you get a chance to know Mr. Johnson in the period when he was still leader of the Senate and you were a young Congressman? D: I had occasion to needle him many times because at that time he
Oral history transcript, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- as to whether or not to deploy the Anti-Ballistic Missile System; a similar meeting recently at the time of the decision to suspend bombing totally in North Vietnam. And at the occasion of the using of Army forces in Detroit at the time of the civil disorders
Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- and Reserve Affairs. Mr. Fitt, you were appointed Assistant Secretary of Defense by President Johnson and approved by the Senate on October 6, 1967, which is just over a year ago. Prior to that time, from '61 to '63, you were a Deputy Assistant Secretary
- : Could you date that information? B: That was a matter of a very short time after the legislation came up, which was in March or April, it would have been formed. G: You were aware of the activities of the task force--the early task force
- don't need this force very often. You'd have a large static force that would--if this were its training, and if this were its mission--they'd really have nothing to do most of the time. B: Obviously, the Pentagon and Washington itself, as you said