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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 29 (XXIX), 5/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • sure, also they'd had their prior battle with President Kennedy. We did want to avoid the sort of "sons of bitches" stuff that Kennedy had gotten into. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 22 (XXII), 2/23/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • don't think Kennedy was treated differently than any other senator. There is a note here for [Nicholas] Katzenbach to call Kennedy. I don't think there's anything directed at Robert Kennedy here by Johnson. The appointment--[Edward] Feinberg was well
Oral history transcript, William D. Carey, interview 1 (I), 12/11/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • . K: Was that through the Kennedy Administration as well? 6 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
Oral history transcript, John McCully, interview 1 (I), 10/26/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • instances that would bolster that feeling. G: You mentioned his conflict with Robert Kennedy. Can you recall any specific instances where he would hold a committee meeting and be attacked or critiqued by Kennedy? M: Not really. It could have been
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 20 (XX), 9/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . R: I know. I'm pretty certain that's the night he ran into Bobby Kennedy out there. In fact, I know it was. Yes. It was rather amusing. He had a very elaborate suite at the Beverly Hilton. There is nothing very interesting in this until this night
  • languages; LBJ's relationship with Charles de Gaulle; LBJ's trip to Las Vegas; LBJ's relationship with Robert Kennedy and the Kennedy family; LBJ visiting space-related facilities and the complexity of problems within the space program; LBJ's lack
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 8 (VIII), 11/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and he would be well placed to be there early. It may have been it had something to do with some military contractors, because we know that during the Kennedy years, when Johnson was vice president, that Houston was chosen to be the space center, and I
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • happened in that hectic couple of days, including the Vietnamese statement and including the visit with Bobby Kennedy. We talked about that, because he said he was going to take the position with Bob that he had mentioned to me the night of March 31
  • ; LBJ’s income; LBJ’s article for Encyclopedia Britannica; President and Mrs. Johnson’s book deals; a film of the accomplishments of the LBJ administration; President Eisenhower; Robert Kennedy’s death; Chief Justice Earl Warren’s resignation; Homer
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 26 (XXVI), 11/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • anybody else could really bring him anything, particularly. I wasn't even sure that Gene could, but I wouldn't have sworn that anybody could. Now he started out by ruling out certain people. And there was no doubt whatsoever that Bobby Kennedy
Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of Wisconsin seeing everybody he could see . Because [Robert M .] LaFollette [Jr .], who was his opponent, had not come home--had sort of moved to Washington and forgotten he was a Senator from Wisconsin--the people voted for the person they saw
  • of Senate Democrats; John Sparkman; Paul Douglas; Paul Butler; Matt McCloskey; Americans for Democratic; Charlie Murphy; Albert and Mark Lasker Foundation; 750 Club; Ed Foley; Liz Carpenter; Ralph Hewitt; Bob Berry; Dave Lloyd; Jack Kennedy; Ted Sorenson
Oral history transcript, David L. Hackett, interview 1 (I), 4/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and was obviously very close to Robert Kennedy, I think that--certainly from Robert Kennedy--our approach was looked upon as a practical, sensible way of going about developing [a 9 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
Oral history transcript, Frederick O'Reilly Hayes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency, did Robert Kennedy have any active role in the planning of the Community Action Program? H: Dick Boone knows more about it than I do. My impression is that Kennedy played an important role in getting the idea
  • Opportunity (OEO); Robert Kennedy's and the Justice Department's involvement in drafting bills for community action programs; the Bureau of the Budget's response to CAP; White House support for community action; the assumption that CAP would work within local
Oral history transcript, Elma (Mrs. Sam) Fore, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Mrs. Fore--I--14 with John Kennedy. He said, "Just fine. Now Robert's (Kennedy) another thing; I don't give him anything at all." M: Yes. But he got
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 21 (XXI), 1/7/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . (Interruption) --anything that Bobby Kennedy did. The antagonism between those two men was one of the strongest I've ever seen in my life. It was just like two dogs coming into a room, when all of a sudden you hear a low growl. LBJ was determined that Bobby
  • between LBJ and Robert Kennedy; Robert McNamara's efforts to use common weapons across all arms of the military; Chuck Stone's interest in the President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity; LBJ's relationship with Bobby Baker; Reedy and LBJ
Oral history transcript, A. Scheffer Lang, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • contact with President Kennedy? L: No, I never had any contact with him. M: Just mainly with the working personnel in the Department of Commerce? L: That's correct. I did a little work for now Under Secretary [Robert C.] Wood at the Department
  • Biographical information; Robert C. Wood; HUD development; formation of DOT; urban mass transit; transportation safety; National Transportation Safety Board; role in relationship to railroads; threatened national railroad strike; poor communication
Oral history transcript, Herman Talmadge, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of the country. B: Because of his views on the law and order issue? T: And a great many other views. I just think he's the poorest excuse for a cabinet officer the nation's ever had. B: Speaking of Attorney Generals, r~r. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy
  • Proxmire of Wisconsin were friends of LBJ while he was Majority Leader; LBJ lost Southern votes with the Civil Rights Act of 1957; LBJ’s presidential ambitions were evident in 1959; advised by friends to avoid the VP offer; Kennedy "Irish Mafia" rivalry
Oral history transcript, Eugene C. Patterson, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Eugene Patterson Sub .i ect (s) covered 15 - 17 Built-in antagonism between the Justice Department and the Civil Rights Cormnission; Robert Kennedy Nicholas Katzenbach; Ramsey Clark; Frankie Freeman 18 '65 report on discrimination in agriculture
Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • following my graduation; joined the law firm of Brody, Charlton, Parker, and Roberts, as an associate at the salary of $200 a month, but I got a rapid raise to $275 a month by Christmas. I stayed with that law firm first as an asso- ciate, later
  • Biographical information; work on Credentials Committee at 1964 Democratic Convention; support for Adlai Stevenson at 1956 and 1960 Conventions; JFK’s nomination at 1960 Convention; becaming a State Dept. employee 1965; contact with Senator Robert
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT C. WEAVER INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
  • See all online interviews with Robert C. Weaver
  • LBJ when NYA set up; John Corson; Frank Horne; reaction to VP LBJ’s approach to civil rights; comparison of JFK and LBJ’s style; LBJ’s knowledge of housing; 1964 and 1965 urban task forces; first acquaintance with Robert Wood; role in formation of HUD
  • Weaver, Robert Clifton, 1907-1997
  • Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
  • Robert C. Weaver
Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • said that I just felt he was the only one that really knew where it was, knew how to get those votes. G: Were you privy to any of the dealing between, say, Walter Reuther and Robert Kennedy on that? L: No, I wasn't privy, but I did do a lot
  • Biographical information; Joseph McCarthy; LBJ’s techniques; minimum wage; labor; Jim Suffridge; Dave Dubinsky; 1960 campaign and convention; Esther Coopersmith; West Virginia primary; Arizona delegation; Wyoming delegation; Kennedy machine; advance
Oral history transcript, James M. Nabrit, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • don't think John F. could do it. With Robert, I'm not sure. G: What I was going to ask is that Robert Kennedy had some involvement with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and with your contact there, some of the interpretations that I've seen
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Oral history transcript, Dorothy Territo, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1983, by Claudia Anderson (Item)
  • on a year's leave of absence from the Library of Congress and work for Senator Johnson, actually transfer to his payroll. This was agreeable with me, and we had lunch with Juanita Roberts, who had been designated to be the liaison on this program, to sort
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 2 (II), 2/11/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , for instance, that we brought and that reached trial were very few. I don't believe ten cases were tried during the year. B: Could you tell if the emphasis on civil rights activity came, if not exactly a surprise, as something unexpected, to John and Robert
Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 2 (II), 9/16/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , because I was the number two under Frank Wisner and I was the number two under Dick Bissell. As is probably relatively well known, both Allen Dulles and Dick Bissell were let go from the agency by President Kennedy because of the sad outcome of the Bay
Oral history transcript, James A. Shannon, interview 1 (I), 4/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • at that time. But that established a pattern for all of the period of the Eisenhower Administration and the beginning of the Kennedy Administration, the administration proposal was identical to the previous year's appropriation. It set up a situation wherein
  • funding; Marion Folsom and Arthur Fleming as secretaries of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW); changes in NIH under Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy; HEW Secretaries Oveta Culp Hobby, Marion Folsom, Abraham Ribicoff, Anthony
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • with LBJ; doing LBJ’s makeup; LBJ giving to a poor family and the Catholic church in Stonewall; LBJ’s relationship with the Kennedys and Hubert Humphrey; LBJ’s interest in the media (TV, ticker tape, newspapers) and sensitivity to the media; diversity
Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 2 (II), 12/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to formally head up this group. B: As I recall it, and as some of these memorandam indicate--and there are not enough that really tie it down--[that group was formed] sometime in the early fall of 1963 as a result of a [James] Patton visit to Jack Kennedy
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 7 (VII), 4/6/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • troubled. He wasn't his same old humorous self that he normally was. But he [was] trying to make up his mind whether or not he would approve additional military men being sent to Vietnam. He said, "[Robert] McNamara tells me it's the thing to do
Oral history transcript, James Robinson, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • , nineteen books by or about Robert Kennedy that were to be published in the fall and spring, before the elections of 1968. And that called to my attention [that] I hadn't seen anything about Johnson--particularly pro-Johnson; obviously there were books
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 52 (LII), 8/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • don't think most presidents do. I mean, I think that's one of the reasons--they may do it once or twice early on, but I can remember [John] Kennedy once literally walked--the only meeting I ever went to, when he was President, with him, was over a covert
Oral history transcript, Herbert N. Blackman, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 16 and Robert Kennedy was then counsel. I'm not very clear what this was all aimed at--whether
  • Policy; Clarence Randall; Chad McClellan; Henry Thurton; Sherman Adams; Stanley Nehmar; Henry Kearns; President Kennedy; Census Bureau; Stanley Ruttenberg; Assistant Secretary Weaver; textile structure; meeting-labor textile advisory commission; White
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 5 (V), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • the Kennedy Administration, Goodwin was an assistant to Assistant Secretary Martin, who was in charge of Latin America. First he was in the White House. He had run into a LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 2 (II), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • me home, because we had said that it would be tried for a week or so. And then I also figured out fairly early that I felt that I could understand him. I remember I guess one of my first weeks there when Juanita [Roberts] and I were working in what
  • Duties as Secretary, LBJ’s Vice Presidential days, Trips with Johnson, Fehmer’s opinion of LBJ’s relationships with the Kennedys, JFK’s Assassination and aftermath.
Oral history transcript, Thomas Francis "Mike" Gorman, interview 1 (I), 6/5/1985, by Clarence Lasby (Item)
  • bill was originally drafted, and as you know, passed in 1935, national health insurance was in it because of the insistence of Senator Robert Wagner of New York, who had introduced the first national health insurance bill in the Senate in 1938
Oral history transcript, One More Story (group interview), 11/17/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , "I'd like to speak to Lyndon Johnson." but he's out. I said, "Oh, I'm sorry, But may I take a message?" And this person said, "This is Jack Kennedy." CTJ: Don't (Laughter) But I want to ask, out of all of those good, wonderful vignettes that you
Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • on it. So he knew where I stood. Well, now, Hobart ran with the ball on that. He loved it. Because first Hobart-(Interruption) With due respect to all of them--see, my only role in all of this business with Johnson and Kennedy was just one thing: can I sell
Oral history transcript, Grace Tully, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • the selection. F: Did anyone work for Mr. Johnson who didn't work closely with him? T: Well, you would work for him, but not every day. Like Mary Margaret was right in his office, and Juanita Roberts--of course, she's his secretary now-- and she was in his
Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • than a hard-nosed politician who knew the ropes of getting the various commitments. M: Did it seem to you at the time that the Kennedys had already--to use the vernacular that has been expressed--had sewed up the delegates in the convention? G
Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , 1974 INTERVIEWEE: ESTHER PETERSON INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mrs. Peterson's residence in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 P: It all kind of blends together a little bit within my memory. But it is true that before the Kennedy
Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • this, that in the 1960 campaign at the convention, I was not out there, but President Kennedy, Jack Kennedy, had said to a friend of mine that, "Lyndon B. Johnson is the ablest man in public life and is the best qualified, but the only trouble is that he can't
  • Interaction with LBJ, Sam Rayburn, and other politicians; LBJ’s senate race and maneuver to get on Texas ballot; conflict with oil industry because LBJ did not support mandatory oil increase; supporting Kennedy; Nixon’s Supreme Court argument; LBJ’s
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ia), 12/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • ; [Walter] George [D. Ga.]; [Robert A.] Taft [R. Ohio]; [John O.] Pastore [D. R.I.); [Hubert H.] Humphrey [D. Minn.]; [Burnet R.] Maybank [D. S.C.]; [John C.] Stennis [D. Miss.); [H. Styles] Bridges [R. N.H.]; [Eugene D.] Millikin [R. Colo.]. There would