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Oral history transcript, Roger Blough, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Steel industry price cutback; Equal Opportunity Employment Commission; Johnson
Oral history transcript, Paul G. Hoffman, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
First awareness of LBJ; administrator of Marshall Plan; UN Development Program; Joe McCarthy attack; free trade; representative to UN assembly; Bunche mission; civil liberties; campaign expenditures; foreign aid; International Peace Corps; advisory…
Oral history transcript, Kittie Clyde Leonard, interview 1 (I), 7/27/1971, by David G. McComb
Life in Johnson City in the early 1900’s; electricity coming to the area; school and education in Johnson City; chores for children; high school graduation; mother’s and father’s influence on young LBJ; LBJ’s interest in Johnson city…
Oral history transcript, Sarah (Mrs. T. J. .) Taylor, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1971, by David G. McComb
Getting the T.J. Taylor’s straight; How she met Mrs. Johnson; How she met Mr. Johnson; How Mrs. Johnson received her nickname; Life at the Brick House; Relationship with the Johnsons.
Oral history transcript, Tommie W. Glick and Sarah Taylor, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; met LBJ in 1945 at dinner with Lady Bird; in 1955 saw him at Tommy's funeral; saw Lady Bird at family affairs as an old friend
Oral history transcript, James C. Thomson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; briefing LBJ while VP; Indochina; Vietnam; Diem; Roger Hilsman; William Bundy; Mac Bundy; John McNaughton; Interagency Planning Staff; Tonkin Gulf Resolution; peace negotiations; press leaks; bombing; "Why…
Oral history transcript, Hugh Sidey, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Sidey’s contact with LBJ during the Senate period; his work with Time magazine covering LBJ; 1957 Civil Rights Bill; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s relationship with other politicians; press coverage of LBJ in the Senate years; difference between Senate and…
Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb
Home congressional office facilities; family background; father's county school superintendent campaign; 1928 Democratic convention in Houston; college education data; 1936 race for state representative; introduction to LBJ in 1936; 1938 campaign for…
Oral history transcript, William Healy Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/21/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Informing Vice-President LBJ of international affairs; announcing that the U.S. would be out of Vietnam by 1965; Sullivan’s appointment and work as chairman of Interagency Task Force on Vietnam; contingency planning to get North Vietnamese to…
Oral history transcript, James Farmer, interview 2 (II), 7/20/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ asking for a moratorium on demonstrations; John Lewis and Farmer against moratorium; antagonism toward Farmer; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; Selma March; Community Relations Division of Justice Department; CORE’s resolution regarding…
Oral history transcript, William S. Livingston, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1971, by David G. McComb
The creation of a new committee related to the LBJ School of Public Affairs; how the committee members were appointed; the committee duties of administration, budgeting, architectural planning and searching for a dean; Norman Hackerman; considering…
Oral history transcript, William S. Livingston, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Livingston's career at the University of Texas; early plans for LBJ to donate his papers to a library on the UT campus and open an institute of public service; the need for more schools to train students for public service;…
Oral history transcript, Elma (Mrs. Sam) Fore, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; political contacts with Kleberg and then LBJ; LBJ as teacher of Carroll Keach, L.E. Jones and Gene Latimer and taking them to Washington; Sam Rayburn; Mr. Fore
Oral history transcript, Pat Adelman, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1971, by David G. McComb
Adelman's educational background and former jobs; how Adelman got into the radio business; managing Kruger jewelry store; how Adelman became manager at KTBC radio; how Adelman met LBJ; LBJ's difficulty with public speaking; how Adelman brought KTBC…
Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 2 (II), 7/9/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Ball Vietnam memoranda to LBJ; Aceson-Ball plan; senior advisory group (the Wise Men); Clark Clifford as a "dove;" U.S. European policy; Multilateral Force (MLF); Adenauer; DeGaulle; NATO; balance of payments; Dominican Republic; Ball's resignation;…
Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ as Vice-President; Cuban Missile Crisis; August 1964 telegram regarding Diem fall; Roger Hilsman; JFK assassination; DeGaulle and LBJ; LBJ's early presidency; LBJ and Vietnam; Ball's Vietnam memoranda to LBJ; Tonkin Gulf incident and resolution;…
Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 5 (V), 7/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Heads of State visits; press corps shift to San Antonio; LBJ’s interest in Texas politics; LBJ State Park; Connally-Yarborough feud; McNamara resignation; Clark Clifford; division with Willard Wirtz; cabinet officers and White House staff members…
Oral history transcript, Curtis LeMay, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Bay of Pigs: reasons for failure; criticism of JFK’s Administration; military-industrial complex discussed in reference to General Dynamics controversy; disapproval and disagreement with Robert McNamara’s policies; opinions on LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Ben Barnes, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by David G. McComb
Recollections of meeting LBJ in 1958 as a UT students and later in 1960 during Kennedy-Johnson campaign; contacts with LBJ when Speaker of House; LBJ's continued help and influence on Barnes' career; Johnson-Connally political base; support of LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Barry Goldwater, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Goldwater's senate experience with LBJ; lawyers in Congress; the Taft-Hartley Act and labor unions' influence on Congress; Joe McCarthy and censure; LBJ as Senate Majority Leader; LBJ not wanting to be vice president; LBJ's first heart attack; LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Andrew J. Goodpaster, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Meeting with LBJ; General Parsons; Bryce Harlow; comparison of Presidents; Arthur Larson; Sputnik, briefing during Eisenhower's illness; U-2 and Geneva Summit; missile gap; Dulles; Nixon's TR to South America; LBJ's TR to Berlin Wall as VP; JFK…
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, Adrian A. Spears, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1971, by David G. McComb
Spears’ youth; Spears’ entry into politics; getting to know LBJ; Spears role in the 1948 and 1954 elections; LBJ becoming favorite son in 1956; Spears’ relationship with Allan Shivers; Shivers becoming a Republican; 1960 Los Angeles convention;…
Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; 1960 campaign; 1960 Democratic National Convention; Luther Hodges; North Carolina politics; VP nomination; environmental health center; Henry Hall Wilson; smoking
Oral history transcript, William Hunter McLean, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1971, by David G. McComb
1941, 1948, 1954, 1960 and 1964 campaigns; Tarrant County politics; 1956 Texas Democratic fight; relationship of LBJ to local political groups
Oral history transcript, Eugene McDermott and Margaret Milam McDermott, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1971, by David G. McComb
The McDermotts restored old courthouse at Fredericksburg and the Johnsons showed interest; Lady Bird spoke at dedication ceremonies
Oral history transcript, Robert W. Calvert, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; 1941 and 1948 campaigns; 1948 state convention; State Executive Committee and certification of LBJ as a candidate in 1948
Oral history transcript, Harry Provence, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by David G. McComb
Johnson’s 1948 campaign; friendship with Connallys and Johnsons; invitations to the Ranch; LBJ getting recharged at the Ranch; Buck Hood; LBJ’s moods and loneliness during the vice-presidency; Provences’ book about LBJ up to the vice-presidency…
Oral history transcript, Carroll Kilpatrick, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Nixon’s assessment of LBJ in the late 1950’s; JFK’s selection of LBJ as a running mate; LBJ’s failure to understand or relate to the press; attempts to manipulate the press; press’ attitude toward LBJ; Vice-Presidential trip to India and…
Oral history transcript, Crawford Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; meeting LBJ through National Youth Administration; LBJ’s 1938 campaign for Senate and decision not to contest the loss; details of 1948 Texas Democratic Convention Executive Committee’s certification of LBJ over…
Oral history transcript, Raul Castro, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; how Castro became the U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador; Castro's interaction with Fidel and Raul Castro of Cuba and confusion regarding Castro's name; Castro's opinion of, and involvement in, the relationship between El…
Oral history transcript, Truman Fawcett and Wilma Green Fawcett, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; impressions of LBJ growing up; standards of living in Johnson City; activities for youth in Johnson City; LBJ’s skill at debating; LBJ’s interest in politics at an early age; LBJ’s secretaries operating out of the…
Oral history transcript, Father Wunibald W. Schneider, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; a meeting with Pope Pius XII; the Adenauer visit to the Ranch; LBJ asks to be remembered in prayers; attending the Adenauer funeral; Willi Brandt characterized; LBJ as a host; a visit at the White House; Catholics on the LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Jerry Holleman, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1948; Assistant to Executive Secretary of the AFL, Austin in 1950; 17 months in Korea; AFL and CIO merger in 1957; strained relations with LBJ; appointment by George Meany as Assistant Secretary of Labor then…
Oral history transcript, Ralph Moreland, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1971, by David G. McComb
Background; history of restaurant ownership; 2 ‘J’s; Holiday House on Barton Springs Road; first meeting LBJ; LBJ’s way of shaking hands and meeting people; other meetings with LBJ; borrowed $50,000 from one of LBJ’s trusts for Holiday House…
Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Political background; LBJ's support of poverty program in Detroit; use of phrase "The Great Society" and how it began; role of Public Officials Advisory Committee; Detroit Freedom March with MLK in 1963; creation of HUD; Model City program; U.S.…
Oral history transcript, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
His political background; campaigning with LBJ in IL in 1964; Martin Luther King’s assassination and subsequent activities in Chicago; Shapiro’s involvement with the 1968 Chicago convention; the National Guard at the 1968 Chicago convention;…
Oral history transcript, Newton Minow, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1955 on a visit to the Ranch; 1956 Democratic Convention; Stevenson/Kennedy campaign; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 convention and Stevenson’s hope for nomination; JFK’s consultation with Stevenson…
Oral history transcript, Jonathan Daniels, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
First acquaintance with LBJ in 1942; LBJ's request of Daniels to write speeches for John McCormack; LBJ's relations with President Roosevelt; assessment of LBJ as a young Congressman; concern about administration of Rural Electrification…