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Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

in the White House and that it was always the fear of Robert Kennedy entering. A: Yes, that's right. That was Bobby's great tactical error. If he'd gotten into the race before New Hampshire, it would have been a very different story. Bobby was tricky
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Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
of LBJ and JFK; LBJ and columnists; LBJ's press secretaries; LBJ and the press; Gene McCarthy; Bobby Kennedy; 1968 campaign; personal observations on LBJ
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Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell
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Oral history transcript, Homer Thornberry, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

witnessed that fight between Kennedy and Kefauver for the vice presidency? T: Oh, yes. F: How much did Senator Johnson show his preference to the Texas delegation in I was very much in that. that. T: Let's see if I can remember it. You know at one
presidential campaigns; Senators Kefauver and Kennedy for the vice-president; LBJ’s first heart attack and recovery; Senator Ralph Yarborough; LBJ to running for vice-presidency; JFK; opportunities for Thornberry to become a federal judge; limitations

Shriver's selection? Y: No. No, again, as I think I spelled out in that article of mine you've got ["The Beginnings of OEO"], I was aware of the fact that there was a task force under Kennedy. task forces. I guess there were several I was vaguely
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Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 1 (I), 7/13/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

supervisory responsibility for the Department of Defense program. I didn't have line responsibility but I was in fact charged by the Secretary [Robert S. McNamara] with getting it put together and moving. I attended the meetings of the committee
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delinquency. this. Youth. They had about four cities where they tried One of them was New York, where they set up Mobilization for Another one was Syracuse. New Haven, I think, Baltimore. I can't remember precisely--- I'm not sure. Robert Kennedy had
; Medicare; Helen Taussig; Advisory Council on Public Welfare Task Force on Income Maintenance (Heineman Commission); Advisory Commission on Status of Women; Esther Peterson; LBJ fixed associations between Wicky/Cohen/Social Security; Medicare; Mrs. Kennedy

. W: Yes, though President Kennedy had rather deliberately tried to bring i.n a new group that was post-New Deal. G: We kind of felt estranged from the Kennedy group. W: To some extent, though I happened to serve on a Kennedy task force and 1 had

: You mentioned that you were known as Lyndon Johnson's man in the Interior Department, and he had other people who were closely identified with him in other departments and agencies. How did this work? B: Well, he kept the Kennedy cabinet
LBJ's tour in Australia; kangaroos for the ranch; LBJ's decision to retain Kennedy cabinet; press leaks; opinions of Stuart Udall; appointment to the Department of the Interior; Rebekah Johnson's relationship with LBJ; Boatner's father's death

, 1980 INTERVIEWEE: ADAM YARMOLINSKY INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Cosmos Club, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 G: I think we were just at the point of going into the question of Robert Kennedy's view of whether a new agency was needed
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Oral history transcript, Crawford Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

and Martin. Then after Mr. Bob Calvert, Robert W. Calvert, who's a contemporary of ~lr. Johnson and former speaker of the [Texas] House, now chief justice of the Supreme Court [of Texas], was elected to the Supreme Court in 1950, we moved down with his

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

we're talking about now. F: Right. P: The farm-to-market roads, they were beginning to talk about them but not do anything about them. You see, the Highway Commission had just been formed with Robert Hubbard as chairman, and they were not too active

Oral history transcript, John J. Corson, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of peopl e. Two peopl e who worked on the Hill supposedly informed LBJ of it, Bob Jackson and Arthur Perry, I think. Did you ever talk to them about it? C: No. G: How about Dr. Bob Montgomery, Robert Montgomery, an economics professor at the University

Oral history transcript, John E. Babcock, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-- 1-- 2 than a full-time job if you were out of the university. So I worked for the International News Service, which is now UPI, under a fellow named Vann Kennedy, whom a lot of people in the LBJ family know. He now lives in Corpus Christi where

Oral history transcript, Charles P. Little, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Rayburn to go to Dr. Janet Travell, Kennedy's back physician, down at the White House. He finally convinced the Speaker that he ought to let Dr. Travell examine him and see what she could do for him. in the back. So she started giving him shots He
LBJ and the NYA in 1935; LBJ-Sam Rayburn relationship; political philosophies; Griffin-Landrum Bill; Ralph Yarborough; Allan Shivers; LBJ & JFK; Rayburn and the Kennedys

Oral history transcript, Emma Guffy Miller, interview 1 (I), 2/12/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

or seconded Stevenson or not. Mc: Do you remember the fight for the Vice Presidency between John F. Kennedy and Kefauver? M: Oh yes, I did. And Pennsylvania went--at least the majority of us-- went for Kefauver, yes. Mc: Do you remember the Texas

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

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, his accepting it? D: No, I really wasn't. Tell you what I did. After Kennedy was nominated on the first ballot--of course, I was disappointed--I got on the plane and carne on horne. F: But not surprised? D: Not surprised, no. I got there a day

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

what he had to do. And he proved that later on when he had a great part in seeing that the civil rights acts were passed after Kennedy was assassinated. I think President Johnson can be credited with passing more liberal legislation than anybody

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