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Oral history transcript, David K.E. Bruce, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the crying needs- and it was brought to my mind by reading yesterday in the papers what Mrs . Johnson had in mind about beautifying America--that's a large undertaking . But if one went at it in segments, for example, I'm not sure that having

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

- - 22 led the fight to reinstate disability insurance on the floor. It was passed, it did go into the law, and Kerr was the keynote speaker at the Democratic Convention. He started out his speech with this great achievement of the Democrats
and generosity; Jesse Kellam; social security disability insurance; AMA; Senator Kerr; LBJ relationship with Senator Richard Russell; LBJ as a liberal; LBJ and the Presidency; mobilization for youth; Community Action Program; legal services program; Head Start

Folder, "Steinbeck, John," White House Famous Names, Box 9 (Item)

Department INDICATE: 0 OCHAIGI 0r1,1ti .ss \ of State C0LUCT TO LIMITEDOFFICIALUSE AmambaasyRANGKO~ IMMEDIATE ACTION: fu1lu 3 oaPK'61 Info, STATE ./3 L/ 7 90 LIMDIS Please deliver following Preaidential meaaage to John Steinbeck: BBGIN TUT

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 2 (II), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to me. I might point out that I was accompanied at that time by Senator Yarborough, a Democrat from Texas, and Senator Tower, a Republican from Texas, both of whom made very laudatory remarks about me. I was happy at the fact that I was sponsored

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 37, August 1-10, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 20 (Item)

immediately to permit India to start purchases while continuing to consider final action on this tranche. 1. We favor releasing the full 1.5 million tons now because:· -- we have achieved our major objectives in this year's India food exercise and have

Oral history transcript, Toinette Bachelder, interview 1 (I), 2/11/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 "disstaff" side of the business which was a fortunate thing for me because I'm a Democrat and I felt a little better not having to get mixed up with what I call

Folder, "Boggs, Hale (Cong.) 11/1/1963 - 12/31/1964," Name Files, WHCF, Box B-330 (Item)

• lpeclalAa-1--■I totMPrNWat n. 8-nble HoueofMe.12 card• • ...... a • CJD:dlt ' SIIDATON-cAJlLTON H~ '2J 51&,Uhfll &run,.N.Y. YAIHINGTOM ,. D. C. 'V '.t~NATIONAL CAPITAL DEMOCRATIC CLUB Telcphoaa: Dlltrict 7-1'70 - THE DODGE HOUSE Dlltrict 1-s,11

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 49, November 1-7, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)

(a;tzeubacbts that you turn tb:e pape.r over to Nick Viet Nam group, and ask them: - - Do you agree ? -- If not. how would you state the choices and make your recomn1enda.tions? -- What :new actions now lrom your recom mendations? ~ attachm.ent

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 49, November 1-7, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 25 (Item)

(a;tzeubacbts that you turn tb:e pape.r over to Nick Viet Nam group, and ask them: - - Do you agree ? -- If not. how would you state the choices and make your recomn1enda.tions? -- What :new actions now lrom your recom mendations? ~ attachm.ent

Folder, "United Kingdom - PM Wilson Visit Briefing Book, 12/1/1964 [2]," Country Files, NSF, Box 213 (Item)

and social revolution in Latin America as the people of that area seek to establish a better life. Our deep concern is that this revolution not be used by the Communists for their own destructive purposes. We have been afraid that they would get a chance

Folder, "Military Use of Space," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 15 (Item)

advisory committee for space and aeronautics, has declared, "The ad ministration's negligence in military space dcvclopmcnt is a disastrous course for the future of America," and his alarm is ccbocd by such noted Scnaton as Barry Goldwater and Margaret

Oral history transcript, John L. Sweeney, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 3 why, this brought us into constant contact with the Majority Leader at the time. As you will probably recall, Pat was in that wing of the Democratic party in the Senate which

Oral history transcript, Robert Fleming, interview S-I, 11/8/1979, by David Culbert (Item)

. Cronkite~ to I also didn't think he wanted givi~g him. And President Johnson I don't know how much he had, for instance, with For a time he had ·made Chancellor, he had . appointed Chancellor somethi~g tn US!A, Voice of America. circle

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 19, January 15 - 31, 1967 [2 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 12 [2 of 2] (Item)

by tomorrow morlllna at the late•t. If you wish to withhold action or alter policy aharply, we •hoald know tbi• toda ta order to 1et the coaaortium date po•tpoud. EO 12958 3A[b111J>25Yrs [CJ w. w. Roatow "SECRET ' WWRostow:rln 61/L Mr. Ros tow

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 7, October 1 - December 31, 1964 [3 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [2 of 2] (Item)

. He wants .Public. support from us for British divestiture of their "independent" nuclear deterrent. We will be asked to play up · their· action as a · contribution tow~rd non-proliferation, thus countering Tory opposition. t'q' r?" D. He also

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

,o/sTi3 OFFICE REFERRAL Democratic Tot Attn: National Committee Dat.s October 18, 1967 Mr. Joma Criawell ACTION REQUESTED Draft reply Ion -____ Prealdent'■ ■19nature. ---- Umleral9necl ■ ■lQDature. 0 NOTE -- Memorcmdumfor use cm

Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. (1942)," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 20 (Item)

into shipyards and factories and in three days make a month's pq. They certainly are going to see that it is changed. Vinson got into action yesterday, and is very confident that the combination bill limiting war industry profits to six per cent and hand ling

Oral history transcript, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., interview 3 c (III), 12/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

"preventive action" before the march? V: To a slight degree. You see, the demonstration focusing on the Pentagon cut across a number of federal agencies. For instance, the Department of Interior and the Park Service--some of their land was involved

Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 2 (II), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the Capitol when he was Minority and Majority Leader. It was a more important office really when he was Minority Leader, because nobody else had an office in the Capitol. none of the Democrats. They all came up there when they wanted a little snort

Folder, "Volume I, Documentary Supplements, Speeches and Remarks Made by the Secretary and the Officials in the Department," Department of Transportation Administrative History, Box 3 (Item)

to the· total transportation picture in North America and to the role of air transport. - 3 What I will --That ask of you you be aware of --that you be aware.of new technology; of --and that your actions today is quite the desires

Folder, "General Analine Film Corp - Alien Property Settlement (see also Jack Frye) [I. G. Farben]," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 283-1 (Item)

•• at tlae tlm• tlilay a.tfer..t ,acts I•••• wM &r• toO 1:l11a:Mrou to be convealeuly made partt.1 bereto, : : •uuaa ••r• : , , : 1 PlaiatUf■ ClvtL ACTION NO. __ W'I SOCUTJ. IHTERHATJONALE TOUR OES PA~ TlClPATIONS INDUS'T'Rl&LL£S: ET COMMJt~ClALU 5

Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 2 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)

aggression on the high seas again st the United S ta te s o f America. The determ ination o f a l l Americans to carry out our f u l l commitment to the people and to the government o f South Vietnam w ill be redoubled by t h is outrage. Yet our response, fo

Oral history transcript, C. Farris Bryant, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. 1953- 54 . I was speaker of the house in one of those terms, I ran for governor in 1956 and was defeated . again in 1960 and was successful . I ran In the meantime, I had been to a couple of Democratic national conventions . I was chairman

Folder, "History I. A Short Narrative History," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)

leadership that counseled moderation and a legalistic, non-violent approach was challenged to demonstrate how that approach had led to social and economic improvement for the Negro. In the South, non-violent action frequently engendered a violent response

Folder, "Conot Profiles - Work Copy with Comments [2 of 2]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)

self defense wu.s to attack. Many· speakers, however, ·warned that N~groes were not yet ready to confront the 11 \•1hi te power structur~." - Even _Rap Brown warned that it would be"self genocide" to challenge whitci America to physical

Oral history transcript, Walt W. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

wing of the Democratic Party. It's an interview worth tracking back because Arthur Schlesinger came back from Washington, where he had been invited to call on Senator Johnson, and gave a description of that interview at dinner--there must have been
First impressions of LBJ; JFK and LBJ; JFK and the White House staff; LBJ as VP; LBJ on foreign aid; LBJ Berlin speech, 1961; LBJ on foreign policy pre-presidency; LBJ’s first State of the Union message; Vietnam; CIAP; Latin America; White House

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 11 (XI), 12/20/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the foreign policies of both Democratic presidents and Eisenhower, but they did it on the grounds that they had to block the foreign policy moves that were being made by the Democratic presidents and Eisenhower until something was done about the Nationalist

Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. [1943]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 24 (Item)

in that world. We want life to be more humane. We want to live up to the great historic issue or America - freedom freedom for our own land and for all the .._world • America will find a new song, a new opportunity. In her world relations she

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 76: May 9‑14, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 34 (Item)

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Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 28, May 16-24, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 16 (Item)

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Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 9/12/65 - 3/20/66 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)

- The following are .my recommendations as. to the action you should take to put this proposal into effect: I ·. Designate .the 12 most critical pockets of poverty in which this program will be applied. I recommend that, as a first step, you designate
the conditions which caused the riots; Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots chaired by John McCone, report and action on report's recommendations [Report filed oversize attachment 186]; and the President's task force on the riots. Several items

Folder, "Misc. Correspondence - 1965," Office Files of Yoichi Okamoto, Box 1 (Item)

the to meet a deadline request- i.'ilstraction. number of photo requests. (Approx. 4. For the President to personally see and approve or disapprove each one of these requests before any action can be taken on it 1would seem to take a disproportionate

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ib), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of influence behind him he had some natural advantages and some natural leverages that Senator Johnson didn't have. Senator Johnson took over this leadership under circumstances where the Democratic party was badly divided; under circumstances where

Oral history transcript, Horace D. Godfrey, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

he knew what it would take to get the support of the non-cotton sector, also. And you had to have something that was passable, not only workable. B: Do you recall any other examples of Senator Johnson in action in those days before '60? G

Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of the members of the committee, particularly on the Democratic side, didn't feel that this was a partisan charge. But, as I say, because of the sensitivity of the charges at that particular point in the preelection period, it inevitably became a partisan issue
Sputnik; Senate Preparedness Sub-Committee; LBJ’s relationship with Symington; General James M. Gavin; Special Committee on Space and Aeronautics; missile gap investigation; 1960 Democratic National Convention and campaign; LBJ as VP; Panama Crisis

Oral history transcript, Patrick V. Murphy, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

elected, then the prospects would be even more uncertain. So I realized that, but of course the administration was defined by the legislation as a nonpartisan, bipartisan administration. been active politically. I had never I was a registered Democrat

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 3 B: Did this involve you in national Democratic politics? C: To a limited degree. I wouldn 1 t ~.;rant

Oral history transcript, Alexander Buel Trowbridge, Jr., interview 1 (I) A, 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in there. Was there ever any question as to what your politics were or whether or not that would influence the appointment? T: Not a one. I was never asked whether I had supported the Democratic Party or whether I was, in fact, a Democrat. I had in 1964 contributed

Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 2 (II), 6/28/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

people up there. But I don't think Now, frequently I I think I did this even more in the Republican Administration than in the Democratic Administration. I would go up with Wilbur to executive sessions at Ways and Means and things like

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

could dip down in his bag, and he had a little assignment for a Democrat on the Senate Small Business Committee. F: Did you get the feeling that Senator Johnson was sort of sidetracking Senator Kefauver? 2 LBJ Presidential Library http

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