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Oral history transcript, Melville Bell Grosvenor, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . That was the first time that I met her. Then we had a little reception up here afterwards on the top floor, and the President came up and met the staff and some of our close associates, about a hundred and fifty. He was there just as informal as if he weren't even
  • Contact with LBJ; dedication of Richard Byrd Memorial Statue; award for the Hubbard Medal; Senator Byrd's garden party; Jane N. Smith Medal; building dedication; White House Historical Association; presidents book; The Living White House; LBJ
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • make this arrangement possible. I suggested at that time that we form a non-profit corporation, as we have in the case of other national parks. I wrote a memo that went to Mrs. Kennedy from the Associate Director of the Park Service proposing
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 9 at Arnold and Porter named Jim Fitzpatrick, and in New York by a man named Anfuso (sp), whose father was a Congressman; and I ran a smaller group called the Associates Division
  • ; problems with Interior Department; shift to Civil Division; Pure and Union Oil; critical of Ramsey Clark as Attorney General; LBJ’s difficulties with Establishment press; missile/satellite program investigation; LBJ’s neglect of functions as leader
Oral history transcript, George Hartzog, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/20/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • St. Louis were also directors of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial Association, which was a cooperating association on that project. That's how I got to meet them. F: And then you rejoined the Park Service? H: In '63 as the Associate
Folder, "Natural Resources," Office Files of Joseph A. Califano, Box 64 (Item)
  • be instituted with a first-year effort of $4.6 million. Non-fuel minerals study The task force report concludes that, while there is not a pressing need for a study aimed at finding short-term remedies, there is need for a careful analytical appraisal
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in '60, and then went for Johnson rather heavily in '64. In 1960 did you work with the business community at all? W: No. Of course, I was--I didn't because, again, I was in on trial so much of the time that I was very hard pressed to do anything
  • ; problems with Interior Department; shift to Civil Division; Pure and Union Oil; critical of Ramsey Clark as Attorney General; LBJ’s difficulties with Establishment press; missile/satellite program investigation; LBJ’s neglect of functions as leader
Oral history transcript, John Ben Shepperd, interview 1 (I), 12/30/1968, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)
  • be later on in 1969. I have, and this has been made available to the press, affidavits from all three members of the commission that no person was ever pressured to give money to this fund; and that no money had been given by anybody who did business
Folder, "Western Trip - Montana, Wyoming & Utah [4 of 4]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 10 (Item)
  • in 1858, when there was apprehension of an attack by the United States army. There was a general migration south from Salt Lake City, and Cannon was appointed by Brigham Young to take the press and printing materials of the Deseret News to Fillmore
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/1/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ; Chuck Robb's audio tape from Vietnam; Johnson property to National Park Service; tea & tours for Ambassadors' wives; reception for Washington interns; upcoming Howard K. Smith show; Johnsons to Mike Monroneys; LBJ gives speech to Negro Bar Association
Folder, "Task Force of Resources and Recreation," Office Files of Joseph A. Califano, Box 60 (Item)
  • for development for public recreational use for the five year period 1968-72. Recreation Loans For Farmers and Rural Communities: Since 1962, USDAhas made loans to 328 non-profit rural associations totaling $35 million, and to 593 farmers totaling $3.9 million
Oral history transcript, Floyd E. Dominy, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • and Senator Hayden were the closest kind of associates and personal friends of long standing, and I'm sure this had influence on the President's desire to get this behind him and give Carl Hayden some help in his declining years. And the President did. He
Oral history transcript, Wayne Aspinall, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . let you know in the morning." 14y son had associated with his children. So the next morning he said, "Sherry and I'd like to go." called Rex up, and he said, "That's fine." I That's the way that he went down in the latter part of 1961. Within two
Telephone conversation # 5626, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/21/1964, 12:29PM (Item)
  • "SEP 21 PRESS CONFERENCE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER PRESS CONFERENCE HAS BEGUN
  • Press relations
  • Telephone conversation # 5626, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/21/1964, 12:29PM
  • PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 4436, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 7/30/1964, 5:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ROWE REPORTS ON TALK WITH ADLAI STEVENSON ON VP NOMINATION; PRESS REPORTS ABOUT STATEMENT BY JACQUELINE KENNEDY; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO TALK WITH HHH ABOUT NEED FOR LOYALTY AS VP, RECOUNTS HIS TALK WITH JFK ON VP NOMINATION; PRESS LEAK ABOUT FPC
Telephone conversation # 4457, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/31/1964, 5:19PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY DISCUSSES POSSIBLE PRESS HANDLING OF RECENT PICTURES TAKEN DURING MOON FLIGHT (RANGER VII?), MECHANICS OF GETTING PHOTOS TO WH; WH PRESS SUPPORT FOR REEDY; BRIEFING BY DONALD HORNIG TOMORROW ON INTERNATIONAL HYDROLOGICAL DECADE
Telephone conversation # 4387, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/29/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING COMMENTS TO PRESS ON GOLDWATER'S CONFLICTING STATEMENTS ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES AS NOTED IN BALTIMORE SUN STORY; PRESS BRIEFING ON CALIFORNIA ELECTRIC POWER SETTLEMENT; LBJ EMPHASIZES HISTORIC SIGNIFICANCE OF SETTLEMENT
Telephone conversation # 6623, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/31/1964, 10:34AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FREEMAN REPORTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING CLOSING OF RESEARCH STATIONS; LBJ TELLS FREEMAN HE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANNOUNCED SPECIFIC SITES DUE TO CONGRESSIONAL REACTION; PRESS LEAK TO ROWLAND EVANS; LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON LIQUID ASSETS OF REA
Telephone conversation # 7348, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 4/19/1965, 11:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT HANDLING OF APPOINTMENT OF FRANK MCKINNEY AS AMBASSADOR TO JAMAICA; HARRY TRUMAN'S BACKING OF MCKINNEY; MCKINNEY'S PRESS STATEMENT; TRUE DAVIS; LBJ TELLS MACY TO MAKE APPOINTMENT CHECKLIST; FPC VACANCY; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 8657, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/27/1965, 10:56AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MOYERS REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON ABOUT POSSIBLE CANCELLATION OF LBJ'S TRIP TO RANCH; ITEMS FOR MOYERS' PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; CURRENT LEGISLATION; LACK OF PRESS COVERAGE OF PASSAGE OF HIGHER EDUCATION BILL; BIRTHDAY
Telephone conversation # 9322, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/16/1965, 10:11AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON INQUIRIES HE MADE TO NSC STAFF ABOUT LEAK TO DOUGLAS KIKER ON VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ TELLS BUNDY JUNIOR STAFF SHOULD REFER PRESS CALLS TO BUNDY OR MOYERS, DISCUSSES ORIGIN OF "SPUTTERING MAD" PRESS STORY ON ALUMINUM CRISIS
Telephone conversation # 9133, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 6:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ANNOUNCEMENT THAT JOE SWIDLER WILL TEMPORARILY ASSIST CALIFANO; CONFUSION OVER WHETHER SWIDLER WILL WORK ON ALUMINUM SITUATION OR NORTHEAST POWER FAILURE; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD; WH PRESS CORPS' COMMENTS ON LBJ'S HANDLING OF POWER
Telephone conversation # 10224, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON TALK WITH UNNAMED PERSON (WILLIAM CASSIDY?) ABOUT CORPS OF ENGINEERS' ALLEGED SUBVERSION OF BILL CREATING TRANSPORTATION DEPT; BARGE OPERATORS' OPPOSITION TO BILL; PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT MCNAMARA CANCELLING PRESS BRIEFING
Telephone conversation # 2421, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/9/1964, 4:27PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON CYPRUS SITUATION; TURKEY; PANAMA; OAS; PAKISTAN; ARAB-ISRAELI PACKAGE; DESALINIZATION; ADLAI STEVENSON; PRESS LEAKS; DRAFT SPEECH ON PANAMA
Telephone conversation # 3089, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/21/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY ASKS IF JOHN MCCONE SHOULD BE AT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP BRIEFING TOMORROW; NSC MEETING TOMORROW; PLUTONIUM REACTORS; INFORMATION FOR PRESS ON LUNCH MEETING TODAY; CUTBACK IN URANIUM PRODUCTION; VIETNAM, LAOS
Telephone conversation # 3506, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 5/26/1964, 11:21AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENT OF HAMER BUDGE TO SEC AS RECOMMENDED BY CHARLES HALLECK; COURT REPORTER FOR WH PRESS OFFICE; APPOINTMENTS TO VACANCIES ON SEC, MARITIME COMMISSION, FPC, FTC, TARIFF COMMISSION; REPUBLICAN VACANCIES, APPROVAL BY EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 4234, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/14/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK REPORTS ON DESALINIZATION TALKS WITH USSR, ASKS PERMISSION TO GIVE BACKGROUND PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ WARNS THAT GOLDWATER MAY ACCUSE RUSK OF GIVING SECRETS TO USSR, BUT EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF DESALINIZATION FOR PEACE, SOLVING WORLD'S WATER
Telephone conversation # 4247, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 7/16/1964, 1:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY ASKS APPROVAL OF PRESS BACKGROUNDER ON TALKS WITH USSR ON DESALINIZATION; LBJ WARNS BUNDY ABOUT POSSIBLE CRITICISM BY BARRY GOLDWATER
Telephone conversation # 4248, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/16/1964, 4:24PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: GNP FIGURES, TALKS WITH USSR ON DESALINIZATION; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN BARRY GOLDWATER WILL ACCUSE ADMINISTRATION OF BEING SOFT ON COMMUNISM BECAUSE OF DESALINIZATION TALKS, ESTABLISHMENT OF US EMBASSY
Telephone conversation # 4274, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/19/1964, 1:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: HORACE BUSBY MEMO; RUMORS THAT RFK BUGGED LBJ'S OFFICE; WITHDRAWAL FROM CAMPAIGN BY GEORGE WALLACE, EFFECT ON ALABAMA DELEGATION TO CONVENTION; LBJ'S UPCOMING PENTAGON VISIT, CHURCH ATTENDANCE, ACTIVITIES TODAY, RETURN
Telephone conversation # 3680, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO REPLACE HENRY CABOT LODGE IN VIETNAM: GEORGE BALL, JOHN MCCONE, MCNAMARA, WILLIAM GAUD, CLARK KERR, WESTMORELAND; CYPRUS; STATE DEPT PRESS LEAKS; LAOS; POVERTY PROGRAM; CARL HAYDEN; CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER
Telephone conversation # 3705, sound recording, LBJ and LUTHER HODGES, 6/12/1964, 10:34AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • HODGES REPORTS MEETING WITH LUDWIG ERHARD, NEGOTIATIONS WITH GERMANY IN KENNEDY ROUND ON GRAIN, COAL; LBJ TO MEET WITH ERHARD; HODGES ASKS FOR LBJ'S VIEWS ON UPCOMING ELECTION CAMPAIGN IN VIRGINIA, HANDLING PRESS; BARRY GOLDWATER; LBJ READS RECENT
Telephone conversation # 3328, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 5/4/1964, 5:26PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED TRIPS BY LBJ TO SWARTHMORE, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA; JOSEPH CLARK; ITEMS FOR 5/6/64 PRESS CONFERENCE; BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT IN MISSOURI; TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE BUDGET ITEM; ALABAMA POLITICAL
Telephone conversation # 3355, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 5/6/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WIRTZ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AT LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT RAILROAD NEGOTIATIONS, NEW YORK PLUMBERS UNION STRIKE PROTESTING HIRING PUERTO RICANS, NEGRO AT GEORGE MEANY'S HOME LOCAL UNION; COAL MINERS AND RESIDUAL OIL
Telephone conversation # 3160, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/28/1964, 6:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ JOKES ABOUT PRESS STORY ON HIS KISSING MARGARET MCNAMARA AT WOMEN DOERS' LUNCH; JCS, CUTBACK IN URANIUM PRODUCTION; PLANNING FOR TRIPS BY CYRUS VANCE, WILLIAM TYLER; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; DEAN RUSK
Telephone conversation # 4390, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 7/29/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT INFORMATION FOR PRESS BRIEFING ON WEST COAST ELECTRIC POWER SETTLEMENT; LBJ DISCUSSES BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR (ARKANSAS RIVER?) PROJECT PENDING IN CONGRESS, INVITES INTERESTED CONGRESSMEN TO WH FOR MEETING TODAY
Telephone conversation # 4942, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/15/1964, 10:48AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY FOR HANDLING AUTHORIZATION, APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARA, ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS BILLS; PRESS STORIES ON MEETING YESTERDAY OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON MEDICARE BILL; RIBICOFF AMENDMENT AND KING-ANDERSON BILL
Telephone conversation # 4667, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/4/1964, 11:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF POVERTY BILL; MCCORMACK ASKS LBJ TO CALL "CLARK" (THOMPSON?); LBJ'S MEETING WITH GEORGE MAHON; APPALACHIA BILL; PRESS STORIES ON TROUBLE PASSING BILL; LBJ'S FRUSTRATION WITH CONGRESS; NORTHERN DEMOCRATS' CONCERNS ABOUT GOVERNOR'S VETO
Telephone conversation # 4362, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/28/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ITEMS FOR REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING: NSC MEETING; UPCOMING MEETING WITH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS TO DISCUSS POVERTY PROGRAM, PARKS AND WORK PROGRAMS; DE-EMPHASIZING CIVIL RIGHTS AS TOPIC OF MEETINGS; ERIC GOLDMAN'S PROPOSAL FOR MEETING WITH UNIVERSITY
Telephone conversation # 4388, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/29/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS STATEMENT ON CALIFORNIA ELECTRIC POWER SETTLEMENT; LBJ EMPHASIZES SIGNIFICANCE OF SETTLEMENT AS ILLUSTRATION OF COOPERATION BETWEEN PUBLIC, PRIVATE POWER; JOHN CAULEY; APPOINTMENT OF JAMES GREENFIELD (AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 6429, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/20/1964, 4:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS COVERAGE OF CLOSING OF MILITARY INSTALLATIONS; RFK PROPOSAL TO STUDY CLOSING OF BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; MISSING T-28 PLANES EN ROUTE FROM THAILAND TO LAOS; LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA TO MEET WITH STEWART UDALL ABOUT POSSIBLE CONSERVATION USES FOR CLOSED