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Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 3 (III), 6/9/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that year. Eisenhower called for [Robert] Taft, who was the Republican [Senate] leader at the time, and Lyndon was minority leader, Democrat. they went in for a conference. And so Well, this hasn't been told yet, but I heard directly from Lyndon

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 4 (IV), 6/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

courageous, either that or stupid of me at the time. This was dated May 25, 1966. He was always anxious to show statistics which would demonstrate that he was holding more press conferences than his pred1ccessor, Jack Kennedy. We put out a new tabulation
and President Kennedy; Presidential scholar ceremony invitee list; Laitin losing his code name; LBJ not wanting people to know who he was taking to Camp David; how the press manipulate the people who release the news; LBJ’s relationship with the press; the focus

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 2 (II), 8/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on? C: Right, the first . G: Okay . Do you recall how the Vice President was chosen to go on that trip, any insight there? C: I think that was very early in the Kennedy Administration, I forget exactly what month . G: April . C: April . G
the Kennedy family

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

~"as Governor Connally's vie't-l that Texas had done a very substantial part with regard to the fund-raising. But in any event President Kennedy and, perhaps, Attorney General . Robert Kennedy and others l.Jere desirous of having a fund-raising dinner in Texas
and concern for Governor Connally’s health; the Yarborough/Connally split; fund-raising in Texas for 1964; planning the trip for JFK and LBJ to Texas; Kennedy popularity in Texas; what was done with the money from the cancelled Austin dinner 11/22/63; guest

Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

regarding his relationship with Robert Kennedy during any of this period? G: No. We never discussed-- MG: He never mentioned that. G: This was more nearly in terms of what I saw of Johnson the man and then connecting it with the--but even there, you

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

interpose some questions as it seems judicious. U: All right. The question of Indian policy was one I found one of the most frustrating issues of my Department. I made the rather foolish statement the day President Kennedy announced my appointment--he
Indian problems; Indian Bureau; Philco Nash; Robert Bennett; Alaska; VISTA; transition; relations with Mexico; oil; tidelands

Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

top secret things, just kind of a right-hand man type to the General. At the end of 1960--1 didn't know anything about this till I read it in Newsweek--somebody touted Clifton as the military aide to the newly elected President Kennedy. He didn't deny
as General Clifton’s photographer for industrial and VIP special events; being a White House photographer during the Kennedy administration; August 1961 trip to Berlin Wall with Vice-President Johnson and Y.R. Okamoto’s coverage of the trip; European trip

Oral history transcript, James Adler, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at that time in poverty, because there was already ongoing the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency under Robert Kennedy. That also was LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
Position in government during War on Poverty; Appalachian program; Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 15 (XV), 12/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Atherton Bean to the Federal Reserve Board. I don't know whether we'd put Thurgood Marshall on the Court yet. We had put [Robert] Weaver in the Department of Housing and Urban Development. We moved with [Andrew] Brimmer. Brimmer was a black economist

Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to develop Kennedy and Johnson factions from the sub-Cabinet and lower level. Did anything like that occur in Agriculture? M: Nothing of that sort occurred in Agriculture until the candidacy of Robert Kennedy was announced. At which time John Schnittker
Evaluation of LBJ; LBJ’s knowledge of, and interest in, the cattle business; government program to purchase surplus beef during the cattle crisis; transition from Kennedy to LBJ administration; shepherding bills through Congress and keeping LBJ

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

for a better package. There was a lot of discussion and speculation about the vice presidential business during the convention. I was not in on any of those negotiations except I had the misfortune of being the fellow to tell Jack Kennedy that he wasn't
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; Democratic political campaigns leading to 1956 Convention; Central High School integration; 1960 Democratic Convention and Kennedy-Johnson nomination; relations with LBJ as VP; ghost writing for Lady

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thing that could look like a possibility of defeating Kefauver, and that was to get behind Jack Kennedy. So Johnson got the Texas delegation behind Jack Kennedy, which could not have been done if there had not been the first vote for Gore. One

Oral history transcript, John M. Steadman, interview 1 (I), 4/5/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with the Attorney General Robert Kennedy being the brother of the President that, even more than usual, the Office of Legal Counsel was called upon by White House folks in legal matters in which the White House cared about a very great deal. Therefore, it seemed

Oral history transcript, Florence Mahoney, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Kennedy as a supporter of your health programs? M: We were very good friends so he knew what I was--yes. But he never--we had to make the big push in the Senate to get extra money always because, of course, they were always trying to do their budget. G

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

there of putting other carriers in . M: There was the accusation at the time that Robert Kennedy was putting pressure on you to change . B: Absolutely untrue! M: And that this was tied in with the White House, too . B : That's absolutely untrue

Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to support the Vice President. The Under Secretary announced that he was supporting Senator Robert Kennedy. And that was the third announcement that came along. And the day that announcement came along, along about 6:25 or something, I was sitting here

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 19 (XIX), 1/27/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

at the Pentagon. C: Let me start with the earlier meeting. G: Okay. (Interruption) C: On November 9, 1964, Secretary [Robert] McNamara and Cyrus Vance went down to the Ranch and I was not with them. They were armed with a proposal we had worked on since

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. W: Yes, though President Kennedy had rather deliberately tried to bring i.n a new group that was post-New Deal. G: We kind of felt estranged from the Kennedy group. W: To some extent, though I happened to serve on a Kennedy task force and 1 had

Oral history transcript, Sol M. Linowitz, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

" appearance, Senator Robert Kennedy and Senator Ted Kennedy met me at the Paige Airways airport here in Washington, and we talked for about an hour in one of the offices. And Senator Robert Kennedy wanted me to say that I would be a candidate
Meeting LBJ in 1963; Robert McNamara; Dean Rusk; David Bell; Ralph Dungan; James Farley; Alfred Gruenther; Eugene Black; John Gardner; General Advisory Committee on Foreign Assistance Programs; James Perkins; Robert Kintner; Kennedy Center

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler and Charles K. Boatner, interview 4 (IV), 6/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: You mentioned that you were known as Lyndon Johnson's man in the Interior Department, and he had other people who were closely identified with him in other departments and agencies. How did this work? B: Well, he kept the Kennedy cabinet
LBJ's tour in Australia; kangaroos for the ranch; LBJ's decision to retain Kennedy cabinet; press leaks; opinions of Stuart Udall; appointment to the Department of the Interior; Rebekah Johnson's relationship with LBJ; Boatner's father's death

Oral history transcript, William H. Jordan, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

close until Senator Robert Byrd came along. In the Fifties Senator Russell had an office at the corner of First and Constitution, close by one of the main entrances and exits to what is now the Russell Office Building but was then the only Senate
/refusal to change as times changed; LBJ’s change from a 'southern’ to a ‘western’ outlook; Russell as LBJ’s senate mentor; LBJ’s dominant personality and power of persuasion; Senator Robert Kerr; Jordan’s activities as advance man for LBJ in the 1960

Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

, 1984 INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT M. MONTAGUE INTERVIEWER: Ted PLACE: Gittinger General Montague's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: When were you assigned to Vietnam? M: Let's see. That should be kind of easy, I think. I started out my
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and Montague; Special Assistant Robert Komer's staff; the goals of pacification; Komer's personality; Montague's role on Komer's staff projects to stabilize the Vietnam economy; the PROVN (The Program for the Pacification and Long Term Development of South
Montague, Robert M.
Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Robert M. Montague

Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Office Building. Mr. Shoemaker, you came on the White House staff in May, 1966 as a Presidential Assistant first in Message Operations and presently in Public Correspondence. Prior to that time during John Kennedy's administration you had covered

Oral history transcript, Paul Bolton, interview 1 (I), 4/6/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Youth Administration made little impact upon the three-man staff of the International News Service at Austin. That staff consisted of Vann M. Kennedy, myself, and Walter Fleet, a youngster whose job it was to punch the tape which fed through

Oral history transcript, Ray S. Cline, interview 2 (II), 5/31/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

was trying to keep it covered up for many good reasons. But at any rate, after the Bay of Pigs and even after the Cuban missile crisis, I know that the Kennedys and John McCone, who talked to me about it almost as soon as I came back to Washington
; discussions on Vietnam; LBJ and Vietnam; incidents preceding and following Gulf of Tonkin incident; Robert McNamara; use of intelligence support

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 4 (IV), 8/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was then either Cy [Cyrus] Vance's special assistant or general counsel to the army. That was September 1962. We got into this--I shouldn't say we, I got into it on the Saturday before the Sunday night in which the rioting really hit its peak. Mr. [Robert

Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1970, by Arthur J. Mayer (Item)

House in Palm Beach, Florida, where he was to meet with President Kennedy and members of the President's Cabinet, as well as leaders of Congress, prior to the opening of Congress, which was scheduled sometime the 8th or 9th of January, as I recall

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

is that I became actively involved in June of that year. But even earlier than that I was aware that another senior staff member, Robert Lampman, who was on leave from the University of Wisconsin, was working on updating and pulling together information
Capron's work on the Council of Economic Advisers in 1963; research and plans to address poverty issues in the Kennedy Administration; Capron's involvement in a Saturday lunch group that studied poverty issues and developed related program ideas

Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Kennedy, Mr . Nixon, and Mr . Albert all in one little huddle . They were the only � � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral

Oral history transcript, Robert Lampman, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT LAMPMAN INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Dr. Lampman's residence, Madison, Wisconsin Tape 1 of 2 G: Let's start, Dr. Lampman, by asking you to trace the beginning of your involvement with what became the War on Poverty. L
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Lampman, Robert James, 1920-1997
Oral history transcript, Robert Lampman, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Robert Lampman

Oral history transcript, Richard A. Prindle, interview 1 (I), 2/3/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to something I've just finished reading here that one of the Brookings people has written, Mr. James Sundquist's book which covers the Eisenhower and Kennedy--Johnson years and draws contrasts. He has a section on the environment and describes what has

Oral history transcript, William G. Bowdler, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

at that time was assistant secretary, asked me to take the White House Latin American adviser job, which Robert B. Sayre had occupied for about nine months previous to that. F: Had you known Walt Rostow or the President at all before this time? B: I had

Oral history transcript, Chris Dixie, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, "Confidentally, I'm supporting Jack Kennedy, who is the logical one," and so forth. Kennedy?" "Will you line up with Jack But you know, there were seven Democratic candidates, potentials and hopefuls at that time. Lyndon was number seven at the bottom as far

Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 2 (II), 10/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

tax. As I say, he was chief of staff, appointments, everything. MG: Okay, who else? AG: Mildred was Walter's secretary and his right hand. was in the Senate office. Juanita [Roberts] The Senate office was very, very small. MG: Now, when you say

Oral history transcript, James J. Rowley, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the tragedy of Robert Kennedy, and he called me up and said, "r want you to put men on that right away," about six o'clock in the morning, "put good men on it," and so forth and so on, which we did. M: So he does not at weird hours and frequently

Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 4 (IV), 10/31/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and only the President knows--I have no idea--and I always denied this, about ten days before my Under Secretary had come to me-F: Is this David Black? U: Yes. --with the idea of naming the District of Columbia Stadium for Robert Kennedy. He, of course

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 36 (XXXVI), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with Robert Komer. C: This is [Gerald] Ford, Albert. I wonder if this is the right year? B: To the Cabinet Room for the congressional bipartisan leadership meeting. C: Yes. B: . . . with you for a review. Ford was there. Tom Johnson made notes

Oral history transcript, Joe B. Frantz, interview 2 (II), 09/10/1972, by David G. McComb (Item)

Commission. He went back to Truman. He had been reappointed a couple of times and had been in the Eisenhower years I know and of course the Kennedy years, since John F. Kennedy was very fond of his son, or at least leaned on him. I would presume he was fond

Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, 1971 INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT KOMER li~TERVIEWER: PAIGE E. PLACE: Mr. Komer's office, RAND Corporation, Washington, D.C. MULHOLL&~ Tape 1 of 3 M: You were, for part of the time in 1964 and '65, the White House man on Africa as well as the Middle
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Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 3 (III), 11/15/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Robert Komer

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 5 (V), 4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. The President felt that they were motivated more by Bobby Kennedy than by Gene McCarthy. G: Really? K: Yes. Particularly the Lowenstein one. He felt that was a Kennedy front. I had no evidence of that. Since it was New York, he used to talk to me a lot about
Failed tax increases; Wilbur Mills; 1968 primaries; Bobby Kennedy entering the 1968 presidential race; the Tet offensive and negotiating with the North Vietnamese; Clark Clifford; bombing halts; Monsignor Paul Marcinkus visiting LBJ at the Ranch

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