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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 11 (XI), 10/28/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Friday morning to tell the staff that all this was happening. They were never involved in any way in the deliberations. G: Now, some of the staff did become involved in the new structure; Wiley Branton for one. C: Well, Wiley was very popular

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and 20, 1977 INTERVIEWEE: Mrs. Jane Englehard INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mrs. Engelhard's home, Cragwood, Far Hills, New Jersey Tape 1 of 3 G: Let's start with your parents, first of all. Your father was a Brazil- ian diplomat. E
to the United States and involvement in the microfilm business; New York Governor Alfred Smith; a plane crashing into the Empire State Building; marrying Charles Engelhard; Engelhard’s political career; Engelhard’s involvement in the gold business; race

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

season matter? C: I think that made us want to deal with it and the fact that it really did hurt, if you will, thinking, writing America. It was a bigger thing to the readers of the New York Times and the newspapers than it was to the average guy

President's Daily Diary entry, 12/19/1967 (Item)

it on and went to the back of the plane to show to his friends and advisers there. ^ The President to his bed for a nap-The President awakened, pressed in his shirt, trousers, and new robe and signed th remaining blue folders.^. Mr. Watson reported

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/8/1967 (Item)

for a possible job at KTB C thi s summe r t o help her earn/sav e mone y for college . W / Luc i he discusse d thei r ne w house, th e strike a t Catholi c Universit y recently and then settle d dow n to read the morning papers from loca l Texa s cities . 9:00a

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Flott -- I -- 18 of his sleep, and Mrs. Lodge was running out of new bases on which to be cheerful and seeming delighted to see me. So about three o'clock in the morning Mike Dunn came

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/22/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)

MEMORANDUM TH E W H IT E HOUSE W A S H I N G T O N f Wednesday, A p r i l 22, 1964 t. >> vX-O Lyndon w h irled o ff in the h elico p ter this morning, on his way to open the W o r ld ’ s F a ir in New Y o rk . I spent the morning doing desk w
LBJ to World's Fair in New York; reception for leaders of Daughters of the American Revolution with descriptions of attendees by Lady Bird; LBJ's ancestor was founding member of DAR, Mary Desha; Lady Bird looks at samples for Luci's room; Lady Bird

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 19, January 19 - February 4, 1966 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 6 [1 of 2] (Item)

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Oral history transcript, John Ben Shepperd, interview 1 (I), 12/30/1968, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

rather not have? Are these the people who would have been griping about--? S: I think that's a lot of the basic thing; of course, Jimmy Banks of the Dallas News has been the most vociferous of the critics; Stuart Long, head of the Long News Service

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 23, March 10 - 15, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 14 [1 of 2] (Item)

what their action at Samu forc-e d us to in Jordan, Arthur, under continu ing pressure in New York, feels str'.o ngly we should rlo nearly that. (b} Israel has not yet given us permission to visit the nuclear plant at Dimona. Our la.at visit wa.s

Oral history transcript, Victor Ferrari, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

assigned to the 392d Bomb Group and the 578th Squadron. in England. This was a new bomb group that had recently arrived The crews were inexperienced and not doing too well. We had lots of training. We would take off early in the morning and make feints

Folder, "McNamara, Robert S.," Post-Pres Central Files, Name Files, Box 106 (Item)

in Washington prevented it. I hope you vvill tell him that Mitzie and I are thinking 11 of him. TJohnson t , ' \- - . ... ... PidUC ACTjVHtES ourtesy Letters e r ob: L y Bird nd 1 ao much en ·oyed eeing you. la New York. The p rty t the rim' • d

Oral history transcript, Lester D. Johnson, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

[NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 5 only at the present time--it's in effect at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York; at the San Antonio International Airport; and at Dulles Airport here

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 83, January 2004," LBJ Library (Item)

it in vivid detail. v n though it was more than sixty years ago. Mrs. Connally did read an excerpt from her book. a harrowing account of the murder of a president and the nearly fatal wound to her husband. "We were ·'More than anything, I had hoped Dallas

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

that they stemmed the tide somewhat? L: I think that they contributed to it. The majority of the Texas press was extremely conservative. The Dallas News was the dominating paper throughout the state; it was very conservative. The Houston Chronicle

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 18 (XVIII), 1/6/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, "They're on television every night. They're on the evening news. Washington is--[Robert] McNamara and [Cyrus] Vance and [Roswell] Gilpatric and you and [Dean] Rusk--are all working and you read the New York Times and the Washington Post. The country

Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

: I've got the recorder on. T: All right. But what I did, I wrote these myself, not speech writers. Because the speech writers assigned just weren't good enough in that sense, and I used these as policy speeches to float new ideas and to try

Folder, "Farley, James #1," Papers of Drew Pearson, Farm Series, Box F 437 (Item)

Farley, Federal Fall Guy. By John Boettiger. Chicago SUnday Tribune J-ane 10, 1934. Washington, D.C.A new temple in the forum ot the New Deal rises Pennsylvania quarters Avenue, and within its which set.to Washington's expensively stone

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: NASH CASTRO INTERVIEWER: Harry Middleton PLACE: Mr. Castro's office, New York City Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 M: We are going to talk about some of the things that have not found their way into the oral histories in the Johnson Library

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to be something between a young man and eventually a White House special assistant. Where are you from? C: Brooklyn, New York. Born and brought up in Brooklyn. Then to Holy Cross College in Worcester, Massachusetts, where I graduated in 1952, then to Harvard Law

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

splurge of publicity on the release of an annual report on the activities and successes of the committee, increased percentage of employment of minorities in government, et cetera, the New York Times, Peter Braestrup, I think it was, who I saw

Folder, "COLEMAN, JAMES P. (GOV.) [4 OF 5]," White House Name Files, WHCF, Box C-320 (Item)

, and . onfident that in the ..,,._ . .. months ahead G er r Coleman will demon. ·t. . strate his suitabili.ty for this post. in1:.erely, John . Clinton sistant - resident ;ta.ff .. to th ...... / ... iss Jant?t D' - re l 36 est 13th Street New York. ~ ew

President's Daily Diary entry, 11/15/1966 (Item)

and ask him to come out about 5:00a to see him Said to have Secret Service pick him, up and to keep it very quiet but that he would like very much to see him prior to the operation in the morning. Dr Cain The /Dr. Nss Hallenbeck thumb doctors came

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/2/1966 (Item)

McPherson morning Senator Frank Moss Secretary Udall the Moss met w/ McPherson this and urgently requested a meeting with the President to discuss his bill, S 26 Great :Rstxx Salt Lake Shorelands Bill Senator Moss presented a good case for signing the bill

Folder, "Yemen, CODEWORD, Volume 1, 12/67," Country Files, NSF, Box 161 (Item)

if they provide any new insights. Meanwhile, today's developments on the grormd do not ~take us much beyond where we were when we talked this morning. )f9, Nathaniel Davis Harold OECR:E':P H. Saunders THE WHITE H1.1uSE WASHINGTON 'Tl,.:s ;, 7lvl OCJ

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 67, 15 December 1997," LBJ Library (Item)

the entries she wrote after the tragic day in Dallas in 1963 when President Kennedy was assassinated and her husband, Governor John Connally, was wounded. Mrs. Connally put the notes aside after writing them and only discovered them last year. 7

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Kefauver, who was a senator from Tennessee, had entered into the New Hampshire primary and had defeated Truman, who was then the sitting president, most people--I'm talking about most politicians--were of the opinion that Truman liked being president

Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)

them clipped, they came in late but he would read--you know he'd get the highlights and some of that, listen to radio news, CBS news, almost every hour on the hour. He watched all three morning shows on the networks at the same time on the three sets
in information; LBJ's interest in the news; LBJ as a liberal; what LBJ would have thought of 1996 political issues; the relationship between LBJ and Connally; speculations on LBJ's career if he had run for re-election in 1968; how LBJ's presidency will be viewed

Oral history transcript, Harold Pachios, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for the President's brother-in-law, Sargent Shriver, who has just started this new thing called the Peace Corps." had read about it. do." He said, "Do you want a job?" I said I I said, "I think I So he wrote on a piece of paper in his notebook the name "Bill

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 26 (XXVI), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1987 INTERVIEWEE: LAWRENCE F. O'BRIEN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. O'Brien's office, New York City Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: I wanted to ask you about President Johnson's role in the campaign. O: There was an uneasy situation
of nuclear arms; Abe Fortas' nomination as Supreme Court chief justice; the effect of George Wallace's candidacy on both Nixon and Humphrey; voting results in New Jersey and Illinois; the effect of polling and publicizing poll results; poll accuracy; Ohio

Folder, "Diary: Vol. #4, 5/29/64 – 12/28/64," Papers of Orville Freeman, Box 9 (Item)

good spirits, flew back to Washington, into the office. yesterday and at 1:00 o'clock enroute to Florida.. ·Yesterdey morning tl?,e Wllite-House called and said that the President r~ was calling a. small ga~hering together, attend

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 8 (VIII), 4/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Deason -- VIII -- 4 blood oath that night to avenge as long as they lived the thing that happened in Dallas. They would avenge

Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Excerpts and Taylor's Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)

, and labor. Our economic statistics are the best and most compre hensive in the world. But they can be and need to be further improved. The costs will be exceedingly small relative to the benefits. To this end, my 1969 budget provides for several new

Oral history transcript, Jack Albright, interview 2 (II), 6/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, the public address systems, and he was most solicitous, most anxious to assist, to do anything he can to make sure this was a success. We were, that morning, about, oh, three hours away from presidential arrival, and he was saying, "We've got to have it right
other countries; LBJ speaking Spanish; Glassboro, New Jersey, meeting with Kosygin; trip around the US to visit military troops; communication problems aboard the USS Enterprise; LBJ’s response to a Williamsburg, Virginia, minister’s anti-war statements.

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/8/1964 (Item)

morning coolness -a group of "Ladies for Lyndon " was assembled on the corner. Arrived at sight of speech - - Washington High School -- the President went along the fence line to shake all the hands that he possibly -could. The speech was outside

Folder, "Brown, George and Herman [1949]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)

t a.1 iii th yot,r mother an :rathe r a bout, e idea I h t his morning , i t may r 1 t overybod7 s oomathlng wort _ o1ng . I ~ui or you th() v r y ~n:-cirnum or hn. p inoos 1n the b1G 1 1 e buai n 9ss t h a t you re ab ou t to under t ake . You

Folder, "January 13, 1965," President’s Appointment File [Diary Backup], Box 12 (Item)

it is important for the President not to comment upon negative lines appearing currently in some newspaper, news maga zine and column discussions of his Administration. He can nullify those by giving to Mr. Wicker an impressive recital of his own appraisal

Folder, "C.F.- CO 150 Kenya," WHCF Confidential Files, Box 10 (Item)

time, the Ministers did not deli v er it until their session with Ed Hamilton on the last morning of their visit.} J._r., . ~ DEPARTMENT OF STATE WASHINGTON January 26, 1967 IN REPLY REFER TO: 1189 LIMITED OFFICIAL USE MEMORANDUM FOR MR. WALT

Folder, "Roy Cohn," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 267 [3 of 3] (Item)

. Only three weekslater, in September 1966, furthermore, in connection with the same commenting on the City's unprecedentedat transaction, fifth Avenue Coach was able to tempt at "starvation" of the Companythe New purchase a substantial minority interest

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 81, June 2003," LBJ Library (Item)

Among Photo by Charles Bogel Wearing historically correct uniforms, these bluejackets from the USS Constitution heave a gun into battery. Story on page 3 Future Forum Rings In New Year . .. The invitation read: Future Forum. l.ocation: Matt's

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