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Oral history transcript, J. Waddy Bullion, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

that he was awake. M: This was work in regard to politics? B: That's right. M: Did he often talk about politics in a social situation? B: Occasionally in the social conversations he would make remarks about politics or what 20 LBJ Presidential

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1984, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

a conversation [about] how Shannon didn't want to get anything accomplished specifically as far as we could make out, and we told him how he did the reverse of everything that's common sense. So he picked up the phone and he said, "Get me Cohen, Wilbur Cohen

Oral history transcript, Frank Denius, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

th~ remember one newspapers about it, there was a lot of conversation among the Democratic Parey workers in our precinct where I had been a there wor~er, . . with \"Tas a good bl t •..•. u.L-ere were some evening rneetlngs .-. various members

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 4/5/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

. We took it for granted that He indicated that many, many times in conversation but I never recall his ever saying he wanted to be President or Senator or Governor or any other specific office . G: One thing that has been commented upon

Oral history transcript, Lewis W. Walt, interview 1 (I), 1/24/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of conversation that you think might be important to record-either where you've touched the career of President Johnson, or anything in connection with your service in Vietnam during his Administration-that we haven't talked about? W: Outside of the times that I

Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 2 (II), 11/25/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

anything else and he eventually took it. G: Did he leave you any parting shot, any instructions, recommendations, words of advice? H: Not really. We had some conversations before he left mostly about specific problems that were on hand. As a matter

Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

at Christmas vacations, summer time, other periods. We occasionally had some conversations together. I never had close contacts with him after those years. I saw him only occasionally when he was here with the National Youth Administration, and I've seen

Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 2 (II), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

any conversations of the two of them together or any . . . gi ve us a picture of. . • N: I don't remember that conversation, but I remember the time that they were sitting at the big table in my office over at the Capitol having lunch. I was having

Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of Kennedy's conversion to the Heller � � 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://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 14

Oral history transcript, Richard S. (Cactus) Pryor, interview 1 (I), 9/10/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

, "Could I have yOI.!r attention, please?" and conversing. And I said a little They went on eating Finally, I shouted out in my best Texas voice, "Simmer down!" And they did. I emceed very much like I did the other functions at the ranch, very

Oral history transcript, June White, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

--I-- 1 6 "I don't know if I would go looking for that house ." I think that [LBJ] did not approve of [Moyer's] interfering in the conversation . He didn't think it was up to him to comment on it, you see . So that was his way of saying, "You're

Oral history transcript, Thurgood Marshall, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Number two, he thought that he would like to have me as his representative before the Court. The other thing which goes through every conversation we had from then on--he would say at least three or four times, "You know this has nothing to do with any

Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 2 (II), 9/29/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, things that you really didn't bring up when you were conversing with that particular senator. I remember I went back and told Shriver, I said, "Get him out of the town. I don't want him on the Hill again. He'll blow everything on us." He was a decent guy

Oral history transcript, Jewel Malechek Scott, interview 2 (II), 5/30/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the mail, and watching the news and sometimes talking to Jockey Wade, who managed the house and worked with Dale outside. He might be carrying on two or three conversations at one time while he was watching the news and looking at his mail, which I could

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a terrific compliment that Johnson would ask you to do that," that it was a question for me to decide myself, that she thought that he was right, that I would be good at it because of some of the things I mentioned at the beginning of this conversation

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 2 (II), 12/18/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

don't think there's any comparison. I think Lyndon Johnson is head and shoulders above Nixon, in intellectual capacity and feeling . And yet, you know, in personal conversation, Lyndon Johnson is a very warm man, and he's funny as all hell! He's one

Oral history transcript, Eugenie Moore Anderson, interview 3 (III), 11/14/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

for almost an hour. Secretary Freeman. that he was there." The President said, It turned out that it was "Well, I'm sorry, I didn't know Well, in any case he really seemed to enjoy the conversation and I certainly did, too. And he was very encouraging

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 8 (VIII), 9/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

imperatives or, conversely, was all of this material, arguments that came from the Pentagon with regard LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 58 (LVIII), 12/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. It was done down at the Ranch. I was much more in synch with him in this point in time, so there was a lot more conversation, oral conversation along the way. I think, to the extent I remember, the briefing was short; he knew where we were. I'm just going

Oral history transcript (conversation), Lyndon B. Johnson and Ted Sorensen, interview S-VIII, 6/3/1963 (Item)

Oral history transcript (conversation), Lyndon B. Johnson and Ted Sorensen, interview S-VIII, 6/3/1963

Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 4 (IV), 2/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a little group of people, he'd get out and meet them, shake their hand and try to converse with them, and again, try to explain to people that-G: Would there be someone from the State Department to--? H: Yes, oh, yes. As I recall [William J.] Crockett

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 7 (VII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

into it, Tommy Corcoran would be the closest I'd have and nothing really--I know there was a lot of conversation back and 7 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 3 (III), 7/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. You were one of the eleven Southern Democrats who supported that. Could you tell me what you thought was the strategy, or what you developed as the strategy to gain passage for this bill, and also what conversations you would have had with Mr. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Anthony Buford, interview 1 (I), 6/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Any significant conversations during that time? Did you talk about the office and what he was doing? B: No. No. G: Okay. The St. Louis Post Dispatch was not always in his corner as a newspaper. Did he ever complain to you about the Dispatch or its

Oral history transcript, William M. Capron, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. The centerpiece of the 1963 program had been the tax cut, and as Heller pointed out in conversations with the President and with Ted Sorensen over the summer, the tax cut was fine, and yet it didn't do anything directly for those at the very bottom of the income

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 7 (VII), 3/4/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)

to Washington in the family plane. As we were approaching National Airport, with Laurance, Brooke, and I engaged in a three-way conversation, Laurance said to me, "Nash, it's time to start thinking about a memorial to President Johnson." I said, "Well, Laurance

Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 1 (I), April 1963, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

all the time, all over the state, visiting these camps, every type of NYA project that he possibly could. G: Did he, in his conversations with you, in staff meetings, etc, do you recall his sating anything which along this line he expressed what

Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 2 (II), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

going stronger in that. We had to fight him, and all the rest of the story is true, but unattractive adjectives attract the press. Finally, with regard to the material on particularly Pages 27 and 28, in which I was quoting my memory of conversations

Oral history transcript, Victor Ferrari, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Peter learned his English in England. lot of English." pletely. [He told us,] "live forgotten a So far as we were concerned he fit the bill com- He opened his conversation with, "Do you want to take a piss?" That was a shocker to me, in front

Oral history transcript, Jose Joaquin Trejos, interview 1 (I), 5/31/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

together fairly freely? The conversations were like those of old friends and the same feelings were evident on the part of all the presidents: F: feelings of real friendship towards President Johnson. Well now, am I correct in believing that even though

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 3 (III), 2/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Really iron discipline. V: That's right, I was quite impressed by it. Later on that evening he went down to the podium at the Waldorf and delivered a fine speech, engaging in conversation with people at the head table, and I daresay

Oral history transcript, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., interview 1 a (I), 10/22/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

at that-- V: Not really. I think there were some--in reconstructing that conversation, I think it was fairly clear what job they were talking about, but there were no specifics. B: And then when did a specific offer come? V: A few days after that. I

Oral history transcript, Felipe Herrera, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was that he was very much upset with the criticism that he was receiving that he didn't care about Latin America. M: This was after he had announced that he wasn't going to run again. Did he say anything about that in the course of the conversation? H

Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 2 (II), 6/9/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of South Carolina. We went down to talk with the President, and President Roosevelt always took charge of the conversation. He was well briefed on the cotton situation, and he took advantage of the opportunity to give us a complete briefing

Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

mentioned that at the time, and one Senator whom I'll not name mentioned it to me personally, that this was a reason--because of the Strauss case that they would hold up Fortas. In my conversations with other members of the Senate during the Fortas crisis

Oral history transcript, Ralph Moreland, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

on Airport; LBJ’s feeling for business; KTBC; LBJ’s staff; guest in June 1969 at the Ranch; LBJ’s feelings regarding Nixon’s economic policies; conversation with LBJ regarding deer; impressions of Lady Bird; invitation to Scharnhorst Ranch to hunt; contact

Oral history transcript, Kenneth A. Randall, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

didn't have much to do with the dimensions of the job. But we hit it off extremely well. M: Was it a one-way conversation, or did you--? R: Oh, it was definitely both ways. We just had a delightful chat. felt a little like I was on a yo-yo, though

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

with that agreement or resolve that we both agreed to. B: That conversation that night in the South Pacific there, did it get off on the career military officers? A question comes up about Mr. Johnson's attitude toward the place of career officers as opposed

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 4 (IV), 5/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was the general counsel of the Commerce Department where this bill was being pigeonholed. In conversations with Califano and myself and with Pertschuk and with Cohen, we worked out a program for trying to get that bill through the Senate Commerce Committee

Oral history transcript, Harris Melasky, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

that? M: Oh, yes. Mc: Shortly thereafter? M: Numerous times. Mc: Did he ever say anything to you about that election in 1948? M: Yes, I guess so. Naturally in conversation we'd say something about it. We didn't discuss details. We discussed