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I have basically the correct information? B: Basically you are right. M: Do you have any corrections? B: No, not one. M: Mr. B a r t l e t , , have you ever participated in any similar oral history project? B: Yes, on John Kennedy
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
potential as president; bitterness between Bobby Kennedy and LBJ; Bartlett's relationship with President Johnson and his White House staff; Vietnam War; Robert Kennedy's run for presidency; impressions of Kennedy family role in Johnson's selection of Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

knowledge, of the offer that they wanted him to accept the vice presidential nomination. So it was extremely exciting, because Speaker Rayburn met Robert Kennedy in the adjoining room and the discussions [went] back and forth and men came and went. G
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Waldron, Robert Earl, 1927-1995
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Robert E. Waldron

went to P-38, that went out the I was told, in fact, I bel ieve it was Juanita Roberts who told me, "When the Senator tells you to do something, don't ask him anything, just do it." She said, "For instance, if he says, 'Set yourself on fire,' don't
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

that the President wanted to see me. And when I went in to see the President he had gone into that little-bitty office that had once been a bathroom, but President Kennedy converted into a very small relaxation room. As Jack and I went down the corridor toward

Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, Robert Kennedy, had sent him a book in which he had marked a passage saying, "this might be of interest to you ." BA : Yes, I've seen references to that ; it's references to one of Bruce Catton's books on the Civil War, I believe

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

relations in South Africa; meeting LBJ for the first time; Sam Rayburn; Democratic National Conventions of 1956, 1960, and 1964; political social gatherings; visits to the Ranch; working with Mrs. Kennedy on the Fine Arts Committee; White House furnishings

Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

was. I'm glad he did. We were over at Mr. Rayburn's--Ann and I --for dinner the night before he left for the convention in Los Angeles. Of course, that's what we were talking about, and there was a lot of talk about [John] Kennedy had it in the bag

Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

a ;';":') on it-- it must be the 27th or 28th of l-larch--the heat again3t ,hhnson was getting very, very hot indeed. You know, Kennedy and ;'>J,iirthy were both on his tail. and McPherson and Liz Cater and I and Bess Abell and Ervin Duggan-- C~~p~nter that's about all

Oral history transcript, Edie Adams, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in show business should keep their political feelings private. F: You hadn't campaigned for Kennedy in 1960? A: No. F: Were you on the West Coast at that time? A: Yes. It was when Goldwater was announced; it really terrified me. At the time

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

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