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Oral history transcript, Gordon Fulcher, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Paul Bolton
LBJ as NYA state director; the Great Depression; the 1937, 1941 and 1944 campaigns of LBJ; rural electrification and LCRA; characterization of LBJ; Mayor Tom Miller of Austin; John Connally; Lady Bird
Oral history transcript, Betty Furness Midgley, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1968, by David G. McComb
Selection and qualifications for the job; efforts on behalf of Head Start and VISTA; political activities; influence of Consumer Office; consumer legislation; relationship with businessmen; activities of Consumer Protection Office
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; Joe Califano; Nicholas Katzenbach; John Douglas; formation of yearly legislative program; task forces establishment; outside task force organization; regional diversity within task forces; finding qualified people to serve;…
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 2 (II), 1/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
White House Aides: Bohen / Nimitz, Zwick / Deusenberry / Schultz; Educational Opportunity Act of 1968; Child Development Task Force; Urban development bank; LBJ's strongest interests; 1968 Housing Act; 1967 Air Pollution Control Act; 1967 Partnership…
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 3 (III), 1/17/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
History of task forces; Commissioners Howe and Keppel; Califano's role; Nixon idea of an urban council; experiences working with LBJ
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Clark Clifford; Leo Beebe; briefing to cabinet; Secretary Wirtz and McNamara; cabinet meetings; Congressional legislative process; Henry Ford; Paul Austin; 3/31 announcement; effects of diminished Presidential power; Stewart Udall; working…
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 5 (V), 5/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ; War on Poverty; Title I; Community Action; OEO; Model Cities; Head Start; food assistance; administration of programs; VISTA
Oral history transcript, Eilene M. Galloway, interview 1 (I), 5/18/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; LBJ; Sputnik; committee work; NASA; space legislation; U.N. and space; conferences; visiting the Ranch; space law; reports; foreign travel
Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ adjusting to presidency; staffing changes after the assassination of JFK; access to LBJ; Henry Kissinger compared to LBJ; LBJ’s meeting with Haile Selassie; Eugene McAuliffe; Gammon’s work as a military attaché under the NSC; Averell…
Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s November 1963 trip to Luxembourg and other Benelux nations; William R. Rivkin; LBJ’s loyalty to JFK; LBJ’s complex personality; LBJ’s daily schedule while on trips; LBJ’s preference for hotels; Crockett and Dwight Porter; John Rooney;…
Oral history transcript, Daniel Garcia, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Garcia’s family history; interaction with LBJ at the Welhausen school in Cotulla; LBJ’s return to Cotulla during the presidency; individuals who worked in the Cotulla school; LBJ speaking Spanish; racial relations in Cotulla; LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, Hector Garcia, interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; American G.I. Forum; discrimination; reinterment of Felix Longoria; meetings with LBJ; campaigning for Stevenson with LBJ; LBJ’s decision not to run; 1960 campaign; Mexican-American organizations; ambassador to U.N.;…
Oral history transcript, John W. Gardner, interview 1 (I), 12/20/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; met LBJ in early 1960s; appointed White House Fellows Program in 1964; Task Force on Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1965; Secretary of HEW 1965; health, education and civil rights as LBJ’s dramatic accomplishments;…
Oral history transcript, Reynaldo G. Garza, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; met LBJ while student at UT Law School; helped LBJ in first and second runs for Congress; introduced him to Mexican-Americans in East Austin; election to Brownsville school board in April 1941; LBJ through NTA; helped in…
Oral history transcript, William S. Gaud, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; Presidential impact on AID; comparison of JFK and LBJ; Presidential approval of specific loans; BOB and Treasury Department involvement in policy decision; White House and State Department involvement; B/P loans; AID…
Oral history transcript, Michael A. Geissinger, interview 1 (I), 12/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Geissinger’s description of a White House photographer’s duties, etiquette, and judgments on how and when to photograph the President, LBJ’s response to various situations, personal anecdotes from his vantage point of working for the…
Oral history transcript, Leslie H. Gelb, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1984, by Ted Gittinger
Circumstances of going to work on what later became known as the Pentagon Papers; the study to answer questions about the Vietnam War; granting of authority to requisition files within the Pentagon; CIA provides materials; White House material; staff…