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Oral history transcript, Elmer Graham, interview 1 (I), 4/1965, by Eric F. Goldman
First meeting with LBJ; debating the subject of sending Marines to South America; LBJ as a debater; Professor Greene; University of Texas Library; LBJ as a politician; Black Star/White Star episode; School Master Club
Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
First acquaintance with the Johnsons; Clean Elections Bill; Philip Graham’s background; Joe Rauh; Graham’s support of LBJ in 1960 election; selection of home for Johnson family; 1958 dinner at Alsop’s with JFK; Washington Post editorial…
Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener
Biographical information; teaching career; candidacy for Congress; support of JFK; Wayne Morse; impression of LBJ as a Senator; education legislation; federal aid to education; opinion of Sam Rayburn; parochial school question; Adam Clayton Powell…
Oral history transcript, H.M. Greene, interview 1 (I), 1/21/1965, by Douglass Cater
First meeting LBJ; Johnson family in San Marcos; physical impressions of LBJ; LBJ in college; instinct for leadership; class in government; Henry Kyle; LBJ’s philosophy of government; organizational ability; origin’s of LBJ’s philosophy; trip…
Oral history transcript, Stanley L. Greigg, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Greigg's congressional campaign in 1964; the Feed-Grains program; Democratic Party support for Greigg's campaigns in 1964 and 1966; how Greigg gained a seat on the House Agriculture Committee; a vote involving whether to…
Oral history transcript, Robert P. Griffin, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ as Senate Majority Leader in 1959 when the Landrum-Griffin Act passed; JFK as floor manager; May 1966 Pat McNamara died and Griffin succeeded him in the Senate; Michigan delegation opposing LBJ as VP because he wasn’t strong on labor or civil…
Oral history transcript, Llewellyn B. Griffith, Sr., interview 1 (I), 8/15/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
As Engineer met LBJ, the NYA director; WPA started by Roosevelt, NYA started by Mrs. Roosevelt; NYA tagged onto WPA for financing through Congress; WPA located in San Antonio, NYA in Austin; LBJ as state of Texas administrator of the NYA; Griffith's…
Oral history transcript, Josh H. Groce, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Beauford Jester asking Groce to be involved in his campaign for governor in 1946; Groce's involvement in 1946 and 1948 Texas state Democratic conventions; Bob Calvert's actions as 1948 chairman of the state executive committee which led to LBJ…
Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Appointment and service as Postmaster General by JFK, re-appointment by LBJ, Adlai Stevenson’s statement at first Cabinet meeting. Differences in JFK and LBJ attitudes towards Cabinet (preferred LBJ’s). Johnson’s influence on Post Office…
Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 2 (II), 2/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Walter Jenkins , William Bundy, Robert McNamara, Katzenbach, Walt Rostow, Gene Rostow. Washington meetings about bombing Hanoi in December 1966, cessation of bombing in Hanoi, Poland backing out of discussions, Gronouski’s interpretation of Polish…
Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 3 (III), 2/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Talks with the Chinese about “no first use” agreement, Test Ban Treaty, offer to exchange medicine, scholars, etc.; attempts to break down formality with the Chinese, Senator Albert Gore divulging information to the press, LBJ’s building…
Oral history transcript, Melville Bell Grosvenor, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Contact with LBJ; dedication of Richard Byrd Memorial Statue; award for the Hubbard Medal; Senator Byrd's garden party; Jane N. Smith Medal; building dedication; White House Historical Association; presidents book; The Living White House; LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Ernest Gruening, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
Met LBJ as a delegate when LBJ was Senate Majority Leader; October 1963 attack on JFK for sending helicopter pilots as advisers in Vietnam; deception practiced through; Gruening the first Senator to publicly oppose the War in Vietnam; Tonkin…
Oral history transcript, James W. Gulick, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; Maritime Administration; Commerce and Transportation Departments; unions; President’s veto of independent maritime agency; Merchant Marines; standard containers; Nick Johnson; Robert McNamara and his program; shipbuilding…
Oral history transcript, Warren L. (Bill) Gulley, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Stephen Goodell
Biographical information; administrative assistant to Jim Cross; duties at the White House; Bob Taylor; Clint Hill; Art Godfrey; overseas flights; Presidential trips to Vietnam; communication equipment on Air Force One; impact of jet age on office of…
Oral history transcript, Eugene H. Guthrie, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
1964 cigarette warning label legislation; Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee; publication of report; Office of Smoking and Health; National Interagency Council of Smoking and Health; publicity; tobacco industry opposition; AMA and Medicare; LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Haar, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Working for three Kennedy brothers; housing finance management his expertise; Dick Goodwin set up eleven task forces for LBJ; contacted Haar; task to get ideas to beautify cities and states, to clean rivers, zoning, save the environment; LBJ would…
Oral history transcript, David L. Hackett, interview 1 (I), 4/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Insights gained from Hackett's work with the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Crime; giving grants to nineteen cities that wanted to develop a plan for addressing delinquency; pressure to speed up the planning process and start…
Oral history transcript, Loyd Hackler, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; Korea; impressions of LBJ; press relations; staff operations; LBJ and RFK; McCarthy campaign; 3/31 speech
Oral history transcript, Loyd Hackler, interview 2 (II), 6/2/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Folklore of LBJ; statistics and the press; George Christian; 1968 campaign; Moyers
Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Staff officer of Eisenhower; treated as family by Ike; met LBJ in 1953; became LBJ’s close friend, politically and socially; Tidelands Bill; foreign aid; Ike got 83% of legislation through Congress; good political leader; knew intimately government…
Oral history transcript, James J. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 7/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger
Hagerty’s military and intelligence background; 6/17/53 uprisings in East Germany; Joseph Stalin’s death and replacement by Nikita Khrushchev; the Russian Foreign Area Specialist Training program; estimating Russian intentions and capabilities…
Oral history transcript, Najeeb E. Halaby, interview 1 (I), 4/24/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Federal Aviation Act; FAA; contact with LBJ; SST program; formation of Department of Transportation; Halaby’s departure from FAA; Henry Gonzales; impressions of LBJ.
Oral history transcript, David Halberstam, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1982, by Ted Gittinger
Early contact with LBJ during 1960 campaign; going to Vietnam for the first time; learning about Vietnam and gaining the confidence of the people there; deciphering the motivation of the officers that spoke to him; Homer Bigart; John Vann; John…
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, 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, 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;…