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Oral history transcript, Josefa Baines Saunders, interview 1 (I), 12/28/1964, by Juanita Roberts
Biographical information; Baines family; LBJ’s birth; George Johnson; The House and Furnishing; Ruth Amet Hoffman; Joseph Wilson Baines; Natural Breeze; Lyndon’s room; Mrs. Johnson reading to LBJ; move to Johnson City; Murphy Bed.
Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1968, by William S. White
Recollection and historical analysis of LBJ's House and Senate days; working relationship between LBJ, as Senate Democratic leader and Dirksen as Senate Republican leader; concept of support of Commander-in-Chief (when LBJ was President, in relation…
Oral history transcript, Warren G. Woodward, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1968, by Paul Bolton
Decision to go to work for LBJ in 1948; early days in Washington; LBJ’s decision to run for the Senate; episode of the kidney stone illness; trip to Mayo Clinic; 1948 campaign; advancing trips; use of helicopter for campaigning.
Oral history transcript, Ben Crider, interview 1 (I), 8/1/1968, by Paul Bolton
Boyhood days in Johnson City; family friendship with LBJ, who preferred older people as friends; LBJ and Crider brothers' visit to California where Ben Crider was employed; boyhood activities on ranches in Blanco City near Johnson City; mother's…
Oral history transcript, Sarah T. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; 1948 Senate campaign; 1960 campaign; federal judgeship appointment; VP nomination at the 1952 convention; swearing-in of LBJ; funeral of JFK; meetings with LBJ; appointment as member of U.S. National Commission of UNESCO
Oral history transcript, George D. Aiken, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
First meeting with LBJ; the "Johnson treatment;" Johnson's leadership of the Senate; Johnson's relationship with Secretary Dulles; LBJ and foreign policy; bombing of North Vietnam; Gulf of Tonkin; Dominican Republic; coolness between Fulbright and…
Oral history transcript, Lera Thomas, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information about Albert Thomas; Thomas’ race for Congress in 1936; appointment to House Appropriations Committee; Thomas’ contributions to Houston and Harris County; First acquaintance with LBJ; role of a politician’s wife; Lady…
Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by T.H. Baker
The importance of maintaining a high moral standard; proposed revision of the Administrative Procedure Act; Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) strategies to delay or expedite action to accomplish their intended goals; how to get a viewpoint heard and…
Oral history transcript, James M. Quigley, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; how Quigley became a Democrat in 1949; family political history; Quigley's congressional campaign in 1950 and election in 1954; Quigley's campaign losses in 1950 and 1956; Quigley's work for Senator Joe Clark and Quigley's…
Oral history transcript, Burke Marshall, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by T.H. Baker
First meeting LBJ; government service recruiting; John Doar; May 1961 Freedom Rides; Justice Department attorneys; 1964 Civil Rights Bill drafting; LBJ as VP; friction between JFK and LBJ’s staffs; President’s Commission on Equal Employment;…
Oral history transcript, A. Phillip Randolph, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by T.H. Baker
1963 Civil Rights March on Washington; 1941 March on Washington; 1941 meeting with FDR regarding E.O. 8802; 1960 and 1964 campaigns; meeting with Civil Rights leaders after assassination; meetings with LBJ; black labor movement; meeting with LBJ on…
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by T.H. Baker
Early contacts with LBJ; 1961 appointment as Assistant Attorney General
Oral history transcript, Adrian S. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
First meeting with LBJ in March, 1946; Ganson Purcell; James Rowe; Sam Rayburn; W. Averell Harriman; Truman’s anti-inflation program; General Counsel for AEC; Herbert Marks; Kenneth D. McKellar; Dr. Edward U. Condon; General McArthur; Richard…
Oral history transcript, Robert M. Ball, interview 1 (I), 11/5/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; beginning years of the Social Security Administration; Democratic and Republican approaches to the program; social security and the cost of living; amendments through the years; 1956 disability amendment and the opposition…
Oral history transcript, Adrian S. Fisher, interview 2 (II), 11/7/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
1964 Presidential message to 18 nation Disarmament Commission; Pastore resolution; William Foster; MFL; Walt Rostow; Aleksei A. Roshchin; George Bunn; Sam DePalma; Tsoraphin; Ambassador Swidbert Schnippenkoetter; Ambassador Knappstein; Mr. Gromyko;…
Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1968, by T.H. Baker
Career; White House personnel; press operation; transition difficulties; Vietnam negotiations; LBJ’s contemplation of not running for reelection in 1968.
Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 2 (II), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker
How the Attorney General, Office of Legal Counsel (OLC), and numerous other attorneys on the president's staff coordinate their services; the history of the Department of Justice; the role of the attorney general; the OLC staff's duty to learn the…
Oral history transcript, Joseph Bruno, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; how Bruno went to work for LBJ in 1960; Bruno's duties as a research assistant in LBJ's office; Bruno's work preparing LBJ's papers to be donated to a library in Texas; Walter Jenkins' and George Reedy's duties in LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
How Levinson went to work for the LBJ administration; Joe Califano; the drafting of legislation by LBJ staff; LBJ's involvement in domestic programs; domestic staff members; making plans for the future in government; Matthew Nimetz; how staff members…
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
LBJ’s decision not to run for re-election in 1968; Martin Luther King’s death and LBJ’s view of King; LBJ on civil rights; open housing bill; trip to Chicago 4/1/68; the idea of moving the Democratic National Convention from Chicago;…
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
First meeting Lady Bird; worked for Esther Van Wagoner Tufty; her wedding; presentation of calf from LBJ and Rayburn to President Eisenhower; ready access; LBJ’s willingness to share credit with local Congressmen whenever a story broke; two real…
Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
Biographical information; Themis; meetings with LBJ; directorship; weapons system research development; Sentinel; Poseidon; Minuteman; MIRV; laser; potential nuclear threats; Test Ban Treaty
Oral history transcript, Donald F. Hornig, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; set up lab in Woods Hole then Los Alamos, 1944; Oppenheimer in charge; first test a surprising shockwave; believed bomb would end war and save American lives; Fulbright Grant and Guggenheim grant to Oxford, 1954; to…
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Lehan, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Lehan's work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); Sputnik; leaving Ramel-Wooldridge to start Space Electronics Corporation; consulting for government agencies and committees; how Lehan came to work for the newly formed…
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; implication of Joe McCarthy era prompted him into law and public services; Democratic Policy Committee; General Counsel; calendar calls; LBJ’s degrees of interest in legislation; 1946 Legislative Reorganization Act; 1957…
Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1968, by David G. McComb
[For interview 1, 2, and 3] Biographical information; social security; Eleanor Roosevelt; 1939 amendment to Social Security Act; Congressional committee and chairmen; unemployment insurance; disability benefits; Kennedy administration; Medicare; LBJ…
Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 2 (II), 12/12/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
ABM System; space; Functional Orbit Bombardment; Vietnam; F-III program; AMSA; Admiral Rickover
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ia), 12/12/1968, by T.H. Baker
Working with the Johnsons
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker
Fulbright and Rooney’s interest in position of Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs; Meeting at Airlie House meeting; White House position as Special Counsel; speech writing; Georgetown circle; JFK’s staff/women; RFK;…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ib), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker
Working with the Johnsons
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ic), 12/20/1968, by T.H. Baker
Working with the Johnsons
Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 3 (III), 1/7/1969, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny
Nuclear/non-nuclear submarine and fleet vessels; developments in intelligence gathering; military-industrial complex; Office of Science and Technology; chemical warfare; Robert McNamara; Clark Clifford; Congress
Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; liberal clique; Rule 22; LBJ’s knowledge of the world; opinion regarding John Leacacos: Fires in the In-Basket, 1968; operational differences between Bundy and Rostow; White House National Security…
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 3 (III), 1/16/1969, by T.H. Baker
Bill Moyers’ departure from the staff; letter from Bill Moyers; source of press leaks; memorandum to the President; LBJ’s reaction; impatience with the situation; conduit between LBJ and outstanding critics in the Congress; visit to Vietnam;…
Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 3 (III), 1/21/1969, by T.H. Baker
The development of task forces such as the veterans task force composed of representatives from several government agencies; Wozencraft's proposal of a "one-stop shopping center" to inform veterans of programs, opportunities, and benefits available…
Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 4 (IV), 1/22/1969, by T.H. Baker
interagency committees; Wozencraft's involvement in the President's Commission of the Observance of Human Rights Year 1968 and related conferences; the difference between government- and non-government-employed commission members; the Panel on…
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ's knowledge of, and experience with, foreign affairs; LBJ's decision-making process; LBJ's vice presidential trip to Berlin; Walt Rostow and Bundy supporting LBJ as vice president; how Bundy was able to meet influential people through LBJ; LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Lehan, interview 2 (II), 1/31/1969, by David G. McComb
Communication issues between scientists, engineers, politicians, and social activists; Lehan's role as liaison between the scientific and political communities; citizens' advisory committee on transportation quality; dual mode transportation systems;…
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…