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Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 2 (II), 7/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • and Luther Jones, the attorney in Corpus Christi, were outstanding debaters, and the two years that the President coached debate, they went to the state finals. Brackenridge in San ~ut on both occasions they were defeated by old Antonio~ which was coached
Oral history transcript, John Fritz Koeniger, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . This tornado had hit with such force that the ch~ckens had lost their feathers, some of them, and were addled and were wal king around on the ground. He came on to Austin. learned that the tornado had struck with great force Then we. ~n South Austin
  • Biographical information; Sam Ealy Johnson; LBJ as a teen; Rebekah Baines Johnson; high school in Johnson City; teachers’ state meet; trip to California, 1925; Tom Martin.
Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Otto Lindig, interview 1 (I), 3/1965, by Jessie Hunter (Item)
  • he was raised. After that, in 1916, his nephew, Tom Martin, was elected to the House of Representatives in Texas. was a vacancy. In 1917 he quit and joined the army and there Ferguson was governor at this time. He gave Sam Johnson, Lyndon's dad
Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . E: Who all were they? G: Well, there was O'Daniel, Gerry Mann, Martin Dies, and Lyndon Johnson. Did the Johnson campaign have any particular strategy for getting a plurality? E: You'll have to talk to those people up on the sixth or seventh
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 2 (II), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • occasions and ask directly what their thoughts were. King was a more formal one. His relationship with Martin I don't think there was any love lost, unfortunately, and I think that was a sad thing from all points of view. F: Did you get the feeling--I
Oral history transcript, Cecil D. Redford, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • . They were avid readers of the Ferguson Forum, which came out once a week. I do know that when Ferguson was impeached by the Senate in 1917, Lyndon's uncle by marriage, Clarence Martin, who was then, I believe, practicing in San Antonio, was one of his
Oral history transcript, Kenneth A. Randall, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • was and still is the senior senator from the state of Utah, and David King. David King had been a Democratic congressman, and was the son of a former Democratic senator from the state of Utah. severe philosophic differences with David King. I had some rather
Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview S-I, 6/12/1973, by Robert Hawkinson (Item)
  • Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh McPherson -- 4 recen tly or later : Pat Moynihan, Tom Sche lling, Seymour Martin Lipse t, Tom Pettig rew, Bob Coles. H: It really is a unique kind
  • on remedial programs; Moynihan's critique of Community Action; White House conference, "To Fulfill These Rights;" Martin Bronfenbrenner; Head Start experiments; function and selection of advisory councils and task forces; urban land-grant colleges; Federal
Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . But the President, I think, and that's when Tom's king- making started, convinced him it should be Sam Rayburn. was going to be very close. The vote Corcoran flew up to New York and was taken out by Coast Guard to the incoming liner, on which was Jim Farl ey
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 7 (VII), 9/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • before, 1956, when Johnson had beaten Shivers? G: Yes. Now, what about Yarborough and Johnson at this time? Did LBJ have any--that was a special election with [Martin] Dies and [Thad] Hutcheson and Yarborough [inaudible]. M: I think I've been reading
Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of or read of, -who \'Ias a consummate logistics expert and great with people. Sam King, who was the head of Visits Section, was a fine man, got along well with the White House and the troops. So really it was a learning experience for me, but more
Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • franchise than the Anglo Saxons. However, it is all directed toward the village, the hamlet, the town, the provi-nce; and what's all this stuff about a national government. David King, who was a very brilliant congressman from Utah who lectured
Oral history transcript, Joe Robertson, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • you've already eaten." (Laughter) And he said, "Can we talk about it?" We go in there and talk about it, and Abernathy said to me, "Would it be all right if my driver came with me?" I said, "Sure," because his driver was King's old driver who had been
Oral history transcript, Jewel Malechek Scott, interview 2 (II), 5/30/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • there some during the presidency but more so during those retirement years. The house I think reminded him of the house at the King Ranch. He said it looked very much like it. It was a white stucco house, a beautiful house. It was in a--probably countryside
Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 3 (III), 5/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • it was in April that Martin King called the bla.ck people to oppose the War ;in 'Vi.et Nam because of what it was doing to the P'oyerty );lrograIIl and other programs in the country. t:Ll!le,...,- you were saying that his popularity Do you feel
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 4 (IV), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • they got their votes in and he got screwed out of the Senate because they just changed all the Martin Dies votes in Martin Dies' home district to Coke Stevenson. 22 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 1 (I), 5/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • burea~was Mr. Tom Martin. UncleTom 11 \vasMr. Johnson's uncle, and he was a fiery old fellow from a fiery family. He wore these big cowboy hats and boots and had big black eyebrows. He had a loud voice, and he'd walk in the room and he'd take
Oral history transcript, Emmett Shelton, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Shelton -- I -- 26 I guess that's the way I got into it. However, in high school I was on the debate team at Austin High School. Tom Martin Davis, who is now
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 40 (XL), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • --and I don't know just quite when it was; perhaps I'll run across it in the year 1960 or 1961--but at one point, I joined Mary Martin in christening--I think it was the first big jet of a whole family of jets, at Dallas. M: I think that will come up
Oral history transcript, Joseph Palmer II, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • of understanding. Obviously, riots in our cities and the tragic assassination of l'lartin luther King, and so forth, do cause problems. cern, just as it does here in this country. M: It's natural. But you think the leadership in the African states pretty well
Oral history transcript, Eugenia Boehringer Lasseter, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and White [Hospital] during that time. I don't know, we thought we were going to win. We really did and were just so surprised, because we were in there to beat Gerald Mann. It was Gerald Mann and Martin Dies and-- G: O'Daniel and-- L
Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • back and I went on to Bangkok. Martin and I saw Sullivan there. I saw I didn't go to Laos on that trip? (Mark) Yes, Bangkok, Tokyo, Canberra, Laos, Saigon and Manila. H: I must have gone to Bangkok and then Vientiane and then to Tokyo
Oral history transcript, Henry Hirshberg, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • . P: This is the Kleberg of the King Ranch family, right? H: That's right. He's now deceased. And he was the playboy member of the family, but one of the most delightful persons personally you'd ever want to meet, socially marvelous. P: What
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 20 (XX), 4/23/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Watson in. And then for good solid reasons, I went on to Dick Murphy and Jim Reynolds; in the women's activities, Orville Freeman's wife [Jane]; and the senior citizens' registration, get out the vote, minority groups, Louie Martin; polling coordinator
Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 5 (V), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • was somewhat of a restraining influence. F: For instance? W: The President wanted to have a group of leaders like Roy Wilkins, ~.fnitney King, Young, Philip Randolph, and a few others come down to Texas a~d go out to the Ranch and have dinner with him
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the military by civil authorities, and the president is the commander-in-chief. However, anything that produced that much division in the country he deplored. G: Did he have any advance warning, do you know, of the letter that Joe Martin released
  • and friends' children getting married; buying the Ranch property from LBJ's Aunt Frank Martin and plans to improve it; Senator Alvin Wirtz' death.
Oral history transcript, Gene Latimer, interview 2 (II), 10/5/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 1 (I), 3/9/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)
  • not technically.” Anyhow, I was born on January 29, 1894. My father was Harry Martin Von Holt. My mother was Ida Knudsen and they were married in December of 1890. Their first child was my older sister Mary Elizabeth and she married a chap named White who came
Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)
  • not technically.” Anyhow, I was born on January 29, 1894. My father was Harry Martin Von Holt. My mother was Ida Knudsen and they were married in December of 1890. Their first child was my older sister Mary Elizabeth and she married a chap named White who came
Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 3 (III), 3/11/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)
  • not technically.” Anyhow, I was born on January 29, 1894. My father was Harry Martin Von Holt. My mother was Ida Knudsen and they were married in December of 1890. Their first child was my older sister Mary Elizabeth and she married a chap named White who came
Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)
  • not technically.” Anyhow, I was born on January 29, 1894. My father was Harry Martin Von Holt. My mother was Ida Knudsen and they were married in December of 1890. Their first child was my older sister Mary Elizabeth and she married a chap named White who came
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 6 (VI), 8/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh 1'1I f 18 at the time of Hartin Luther King's assassination. The President ~.ent to Ha~"aii on two occasions. One was to meet President Park of South Korea, and the second one was to meet with President Thieu of South Viet
Oral history transcript, Richard M. Scammon, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • Biographical information; Bureau of the Census; Lou Harris; Luther Hodges; 1960 census; invasion of privacy; survey techniques; Select Commission on Western Hemisphere Immigration; President’s Commission on Registration and Voting Participation
Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • somewhere? B: No. No, I only knew the name, the Kleberg name of the King Ranch, but I did not know him. At that time I believe it was the Tenth Congressional District, but it was a long district that went from Corpus and took in this area from Blanco
Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • a liking to Mr. Johnson, and he always had a king-maker complex, so he was very much a part of this campaign in 1941. In the first place he and Mr. E. S. Fentress owned the Austin paper, the Waco paper, the radio station, and at that time I think Mr. Marsh
Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 2 (II), 7/9/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • . It was never quite the same almost "King Charles' head" that it was for President Kennedy. That, I think, related in large part to what his father was saying, because on at least a couple of occasions when I would make a rather eloquent speech, or what I
Oral history transcript, Herbert J. Kramer, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • Holmes Brown who had come down to Washington with McNamara. He had been the public relations director of Martin-Marietta and then Ford. He came down here and spent somewhat less than a year, and then retired to go to American Airlines as their public
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , it wasn't clear what party he was going to vote with. He was a conservative, but it wasn't clear if he was a Republican or a Democrat. It turned out he didn't go Democrat. They had to have a special election then for the Senate and Yarborough, Martin Dies