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Oral history transcript, Joseph M. Barr, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ's early interest in urban problems; the U-2 affair; LBJ and contact lenses; 1960 campaign and Democratic convention; LBJ-JFK transition; Pierre Salinger leaves the White House staff; JFK, LBJ, and support for big-city mayors; surtax issue; Berlin…
Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 2 (II), 6/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
1960 Democratic convention; LBJ as VP candidate; religious issue; LBJ as VP; JFK's political standing in 1963; LBJ after the assassination; Larry O'Brien; Mr. Cannon; Congressman Passman; Halleck; Allan Smith; Dick Bolling; Bill Colmer; 1964 campaign…
Oral history transcript, Sam Low, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Low’s father’s work in LBJ’s 1937 Congressional campaign; 1941 special election to fulfill Senator Morris Sheppard’s term; explanation of the east Texas ballots that allowed W. Lee O’Daniel to win over LBJ; Low’s…
Oral history transcript, Solis Horwitz, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Experiences working for LBJ during the late 1950s, especially in matters of legislation, such as the Civil Rights Act of 1957; Defense Department matters
Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1969, by T.H. Baker
Rejoining LBJ’s staff to help on the civil rights measure; building LBJ’s reputation in the Senate so he could make a presidential bid; JFK in the senatorial years; LBJ’s delay in campaigning for the nomination in 1960; how LBJ came to be VP…
Oral history transcript, Eugene R. Black, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
The relationships between Black, LBJ and Fulbright; Black's service as advisor to LBJ on Asian Development Bank and the support of Japan, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Korea; Black's service as…
Oral history transcript, Sharon Francis, interview 2 (II), 6/4/1969, 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, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; met LBJ in Austin while NYA Administrator; social and political contacts with LBJ beginning in the late 1930s; LBJ
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 5 (V), 6/3/1969, by T.H. Baker
Safe Streets Bill; use of electronic surveillance (telephone wire taps) for national security; federal aid to local law enforcement; assessment of LBJ
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, William P. Bundy, interview 3 (III), 6/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Detailed account of U.S. participation in Vietnam
Oral history transcript, Jose Joaquin Trejos, interview 1 (I), 5/31/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; election of 1965; 1963 volcano; Alliance for Progress; LBJ and meetings at Punta del Este, 1967 and San Salvador, 1998; Trejos trip to D.C., 1968
Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Biographical information; Washington politics; Vice President Charles Curtis; meeting LBJ in NYA; court packing; LBJ in 1938 election; Allen and Drew Pearson; Senator Kerr; LBJ as Senate leader; Bobby Baker; Hubert Humphrey as whip; comparison of LBJ…
Oral history transcript, William G. Bowdler, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Bowdler going to the Dominican Republic in May 1965 as a liaison between the OAS commission, the U.S. embassy in Santo Domingo, and the 82nd Division; Bowdler’s work in the Dominican Republic under the first and second…
Oral history transcript, Charles S. Murphy, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by T.H. Baker
[For interviews 1 and 2] Brief contacts with Senator Johnson during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations; Democratic Advisory Council establishment and opposition by LBJ and Sam Rayburn; Paul Butler; LBJ’s effectiveness as Senate majority…
Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Detailed account of U.S. participation in Vietnam
Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by T.H. Baker
Braestrup’s work as a journalist in Southeast Asia for the New York Times; New York Times coverage of Vietnam compared to Time magazine; how journalists covered Vietnam and the danger involved; how Braestrup became Washington Post Bureau Chief; Joe…
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, Joseph Alsop, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Early acquaintance with LBJ; how LBJ related to the press as a senator; Alsop's interactions with LBJ; Alsop's support of LBJ in 1964 against Goldwater; Alsop's and Philip Graham's role in JFK's selection of LBJ as the vice-presidential nominee at…
Oral history transcript, J. Waddy Bullion, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Bullion's involvement with the House Naval Affairs Committee's personnel subcommittee, which was chaired by LBJ; Bullion's involvement with the Johnson's income taxes; LBJ's efforts to ensure that his taxes were done…
Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by T.H. Baker
Early association of Johnson and Clement families; the Johnsons' wedding reception for Bess and Tyler Abell; Tyler Abell joins Johnson campaign; work at the DNC; joining Mrs. Johnson's staff; LBJ as Vice President; Mrs. Johnson as a wife and mother;…
Oral history transcript, James H. Tate, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by T.H. Baker
Contact with LBJ; 1956 and 1960 Democratic Conventions; 1963 Philadelphia speech; Green funeral; 1963 meeting of American Municipal Association in Houston; city program; HHH; urban disorder; 3/31 announcement; 1968 campaign
Oral history transcript, Ernest May, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Judge Frank Culver; Sam Rayburn; LBJ; George Petty; Coke Stevenson; Dan Moody; Carter vs. Tomlinson; FDR and the New Deal
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; working for Price Daniel; Jacobsen’s personal political philosophy; 1940’s and 1950’s political climate in Texas; LBJ’s reputation as a congressman; LBJ’s early advisers and associates; law suit involving the 1948…
Oral history transcript, Raymond E. Buck, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb
Relationship with LBJ in Congressman Kleberg's office in 1933; airline regulations; LBJ's election to Congress in 1937; Senate campaign in 1941 and 1948; 1956 Democratic Convention; 1960 campaign with JFK; influence of Lady Bird Johnson on LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Detailed account of U.S. participation in Vietnam
Oral history transcript, Warren G. Woodward, interview 2 (II), 5/26/1969, by David G. McComb
LBJ's relationship with John Connally; first statewide radio broadcast; LBJ on the stump; the idea of the helicopter; preparedness the key theme; LBJ's reputation as a Congressman; LBJ and minority groups; campaign appearances; close vote; Connally…
Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by T.H. Baker
Early work with LBJ and as executive assistant to Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Don Cook; work on the Preparedness Committee; LBJ’s attitude toward professional military men; LBJ’s temper and lack of inter-personal skills; LBJ using…
Oral history transcript, Eugene B. Germany, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; disagreed with Roosevelt and LBJ on social politics; "handouts" and on methods used; Stevenson lost by 89 votes to LBJ for Senate; fraud claimed; Roosevelt’s influence helped LBJ; 25-30 newspaper against LBJ as VP;…
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz
[For interviews 1 and 2] Family relationship with LBJ; visits of LBJ to Weisl home; Preparedness Subcommittee after Sputnik launch; role as special counsel; Department of Defense bureaucracy; Eisenhower Administration; cabinet secretary; George…
Oral history transcript, William F. Billings, interview 1 (I), 5/23/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Texas politics; LBJ's liberal tendencies; 1956 support of Shivers; Schwille case; JFK's assassination; A TEXAN LOOKS AT LYNDON; attorney for J. Evetts Haley, Jr.; statement on Johnson Presidency; Lady Bird Johnson; 3/31…
Oral history transcript, Robert S. Strauss, interview 1 (I), 5/22/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; 1941 and 1948 Senate campaigns; John Connally; Irving Goldberg; 1960 campaign; assassination; Presidency; John Connally; Arthur Krim; 1968 campaign; HHH
Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 2 (II), 5/22/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Senator Bob Bartlett's Washington assignments and positions during periods of LBJ's service; statehood movement for Alaska and Hawaii and role of LBJ in the controversy; the Tennessee Plan for statehood acts; events of the day when statehood bill…
Oral history transcript, Robert Taft, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; no personal knowledge of his father's relationship with LBJ; LBJ working with Taft Sr, on committee appointments; difference between JFK and LBJ's Administrations; 1964 Ohio race; 1968 election; Foreign Affairs Committee;…
Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; work on Credentials Committee at 1964 Democratic Convention; support for Adlai Stevenson at 1956 and 1960 Conventions; JFK’s nomination at 1960 Convention; becaming a State Dept. employee 1965; contact with Senator Robert…
Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 2 (II), 5/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Amon Carter; 1948 and 1960 campaigns; joining Vice President Johnson
Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb
White House operations; advance trips; working for Marvin Watson and President Johnson; congressional liaison