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Oral history transcript, Gould Lincoln, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

there was, if there was, friction or disagreement? L: Well, Lyndon Johnson was picked by President Kennedy for Vice-President. And the late Senator Robert F. Kennedy told me personally, and he told it to me several times, that Lyndon Johnson was President Kennedy's first and only
with the Kennedys; press relations; criticism of LBJ; news media contributed to LBJ’s loss of popularity; previous Presidents’ handling of the press; Supreme Court Packing Bill; JFK’s formal format; impact of television on politics, campaigning and government

Oral history transcript, John L. Monahan, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. M: I never met a finer man in my life than Larry O'Brien, never. I never met a finer man in my life. B: Was Robert Kennedy active as a congressional liaison when his brother was president? M: No. I never saw Robert Kennedy, when he

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 2 (II), 6/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT FINCH INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Finch's office, Pasadena, California Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Last time when we concluded you were discussing President [Lyndon] Johnson's interest in finding a cure for cancer
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Finch, Robert H., 1925-
Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 2 (II), 6/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Robert H. Finch

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 4 (IV), 11/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to campaign for Bobby. G: Another theme that seems to run through a lot of your memos here is that Johnson was preoccupied with Robert Kennedy. R: Yes, he was. G: How did this manifest itself? R: Well, he just didn't like him, made it perfectly clear
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
; 1968 convention; Anna Chennault and Nixon; LBJ and the Kennedy people

Oral history transcript, Hale Boggs, interview 2 (II), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, but I guess it was there. President Johnson kept a great many of the people who were very close to President Kennedy on his staff, but apparently there did develop a feeling between Robert Kennedy and the President. B: Was that just a clash of two
Rights Bill; LBJ’s acceptance as VP; issues of Kennedy’s Catholicism; LBJ during VP years; death of Rayburn; Kennedy legislative program; JFK’s trip to Texas; William Manchester’s book; leadership meetings; Wheat Sales Bill; Warren Commission; LBJ’s

Oral history transcript, George G. (Admiral) Burkley, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, I had no call to be of any personal assistance to President Eisenhower . THB : Then, sir, after the election of John F . Kennedy as President, what was your status? B: The election of John F . Kennedy was general news and information to all of us
. Willis Hurst; Robert McNamara; Cyrus Vance; Marvin Watson; George Reedy; Admiral Brown; Dr. Taylor; Dr. Canada; Juanita Roberts; Sgt. Glenn; Sgt. Gaddis; Dr. James Young; Dr. Lay For; Dr. William Voss; Dr. William Lukasch; traveling arrangements in Dallas

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 5 (V), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

? O: I don't think they could read highway signs. (Laughter) It was that bad. I can laugh about it now, but I'll tell you, there wasn't any laughter in the Oval Office while this was unfolding. G: Was Robert Kennedy involved? O: Yes. G: What
O'Brien's and John F. Kennedy's (JFK) relationship with John Glenn; how Glenn's space success helped NASA; the role of a vice president and how well Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) fit it; JFK's staff members' opinion of LBJ after JFK was assassinated; LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Carl Sanders, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

think it was any sudden, overnight decision that he made, because 1 had been in his presence where I could have assumed very easily that this man was doing all he could for this term and maybe would go on. B: Were you close to Robert Kennedy? 5: Yes
; LBJ’s efforts in Vietnam; Martin Luther King’s assassination; working on the Commission for Federal-State Relations; LBJ inheriting JFK’s staff; being offered a federal appointment; LBJ deciding not to run in 1968; LBJ’s relationship with Robert Kennedy

Oral history transcript, (Sir) Robert Gordon Menzies, interview 1 (I), 11/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: SIR ROBERT GORDON MENZIES INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
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Menzies, Robert Gordon, Sir, 1894-1978
Oral history transcript, (Sir) Robert Gordon Menzies, interview 1 (I), 11/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
(Sir) Robert Gordon Menzies

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, p. 70, lines 19_2~LJ 00-105] 1/30178 A 8118170 A [same sanitization 5/9/00 NLJ 00-105] • FILE LOCATION Robert W. Komer Oral History Interviews RESTRICTION CODES (A) Closed by Executive Order 12358'governing access to national security
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Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Robert Komer

Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

th e l ate 1950s with the Racket s Committee invest i gating staff, with , l ater, Senator Robert Kennedy . 0: No . Did you get to know Mr . Johnson at all du r i ng t hat time? I had seen him , but I ' d never met [h im) . The fi r st time I
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Yes. G: Do you recall the circumstances of that? O: No. There was just a lot of movement up and down the stairway. G: Then Robert Kennedy went and talked with the Johnson people--Johnson, Rayburn, Connally, and the like--and told him
) to be his running mate and O'Brien's and Robert Kennedy's (RFK) response; LBJ adding "geographical balance" to the ticket; JFK's meeting with LBJ to gauge his interest in the vice presidency; RFK's relationship with JFK; O'Brien's interview with Mike Wallace

Oral history transcript, A. Phillip Randolph, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

recall. B: Who was there from the federal government's side? Was Mr. Kennedy? R: President Kennedy was there and President Kennedy's brother, Robert Kennedy, who was then, I think-- B: Attorney General. R: That's right, Justice. And who else--I

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 20 (XX), 4/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

relationship with the Kennedys and all the rest." The reason it never caused me difficulty is because of the clear understanding I had with Bobby. G: John Roche wrote in a December 1967 memo that with regard to Robert Kennedy--this is to LBJ--"Your actions
they affected the Post Office Department; political problems with Sam Yorty and Jesse Unruh; O'Brien's loyalty in working for LBJ until LBJ announced that he would not seek re-election; LBJ's relationship with Robert Kennedy and Edward Kennedy; November 1967

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

York, and two things happened while I was sick: one, I read James MacGregor Burns' book on Kennedy [John Kennedy: A Political Profile], and secondly, I sat in on a couple of meetings that my wife had at our apartment. And I got interested

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, how it came into being. c: It's very appropriate that we should talk about the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden today, Joe, it being almost the first day of spring. The development of the Jacqueline Kennedy Garden, which had always been
Jacqueline Kennedy Garden; Mrs. Paul Mellon; Lady Bird Johnson Park

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

writing some letters for Mrs. Johnson and for the girls, which really they were unaware of; I really don't know now whether Mrs. Johnson knows about this today or not. But as it should have been, the people who were handling letters handled, first, Kennedy
; Lynda and Luci; attitude of former Kennedy staff; trips with the Johnons; luncheons during vice presidency; Mrs. Johnson's wardrobe; The Elms; preparations for arrival of Kennedys at the Ranch before the assassination; relationship of Mrs. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Mrs. Shriver came down and Mrs. Robert Kennedy came down. I remember that was the first time that the Kennedy women were involved in this, and we set up a big affair at the Shamrock. I was the emcee and introduced them. We had a couple or three
in the 1960 campaign; dating Mary Margaret Wiley (Valenti) and their marriage; LBJ’s possible frustration as vice-president; events leading up to the assassination of President Kennedy.

Oral history transcript, Emanuel Celler, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

: No. That's when he was Vice President. No. My contacts with the higher ups were directly with President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy and their entourage. B: Another civil rights legislation was proposed in'63--the Celler-Clark bill. There was some

Oral history transcript, Wayne L. Hays, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

by the press at least as one of his supporters in the State of Ohio. I think it was intimated at least that you might have even changed from Kennedy to Johnson. Were there any details of that episode? H: Actually, I was a committed Kennedy delegate. I
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 12 (XII), 10/29/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for their own constituencies. There was such a difficult and complicated relationship between Lyndon Johnson and Robert Kennedy that it's hard to compare that with any other relationship he had on the Hill. Kennedy didn't want to give Johnson credit for anything

Oral history transcript, Byron G. Skelton, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

affairs at that particular tirn.e I was designated as the floor leader of the loyal Dern.ocrats - -the people who were supporting Lyndon Johnson and who were loyal to the party. By the way at that convention Robert W. Calvert, who is now Chief Justice

Oral history transcript, Benjamin Spock, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in was that in either the fall of 1965 or 1966 I wrote to Robert Kennedy, who was, in a gingerly way, questioning the war. I said, and I think it was a very well-taken point, that he was the only American who could lead us out of it, wrest the presidency away from
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

organization, particularly by the late Robert Kennedy and also his very competent and able brother Ted. Mc When do you think Jack Kennedy first began to consider running for the Presidency? M: He came to the House a good many years ago, and I

Oral history transcript, Willy Brandt, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and Robert Kennedy was along. B: Yes, how did you know? (Laughter) F: Well, I've been looking into it. I wondered if you felt any tension between the two men. B: No. Bobby Kennedy was in the car; Warren was in the car. 8 LBJ Presidential Library
Vice President Johnson's 1961 visit to Berlin; meeting LBJ in the 1950's in the United States; LBJ's affinity for Germany and German people; Brandt's visits to the U.S. in the mid-1960's; Vietnam police; LBJ's opinions of European relations; Robert

Oral history transcript, Mitchell Rogovin, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Edgar Hoover and Robert Kennedy was surfaced, the Department under Nick Katzenbach attempted to find a middle ground; one that would not embarrass, or unduly embarrass, Robert Kennedy, and one that was nonetheless candid and honest as to the prior

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, when he was Vice President; . : and Robert Kennedy, pretty open and obvious? ·S: I have absolutely no knowledge on that•. And I can absolutely give you nothing useful, but I will give you something that I said to a col~m ist once. That reflected my
; Phil Graham; relationship between Robert Kennedy and LBJ; leaving the LBJ staff in 1960; going to work for Mr. Graham at the Washington Post; interaction with LBJ in VP years; LBJ and the press; press involvement in government work; turning down LBJ’s

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 3 (III), 7/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the debate was on in earnest. M: The reason I asked, one of the events that took place sort of coincidentally here was the Robert Kennedy-Theodore Sorensen suggestion for a peace commission of some kind that they asked you to relay to the President. Can you

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
Allen, Robert S. (Robert Sharon), 1900-1981
Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Robert S. Allen

Oral history transcript, Robert Storey, interview 1 (I), 3/29/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT STOREY INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Dean Storey's office in Dallas, Texas Tape 1 of 1 F: When did you first get acquainted with Lyndon Johnson? $: I got acquainted with him before World War II. I had met him and I saw him
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the Nuremberg trial; Storey’s work on the Atlantic-Pacific Interoceanic Canal Route; Storey’s work on a President’s Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice; his acquaintance with the Kennedys and Herbert Hoover.
Storey, Robert G. (Robert Gerald), 1893-1981
Oral history transcript, Robert Storey, interview 1 (I), 3/29/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
Robert Storey

Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

strikes against him." I also remember--[and this was] certainly in 1959, I remember this because it was before John Kennedy announced--a group of us had dinner with him. And I must say, at that time-- F: With Johnson? K: No, with Kennedy. F: Oh
East; Bobby Kennedy; how the press handled record information; press secretaries; McGeorge Bundy; Bill Moyers; James Hagerty; LBJ’s presidential staffs.

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 37 (XXXVII), 11/14/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-- 2 C: President of the New York Central. To urge Johnson to support the merger. Saunders also went to Robert Kennedy, who was the attorney general, in July of 1964 as well, talking to him about the merger. At some point in 1964 Robert Kennedy

Oral history transcript, David E. Lilienthal, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of the idea. L: I suppose they do. B: Then did you have an opportunity in Los Angeles to see the Kennedy group in action at the convention? L: Yes. I particularly saw Robert Kennedy on the floor. This didn't make a very favorable impression on me
Ky; Robert Komer; Tex Goldschmidt; Nguyen Van Thieu; RMN; Khrushchev; Max Milliken; William Westmoreland; William Gaud; Henry Kissinger; Phil LaFollette; Mike Monroney; Abe Fortas; Harold Ickes.

Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to the hottest years of the Kennedy 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Bundy -- I -- 2 Administration. I'm not saying that he
government work; Bundy's DePauw University speech; LBJ's view of the Kennedys, specifically Bobby; Bundy's relationship to the Kennedys; the Washington D.C. cocktail circuit and its effect on public opinion; LBJ's accessibility; how the staff went about

Oral history transcript, George A. Smathers, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. G: Before he had his heart attack there was a lot of speculation that he might run for president in 1956. Did you have any insight into this? S: No. Was that the year that [Stuart] Symington ran? I think it was 1956. Yes, because in 1960 Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 20 (XX), 1/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

not have been willing to do it--but he was going to stick the Kennedys all the way out there and all the way out front. And that was calculated at every stage. G: Was Robert Kennedy less committed to advancing the nomination? C: Well, no. I think Robert

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Hardesty, interview 1 (I), 3/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT HARDESTY INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
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Hardesty, Robert L. (Robert Louis), 1931-
Oral history transcript, Robert L. Hardesty, interview 1 (I), 3/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Robert L. Hardesty

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT C. WOOD INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. Mc COMB More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
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Wood, Robert Coldwell, 1923-2005
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Wood, interview 1 (I), 10/19/1968, by David G. McComb
Robert C. Wood

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

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Feild -- III -- 26 and that Bobby Kennedy acquiesced in. And I don't think that the Kheel report did anything more than sanction de facto reality. G: Why did Robert Kennedy seem to lose interest in the committee? Why did he acquiesce
with Eisenhower's President's Committee on Government Employment Policy; discrimination in federal hiring nationwide; in-house vs. contract work discrimination; Potomac Institute report for the Department of Defense; Robert McNamara's work to hire more black

Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there. I had been a roommate in college of a man named Robert B. Troutman, Jr. Has his name come across? G: No. A: Oh, boy! He and LBJ had one hell of a battle over LBJ's responsibilities in equal opportunity enforcement in the Kennedy Administration
nominee for the 1960 election; Robert B. Troutman, Jr. and his disagreements with LBJ; how Abram met LBJ; LBJ and civil rights legislation; Daniel Patrick Moynihan’s report on the black family; White House Conference on Civil Rights and Moynihan’s

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