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Oral history transcript, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

of this terribly late lady. He suddenly asked me if I'd ever heard of a man called Walter Reuther? Yes, I did. "You actually know Walter Reuther?" It turned out that this man, who I eventually married, had little of more importance on his mind than the question

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Kennedy was on. Let me just tell you how those things work. You know [Walter] Reuther, of course, in the AF of L. to be--well, I don't say there is bound to be, there There is bound ~ crookedness in every labor campaign and may be, in office as well

Folder, "Ex FG 731 President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity 11/22/63 - 5/19/64," WHCF FG Subject Files, Box 402 (Item)

Advisory Committee on Labor-Management Polley George M. Haztlaon, Chief Executive Brotherhood of Railway Clerk• Walter P. Reuther, President United Automobile Workers of America Luther H. Hodges Secretary of Commerce James J. Reynolds Assistant

Folder, "Foster, Luther H.," Name Files, WHCF, Box F-203 (Item)

J~ 29., 1966 C U./AT Invitations to following for ceremony COITD1lemorat1ng 20th Armiversary of the signing of the Atanic Energy Act and swearing-in of Dr. Samuel Nabrit and Wilfrid Johnson Atomic Energy Commission. x x REUTHER,Walter., Wash

Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 3 (III), 6/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

just wonder. Maybe he just came directly from the labor movement. His labor job was as the number-two man to Walter Reuther. Walter Reuther was a very strong proponent of the program and of all legislation of this kind. Shriver liked him very much

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 2 (II), 5/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 2 (II), 7/20/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

didn't negotiate with his immediate people, like Marvin Watson or somebody? F: No, I did not. The persons who were speaking for the point of view which the administration adhered to were Joe Rauh, Walter Reuther--Reuther more indirectly, he was speaking

Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh REYNOLDS -- I -- 18 particularly Walter Reuther, were very useful, as \'Jas Nr

Oral history transcript, Clement J. Zablocki, interview 1 (I), 1/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

leaders-- Victor Reuther, Walter Reuther. Victor was with them earlier. Reuther's the one who counts, really. the UAW was not behind LBJ. behind Hubert Humphrey! Walter The Vietnam War was born, and And they weren't--with great enthusiasm-- We've

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1953" (Item)

as majority leader. Walter Reuther hosts an informal dinner for members of Congress. 6/10-6/12 LBJ goes to New York. 1953 Chronology ● p. 13 of 26 07/2024 13 lbjlibrary.org REFERENCE: LBJ CHRONOLOGY Drafted by LBJ Library archival staff from oral

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 3 (III), 6/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 1 (I), 10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

were, some of the labor people were concerned about that. Walter Reuther was. And I think heads of some of the older and more established civil rights organizations shared that concern. Mr. Wilkins, NAACP, and to some extent Whitney Young. B

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 6 (VI), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. I can remember-- somebody told me, I know who it was, it was a young labor leader who said that [Walter] Reuther had met with the Stevenson people and said, "It will take me a day to break Soapy Williams, but I'll get him tomorrow and you'll have

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 22 (XXII), 6/19/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was not making a move at that point. G: Would it be correct that Kennedy had more support among the [Walter] Reuther people than he did among the [George] Meany, AFL [people]? O: That's right. But as far as any mass organized effort by labor you'd have

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 46, 15 January 1990," LBJ Library (Item)

. "Judicial Selection of Lower Federal Court Judges"; Jeffrey Helsin, "The Effects of Domestic Priorities on the American Military Escalation in Vietnam"; Samuel Kernell, "James Rowe and the Democratic Party"; Nelson Lichtenstein, "Walter Reuther, the UAW

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 44 (XLIV), 3/29/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the President started asking everybody--which was a committee made up of major union heads like George Meany and Walter Reuther and major businessmen like Tom Watson and [I.W.] Abel. Johnson started asking about whether or not a tax increase would be appropriate

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

this fall in here? R: Back early in the year '60, Paul Ziffren spoke to Walter Reuther about setting up a committee which would represent the liberal candidates, which would try to avoid trouble and differences that might make it possible for a conservative

Oral history transcript, A. Phillip Randolph, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Wilkins [of the NAACP]; Mr. Whitney Young, Jr., National Director of the National Urban League; Walter Reuther, President of the UAW;-- B: Would Dr. King have been there? R: Dr. [Martin Luther] King, Jr., was there, and a number of others--I don't

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

for president, we were sitting around his office one day and Johnson was sitting in the rocking chair and I was sitting on the couch to the right of the rocking chair. And he said, "You know, the difference between me and Hubert Humphrey is that when Walter

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1959" (Item)

. They are experiencing difficulties with the Castro government. Eisenhower asks Congress to remove the interest rate ceilings on series E and H savings bonds. 6/9 LBJ meets with Walter Reuther and George Harrison this morning. Reedy advises that LBJ point out

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 2 (II), 7/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Feild -- II -- 3 was sit back and let John Wheeler and Walter Reuther and Howard

Folder, "Task Forces: Membership Lists," Reference File (Item)

\ Robert Wood Political Science M. I. T. Department MEMBERS Charles Haar Professor, Harvard ~w School Edgar Kaiser (represented by Norman Nickerson) President, Kaiser Industries Walter Reuther (represented by Jack Conway) Vice President, AFL-CIO Oscar

Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh C. Lipsen--I--7 G: What about Walter Reuther? L: Walter Reuther was one of the biggest bullshitters there was as far as Lyndon Johnson was concerned. course, he came around. He did not like him

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 7 (VII), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was a candidate. Everybody knew nothing was going to happen, but the end product was that Governor Stevenson made a deal with Walter Reuther, who was the president of United Automobile Workers, who had about three hundred delegates to the convention from all

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

as much right as Walter Reuther and other people to go see Kennedy after he won the nomination. But I was so worn out and my feeling at that time was, "Well, he's harassed and I don't need to go by and congratulate him and bask in the glory." And Kennedy

Folder, "Celler, Emanuel (Cong) [1 of 2]," Name Files, WHCF, Box C-151 (Item)

. f ·f.. I, j .'. ~ I .. ~~ ,; "~\.(/J I GEORGE MEANY WAL TEA P. REUTHER GEORGE M. HARRISON JAMH I . CARIY HARRY C. BATES DAVID J . McDONA DAVID DUBINSKY WM . F. SCHNITZL A 81 ~ SIXTEENTH STREET. N.W. WASHINGTON e, D. C. NATIONAL 8-3870

Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

well publicized? R: You mean, in this particular discussion. of other people in on that discussion. Well, there were a number In fact, the more significant discussion took place at the Trademoor Hotel where Walter Reuther called me one morning

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to give us their ideas. They produced by Labor Day of 1965 a task force report which was inadequate, and if the cities were to be a major plank in the 1966 program we needed to do something more. Walter Reuther had been in to see the President sometime

Oral history transcript, Jack T. Conway, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, the assassination came. I was asked by Walter Reuther in effect--he was responding to a request from Lyndon Johnson to help him formulate what he was going to say in his speech to the joint session of Congress. of start. He wanted to get off to the right kind He

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the establishment. was entitled to it. He The only thing that really rankled a lot of professional Democrats--I was the executive director of the Democratic Platform Committee that year--was the fact that Walter Reuther controlled the convention. And he made

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

or whether it's something much more serious." So he sensed that something was wrong. Well, then he began to lose weight and he couldn't eat; he lost his appetite. Dr. Walter Judd, the Republican congressman from Minnesota, told people, "Of course, I

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 27 (XXVII), 4/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and we didn't have to get votes--I'm not saying that's a perfect world--but if we were living in that kind of a world, we would have gone with six cities, the kind of thing that [Walter] Reuther and I talked about that first afternoon. And we would have

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 36 (XXXVI), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

do we pick on these guys? There was a [Walter] Reuther settlement up at 4 or 5 per cent. That we're talking about twenty or thirty million dollars." Steel stayed within the guidelines. When we talk about a 4 per cent settlement we've got to recognize

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 2 (II), 8/24/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

people, and that Johnson was the one he wanted. talked to I think Johnson asked if he had talked with people like Walter Reuther and George Meany and Soapy Williams and so on. I believe. Kennedy indicated he hadn't, Johnson advised him to go talk
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Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 12 (XII), 12/21/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Folder, "King, Martin Luther [1 of 2]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 32 (Item)

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Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1958" (Item)

of the railroad workers weekly paper, Labor. AFL-CIO leaders--George Meany, pres.; Walter Reuther, UAW pres.; George Harrison, Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen pres.; Al J. Hayes, pres., Machinists Union and chairman of AFL-CIO Ethical Practices Committee-- meet

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 3 (III), 7/2/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and the Conservative Party and installed the Labour government and were proceeding to nationalize steel and whatever else they nationalized. The accepted premise of many conservatives in this country was that this was what we were at the edge of. In fact Walter Reuther

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 10 (X), 10/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

LBJ by that point had established, largely through me, very good liaison with a number of national labor leaders. George Meany. He was in very good shape with Walter Reuther was a personal friend of mine. And the view of LBJ held by national labor

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