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Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • quite regularly; Pat Moynihan was there part of the time; Bob Martin was one of the real regulars--he was there almost all of the time, a lawyer in Washington, and a guy that was tremendously 25 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , and the Belden survey indicated this, that they held the count out in about ten of those counties. Martin Dies of course was very popular in that whole area, some of those counties were in his district, and when it became obvious that he was a hopeless fourth
Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • with--Mayor [Tom] Miller was on the council at that time, in the late sixties, where we integrated the library. We had had quite a bit of discussion about integrating the library, and Dr. John King, who was president of Huston-Tillotson College, came and made
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 14 (XIV), 6/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • interests in Cuba. I wouldn't say it '"as one of a1arm, because in a sense Cuba didn't seem to have much relationship to us. The principal constituent was the King Ranch which had a tremendous amount of land in Cuba, all of which got expropiated. And we
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • point than any other time I've ever seen him. Because you know this is a fairly impressive list, Martin Agronsky, Popham, Walter Mansell, Paul Scott-­ who's a real nut; that's a little bit harsh, he's quite fanatical-­ Bill Stringer, Ray Brooks, Ray
Oral history transcript, William H. Crook, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 2 (II), 5/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, William S. White and June White, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • restau- rant or cafeteria near the Union Station, which again was somewhat near the Capitol. He lived very frugally, because he was always broke and so was I in those days. G: Were you ever with him in Texas when he was down at the King Ranch? W
Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 11/2/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • was not taking advantage of his experience and his potential, and after a few fits and starts and all that, he resigned from the army. He went to work for Martin Marietta Corporation until--again, I don't know the exact date--but he made up his mind that he
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ia), 12/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • on--? R: Oh yes--Slick Persons and Jack Martin and the rest of the Administration--you know, the legislative liaison men were standing right outside the doors of the chamber and grabbing the Republicans as they came off and on. Fortunately, a few
Oral history transcript, David K.E. Bruce, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • that the central bankers constituted the core of everything . Bill Martin, as Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board and others, including the different Secretaries of the Treasury, were always involved . But that didn't cause any difficulty in political
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 16 (XVI), 1/29/1980-1/30/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it all ready to go, and they slammed the gate shut on any further discussion of licenses, is the way I remembered it. He just wanted to get it judged to whether he could have the license or not, and then he would take his chances. Martin Winfrey and Tony
Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • will refer to things 1ike that, "Well, you got me in a lot of trouble with your--" G: He loves to ld.d me about the time I was in trouble with Martin Dies. M: He's e.asy to be in trouble with. G: He k.ids me about my being a radical and so forth. W: G
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 4 (IV), 4/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • legislation. Senator Brooke, Senator Percy, Senator Javits, worked very hard without any reservations, and were major factors. While people still think in terms of Dr. King's assassination as having made the passage of open housing possible, the fact
Oral history transcript, Robert J. Kleberg, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/9/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • , 1969 INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT KLEBERG, JR. INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB PLACE: King Ranch Offic es, 2nd floor , Kleberg National Bank, King svill e, Texas. Tape 1 of l M: Mr. Kleberg, the first thing I would like to know is when you first met Lyndon
Oral history transcript, Sanford L. Fox, interview 1 (I), 11/27/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • be round tables. We use the ranking of dignitaries for host and hostess at round tables if it is a state visit of a foreign country the ranking guests are therefore intermingled with our ranking guests. For instance, if it was a King and Queen, the Queen
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • them go ahead. G: Another case I'd like for you to talk about in some detail is the Con Edison case application at Storm King Mountain and what, I guess, emerged as an environmental protest in the wake of that. S: Well, you understand that coming
  • and Telephone with Western Power and Gas; the Con Edison case application at Storm King Mountain; hydropower; the emergence of the environmental movement and the FPC's response to the movement; the creation of the recreation, fish, and wildlife section
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • --this will be amusing--this stuff is not really history, it's more in the area of anecdote. F: But sometimes it reveals. K: The first real substantive job I had after the assassination was a letter to King Faisal Abde1 Aziz al Saud, Saud. still of Saudi Arabia. I
  • and Pakistan with LBJ; accompanying Vice President LBJ on Middle East trip; disagreeing with LBJ; differences in how JFK and LBJ dealt with their staffs; anecdote regarding King Faisal Abdel al Saud; suggesting conversation topics for Vice-President LBJ to use
Oral history transcript, Estelle Harbin, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • there Then after we ate, I'd get a taxi and go home. G: Let me ask you, I know this is going to tax your memory here, but do you recall whether or not Lyndon Johnson ever went to or met Mr. Kleberg at the King Ranch or went to that area before he took the job? H
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and liked very much, Mr. Hiram King, who was a vice president of Sinclair Oil, had written some of his friends up there to take these two young girls out. This time we were 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
  • Johnson's financial difficulties; the relationship between LBJ and his father; LBJ's mother, Rebekah Johnson; Mrs. Johnson's trip with LBJ to San Marcos, the King Ranch, and Corpus Christi; the Kleberg family, including Alice Gertrudis King Kleberg, Richard
Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the arriving guest, and the king or queen wanted, as the case may be, to entertain, sure, that was fine, though preferably not in the evening and white tie. But an empty ceremony, in which he would have to be present for somebody else's, which was a waste
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • McGeorge Bundy, like Larry O'Brien, and certain others of them like this boy from whom I just got the letter, Bernie Boutin, who tried to run the campaign in New Hampshire [tried]. That was a letter from Bernie this morning. I think King. That was a very
Oral history transcript, John Brooks Casparis, interview 1 (I), 1/7/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • up. Several times he's been at our house for breakfast and sobered up. G: Was he a good speaker? C: As I remember, yes. G: Was he well-liked in Johnson City, or disliked, do you recall? C: At that time, see--I'm now tal king about 1922-23
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview S-XIII, 1/23/1987, by Nancy Smith (Item)
  • chief of state, for instance, let's say the King of Nepal1 s son was going to Harvard and we had him downon LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More
Oral history transcript, Cecille Harrison Marshall, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh • MARSHALL -- I -- 13 brought. I remember They were on their way down to the King Ranch. that was the first time I had seen him. Very tall, slender , quite slender , very
Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1968, by William S. White (Item)
  • , you're quite right. I forgot that you were both in the House together. Sure you were. Start as you please. D: One of my good friends in the House was Dick Kleberg, who belonged to that King family that has the ranch down in Texas. Lyndon Johnson
Oral history transcript, Bart McDowell, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , and was always making circuits with the palace crowd. I got a bit of a playback from Mrs. Johnson on their meetings with the Danish royal family. The young princess who later married King Constantine of Greece was much taken with the fact that Lynda Bird
Oral history transcript, Emily Crow Selden, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • here, I think it was my first year, and got crazy about it. right out in the country. Ride then up Mount Bonnell Bird and Cecille and I used to ride first by ourselves and then later on--well, maybe [Hiram] King. remember riding with him, maybe we
Oral history transcript, James M. Rowe, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , and Lyndon was administrative assistant for Dick Kleberg of the King Ranch, and so they kept pretty close contact there. A peculiar thing--I'm trying to think of this historian, they call him--what's the school at Canyon? West Texas [State University]? G
Oral history transcript (conversation), Lyndon B. Johnson and Ted Sorensen, interview S-VIII, 6/3/1963 (Item)
  • . If T \ic!tC: :(2.-:nc~d_y I \•;01/ldn 1 t fot the:n cal1 my signills. \,;::_::; doi:1c; t;1cit I'd go ·int:) the South a tin;e or·t',10 rnys21f. I'd l.Jhik t I'd put th2 R:::pub l i can.s on the 3pot Ly ina king he·:! l': ,:.:h h:: 1,;~m ts ,rnd I
Oral history transcript, Horace V. (Dick) Bird, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the trip was cancelled, but do you remember the circumstances of it? B: No, but I do know that Admiral [Ernest] King, who was then our chief of naval operations, wanted to use Lyndon as much as he could on these kinds of things because Lyndon was good
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 3 (III), 3/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • too after you became acting attorney general? C: Yes, I think he relied on me while I was deputy, and somewhat even before I was deputy. Unquestionably but, you know, not as a matter of chief reliance. I remember when Dr. King visited him
Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • assistant, I think, to a congressman from Texas named [Richard] Kleberg, the one who had the very big ranch. MG: The King Ranch. DG: The King Ranch, that's right. We spoke; he was a vital, impressive, emotional, exciting young fellow. I was approximately
Oral history transcript, Irwin Wolkstein, interview 1 (I), 4/26/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to take over that whole operation. It was King-Anderson--I don't 14 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 1 (I), 11/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • more a part of the inner circle? SG: There you are getting--my personal view is [that] you're reaching to the same question, which is why is the relationship between the--the traditional relationship between the king and the heir presumptive
Oral history transcript, Melville Bell Grosvenor, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Library; Alexander Graham Bell Association Medal for the Deaf; coronation of the King of Tonga; Redwoods National Park; Presidential Conference on Natural Beauty; biographical information
Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 3 (III), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in the privacy of his own thoughts, and ::1a.'Ybe even in his own office, the President would have a few salty things to say about various players on this great national stage. F: Did you ever work directly with Dr. King? H: Oh, yes. 22 LBJ Presidential
Oral history transcript, Edward Clark, interview S-I, 12/15/1986, by Robert Dallek (Item)
  • : The Little Congress. C: It didn't amount to anything, but that was the first place I ever met him, in Dick Kleberg of the King Ranch office. He was secretary there. Senator Alvin Wirtz, who lived here in Austin, had gotten him the job with Dick Kleberg