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Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 5 (V), 3/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee; William Fulbright and his relationship with LBJ; writer William S. White's relationship with LBJ; Fulbright's opinion of minorities; LBJ's opinion of Head Start and Job Corps; the relationship between LBJ and…
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 4 (IV), 3/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's opinion of Gerald Ford; Ford's public release of a letter from Mike Mansfield to LBJ expressing opposition to LBJ's decision-making in Vietnam; LBJ's response to criticism of Vietnam decisions; LBJ's determination to win in Vietnam; the…
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 3 (III), 3/25/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Luci Johnson's conversion to Catholicism; LBJ's religious beliefs and church attendance; James Eastland's involvement in James Coleman's appointment; LBJ using a candidate's stance on civil rights and other issues as a litmus test for choosing judges…
Oral history transcript, William Cochrane, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; W. Kerr Scott; Brown v. Board of Education; Harold Cooley; the Southern Manifesto; Walter George and Herman Talmadge; moderate stances among Senate leaders like LBJ; Benjamin Everett Jordan; Bobby Baker; how LBJ became…
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
How Swidler met the Johnsons; LBJ's attitude toward oil and gas regulation while he was still a senator; Lee White, Swidler's successor as chairman of the Federal Power Commission (FPC); an incident regarding authorization of the Securities and…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 22 (XXII), 1/8/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Ed Welsh and the adoption of a plan to land a man on the moon; early competition between military branches and their fear of releasing secrets to NASA; how U.S. dominance in air power during World War II led other countries to advance technology in…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 32 (XXXII), 12/11/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
A March 1973 memo from Charles Colson to H. R. Haldeman regarding Richard Kleindienst's confirmation as U.S. attorney general, International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT) files, false testimony by U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell and…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 31 (XXXI), 12/10/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
Charles Colson; memos Richard Nixon's staff wrote and distributed attempting to hurt O'Brien's reputation, including one that suggested a conflict of interest between O'Brien as head of O'Brien Associates and Democratic National Committee (DNC)…
Oral history transcript, Paul L. Thornhill, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1987, by Ted Gittinger
How Thornhill became Vice President LBJ's pilot in 1962; Thornhill's and James Cross' duties; the Jet Star airplane; Thornhill's flying experience; Thornhill's plane wreck in India; Air Force One crew; Thornhill having to fire a crew member;…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 30 (XXX), 11/4/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
1972 discussions with George McGovern regarding whether or not O'Brien should remain Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman; O'Brien's role as national chairman of McGovern's campaign; Gary Hart's campaign experience and view of O'Brien's role;…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 29 (XXIX), 11/3/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
The possibility of Wilbur Mills' presidential candidacy; the Commission on Party Structure and Delegate Selection, first led by George McGovern; changes in the delegate selection process to include more African-Americans, women, and young people;…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 28 (XXVIII), 9/24/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
the state of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) when O'Brien became chairman; O'Brien's immediate reorganization of the DNC and new priorities; efforts to build the relationship between the DNC and Congress; DNC help with 1970 off-year…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 27 (XXVII), 9/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
The Humphreys' visit with the O'Briens the day before Richard Nixon's inauguration; O'Brien's decision to become president of McDonnell and Company as Murray McDonnell became chairman of the board; Ira Kapenstein and Phyllis Maddock moving to…
Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 3 (III), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's refusal to participate in a debate; JFK and Richard Nixon's second, third, and fourth debates; LBJ seeking Stanton's advice on improving his television appearances; LBJ using a lavaliere microphone; Morley Safer's 1965 broadcast depicting the…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 26 (XXVI), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
Lyndon Johnson's (LBJ) role in Hubert Humphrey's presidential campaign, especially in Texas; why LBJ wasn't more involved in the campaign; Humphrey's Salt Lake City speech about Vietnam; what LBJ could have done to help Humphrey; efforts to gain…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 25 (XXV), 8/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
Hubert Humphrey's public appearances after his Vietnam speech in Salt Lake City; avoiding certain campaign areas due to lack of support and negative media there; campaign organization; improving advance work for trips; the campaign status in…
Oral history transcript, Thomas D. (Tom) Mills, interview 1 (I), 8/24/1987, by Ted Gittinger
Mills' work under Dr. George Burkley, the White House physician; giving LBJ massages; Mills' background; Christmas 1963 at the LBJ Ranch; traveling with LBJ and living arrangements while working at the Ranch; LBJ as a patient; LBJ's diet; LBJ's…