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Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 1 (I), 6/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

had close personal exposure to Senator Johnson. any other way. I felt like I knew him better through them than To be sure, rarely was I ever with Walter that I was not present when there was a telephone conversation between Walter and Senator Johnson

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 1 (I), 1/27/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

out to an airfield with others who were going down there. B: That would have been Sunday night when the violence was breaking out? P: That's right. So I went down, getting there about eight o'clock. I took up a station on the telephones

Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 2 (II), 7/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Kennedy to visit Texas. So, I offered to assemble, just by telephone, some twelve or fifteen what you might call community leaders in Dallas. at the Adolphus Hotel. We assembled them I remember I was out to lunch and received a phone call --I believe

Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

--they went in on a mountain peak; then they were naturally excited about that moment, that type of conversation. So they go across and stand in Lafayette Park and began talking that they had such high hopes after the election, with Mr. Kennedy as President

Oral history transcript, Graham Purcell, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of, lid say, two or maybe three telephone conversations with him regarding legislation. I was chairman of a subcommittee on agri cul ture, and these were usually conversati ons, very bii ef, deal i ng with bi 11 s that woul d come up. Of course, he wanted

Oral history transcript, Nancy Dickerson, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oh, no! So Buddy got on the phone, and I've often thought of whoever in the world IIBuddy" might be. There was some young man in Texas and all of a sudden he was thrust into a telephone conversation with a strange man whom he had never met who

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

used? Y: No, not--well, you know, President Johnson was a very unusual fellow in a conversation. You'd go in with a specific item for the agenda but, depending on his most recent encounter or telephone call or something, you'd find yourself sort

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

things on their own. The candidate may suspect it but he's more likely to think about something else. example, I've seen Johnson do this and other people do it. conversation he's had with somebody on some subject, he talked to him about it.lI

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 9 1,,1': I don't recall that we had any specific conversation about that. F: Did he discuss

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Irving L. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

primary, not necessarily in chronological order, I was sitting at my desk about ten o'clock in the morning. The phone rang and a voice said, "This is Lyndon. you doing?" doing?" He very often started conversation with, "What are you I said, "I'm

Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

church, and the Baptists is very close. There's not a great deal of difference. They use the same methods of baptism; they have their local govemment concept, and so on. I've taken more time to answer your question than-- (I nterrupt i on-- telephone

Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

there were conversations to that effect. Did you talk face-to-face with Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Johnson about this? R: No, Mr. Randolph did. group should go. I did not. The decision was that a small Therefore since Mr. Randolph and I represented the same

Oral history transcript, Ivan Sinclair, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, the same time, enjoying it--in national issues. And that was the only topic of conversation that year. While there, I felt that I should also learn a little bit about my home state, having been there eighteen years in high school~ and then four years

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

doesn't realize yet just how bad a luncheon this is going to be." He thought that was a good joke, and I went off to lunch and, of course, had my conversation with the French charge. And as usual, we just were awaiting more information and more facts

Oral history transcript, Dorothy H. Jacobson, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, they always wanted to own the land, wherever they were, that this was a universal longing. --Telephone interruption-I didn't have too much to do directly with the Kennedy Round. Let me conclude with what you need here on the Kennedy Round by saying

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

he meant. He could see that I was a little puzzled. He said, "I'm going to make you a full Special Assistant to me." My part in that conversation LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

, my memory doesn't serve me on that. But I told him very early in our conversation that the very 1ast substantive conversation that I had had with Kennedy was about a poverty program. The reason I had seen Kennedy before 1eaving for Japan

Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

great respect for the other man's judgment. Now he'll make his own final judgment, but he wants facts and figures and therefore he will guide the conversation along 1 inles of interest to his guests and along lines and subjects with which the guest

Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

by President Díaz Ordaz in Spanish. Of course, I later told President Johnson that President Díaz Ordaz in his conversation with President Johnson remarked more-or-less as a side comment, "Well, we have finally resolved a problem that has existed for over

Oral history transcript, Carl Sanders, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of that on television and all that. But I did not stay up there the next several days, and I had no further conversations with him after th.at about it. B: When he heard the news did he himself suggest or perhaps ask you to call Mrs. King or any of the other members

Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

conversations . Of course, it wasn't too long until war came known as members that were strong for defense . on, and he and I were As a matter of fact, he was on the Naval Affairs Committee when I became a member of Congress . My recollection is that in May