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Oral history transcript, Abe Fortas, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

turned out it was perfectly clear that he did. I do not recall ever talking to him or trying to suggest any course of action to him. I was a lawyer. I stayed away as much as they'd let me from the Hill on this matter. I certainly would not have considered

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 4 (IV), 4/24/1981, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

have done. You mention in this memo of November 1967 the budget totals, and this is dramatic, and it should be highly exciting and satisfying to anyone interested in the quality of life in America, and yet it always seemed to be so difficult

Oral history transcript, Mary D. Keyserling, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

moving and so right in this area. Also, as an indication of the President's thinking, I would refer anyone to the report of the third conference in June of '66 called "Targets for Action." And, again, his words deeply moved the three or four hundred

Folder, "Jenkins, Walter - Investigation [2 of 3]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 29B (Item)

of a deposition , to one Sydney Baron , whom she believes to be connected with the Democratic Party . She took such action at the request of her superior , Mr . oodrow Wir sig , Editor , "Printers' Ink , " a magazine for advertising and marketing men , published

Oral history transcript, Robert W. Murphey, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

crossed swords, so to speak, with Governor Rainey at the University of Texas simply on a constitutional basis, which most of Mr. Stevenson's actions were based on. He was a great constitutional lawyer, a good lawyer, and he adhered in all of his

Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 1 (I), 3/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the aircraft? General He said, "Brown, did you let They had to jump out of our own." He said, "Goddamn it, go find out." and leaves the table. Abrams says, Brown said, So he jumps up In the meantime, the action officers and the chickens and whatnot

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 102: Oct. 29‑31, 1968 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

of America as well aa fir•t citizen of a new Europe. Your vbion of a united Europe raieed the •ighta of men beyond national horizon•. Your quiet per•uadon brouaht men and government• together on a new CO\lr1e of mutual cooperation and progre••• Your idea

Folder, "India: Food, 1964-1965 [2 of 5]," Files of Robert Komer, NSF, Box 24 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 7 (VII), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Develop them," and what have you. "I'll have a State of the Union [Message], and if there's a Democratic administration after me, we'll be that far ahead." So we went forward and some of the elements of programs involved reorganizations, of which

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 19 (XIX), 1/27/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Merrick was very much impressed by the troops over there and he kicked the shit out of the press corps over there I'm sure partly because of his own actions. But he did stick in our heads that there ought to be an Ernie Pyle in Vietnam and we got off--I

Folder, "Chapter 13 - State Department Materials on Imported Guns [4 of 6]," Records of the NCCPV (Eisenhower Commission), Series 44, Box 4 (Item)

!II/IEHv{r "~ b ~ i..r A- ,z.. W\. EMBASSY OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Peria, France July 23, 1968 v OFFICIAL-INFORMAL UNCLASSIFIED E.J. Beigel, Esquire EUR/FBX Department ot State Washington, D.C. Dear E.J.: I enclose a pamphlet

Oral history transcript, Hugh Sidey, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

rather than just majority leader, because he was a brilliant man, you know, he really understood what had happened to the blacks in America over those hundred years. I think, though, in those days he was so mesmer- ized with power and the manipulation

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Folder, "Deployment of Major U.S. Forces to Vietnam, July 1965, Volume 3, Tabs 200-220," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 41 (Item)

/ E GVn f o r c e s NOV/ ENGAGED IN SECURITY D U T IE S FOR ACTION IN . '■THE P A C I F I C A T IO N PROGRAM AND IN OFFENSIVE ROLE AGAINST COMMUNIST GUERRILLA FORCES” , . ■A ON. BACKGROUND SPOKESMEN HAVE ANSV/ERED A F F 1RMAT! VELY QUESTIONS

Oral history transcript, Phillip B. Davidson, interview 2 (II), 6/30/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

-S-V-N? D: Yes. They said, "We failed," and they went into a long list of why they failed, and then they prescribed, as they usually do, some corrective actions. As I say, I have a copy of it. Nowhere in that document is there any remark

Oral history transcript, John Peter Flynn, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Polaris coming into the force. That's another historic story, and I have first-hand knowledge of it because I was the air force action officer, and every time the Titan, the Atlas, the Polaris or the Minuteman came on board for discussion [in the] JCS

Folder, "Lynda - Greece (wedding of King Constantine)," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 10 (Item)

) Secretory O'fiStot• 011i0n R1J1k said ta day the prese-nt American cot.1rse of action it, Viet Norn would be c.ontin'U11d orid added th,at "this pal.icy h t1ill the wi1est and th• best." Rus.k, in a talk to the !tono~ic Cl.ub of Detroit, 1

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 5 (V), 3/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to where it would be easy for him to sign and put some kind of marker where the name was supposed to go and things like that. The matters of vital importance, like Vietnam, or things that were happening that required prompt action would be brought to his

Folder, "1962, HUA - HUG," Master File, VP Papers, Box 23 (Item)

~I I{ -~ - 1. '- .-+. I ■ .,.. . , I .... I r ■ April 18, 1962 ■' ■ • ... r~ ' Dear Friend: Tbank you for yourJ• l~tter of April 11. You need have no concern about t~e action of your friend in writir1g me about your situation. l waa

Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Jorden -- I -- 28 M: What about the general point they make, and others make, that at times there were tactical actions taken that might have contributed toward making it more difficult, such as the bombing that took place during

Oral history transcript, Edward G. Lansdale, interview 1 (I), 6/5/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, James Davis, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it had really an effect--if people was being treated fair without the action of the civil rights movement. But I don't think he at no time was for it [discrimination]; it was a tradition, true enough, that it didn't have to really get too bothered

Oral history transcript, Daniel O. Graham, interview 2 (II), 11/8/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 3 (III), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and then no action would occur on 9 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Barr -- III -- 10 the Rules Committee. It seemed to be when Rayburn

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 14 (XIV), 11/18/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was as close to the President as Rusk was in personal terms, and he had him there in Latin America. He was fine, but the bureaucracy over there didn't want to deal with it, which was another reason why we sent Harriman. We didn't really think anybody within

Oral history transcript, Walter Mylecraine, interview S-I, 7/12/1968, by Jan Sofokidis (Item)

needs of educa tion us of 1965. ar c h~ic approa ch to the We were used to much more rigorous management, in 5 j the ba ckgrounds of the USA 6 the Voice of America than the 6 7 8 Il 1 g !I 10 11 Office of Educa tion ho.8 e'\"er seen, or h

Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 3 (III), 3/25/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was in every major civil rights action from the time it started, really. He just did everything, was in every case. [He] travelled over the country and tried cases in the South where he was so unwelcome, and therefore, among the black leaders, legally first

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 1/24/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- IX -- 19 out and ran in and got the kids out. J: Yes. It really wasn't a perilous situation, as I remember, but it was just a scene when somebody needed help and quick action

Oral history transcript, Samuel A. Adams, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

normally win in a libel action in the summary judgment stage, that is the initial stage, is on malice. And our malice case was virtually nonexistent. And God darn it, Boies was running the outfit, and I saw personally our second brief turn from a fairly

Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/13/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

created, and it went into immediate action. One of the conditions on which he took the assignment was that Lyndon Johnson would have. to do what he said absolutely, that Wild would tell him when to speak, where to speak and what to say. And as far as I

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 4 (IV), 8/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 5 that that was based on friendship with the President, and that he might not be the caliber of man who ought to be in an appellate judgeship. think that any study of Homer Thornberry's actions and indicate

Oral history transcript, Nicholas deB. Katzenbach, interview 2 (II), 11/23/68, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

people at that time, in a way everybody else is playing marbles. M: This is where the action is--over here? K: It's tremendously important ~ and if you really look at Cabinet posts, I think the Assistant Secretary, for example, handling European

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

talking about it coming back--"so we ought to have some other news, not just this." Just as we were getting out of the car, he said, "We'll announce the new head of the VOA [Voice of America] and we'll announce the new Supreme Court justice." And he walked

Folder, "Young, Harold [1941] [2 of 2]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 16 (Item)

fall; and WHEREAS , Harold Young , as a true and loyal Democrat , has been of inestimable service to the Democracy of this State and has given unselfishly of his time and money in every campaign to further the party; and WHEREAS , His tact and charm

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 2 (II), 5/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the public statements, apparently the President, Lyndon Johnson, took a more or less neutral stand, did he not--not wanting to castigate, yet not wanting to support this covert action. But the Vice President, Hubert Humphrey, did make some statements

Oral history transcript, A. Scheffer Lang, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

. There is no direct action on their part to force us to go one way or another. We rely heavily on the advice of the general counsel's office in the Office of the Secretary in much of our work in railroad safety where legal questions are involved. But we're our own

Oral history transcript, John J. (Lt. Gen.) Davis, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to meet that threat. It's part of the action-reaction cycle. It may cause you to put in more ABM's because you don't want those MIRVS to get in and kill you, you see. M: It's that type of thing that we get heavily involved in. General, does the Arms

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

perpetually volunteered for Vietnam, kept going back. pay, combat pay. them happy. They liked it. They drew TOY Enough action to satisfy them, keep We gave about as good as we got, most of the time. At the end of the Vietnam War, they contracted Special

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 5 (V), 2/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was invited to do so. My time over there was limited to about two weeks. Fortunately, it was the two weeks when the action had really reached the highly interesting level. My work on the study group had given me some familiarity with the rather extensive ways