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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Beirne, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • index : Page or estimated time on tape Subiect(s) covered 1 Biographical 2,3 Organized labor's view of Senator Johnson 4,5 Trying to put across a new labor view in Texas 6 Communication Workers of America 7 Local union 8 Union
  • Biographical information; organized labor's view of Senator Johnson; initiatiing new labor view in Texas; CWA; local union; union at the nation level; 1968 Chicago telephon strike before convention; 1960 campaign/convention; LBJ's effectiveness
Oral history transcript, Thomas J. Dunlap, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • : Is that a fact? TD: I don't know how he found out that I had been elected, and the western Union office in San Marcos was already closed. A couple of us had to go out to the railroad switchyard; the only place we could get a wire at that time; it was sometime
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/7/1964 (Item)
  • , visited briefly w/ VM AND MF, and then went to his bedroom to take a nap fo r the remainder of the flight. Arrive Gained two hours i n time change calls checked mf Des Moines, Iowa Greeted by an enthusiastic crowd, and Reception Committee' Governor
Folder, "[Briefing Papers for National Security Council Meeting, June 19, 1968]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • SECRE'f' The Reykjavik Ministerial Meeting of NATO A. Background The North Atlantic Council, in Ministerial session of Foreign Ministers will meet in Reykjavik, Iceland, June 24-25. This will be the first time that Iceland, a small but strategically
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 24 (XXIV), 3/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1988 INTERVIEWEE: JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Califano's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: This was your first State of the Union Message that you worked on. C: Yes. The basic questions
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/7/1965 (Item)
  • of the President's acceptance of his resignation. REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT in the Cabinet Room, the President met w/ a number of businessmen who visited the Soviet Union-Moscow - as participants in the Mosco w Roundtable under the auspices. . . of Business
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/11/1966 (Item)
  • to go to her.) (ind Re: Klansmen in Texas and their elections as USS -- and a law about them -- _ - passed during the time of Mrs. Ma Ferguson's tenure as Governor of state of Texas) Marvin Watson (pl) ^_ ——— Hon. Lisle Carter (being Marvin Watson
Telegram, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 4/2/1948 (Item)
  • WEST·ERN UNION Check the class of service desired; otherwise this message will be sent as a full rate telegram FULL RATE TELEGRAM SERIAL DAY LETTER NIGHT LETTER NO. WDS.•CL. OF SVC. JOSEPH Pl>.ORCOLL. CASH NO. . ....... &ntl the followtng
Oral history transcript, John T. Connor, interview 1 (I), 6/22/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that so many business leaders from all industries were willing to lend their names to the membership of that committee, even in public advertisements, as well as donating the one thousand-dollar maximum amount that could at that time be contributed legally
Oral history transcript, Thomas Royals, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • people. M: Have you generally had the cooperation of the labor unions? R: This time this cooperation has been tremendous. Many of the people that turned out to be buddies had done little or nothing in union activities over the years. The presidents
  • Biographical information; Manpower Development and Traveling Act; Office of Manpower Automation and Training; Community Action agencies; business in ghetto areas; Social Security Office; Chamber of Commerce; employment programs; NAB; labor union
Folder, "NSAM # 345: Nuclear Planning, 4/22/1966," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 8 (Item)
  • in our memo to you). The fircst three may take a little time; but they will give· State it_s day in c.o u·r t. What ~e our objectives in this -crisis ? What is DeGaulle after? I I z~ terms o'f 1l0 i11tegrated military ~i of the West. 3, Y ~u do
Senate Daily Diary entry, 9/21/1960 (Item)
  • SENATOR LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N Day Wednesday DAILY DIAR Y The Senator began his day at (place). Entry No. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Time Telephone f or t LBJ Ranc h Date September 21 , 196 0 Expenditure Code Activity (includ e visited
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/29/1966 (Item)
  • progress reports thatthey have as time goes on. After the President finished, Mr. Siemiller, represen the unions, and Mr. Curtin. representing the airlines, said that they appreciated the manner in which the President had asked them to come here
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 40 (XL), 12/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • start to look at these papers, and now I look--you look at these papers, for sure going up there in 1966 with a State of the Union Message that I can tell you, I remember that night, [it] just blew their minds. A dozen or so brand-new programs. Nobody
Folder, "January 27, 1968 - 1:25 p.m. National Alliance of businessmen luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • to carry out this task. - - I know you are busy and that it will be hard for you to devote a great deal of time to this effort. But this is a working group and as I said in the State of the Union Message "I know of no task before us of more importance
Folder, "August 20, 1968 - 2:05 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • of the Soviet Union and of this number of other states tied by appropriate treaty obligations and that the threat to the Socialist order in Czechoslovakia constituted at the same time a threat to the foundations of European peace and of security. In view
Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 1 (I), 9/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • and subsequently became chief of the Economic Bureau for President Truman. F: We've interviewed Mr. Keyserling, incidentally. C: At that time I worked at tha [New York] Daily News during one summer only, and there met Lowell Limpus. This resulted in a lifetime
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/25/1968 (Item)
  • President ended his speech He was interupted 71 times by applause 12:11p The 12:12p President President sat down Louis Stulberg made a few remarks Presented the President with a: little tie - made by the union workers for Lynn doll - for Lynda's expected
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of American Museum of Immigration - Statue of Liberty, 5/17/1968" (Item)
  • OF AMERICAN MUSEUM OF IMMIGRATION ­ STATUE OF LIBERTY I have been to the Statue of Libe rty many time s - - but 1 can neve r come here without a lift of spirit or a catch in my throat. The few acres of this little island are as sacred to Ame rican history
Oral history transcript, William H. Chartener, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • to. Tnese are voluntary associations. We want the members to take an active democratic role in th~peration of the unions. And yet in a time of inflationary pressures, people trying to leap-frog wage settlements one after another, it has made it darned
  • price policy; union democracy; stockpiling; Direct Investment Program; balance of payments; transition; cabinet committee work on post-planning for economic consequences of the end of Vietnam War
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/16/1968 (Item)
  • fmiE HOUSE r> atP ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIARY -resident began his day at (Place) : T\mr Time In Out 11 f Telephone Lo White or t ExpendiActivity LD 10:40a t_ Toe Califano -pl/ At Day Tuesday this time the Attorney General, Ramsey
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/12/1968 (Item)
  • /KITE HOUS E Dat e Octobe >ENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N DIARY LB J RANC H Sat 'resident bega n hi s da y a t (Place ) • Time Telephon 11 In Ou tL r 12 , 196 8 Da e io rt Activit oL D y . y (includ e visite d by ) 8:20a t Mr . Ma x Brooks
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/11/1967 (Item)
  • arrived unannounced Paul Miller, Gannet Rober t Lucas, Chief, Gannett Bureau Bernard Kilgore, Star Walke r Stone, Ed-in-chief, Scripp Howard Sen. Harr y Byrd Turner Catledge , NY TIMES in NYC James S. Copley , Publisher, San Diego Union Tribune "Bob
Oral history transcript, Pat Adelman, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • years decided I would go over into the law school with the prospects of becoming a lawyer or using it as a help in my business career, which I had anticipated at the time. I entered Baylor in 1924 [and was there in] 1925, 1926, 1927. It so happened
  • out of debt; getting people to listen to KTBC; what it was like to work for the Johnsons; attempted unionization of KTBC; Adelman's career following his work at KTBC; Adelman's contact with the Johnsons after leaving KTBC; Adelman's view of A Texas
Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 3 (III), 12/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • thereof. Both Korea and the South Vietnamese episode became highly unpopular during their course. I'm not sure that the Korean war wasn't even more unpopular than the Vietnamese war at the time; many people have forgotten that since. Obviously no one would
  • capabilities vs. conventional forces in relation to the Soviet Union's spending and capabilities; the Navy and the development of the F-111-B; difficulty designing equipment that is useful for more than one branch of the U.S. military; operational losses
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/8/1968 (Item)
  • S/HITE HOUSE Dat DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON e June DIARY the President began his day at (Place) Day Time Te 11 In Ou t Lo 8, White House Saturday feP.h°ne Activity (include visited by) LD 8: 21a The President came out of the Diplomatic
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/24/1964 (Item)
  • displeasure of the Democratic ticket or Advance men for Memphis support for the Republican ticket such as those observed reading: "No ADA For Me" Bill Jordan ass't to "America Not For Socialism" Also seen more than a few times were large pictures of Sen Dick
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/27/1966 (Item)
  • on a straight course of over 2, 000 miles per hour and on a closed course of 1,688 miles per hour. These records were formerly held by the Soviet Union. These two Air Force pilots, as members of the YF-12A test force, established three absolute and six jet class
Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 3 (III), 1/7/1969, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)
  • at all times, being able to tell the U.S. president just when a missile is launched from, say, China or the Soviet Union, just which silo it came from, what its probable payload is, what its destination will be, about what time it will arrive and probably
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 78, July 2002," LBJ Library (Item)
  • Among Issue um ber LX'Vlll ' July 2002 What If: No Socrates? No William the Conquerer? No FDR? Victor Hanson: For want of a Socrates, a Plato was lost. .. 2 On Ma L. for the e nd time in the LBJ Library' Evening With series, a panel
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/20/1968 (Item)
  • *. TH^HIT E HOUS E Dat PRESIDENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N DAILY DIAR Y Th The Presiden t bega n hi s da y a t (Place ) Da Time Telephon 1 jyr 1 In Ou tL Q-..-8:55a f oL cf Wal 10:20a t Califan 11:08 . ii&iSac f (j^.^11:30a f 11: 52 (2^ 11
Folder, "Background Paper on Factors which Could Influence National Decisions re Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons (Garthoff)," Committee Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • , and less that would weaken them. our fortunes inconsistent Union. place area they the Chinese strengthens public At some time we might wish to the Indians no objection with would desire which they would find with nonalignment. Our actions
Oral history transcript, Paul C. Warnke, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • /loh/oh 3 W: I'd say a couple of reasons. for about eighteen years. First of all, I practiced law in Washington I think I probably would have taken on a government assignment prior to that time if it hadn't been for the vast wasteland
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 24 (XXIV), 2/6/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the thought hits everybody, "My God! This is the United States!", and they want to find out what the United States is like. Most of these people I had been dealing with for many years. I noticed, for instance, that Stu Alsop's on here a couple of times. Stu
Oral history transcript, Philip Lee, interview 1 (I), 1/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • is January 18; the time is 9:50 in the morning; and I am interviewing him in his office at the Health, Education, and Welfare Building in Washington, D.C. My name is David McComb. First of all, Dr. Lee, I'd like to know something about your background
Folder, "NUCLEAR - Indian Nuclear Problem [1 of 2]," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • . should decide to offer a.private security assurance, an effort might be made to encourage the Soviet Union to follow a similar course. We are not at this time recommending approval of the type of private assurance discussed here. A decision need
Folder, "Foreign Relations - Berlin [3 of 3]," 1961 Subject Files, VP Papers, Box 79 (Item)
  • ;/?4/v/c /'1~ S- Co/ US,/-f 1 -70'!-IN.So/V (Ke--A) () - ,SJ-~?, [front] [back] 0 ~~. ;~::.. unlnt lt1 deferred char• ==...ihvch• WESTERN UNION 'f:JP Tw~~A~2~f.!!v1 .'%1 DL•:~= NL•Niaht Letter ~-1m
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/26/1968 (Item)
  • *c/HITE^^HOUS ^^ E date May ^P >ENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIARY , ., , the D1 , •resident began his day at (Place) D Time Telephone 11 In Out Lo 9:35a t White house ~ ay i or t Activity Sunday (include visited by) LD Th 26, e Situation
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/18/1964 (Item)
  • Date November 18, 1964 THE WHITE HOUS E PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DAILY DIARY Day Wednesday The President began his day a t (Place) Entry No. C C C C Telephone f or t Time Out In Lo f The Operator, asking her to have the chief come
Oral history transcript, Stanley Marcus, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • period when we were enlarging the store. So I came into the store in Sept- ember 1926 and have been associated with the store all during that time. r became president of Neiman-Marcus in 1950, a position which I still hold. F: Where and under what
  • Simpson; weddings of Lynda and Luci; International Ladies Garment Union; fashion taste of Lady Bird and Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy; the Committee for the Acquisition of American Art for the White House; White House social functions; privilege of serving