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Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 3 (III), 4/26/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

been associated with him during the earlier days of his administration. It was a very happy occasion. He honored me by stopping at my point in the room and carrying on several minutes of conversation, during which he described the need that he had

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 4 (IV), 7/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

service during the Johnson years. As I've indicated in some of the earlier conversation we've had, President Johnson had a high personal interest in the career service of government. He had a sense of the importance of the career service in terms of its

Folder, "Ex FG 618 Federal Executive Board," WHCF FG, Box 372 (Item)

for their establishment is a Memorandum to Heads of Departments and Agencies of November 10, 1961, signed by President Kennedy. My decision to do this was reinforced the other day in a conversation with Price Daniel who reported that you had indicated to him

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 5 (V), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to a conversation between President Johnson and Secretary [Robert] McNamara in my presence in the Cabinet Room late in the afternoon of May 3, 1965. My reason for being present at that time was a previous session that had been held with the President and Secretary

Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 2 (II), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of that conversation he explained that the top career job in the Civil Service Commission, that of executive director, was about to be vacant through the retirement of the long-time incumbent, and that he had decided that he wanted to have someone from outside