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Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thought, "Well, that's cheap. She'd pay a hundred for it in America." So I just took it right there. And after I had paid him he looked at me and he said, "You've only been in our country a short time I can tell. You didn't handle this very well. You mind

Oral history transcript, Clark Kerr, interview 1 (I), 8/12/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

This is his last year before he leaves. He wants a plaque to be put up in the building or on the building where we met, where this historic action was taken to bring greater equality of opportunity for all young Americans through this system of grants based

Folder, "Our American Government (Ziff Davis Publishing Company)," Papers of Wright Patman, Box 120-C (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of lines of authority bet\Jeen you and Harry McPherson? T: No, not at all. Harry McPherson and I had been friends for a long time. I met Harry when I was in Washington in 1959. He was then, I guess, an attorney for the Senate Democratic Policy

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 4 (IV), 4/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

involved chance, to set it off. I would say that many riots were prevented by wise action and cool heads. The riots tended, up until the riots that followed the assassination of Dr. King, to arise from a police incident that could have been avoided

Oral history transcript, Wilton Woods, interview 1 (I), 12/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and all the Black Stars were athletes, and participating athletes. he even tried to get in. It just doesn't fit to me that Of course, he might have, because he had that desire to be where the action was and they had control, you know, this many years. G

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

combination of charades and actions took place, whether it was food or whether it was watershed projects or whether it was. People working \lJith me worked up something called Opportunity Homesteads. This would have taken quite a feltl mill ions. I cantt

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 9, 6 September 1976," LBJ Library (Item)

... as much power to influ nee the course of events and the views of the public as anyone else in America with the exception of perhaps a half dozen elected officials." Herb Klein sketched the situation in a lighter vein: "Franklin Roosevelt could get away

Folder, "The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency During the Johnson Administration-Part 2A - 2B," Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Administrative History (Item)

that the United States would not take any actions inconsistent with the resolution. It should also say that the United States was continuing to work toward the establlshjnent of an MLF^ which was consistent vvith the resolution. At the same time

Folder, "FBI - Disturbances and Racial Disturbances," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)

. advises just enough ·moderate violence to get twenty million niggers the hell .out of America." CONNIELYNCHthen S?Oke. In opening his remarks he greeted everyone· in the name of JESUS CHRIST. He said "We want to briefly introduce ourselves to you, well

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler and Charles K. Boatner, interview 4 (IV), 6/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

--if I could see a final action in the department that might be a White House operation . I mean to be announced by the White House gives your department prestige, rather than the secretary announcing it . To have the president announcing it, that's
Democratic convention

Folder, "Diaries [Transcripts of Tapes 11-20]," Papers of U. Alexis Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

career and my life. with it. I don't think that anything else could quite compare The Court at Saint James, or the Court at Tokyo, are all more or less well knownand mundane, but presenting my credentials as Ambassadorof the United States of America

Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview 2 (II), 11/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Commander Gingrich actually, that I just did not want to stay in Washington too long, and I thought I had been there long enough in spite of the fact that I'd spent about ten months in Algiers and North Africa. He tried to encourage me to go to South America
station KVET; Coke Stevenson; LBJ using a helicopter to campaign in 1948; monitoring the 1948 election returns; LBJ's kidney stones; Paul Porter; legal action surrounding the 1948 election and box 13 incident; the Democratic Executive Committee vote

Oral history transcript, Curtis LeMay, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

America and bomb the air fields in Cuba. And then Cubans would land over in Florida and say that they were Cuban Air Force people that had defected, and they had participated in the bombing and so forth. This got tied up and wasn't very well executed

Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 1 (I), 9/20/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

it the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, not North Vietnam or South Vietnam. The fact that this is one country and you shove anybody in who's around. G: Another thing that puzzles me is the Tet attacks which, despite the disclaimers, were largely a surprise

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the fund-raising dinner in Washington. I can't recall, and your notes didn't help me on it, whether it was the [Democratic] National Committee or the congressional Democratic committee, but it was a fund raiser. Initially, of course, the President
; Larry O’Brien; Krim resigning as Democratic National Committee finance chairman to be involved with the LBJ Presidential Library and School of Public Affairs; being asked to join LBJ’s cabinet and the United Nations; Arthur Goldberg; the LBJ Foundation

Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, at that time, for congressional liaison, was seconded over to the Democratic committee; I worked through filr. Birkhead. B: He was, technically, then I think, with Rural Americans for JohnsonHumphrey? t1: Yes. B: What were the circumstances of your being

Oral history transcript, William A. Knowlton, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

forth, I, William A. Knowlton, of Alexandria, Virginia, do hereby give, donate, and convey to the United States of America all my rights, title, and interest in the tape recording and transcript of the personal interview conducted with me on March 21

Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview S-I, 6/30/1988, by Robert Dallek (Item)

, because there were lots of questions raised about where the Republicans were getting money for that [Wendell] Willkie campaign, and where the Democrats got money--and you know better than I do on that. But the campaign laws on this campaign financing

Oral history transcript, Ray Roberts, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

judged you on your actions and your thoughts and your perspective, and apparently he thought that he could m.ake something out of me, and he took it upon himself to do it. G: Did he give you advice on what to do in your work up in Dallas? R

Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Roth -- III -- 29 that has come has been people who were jealous of him rather than who were dissatisfied with his actions or what he did. G: To your knowledge, did he have pretty good relations with Congressman Kleberg

Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was old even then. P: And who has just recently celebrated, I understand, his ninetyfourth birthday. F: Right. P: And he enjoined the Secretary of State of Texas from certifying any Democratic candidate on the senatorial ballot. Well, Alvin Wirtz

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with President Kennedy, to change that, that he was dedicated to it. I forget the name of the committee, but you would probably know it. G: It was the Equal Employment Opportunity Committee. K: Yes. Obviously his point of view was very pro-action to do away
of the President’s Club and its growth; LBJ offering Mrs. Krim Presidential appointments; Krim’s support of Robert Kennedy; fundraising nationwide for LBJ; entertainment celebrities attending political fundraisers; 1964 Democratic National Convention; Don Cook

Oral history transcript, Earl Warren, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and Boggs on the Democratic side and Ford and Cooper on the other side--and John McCloy from New York and Allen Dulles would be willing to serve on that commission if I was to head it up. And he said, "I think this thing is of such great importance

Oral history transcript, Herbert Jenkins, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. ·He never hesitated, and he never looked back once tie deci.ded. · And, frankly, I know personally Ralph McGill probably had as much influence on Jl\Y thinking and Jl\Y action, other than my inmediate family and the Mayor, than any other person here

Oral history transcript, Arthur J. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

repeatedly he made statements to the same effect. I would be called down to the Ranch to discuss it. And indeed, there were certain actions that proved it at the outset. For example, before I was appointed I was invited to Camp David that weekend. I hadn't

Oral history transcript, Roger Hilsman, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

possible to have adopted the course of action that you were recommending at that time. fair understanding of it? It was not already set. Is that a LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral

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

a liberal, being a Democrat, being a . . . Was it anti-Semitic, or was it just a combination of everything? H: I think it could have been a combination of several things but there was one factor that was a motivating one that Harry Cain told me about

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 5 (V), 11/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Democratic Executive Committee. I don't know whether you're aware of this or not. L: No, I didn't know that. F: But he said he turned it down after being the--it was never actually offered, but he was the front runner. He said the condition of his law

Folder, "Colonel Jenkins, Walter W. A0 157 61 86 [1 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 29A (Item)

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

of the administration, which he, Lodge, as a Republican appointed by a Democratic president, was about to serve loyally and well, and more gung ho than anyone else. It was that sort of reaction, I think. I know Paul Kattenburg personally and have high regard for his

Folder, "South Asia, 1962-1966: Volume I, Tab B: 1-13 [1 of 2]," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

would let you. 11 You reminded him we were paying "great attention" to Chinese Comrnunis t. actions and were therefore concerned about the scheduled Chicom state visit to Pakistan. You "wanted him to k.."'low there would be a probler.i of public

Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume II, Tabs 18-22," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 38 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: I would feel that most of the views I hold would be like those held by many in the Democratic Party. It's a little bit hard to answer that now in that there are so many views expressed by so many people in so many parties, so I'm a little reluctant

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and Company. I t was sad, and it meant more of a burden .was placed on Louis Ma r t i n . I worked a great de9.1 with the vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee mYself, and a couple of others, to play basically IItalent agency," which we had

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

events have changed some of the details. But it seems to me that the basic observations and conclusions remain valid. In some specifics, actions of the Executive B ranch coincide with these observations and conclusions. In many they do not. In any event

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

completely sympathetic with you in the situation? B: Yes. G: Dillon had evidently proposed some formula for giving ten days' advance notice to the other concerns, the FDIC and the Fed before taking any of these actions. Was that in fact part

Oral history transcript, E. Ernest Goldstein, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh approach struck me as being a very They called for conformity, and I suppose I'm not a con- The only brass collar I'll wear will be a Democratic Party brass collar, because that's the least

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