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  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 16 Rusk, number one--he had the number one rank; and Mr. [Robert] McNamara, because they brought in all the questions ftOm the Defense Department; and Mr. Robert Kennedy always usually had a point of view
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • knew you were also of a previous period so you were not the same kind of a Kennedy man as some of the others. Do you have any insights on his relationship with the real Kennedy people when he first carne to office, particularly with Robert Kennedy
  • INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT TAFT, JR. INTERVIEWER: PAIGE E. MULHOLLAN PLACE: Congressman Taft's office, Cannon 315, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: Let's just identify you, sir. You're Robert Taft, Jr., Republican from First District of Ohio in the current
  • See all online interviews with Robert Taft, Jr.
  • Taft, Robert, Jr.
  • Oral history transcript, Robert Taft, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
  • Robert Taft, Jr.
  • by the press at least as one of his supporters in the State of Ohio. I think it was intimated at least that you might have even changed from Kennedy to Johnson. Were there any details of that episode? H: Actually, I was a committed Kennedy delegate. I
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • in his office drinking bourbon. He made some kind of a remark like this, "I'll never trade my vote for a gavel." I was asking him about his becoming a vice-presidential candidate under Kennedy. He said he'd never do that; he didn't want to be the vice
  • temper and why senators respected it; partisanship in the Senate; John F. Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jimmy Hoffa; LBJ's interest in space; foreign aid under Eisenhower; LBJ's Senate work; Robert McNamara; LBJ keeping JFK's staff members; LBJ's
  • INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT G. BAKER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mayflower Hotel, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 G: The first thing I wanted to ask you about was Johnson and Steve Mitchell, because Mitchell is really in the picture here in 1953. B
  • See all online interviews with Robert G. (Bobby) Baker
  • Baker, Robert G.
  • Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Robert G. (Bobby) Baker
  • it was not that favorable that he was considered in 1960, for instance. candidate for President. He was not considered by our people as the ideal You know, he was a candidate in 1960, and of course lost out in the convention to John F. Kennedy. When he was selected
  • First meeting LBJ; Labor’s opinion of LBJ in the Senate and support of Kennedy-Johnson ticket; LBJ as VP active on the Space Council; Landrum-Griffin Bill; talk with LBJ after the JFK assassination; LBJ’s legislative record; influence of organized
  • the President can have a very substantial influence on the program of an agency like this one. M· How does the impact that Mr. Johnson has compare to that of President Kennedy before him? G: Well, I would say there were no marked differences between them
  • , and this again is something that is just a historical point, I've always thought that both Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Eisenhower suffered a great serious loss in the first nine months of their first terms. When Senator Taft died the Republican Party control