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Folder, "Brewster, Daniel B. 1/1/67 - 12/31/67," Name Files, WHCF, Box B-449 (Item)

to The White House Washington, D. C. - Dear~n: ~~ I 1 My Assistant, Jack ~ullivan, has informed me of his telephone conversation with your ~ssistant, Jim Jones, regarding William Prescott Allen, George P. Morse, and Leonard Rqs~nberg. ~ \ \ \, x

Oral history transcript, Grace Tully, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Tully--I~-l2 Johnson? T: You answer phones a good deal of the day. the telephone and people know it. F: Because you know how he likes So they telephoned instead of writing. Did you work with Mrs. Johnson at all after she became either the vice

Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

what is sometimes referred to as the mezzanine or the second floor is where our operations were set up. We had telephone hookups in Massachusetts with Mr. Kennedy's people from there, and we had some hookups statewide and some nationwide, where we could

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Hardesty, interview 1 (I), 3/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

from time to time, very seldom we'd talk about a specific speech unless he just happened to be thinking about it in the course of the conversation. Jack would get an assignment that was coming up and he would call Will or me and say, "Let's get going

Oral history transcript, Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

been saying that And he walked away and picked up the II phone . . . (Laughter) F: He called somebody. H: . . , and made a call, you know. F: Ri ght. H: He was like a child, by the way, with those telephones -- he could call from the dining

Oral history transcript, Anthony Solomon, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

at the White House and had, therefore, some very limited participation in conversations with the President. It was only after I was appointed Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs that I developed a more sensitive relationship--direct relationship

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 3 (III), 4/26/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

been associated with him during the earlier days of his administration. It was a very happy occasion. He honored me by stopping at my point in the room and carrying on several minutes of conversation, during which he described the need that he had

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 4 (IV), 7/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

service during the Johnson years. As I've indicated in some of the earlier conversation we've had, President Johnson had a high personal interest in the career service of government. He had a sense of the importance of the career service in terms of its

Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, and I could feel we organized, as far as the labor group goes, I think one of the very best campaigns on the telephone. first telephone banks. That was one of the That is where we first got women started in doing this, and it paid off. But along

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

a telephone down in his swimming pool in Texas. I think He'd spend most of his time I think on the phone instead of swimming in the pool. But he didn't call me on the carpet or anything of the kind. And he didn't organize any kind of effort by other senators

Oral history transcript, J. Russell Wiggins, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: Harry Hopkins? W: No, that was the WPA. can't think of it. This was--I know his name very well, but I [Roosevelt] called him up to talk to him about it while [Lyndon] was there and he laid out the,project to him over the telephone and he said, "Well

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

-organized opposition. That was part of the process. G: What specifically did Mrs. Johnson do to advance the legislation? O: She had conversations with a number of members of Congress. She spent her time on the telephone, and when members of Congress came

Oral history transcript, Jonathan Daniels, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that he might not be quite as sharp as he should be. him I better. And I thought, well, if I'm going to see He put me down in a somewhat profane telephone conversation, he said "I don't know you, and I just barely know Lyndon Johnson and I don't want

Oral history transcript, Myron R. Blee, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, if it were productive, it was difficult for me to perceive that it was . Yet we were living in a world in that time when there were so many things that we did need to foresee . I get from students these days . It's something like the conversation They want

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

as the Trinity River It has got a long, hoary background. Project. One of my sharp recollections--and you'll understand why it's so sharp--one day when the Vice President of the United States, Lyndon B. Johnson, was· haranguing me on the telephone about

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

. Mr. President: This is the tabulation 0£ Presidential telephone calls to CIA which you requested of Mr. Rostow. It is as complete as existing records permit. Bromley Smitb CONFIDEN'flhl:. _ BKS:rln Df.'Tr;:RMINeO TO BE AN AD!,~iNISTRA;l;,:' Ri

Folder, "Bernard Quint," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

of Refugees. January 13, 1¢4 Special Counsel to the President. January 15, 1964 121 123 no Remarks by Telephone for the Keel-Laying Ceremony of the First Automated Cargo Ship. January 16, 1¢4 125 111 Remarks to New Participants in "Plans for Progress

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 105: Nov. 9‑14, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 42 (Item)

with regard to this great problem that they were having with South Vietnam, or do you think that was kino of glided over in the conversations the President had with Nixon and the other candidates at that stage? SECRETARYCLIFFORD: .Well, I happened

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 48, October 25-31, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

Folder, "Israel - Volume 6, 12/66 - 7/67 [4 of 4]," Country Files, NSF, Box 140 (Item)

CURFEW EXISTS IN JERUSALEM AND TELEPHONE SERVICE IS CUT OFF; OTHER WEST BANK TOWNS WHICH HAVE BEEN THE SCENE OF RIOTS HAVE BEEN SEALED OFF. 5. HUSAYN HAS UNDERCUT THE RADICAL PALESTINANS ON THE JORDAN WEST BANK BY TELLING THEM THAT IF THEY WANT AN ENTITY

Oral history transcript, Earl Howsam, interview 1 (I), 5/9/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

words, you know, conversations on it because, when Truman was elected, I remember the Senator said, "Well, we'll have someone in the White House who we can go talk to," and I know that Ed Johnson felt that Truman was the type of person that he would have

Oral history transcript, William H. Crook, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

shouldn't stop and leave me dangling! Well, then, President Kennedy was killed. Do you have any immediate contact with Johnson? C: Immediate. [Pause] M: Of course, he flew back to Washington. Did you have any conversations with him in that short period

Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at the airport, and they came out about--I think they telephoned somebody in Amsterdam, who'd given them the wrong answer, so they thought we were coming in about four in the afternoon, and they were all out there at three-forty-five. And Doug MacArthur and Wawee

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/27/1966 (Wednesday) (Item)

Lady Bird meets with Warren Woodward and Bob Kollar about wedding travel plans; Lady Bird places several calls about wedding arrangements; office work; Lady Bird to luncheon for Luci Johnson given by bridesmaids; back to White House; telephone call

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/5/1967 (Sunday) (Item)

with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June

Folder, "Eartha Kitt," Reference File (Item)

invitation to the White Hou••• ahe a.1ked him if lhe waa expected to a peak. He called and asked ua and we told him no, we had our speakers, which he reported to her. Both Puctnsld and Col. Beaaley, in light of their conversations with her, wonder if ahe la

Oral history transcript, Sterling Tucker, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the impression, that growing out of some of the conversations that President Johnson had, and out of the meetings that we had, and all this seemed to be a natural kind of evolvement. B: ~\Tho were some of the people who met with you at Governor William IS LBJ

Oral history transcript, Wayne L. Hays, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, including myself, on the telephone. I'm sure he called many others about certain pieces of legislation, pointing out that he felt a deep urgency that we ought to get the Kennedy program on the road. was stalled dead-center. It hadn't been. It He used

Oral history transcript, Bailey Sheppard, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a letter from him, a telephone call from him, a telegram from him urging me to run" and so forth. And Carl did help him every way that he could with the paper, probably to the extent of hurting him, because the paper was not popular at all. Neither

Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was in the conversation with you but kind of listening [to them] . 0: Yes . They were sort of at the other side of the room . Or sometimes if Mr . Johnson wanted her, he'd say, "Bird, do you know so-and-so's Yet she would sit talking number," and she'd always have

Oral history transcript, Samuel Yorty, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh How did you communicate with President Johnson--by letter, telephone, in person? Y: By letter, but the only really meaningful communications were in person. What I

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 6 (VI), 9/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. We were getting more letters than any other congressman from the state of Texas and probably as much as the senators were getting each day. My job, I had to sit right inside the front door. I had four telephones on my desk, and they were all ringing

Folder, "S. Con. Res. 91, Guatemala [2 of 2]," Files Relating to Senator Johnson’s Legislation, Senate Papers, Box 297 (Item)

), for the purpose of discussing the cancellation of the Navy 1 s contract with TEmco for the fabrication and assembly of the FJH figµter. '!he conversation eventually drifted to comments about Tanco• s reputation as a low cost producer in the aircraft industry

Folder, "Ashmore, Harry S.," Name Files, WHCF, Box A-223 (Item)

Prompt action is essential. -----'L _____ Direct reply. Furn· h information ___ su·table acknowledgment propriate handling. _____ to If more than 4,8 hours' delay is encounter

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 35 (XXXV), 9/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

ball, my little toe. Johnson tells one of these Filipino mess boys to get some ice--forget about what their reaction was, just get some ice; put it on my toe so I can get on the telephone. So I went up to the house; we have to get some pictures of Camp

Reference File, "Camp David" (Item)

at the entrance to Camp David. October 2, 1960. 28 Prologue Winter 2008 • Top:President Lyndon 8. Johnson held many conferences at Camp David.Here,he njoys a light moment while in conversation with Secrecaryof Defense Robert cNamara and Secretaryof State

Reference File, "Camp David" (Item)

at the entrance to Camp David. October 2, 1960. 28 Prologue Winter 2008 • Top:President Lyndon 8. Johnson held many conferences at Camp David.Here,he njoys a light moment while in conversation with Secrecaryof Defense Robert cNamara and Secretaryof State

Folder, "Ex FG 245 Housing and Home Finance Agency, 11/22/63 - 5/19/64" WHCF FG, Box 288 (Item)

. It was indicated that the request for final planning funds would be forwarded to Washington within one or two weeks. Mr. Porter promised that BRA would be contacted if any hitch I developed. February 19, 1964: Assistant General Manager in telephone conversation

Folder, "Shelton, Robert Marvin," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 11 (Item)

, bearing 1967 .A labanta lleense 63~3490, VIN·- Y253177624. · Lice,n.s e for this vehicle obtain:e"d by · · MELVIN ·SEXTON 9 Imperial Kligrap1i; This vehicle is equipped wit"b a monttor radio . capable of monitoring all _poltce fr,eque:n ctes and telephon-e

Folder, "Vidnjevich, Christopher," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 12 (Item)

was preseµt at the headquarters building of.. the NSWJ?P on Movembe1· 3, .1966. He was eng2ged in a telephonic conversation with GF.ORGE LINCOJ;N ROCK'rTELL, Commander of the NSWPP ·1n Arlington, Virginia. · VIDNJEVICI-l w~s heard to say :that he had just