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  • . Crawford of a report he had that Richard Goodwin, Arthur Schlesinger and Blair Clark have undertaken an effort to get Secretary McNamara to resign in protest to the handling of the Vietnam War. The President said the Congo has cooled off considerably. "We
  • need now is to get a Chairman for the review group. The six names which you approved the other day were: Dean Acheson ;;;;.· J Bob Anderson - " Gene Black _ ../ Clark Clifford v· Douglas Dillon V David Rockefeller .V As I look at this group, the two who
  • aen5e u that whatevo-r we do at bom.e, a discreet but well-financed effort among our key cUenta abroa-d (which would c:ost pea­ nut• c,omparcd to what we are already giviag them) would pay peat clivldeJM:lo. Joe Clark, waa eager to whom I mentioned
  • representative -- someone of the stature of Clark Clifford or Gene Black - - to drum up more food and money. 3. The main targets would be Canada, Japan, Australia, the~Scandanavians, the Benelux, the Russians, am.perhaps even South Africa. (We should not waste
  • ; the Pueblo incident; Robert McNamara and Clark Clifford; LBJ’s estimation of the enemy’s thinking; Tet offensive; the San Antonio formula; LBJ not running for re-election; LBJ’s lack of involvement in the 1968 convention; General William Westmoreland
  • , myself, there was the new group of [Walter] Jenkins, Bill Moyers--I guess, [Jack] Valenti and others, and then there were three old friends, Clark Clifford, [Abe] Fortas, and Jim Rowe. And you could see those geological layers from the life of President
  • an appreprlate na,-.e tu North lf Sal&M b ap1a attacked. of la Clark'• Tie• la that: IIIMler tile laaplqe of tbe Marca Jl •,-.dl aa reatralat ~ attack oa Sale .. dNa aot fall -4er tbe cae.1ery of metch•• llaaol. He doe• DGt ••• a llak ltetweea ov ceaaatlef bomb
  • probably was of great importance to him. G: Do you think that had anything to do with his decision to have Ed Clark ambassador to Australia? B: Probably. I mean, it would make sense. But again, I don't have any feel for that. I didn't go with him
  • that episode when he was in the Congress. Johnson can read men pretty well, and he read that it was time for a change there. f: Did he ever really consider anybody besides Clark Clifford as far as you know? C: Yes. He considered several people. I think
  • Heads of State visits; press corps shift to San Antonio; LBJ’s interest in Texas politics; LBJ State Park; Connally-Yarborough feud; McNamara resignation; Clark Clifford; division with Willard Wirtz; cabinet officers and White House staff members
  • Lady Bird is at Luci & Pat's home; Lady Bird has hair styled; Lady Bird to Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX; program at Coty Library for opening of Edward Clark collection; Lady Bird receives fifth honorary degree & makes a speech
  • -Vilella (Jeannette) Virgin Islands Mrs. Ralph M. Paiewonsky (Bert) Mrs. Hubert H. Humphrey Wife of the Vice· President Mrs. Henry H. Fowler .Wife of the Secretary of the Treasury Mrs. Ramsey Clark Wife of the Attorney General Mrs. Stewart L. Udall Wife
  • [John W.] O'Daniel had come through the Philippines on the way to Indochina. He stayed overnight at Clark Air Force Base in the Philippines, and he said that he wanted to talk to me about guerrilla wars, which lid just been through one
  • , 1970. Jim, you were present at the cabinet meeting at which Clark Clifford first became a member of the cabinet; I'd appreciate your putting down both Clifford's experience and also what you were doing there. G: Let me start with the last question
  • Clark Clifford; Leo Beebe; briefing to cabinet; Secretary Wirtz and McNamara; cabinet meetings; Congressional legislative process; Henry Ford; Paul Austin; 3/31 announcement; effects of diminished Presidential power; Stewart Udall; working
  • the fairly brief period of time in which it was in existence were Ambassador Berger; Walt Rostow; Clark Clifford, who had been named to succeed McNamara but who had not yet taken over the job; McNamara; Rusk; and I think Max Taylor was in at Some of the early
  • with liberal credentials and he'd like for you to come." John Connally had run that state convention and I happened to know that Cliff Carter urged him to make me a delegate-at-large after our own caucus had turned me down, and indeed also turned down Clark
  • of story. What happened was I was called at Kampelman's office because I kept Pollak advised where I was--he told me--and I was supposed to report immediately to Warren Christopher, the Deputy Attorney General under Ramsey Clark. I went down
  • Lufkin that were on the football team: and Elvin Read. Ardis Hopper, Clark Gordon The first week of training I was there in order to get acquainted with the coaches, and at a Mrs. Gates' house, where the training table was being maintained, I met
  • called spe- cial counsel to the President, the first person really to hold that job actually was back in FDR's days I guess, when Ben Cohen was in that job. But then it took on a little different flavor when President Truman came into office and Clark
  • extent Wayne Morse, people like-G: Kefauver? 0: Well, Kefauver, but he was in a different category . What was the senator from Pennsylvania? Clark . He was a loner . Liberal senator? Oh, Joe These senators--Pat McNamara--were not in the Johnson
  • instructions? W: No, I don't think I had anything very special. My predecessor, Bill Blair, had had a very unfortunate experience in connection with some murder that had taken place at Clark Airfield. He just started off under a cloud, and he'd never been
  • ], gets shown to and discussed with people the President trusts, like Clark Clifford; Dean Rusk; Abe Fortas--I don't know if Abe Fortas saw this one, frankly, because of the problems of Supreme Court Justices being too involved in White House matters
  • and Clark Clifford and Abe Fortas to accept Walter Jenkins' resignation immediately; I felt that that was not the right tactic--that it would be a little bit too much--it would smack too much of abandoning a man who certainly had been a long, faithful
  • that a vice president should be able to throw. Now, what they got was Les Ormes, The Elms, which was really a rather uncomfortable house to live in but ideal for entertaining. G: How did they find it, do you know? R: I think Clark Clifford found
  • disorganized, and we'll have it all done and taken care ofbefore they could regroup." Well he called. John called Lyndon, and that's fine with Lyndon. John told me about this later. And then he called me back and said, "I've called Ed Clark and told Ed
  • knew where to go. have to go where the people are. Having been a kid and To win an election, you I read about Ramsey Clark and Jake LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
  • or memorable? I have Senators Russell, Daniel, Clements, Symington, Smathers, Pastore, Kerr, Knowland, Malone and Tom Clark, Don Cook, George Brown, Arthur Krock, Secretary Hobby and Secretary Anderson, Bill Kittrell, John Connally-J: Not really, because