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Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler and Charles K. Boatner, interview 4 (IV), 6/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's tour in Australia; kangaroos for the ranch; LBJ's decision to retain Kennedy cabinet; press leaks; opinions of Stuart Udall; appointment to the Department of the Interior; Rebekah Johnson's relationship with LBJ; Boatner's father's death; LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Head Start; domestic program; War on Poverty; contrast between John Connally and LBJ types; LBJ's frustrating life as VP; sale of Weslaco radio and TV station; death of Sam Rayburn; LBJ's problems with the press; LBJ's temper; Walter Jenkins; Bobby…
Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 2 (II), 2/29/1976, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ’s participation in the elections of 1952 and 1956; LBJ turning over election activities to Stewart Udall; Partens work as a consultant to Udall; LBJ’s skills as an administrator; Vietnam; LBJ’s decision ont to run for re-election; Great…
Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1976, by Joe B. Frantz
Meeting LBJ in 1937 and early interactions; John Connally; Jimmy Allred; Alvin Wirtz; George and Herman Brown; Sam Rayburn's influence on LBJ’s decision-making; roles of Allan Shivers and John Connally in the Democratic convention of 1956;…
Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 2 (II), 2/4/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
1960 convention in Los Angeles; the Biltmore Hotel; decision to take the Vice-Presidential post with JFK; connection with Johnson family in Oglethorpe County, Georgia; Lady Bird Johnson’s grandfather as founder of Baylor University; the LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Laitin’s career history and how he went to work in the government; how Laitin became George Reedy’s Assistant Press Secretary; meeting LBJ; Mac Kilduff; Laitin’s first press briefing; George Reedy and his departure as press secretary; Lillian…
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Observations of the Majority Leadership period and White House years; civil rights legislation of 1957 and 1960; LBJ’s religious views; LBJ’s generosity; The Elms; Vietnam; JFK’s assassination; Bobby Baker
Oral history transcript, Ruth Prokop, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Obstacles in getting information to LBJ; Esther Peterson's reluctance to speak to LBJ directly and her search for a person to present her views to LBJ; access to LBJ and his isolation from opposing viewpoints; Prokop's work on LBJ's 1964 presidential…
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Senator Wirtz; associations with the Johnsons; travels with LBJ; impressions of LBJ; 1960 campaign and convention; vice presidency; NATO trip; LBJ and art; LBJ’s humor; Adenauer visit to the Ranch; Pakistan camel driver;…
Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
1960 election; the Kennedys; relationship with LBJ; Massachusetts politics; Vietnam War; comparison of JFK and LBJ; Education bill; LBJ's persuasive ability
Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 2 (II), 1/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; public educational broadcasting legislation; 1960 campaign; liaison with Eastern states; vice presidential nomination; media campaign; LBJ and JFK in New York; LBJ and television; Cuban Missile Crisis; USIA; Vietnam
Oral history transcript, Powell Moore, interview 1 (I), 1/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Senator Richard Russell; LBJ’s decreased popularity and its sources; civil rights; LBJ’s relationship with Russell; activating battleship New Jersey; Russell’s criticism of LBJ’s Administration; editorial cartoon;…
Oral history transcript, Michael A. Geissinger, interview 1 (I), 12/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Geissinger’s description of a White House photographer’s duties, etiquette, and judgments on how and when to photograph the President, LBJ’s response to various situations, personal anecdotes from his vantage point of working for the…
Oral history transcript, John Holton, interview 1 (I), 6/19/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Holton's early jobs in Sam Rayburn's office, the House Office Building, and the Washington, D.C., police department; Rayburn's 1956 support for LBJ as favorite son presidential candidate and chairman of the Texas delegation…
Oral history transcript, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Election to Congress in 1948; Sam Rayburn; Homer Thornberry; Johnson-Rayburn relationship; early relationship with LBJ; Drew Pearson; support of LBJ over Shivers in 1956; selection of Mrs. Bentsen as committeewoman; Secretary for the Committee for…
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
The Washington D.C. Auditorium Committee/Commission; being asked to fill a Washington D.C. commissionership; Rowe’s work on the Beautification Committee
Oral history transcript, William Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Work as liaison with the Senate and White House while still in the Air Force; meeting LBJ; LBJ’s power in the Senate; air bases in Texas; LBJ’s determination; deciding where to build the Air Force Academy; Senator Dennis Chavez and Senator Kerr…
Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Joseph McCarthy; LBJ’s techniques; minimum wage; labor; Jim Suffridge; Dave Dubinsky; 1960 campaign and convention; Esther Coopersmith; West Virginia primary; Arizona delegation; Wyoming delegation; Kennedy machine;…
Oral history transcript, Marshall McNeil, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; meeting LBJ while working for Congressman Kleberg; LBJ’s relationship with FDR, Ickes, and Alvin Wirtz; George Brown; Sid Richardson; Bob Anderson; LBJ as a congressman; LBJ’s press relations; Bobby Baker; LBJ and Coke…
Oral history transcript, Ray Roberts, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Working for the NYA during the depression and meeting LBJ; LBJ’s powerful leadership of the NYA; Sam Rayburn’s and Alvin Wirtz’s relationships with, and influence over, LBJ; LBJ’s parents; the influential circle of people that worked…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 3 (III), 6/7/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Reedy’s role as policy advisor while LBJ was Senator; airline machinists’ strike of 1966; influencing LBJ’s decisions; writing memos to LBJ; Richard Russell; Eugene Millikin; Sam Rayburn; what makes a good Senator; Millard Tyding’s loss to…
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Rowe’s upbringing; working for the United Mine Workers; early social interaction with LBJ; Maury Maverick; how Jim Rowe came to work for LBJ; LBJ’s mentee relationships with Sam Rayburn and Alvin Wirtz; how LBJ hellped Jim Rowe get into the Navy;…
Oral history transcript, A.M. "Monk" Willis, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; initial association with LBJ; 1948 Senate campaign; Carl Estes; 1952 campaign and Texas Democrats; Texas delegation to Chicago Democratic National Convention, 1956; Lady Bird; racism and civil rights; Democratic State…
Oral history transcript, James P. Nash, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; how Nash met Lyndon Johnson; LBJ's 1937 election to the House of Representatives; Herman Brown's involvement in the development of the Colorado River; Alvin Wirtz's friendship with LBJ; Wirtz's death; LBJ's relationship with…