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  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT C. WEAVER INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
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  • LBJ when NYA set up; John Corson; Frank Horne; reaction to VP LBJ’s approach to civil rights; comparison of JFK and LBJ’s style; LBJ’s knowledge of housing; 1964 and 1965 urban task forces; first acquaintance with Robert Wood; role in formation of HUD
  • Weaver, Robert Clifton, 1907-1997
  • Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Robert C. Weaver
  • with either President Kennedy or President Johnson? M: No, sir. B: In the normal course of things-- M: I have attended meetings where they've spoken and the like, but at the time I have had no particular direct contact. B: From your vantage point here
  • to Cyrus Vance in 1960 after the Kennedy victory, somehow felt a strand out of his own past coming to the fore when out of the blind a letter from Matthew Nimetz arrived. We interviewed Matt and later, with the approval of the President, added Matt to our
  • looked November, I was tentatively And on that particular day, which was a Wednesday in this cancelled scheduled to see President Kennedy, but it turned out later that out, that he was too busy in getting off to Texas . And of course
  • to the Budget Bureau it's not very innovative or imaginative, and normally is not designed to rock the boat. P: Who conceives this idea of going outside of government for these new ideas? G: It was done a little bit under President Kennedy when he established