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Oral history transcript, Donald S. Thomas, interview 3 (III), 3/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. The senior salesman was Oscar Price Bob- bitt, the President's bother-in-law. and sales manager. He was an extremely able salesman He worked a lot with our national reps as well as their regional offices and was an outstanding success, well liked

Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 2 (II), 11/25/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

, where the BOB had become involved with Community Action boards and the representation of the poor. I don't recall the specific circumstances, but they were involved in that and were making their influence known in OEO. Well, if it isn't financial
Relationship with Shriver; Shriver leaving OEO; charge that OEO indulged in illegal lobbying practices; Shriver-Adam Clayton Powell relationship; opposition to the program; MLK; Poor People’s Campaign; program for auditing grantees; influence of BOB

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on the Progressive ticket. I had talked to the state Democratic chairman and the national committeeman, Bob Tehan and Andy Greene, both from Milwaukee. They wanted me to run but they had to tell me that they didn't have any money, and neither did I. So I didn't

Oral history transcript, Warren Magnuson, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think," he said, "we've got to do something about this fellow?" goi ng to have to. again. II I said, "Well, I guess sooner or later we're Then we 1et it res t a wh il e and then break out I kind of had a little hope that he'd get better and sort

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton and Dolly Bolton, interview 2 (II), 4/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

stroke, why, he tried at first to keep it a secret. he not only had a stroke, it affected his mind. But Anyway, while he was still in possession of all of his faculties, his son, Bob Looney-do you know Bob, have you ever met him? G: No. B: He

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 4 (IV), 6/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Baker -- IV -- 11 B: It can be done. Youlve just got to have somebody with the guts to motivate it and try and hope you don't stub your toe. G: The Mississippi program I gather was multi-faceted in that it was aimed

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of his name right now-- G: Jesse Kellam. S: Jesse, yes. A fine man to work with, never was unreasonable in his demands on us, and I hope we weren't on him. Some affiliates were difficult, but Jesse was the salt of the earth as far as I was concerned

Folder, "Douglas, Paul H., 1/1/67 - 12/31/67," Name Files, WHCF, Box D-251 (Item)

t.o tbtt public And the live• of each of ua are richer X join you to4ay frien4 - of trust ia rich. for it. LYl!DX>1'1 •• JOmlSOJI ✓ LBJ1WRS1EH1aar CC1 iJ'uanita Roberta. Mazy Dooper. v "'1"" Bob l'leming. ~ D'OZa MARCH24. 1967 EVmn'1

Folder, "Gen RE7 Cards-Checkers-Chess," Subject Files, WHCF, Box 3 (Item)

2; Fred Hornsby and Leroy McCall,!; and Rev. P.E. Brooks, E.E. Snider, Bill Decker, Bob Finch, Dr. Dale McLemore,and Dr. Conrad Henck ly made up the field of entrants. Dr. Gutierrez has spearheaded the revival of chess activity in our state capitol

Folder, "Memos to the President – 1968," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

list would defeat the purpose by making it a social event. Attachment PHOTOGRAPHERS AP .. Harvey George a Henry Burroughs John Rous Charles Gory Robert ~chutz Robert DouJherty Charle a Taeinatli All rotate equally, but March thru April 13 • Bob

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 15 (XV), 12/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

we had any--we may have harbored some dim hope of rolling it back, but I doubt it. I think by that time we wanted to make damn sure no more increases in the discount rate came, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 16 (XVI), 12/16/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to points where I was calling Bob Wagner and saying, "With all those tall buildings you have in New York, have you got somebody focused on people that are stuck in elevators? They can panic. They can have heart attacks. They can die." It got to that level

Reference File, "Abell, Bess" (Item)

filedby soc,~LFltIS 0-,etnllel' l. 1, 1961 Dear Bob: Thank JOI& for J:telaa■adl a paclot elaepherd to bmd• m• dlrou,11 tb• iDtncacl•• ol wbl• from vtn• to tal>le. MJ daJ at Napa Vall-,••• a Joy, and I am as-a&eflllto JOG fu maklq ll ■ o

Reference File, "Abell, Bess" (Item)

filedby soc,~LFltIS 0-,etnllel' l. 1, 1961 Dear Bob: Thank JOI& for J:telaa■adl a paclot elaepherd to bmd• m• dlrou,11 tb• iDtncacl•• ol wbl• from vtn• to tal>le. MJ daJ at Napa Vall-,••• a Joy, and I am as-a&eflllto JOG fu maklq ll ■ o

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 170-199," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

RECENT T R IP . ALTHOUGH SOME ADDITIONAL U .S . FORCES SHOULD PROBABLY BE INTRODUCED AFTER WE SEE HOW THE MARINES DO IN COUNTERINSURGENCY OPERATIONS, MY OWN A TTITU D E I S REFLECTED IN EMBTEL 33 84 , WHICH I HOPE WAS CALLED TO THE ATTENTION OF THE PR

Folder, "Civil Rights – St. Augustine, Fla.," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

of the Quadricentennial Celebration scheduled for 1965 . Stated simply, the Federal Government is a partner to the celebration which hopes to attract visitors from other countries as well as from the United States. Besides the Quadri centennial Commission, several

Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

marvelously about the Grand Canyon and what it meant and symbolized, and her hope that all alternative means of supplying power and water to the Southwest would be explored before any irrevocable decision to build a dam was made. Now my reason for drafting

Oral history transcript, Lawrence McQuade, interview 1 (I), 1/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Folder, "India - December, 1963-1964 [1 of 4]," Files of Robert W. Komer, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

. ether ( 1) to ti-y th• .a.iv-erro·ute in hope, it ould be e-aaier but i11, knowle tre that oece a.ry con ·ultations on the ill may foi-ee us into s.ee' ing le tislatio or· ( ) to as. •· we•i-e U ely o ••iid u, on the le ,.islati:ve route anyway

Folder, "Korea - Vol. 2 , Cables, 7/64 - 8/65," Country Files, NSF, Box 254 (Item)

it would be desirable to ref to defer cc~pa:ny from Korea to SVl~until September in hopes that ROKNational Marine ·corps Col Ryan ASD/ISA RAbM 'oLov1 a1 IN 71016 24193oz is IN 65305· of a mid Assembly will CATE or ~OK Division have approve

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 50, November 8-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)

week of December and I think this has been la.te. In fact, November 17 which is the date t"ecommended in the· memorandum to which this is attached -- is a little later than the date I was :88ll!IBlllHId. .CONFIDENT I/rt - 2 originally (2) hoping

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 50, November 8-15, 1967 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)

week of December and I think this has been la.te. In fact, November 17 which is the date t"ecommended in the· memorandum to which this is attached -- is a little later than the date I was :88ll!IBlllHId. .CONFIDENT I/rt - 2 originally (2) hoping

Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 1 (I), 9/7/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)

Frantz -- I -- 7 along the sort of lines which we had hoped for. But if I had any hand in it it was beautifully disguised, because I couldn't recognize any pride of authorship. Then we went upstairs. Well, he went out first before the crowd was dismissed

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1975, by Elspeth D. Rostow (Item)

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

CLIFFORD: Yes. The understanding, which of course, was of a general nature, in Paris, was that the DMZ would not be violated because we felt we could not go on with the talks which we hoped at that time would start promptly, if the DMZ were violated. Now

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 54: Dec. 11‑19, 1967 [1 of 4]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 26 (Item)

FOR THE PRESIDENT Reply to Shah'• Letter The Shah wrote you describing hi• military and economic programs for the five years beginnin& next March. development In short, he ticka off hie own economic plane and hopes for U. S. private investment much as he

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 1, April 1 - 30, 1966 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 7 (Item)

. ) ~ __ .,._,,,.,-• .. _ ,J We told Nass er through one of his advisers in hopes that a little warning might keep him from exploding in public. This tactic worked well when we sold Israel their Hawk missiles in 1962. However, he w · n make his annual May Day speech Sunday

Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. [1940-1944]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 12 (Item)

have the agriculture. best chance of keeping out of war. The farm program has been But we must face the fact that such a success that Republican the dictators have definite design& leaders are now commending it in against this hemisphere. Their the hope

Oral history transcript, Walter Washington and Bennetta Washington, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Remember the civil rights meeting? He was really coming through and I think, as Walter talks about alternatives all the time, both Mrs. Johnson and Walter saw the beautification as one of the viable alternatives for young people. building up hope

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 64: Feb. 22‑29, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 30 (Item)

¥enameatal emphael.• on a1ricult.n: - - better price• and the latroductlon of MW •••d•; -- acceleratla1 farm mechaalaatloa. aotably the diff11aioa of pimp•; -- the d.lffaalon of • ~ dlaap>lalp-protna fooda. AU thia -~• the h11111an race aome hope that time

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 65: Mar. 1‑6, 1968 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 30 (Item)

that the Committees will not agree with this proposal. Congressional Committees are now considering the Defense FY 1968 · ~•zero supplemental," which shifts funds from_one appropriation to another, but with no net increase. We hope that the leadership will be willing

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/27/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

flo w e re d cloth,... . ' aawi.it m u s t be th e 'in thing.'^ And th en I sa id goodby and w as b ack a t the White H ouse by 2:30, w o rk in g © b r ie f ly a t m y d e sk , doing som e p ic tu re s on the T ru m a n B alcony w ith Bob. K

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/12/1966 (Saturday) (Item)

o ln 's s ta tu e . I hope I h av e th e g r a c e to u n d e r s ta n d the w e ig h t of a l l the c o n flic tin g s t r a i n s of thought a n d hope th a t w en t th ro u g h h is m in d . A n d th e n the fiv e o th e r w r e a th s w e re la

Oral history transcript, Dan H. Fenn, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/18/1972, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

didn't stir around and try to get support from anybody for my position. of hoped that there wouldn't be hearings on it. were hearings they asked me to testify. I sort But when there It was something which I had felt very, very strongly about; I think

Oral history transcript, Ben W. Heineman, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and Urban Development. I worked on that for a number of months as a member of that task force under the chairmanship of Bob Wood, later Secretary, and was chairman of a subcommittee on that. F: What was your particular subcommittee? H: Basically

Oral history transcript, Robert M. White, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

believe, that was either claimed or was hoped from the reorganization was substantial savings in the conduct of what you would call fairly routine activities. Has that materialized? W: This had been a point of issue. We were very clear to point out

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh McGovern -- I -- 6 more than any other Americans to promote peace in the world if we remember that food is health, food is strength, food is hope, food is peace

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 24 (XXIV), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thrust and the implementation would be left solely to Joe Napolitan. He had my authorization to make every decision necessary as we went along. Somebody else had the responsibility to raise the money for implementation and that was Bob Short and some
; a meeting hosted by Duane Andreas to find loans to continue media for Humphrey; poll results leading up to the election; whether time or money would have allowed Humphrey to win the election; Humphrey's efforts to discuss a Vietnam plank with LBJ and hope

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

--the Republicans have just lost a national election and are a little gloomy, although it has been a squeaker and they can take some comfort in that, but they have lost the White House anyhow? But here comes a new fresh ray of hope out of the man's backyard. T: I

Oral history transcript (conversation), Lyndon B. Johnson and Ted Sorensen, interview S-VIII, 6/3/1963 (Item)

he ought to get his own team in line about cna1rmen 1 ♦ .c 01 Humphrey? comrn1.. s. He got \vhat the hell is He s a wonderful man, but. we knmv he 1 i ke Bob Taylor's j goat, he's done voted. We've got to get some other folks in this thing

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