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Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

nist hands and all the rest . happen here?" it was important That the whole government struggle, was just busting out completely, and Ky's my interview shy about seeing correspondents unless he New York Times or the Washington Post he'd some
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

sort of going alone with a general atmosphere of academic defense and indeed I had signed with Pool, and Bloomfield Kaufman and Lucian Pye a letter to the New York Times in support of the President's policy earlier that year that occasioned a response

Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [1 of 2], Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19 (Item)

the Post Presidential documents are in this section . Contains WWR's summary memo (5/14/73) and two copies of the full chronology . most of the news clippings are in this section 3. Documents fastened to the right side (#64-114) . These documents date

Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 4 (IV), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

/oh or maybe it was Bowdoin [College] up in New England, and had had one summer as a copy boy at the New York Times and so on. He was a very active, very energetic Vietnamese whose family or wife ran a big English school. He understood the press
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

-sawmill-farming community west of Jacksonville, which was where I grew up . I attended the public schools there, and I also attended the public schools in New York and Massachusetts . M: Your family must have moved some then? B: No, I had a lot

Folder, "[October 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

is strong and his opponent is weak. Polls are designed by a candidate to show that he is strong. (The President showed Mr. Carroll a recent New York poll showing him rwming far ahead of his prospective opponents.) Mr. Carroll: You must envy Mr. Kosygin

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Prior to that you had Prior to that you had been a New York Times State Department reporter. Does that pretty well get tbe last ten or fifteen years? J: It does except my last public service was as a member of the American delegation to the peace
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Cutback in Nuclear Production; Secretary Rusk's Report on Vietnam; Asst. Secretary Bundy's Report on Laos, 4/22/1964, Volume 1, Tab 9," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

in the New York Times which was quite misleading in that it l eft the im.prcssion that the Viet C ong had achieved a major victory over the Vietnamese. Viet Cong loss es in this battle were sizeable . Although the week has been bloody, it has been pretty

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of pieces he didn't like, and he expressed himself about it. to the effect, if not directly, "~Jhat He said words you're doing is you're up here, you read The New York Times and The Washington Post, and all of a sudden you think that's the fad. yourself
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Folder, "[November 2, 1967 - Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

to describe the 35, 000 or so peace marchers who converged on the Pentagon recently. However, there were 180, 000 in New York and New Jersey who demonstrated in support of our men in Vietnam, and this was played on page 17 of the Post." (;B'Fadley salCf

Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

. wanted after a it was time for me to do a little magazine And I got in touch with my agent in New York ; I began to think about some articles that this question, Of And after the campaign and after I got started covering the White House, writing
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: MARY LASKER (MRS. ALBERT D. LASKER) INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mrs. Lasker's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's talk about the genesis of that commission, Mrs. Lasker. You were saying that there was a reason
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Ernest Gruening, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it on the front page of New York Times and the Post the next morning. But not a line. But the interesting thing was that the wire services did summarize it and send it out. So that the small papers throughout the country got the news that Senator Ernest
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 2 (II), 5/1/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 9 Then, of course, when he got back to New York, he got back on a Sunday. Newsweek was in the habit then of promoting, on the Sunday news, its lead Monday story. I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 1-9," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

such, recall, of that was not preparing raw and new civilian of could.convey rejection ·one could for these that a strong total the backdrop the New York Times with indeed. • for example, services the loser, To anyone in Government--indeed

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. Sisco, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. But the re was never any seri ous problem in commun ication on the Middle Eas t. And I could say tha t a good deal of the load was being .ca rrie d by A~bassador Goldberg in New York, where I spent a good deal of tim e with him, in tha t, what was being
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

the world of Lyndon Johnson, because Johnson paid so much attention to him. Do you remember when the Pope came--? G: To New York? P: Ves, what year was that? G: Let's see. P: Some of the things that get triggered here--yes, it was the end of 1965, I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Folder, "South Vietnam and U.S. Policies [X-File] [2 of 2]," Files of Walt Rostow, NSF, Box 19 (Item)

his wife was New York Sen. Jacdb Jav;. its. Also attending were GOP Sen. Robert Dole and Mrs. Dole of Kansas, the John Mar riotts, James Day of the Mari time Commission and Mary land Sen. Louise Gore. Among the more than 125 guests were Rep

Folder, "March 26, 1968 - 10:30 a.m. Meeting with Gen. Wheeler, JCS and Gen. Creighton Abrams," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

wants 206, 000 men, and a call-up of 400, 000. That would cost $15 billion. That would hurt the dollar and gold. The leaks to the New York Times hurt us. The country is demoralized. You must know about it. It's tough you can't have communications

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1a (I), 1/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

crisis was of course involved in that era. T: I might say that my first involvement with President Kennedy was as a result of the Bay of Pigs. I was in private life in New York at the time and was called down two days after the Cuban Brigade

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

thought were very newsworthy proj ects . One was the survey of the Niger River and others of similar importance. The next dav the New York Times gave us a part of a column on the twenty-eighth page. I said to a friend of mine: "You know, we don't want
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, David G. Nes, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

? N: Well, you know, I had known him briefly in that Libyan experience and also I knew him when he was in New York. Because during his tenure as our head of the U.N. Mission there, I went up on various occasions to handle issues that came up
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Dixon Donnelley, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to the Kennedy Administration to have any Admin~tration. contact with Mr. Johnson back in your news career or in private career? D: Only vaguely in my news career. However, in 1955 and 1956, I was on Capitol Hill associated with Senator Estes Kefauver

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Richard Lee of New Haven and his then secretary, now the president of the New York State Urban Development Corporation--Ed Logue--made to me. Mc: How does he spell his name? T: L-O-G-U-E. I went to New Haven in August of 1955 to be Director
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it. One of my best paintings, which is now in the apartment in New York, the Fragonard called "Lady Reading a Letter," was in the hands of Göring, who wanted it more than anything in the world. He even made an offer through Seyss-Inquart, who
to the United States and involvement in the microfilm business; New York Governor Alfred Smith; a plane crashing into the Empire State Building; marrying Charles Engelhard; Engelhard’s political career; Engelhard’s involvement in the gold business; race
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

that they had indirect control of where a missile could reach Washington or New York and not reach Moscow. So the situation was somewhat different. Furthermore, the bulk of opinion was that what we were witnessing in the build-up in the summer of 1962
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert D. S. Novak, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was another. M: Did any of them ever do it? N: No. The only successful effort came in connection with our Johnson book. It was rather widely syndicated in newspapers in installments. The [New York] World Journal Tribune, short-lived, was started in 1966
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

a couple of years and retired. In 1950 there was only one dissenting voice in the committee; while J. Hardin Peters on was still chairman, and that was a northern congressman, [Frederic] Coudert, C-O-U-D-E-R-T, of upper New York. LBJ Presidential
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

the "New York desk" of the Fed, where they do the open market operations, was lagging. The idea would be for the President to get Martin to instruct them to buy more longterm government securities and thus put more money into the 10ngterm money market
Troika; Quadriad; Council of Economic Advisers; administration differences; details of tax cut; trade-offs with Congress on budget cuts; Wilbur Mills; Harry Byrd; origin of tax cut; Samuelson Task Force; “new economics;” tax increases; Vietnam’s
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Folder, "McNamara, Robert," Office Files of Fred Panzer, Box 379 (Item)

McNamara surrounded by charts has repeatedly told Congress (to quote The New Gerald, who had a !liagnificcnt combat record in ---• ----·-· • -- and tables of statistics which "quantified" the York Times) that the vast weight of bombs on the Second World War

Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Here we were in Dallas and some reporters called New York, their home offices, to find out what they knew. I ran out into the parking lot and a cop was sitting there on a three-wheel motorcycle listening to all the traffic on the police radio. Maybe
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Excerpts and Taylor's Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

, and labor. Our economic statistics are the best and most compre hensive in the world. But they can be and need to be further improved. The costs will be exceedingly small relative to the benefits. To this end, my 1969 budget provides for several new

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

yacht, which I guess is how New Englanders analyze character. anything. I didn't drive the boat into any rocks or But, more seriously, we talked about the mission and his plans, and I think it was largely just a question of being personally acceptable
before the coup; an offer to move Diem out of the country to safety; visiting the Presidential palace the day after the coup; flying with the Nhu children to Rome; JFK assassination; post-Diem conditions in Saigon; Georges Perruche; an explosion
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in journals . B: At that time, I was considered one of the candidates . I went back to New York--oh I think in November of 1959,--and did a very poor job . meeting in New York, they had all of the candidates . At that It was the meeting of the National
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

campaigning in the early primaries against Kennedy. And so I pretty much stayed out of that one. I went to the convention as a correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune and did some writing. I did have the distinction of being the first reporter to carry
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Settlement Commission and rewrite all the job descriptions. It was through Mr. Macy that I obtained some very fine new personnel. M: So he was probably the one who kept your name in the top of the pile as far as prospective talent for the various jobs
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Folder, "[Manuscript] Chapters 17-24," Papers of William P. Bundy, Box 1 (Item)

Council health Council Southern .) year~ Yuntil in the next it almost political triumphal In this Suu himself the admin in sel This Phan Khac Suu ~-~ to the J . in the Navan but stage, somewhat he guided new Charter

Oral history transcript, Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr., interview 1 (I) A, 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to be made. T: Is this fairly accurate? Can you add some detail to that meeting? The story that appeared in the New York Times by Eileen Shanahan was not accurate. The facts were as follows: In October-November of 1966, I went to Puerto Rico
into the Department of Economic Affairs; Labor was 95% against the new Department; Labor-Management Advisory Committee studies merger and proposed that it not be done; personal contact with the President; White House staff; Cabinet meetings were basically
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

worked on for almost six or eight months leading up to the announcement and then later there was a magazine article on it in the New York Times and then later in my book, To Be Equal, which went into it more in detail. Mr. Johnson is mentioned in the book
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

not before Congress as a platform for the Democratic party in '56 and again in '60. Most of the time I was governor of New York--a considerable part of the time I was. Then afterwards I still remained as a member because we were very much concerned
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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