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Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • whether they're solvent. Not all of them are solvent. But they're keeping most of them in business, and that, incidentally, was said to have been Garner's idea, which he got from President [Herbert] Hoover. And they had to sell Roosevelt on this idea
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 2 (II), 2/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • suppose this is subjective rather than factual--that J. Edgar Hoover did poison the well there? A: Yes, absolutely, there's no question about it. And it was sinful that he did. F: On purpose? A: I don't know. For whatever reason, he
Oral history transcript, John Henry Faulk, interview 1 (I), 12/15/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • even a whimper about my political life at that time. It's the height of McCarthyism. And I had been pretty outspoken, you know. I hated the House Un-American Activities Committee. I hated McCarthyism. I hated J. Edgar Hoover, who was just an anathema
  • Faulk’s boarders, Mr. And Mrs. John Talley; how Faulk came to know of LBJ; J. Frank Dobie; Nazi Germany; racism; Faulk’s father; Faulk’s experience with black people; John Connally; LBJ’s career in the 1950s; 1956 Presidential election; meeting LBJ
Folder, "National Security Council - 1961 [3 of 3]," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 4 (Item)
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Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins and Alice Hopkins, interview 4 (IV), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • you want it moved from one district to another? W: Well, as I recall, [Joseph J.] Mansfield's district was up for revision at the same time. Gonzales County was in Mansfield's dis- trict and I was taking it out and wanting to put it into Kleberg's
Oral history transcript, Omar Burleson, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • and getting ready for this very formal dinner and they had made the arrest . Mr . J . Edgar Hoover called the President ; they had a talk ; the President then called Governor Sanders of Georgia and reported to him. called Senator Russell . He also
Oral history transcript, Charles L. Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • everything. role. I had a. feeling that J. Edgar Hoover played a large I had a feeling that J. Edgar, who hated Bobby, was doing what he could to be sure that the President was convinced that there was a Kennedy conspiracy. I think every little action
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/28/1965 (Item)
  • s Parrot t Bruce Cheeve r Benjami n Shute Returned t o hi s offic e w / J . Edga r Hoove r A s th e Presiden t rerea d thi s shee t t > prepare for givin g of cop y o f it t o McGe o Bund y --he dictate d --re th e cal l t o Hoover: ' Mr . Returned t
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1954" (Item)
  • by LBJ Library archival staff from oral history transcripts and other sources as a service to our researchers. Not intended to be complete or definitive. discoverlbj.org LBJ and CTJ attend a dinner as guests of Tom Pickett in honor of Herbert Hoover
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/16/1966 (Item)
  • McCammon To the Oval Office Secretary Rusk Bess Abell d— -^ 10:47a //-^*f J To the Cabinet Room for ! CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP MEETING ! The Vice President Cong. Albert (mike Manatos also) }Senator Mansfield gxmgx Speaker McCormack J Senator
Folder, "Ex FG 170/A-Z [1 of 6] [Department of Housing and Urban Development/A-Z (FG 170/A-Z)]," WHCF FG, Box 256 (Item)
  • memo for the nt from Marvin Watsqt\ memo for the from Joe Califtuo memo for memo for from Joe alifano w/att. file 1/3/67 C memo for from J°/ Califano w/att. file 10/15/66 C oe Califano w/att. file 8/27/66 C 1/31/67 C 1/13
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 10/22/1964 (Item)
  • . and Mrs. McCone 4:00 Motorcade to St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church 4:25 Entered church w/ President and walked down main aisle - stepped aside to let men enter pew and then sat down. Memorial service for President Hoover. 4:50 Went to small room to pay
Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • president, the former president and now a statesman . F: Our former friend . J-9 : No, he's not a former friend because he's still my friend . He and his wife have been my friends for a long time and I've been their friend . In fact, Lady Bird has
Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 2 (II), 7/9/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • was that he had that goddamned sewer J. Edgar Hoover flowing across his desk all through those five years. Like many extremely skillful politicians, he had a weakness for under-the-rug information. [German Chancellor Konrad] Adenauer was another great
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Antonio Carrillo-Flores, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • state in America As long as Senator McCarren was alive, and he controlled J. Edgar Hoover, they didn't have any problem. But once McCarren died, they had a big problem about trying to close down their biggest industry, which was tourism
Folder, "Bush, George," White House Name Files, WHCF, Box B-611 (Item)
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Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , in a sense, incendiary on a national basis? P: Yes. F: That we were teetering a bit? P: Yes, J. Edgar Hoover, one of the first witnesses, said that they were unable to find any area of conspiracy in the civil disorders of Detroit and Newark
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 10 p.m. Detroit crisis - President's activities from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • the Those involved in the activities \Vere: Secretary 1:\.1cNamara Attorney Generai Clark. FBI Director Hoover General Johnson Secretay of the Army Rezor lvir . Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. lvla1·vin Watson· Abe Fortas Gear ge Christian Harry McPherson Joe
Folder, "Wallace, Henry A. [1942]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 21 (Item)
  • OF NAllOMAL or ••• I I PE RMA NENT J OIN l BOARD ON DEFENSE UNI TED STATES ANO CANA DA PR ES IDENT DEFEN SE f . H. LAGUdOI A 11.... 0U) ICIU, t OOflO llltTOI DE PA RT MENT OF TH E ~AVY D£PT OF AGR I CUL T\J RE l lt .U. UW: . StC.t(IAltr IS 111( U.H
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 35 (XXXV), 3/8/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and shame-faced as we were to be very much more so in the next decade, because the Democrats had just sort of chewed up Hoover, over and over, from--when was it, 1930? G: 1932. J: --that first race of Roosevelt, 1932, beginning then and on for twenty
  • Social events of the 1950s; Senator Theodore Francis Green; Sam Rayburn; Senator Walter George; Herbert Hoover; Lady Bird Johnson's miscarriages in 1954; the political situation in Vietnam in 1954; the Texas governor's race between Allan Shivers
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/3/1966 (Item)
  • Fortier Frank Feeney James Fling Cooper Holt Ralph E. Hall Harry Hoover Herbert Houston William H. Hickey L. Eldon James Thomas J. Kelly Anthony V. LoPoppolo Richard Manning Robert W. Nolan Joseph L. Pudlo, Jr. Miss Elizabeth A. Riley Martin C. Riley Frank
Folder, "Disturbances - Spring 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • often than not by some quite ordi11ary and proper action by a policeman. Thry were dclihcralc in the sense that they were dirceted, lo an extent that varied From city to city, against specific targets." J. Edgar Hoo,·cr, director or the Federal Bureau
Oral history transcript, Ralph G. Newman, interview 1 (I), 9/2/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • or he drinks too much or something like that. It's true, but good taste says, "Keep it." F: Right. N: For 1imited eyes for a whi le at least. letters with J. Edgar Hoover. but some may be signficant. Or it may be an exchange of Some of them
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1955" (Item)
  • the charter which would meet strong communist opposition, but that we must use the United Nations to make it work. The committee is scheduled to hear President Hoover later this week. LBJ attends a luncheon for Truman given by Senators Hennings and Symington
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/10/1965 (Item)
  • August White Wreath Johnson placed at on behalf House 10 1965 Tuesday grave of Hoover of the President by Major General President Eisenhower Harrisburg Pa to tell him that he was sending a telegram to be read at West Board Iowa marking
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • McNamara Warren Christopher Abe Fortas Larry Levinson George Christian Roger Wilkins John Doar Tom Johnson The meeting began at 11: 15 a. m. 12 :20 p. m. The meeting ended at ~ :. ,. :: !:> ·.:. :: J TG !: c A'l .. :,,;!j .. 1.:.1
Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , I give you pernlission to fill his nanle in. And I called up the FBI and got hold of J. Edgar Hoover, I think it was, or the man next to him. So I talked them out of protection. Of course, they told nle they had to protect me under the law. Well, I
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 7 (VII), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the Internal Security [Sub]committee. Here was a committee that [J. Edgar] Hoover used; when he couldn't get somebody investigated on his own, he would use that committee to investigate people. Olin Johnston was a member of that committee, Senator [Patrick
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1948" (Item)
  • in Washington for a visit. 3/29 1100 employees of the New York Stock Exchange go out on strike. 3/30 LBJ writes J. Ed Johnson concerning the reaction to his 3/25/48 radio speech: “I have been amazed by the immediate and overwhelming reaction to MY radio
Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 14, September 1 - 22, 1965 [2 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 4 (Item)
  • , as you know. So he is worth all this work. Tomorr·ow he will do a major answer to Fulbright. J,~6. McG. B. Go ahead with Dodd on this basis Speak to me ----- ; .;;-:; .._; · .:.1·- -~ .I. W. JPUL8•1Cll4T. A"ll •• CHAt"MAN .IOHN 81'A.JUl•·""• ALA
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/11/1966 (Item)
  • calls & security checked Date November 11, 1966 L B J Ranch Dav Friday Activity (inctude visited by) E The President awakened (as he told Sen. Mansfield in telephone conversation later in the morning. ) Ambassador Arthur Goldberg, New York
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/4/1965 (Item)
  • calls March 4 , 196 5 White House checked Thursday . Breakfas t --w . Mrs . Johnso n - me t w / 33 ? MW abou t 8:45 , J V a t 9:10_ _ 21 9 lbs Secretary Bal l Secretary Rusk George Reed y re demonstration at US Embassy in Moscow re Rusk's
Oral history transcript, Jack Albright, interview 1 (I), 12/11/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of April [1965] the President removed the previous commander, Colonel [George J.] McNally, who had been in the White House since World War II. McNally was a former member of the Secret Service and had been transferred into this duty in telecommunications
  • How General Albright came to work for LBJ; Colonel George J. McNally; telephone system and security; functions of the White House Communications Agency; the teleprompter; LBJ’s lighting and background requirements for public appearances; problems
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/21/1965 (Item)
  • Director McCane Director designate Mr McNaughton Raborn To the Fis h Roo m t o ^tf presen t th e Bi g Brothe r o f the Yea r Award to Mr . Rober t J , (Bob ) Cousy- (th e all time basketball great ) . Mr . Dre w Pearso n made th e introductions
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/30/1965 (Item)
  • the citations and th e President pinne d o n the Medals - Press an d television coverag e To the Ova l Offic e w / M W Director J . Edga r Hoove r - FB I (requested by Mr. Hoover ) Marvin Watso n (pl) (The Presiden t handed Amb. Gree n a ltr fo r deliver y t o
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 20 (XX), 2/20/1981-2/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • gather, felt that Hoover had been abused and had not been treated fairly after his presidency. Do you recall that? Did he ever talk about that? J: That's the only evidence that I've come across of it. I know that Lyndon lived to flinch at his own
  • at KTBC; attending the State of the Union Message; 1947 legislative issues; Aunt Effie's estate; President Truman sending Herbert Hoover to Europe to study food and fuel shortages; Mrs. Johnson's pregnancy; the backyard and garden at the 30th Place house