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Oral history transcript, William Cochrane, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

not sign it. Charlie Dean, a congressman who had been in for several terms, and [Richard] Thurmond Chatham, of Chatham Mills, you know. Those three did not sign it. Incidentally, in the subsequent election, in the subsequent primary, Charlie Dean

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 3 (III), 10/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Kennedy or Johnson; it was done much later, perhaps in the seventies under Nixon--all of the temporary employees by an act of Congress were made permanent civil service employees in one stroke, like that. That enabled the Post Office to develop a universal

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-II, 11/10/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)

: There was anxiety about it, but it wasn't dominant. It wasn't anything like as acute as the one that our friends had in 1973. D: You mean Nixon and [?] B: Yes. D: What do you think was Johnson's general objective here? To try and get this settled as quickly

President Johnson's foreign and domestic travel, "Trips (LBJ's)," Reference File (Item)

. Audience with Pope Paul VI. San Salvador Attended meeting of the Presidents of Central American Republics. Richard Nixon, January 20, 1969-August 9, 1974 February 23-24, 1969 Belgium · Brussels Attended 23d meeting of North Atlantic Council; met

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 10 (X), 3/31/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

or the second night after that, Richard Nixon gave a party for the leaders of Congress, Taft and Lyndon, or Styles Bridges and Lyndon. I think Styles Bridges was leader before he quit and Taft came, and then Lyndon as Democratic leader--that kind of a deal

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

was a part of his debating team. After I finished high . school, I went to Rice Institute for two years. During the summer immediately after that two-year period, I became assistant secretary to Congressman Richard Kleberg. time Mr. Johnson was secretary

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Strauss, interview 1 (I), 5/22/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Administration. M: He was the chief man then for the nation. s: That's right. He really had more to do with it than all the rest of them put together. \ [Richard] Maguire had helped some, and LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL

Oral history transcript, Phil G. Goulding, interview 1 (I), 1/3/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

have not been on the ticket, and then there would have been more chance of Nixon winning. Then he still would have been a Democratic Majority Leader in a Republican Administration. I don't know whether that many steps went through his mind or not. P

Oral history transcript, Charles A. Halleck, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the Democrats side and not from Southern Democrats. And so this gentleman from Chicago whose name slips me, but Mayor (Richard) Daley (of Chicago) took him out right after that time in the primary. He was to offer the first amendment, but overnight he changed

Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 2 (II), 11/25/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

: Particularly in participation of the poor in the program. H: That's right. And he just recently made a statement as a matter of fact along those lines that I just read in the press within the last couple of days. He said he felt that the Nixon

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 10 (X), 10/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Nixon issued an opinion that the Senate ought to be able to change its rules. R: That is one of the most dishonest opinions that has ever come down the pike. What he ruled was the Senate can change its rules by a majority vote. Well, of course

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 2 (II), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 6 My first exposure to Richard Nixon was in connection with the Commission's reporting of cases where loyalty and security conditions had resulted

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Pechman, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Development to be on the staff of their research group, which was then headed by Herbert Stein, who is now a member of the Council of Economic Advisers under the Nixon Administration. M: I'm not too familiar with this Committee for Economic Development. What

Oral history transcript, Elie Abel, interview 1 (I), 1/19/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

later put itlr:aifferent words on this program. He said, 11 I 've gotten to the stage with the Congress where they won't do anything for me. I don't care who the next president is, whether his name is Gene McCarthy or Richard Nixon or Bobby Kennedy

Oral history transcript, David W. Angevine, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

it. If the [Richard M.] Nixon Administration were determined that the Department of Agriculture should serve commercial farmers and serve commercial farmers only, then I doubt that the changes that have been made under Secretary Freeman could survive. Fortunately

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 16, 15 May 1979," LBJ Library (Item)

on which he was speaking. Win ter had arrived. Richard Nixon had been re-elected just one month earlier. Watergate was just surfacing. The war in Viet nam dragged on. There were many opportunities for LBJ, if he wanted, to reflect on hi successor

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 77, March 2002," LBJ Library (Item)

in Congress. Speaker Sam Rayburn took Congressman Johnson under his wing. LBJ w· s a court favorite of Franklin Roosevelt's. And formidable Georgia Senator Richard u sell first made LBJ minority leader and then majority leader of the Senate. Harry Truman did

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 88, February 2007," LBJ Library (Item)

, Richard Baker, Historian of the U. S. Senate; Don Bacon, former correspondent, U S. News and World Report; Raymond Smock, former Historian of the U. S. House of Repres__,ntatives and Director of the Robert C. Byrd Center for L gislative Studies at Shepherd

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/14/1969 (Tuesday) (Item)

to speech; Lady Bird receives standing ovation; Lyn becomes rambunctious; Diplomatic Corps, Supreme Court & Cabinet arrive; LBJ receives standing ovation; in speech, LBJ asks Congress to help Richard Nixon; to Speaker's office; watch reviews & buffet

Folder title list, Office Files of Harry Middleton (Item)

Exchange Nixon Statement After Sputnik Opposition to Space Astronauts Research- Miscellaneous- Space Seamans and Paine Benefits Space By-Products Selection of Webb and Wilsener Messages of Condolence for Grissmom- White- Chaffee MPP (Guide Folder) Richard

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1953" (Item)

the Finance Committee. LBJ addresses a group of students from Southwest Texas in Washington for the inaugural. The Texas State Society reception is held in the Senate Caucus Room. 1/20 Eisenhower is sworn-in as president on the Capitol steps; Richard Nixon

Folder, "President of Senegal (Stag Luncheon), 9/28/66," White House Social Files, Bess Abell Files, Box 17 (Item)

Physician, Baltimore, Md. Richard Clarke · New York, N~ Y~ ( Dr. L. Gray Cowan Exec. Secy., African Studies Assn., Columbia Univ. , NYC (A_Dr. John A. Davis New Rochelle, New York Dr. Cornelis W. der: ' Kiewiet ,.,~ .,,s Chmn., Affiean,fLiaison Comte., Am

Folder title list, House Papers (Item)

, George T. Donations as of November 1st Donation Form Letter Downs, LeRoy D. Doyle, Patrick A. Draft [Letter from LBJ 10-15-40 and form] Drewry, Pat Duncan, Richard Durbin, Francis W. Durham, Dick [no original folder 8/15/85] Durst, L. H. Eakin, Edgar O

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 4 (IV), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

members of Congress that year who were closest to Roosevelt were himself in Texas and Jerry Voorhis from California. Well, he was closer to Roosevelt by a long shot than Jerry Voorhis. Jerry Voorhis was beaten by Richard Nixon. He was the proponent of co

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

to these men like Richard Boone, that they had been associated with the Kennedy undertaking and the Johnson poverty undertaking was not making use of them. I don't. know whether that was really purposeful or whether it was a correct evaluation. LBJ

Oral history transcript, Roman Pucinski, interview 1 (I), 12/29/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was a newspaperman for twenty years before I went to Congress, and I was covering Mayor [Richard] Daley's press conferences every day in the City Hall. One day he asked me if I'd like to run for Congress out here on the northwest side, which was really strong
and the volatile nature of the 1960s; a dispute between Francis Keppel, the Office of Education and Chicago Mayor Richard Daley; problems with funding under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act [ESEA]; the 1968 Democratic National Convention and LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Bromley Smith, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

at ease with the existing Council machinery, and because several people, including Richard Neustadt, were of the view that his role as president was going to be quite different than President Eisenhower's, the whole Council structure was "stood-down

Subject Guide, Foreign Aid, Food for Peace, and Economic Development in Asia, Africa, and Latin America (Item)

year “Memos for Sec. Freeman (Agri.) 1964-65” “Memos for Richard Reuther, Food for Peace, 1964-65” “Committee on Agriculture: Comm. On Econ. Development” “School to School Project-Overseas School (Dept. of State)” 2 folders relating to agriculture

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 3 (III), 5/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

recording, he has been retained by the Nixon Administration and I hope therefore the health programs that have been worked on so diligently over the Johnson Administration will be implemented. The very fact that as of today there still is no assistant

Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Abell -- II -- 26 each other when Johnson was working as secretary to Congressman [Richard] Kleberg. Drew never missed an opportunity when he felt like it to take a dig at Johnson about his close association with the oil and gas interests and the money

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 4 (IV), 8/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

had Actually though, Joe, I have written this rather exten sively in"Sixteen Crises"--makes Richard Nixon look highly unqualified for the job when I had sixteen just with the wedding. But I 1 ve written it in my book, Ruffles and Flourishes, and I

Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was a great friend of the President's, but his company and his people, Mr. [Roy] Ash and others, have been great friends of Nixon's. lex was registered. F: But, no, So I have no Jdea how politics was never a part of it. Was the commission chairman named

Oral history transcript, Eugene M. Zuckert, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

we were on Air Force One going to Colorado, he had written something to interpolate into that speech, which was the announcement of our decision to go ahead with the supersonic transport. Senator [Richard] Russell was on the plane, too, but I

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 36 (XXXVI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

teaching school, the second one after he came to Washington, and I think still as a member of the staff of Congressman [Richard] Kleberg, a job in the Library of Congress. She did it well. She was a source of pride. They were never as congenial as I would

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 19 (XIX), 4/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, it was enacted in the Nixon Administration. That involvement obviously was time-consuming. Additionally, I had a legislative item on the agenda involving postal rates, which became a sticky situation. Pressure groups were in heavy action; it took a lot of doing
Richard Daley about rising concerns about Vietnam; William Fulbright's opposition to U.S. involvement in Vietnam; Bob Hardesty's work providing congressmen with statements and material for their newsletters that were favorable to LBJ's legislative program

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 11 (XI), 12/20/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and the only committee member that had enough intelligence to direct that kind of an investigation was Dick Nixon. That was a very poor committee, very poor committee, and the staff was even worse. found Alger Hiss. They could never have In fact, I don't
LBJ and Senate activities, 1957; Middle East problems; disarmament issue; open curtain proposal; USIA; J. Edgar Hoover; 1957 Civil Rights Bill; Little Rock crisis; Senators Walter George and Richard Russell; Sputnik; space hearings; Johnson

Folder title list, Senate Papers, Office Files of George E. Reedy (Item)

Wayne L. Bromley titled “Qualifications for Jurors in the Federal Courts of the United States (July 29, 1957); Letter from the Attorney General to Nixon and the Senate outlining Office Files...1956‐57 Civil Rights (2 of 2) proposals for the civil

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 5 (V), 8/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

foreign knOll fror.l later accounts, \-las apparently offered the position of Secretary of D~fensc by President Nixon nine months later-- the Pn.:sjdcnt th(:i1 il;:::-;cdi.:ltcly dc.ci.dcd that he Hanted to get on the phone with, as I recall
LBJ’s gift-giving; LBJ signing autographs; Bill Hopkins; how becoming President affected LBJ’s friendships; learning that Hanoi had accepted LBJ’s 3/31/68 initiative; Tuesday luncheon group; appointment of federal judges; Senator Richard Russell’s

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 15 (XV), 11/20/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

basis they dealt with us on, as long as we were able to get these programs and money. F: In these early War on Poverty days did mayors like you and Richard Daley and John Lindsay pretty much support the administration's efforts? C: Yes. John Lindsay

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