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Oral history transcript, Lester R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • you describe that, sir? in that? Did Mr . Johnson inquire into it, or did you, as Administrator, point out to him the problem? B: Who initiated the presidential interest How did it work? This was actually mostly before I was Administrator
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/16/1967 (Item)
  • Secretary Secy The 9:24 /^ 9:35p f 9:40a t Douglass Joe Cong. 10:00a" T 10:32ai t - McNamar a Vice ,—, _^_ Director 9:44a t McNamara President, in_i_—^IT,T mansion r
Oral history transcript, Barnaby Conrad Keeney, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • got a copy of it. M: Sir, in September of 1964, President Johnson spoke at the 200th anniversary convocation at Brown University. Do you recall how this was arranged and how it came about and the sequence of events leading up to and through his
Oral history transcript, Jack Albright, interview 1 (I), 12/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Mississippi. He said, "Well, that's a part of Texas, isn't it?" in a joking matter, and I said, "No, sir, it's not." He said, "Well, you sound like a Texan," and I said, "That's a Mississippi accent." 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Oral history transcript, Hale Boggs, interview 2 (II), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • ) INTERVIEWER: T. H. Baker March 27, 1969 B: Sir, we covered last time up to the time of the assassination. Immediately afterwards, that night, you were one of the group of legislative leaders who met then-President Johnson out at the airport, weren't you? Bo
Oral history transcript, Arthur J. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • pursuant to our understanding, but I never had heard of that group. And he said, "Would you present your views to that group?" and I said, "I don't know anything about that group, who is it?" And he told me in general who it was: Douglas Dillon, General
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ia), 12/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • take two steps forward, is a little bit difficult to go home and expJain. You know, really the half-a-loaf theory is always discussed with pejorative words and in derogatory tones. When 12 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
Oral history transcript, J. Waddy Bullion, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Payne in August of 1935. I then taught school for two years in my home town, Eden. And in the autumn of 1937, I entered the School of Law at the University of Texas, from which I graduated in June 1940. In the spring of 1940, I applied for a job
Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: DOUGLAS DILLON INTERVIEWER: PAIGE MULHOLLAN M: Letl s begin by identifying you sir. More on LBJ
  • See all online interviews with C. Douglas Dillon
  • Dillon, C. Douglas (Clarence Douglas), 1909-2003
  • Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
  • C. Douglas Dillon
Oral history transcript, William H. Crook, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • straight through the hall into my library, picked up the phone, and said, "Give me [C. Douglas] Dillon!" And, in a moment, he said, "Underwrite the British pound," and hung up. As far as I know, there was no chance for Dillon to say anything but, "Yes, sir
  • house and the White House; LBJ's insistence that Crook find a position in the administration; LBJ's visit and reception at Crook's home; Crook's dogs named after Charles de Gaulle and a dog LBJ gave the Crook family; LBJ's interest in antelope; LBJ's
Folder, "Longoria, Felix [Correspondence] [2 of 2]," Pre-Presidential Confidential Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • Mexican ancestry." 1 ; The GI, Felix Longoria, died in action · on , Luzon in the Phil· ippines. I [3 of 4] _A..merican olegion mAnUH PEREZ PosT NO. 1017 Mr. T. w. Kennedy Rice Funeral Home Three Rivers, Texas Dear Sir: Knowledp has reached us ot
Oral history transcript, Leverett Saltonstall, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Johnson, I have heard a report was drawn up, but I have never seen it. Do you know whether there was such a report and what happened to it? S: You mean a report by our Senate committee? F: Yes, sir. S: I don't remember that. F: Yes, sir. S
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 5 (V), 6/3/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: RAMSEY CLARK INTERVIEWER: HARRI BAKER PLACE: His home in Falls Church, Virginia Tape 1 of 1 B: This is a continuation of the interview with Ramsey Clark. Sir, to start in on the whole general matter of law enforcement and what became
Folder, "5/16-26/65 - Program for State Visit of His Excellency Chung Hee Park, President of the Republic of Korea and Mrs. Park to the USA," Statements Files, Box 146 (Item)
  • , or Sir. Your Excellency, Mrs. Chung Hee Park, Wife of the President Mrs. Park, of the Republic or Madam. Correspondence, Salutation Your Excellency: Correspondence, Complimentary Close Very respectfully, Envelope His Excellency Chung Hee Park
Oral history transcript, William F. McKee, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • ?" clear-cut answer was, My "No, sir, I have never been in this office before." Whereupon Senator Johnson got up out of his chair, he put his arm around my shoulder, and he said, and I quote, "General, I have done you the greatest injustice that I have
Folder, "Washington/Meet the Press 4/7/68," Papers of Ramsey Clark, Box 35 (Item)
  • a murder -- a capital GENERAL CIARK: always been, try find more than one person will StatP. of Tennessee, as a possible will sir, anticipate with the evidence 1n the future, be in which you expect time, of· command. that .you can you say what
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/1/1966 (Item)
  • of} Ambassador of Iran, Dr. Khosro Khosrovani Philippines -! ! Ambassador of Jamaica, Sir Neville Noel Ashenheim Melquiades Ibanez ! Ambassador of Thailand, Sukich Nimmanheminda Ambassador of Tunisia, Rachid Driss Ambassador of Great Britain, Sir Patrick Dean
Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • relationship just continued on. F: You are just about the same age as President Johnson . B: Yes, sir. I was born in March of 1908 and he was born in August of 1908 . F: Do you have any idea when you first met him? B: Not precisely . My early
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/19/1967 (Item)
  • by) ture President went into the dining room to join Ambassador and Mrs. John Keith Waller Sir John & Lady Bunting ^_____ Ambassador and Mrs. Edward Clark for BREAKFAST , j' 6:42a joined by Mr. Anthony 6:43a | j 6:55am | "~~ Joined The I Airport
Oral history transcript, Marjorie A. Delafield, interview 1 (I), 11/9/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)
  • PB: This is November 9, 1968. Marjorie Anne Delafield. We are in the home of Miss Miss Delafield, tell us some- thing about your profession. MD: Well, I have a typing and duplicating service. We type a great deal for the students
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/24/1964 (Item)
  • - reading first edition papers w/ JV and BM Secretary Wirtz, Mr. Bundy, Mr Feldman To the pool w/ JV, BM, McGeorge Bundy Secy. McNamara (nr) In the mansion Arrive office Justice William Secy. Freeman Monday 2-24-64 to office door of afternoon O. Douglas
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 42 (XLII), 11/5/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • , but it was a prime festival of Washington. (Interruption) J: And back home one weekend Luci was confirmed at Saint David's Episcopal Church. She would have been--let's see, born in 1947, she was just about turning thirteen. M: Was she as devote Episcopalian as she
  • African-American employees; Sunday meals at Senator Harry Byrd's home; Byrd's personality and interests; story of LBJ getting stopped for speeding on the way to the Byrd home; uses for the Sequoia; the Senate Ladies Club; decorating LBJ's office with items
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/23/1968 (Item)
  • legislative career." Dugger feels this mtg will pxKsd prevent misconstructions or errors of perspective. '7:20p Marvin 8:15p y— 8:25p President Watson - pl Arthur Krim - in the Mansion to Justice William O. Douglas' Home where he and his wife, Cathy
Oral history transcript, Sheldon Cohen, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . And I worked through the day and went home early, and it was a Friday night. And I go to services most every Friday night, not always, but generally. And I figured this was the night I ought to go. And it was close to eight o'clock. M: When you say
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: JACK VALENTI INTERVIEWER: T. H. BAKER PLACE: His office in Washington Tape 1 of 1 B: This is the interview with Jack Valenti. Sir, do you recall when you first met Mr. Johnson? V: Yes, I do. Houston. I met him sometime in, I believe
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • : Yes. I think it looked as though the odds were with him. You could come home a winner. And I believe Senator McCarthy wanted it very much, as did Senator Humphrey. At one time, it must have been March or April, along in there, I had the feeling
Folder, "Steinbeck, John," White House Famous Names, Box 9 (Item)
  • , sir, the long discussion about Hiroshima. That it would have been better to drop the bomb on a desert place. I think we could utilize this very nicely. My suggestion is that we do a norm.al bomb run, but that we pick a place if possible within sight
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to the fact that he thought something was materially wrong with Rayburn. G: What did he say? H: The Speaker came back from the July 4 vacation and he said, "The damnedest thing happened to me while I was at home. crick in my back. I got the worst I went
Oral history transcript, John M. Leddy, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 M: Did Mr. Johnson ever get involved in that at all? L: Not to my knowledge. I worked there with Dick Goodwin and others in the White House and of course, with the Secretary of the Treasury, Douglas
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 3 (III), 1/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , 1969 INTERVIEWEE: HARRY McPHERSON INTERVIEWER: T. H. BAKER PLACE: Mr. McPherson's office, Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1 B: This is a continuation [third session, fourth tape] of the interview with Harry McPherson. Sir, we were talking last time about
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/19/1965 (Item)
  • L. Dean , Associat e Administrator, FA A Dept of Treasur y Georg e Jaszi , Departmen t of Commerc e C. Tyle r Wood , Missio n Directo r , Home r E . Newell , Associat e Administrator , NAS A _ \ AID Leonar d Neiderlehner , Deput y Genera l Counsel
Folder, "October 29, 1968 - 2:30 a.m. Meeting with the President's Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • agreement, will this be an advantage militarily? General Abrams: Yes. The President: Will it compensate for lack of bombing up to the 19° parallel? General Abrams: Yes, sir, it will. We think they have shifted tactics from the battlefield
Folder, "Jamaica, Volume 1, 11/63 - 6/68 [1 of 3]," Country Files, NSF, Box 58 (Item)
  • , SIR ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE;, ·,=-o~MER . iND FRIEND OF 'PRESI6ENT JOHNSON, CELE~RATES· HIS8~TH BIRTHDAY• THE PRESIDENTi AS HE DID LAST 'YE:AR AT ~I~E 0~ BUSTAMANTE•SRETIR~MENT, MiY A~A~N WISH TO EXf~ND ~IRTHDAY GREETiNGS• • PRIM IN i 2• N
Oral history transcript, Estelle Harbin, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • came over I told him, "Mr. Ernest Miller was in here today." Mr. Kleberg's brown eyes just shot at me and he said, "Does he want you to go home?" because they were good friends. I said, "Yes, sir, he does." He said, "Do you want to go home?" I said
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 7 (VII), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . G: Okay, the highway bill was another big controversy that year. Do you remember that? B: Yes, sir; yes, sir. I think that the administration under President Eisenhower had suggested the interstate highway program, but they really wanted
Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : With a commitment to stay for three months, and I've been here ever ca~e here right at the beginning of the New Deal? since. F: You don't know how to go home, do you? P: That's right. I think I must have met the President, then Lyndon, early in that period
Folder title list, Office Files of Fred Panzer (Item)
  • Polls: Family Life Polls: Foreign Aid Polls: Great Society (OPENED 3/77) Polls: Home Rule, D.C. Polls: Immigration Polls: Integration Polls: International Cooperation U.N. Office Files of Fred Panzer 10 National Archives and Records Administration
Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 16, December 1 - 13, 1966 [1 of 3]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 11 [2 of 2] (Item)
  • : Appointment with Sir Robert Menzies You have agreed to receive Sir Robert Menzies at 11 :00 a. m. Tuesday, December 13. Sir Robert, who was Prime Minister of Australia from 1949 until ;his resignation this January, is currently the visiting scholar
Oral history transcript, Kittie Clyde Leonard, interview 1 (I), 7/27/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: MRS. KITTlE CLYDE LEONARD INTERVIB~ER: DAV 10 McCOMB PLACE: Mrs. Leonardis home in Johnson City, Texas Tape 1 of 1 H: This is an interview with Mrs. Kittie Clyde_Leonard. Is that the name you use or do you use your husband's name? L: Well
  • going to Washington; speeches LBJ gave at Johnson City high school graduations; LBJ’s presidential inauguration; visits to the Ranch; maintenance of LBJ’s boyhood home; LBJ’s effects on Johnson City during his presidency and retirement.
Oral history transcript, Daniel J. Quill, interview 2 (II), 10/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Library oral histories: -6http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Dick Kleberg and Paul Kilday were real good friends and so ,,;ras Lyndon Johnson a good friend of the Kildays. F: Did you knm,;r Franklin Roosevelt? Q: Yes, sir. F: Did he take