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Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, Symposium: Legacy of the Sixties, 1999," LBJ Library (Item)

rebels with out a cause, "with their contempt for the squares of the world," and for America at large, "an old country ruled by old men." The election of John Kennedy in 1960 signaled a seismic shift. A new generation was taking over. The New Frontier

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 3 (III), 6/21/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Remember that resolution by Senator Joe McCarthy that would tie President Eisenhower's hands at Geneva? It was sort of a slap both at the Democrats in the Senate as well as the Eisenhower Administration. I think the Republicans wanted it killed quietly

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was what I'm going to call the Hill-Sparkman political boss of Alabama. But you must remember that all of this was in the days before the Republican Party, for all practical purposes, so that the head of the Democratic Part--the political head, let's say

Oral history transcript, George Mahon, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

delegation, we're one zone in the Democratic set-up. Texas is. position on a committee. So we would recommend the person for the The senior man, usually the senior man who sought the position would be favored though he might not necessarily
of 1957 and Mahon’s response to it; 1952 presidential election and Democratic Party’s loss of Texas; LBJ’s loss of presidential nomination in 1960; LBJ as vice-president; Ralph Yarborough; JFK’s assassination

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 13, 15 July 1978," LBJ Library (Item)

to the interest of Dick as well as to the rangements for secretarial help, I im erals can't count." Which may be right. young man for whom I write, I am mak mediately decided to suggest Lyndon to He believed in the democratic system, and I thtnk partly because

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 12 (XII), 7/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. home rule discharge petition. It wasn't that we were pressing Kay Graham to accomplish the impossible. On the Democratic side, we had been working arduously. Perhaps there was another area for these Republicans. They might respond or react

Folder, "Roy Wilkins (NAACP)," Name Files, WHCF, Box W-312 (Item)

, organized groups to do anything about it. Several years ago I called together a group ot Negro womentrom all over the country. We talked tor two days, and then drew up a • "Call to Action tor the Negro CoJ11111Unity." It was our idea i tselt should

Folder, "Korea - Park Visit, 5/65," Country Files, NSF, Box 256 (Item)

Action IO PM-4 45 Info I I SS G SP ·FE ' p ;.' USIA NSC INR CIA NSA CPR I • LIMITED-CFFIC -IALUSE° --E.fr,Y --J.f -------' ·-suoJ: PRESIDF11TPAR1

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 73: Apr. 24‑30, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 33 (Item)

Library staff following an earlier action under the·Mandatory Review program. copies of some One sanitized copy (RAC) copy was prepared declassification In all cases where two different sanitized copies are found in the file, the RAC project reviewers

Oral history transcript, William Proxmire, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Proxmire -- I -- 2 Republican. Wisconsin Democrats hadn't elected a senator since 1932 and we hadn't elected a governor in thirty elections, since 1896 except in 1932. The year after I

Oral history transcript, Will Wilson, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

about that. F: As you come down to 1960, there's a question, of course, of who's going to be the Democratic nominee. 160 I kno\'J you went in the summer of before the Convention to a--I don't know whether you went to a meeti ng of the state attorney
Meeting LBJ in 1948; the 1960 Democratic convention at Los Angeles; the 1960 campaign; the Texas Senate campaign; the Texas gubernatorial race in 1960 and 1962; Billie Sol Estes and the Agriculture Department; Wilson shifts to the Republican Party

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 13, September 15-30, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 10 (Item)

appearing intoxicated. Fortunately, he is not a victim of hangovers, but springs into action early in the morning with all faculties a i ert, complexion like an Elizabeth Arden advertisement, count enance beaming, eyes flashing, spilling over with life. His

Oral history transcript, Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1967, by Mary Walton Livingston (Item)

primary through the court action--but it was still. saddled with the poll tax and the difficulty wi th registration. But mainly it was the poll tax we were fighting against, to get away from this tax on the vote because the vote in the South since

Oral history transcript, John McCully, interview 1 (I), 10/26/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, such as in the 1948 campaign when the state federation endorsed Coke [Stevenson], at which time, of course, I did not work for labor, I was a newspaperman. There were times in Democratic Party politics when labor and Johnson were not in agreement on state convention

Oral history transcript, Zbigniew Brzezinski, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

on the Vietnamese issue, made it impossible for him to adopt a course of action on the Middle East which ran the risk either of alienating support that � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

Folder, "Ex FG 170/A-Z [1 of 6] [Department of Housing and Urban Development/A-Z (FG 170/A-Z)]," WHCF FG, Box 256 (Item)

is attached ( Tab B) . Hunt is a Democrat. Although he was appointed by Governor Hoff, he is not particularly close to Hoff and is not identified with him, beyond the fact that he is in Hoff's Administration. Approve Submit other Call me candidates
: "The Challenge of America's Metropolitan Population Outlook - 1960 to 1985," research report no. 4: "The Large Poor Family - A Housing Gap," and research report no. 6: "Local Land and Building Regulations."

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 54: Dec. 11‑19, 1967 [2 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)

ACTION s ... y. December 17, 1967 4:00 p.m. Mr. Pre ■ ideat: Hanwltll • prepo•• •tatemeat DeplltJ Pl-1m41Mlaleter McEwea. &om J'Oll to Bethe,. tbaa the ftret pa~. wblch npeat• aome el tlae Jaapaae el 1-.r ,-Ile •tat.meat, I ....W pnpNe

Folder, "Marsh, Charles E. - Special writings [1940-1946]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 10 (Item)

; there is an art itself in that impulse for action where· men becom the makers of the thing and the users of men in tile making. And, as to labor: March 31, 1941 Notes: It is not a gµ,estion of arranging for the force to enforce the frame work of the Congress

Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. In the late fifties, he came with Mrs. Johnson to a CBS affiliates reception in New York one night. was the Hotel Pi erre or the ~~a 1dorf, I don't recall whether if but I, of course, through a Democratic family, knew the Senator. F: In these sort
Biographical information; Business and Professional Women's Clubs; Sarah Hughes; Commission on Civil Disorders; Detroit riots; Kerner Commission Report; 1964 Democratic National Convention and campaign; Peden's Senate race; Doers Luncheon; Eartha

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

, there was a great outpouring, both at the time and when he returned in January, of affection and of comradeship for him. I just sort of breathed a sigh of relief because I thought he was good for the Democratic leadership for goodly more span of time, that he would
; the likelihood that LBJ would go to the Democratic National Convention as Texas' favorite son in 1956; political allies from around Texas meeting at the Ranch; Mrs. Johnson's 1964 letter to LBJ regarding his future as president; Austin Mayor Tom Miller's

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 3 (III), 5/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Democratic Party dinner in New York. He came right from the airport to the dinner and delivered a rather flowery tribute to the President. That sort of stilled things for a while. But it wouldn't stay down, and I think the President r s response

Reference File, "Abell, Bess" (Item)

/68 39 Phoenix, Arizona Trip 5/28/68 40 Portland, Oregon Trip (American Institute of Architects) 6/26/68 41 Central American Trip 7/6-8/68 42 Louisville, Kentucky Trip 10/5/68 43 Keep America Beautiful Awards lunch, Biltmore, New York

Reference File, "Abell, Bess" (Item)

/68 39 Phoenix, Arizona Trip 5/28/68 40 Portland, Oregon Trip (American Institute of Architects) 6/26/68 41 Central American Trip 7/6-8/68 42 Louisville, Kentucky Trip 10/5/68 43 Keep America Beautiful Awards lunch, Biltmore, New York

Oral history transcript, Henry H. Fowler, interview 2 (II), 4/22/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

friends. I had been a supporter and an admirer of Senator Johnson and well acquainted with him in both his role as Majority Leader and as a leading Democrat and as a member of the Virginia delegation in the convention. We had supported Senator Johnson
of Ten; International Monetary Fund; 1968 Action Program Advisory Commission on International Monetary Arrangements; Joint Economic Committee; Special Drawing Rights; 1967 pound devaluation; gold crisis; 2-tier gold system; gold pool.

Folder, "Kentucky Trip – May 21, 1964 – Mrs. Johnson [Clippings]," White House Social Files, Liz Carpenter Subject Files, Box 5 (Item)

. SpeQ!al to The New York Tl01es . . . .. WASHINGTON,.May !2 - In for small businesses much of· ·America, there are ers. pockets of poverty in the midst The . Appalachia and farm program, of · plepty. ,~ Jiut in Appalachia, strictly ·a regional one

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

. Not at that time. I don't think I'm getting ahead of myself here, but there was a--I'm sure we will talk about this a little later--very warm and close feeling between the leaders of the Congress, or the Democratic leaders of the Congress and President Eisenhower

Folder, "Pepper, Senator Claude [1942]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 21 (Item)

Out~ond Clapper Says: But Labor Talks o~\Anglo -America -New iTean1work Need "East is East, and West is West-" In the East, in Washington, D. C., Donald · · Nelson Thursday declared there was no necessity for anti-strike or labor legislatio_n cAmO

Oral history transcript, Helen and Seth W. Dorbandt, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was the chairman of the [State Democratic] Executive Committee. G: Now, let me understand, you had already voted? HD: I had already voted for Johnson against my own better wishes. G: Were you told that you had to do this, were you told this was an instructed
Mrs. Dorbandt’s vote in the 1948 Democratic Executive Committee meeting that certified LBJ as the senatorial nominee; bringing Charlie Gibson in to break the tie in the 1948 Senate Executive Committee meeting.

Folder, "FG 11-8-1/Territo, Dorothy [Executive Office of the President - The White House Office - Special Assistants - Aides]," WHCF FG, Box 115 (Item)

------ ·-- ·- · ·7~-- .. ~A., ,;,.. achievement. Fueled by the democratic and in the destiny faith of the Nation, in the dignity America moved .of the individual forward again. The Economy We can point, that is flourishing, first, to what we see all

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 41 (XLI), 1/18/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that it would make sense to suspend the tax credit except Fowler. He felt strongly that [as] he'd testified a couple of years before when Johnson had introduced the investment tax credit, that this would be a permanent part of America's financial structure

Folder, "Writings, Speeches [1941] [1 of 2]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 16 (Item)

ot a democratic .g'O'Nftl JHDt.. .All aN minorit e whieh go toget.her to sake a whole and what the whole demand• , each lives. We are a nation. we are the tlnited Sta"8 ot America. We are the chlldren ot .a generation ot un and women who rked

Folder, "Longoria, Felix [Newspaper Articles] [1 of 2]," Pre-Presidential Confidential Files, Box 3 (Item)

unfavorable publicity ·which has gone I a b roa d concernmg . . our town. Action following the recent Felix Longoria 1 incident was occasioned mainly to ser ve selfish interests of persons who e ither wished to pay political debts or who wished to stabilize

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 5, May 27 - June 10, 1966 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 8 (Item)

A South America 37 ::?B' /VL.J l.l,-'F}-- lt - 05#7-/66 - - A Nationa 7- 7'5' to Pres.'i:1·c:te-BcE-I;..rom-WWR Of"' 7/21 (1

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 93: Sept. 1-11, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

in agreeing to terms for a cease-fire in a future political contest and we must stay in close step with GVN. ~- Failure of the enemy ·offensive, results of the Democratic convention and · growing strength of Thieu/Huong government have improved VN morale

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was the first Democratic governor to endorse John Kennedy, which was a later very fortunate political benefit to the state, and Phil Hart loaned me, physically loaned me, to work in the Kennedy campaign, which I did for a period following and even up to, prior
; affirmative action; Jerry Holleman; John Hope Franklin; Gwendolyn Tice; Percy Williams; Jerry Bruno; staffing and funding the commission; Bobby Troutman and the conflict between LBJ and RFK; Richard Russell; the Lockheed plant in Marietta, Georgia; Plan

Folder, "India [2 of 3]," Files of Edward K. Hamilton, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

d by a series of factors • These included: our mutual commitment to free societies and to democratic inE.itutlons: the appreciation of most Indians for our prompt action t'lree years earlier in support of India against China: the close 1'1ers,,nal

Folder, "Green, Edith (Cong.)," Name Files, WHCF, Box G-259 (Item)

flrmntl68 where he be- ca.lled the great society to America on the ~.... ,.~, THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 1 EN f k d d as lleved lt necessary-for example, ln deallng back of the Democratic donkey."

Oral history transcript, Peter R. Rosenblatt, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

with State and Defense where all the big action was for the office, because I didn't have the background. 3 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ
; Robert Komer's nickname "Blow Torch" and Komer's personality; a Tet party Rosenblatt hosted in Saigon; Rosenblatt's frustration with the Democratic Party at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and afterward; Rosenblatt's work under Bill Leonhart after

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 30, June 1-12, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 17 (Item)

: ,,.. .. . ~·...:z_. (. .. . -· .....,. ...,... :__.:, ._-.:.:r.L -1 , i ,c. j .., . :• SEeRE'I ·,. FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMISSION, AND MONGOLIA. ALL OTHER COMMUNIST STAJES - ~ HAD BEEN QUI ET. " THE ~OREGOING PROVED THE LACK OF UNITY AND ACTION WITHIN

Folder, "INDIA - 1966 (to March 31) [2 of 3]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

this would receive very sympathetic consideration here and he encouraged the Ambassador to advise his Government to raise the subject during the conversations. ·, ·,·. ----- -,-----·---------------------,.-----.----- •~ J>RIGIN/ACTION, r PIM/A IUtP

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