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Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- appointed by President Kennedy? B: I was appointed by President Kennedy in May of 1962 to that job. M: Had you had before that time any opportunity to make acquaintance with Mr. Johnson before he became President? B: Well, I was trying to remember
- Biographical information; contacts with Johnson; support of LBJ in 1960; Democratic Policy Commission; State Department informing Vice President's office; Potomac Marching Society; Kennedy Administration; working for Johnson; Advisory Committee
- , that I would only find out by living with it day after day, week after week. This was early 1961. The Kennedy Administration had just come in, and a number of people in and around government had told me in effect, "If you know so goddamn much about
- a minor part in the Presidential race on behalf of the Kennedy-Johnson ticket that year. Of course, I knew Connally and saw him as Secretary of the Navy on several occasions, and when he determined to run for governor, he wanted me to run his campaign
- Department administration currently? A: I think in some places it may be. I think it depends to a large extent on the Ambassador, on the Chief of Mission. I feel that there was again another--as you probably know, under Kennedy there was another
Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- times he'd express his dissatisfaction with the ineptitudes of the people that Kennedy had on the Hill and Bobby's continual sniping at him . Can you give me an example of this sniping? An occasion where, let's say, Bobby Kennedy- B: We'd get
Oral history transcript, William J. Jorden, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- obviously. The reason I'm delving on this early period is that you were in a good position to have an impression at least of what the nature of the American commitment in Vietnam was during the latter two years of President Kennedy's tenure and, thus
- Professional background; Jordan’s two trips to Vietnam; report that the North Vietnamese threat was serious; Kennedy’s 1961-1963 decision to escalate U.S. involvement in Vietnam; Jorden’s belief that Kennedy would have followed LBJ course in Vietnam
- that John F. Kennedy, after the Bay of Pigs invasion--and I'm sure there was more to it than this--but where he felt that the United States had been disgraced because it had not used enough military power to win, John F. Kennedy decided to step up U.S
- by the Japanese at Pearl Harbor. F: You were just about the first senator to go on record. G: I was the first. My first attack was in October of 1963 when I criticized Jack Kennedy for sending so-called advisers down there, who were not advisers at all
Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- Kennedy regarding my relationship with President Kennedy during the time that he was president and also the one or two contacts I had with him during his campaign for the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon
- the Eisenhower Administration in 1953 as you suggest, I've served under three Presidents, as you indicate: Johnson. President Eisenhower, President Kennedy and President So from a practical sense it is a non-political or non-partisan appointment. B: Do you
- to assess, or to make a comparison perhaps, between the way Mr. Johnson has operated in the realm of foreign affairs vis-a-vis the State Department as compared to President Eisenhower and/or President Kennedy? Ma: Yes, I think so. It probably would have
Oral history transcript, Rutherford M. Poats, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- of President Kennedy? P: Not as a presidential appointee, as a so-called administrative appointee of Fowler Hamilton, the new administrator of AID. M: Then you were in this agency then during the course of the Kennedy Presidency, and have remained
- and wife relationship. I am sure she was a constant counselor; she was present at times of great stress. I know for example the early morning hours when Senator Kennedy was shot and the following day when the announcement had been made of his death
- and was campaigning in Texas. for the Kennedy-Johnson ticket in 1960. nomination to the Texas House. I campaigned I had just won the Democratic I did not have a Republican opponent, and I was an active campaigner for the Democratic ticket in 1960. M: Were you
- Recollections of meeting LBJ in 1958 as a UT students and later in 1960 during Kennedy-Johnson campaign; contacts with LBJ when Speaker of House; LBJ's continued help and influence on Barnes' career; Johnson-Connally political base; support of LBJ's
- took a vice presidential position in 1960? H: Well, r really wasn't surprised because I felt that Jack Kennedy was a pretty smart politician, and he wanted LBJ over the willing candidates for a very particular reason. That was because LBJ
- a discernab le differenc e in viewpoint or emphasis or interest toward the United Nations or other internati onal organiza tion by President Johnson as compared to, say, President Kennedy? S: Well, of course, in this field of United Nations affairs
- to that, during the Johnson Administration, you were an assistant to the Secretary of Treasury from about 1963 on. Is that right? D: From the beginning of the Kennedy M: From '61 until you-- D: Until I came back here. M: Did you have any occasion prior
- was to cover the President Kennedy tour through Texas. I was responsible for setting up our coverage and planning our coverage. in Dallas. As a result of that I laid on a little extra help Goodness knows I didn't have in mind any kind of real trouble
Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 2 (II), 5/7/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- effectively. This was a tremendous advantage to him in getting his programs through. He took great pride, and I think rightly so, that, in the remnant of President John Kennedy's office, after Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, he, Johnson, put through all
Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 3 (III), 6/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
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- it must have come later. B: Later? Really? Of course, he was a strong Kennedy man, he was a strong Kennedy man. But on the other hand, in a way would that have been considered a comedown to go from a number-two cabinet post to a number-two OEO post? I
Oral history transcript, Norman S. Paul, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- guess you might say, the principal witness for the military pay raise--no, that was during President Kennedy's--the first one at least. It's really awfully hard for me to remember the names of committees most often they didn't have a name
Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- was a member, and I remember Senator Symington and Senator Kennedy were members. they were. I've forgotten who else We used to meet regularly and discuss matters of concern to the Democratic party. Both Senator Johnson and Congressman Rayburn LBJ
- agreed to set up the COMSAT Corporation is a way that makes it conducive to working with federal agencies. R: Well, that was set up during the Kennedy Administration. M: The end of the Kennedy Administration, right. R: Yes, we worked with them very
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 3 (III), 9/27/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
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- and interpreter for Supreme Court Justice [William] Douglas and for Bob Kennedy in 1955 when they went to the Soviet Union. So I told Tom Sorensen that I would agree to come out to Berkeley and talk to their five thousand students in the student union at high
Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
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- gradually took a very benevolent view toward DSG. Of course, after the 1960 election when Jack Kennedy was elected president, the relationships became much more close. In fact, if there had not been a close working relationship between the Speaker
Oral history transcript, Harrison Salisbury, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- be on foreign policy things, basically, rather than domestic politics. However, I did cover the 1960 campaign; I covered President Kennedy, I covered Mr. Nixon alternately, and I covered Lodge. I never covered Johnson. M: One of the four you missed out on. S
Oral history transcript, William H. Chartener, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- was set up, I believe, initially by President Kennedy. actively. He used it very It consists of about a half-dozen leaders of labor unions, and about a half-dozen highly placed industrialists, and I think-around three public members--somewhere between
Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 2 (II), 12/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- Biographical information; contacts with Johnson; support of LBJ in 1960; Democratic Policy Commission; State Department informing Vice President's office; Potomac Marching Society; Kennedy Administration; working for Johnson; Advisory Committee
- pri maries for the Knight newspapers . G: Did you cover New Hampshire, by any chance? 0: No, New Hampshire was too early ; I was still in Vietnam . But I went with Bobby Kennedy to California ; I was with Kennedy when killed in California
- , that's a very important element that you throw in. All my service to the government, responding to President Truman and President Kennedy and President Johnson were, you might say, requested or command performances. M: I did it because they asked me
- : And then it worked on into the Kennedy Administration? S: No, the Bane Committee actually reported before the Eisenhower Administration was finished. Actually, there were two, if not more, bills on physician manpower in the Eisenhower Administration which never
- Harbor after Nixon became President effects of Tet offensive as a public relations defeat; LBJ’s harassment by both the media and Kennedy people in the administration; further results of military restraints from Washington.
- , with President Kennedy being President at the time. I spent most of the day with him. I met him at Stewart Air Force Base, which is -near Newburgh, New York, in the morning. the graduation ceremonies late that morning. He addressed He had lunch with us in my
- did that happen to come about? S: A little background on that--Assistant Secretary Reed was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in charge of Coast Guard Activities at that time, and he had persuaded President Kennedy to make this speech
- became President. This was in December of 1963, soon after he had assumed office following the death of President Kennedy, tions, I believe, from I had been home for a few weeks on consulta- Sofia. I was anxious to see President Johnson LBJ
- . Kennedy was tempted by the idea of moving in that direction, but it did not turn out to be practical. On the one hand, the Chinese Nationalists have always continued to maintain their claim as being the legitimate government not only of Formosa, but also
Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- wanted to ask you about was the issue of the overcrowding at Arlington Cemetery. I believe specifically since John F. Kennedy's burial there, this has grown as a controversy and the debate has been whether to expand or confine Arlington Cemetery. whom
Oral history transcript, Fredrick L. Deming, interview 3 (III), 2/17/1969, by David G. McComb
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- '62 through '64 there was a lot of attention being paid to the desirability of reducing taxes, and there was a massive tax reduction, individual and corporate income taxes, that President Kennedy sent down. The legislation actually didn't get passed
- members within a year, and so on October 22, 1963, President Kennedy reappointed me to the Commission. term under the new statute. tenure. We thereby acquired a three-year The prior statute gave the commissioners no We held office at the President's
Oral history transcript, George R. Brown, interview 3 (III), 7/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
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- imagine Kennedy told him that he could . G : Do you think that he felt that his heart was a factor, and maybe that if he continued as majority leader he might have health problems? B: He didn't talk about it . G: Back to the presidency now . You