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Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 1 (I), 7/13/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. Emergency Relief Mission and came back and briefly resumed the special assistant post while I broke in a new man when Joe Califano went to the White House. in John Cushman. I broke Then I became principal deputy assistant secre- tary of defense
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

for the American-Statesman. I started as a capitol correspondent for the Galveston N~s, and then the Trans-Radio Press; that was a news service. Then I picked up another paper--this was [as] capitol correspondent, [the] Wichita Falls Post, which is no longer
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Emma Guffy Miller, interview 1 (I), 2/12/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Washington in the papers, we'll say-- because I consider the Washington Post an excellent paper, the New York Times and the Pittsburgh Gazette--Post Gazette is a very good paper too. However, if you read a Washington paper, you'll find out a good deal
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

couldn't tell you. F: Were you at any time in there promised a Cabinet post? W: Well, yes and no. On the 26th of December of 1960, I was then the Vice Chairman of the Housing and Redevelopment Board of New York, which is the board that has to do
to LBJ Ranch regarding housing message; his impact on LBJ’s thinking; reason for resignation; prejudice; feeling that the new administration will attempt to make administrative reform

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

INTERVIEWEES: ARTHUR E. GOLDSCHMIDT and ELIZABETH WICKENDEN (Mrs. Goldschmidt) INTERVIEWER: PAIGE MULHOLLAN PLACE: The Goldschmidts' home, 544 East 86th~ New York City Tape 1 of 2 M: You don't have to talk into it [the recorder] or anything. pick you
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Smith -- I -- 10 a French-American investment firm called Lazard Freres, Lazard They're in New York even now. Brothers. the objective of dividing
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Roy L. McWilliams, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. I stepped out I'm sure he called Roy Swift up at Blanco, and he said, "How about this guy?" When I went back in he said, "Roy says that you may not be quite ready to settle down just now. You may be dazzled by the bright lights of New York
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

' bellow would roar out suddenly, "And what about eggs!" and then he'd tell his story. A grand newsman in those days, long dead and forgotten, was Lemuel Spears, a New York Times correspondent. men Mr. Ochs himself hired. was concerned. Lem Spears was one
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, John J. Corson, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the last years of his life was at breakfast in the Tudor Hotel in New York one morning. I was sitting in the dining room when Aubrey, staying at the same hotel, \'Jalked in and we had breakfast together. But I think this was even before he left
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 2 (II), 10/21/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

space in that building on New York Avenue. I think that was while I was still [there]. That was task force space, yes. We just outgrew. G: Did the task force have a shortage of operating and planning funds during this stage? Y: We operated
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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

. On one occasion this organization went to New York--J've forgotten why, but it was a convention--and we were on the train together. The thing LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

GOLDSCHMIDT (Tape #1) INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mrs. Goldschmidt's horne in New York City November 6, 1974 MG: Let's start from the beginning and the first time you met Lyndon Johnson. EG: Well, I met him in a very characteristic way
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Calvin Hazlewood, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at Paris, Bonham, up in there. many. Texarkana had so Didn't say a thing in the world about Lubbock. Well, I didn't know, but I found out as the deal progressed that he was comparing Texas with other states. youths and New Jersey had so many. New York
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. in New York. J: I recall there was discussion. Lyndon talked about the fact that if he wanted to--you told me the man's name was Adams, I'd forgotten-Mr. Adams would hire him and subject him to a training program and after that he'd be a lobbyist. I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

every accommodation that you could get at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York. You could have a radio, you could have lights, you could have refrigeration, and you could have everything that they had in the Waldorf-Astoria with a good highway, a good
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Malcolm G. Bardwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

/show/loh/oh 12 Mrs. Maverick could tell you more about that than I could of the various ones. And Maury then was constantly making speeches to this group, or to press clubs--he went to New York to meet Dorothy Thompson and her group, and I

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, the man who had beaten me with most of the organized, political leaders was elected to the House. I had had the desire, I guess, to kind of forget it all and my wife and I went to New York to see some shows, then we dropped back by Washington to see what
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Val M. Keating, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was a great cusser--"I don't have to pray with her." I held the job from beginning to end. G: Did you grow up in E1 Paso? K: No, I came directly from New York City, but I was raised in St. Paul, Minnesota. G: You were with the Texas Relief Commission
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Marie Lindau Olson, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

like, say, New York. G: Did he feel that there was a lot of red tape in Washington, I wonder, did he think they were too slow in approving? O: Well, not really, I think they were anxious to do a good job, too, so they'd get the congressional
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, 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 "Rags" Ragsdale of the U.S. News [and World Report], who was a friend of his of many
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, hadn't you? B: Yes sir, with a nitrate mine, operated by the Guggenheim brothers from New York . So I felt like I could be of assistance . Seemed to be interesting to me to be in South America, I liked it, liked the people--liked the chilenos . I
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler and Charles K. Boatner, interview 4 (IV), 6/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Boatner -- IV -- 3 still was apprehensive, but I went ahead with the plans and got an airline to say that it would bring them in on a training flight. They were training some new pilots to go to Australia, and they would
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Crawford Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

contribution I could have made was going to some of the more populous states and maybe securing some of the secretaries' of state support. In Texas of course secretary of state is appointive and it's a fairly weak office, but in New York, Illinois, California
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Gordon Fulcher, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

correspondents, had been on the wire services, had worked for papers like the New York Times, the Chicago Tribune, would come through our office anywhere from one to any number a day. They just wanted to work for just something to eat for that day

Oral history transcript, Homer Thornberry, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

such that Now there may have been one or two dissenters, but I don't remember that they made it known. F: There was some talk of a floor fight by some of the people who opposed Senator Johnson. T: That's right. F: Did you do any ,york with other
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 2 (II), 7/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. There is a Texas Society still operating. K: They had monthly dances at the Mayflower. Somehow or other we would manage to rent a tux and go to those things. And of course there were a lot of things to see around W'ashington for people like us that were new
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Harvey O. Payne, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

reminiscences about because it seems to me that that was a turning point in Mr. Johnson's career. Anyway, what was your capacity in this 1948 campaign? HP: Well, let me make a few little comments here. In 1948 in my opinion he introduced a new dimension

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

; served some in New Orleans; I served Some in the Atlantic and some in the Pacific. My last tour of duty was at Kwajalain in the Pacific; I was there when the Japanese surrender took place. And as quick as I could get passage, I carne back to America
for only VHF channel in Austin; JFK assassination; ICC Commissioner; change in LBJ after his heart attack; post-Presidential visit to Ranch; LBJ as a very sentimental man
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Phinney, interview 2 (II), 2/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1979 INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT L. PHINNEY INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Phinney's residence, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: That's really germane. P: They were brand new. You say initially when the NYA moved in-They had nothing to start
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Alfred Melinger, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. As such, in a federal agency, particularly a temporary federal agency like the WPA was, a New Deal agency, I was pretty much on my own with no supervision. I was told what they expected, then I did it. The boss, the state administrator, was Harry P. Drought, a ranking
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 1 (I), April 1963, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

but I don’t remember any particular slogan that we had on it. I think it just had “Lyndon Johnson for Congress” and that sort of thing. G: Was there any particular theme? K: Of course he was extremely interested and in favor of the New Deal. G: Did

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, they couldn't let NYA pay for somebody doing some job, then if the school had been paying for him, pay the one the school had been paying for off. It was to create new jobs. That's the big LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Phinney, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

had the pleasure Lyndon Johnson and his entire NYA state staff in establishing this new organization, working out their procedures, their accounting system and the whole works. We became fast friends in a hurry, because of our close working

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Montgomery, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

into a world of communication, rather new, and quite strange to me, I a must ask you, Paul, to provide and a reasonable modicum of lot of caref~l guidance to·me deletion from the finished proauct -- lest this become a ,biographical sketch of a lniversity

Oral history transcript, Joseph H. Skiles, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of him was] reading in the Dallas [Morning] News that he had been appointed NYA director for Texas. It surprised me a bit because a few weeks or a few days before I had read that a fellow from Port Arthur or Corpus [Christi] somewhere down there, had
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 4 (IV), 2/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to Gibb Gilchrist, I believe, who was the state highway engineer at that time, and sold him on it . G: Lyndon sold him on it ; I sat there and listened . I gather that Gilchrist was the sort of guy that would naturally be resistant to a new proposal
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 3 (III), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1980 INTERVIEWEE: ADAM YARMOLINSKY INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 G: I think we were just at the point of going into the question of Robert Kennedy's view of whether a new agency was needed
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Albert W. Brisbin, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

had a favorite project or type of project? B: It's so hard to separate that sixteen or eighteen months that he was with NYA there while I was from the rest of it . very strong on our public relations activities : He really was getting the new
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 3 (III), 6/9/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

familiar with what was then a new field of the law. I think his practice and his influence and activities as a mem- ber of the senate put on the statute books a lot of the present Texas water and irrigation law of today. So 1 don't think there's be any
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

Oral history transcript, Richard R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thought that he could get Lyndon's assistance . G: But he didn't seem to want to do it . There was a regional state directors' conference in New Orleans . Did you go down for that? Yes . G: Can you recall that trip and seeing Lyndon Johnson there? B
Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)

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