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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/18/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

holding ' /-■£ "a,*! " w a te r .;*^The ta n k a t the_;^^north end o f our o r ig in a l lin e jo in in g L e l a ' s i s V' ^ . '' 4 1 aJaoxDc alm ost a.su ccess|^ in its existence the tank ^ c • in the Reagan is marvelously full but whether

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

wore on. M: Oh, he did. president. He did. In fact, he became disenchanted with every He supported Goldwater in 1964 and he supported Nixon in 1968, although he was really for Reagan. nomination he was for him. sioned with Nixon. G: But after

Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 3 (III), 6/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that one can throw a label at Reagan as not being concerned about the poor, and it receives a very positive response. When you have significant majorities of the American people telling every pollster who's asked them, "Do you think the administration's

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 20 (XX), 4/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and the problems. Let me just ask you to elaborate on a couple of aspects there. Let me ask you to describe Sam Yorty's role. One memo characterized him as the real problem. He had supported Nixon over Kennedy and Reagan over Brown. O: He was a continuing problem

Oral history transcript, Joseph J. Sisco, interview 2 (II), 9/13/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

twenty years of non-recognition and non-interaction. I think that the policy being pursued now by the Reagan Administration--which I don't find distinctively different from the policy pursued by the Carter Administration, which in turn built on the Nixon

Oral history transcript, Mamie Allison, interview 1 (I), 10/13/1986, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

interested right now. I couldn't leave the television yesterday, Reagan and all of his--over in Iceland. B: During that year did LBJ get involved in politics in an active way? Do you remember any of his involvements? A: I don't think so. He was too

Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

be. G: Was the commission at that time inclined to reflect the views of President Roosevelt, do you think? S: More so than some other administrations, but I think the current FCC is very reflective of President Reagan's views. Harry Truman certainly

Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, [George] Aiken. So he stayed on through both Democratic and Republican administrations until I think finally, in Reagan's time that they said, "What the hell have we got this guy--why are we giving this guy a plum?" and they cut him off. He had strong

Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and corporate income tax rates (very much like Reagan's "supply-side" ta..'\'. cut in 1981, which I had a great deal to do with). JFK had pushed the bill through the House but it was hung up in the Senate Finance Committee, headed by the very conservative

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Ben Powell (Item)

, 1929, 1930] Reagan[County Purchasing Co., Inc] Court Case [1931-33] Lutcher and Moore Lumber Co. Claim [1934-1936] [Railroad Commission vs. Haynes Drilling Co. - 1936] [Proposed Acts to Promote the Conservation of Oil and Natural Gas] [Humble Oil

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 28, 15 May 1983," LBJ Library (Item)

CAB and the ICC by Senator Edward Ken nedy. These proposals bore fruit under Carter and Reagan for the airlin and the trucking industries and, to a degree, for the railroads. Don't get me wrong. I'm not .aying that the New Deal legacy across the board

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 31, 15 July 1984," LBJ Library (Item)

national poll which indicated that 62% of the public believed that "the anti-poverty programs of the 60s either had little impact on the poor or made things worse for them." Most prom inent of the skeptics, of course, is President Reagan. who recently said

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 41, 1 October 1987," LBJ Library (Item)

resumed it when the lapse brought unfavorable attention. Now it's a tradition. Placing the wreath sent by Presi dent Reagan on President Johnson's grave at the LBJ Ranch, Library Director Harry Middleton recalled for a group of visitors LBJ's plea early

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 85, November 2004," LBJ Library (Item)

O'Brien IO, OBC Group. "We were in numerous meetings with President Reagan. In good times and bad, when it was going well and when it wasn't, he'd come in, give a little pep talk, tell a funny story. He would say, 'Keep up the good work. I'm with you. You

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 15 (XV), 12/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a copy of. It's kind of interesting. He went down to the Library and read a lot of stuff. But, no, I had no sense of a staff at war within itself. I had no sense of the kind of thing you read about on the Reagan staff. You have to remember something when

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 16 (XVI), 12/16/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Califano -- XVI -- 24 carving up the routes, bring down prices--the same as where now Reagan is being praised

Oral history transcript, Peter Braestrup, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

for peace. I'm not looking to win the war." So which way was he going? He was forced into a number of contradictions, and that's where the credibility gap came from, and where the bitterness of the military comes from. There's no credibility gap with Reagan

Oral history transcript, Bruce Palmer, interview 2 (II), 11/9/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 2 (II), 3/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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

there . After Mr . Sam, Lyndon's father, was born there--my grandfather was Dr . Dan Reagan, R-E-A-G-A-N ; he was distantly related to Senator John H . Reagan--the families were just very close . After Mr . Sam moved to Blanco County, or maybe it was even

Folder title list, Lyndon Baines Johnson Archives (LBJA) (Item)

., Jr., 1959 McCrary, John Reagan, 1961 McDonald, David J., 1957-61 McElroy, Neil H., 1958-60 McGhee, George C., 1950 McGrath, J. Howard, 1948 McIntire, Ross, 1946 McIntyre, Major General J. D., 1950 McIntyre, Marvin, 1941-42 McKinney, Frank E., 1952

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Johnson -- XXXVIII -- 14 with the Reagan Library, so I better not say. I'd have to see a picture. Aren't

Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 4 (IV), 11/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Kenneth E. BeLieu, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

different bases. I noticed that the Grace Commission for Reagan today says there are four thousand. Well, they're counting every little recruiting station, every little kiosk, when they do that. There are not that many major stations, and the ones that have

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

Folder, "[September 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

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

in the Third Ward became Jeff Davis. And then Milby, I think, was probably the third t although it was outside of the Houston Independent School District at that time. And then, of course, the Houston Heights came into the area which was Reagan, and so

Oral history transcript, Eilene M. Galloway, interview 1 (I), 5/18/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Harfield Weedin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

badly. on the Reagan High School team. made sure that his people [wereJ. I was a bad debater-- I was not properly prepared, but he I think his debate team was L. E. Jones and Gene Latimer, as I recall. Connally's era, too. And So I am of that era

Oral history transcript, Lyman Lemnitzer, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

together, when the government hadn't been settled down at all. Now, three months after President Reagan took over there wasn't very much trouble at all here. The transition that occurred during February, March, and the early part of April simply didn't

Oral history transcript, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

and back away, and you had the same thing that has been going on for about ten years in Libya. It was not until Mr. Reagan came in when he ordered a stop to it: "Stay where you are, and if you get shot at, shoot back." Thatts what happened here last month

Oral history transcript, Douglas Pike, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

: That's basically true. Also of course it's a lot easier to be a spoiler and a social saboteur than it is to try to keep things going-it's easier to criticize the way Reagan is running this country in terms of economic problems than to come up

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 2 (II), 1/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason and Jeanne Deason, interview 6 (VI), 10/24/1985, by Lewis Gould (Item)

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Krim -- I -- 21 who support the idea of a government taking care of those in need, the opposite of what elected President Reagan in l980. I mean, this was the appeal to people--and many of them wealthy--who felt the system would

Oral history transcript, Murrey Marder, interview 1 (I), 5/25/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

or a secretary of state role and to speak with such precision that each word is going to carry a very unusual weight. And they're not accustomed to it. We're seeing it right now with President Reagan. It's quite difficult to adapt a general political style

Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Johnson, Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Carter, now Reagan. Since 1968 when Nixon came in and he wanted to do away with the Great Society, he wanted to close the Job Corps centers and finally relented. This year, 1981, there is a greater number of slots

Oral history transcript, Daniel Boone Porter, interview 1 (I), 3/29/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ic), 12/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the Republican party, and a Reagan nomination would split the Republican party. Parties rarely nominate a candidate that is going to split the party. B: Then did you participate more actively after the convention in the Humphrey campaign? R: I didn't