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Oral history transcript, Charles A. Halleck, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by T.H. Baker
First impressions of LBJ; legislative accomplishments as President; opinions on the Vietnam War; similarity between LBJ as a Senate leader and Halleck as a House leader; friendship with LBJ; LBJ and Eisenhower; LBJ and the vice presidency; LBJ as…
Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Dean Colwell; Al Smith; first political speech; 1932 and 1936 support of FDR; Jim Simpson
Oral history transcript, Dr. Samuel Halperin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Higher Education Act of 1965; HEW; Labor & HEW conflict; reorganization; HEW governing by Gardner and Cohen; relationship with White House Staff; Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965; Presidential staff relations;…
Oral history transcript, Ann Oppenheimer Hamilton, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; War on Poverty Task Force; membership; Christopher Weeks; Adam Yarmolinsky; Sargent Shriver; structure and activities of task force Community Action; Job Corps; legislative submission
Oral history transcript, John A. Hannah, interview 1 (I), undated, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; Civil Rights Commission; contact with LBJ while in Senate; Title VI of 1964 Civil Rights law; Equal Employment Opportunity Program; Lady Bird.
Oral history transcript, Mack H. Hannah, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/26/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; 1948 Senate campaign; organizing political support; the “one hundred executives” meeting at the White House; impressions of LBJ; civil rights; Barbara Jordan; football recruiting for the University of Texas.
Oral history transcript, Estelle Harbin, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Roy Miller; Richard Kleberg; Little Congress; congressional duties; Bonus March; Al Smith; LBJ as Kleberg’s secretary; LBJ as president.
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; birth; education; legislative service and experience; military service; writing and editorship; political activities (Adlai Stevenson campaign); Sam Rayburn; Hale Boggs; biography of Sam Rayburn; teaching; relationship with…
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1969, by T.H. Baker
Sam Rayburn; LBJ and Rayburn; "Board of Education;" U.S. Congress; Landrum-Griffin Labor Reform Bill; 1960 election
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 3 (III), 4/22/1969, by T.H. Baker
JFK presidency; House Rules Committee 1961; Bobby Baker scandal; JFK legislative program; LBJ and John Connally; patronage appointments; Hale Boggs; agriculture bill; “Five O’clock Club;” Walter Jenkins; Bill Moyers; Democratic National…
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
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, Robert L. Hardesty, interview 1 (I), 3/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; John Gronouski 1964, Post Master General, called Hardesty to be speech writer; Jack Valenti chief editor; first session, 89th Congress; LBJ and production of bill signing: two or three a day; Indian affairs speech; Bob…
Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Stephen Goodell
First acquaintance with LBJ; appointment as Deputy Director to Shriver; reasons Boutin left; management survey; meeting with President; Community Action; criticism of 1967 bill; Shriver’s perception of role of OEO; opposition to Dominick amendment;…
Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 2 (II), 11/25/1968, by Stephen Goodell
Relationship with Shriver; Shriver leaving OEO; charge that OEO indulged in illegal lobbying practices; Shriver-Adam Clayton Powell relationship; opposition to the program; MLK; Poor People’s Campaign; program for auditing grantees; influence of…
Oral history transcript, Paul D. Harkins, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1981, by Ted Gittinger
Biographical information; impressions of Vietnam; reform programs; infiltration; intelligence; Ap Bac; Diem Laos; country team in Saigon; Buddhists; Diem
Oral history transcript, John Harllee, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; selection of JFK for PT boat duty; influence of LBJ; FMC Chairman; contact with LBJ; John S. Patterson; LBJ’s awareness of the work of the FMC; Thor Tollefson; problems of American Merchant Marine; political power of…
Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
[For interviews 1 and 2] LBJ’s role as member of House Armed Services Committee; LBJ’s role as Democratic leader in the Senate; LBJ’s qualities of leadership; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; White House-Congressional relations.
Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 2 (II), 5/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
[For interviews 1 and 2] LBJ’s role as member of House Armed Services Committee; LBJ’s role as Democratic leader in the Senate; LBJ’s qualities of leadership; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; White House-Congressional relations.
Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; Advisory Council to the National Committee; LBJ and foreign affairs; role in peace negotiations; Poland/Yugoslavia visit; India and Pakistan; Soviet Union prevented bombing halt in Vietnam; trip with HHH; Manila Conference;…
Oral history transcript, Oren Harris, interview 1 (I), 9/3/1973, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; first association with LBJ in Congress; LBJ’s chief motivation and goals; 1943 and 1948 elections; Sam Rayburn; Charlie Murphy; oil/gas industry; Bob Kerr; Natural Gas Act of 1938; Senator Francis Case; Area Basin…
Oral history transcript, Patricia Roberts Harris, interview 1 (I), 5/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Biographical information; JFK’s civil rights legislation appointments under LBJ; first meetings with LBJ; candidates for 1960; LBJ’s politics; civil rights: past and present; appointment to Puerto Rico Commission; Dominican Republic issue;…
Oral history transcript, Houston Harte, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by Paul Bolton
Career in publishing/TV; first meeting with LBJ as secretary to Kleberg; congressional campaign of 1937; Corpus Christi Naval Base; ship canal from Arkansas Pass to Corpus Christi; Goodfellow AFB; 1957 civil rights bill; 1941, 1948 Senate campaigns;…
Oral history transcript, George Hartzog, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/20/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; National Park System; Robert C. Horn; National Capital Planning Commission; Preservation Commission; Grand Teton National Park; recreation; 1968 Land & Water Conservation Fund Act; Yellowstone National Park; tradition of…
Oral history transcript, Albert C. Harzke, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; housing; meeting LBJ; general impressions; school and social activities; campus politics; Alpha and Omega; Professor Greene
Oral history transcript, Mary Michelson Fish Johnson Haselton, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; how Haselton joined LBJ's staff in 1953; Christmas shopping with LBJ; Haselton's duties as part of LBJ's Washington D.C. staff and what it was like to work for LBJ; LBJ's persuasive and intuitive nature; LBJ's relationships…
Oral history transcript, Ewing Hass, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Meeting LBJ for the first time; LBJ's relationship with Senator Thomas Kuchel; LBJ's work with Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen; Kuchel's work on the 1964 Civil Rights Act; LBJ's relationship with Congress; LBJ's political support of Kuchel;…
Oral history transcript, Jessie (Mrs.) Hatcher, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1968, by Paul Bolton
Johnson family; LBJ's childhood
Oral history transcript, Carl Hayden, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; candidacy for Congress; Senate Committee assignment; first contact with LBJ; longest record of service in the Senate; Reclamation Act of 1902; Colorado River Commission; Boulder Canyon Project; Udall family; Central Arizona…
Oral history transcript, Frederick O'Reilly Hayes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
How Hayes became involved with the War on Poverty task force; early ideas on how to combat poverty; tension between task force director Sargent Shriver and people who worked on poverty issues before the task force was formed; staffing the Community…
Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; LBJ’s philosophy on leaks; Sam Rayburn; John Rankin insulting to all; Eisenhower appointed Hays to TVA in 1959; Fair Employment Practices Commission; Fulbright; Faubus and Arkansas Central High School fiasco; "Southern…
Oral history transcript, Wayne L. Hays, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; NATO Parliamentarians Committee; LBJ’s praise of Hays; collaboration of Rayburn and LBJ in shaping legislation in the House; committed JFK delegate in 1960; LBJ as VP; friendship with President a…
Oral history transcript, Calvin Hazlewood, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; NYA; day-to-day operations, projects; political support
Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; met LBJ in 1937 through Baines family tree research with LBJ’s mother; LBJ’s six years as Democratic Majority leader in Senate; JFK nomination; LBJ as VP; Heath as Ambassador to Sweden; as Chairman of UT Board of…
Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 2 (II), 5/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Building of LBJ Library; Heath named Swedish Ambassador in March, confirmed April 1967; Russell Tribunal; three groups in Sweden: hard-core ant-Americans, Communists, pro-Americans; race and Vietnam both issues in Sweden; experiences of Tanzanian…
Oral history transcript, F. Edward Hebert, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; Huey Long and scandals, suicides, indictments, 1939; 30 years of service in the U.S. Congress; Armed Services Committee; 1945 trip with Naval Affairs Committee and LBJ; represented 8th Naval District; lost belief in LBJ over…