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Oral history transcript, Harry Nachlin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
The history of the Sikorsky S-51 helicopter; how LBJ came to use a helicopter for his 1948 campaign; Nachlin's duties as helicopter crew chief; an instance of the helicopter engine shutting down in mid-flight; meeting LBJ and arranging for the…
Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
Meeting LBJ and the "Johnson treatment;" deciding how to proceed in the Richard Nixon Administration with Health, Education and Welfare (HEW) programs that existed in the Johnson Administration; problems enacting civil rights legislation; Finch's…
Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
How Judd decided to become a medical missionary; Judd's family background; Judd's early experience in China; the nature of communism; Judd's experience with malaria; communist propaganda techniques and Judd's struggle to argue against communism; the…
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 7 (VII), 12/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Busby’s involvement in an oversight commission on the poverty program, Maurice Leibman, trying to find out who filled all the White House offices, meeting Dr. Warren, Theodore Sorensen, Appalachian poverty and jobs, writing the State of the Union…
Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 2 (II), 12/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Judd family history and childhood in Nebraska; how Congress has changed since the 1940s; the future of US democracy; how WWII changed US citizens' perceptions of their rights; the rise and fall of governments; 1944 trip to China; WWII US aid to…
Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 4 (IV), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's views on the food stamp program; the connection between civil rights and food programs; President Kennedy's involvement in food-related aid; funding and congressional support for the food stamp bill; Department of Agriculture involvement in…
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 6 (VI), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Allen Duckworth selling a picture of LBJ and visiting the LBJ Ranch, Ted Dealey's statements regarding LBJ, visiting Hyannis Port with LBJ to see JFK, a flood at the LBJ Ranch during a Busby family visit
Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 4 (IV), 11/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Financing the recommendations of the National Advisory Commission of Civil Disorders with the fiscal dividend; the rush to release the Commission's report; communication between Ginsburg and Joe Califano; John Lindsay's political aspirations;…
Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 7 (VII), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Discusses several trips LBJ made as Vice President; describes a visit between LBJ and the Kennedys at George Brown’s house, and a visit to Prime Minister Nehru’s house.
Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 3 (III), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
The formation of the Kerner Commission and Ginsburg's invitation to be its executive director; LBJ's belief that the 1967 race riots had been part of a conspiracy; Ginsburg's relationship with Abe Fortas; Ginsburg's first meeting with LBJ regarding…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 23 (XXIII), 8/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
The work of the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee under LBJ; how Reedy met LBJ and went to work for him; how being on the Preparedness Subcommittee helped LBJ's political career; the increased price of tin due to limited manganese supplies; the…
Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 2 (II), 8/26/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Working with Vice President Hubert Humphrey to develop his campaign platform before the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago; working on a Vietnam speech for Humphrey to give in Chicago; LBJ and Humphrey's views on Vietnam; consulting with…
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 5 (V), 8/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ giving NYA scholarship money to black students at Prairie View, race relations in Texas, Ferguson County speech, LBJ's maiden speech--Unlimited debate speech of 1949, death of soldier (Felix Longoria), LBJ's relationship with Mexican-Americans.
Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Meeting LBJ in the 1930s and interaction between LBJ and Ginsburg in the Office of Price Administration; socializing with LBJ; LBJ's concern over the price of copper; sending Averell Harriman to Chile to negotiate to stabilize copper prices;…
Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s November 1963 trip to Luxembourg and other Benelux nations; William R. Rivkin; LBJ’s loyalty to JFK; LBJ’s complex personality; LBJ’s daily schedule while on trips; LBJ’s preference for hotels; Crockett and Dwight Porter; John Rooney;…
Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ adjusting to presidency; staffing changes after the assassination of JFK; access to LBJ; Henry Kissinger compared to LBJ; LBJ’s meeting with Haile Selassie; Eugene McAuliffe; Gammon’s work as a military attaché under the NSC; Averell…
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 4 (IV), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
George E.B. Peddy's role in Stevenson vs. LBJ second primary, Stevenson's and LBJ's activities leading up to second primary, black voters, working with Alex Louis and D.B. Hardeman, waiting for votes to be tallied, votes being thrown out.
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 3 (III), 7/26/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
The effort to reduce wholesale utility rates in a way that would benefit the consumer; jurisdiction and fairness of earnings issues; how often to inspect power companies between rate cuts; regulation to bring rates down but still allow for company…
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
How the Federal Power Commission (FPC) became more difficult for individual congressmen to manipulate but more amenable to congressional control; dealing with the expiration of hydro and other licenses; Commissioner Howard Morgan's criticism that the…
Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview S-I, 6/30/1988, by Robert Dallek
Connally did not ever keep a diary or maintain a large quantity of unnecessary papers; going to work for LBJ in 1939; a typical work day; Victor "Cap" Harding; distributing money through an ad hoc Congressional Campaign Committee; joining LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, John T. Connor, interview 1 (I), 6/22/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Business community's views of LBJ; financial burden of social programs; Chairman Martin; Arthur Krim; Medicare and Medicaid fight; voluntary balance of payments program; steel negotiations of 1965; Connor's disagreements with LBJ over tax increases;…