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  • the nomination for the presidency against Kennedy, I received a call one morning from him--I think he was in the state of Washington then--asking me to please go to New Mexico and help him out over there. And I spent four or five days in New Mexico. F: Did he
  • appointed, of course, is the correct phrase--as public news officer for some military-related job. The legislative events of that spring and summer: price supports for farmers ground on and on. It's amazing to remember that one of our problems were those
  • visit to Washington, D.C. and Mrs. Johnson's trip with them to New York City; F Street Club; Joseph Davies' home, Tregaron; visits to Senator Harry Byrd's home; "Byrd houses" along the Appalachian Trail; socializing with the Texas delegation; Tony Buford
  • wake up sometimes at two o'clock in the morning and just want to talk about something down here. It was kind of an aggravation, in a way. (Laughter) He'd just want to visit. And it stayed there after he ceased to be president for some six months before
  • restrictive bills . F: Did you get in on that famous Dallas meeting on the right-to-work during the war in which it was part of Americanism? B: No, I wasn't in on that end of it . That was the fat cats and the busi- ness community and the haters who were
  • Fair in Dallas, a project much softened by the kind presence of Bob Clark and Albert Jackson, those loyal gentlefolk. 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh April 18, 1969 M: This interview is with Daniel Ken Inouye, U.S. Senator from Hawaii, and a Democrat. Today is Friday, April 18, 1969, and it's about 11:15 in the morning. We are in the Senator's offices in the Old
  • was going on. Troops were moving in. They couldn't get there fast enough-- F: A very conservative Dallas News reporter told me that--who is a native Texan--he was scared to death there. He said they shot at anybody who didn't sound as if he came from
  • , 1985 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 4, Side 1 G: Let me start with a couple of general points that were raised by your papers. One, the problem
  • goals, namely, John F. Kennedy's (JFK) New Frontier program; the requirement that cabinet members yield to White House recommendations; Ed Day as U.S. postmaster general; how JFK envisioned his relations with Congress, his legislative program
  • the hunt, as it started to get dark, we went into A.W.'s house and sat around there for some time and watched the evening news on television. The President discussed at great length with A.W. and Jack Valenti and myself, Mrs. Moursund--I don't think anybody
  • Braestrup’s work as a journalist in Southeast Asia for the New York Times; New York Times coverage of Vietnam compared to Time magazine; how journalists covered Vietnam and the danger involved; how Braestrup became Washington Post Bureau Chief; Joe
  • in addition to many others was to provide, as requested, service to members of the Congress in the paperwork management area. This would involve new members in the House and Senate or older members whose systems were not adequate and they were breaking down
  • ; getting LBJ's staff to submit documents to the new filing system; promises made in an effort to obtain Senate Democratic Policy Committee files; Mrs. Rebekah Johnson and her desire for a family library and community center; planning where LBJ's papers
  • would just move into a town and stay for two or three weeks. B: Who were these women? A: One was Judith Moyers, Bill Moyers' wife. She ended up in New Orleans. I think that Lindy Boggs, Mrs. Hale Boggs--the congressman's wife from Louisiana--went
  • , the late caterer I should say, because he died about a year ago, would set up his chuck wagon and portable barbecue pits, and by nine 0' clock in the morning the aroma of the barbecuing pork ribs, for which he was famous, the beek brisket and the chicken
  • had lunch with Fowler on Friday. C: Yes, on that subject I'm sure and at whatever point we knew--they must have acted that morning--Fowler called the President to tell him. Now on the sixth, the New York Times story, I don't know whether [Bill
  • do then? T: Flew back to Washington. F: How soon did you see the Senator? T: I think the day I got back to Washington, that night or the next morning I went to the hospital and Dr. [James] Cain took me in just for a He was still under the oxygen
  • , 1985 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 5, Side 1 G: Let me ask you first to review some of the episodes at the 1960 [Democratic National] Convention
  • ~,~~.(,, -~ te:~-uU u a memorandum from Robert Weaver concerning the 1 , ~ Board for Riot.Reinsurance, under the new Housing A~.~/ .,,,, . • • ~ These are secretarial appointments. However, it is important~~~ the Board be a strong one. •I believe some
  • plenty of fishing tackle. So on the first morning that they were there, someone brought him a reel and rod and at the end of his fishing line there wasn't a hook but what we called a Dowagiac or wooden minnow, which is used to cast for bass mostly. So
  • realized that Johnson \vould work much harder simply because it could be regarded as an advancement. He had very correctly gauged Johnson as the kind of a man who would work his head off if he were presented with a new challenge. Now, how the thing
  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh November 29, 1968 P: Today is Friday, November 29, and it's eleven in the morning. We are in the White House West Wing, and the interview is with Mrs. Willie Day Taylor. This is Dorothy Pierce. Mrs
  • INTERVIEW V DATE: December 5, 1985 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 3, Side 1 G: Okay, I want to start with some miscellaneous topics to finish up 1962. O: All
  • !!:, LA., TUF.~0AV !-'C'?~''-"Ci. t\ECE~P~R NEW ORLEANS, !4, !9~5 AustraliatoSendMore Mento VietNam--Boggs 1 i ~ -~I~ i~ ~ ~ i ~ !,~~ \~ c., ~~t,· "" ~~~ ~. ~'~ ~ La. Solon Confers with Prime Minister ~ _.:> ) ~ ~ )llnis:tr and o~_!!· I
  • on Mond,ay morning and real letter to her on my desk (I showed it to you - remember). Mr. Cater may ask about it. Mrs. ~~""'"' • • • is out of town until Saturday evening. Thanks a lot. Frances [2 of 4] Friday, May 10, 1968 Mr. Cater said to read
  • , 1971 INTERVIEWEE: WALTER JENKINS INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Jenkins' office, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: Let's start today with a little talk about Johnson as a Senate majority leader operating to bring new senators
  • Fr.lend1 Your ment as I letter gave me new strength and eDCO'"·-.tH.... s thia llOnd.ng ot wo I am wrr proud that 7011 feel aa 70u do about, IV ~..... ebare 1n ~ftn.a to ellx Longoria the , Ameri bt.irlal 1fbich be so dMe ·vea. !be t ot )'Our ~eelill
  • that meant that every single one of his news columns would be devoted to you. And if he was against you, that meant every single one of his news columns would be against you. And you know, the Texas press could go pretty far in those days. I'll never forget
  • -two years of it. C: Bill, I guess you know he's publisher of the Floresville Journal. F: And next morning he had breakfast with us. C: What year was that? F: I can't give you the exact year of that -- around 1930 somewhere -- 1931
  • at the Capitol Press room, and you'll have to tell me who he was • • . B: He was a correspondent for the Dallas News, and editorial type correspondent. L: He had put out a poll in which he said Avery was just a shoo-in. There was some to-do about
  • to Mr~- Katzenbach this morning is: Mr. Katzenbach is undertaking an innnediate and full survey and study of the problems involved in this matter, in an effort both to clarify the present situation and to suggest sensible future courses of action. We
  • , [William] Langer and some of the others who might vote with him on certain things. J: Do you have any recollections here? Oh, of course, of course. Now, you take it up in New Hampshire. We never had a Democratic senator from there, but he [Lyndon
  • recall about that is that Mary Rather was his chief secretary at the time. Mayo Clinic. She was sending things to him at the She addressed a whole bunch of stuff to Rochester, New York that the Senator was most anxious to have and became quite
  • . It was an Buy U.S. Sa11ingsBonds Regularly on the Payroll Sa11ingsPlan m,I0•IOI - 2 - orientation class for people being received as new members 11 11 of the church. There was a reception of about 34 new members the following day witnessed by the undersigned
  • there would be any advantage in going into all of them. But let's talk first of all about the technique of setting up these trips you made to New England, the trip up the Hudson, the trip to Big Bend, the trip to Padre, the trip in Utah and Wyoming
  • , "Just look out there at them, and imagine that they came from Dime Box or Rosebud." Those were two of the most country towns in our beloved 10th District, or so we used to say. M: Before that, I note here that you hosted a lunch for the wives of new
  • Lady Bird Johnson's first impressions of Fidel Castro; Hester Beall Provenson's public speaking course; the Johnsons' 30th Place home in 1959; early impressions of Jacqueline Kennedy; hosting a lunch for the wives of new senators; Sam Houston
  • that to your attention to forward this with the New Orleans I call her enclosed and I am, therefore, correspondence pleased for any consideration may give it. With expressions of highest esteem, Respectfully, HB:S Encls I am, you n tr" p,I
  • special personal relationship with him at that time? Mundt: Yes, we served on committees together. At different times. We served on the Building Commission, for example. It built this new Senate Office Building in which we're transcribing
  • , so I turned on the television then. By that time it was on the news. F: Were you able to keep up with Jack during this next several hours? Or did you kind of have some idea where he might be? V: He called me from Dallas and by this time President
  • and all their staffs. ever seen. He was the best man for the job that I've I didn't get along So well with some of the people that worked for him, in both administrations, especially when they were relatively new. That may have been because when I
  • 8:35a 9:07a Th t Jak yI . Jac k Valent i _ ^ _ T . Jac k Valent i , y Robert McNamar a e Jacobse n in Austin--JJ wa s enrout e t o Dallas--President_sai d neve r mind . , e President aske d fo r Directo r Leonar d Marks—h e wa s a t Stat e
  • about the same salary, I guess, but he had a number of children)as I recall. G: I ~ay be wrong. Was he the sort of man who would have thought that the New Deal was good? K: Greene? I \'JOuld say so, yes. LBJ Presidential Library http
  • • (1ecoaclary eaplo ■loa.1: 3. 929 from New 1966 - Sep 1967 ver ■ u• 1, 224 from Hew 1965 - Sep 1966); ancl - enemy effort to prepoelttoa &Dtlclpation of tb• ltarrler. euppll•• W. W. 2 farther Ro ■tow 1outb in ..-6filOllli'l!-- VleatiaM 2912, N8Yemltel