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Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Meeting and campaigning for LBJ in 1948; Telles’ service in WWII; why Telles ran for county clerk and it’s importance among Mexican-Americans; campaigning for JFK and LBJ in 1960; Chamizal; relationship between El Paso and Ciudad Juarez; Johnsons…
Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 2 (II), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Education; Heller plan; James Farmer; open accommodations ordinance; Chapel Hill; 1964 Lady Bird’s whistle stop tour; Governor Dan Moore; possible cabinet position; 1968 Democratic National Convention; Richard Nixon and Duke University; Sam Ervin;…
Oral history transcript, Sidney P. Marland, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Appointment to Presidential Advisory Council for the Office of Economic Opportunity while superintendent of schools in Pittsburgh; details of Pittsburgh’s pre-primary program in 1963-1964 (later called Head Start under OEO); composition of the OEO…
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 2 (II), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; assassination; blacks in the State Department; civil rights progress; White House staff; LBJ and civil rights; administrative agencies; other duties; obstacles; White House Conference on Civil Rights; surveys of…
Oral history transcript, Sally O'Brien MacDonald and Sarah McClendon, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; meeting LBJ; Lynda and Luci Johnson; LBJ’s relations with the press; Senator Styles Bridges; visits to the Ranch; LBJ’s resentment of press criticism; LBJ’s sister Josefa; Bobby Baker; Johnson’s lack of trust of…
Oral history transcript, Roger Stevens, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Stevens' involvement in entertainers that were invited to the White House; how Stevens became Special Assistant on the Arts; Robert Fleming's support in getting Howard Worth "Judge" Smith to support an arts council; John McCormack's assistance in…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Working with the Johnsons
Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Sr., interview 1 (I), 1/29/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Hobart Taylor's birth and youth in Wharton County; race relations; transportation business in Houston; Wharton; NAACP; education; automobile sales; Taylor's father's contracting and farming businesses; cowboy; Jesse Jones;…
Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Post-WWII background; University of Texas; family oil interests; county politics and 1948 meeting with LBJ; Johnson-Stevenson race in 1948; George Parr
Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb
Troika; Quadriad; Council of Economic Advisers; administration differences; details of tax cut; trade-offs with Congress on budget cuts; Wilbur Mills; Harry Byrd; origin of tax cut; Samuelson Task Force; “new economics;” tax increases;…
Oral history transcript, John W. Gardner, interview 1 (I), 12/20/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; met LBJ in early 1960s; appointed White House Fellows Program in 1964; Task Force on Elementary and Secondary Education Act 1965; Secretary of HEW 1965; health, education and civil rights as LBJ’s dramatic accomplishments;…
Oral history transcript, Elmer B. Staats, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker
Working with Senator LBJ; dealing with Vice President LBJ on space program and budget; JFK’s inexperience in the Senate; the JFK assassination; the tax reduction bill; working on the budget and LBJ’s involvement; LBJ’s interest in education…
Oral history transcript, David K.E. Bruce, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker
First acquaintance with LBJ; 1960 campaign; Jean Monnet; DeGaulle; Common Market; Wilson; MacMillan; MLF Force; Skybolt; Atlantic Naval Force; Rhodesian independence; Great British trade policy; assistance of Great Britain with VN settlement; Tonkin…
Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Staff officer of Eisenhower; treated as family by Ike; met LBJ in 1953; became LBJ’s close friend, politically and socially; Tidelands Bill; foreign aid; Ike got 83% of legislation through Congress; good political leader; knew intimately government…
Oral history transcript, Robert D. S. Novak, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Career history; Novak's private meetings with LBJ; economic advisor Paul Douglas; LBJ drunk; Sam Shaffer and Newsweek; press coverage of the senate vs. the presidency; LBJ's attitude during the vice-presidency; Kennedy staff's disregard for LBJ;…
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
The Congo crisis of June 1964; how the Russians got credit for settling the India-Pakistan crisis of 1964 and U.S. involvement in the crisis; how LBJ obtained and evaluated information; U.S. military aid to Pakistan; the Three Week War; the…
Oral history transcript, Zbigniew Brzezinski, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; Policy Planning Council; short-circuiting channels of communication; October 1966 trade speech; Ludwig Erhard; Harmel Exercise; Vietnam; foreign policy brain trust for Humphrey; Abe Fortas; Clark Clifford
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 5 (V), 11/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
White House staff deciding what to do after LBJ's presidency; LBJ asking Levinson to move to Texas rather than work for Gulf and Western; LBJ's expectation of long-term loyalty; final Cabinet meeting; Levinson's decision to move to New York; where…
Oral history transcript, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Meeting LBJ; the relationship between LBJ and JFK; the 1960 campaign; LBJ’s role as Vice-President; LBJ’s Berlin trip in 1961; tension between LBJ and RFK; the Committee for Equal Employment Opportunities; why JFK went to Texas in November 1963;…
Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
The possibility that LBJ made Symington chief of protocol to smooth relations with his father, Stuart Symington; experiences that prepared him to be chief of protocol and the transition into the job; Symington’s relations with the state department;…
Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 5 (V), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
The appointment of Robert Weaver to HUD; acting as gift adviser to CTJ and Clark Clifford, drawing up guidelines for wedding gifts; CTJ responds to the Jenkins incident; LBJ's insistence that staff be on call; LBJ's blocks the transfer of Perry…
Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
His working relationship with LBJ in the House and Senate; how LBJ became interested in entering primaries for presidential nomination; working in the JFK/LBJ campaign in 1960; differences between president and vice-president; legislative and…
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; assassination; blacks in the State Department; civil rights progress; White House staff; LBJ and civil rights; administrative agencies; other duties; obstacles; White House Conference on Civil Rights; surveys of…
Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 3 (III), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
McNamara; Generals Wheeler, Green and Westmoreland; TET Offensive; Muskie; Goldwater; Waggoner Carr; Fulbright’s relationship with LBJ; Madam Chenault; Dirksen’s power in the Senate; LBJ less insulated; LBJ’s interest in the Senate after…
Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; LBJ’s philosophy on leaks; Sam Rayburn; John Rankin insulting to all; Eisenhower appointed Hays to TVA in 1959; Fair Employment Practices Commission; Fulbright; Faubus and Arkansas Central High School fiasco; "Southern…
Oral history transcript, Perle Mesta, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; envoy to Luxembourg; 1960 campaign; Eleanor Roosevelt; selling her house to LBJ when he was VP; Democratic Women for Nixon in 1960; Mrs. Rose Kennedy and Jackie Kennedy; Democratic factions
Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 2 (II), 9/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Texas Republican Party history; aftermath of the JFK assassination;; Jack Porter; Tower’s Senatorial campaigns; LBJ’s treatment of Tower; Yarborough’s relationship with LBJ; HemisFair; patronage; Henry Gonzalez; 1946 election; Vietnam.
Oral history transcript, Earl Warren, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Senator William Knowland; Chief Justice confirmation; “Impeach Earl Warren and Lady Bird” signs in Texas; John Birch Society; appointments to Supreme Court; swearing in of four Presidents; White House comments on Court…
Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
1937, 1941, 1946 and 1948 campaigns; radio station KTBC; LBJ's presidency.
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 2 (II), 8/24/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
The majority leadership period; LBJ’s committee assignments; relationships with various senators; civil rights; the office and the mail; presidential possibilities; the space program; the 1960 Democratic National Convention; the vice presidency
Oral history transcript, Gene Latimer, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by David G. McComb
First meeting LBJ at Sam Houston High School in 1930; LBJ’s debating team; LBJ becoming Richard Kleberg’s secretary; worked for LBJ in Kleberg’s Washington office; life at the Dodge House; budget problems; advising Congressmen of loans and…
Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Initial awareness of LBJ; Senate run by Southerners; Tidelands; political albatross; DC’s Southern atmosphere; Dick Russell; Harry Byrd; Eugene Milligan; Bob Taft; LBJ as a political operator; LBJ’s relationship with David Dubinsky; Walter…
Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Vernon J. Stewart; first meeting LBJ; Thad Hutcheson; Bruce Agler; V.O. Key; rent for B. Creager and Orville Bullington; 1960 campaign against LBJ
Oral history transcript, Frank Oltorf, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb
Senate campaign for LBJ and using the helicopter; work and campaign style; controversy over Hispanic soldier being buried at Arlington National Cemetery and subsequent legislative investigation; LBJ’s relationship with Herman and George Brown;…
Oral history transcript, Harris Melasky, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; how Melasky met LBJ; shipping gasoline to Japan in 1940; campaigning for LBJ; LBJ's ability to get things done; 1948 senatorial campaign; LBJ's 1956 and 1960 elections; White House party; LBJ's character.