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Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 12, 15 April 1978," LBJ Library (Item)

for the Inks and Buchanan dams in the 1920s, fondly recalled the times "Lyndon helped me out. Ile helped me in just about anything ... personal problems ... anything. Took care of 'em too." Cotten said be met LBJ in the first ear he ran for Congress. "I met him

Oral history transcript, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

that up for a little while but not very long. M: He took your advice for a short time? R: Oh, yes, because we were close friends, and he had respect for m-y judgment. M: Did you visit him in the hospital after the attack? R: No, I didn't visit him

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 3 (III), 6/7/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at the time to bring the union negotiators and management into the White House and make them negotiate there. Under that kind of heat it worked. contract. They did negotiate. They did settle a That left him with a feeling that a way to settle those huge

Folder, "[November 7, 1968 Foreign Policy Meeting - Family Dining Room]," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

on the first day -- mortar fire. Nothing since that time. There were a couple of small attacks against small population centers in the last 24-hours. The President: I figured they would do this to save a little face. General Wheeler: The North

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 76, October 2001," LBJ Library (Item)

vious Lhre conferenc s focu, d on hm .S. policy toward Vietnam evol ed in Wash·ngton and was applied in the Field. This time, twenty prominent scholar, met to con sider ho, the Johnson Admini tration search d for peace in Vietnam. Pr . ident Johnson's

Oral history transcript, John T. Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

have lived here since I was about eighteen months or two years old. I'm a product of the Houston pub- lic schools starting in kindergarten at Montrose School, which was at that time, I think, a pilot kindergarten program. I completed elementary

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 5 (V), 11/28/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the American people felt they were seeing too much of him in that period. He did know the value of the evening time period, because he's the first president who had the prime-time State of the Union addresses. Usually, in the old days, the State of the Union

Oral history transcript, Harold J. Russell, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

this. This year marks the twenty-fourth observance of the National Employ the PhySically Handicapped Week in October? R: Yes. P: So it does make it all the way back to '48, and you have served on the committee for the entire time. R: Yes, I have. I've seen

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 6 (VI), 2/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

people still felt that the treaty was contravened. This was a time when it was 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 3, April 1-30, 1964 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

THE WHITE HOUS E WA S HIN GT ON __ s ECB :u: r-- April li, 1964 MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT This folder deals with the tough problem of decisions on export licenses for the Soviet Union which will come before the National Security Council

Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 2 (II), 2/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Union and China, Moscow on the way and I think Peking on the way back, I'm not sure. But he did make all three capitals, spent a lot of time in Hanoi, carried our message. It was reported by one of my ambassadorial colleagues, Sir George Clutton

Folder, "NUCLEAR - Nuclear Detonation - Chinese Nuclear Tests, Joint Comm. Report on," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 36 (Item)

threat to the United States and the free world comes from the Soviet Union and Communist China. In order proper!y to understand the scope and magnitude of this threat, the Joint Committee has over the years held executive hearin~ at which nuclear

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/14/1967 (Item)

'KITE Hous e Dat e Jul ENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N WARY ^~^ resident began :hii da y a t (Place) Time Telephon 1i 1 In Ou tL Th 9:20a t t Wal —— Sec — I j 9:31a f —— —- Mik I - . y Dean Rusk 9:42a f Sec i 10:15a _j j t , 10:27a t

President's Daily Diary entry, 4/21/1967 (Item)

to representative s o f th e carrie : _s _ and th e unions. " HITE HOUSE Date •NT LYNDON B. JOHNSON April •MAT resident began his day at (Place) The Time Telephone 1: 1 In Out Lo L . D 8:45p To White Activity H ouse Day (include visited by) Oval

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/4/1967 (Item)

hi s day at (Place ) Whit Time Telephon 1: — Activit In Ou tL oL 10:10 / 10:15a t e Hous e _ y WEDNESDA Y y (includ e visite d by ) D Joe Califano I Henry 10:16a ' V Marvi ,j (pl) . Wilson Director 10:28a t __ Da y 4 , 196 7 e

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 61, 15 November 1995," LBJ Library (Item)

Society of LBJ. but our best hope in these more than slightly retrograde times.'· Even though, he said. his title is "one grade down from the long standing, deathless expression which Lyndon Johnson gave us.'' there should be "no doubt as to where

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

the Truman Administration. At that time, I don't recall exactly the position that senator Johnson-F: I'll refresh you on that. November '48. He was a new Senator; he had been elected in Then, after '50 when Ernest McFarland was defeated, he was named

Oral history transcript, Frank E. Moss, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Johnson in those days? No, I was not acquainted with him. I did see his name. I remember an incident that happened about that time where the House administrative assistants or secretaries, as I think they were called then, used to organize a Little

Oral history transcript, Eugene V. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: Before that time you'd served from time to time in government service along with your career in the Law School at Yale. Did you have any prior personal relationship with Mr. JohnsonZ R: No, I didn't. M: You hadn't had any occasion politically

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and Public Buildings and Grounds. You first cace to the U.S. Congress as a representative in 1959 when Hm.Jaii became the 50th state in the union and served on the Agricultural Committee. From 1958 to 1959 you served in the Hawaian Territorial Senate

Folder, "[January 31, 1968 - Meeting with Congressional Leaders]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)

a::ld with the Soviet Union. We knm·1 i t is much easier to get into a war than get ou~ of one. At the sarne time wa co have our p::?:"ide and our p=estige and our men at stake. So we are pursuing t~rough diplomacy every possi~ly avenue that is calcula

Folder, "NSAM # 277: Review of our Procedures for Anticipating Foreign Crises, 1/30/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 2 (Item)

of Staff and higher authority turn for an immediate review of the situation and for advice as to the available courses of action in time of emergency. The Deputy Director for Operations (NMCC), a General/flag rank officer, and the NMCC maintain an around

Folder, "President's European Trip Briefing Book - June 1963 (I)," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 3 (Item)

Programs Possible French Proposal on European Political Union (B-11) I J Germany Miscellaneous Economic Matters - Germany (B/G-2) A Berlin and Germany (B-2) B GERMANY: US-German Military Cooperation-Status, including offset arrangements, sale

Folder, "Diary: Vol. #8, 6/6/67 – 3/29/68," Papers of Orville Freeman, Box 11 (Item)

hope they destroy tieir military resources and complete discredit them· and eradicate the power of Nasser and make it clear once and for all t _hat Israel is around to stay for a long, long time. If they do that som.e kind of a sensible sort

Oral history transcript, Daniel K. Inouye, interview 2 (II), 5/2/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

California was made a state it was not contiguous to the East. When other states such as Nevada, Montana, Wyoming became states, their population was much smaller than Hawaii's. But obviously, tne opponents had other deeper reasons. There was a time when

Oral history transcript, Tom C. Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. At the time I said publicly in a release that I thought that Texas was a different footing because it had been a sovereign nation, and that when it joined the Union it said that it would pay its own debts and keep its own land, and that therefore it had

Oral history transcript, Abe Fortas, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the time and be in Washington part of the time. J: You actually were with the Triple A part of that time too, weren't you? F: That was part of the Department of Agriculture. J: Yes. F: Then I went from there, as I recall, to the Securities

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

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 99: Oct. 10‑15, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 40 (Item)

, and tq avoid a shutdown of Ghanaian textile mills, AID proposes to increase the P. L. 480 program. At the same time AID will reserve $5 million of In this way. P. L. 480 will subthe 1968 $15 million program loan. stitute for scarce AID funds. Self-Help

Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

on portions of the State of the Union or a crime talk from time to time. And, remember, it was during that period he created his Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice~ with Nayor Lindsay coming in, Kingman Brewster, Whitney

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 21, February 12- 28, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 13 (Item)

the first time wo~ld mean an estimated 300-500 ci,.dl ian casualties in the initial assaults. The irnpact · o•f this action on Hanoi 1 s capacity .to infiltrate materiel into lhe So~th would be entir~ly through the load placed on the i~port' trahsportation

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 1, Nov. 1963 - Feb. 1964 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

~ . AT _ THE . PRESE~T TIME ·. .

Oral history transcript, Jerry Voorhis, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

an outstanding job for young people. He was, with some of the rest of us, one of the strong supporters of many of the well-conceived New Deal measures that were at that time so vital, really, to the saving of the country, from our point of view at any rate

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 57: Jan. 16‑24, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 27 (Item)

action on this contract for the time being inasmuch as the Air Force wants the · aircraft and there is a special background to this matter .,inyol;ving Y,_OJ:lc.J;"::-

Folder, "Corcoron, Tom," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 131 (Item)

, because of varioUNtrikes -de- _cent with the President. ~laying the national defense program, is all4 . Now we have time for just one more ~portant today. It has been charged in prediction, and I want to make jt regarding ,certain parts of the country

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 2 (II), 7/9/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

not commit it to such a terrain. The result is that, as one reads the memoranda, it becomes clear that I was prepared at various times to concede things that had already been decided. This was tactically necessary if I were to have any credibility with my

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

his name out because I thought we ought to have a Southerner for President. something on my mind for thirty years or so, South to get back in the Union. This has been that it's time for the I would like to have voted for Richard Russell earlier

Oral history transcript, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

calls from them. There weren't very many people who were taking Joe on at that time. The only favorable comment I remember was a TV columnist here named Bernie Harrison [?] who wrote about it. I don't think it was even mentioned in the editorial s

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 17 (XVII), 12/17/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

came from and some of the basic positions that officeholders from Louisiana would hold, whether it was on oil or perhaps some elements of civil rights. But Long was basically supportive. I don't recall whether it was this year of 1966 or at a later time

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 8 (VIII), 8/17/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a positive expression to his leadership. It was largely based upon various social values and was not really in accord with the overall trend of liberalism at that time, because liberalism had gotten quite far away· from populism. Unfortunately