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Oral history transcript, Endicott Peabody, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • to Philadelphia, got my early education there, and then went to Groton School where my grandfather was headmaster. He was also the headmaster of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, and he was still headmaster throughout the time that I was there. FDR was President
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Shoumatoff, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • remember he was always very interested in what was happening in Russia with the religion and so on. F: Did he ever ask you anything about Franklin Roosevelt's last moments? S: No, that was one thing I didn't want. F: Right. S: No, no. F: Well
Oral history transcript, Warren Magnuson, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , the day he was fired. G: Did he seem surprised? M: A guy brought in the slip and he put it in his pocket and we went on with lunch. G: He knew what it was. Let me ask you about Lyndon Johnson and Franklin Roosevelt. Did you get a sense then that he
  • Appointment to Naval Affairs Committee in 1936; how he met LBJ; trip to Central America to evaluate a second canal; war service; President Roosevelt and LBJ; LBJ as senate majority leader; LBJ
Oral history transcript, Gould Lincoln, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • say. delivery is clear and quite good. Personally I think the President's He hasn't the magnetism--personal magnetism-- or voice of a Franklin D. Roosevelt, which was an amazing thing. When Mr. Roosevelt said, "My friends," everybody just moved up
Oral history transcript, Anthony Buford, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to work for Anheuser-Busch to begin with and just give a little of your own background. B: Well, of course, back in 19--before [Franklin] Roosevelt even ran, Mr. Busch, Sr. wanted to get somebody to be able to fit into the thing, because it was going
  • How Buford met LBJ; how Buford went to work for Anheuser-Busch; support for Franklin Roosevelt and how Buford met Sam Rayburn; LBJ's conservatism in the early 1940s; Anheuser-Busch business relations with KTBC; a Washington D.C. party the Johnsons
Folder, "March 31st Speech, Vol. 8, Excerpts and Taylor's Memo," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 49 (Item)
Oral history transcript, L.T. (Tex) Easley, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was really in earnest building up an organization for a Senate race. He had a good head start over most all the congress- men, no matter how long they'd been here, because of his close relationship with Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Roosevelt family. Elliot
Oral history transcript, Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1967, by Mary Walton Livingston (Item)
  • tax that you're speaking of? DURR: Federal. LIVINGSTON: A federal bill to abolish the poll tax. DURR: By federal action. You see, this was backed by [Franklin D.] Roosevelt and Mrs. Roosevelt, and it was a bill that in federal elections would
Oral history transcript, Ed Gossett, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , and I think that, in the early days at least, r4r. Johnson was pretty well a student of Hr. Sam Rayburn. Sam Rayburn was his mentor, more or 1ess. i~: In the same line, the books also write that Franklin D. Roosevelt also boosted Lyndon Johnson. G
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 23 (XXIII), 9/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Folder, "Pepper, Claude (Senator) - Notes [1940-1943] [2 of 2]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 11 (Item)
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Oral history transcript, Anna Rosenberg Hoffman, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , we don't worry about dates. H: But I first became aware of him, [did] not meet him, but became aware of him when I was working with President [Franklin D.] Roosevelt as sort of an all-around handmaiden or advisor. I would go to Washington
Oral history transcript, Tom C. Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Tom Clark -- Interview I -- 2 F: Had you known Mr. Truman fairly well? C: Yes. Roosevelt first appointed me in the Department of Justice
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 6 (VI), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a court reporter. Roosevelt liked Jimmy Byrnes. In fact, Franklin Roosevelt wanted James Francis Byrnes to be his running LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
Folder, "United Kingdom - Visit of PM Wilson, 2/7 - 9/68," Country Files, NSF, Box 216 (Item)
  • to us tonight. You referred to the days of Anglo-American relationships, the days of your great master and tutor, Franklin Delano Roosevelt. But I make bold acclaim that relations between our two countries today, in 1968, in the years when you and I have
Oral history transcript, James A. Farley, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in the convention in New York City, and I also carried the New York banner in the convention when he was nominated, placed in nomination, by Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt. Governor Roosevelt placed his name for nomination in '24 in Madison Square Garden and again
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 78, July 2002," LBJ Library (Item)
  • path the history of Europe would have taken if an anony­ mou an;her in l 066 had not gotten incredibly lucky. Finally, Geoffrey Ward considered how things might have gone had not Franklin Roosevelt defied the odds and been elected president. Everyone
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 57, 1 April 1994," LBJ Library (Item)
  • helped if for some reason he is turned into a folk hero:· He gave this assessment of recent U.S. presidents: Franklin Roosevelt: "Pretty uniformly seen as a great President. There has been less fluctuation than almost any other case we can think
Record copy, Senator Johnson Announces His Candidacy for U.S. President, Auditorium, New Senate Office Building, 7/5/60 (Item)
  • in it .... intimately. I cannot truthfully say that any man is qualified for it in advance. In days gone by, Democra,ts Franklin Roosevelts and Al Smiths. nominated these giants opened with was nominated on the first ballot., Stevenson was not chosen until the have had
Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • supporter of Franklin Roosevelt. President Roosevelt urged me to run for Tom Ford's seat. The Democrats did not want to lose this vote and they didn't think anyone else could hold the district. Mrs. Roosevelt had been in California shortly before I agreed
Oral history transcript, Henry Hirshberg, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • days, no. The Republicans didn't really arrive on the scene until after Franklin Roosevelt made them mad. P: Referring to Garner again, in 1939 there was a big issue about John L. Lewis calling Garner a poker-playing, whiskey-drinking, evil old man
Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Frances Lewine (Item)
  • Administration-Kennedy Mrs. Kennedy – Funerals [Eleanor Roosevelt Funeral], 1962 [Notes, article draft] Files-Presidential Administration-Kennedy Kennedy, Jacqueline – General – Campaign, 1960 [Notes, article draft] Files-Presidential Administration-Kennedy Mrs
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • George Marshall, who was picked by Franklin Roosevelt. So a lot of political commenta- tors thought that Ike was a good guy and was more liberal than [Robert] Taft and the Republican Party, and that he would make a great Democratic nominee. I am
Oral history transcript, Lister Hill, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of '37, and then Hugo Black was appointed to the Supreme Court by Franklin Roosevelt in August 1937. My friends here called me on the long distance telephone to tell me I ought to come on home and run for the Senate. So I came home as soon as I could
Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 2 (II), 7/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • remember Lyndon Johnson meeting Franklin Roosevelt? K: Yes, this I remember very distinctly. 11: \.Jhat happened? That was right after the election, wasn't it? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • since. But I'm sure there will be one for others. C: Do you realize that the FDR memorial, the Franklin Roosevelt memorial, is finally being built-- M: I know. Isn't that amazing. C: --after all of these years. (Laughter) 10 LBJ Presidential
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the time I was about three months old until I left there in December of 1942, when I was fourteen. G: You began in the Senate as a page, I understand. B: Yes. I was appointed as a page boy by the late Burnett Maybank, whom Franklin Roosevelt, our late
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 88, February 2007," LBJ Library (Item)
  • , only thr e Presidents have immersed themselves in matters relating to the environment: Theo­ dore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Lyndon Baines Johnson. With congressional support, Theodore Roosevelt established the U. S. For­ est Ser ice
Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. (The Vice President) [1942]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 21 (Item)
  • long-range wisdom in passing over a field of; more glamorous vice-pr~sidential aspirants to ·make · · this selection. Mr. Roosevelt, .wi~h st_renuous years:)>e- _ hind him and a difficult futur
Telephone conversation # 5896, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 10/15/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ELLIOTT ROOSEVELT'S REQUEST TO SPEAK WITH LBJ ABOUT FLORIDA INTERAMA PROJECT; ROBERTS TELLS OPERATOR TO HAVE ROOSEVELT SPEAK WITH PAUL POPPLE BECAUSE LBJ HAS HAD TREATMENT FOR HIS THROAT AND HIS DOCTORS DO NOT WANT HIM TO SPEAK
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 27, 1 January 1983," LBJ Library (Item)
  • (no\\ University) when Lyndon Johnson wa a sllldent I her'c. Symposium Will Assess Impact of New Deal On March 2, 3, and 4-thc final day coinciding with the 50th anniversary of Franklin Roosevelt's inauguration-the Library will host a symposium on FDR's New Deal
Oral history transcript, Lera Thomas, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • and certainly that he would be sensitive to the growth of Houston. Anyway, East Texans just stick together. M: Did your husband support Franklin Roosevelt at that time? T: Oh. yes. M: Was that a problem in the campaign at all? T: No. I don't recall
Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Wright Patman (Item)
  • /50 Brannon Plan 6/19/50 Fourteen Years Under the Robinson-Patman Act, signed by Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt 14 years ago. 6/20/50 Commodity Credit Corporation 6/26/50 Federal Trade Commission Investigation by Select Committee on Small Business 6/27/50
Oral history transcript, Emmett Shelton, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Malcolm G. Bardwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • mentioned earlier about--this skips ahead to almost 1938 when Franklin Roosevelt first mentioned enlarging the Supreme Court--Mr. Maverick kind of leaped to the forefront on that. Could you tell me more about that, how that happened? B: The bulletin came
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 13, 15 July 1978," LBJ Library (Item)
  • , it is con­ sidered a permanent exh1b1l. Radios are part of the new display techniques. From a vintage radio visitor· listen to the voice of Woodrow Wilson. Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt speak from a radio built in 1933 while campaign
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 7/19/1965 (Item)
  • Roosevelt on arrival and took to second floor 9:00 Chopper to Andrews w/ Luci, Roosevelts, and Steinbecks to fly to Illinois Left on Air Force One for Chanute Base w/ President, Luci, Chief Justice Warren, Justice and Mrs. Goldberg, Steinbecks, Roosevelts
Folder title list, House Papers (Item)
  • , Gerald C. O'Daniel, W. Lee Press Releases Stationery Samples O'Daniel - Publicity and Speeches about Roosevelt Political Correspondence Political Correspondence Political Correspondence Political Correspondence Political Correspondence Political
Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . This is the sort of cynical, Machiavellian thing that nobody would have thought of or done except maybe Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1932!" I thought this was the real answer. You had Roosevelt and Garner. Here was another combination of this kind and, of course
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/7/1964 (Item)
  • Secy Orvill e Freema n Franklin D. Roosevelt , Jr . Rober t Weave r Cong. Wayn e L . Hay s VM . Conni e Gerard, Nel l Yates , Mike DeSall e Wend y Marcu s Aubrey Wagne r (TVA) D r. Jame s M . Youn g Maj. Emmerso n C . Coo k Chie f Willi e Martinel l