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Oral history transcript, Laurance Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • President's wives: Mrs. Rusk was the only one not to accept. We got into this plane with them and made three trips. Well, lim very aviation-minded. But when Stewart Udall asked me to go walking and meet the ladies later, I said, "If anything happens
  • Role and activities of the Citizens Committee on Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission; LBJ and Lady Bird's role in beautification; Mr. Henry Diamond was present and spoke during the interview
Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • ; contact with community leaders; conflict of subway vs. freeway; housing problems; unique business and economic situation in D.C.; tourist trade; LBJ's interest in D.C. government; Lady Bird's beautification program; bipartisan support; personal summary
Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 2 (II), 10/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , I wasn't looking for anything, any appointment of any kind. F: You don't want really to get back into that? C: I don't want to go back into that. I just wanted to quit and open my law office. F: Yes. D,id you plant any seeds in Lady Bird's
Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 1 (I), 4/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • the locals are afraid that it's going to take land off the tax roll. They're suspicious of whether it really will bring in enough tourism trade to offset this; they'd rather have a bird in the hand than two in the bush; they'd LBJ Presidential Library