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- B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Komer's office, RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, California Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 F: Bob, let's talk about what we were talking about at the end last time. We were talking a bit about Libya, and I wanted to get Libya sort
- million funny things. Bob Waldron, you know, was his secre- tary, borrowed from Congressman Homer Thornberry. Another secretary was Mary Margaret Valenti. Bob Waldron was then always impec- cably dressed, even as he is now. I'll never forget the day
- INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT BASKIN INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Baskin's office at the Dallas News, Dallas, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: Bob, we've known each other too long to be formal, so we might as well go on there. Lyndon Johnson? B: Briefly, when
- summer. B: I hate to keep interrupting you, but I think a question is appropriate here, and I hope it doesn't sound rude or disrespectful. So far as the public sees, you and Mr. Randolph worked together in an awful lot of things like
- the crowd there and there's Bob Strauss who was working for me when I didn't have three friends in Dallas County, I guess'" knew. So he Dallas has never been really a good town for him, and I went to work here. M: Why was Dallas not ever a good town
- /loh/oh 21 was my particular concern and its urban renewal program which was some of my concern. Bob Wagner, who was Mayor of New York then, called me and said that he understood that Jack Kennedy wanted to see me; that he was interested in talking
- to me-- I'd known him a long time--and said, "Bob, where can we eat privately?" My wife and son had died not long before, and at that time I had an apartment in a high-rise apartment. cook. So I said, "That's easy. I have a It's a small apartment
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 2 (II), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
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- . A: There \'/as some, but there wasn t the ki nd of performance that one I would hope for, particularly when you had a President like this that was continually interspersing into what he had to say the importance of bringing equal opportunity to the blacks
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz
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- how he oversimplified the role of the Federal Reserve Board. But, in mind, Bob Weaverls, obviously, and Thurgood Marshall 'S [another]; you're placing people in positions of real power and authority where they can make some substantive decisions
- got some very poor human beings in deep trouble ; we have the power to help them and give them some hope in the future . Shall we do it or shan't we?" And the whole room, including some pretty hard-boiled reactionary individuals who had never shown
- the only top man in the Johnson organization that was in New York. So that was the sum total of my delegate hunting. B: Incidentally, at that time, was the Johnson effort there kind of a for- lorn hope, or was there still belief that he could get
- was honored that he asked me, in part at the suggestion of his son George, who had been the assistant secretary of labor and with whom I'd worked. Ambassador Lodge knew that I'd traveled in the Soviet Union with Bob Kennedy, who of course had defeated his
- of the President to testify on behalf of the Civil Rights Bill. And my reply to Marris at that time was that I would respond to any request that the President made on me, that I hoped he would explain to the President that it meant that I could not be re-elected
- there working in the army as part of a psywar company-G: Can I get these names from you later? P: Yes, sure. Bob Burns [?] is the guy who was the psywar guy. interesting guy to talk to. He's an He's out in California. I got John O'Donnell, who had also
- . several times. As a matter of fact Kintner was very helpful I'd just put through a call to Bob if I was in search of some information. He was always very helpful and if he didn't have the answer he could certainly tell me where to get it. F: Kintner
- wrapped up what you wanted to do? G: We were charting and talking about what we thought the legal relationships were, what we hoped they would be, what we could do and couldn't. F: Did you leave feeling sort of confident? G: I thought, as far
- histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 6 M: Did he discuss with you his hopes for the city government? F: Oh yes. He many many times discussed the hopes at the first meeting that I had on the 24th, discussed them again when we were
- Appointment as Deputy Mayor; LBJ's hopes for city government; work with D.C. Council; relationship with Congress; difficulties from serving unrepresented constituency; high percentage of disadvantaged people in D.C.; budget process; program budget
- was of There was some hope that, if it wasn't going LBJ Presidential Library http://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
- that campaign was going you know, although he hoped for the best. spoken out innnediately and forthrightly. But no, I think he should have I would have said, "Regardless of the truth or lack of truth of these charges, this man is my long-time friend and still
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
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- back to Washington from Ne\'1 York City. At the actual time of the assassination I was in the Executive Office Building-the first word we got of it. F: Hhat happened? Did everybody just spill out into the halls? A: No. Bob Komer and myself were
- there was a realization there really wasn't anything here as far as the federal government was concerned, except they hoped maybe something might show up some place along the line . Ba : Did you ever get the idea that perhaps the dragging on of the affair and the timing
- of Senate Democrats; John Sparkman; Paul Douglas; Paul Butler; Matt McCloskey; Americans for Democratic; Charlie Murphy; Albert and Mark Lasker Foundation; 750 Club; Ed Foley; Liz Carpenter; Ralph Hewitt; Bob Berry; Dave Lloyd; Jack Kennedy; Ted Sorenson
- . And it had been the subject of discussions in late 1966 with Horsky and Philip S. Hughes, deputy director of the Bureau of the Budget, Harold Seidman and Bob Prestoman (?) of the Bureau of the Budget, Califano, and [Walter] Tobriner and Schuyler Lowe
- didn't really change the course of events, we were on the wrong side, as it turned out. So I didn't have any objection to coming down. I really wanted to, but I was pretty well tied up. In fact, But I went ahead and made the concession and, as Bob
- concerned with the 1952 election and how well we did, etc . I had actually come over as the staff director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee . It was Mr . Johnson, I think, as much as anybody's hope to try to make the Senate Campaign
- of Senate Democrats; John Sparkman; Paul Douglas; Paul Butler; Matt McCloskey; Americans for Democratic; Charlie Murphy; Albert and Mark Lasker Foundation; 750 Club; Ed Foley; Liz Carpenter; Ralph Hewitt; Bob Berry; Dave Lloyd; Jack Kennedy; Ted Sorenson
- was elected; nominated in the runoff primary and elected. I came up here in December, late December, and was here, of course, and have been here since that time. F: This is my thirty-eighth year in the House. Now Johnson was Bob Kleberg's secretary
- with companies--potential advertisers. F: He was seeking national advertisers? W: Both local and national. Most national advertisers have local interests in the Texas area. F: And so he was hoping to work through the horne office to induce local people
- . to know about things, and I hope to be seeing more of you o " I 1ike He asked me what kind of family I had and had I bought a house, recommended that I buy a house, said investment in real estate in Washington is a good investment. wish I had. I didn't
- there was nothing there for me to do. The boss said, "I can send you to Panama, and you can catch up with them or better still, why don't you stay here and start a nucleus of a new outfit which we hope to have here, because we have this big lab." to stay. So I
- ? There was wild confusion on the I heard two of the shots. bus~ as there was every place else. I was sitting next to Bob Pierpoint of CBS. F: It came in clearly over the noise of the crowd? R: Well, not so clearly. point. There was not a lot of crowd noise
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- , 1976 INTERVIEWEE: BOB WALDRON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Waldron's residence, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 G: Would you like to start with some of those observations about his Senate years, the majority leadership period
- histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 4 vice-president. But I had already announced through the state that I was going to be for Johnson and hoped the delegation would be for him. Actually, we got more than thirty out of forty votes
Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- went in, and I think that \
- on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Ackley -- I -- 23 rarely got in. The Secretary of the Treasury had a little easier access, and Dean Rusk got in any time he wanted to, and Bob McNamara got in any time he wanted
- of the three of us. Bob Turnel', who actually beca~e Tfti s \llaS an assistant director; John Lewis, viho later became a member of the Councn of Economic I\dvisers and then later head of the JHD miss-ion in India, arid myself. l\nd ~;o TtH'ner, Lewi s
- the two main factors. After the presentation he said something to this effect--that he hoped all the Cabinet members and their Deputies would stay and see it through. He also knew that some for personal or other reasons might have to make other
- administrations; agricultural legislation; Freeman’s “report and review” sessions; 1965 Food and Agriculture Act; BOB; price support program; Farm Bureau; Food for Peace Program (PL480); India; self-help feature; aid to Latin America; AID mission; relationship
Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
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- will be . F: Did congressmen ever come up to listen to you? M: We'd have some of the members come and sit in the audience . F: M: Did . you. find out what they were thinking? I heard two or three of them say, "Well, I hope they never decide to run against
- was there as a debate coach . I worked hard in the state legislature . be on the appropriations committee . I was very fortunate to The present Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, Bob Calvert, Justice Calvert, came through Gilmer in about the month of August running
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- might be able to do it today. You've got Bob Eckhardt and Henry Gonzalez, who by the way, is also about to fallout with the liberals too, who can pretty well represent a state like Texas and be friendly with the liberals. Now, to get back to your
- of their questions . F: Did he have any opportunity to show any grasp of Venezuelan and Latin American affairs? B: No, not at that time . it . There just wasn't enough time to get into I think he did just what we were hoping he would do--more or less broke