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Oral history transcript, Oveta Culp Hobby, interview 1 (I), 7/11/1969, by David G. McComb
How Hobby met LBJ; the history of the Houston Post’s involvement in LBJ’s career; Hobby’s appointment as director of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps; Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Dwight Eisenhower; Hobby’s appointment to the Federal…
Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 2 (II), 7/10/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; LBJ’s two years as teacher and debate coach at Sam Houston High School, Houston; LBJ’s role as Congressman Kleberg’s secretary; life in Washington for underpaid federal workers; Dodge Hotel; Little Congress and LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, Thurgood Marshall, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by T.H. Baker
Knowledge of LBJ; support of LBJ by Texas NAACP; Walter White; Sweatt v. Painter case; LBJ’s non-support of NAACP-pushed legislation; Roy Wilkins’ opinion of LBJ; 1957 Civil Rights Bill; split between NAACP Legal Defense Fund and NAACP; 1960 VP…
Oral history transcript, Lincoln Gordon, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Ambassador to Brazil under JFK and LBJ; Assistant Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs; U.S. Coordinator for Alliance for Progress, 1967; 1940s and 1950s Mutual Security Agency; Atomic Energy Commission, 1946; Bernard Baruch; Marshall Plan;…
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, Chester L. Cooper, interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; McGeorge Bundy; William Bundy; Robert Komer; Vietnam; Bien Hoa; service on high-level review committee on Vietnam; Pleiku incident; Honolulu Conference; Ky; bombing halt; Harriman; Wilson; J. Blair Seaborn mission, 1964;…
Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 3 (III), 7/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
1964 legislation; Civil Rights bill; Immigration Bill; Elemenary and Secondary Education Bill; Rent Supplement Bill; Teacher Corps program; tax surcharge; Joe Fowler; Congressman Mills; Nixon
Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 2 (II), 7/8/1969, by T.H. Baker
[For interviews 1, 2, and 3] Biographical information; contacts with LBJ; Holcomb’s support of LBJ; LBJ’s staff; civil rights; 1960 campaign; JFK-LBJ relationship; Catholic issue in Texas; JFK assassination; appointments to committees and…
Oral history transcript, Cecil D. Redford, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; the 1914 Texas governor's race; Sam Ealy Johnson's support for James "Pa" Ferguson; Sam Ealy Johnson's appointment to supervise the upkeep of Blanco County roads; going to school with LBJ; a play LBJ's mother wrote for the…
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Professional background; entrance into White House Fellows Program in 1965; description of the Program and selection of the first 15 finalists; detailed evaluation of the Program and LBJ’s interest in it; Maguire’s work on Jack Valenti’s…
Oral history transcript, Everett Mattson, interview 1 (I), 7/7/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; the 1948 campaign; campaigning for Harold Stassen; 1959 contact with LBJ on behalf of the banking industry; impressions of LBJ and his staff; supporting LBJ in 1960; Texas delegation surprised LBJ accepted vice-presidential…
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Kennedy family attitude toward LBJ; Kennedy staff; discussions of staffing pattern for the White House; 1964 campaign; Republican National Convention, 1964; Walter Jenkins; Vietnam issue in the campaign; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; LBJ’s inheriting…
Oral history transcript, George C. McGhee, interview 1 (I), 7/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; Lady Bird’s Congressional role while LBJ was overseas; first acquaintance with LBJ was social; LBJ’s interest in foreign affairs as VP; changes in Germany; JFK’s visit to Germany; LBJ should have visited Germany while…
Oral history transcript, Manuel Cohen, interview 1 (I), 7/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Mr. Cohen's memory of LBJ's involvement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in the 1950s; Cohen's personal interactions with LBJ and his staff; Cohen approaching Bureau of the Budget director Kermit Gordon with a request for more money…
Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 3 (III), 7/1/1969, by T.H. Baker
State dinners; various White House parties; work invovled in planning entertainment; Tyler Abell as chief of protocol; problems connected with Luci's wedding; guest lists; Festival of the Arts; entertainment at the White House; seating arrangements
Oral history transcript, James C. Wright, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
The 1948 campaign; elected to Congress in 1954; first meeting LBJ in 1947; LBJ and the McCarthy censure; LBJ and the Texas delegation; LBJ, Rayburn, and the Civil Rights Bill of 1957; helping LBJ with legislation in the House; Vice President LBJ and…
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, Donald C. Cook, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; investigating subcommittee work; Carl Vinson; LBJ's view of the military; 1948 Senate election; Preparedness Subcommittee; Richard Russell; 1952 Democratic convention; 1957 civil rights legislation; space program
Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Appointment as Secretary; relationship with LBJ during Eisenhower administration; State Department Appropriation Bill and Foreign Aid Bill in 1959 and 1960; LBJ's role as VP; Cuban Missile Crisis; differences between LBJ and JFK; budget; balance of…
Oral history transcript, Michael E. DeBakey, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; time in New Orleans at Tulane University; studying in Europe; member of the Department of Surgery at Tulane; military service in 1942-1944 with the Surgeon General; post-war medical research program with the Veterans'…
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 2 (II), 6/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Career history; early advance work; meeting W. Marvin Watson; meeting LBJ and getting advice on how to be a good employee; working on the Whistle Stop Tour; LBJ’s ability to size people up and communicate effectively; LBJ staffs’ youth; LBJ staff…
Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 3 (III), 6/27/1969, 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, Harrison Salisbury, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Working for the New York Times; Salisbury’s trip to the Far East in 1966; getting permission to go to Hanoi; a possible connection between Salisbury’s visit to Hanoi and the Marigold negotiations; trying to convince the Vietnamese that, as a…
Oral history transcript, Gordon Bunshaft, interview 1 (I), 6/25/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Architect of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill firm; appointment to Commission on Fine Arts, 1963; Hirshhorn Museum; Johnson's interest in the arts; planning of Johnson Library; day at the Ranch; Truman Library; UT budget decisions; impressions of LBJ and…
Oral history transcript, Ben H. Powell, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/24/1969, by David G. McComb
Wirtz as LBJ’s primary mentor; LBJ’s relationship to Herman Brown and Alvin Wirtz; LBJ’s political style of compromise and how he exercised influence; unions; Brown and Root’s campaign contributions; Lady Bird’s ability to accommodate…
Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 1 (I), 6/24/1969, by T.H. Baker
[For interviews 1, 2, and 3] Biographical information; contacts with LBJ; Holcomb’s support of LBJ; LBJ’s staff; civil rights; 1960 campaign; JFK-LBJ relationship; Catholic issue in Texas; JFK assassination; appointments to committees and…
Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker
First met LBJ when Majority Leader; 1960 election; LBJ’s position on Commission on EEO; LBJ as VP; LBJ’s role in drafting civil rights proposals in 1963; Domestic Marshall Plan; LBJ’s view of Great Society; met LBJ after JFK assassination;…
Oral history transcript, David E. Lilienthal, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker
LBJ-Rayburn relationship; LBJ as legislator; the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles; LBJ and his domestic programs evaluated; LBJ and the watchdog committee for the AEC; LBJ's visit to Iran and his influence on the Shah; LBJ asks Lilienthal…
Oral history transcript, Clarence S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Redford's career history; school experience with LBJ in Johnson City; LBJ's involvement in sports; basketball rules and customs in Redford's youth; going swimming on LBJ's relatives' property; LBJ's Boyhood Home; playing…
Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker
Civil Rights Bill of 1957; meeting LBJ while LBJ worked with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission; organizing the 1963 March on Washington; Rustin’s relationship with Mr. A. Philip Randolph; how Rustin’s contact with LBJ grew following the…
Oral history transcript, John T. Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Jesse H. Jones and LBJ; Jesse H. Jones’ support of Coke Stevenson in the 1948 Democratic senatorial race against LBJ; LBJ’s influence on Texas politics; J.T. Jones’ impressions of LBJ’s faults and virtues.
Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; Advisory Council to the National Committee; LBJ and foreign affairs; role in peace negotiations; Poland/Yugoslavia visit; India and Pakistan; Soviet Union prevented bombing halt in Vietnam; trip with HHH; Manila Conference;…
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1969, by T.H. Baker
Meeting LBJ; Albert Thomas; seeing his wife for the first time; events before and during the 1960 convention; LBJ accepting the vice-presidential nomination; LBJ as Senate Majority Leader; Valenti’s role in the 1960 convention; advertising in the…
Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/13/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; how Jones met LBJ; LBJ getting Jones a job on the staff of Congressman Kleberg; LBJ as taskmaster; LBJ’s relationship with Kleberg; LBJ’s inability to relax; LBJ’s work as Texas director of the National Youth…
Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 2 (II), 6/13/1969, by T.H. Baker
Mrs. Johnson as first lady; trips into poverty areas; Mrs. Johnson and speeches; Lynda and Luci during the presidency; 1964 campaign and train trip in the South; press on train trip flying Lady Bird Special; Mrs. Johnson's control and…
Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Relationship with LBJ beginning with HR days; Senate; VP; Presidency; development of federal and state programs regarding UE compensation, etc.; JFK relationship with governors; establishment of Office of Emergency Planning; J. Herbert Holloman;…
Oral history transcript, R. Conrad Cooper, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
First contact with LBJ; the 1963 union-steel company difficulties; LBJ's active interest; LBJ sends representatives to negotiations; negotiation teams meets in DC on LBJ's invitation; I.W. Abel; Secretaries Wirtz and Connor; LBJ's meetings with…