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Oral history transcript, Everett Hutchinson, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; assisted LBJ in Congressional and Senate campaigns; private practice; military service; assistant attorney general of Texas; election code; Commissioner for ICC and Chairman; Senators Yarborough and Tower; LBJ’s interest…
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 2 (II), 10/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Planning the JFK/LBJ 1963 trip to Texas; JFK and LBJ visiting Houston; Valenti’s role in the Texas trip; Connally/Yarborough feud; JFK and LBJ visiting Ft. Worth; events surrounding the assassination of JFK; LBJ becoming President and the plane…
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 3 (III), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ and RFK; LBJ’s activities the night of November 22, 1963; LBJ’s first days as President; JFK’s staff; the transition; Jacqueline Kennedy; LBJ in retirement
Oral history transcript, Tom C. Clark, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Court Packing Bill; first meeting with LBJ, 1937-1938; appointed by FDR to the Department of Justice, Criminal Division; supported Rayburn for VP in 1944; court backlog; FDR's support of LBJ; transfer to Antitrust Division;…
Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
How Connally became aware of LBJ in the 1930's; LBJ's 1938 campaign; 1938 Ernest Thompson gubernatorial campaign; Eddie Joseph; how Connally became LBJ's congressional secretary; Connally's work/duties in Washington D.C.; letter-writing for LBJ;…
Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 2 (II), 9/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
JFK and Vietnam; events leading up to Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; Congress and Vietnam; personal observations on Vietnam; bombing and bombing halts; various peace missions and conferences; letter to Ho Chi Minh; the “Wise Men;” plans for peace…
Oral history transcript, Bromley Smith, interview 2 (II), 9/25/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
White House-State Department relationship on foreign policy; Vietnam; bombing; bureaucratic machinery; opposition to the war; leaks.
Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Symington’s limited contact with LBJ after 1960; relationship between LBJ and RFK; 1964 campaign; the Poverty Program; Dave Hackett; how Symington became the Executive Director of the President’s Committee on Juvenile Delinquency and his work to…
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 2 (II), 9/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ’s staffs; George Reedy; LBJ’s power of persuasion; LBJ and the Senate; LBJ and civil rights; the 1960 presidential nomination; decision to accept the VP nomination; 1960 campaign and Rowe’s role in it; falling out between LBJ and Rowe;…
Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Background information about self, How she came to work for Johnson and the first week on the job.
Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 1 (I), 9/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; involvement with Roosevelt's administration; newspapers' importance to the government; summary of politics in New York State when Roosevelt was governor; genesis of the New Deal; Harvard graduates in FDR's administration;…
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
John McCormack's refusal to stand in for LBJ as a favorite son at the 1968 Massachusetts Democratic National Convention; LBJ's campaign weakness; LBJ's efforts to win the Kennedy family's favor; the lack of loyalty of JFK's staff members to LBJ; 1964…
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; early recollections of LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with FDR; LBJ’s interests; LBJ’s 1941 campaign; LBJ’s relationship with Sam Rayburn; Maury Maverick; 1948 race; Walter Winchell episode; counsel to Democratic Policy…
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 2 (II), 8/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; 1941 campaign; World War II; 1948 campaign; Roberts joins staff; LBJ’s interest in details of office operation; LBJ’s varied responsibilities; office procedure; the Vice Presidency
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 4 (IV), 8/27/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Luci and Lynda; Luci’s wedding; trips to Marshall to be with her father; Lady Bird’s encouragement for Lynda to leave U.T.; Warrie Lyn Smith; categories of news; commercialization of the White House; Luci’s job with optometrist; Lynda’s…
Oral history transcript, Dale Miller and Virginia "Scooter" Miller, interview 1 (I), 8/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; how they came to Washington; meeting the Johnsons; Dick Kleberg; Texas State Society; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s early influence in Washington; gaining support for LBJ in Dallas; 1960 convention; women’s tea party tours;…
Oral history transcript, Mike Manatos, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; nomination of JFK and LBJ in 1960; Manatos’ work as Senate liaison in Kennedy and Johnson administrations; House’s receptivity to administration’s bills before and after the 1964 Congressional elections; head counting…
Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; House Banking and Currency Commission; Sam Rayburn; Inter-American Bank; International Development Association; Hoover Commission; campaigns for Congress; Kennedy appointment to the Treasury; Chairman of the FDIC; May 1965…
Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Meeting LBJ; becoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; duties of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Tuesday luncheons; LBJ
Oral history transcript, William H. Crook, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Crook's early contact with LBJ; Crook's loyalty in the 1960 presidential election despite problems showing his public support for LBJ and/or JFK; Crook's role in the 1960 presidential campaign; Crook's contact with Vice…
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 2 (II), 8/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ's interests in Sputnik and civil rights; activities at the LBJ Ranch the night of the Sputnik launch; Corcoran's relationship with FDR; the 1936 Minimum Wage Bill; Corcoran's preference for a career in law rather than politics; expectations that…
Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 4 (IV), 8/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
[For interviews 1 - 4] Biographical information; Stewart Udall; The Quiet Crisis; Lady Bird; conservation and beautification; Committee for a More Beautiful Capital; East Wing; Lady Bird’s trips; White House Conference on Natural Beauty; Model…
Oral history transcript, Margaret (Mrs. Jack) Carter, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1969, by David G. McComb
Background in politics and participating in the New Deal; Democratic party state machinery in Texas; 1956 Democrat Party convention; role of Texas Democrats in national conventions and elections
Oral history transcript, Ed Gossett, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; 13 years in DC; disillusioned with LBJ after he became President; Great Society Program to haunt us for years: it awarded indolence; LBJ a politician, not a statesman
Oral history transcript, Jesse Curry, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Dallas police department career and military service in the Air Force; arrangements for dignitary visits to Dallas; description of the parade and arrangements for JFK's visit; assassination; trip to the airport and the…
Oral history transcript, John P. (Gen.) McConnell, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Meeting LBJ; McConnell’s appointment as vice chief, and then chief, of staff of Air Force; Joint Chiefs of Staff budget conferences with LBJ; making recommendations to the President through JCS; National Security Council and Tuesday Luncheons; U.S.…
Oral history transcript, Abe Fortas, interview 1 (I), 8/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; first consciousness of LBJ; relationship with LBJ; McCarthy issue; Bobby Baker case; Dominican situation; appointment to the Supreme Court; JFK Fair Employment Practice E.O.; civil rights record
Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 4 (IV), 8/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Gun control bill; Barefoot Sanders; Housing and Urban Development Act; effect of the Vietnam War on Great Society programs; Vietnam War; March 31 statement; 1968 Democractic convention; Mayor Daley's role; congressional working relationship with LBJ;…
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 3 (III), 8/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Visits with LBJ immediately after the Kennedy funeral; Rauh’s encouraging LBJ and John Connally to do something about desegregation; working with LBJ and Clarence Mitchell; LBJ criticizing the ADA; the convention of Atlantic City; Reuther; Dr.…