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Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of the foreign aid program, in overall charge of it, as Undersecretary of State and Undersecretary for Economic Affairs. I was sort of the ultimate re sponsibility in the State Department for its legislative progress of that bill every year, so I had to talk
Appointment as Secretary; relationship with LBJ during Eisenhower administration; State Department Appropriation Bill and Foreign Aid Bill in 1959 and 1960; LBJ's role as VP; Cuban Missile Crisis; differences between LBJ and JFK; budget; balance

Oral history transcript, Luther H. Hodges, Sr., interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

great knowledge of political affairs and things generally in the country. And then I remember a situation developed after he and Lady Bird had gone on back. I watched her taking a few notes and listening most intently while he was talking freely
Early relationship with LBJ; 1960 campaign; appointment as Secretary of Commerce; JFK leadership; Department of Commerce problems; JFK’s staff; LBJ and civil rights; LBJ and the Vice Presidency; JFK-LBJ friction; Business Advisory Council; relation

Oral history transcript, William S. Gaud, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, This is state of affairs. How close attention does the President pay to specific programs that AID either conceives or undertakes? G~ Well, there's a real difference between President Kennedy and President Johnson there because in President Kennedy's time
Biographical information; Presidential impact on AID; comparison of JFK and LBJ; Presidential approval of specific loans; BOB and Treasury Department involvement in policy decision; White House and State Department involvement; B/P loans; AID

Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh that time we had nuclear weaponry; the other side didn't. In domestic affairs Mr. Eisenhower's greatest civil
leaders of free world after WWII; Little Rock and civil rights; Ike against forced bussing; states rights; Senator Joseph McCarthy; Ike and LBJ had heart attacks in 1955; Dulles and foreign affairs; 1956 Hungarian uprising; Israel and Suez Crisis; Sputnik

that the Democrats were a bunch of wild spenders and that here he was, a man that knew the military and there was plenty of waste there. President Eisenhower had recommended sort of massive reductions in the Defense Department expenditures. In addition

Oral history transcript, Robert Taft, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, and then as you approach the tape you're likely to find them all of a sudden coming up quite close together. M: Which is what happened just this last time. T: Yes, yes. r~: Very much. You Ive been on th e Foreign Affairs Committee, I guess, since you were
Biographical information; no personal knowledge of his father's relationship with LBJ; LBJ working with Taft Sr, on committee appointments; difference between JFK and LBJ's Administrations; 1964 Ohio race; 1968 election; Foreign Affairs Committee

Oral history transcript, Wayne L. Hays, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in international affairs, more concerned with domestic things. Did you find him pretty well versed in what was going on at that particular assignment that you accompanied him on? H: Yes, I found him very well versed; and I also found his knowledge of how things
liability; press assassinated LBJ politically; JFK legislation; investigation of Adam Clayton Powell; Hays’ feud with Romney; briefing of Foreign Affairs Committee by Secretary of State; LBJ’s hostility toward Senate Foreign Relations Committee; advice

Oral history transcript, Paul G. Hoffman, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh - 3 F: Some of his opponents have claimed that he lacked an understanding of foreign affairs, that he was the parochial politician, or at least a domestic politician. I judge you wouldn't

Oral history transcript, Barry Goldwater, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

voting and then compare it. I used to tease him about that. F: How did he take it? G: He didn't take it very well. F: I can imagine. Did he show much interest in foreign affairs in those senatorial days? G: Yes, he did. In fact, he showed a great
understanding of foreign affairs; Melasky's efforts to educate the public regarding Vietnam; LBJ's vice-presidency; LBJ's familiarity with military operations; John Tower; Ralph Yarborough; 1964 election and campaign; comparing the economy of 1960's to 1971

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