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Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • by one little incident which is entirely personal. During the 1964 campaign--of course he was then president, running against Goldwater--we had a three-stop day. Pittsburgh, then, as I recall, Albuquerque. hometown. It was Boston, Pittsburgh was my I
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, John J. Corson, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • people on the staff, Elizabeth Scully, the daughter of the then Mayor of Pittsburgh, an administrative assistant, and Jeanette Heine, H-E-I-N-E, a secretary. We built from there. I was trying to build the organization. Aubrey kept a very close hand
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 1-10]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • into the bank to help him. He had one of the early manual adding machines or posting machines, and I can rememberhis teaching me to use the posting machine. I used to help him keep the accounts in the bank by doing the posting on the posting machine
Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • are taping this interview in the Deputy Postmaster General's Office, at the Post Office Department, in Washington, D . C . Mr . Belen, you were appointed Deputy Postmaster General by President Johnson and confirmed by Congress in February 1964 . From 1961
  • ); LBJ's problems about pulling his dog's ears (resolved by Life membership in Vanderburgh County Humane Society); reminiscences of Postmasters General (Farley, Summerfield, Day, Gronouski, O'Brien, Watson, Donaldson); analysis of post office operations
Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)
Oral history transcript, David Dellinger, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Phillips -- I -~ 27 figured Sarge Shriver kept her from becoming secretary of HEW in the Kennedy Administration. Abe Ribicoff got the cabinet post and Edith Green wanted it very badly and had made
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • and a half, and then was appointed executive editor of the Arkansas Gazette in Little Rock. That was my west- ward migration. Of course from the time I arrived in Little Rock, in late 1947, I was immediately aware of a tall politician on the south
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Barry Zorthian, interview 4 (IV), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • and Interview IV LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh MARINE CORPS GAZETTE JUNE
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Telephone conversation # 7327, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GRONOUSKI, 4/8/1965, 10:05AM (Item)
  • GRONOUSKI TELLS LBJ HE HAS MADE PRELIMINARY SURVEY OF DALLAS POST OFFICE; LBJ ASKS GRONOUSKI TO SEND HIM A MEMO ON IT BECAUSE HE IS WORKING ON SOUTHEAST ASIA NOW BUT HE WILL MEET WITH GRONOUSKI ON MONDAY ABOUT DALLAS POST OFFICE
Telephone conversation # 375, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/10/1963, 11:55AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF DAVID NES' APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY CHIEF OF MISSION, SAIGON; APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MANN TO NEW STATE DEPT POST; LBJ ASKS RUSK ABOUT US HOSTAGES IN BOLIVIA, DISSENSION AMONG SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERS; HENRY CABOT LODGE'S PRESS COMMENTS
Telephone conversation # 3820, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 6/23/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENTS OF MAXWELL TAYLOR, U. ALEXIS JOHNSON TO POSTS IN VIETNAM; REQUESTS FROM WILLIAM RYAN, OGDEN REID THAT LBJ MEET WITH PARENTS OF ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; STATUS OF SEARCH IN MISSISSIPPI FOR MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS
Telephone conversation # 6302, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 11/9/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • ANDERSON RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF JOHN KELLY AS INTERIOR UNDERSECRETARY AND THAT POST-APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM BE CONSOLIDATED AND BASED ON APOLLO PROGRAM; AIR FORCE WORK ON MANNED ORBITING LAB; ALASKA ELECTION RESULTS; ERNEST GRUENING; ANTONIO TAYLOR
Telephone conversation # 7018, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US VIETNAM POLICY, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESS; WALTER LIPPMANN; DREW PEARSON; NYT STORY ON LBJ ADVISERS; CLARK CLIFFORD; DEAN ACHESON; JAMES ROWE; TOMMY CORCORAN; SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY; FDR COMMENT ON INFLUENCE OF CORCORAN, BEN
Telephone conversation # 7145, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/24/1965, 3:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS LODGE TO FILL REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY, DISCUSSION OF DUTIES OF POST; PUBLIC SERVICE COMPONENT OF TV; COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE BOARD; UK TV SYSTEM; SUCCESSOR TO MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; NEED FOR CIVILIAN APPOINTEE; ALEXIS
Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • POST
Telephone conversation # 7615, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 5/10/1965, 9:35AM (Item)
  • ALBERT THOMAS' DECLINING HEALTH; LBJ DISCUSSES THOMAS' OPPOSITION TO REORGANIZATION OF CUSTOMS BUREAU, CONSTRUCTION OF DALLAS POST OFFICE; EARLE CABELL; LBJ PRAISES MAHON'S RECENT STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; OPPOSITION IN SENATE TO VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 9112, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 11/8/1965, 9:11AM (Item)
  • USIA APPOINTMENT FOR MITCHELL WOLFSON; HOWARD WOODS' REQUEST TO MAKE INSPECTION TRIP OF USIA POSTS; MARKS ASKS TO GO TO VIETNAM TO PERSUADE USIA PERSONNEL TO EXTEND TOURS OF DUTY; BARRY ZORTHIAN'S REQUEST TO RETURN TO US; TRAVEL TO VIETNAM BY US
Telephone conversation # 10015, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 4/5/1966, 9:28AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES FEDERAL BUDGET; SPACE PROGRAM, USDA EXPENDITURES; EXPECTED DECREASES IN FOOD PRICES; HOUSING COSTS; EFFORTS TO CUT PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITURES, DOD AND POST OFFICE CONSTRUCTION; NEED TO RETAIN INVESTMENT CREDIT, HOLD DOWN WAGE INCREASES
Telephone conversation # 9642, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/15/1966, 6:00PM (Item)
  • BUNDY CALLS FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, EN ROUTE BACK FROM VIETNAM, TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE REASSIGNMENT OF PHILIP CHADBOURNE FROM VIETNAM TO ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC POST
Telephone conversation # 10526, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 8/2/1966, 3:43PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK ON APPOINTMENT OF DAVID BRUCE OR ELLSWORTH BUNKER TO UNNAMED POST, ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, IRAN, NGUYEN CAO KY; RFK, SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE AIRLINE STRIKE BILL AND CONSEQUENCES OF 30, 60 OR 90-DAY
Telephone conversation # 11653, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/25/1967, 11:10AM (Item)
  • JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON CIA IN INDIA; DISCUSSION OF NEWS PROGRAMMING ON EDUCATIONAL TV, POSSIBLE COMPETITION WITH NETWORK TV, USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ALLEGEDLY SLANTED COVERAGE; MILTON EISENHOWER AS HEAD OF PUBLIC TV
Telephone conversation # 11358, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 1/16/1967, 10:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES GRAHAM AND HIS WIFE TO WH TO DISCUSS GRAHAM'S RECENT TRIP TO VIETNAM; GRAHAM DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO TEXAS AND BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA; LBJ SUGGESTS GRAHAM READ JOHN STEINBECK'S STORY IN WASHINGTON POST ON STEINBECK'S TRIP TO VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 11130, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 12/13/1966, 5:40PM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR "TEX" GOLDSCHMIDT TO UN POST; LBJ INVITES GOLDBERG TO WH MEETING ON VARIOUS MATTERS INCLUDING VIETNAM, JOKES ABOUT J. FRANK DOBIE'S INABILITY TO SLEEP WHEN HE STAYED IN LINCOLN BEDROOM; GOLDBERG'S MEETING WITH ISRAELIS
Telephone conversation # 13749, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 3:33PM (Item)
  • SMATHERS DISCUSSES RICHARD NIXON'S REQUEST TO BUY SMATHERS' HOUSE, NIXON'S PLAN TO OFFER UN POST TO HHH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HHH, PROBLEMS OF PRESIDENCY, HIS REGRET ABOUT NOT REPLACING JFK APPOINTEES, OFFERS ADVICE TO NIXON; DNC'S
Telephone conversation # 13751, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 3:33PM (Item)
  • RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; LBJ ADVISES NIXON TO KEEP CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS AT VA, GSA, FBI, CIA; J. EDGAR HOOVER; CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH; NIXON'S FRIENDSHIP WITH BEBE REBOZO; SALE OF SMATHERS' HOUSE TO NIXON; SMATHERS' PERSONAL
Telephone conversation # 13512, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/3/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • "PORTIONS OF 2 BS"; "AT THE UN IN NYC (RE PRES'S VISIT WITH CY VANCE---THE POST ARTICLES BY KRAFT, MURRAY MARDER AND EVANS-NOVAK ON THE VP'S VIETNAM SPEECH
Note, Lady Bird Johnson to Lyndon B. Johnson, 3/5/1965 (Item)
  • Post-Courtship Letters
Folder, "C.F.- BE 5-7 Economic Planning for the End of Hostilities (Post-War Planning)," WHCF Confidential Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • -OWerr- w/att-aeh-ed- memo from. Ownft [CQUfideotiaJ] on post Vietnam plamling ~ 7-:d).9-9/ .Nl. J •-" RESTRICTION ,J.L/bb ( f;l~/ ~ ,n C - - --5-/-nf(, 7 a e,~ 5 ~ /
  • Folder, "C.F.- BE 5-7 Economic Planning for the End of Hostilities (Post-War Planning)," WHCF Confidential Files, Box 3
Telephone conversation # 8851, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/12/1965, 9:26AM? (Item)
  • SEARCH FOR BARGE CARRYING CHLORINE MISSING IN LOUISIANA AFTER HURRICANE BETSY; INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT; CHINA'S REACTION; FOOD AID TO INDIA; PACIFICATION EFFORT AGAINST VIET CONG; US TROOP STRENGTH; AIRCRAFT LOSSES; BOMBING CAMPAIGN; WASHINGTON POST
Telephone conversation # 11160, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KINTNER, 12/20/1966, 7:57AM (Item)
  • RFK'S PRESS LEAKS ON LOOK MAGAZINE EXCERPTS OF WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S LAWSUIT OVER BOOK; WASHINGTON POST STORY ABOUT WALT ROSTOW; LBJ EXTENDS HOLIDAY GREETINGS TO KINTNER AND HIS WIFE
Telephone conversation # 13597, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK ERWIN, 10/25/1968, 8:41PM (Item)
  • LBJ MENTIONS UT'S INFLUENCE ON LADY BIRD, LYNDA ROBB; HACKERMAN SAYS UT WILL OFFER FACULTY POSTS TO WALT, ELSPETH ROSTOW; LBJ DISCUSSES WALT ROSTOW'S CRITICS, SAYS ROSTOW IS MEETING WITH ANATOLY DOBRYNIN ON VIETNAM; ERWIN DISCUSSES OFFERS TO ROSTOWS
Telephone conversation # 13513, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/3/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • "PORTIONS OF 2 BS"; "AT THE UN IN NYC (RE PRES'S VISIT WITH CY VANCE---THE POST ARTICLES BY KRAFT, MURRAY MARDER AND EVANS-NOVAK ON THE VP'S VIETNAM SPEECH
Folder, "Gen BE 5-7 Economic Planning for the End of Hostilities (Post War Planning)," WHCF BE, Box 41 (Item)
  • Studies Enclosure ,, MEMORANDUM June "TO: The Vice FROM: Joe Pechman SUBJECT: Elbow Room for Social Vietnam Economy 14, 1968 President Programs in the Post] It is becoming fashionable to argue that there will be very ·little_ fiscal elbow
  • See all scanned items from file unit "ECONOMIC PLANNING FOR THE END OF HOSTILITIES (POST WAR PLANNING) (BE 5‑7)"
  • This folder is from the WHCF category for BUSINESS - ECONOMICS, subcategory ECONOMIC PLANNING FOR THE END OF HOSTILITIES (POST WAR PLANNING).
  • Folder, "Gen BE 5-7 Economic Planning for the End of Hostilities (Post War Planning)," WHCF BE, Box 41
Folder, "Classified Papers - Far East Trip, May, 1961," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • · ECONOMIC AID WITHOUT RESERVATION, STATE~NTS DEFININGUS .INTENTIONS IN MILITARY FIELD WERESWALL~D WITH LIBERALPORTIONOF SALT. SOP-£SENATORS AT POST JOINT-SESSION A~RICAN PEOPLEWOULD REALLY RECEPTION RAISEDQUESTION WHETHER BACKUP VP'S ASSURANCES
Folder, "March 22, 1968 Supplemental notes on meeting of the President with General Abrams," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • was at wit~ end on how to get people to report the war the way it is. He said he took Johnny Apple of the New York Times with him on one all-day excursion. He said they got out of the chopper at one RF post, the re was a province chief and American adviser
Folder, "[November 11, 1968 - 3:00 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors and President-Elect Nixon]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • of leaving ·the Ambassador's post open after he went to the NATO meeting. He would not raise the matter directly with ·willy Brandt, but he would get a feel for the risk of leaving the post open for several months. Mr. Nixon said he planned to appoint
Oral history transcript, Timothy May, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was the managing director. Suhse~uently I was general counsel to the U.S. Post Office Department. G: Why don't you give us a summary of your rise in government service as you think it might be relevant to the [record]. M: I went to work in the government
  • for LBJ; comparison of the White House social life of the Kennedys and the Johnsons; Kappel Commission and reorganization of the Post Office; defection of top level appointees regarding Vietnam policy; Larry O’Brien’s opposition to Vietnam policy
  • Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)
Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 3 (III), 11/14/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • that could be considered for this post because they would either have to be widows, or single women, or women whose husbands would be able to go with them. And not very many women fall into that category. has quite a bit to do with it. So I'm sure