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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

Oral history transcript, Bess Abell, interview 2 (II), 6/13/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Johnson's reaction when she as first lady was compared to other first ladies? I remember seeing in the press a lot of comparisons of Mrs. Johnson and, say, Mrs. Roosevelt, and most of all, Mrs. Kennedy. A: It's very hard for any first lady to be compared

Oral history transcript, James A. Farley, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to the Houston convention because that has some pertinence. You know this Catholic issue was one of the big issues used against Al Smith in '28, and then, of course, it was in Houston that a generation later John F. Kennedy had this meeting LBJ Presidential
Biographical information; 1928 convention; repeal of the 18th Amendment; Henry Wallace; Harry S. Truman; BEHIND THE BALLOTS and THE JIM FARLEY STORY; first meeting with LBJ; 1941 Johnson vs. O’Daniel campaign; Eisenhower; Kennedy-Kefauver fight

Oral history transcript, Raymond L. Telles, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with him on many occasions. Not only in Texas but also in Washington and I maintained my contact with him. fact, I would guess that I participated in all of his campaigns. In To include, of course, his presidential campaign both with President Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

and [Robert] Kerr, Senator Kerr. Bob Myers was also there; he was then the Chief Actuary of Social Security. And Kennedy got up and made this speech in favor of Medicare, and Kerr waited to the end and he made his speech against it and in favor of what

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 3 (III), 1/2/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to comment on them and frequently did so that as far as Washington was concerned there was pretty good coordination. For a time President Johnson had Mr. Robert Komer in the White House to coordinate what was called "the other war," that is, the political

Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

look back at the day I was appointed with the Viet Cong inside the Embassy garden there in the TET offensive, and the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy, the urban riots and convention battles, and all of the things that happened

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 9 (IX), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

," [with] no one ready, the bases not touched, none of the groundwork that Kennedy had laid, none of the long work in the field. 5 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

Oral history transcript, Joe Robertson, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

election and by this time you had Humphrey running against Robert Kennedy. R: That caused some little friction. (Laughter) Schnittker must have told you that. G: Describe that for me if you will. Schnittker was supporting Kennedy. R: I don't know
secretary for international programs in the Department of Agriculture; Freeman's and John Schnittker's loyalties to LBJ and John F. Kennedy; White House Fellow Mike Walsh; Robertson's dealings with Resurrection City; Jose Williams; Fannie Lou Hamer; progress

Oral history transcript, William M. Colmer, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be not But again I could say that about Jack Kennedy or -F: That's just par for the course. C: Nixon and everybody else. Nixon, I remember when he was placed on the old Un-American Activities Committee. As a matter of fact, I told him since he's been

Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Curtis -- I -- 22 when Jack Kennedy was shot. witness. He got the word, but he

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 13 (XIII), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

29, 1984 INTERVIEWEE: GEORGE E. REEDY INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Sheraton-Washington Hotel, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start first with the Kennedy-Ives bill. We discussed that some last time but not in any
1958; Kennedy-Ives bill; Texas labor; Arthur Goldberg's concern about Senate Republican Policy Committee charges; federal aid to education; National Defense Education Act; Mike Mansfield's leadership abilities; Supreme Court bills; death of Mrs

Oral history transcript, Cecil E. Burney, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

against Johnson . We had that real bitter battle with Alan Shivers in 1956 when he took over the machinery, but from then on it has always been who's for Johnson . '60 we were voting for Johnson . Now Kennedy had a great deal of appeal to the Latins

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 8 (VIII), 4/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

from the State Department listed at the top of this grouping: [Frederick] Dutton, [Robert] Lee, [Eugene] Krizek, and [Nick] Zumas. Dutton was very much a substance fellow; he wasn't a fellow that went to the Hill very often, as I recall it. Gene Krizek

Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 20 that whatever adjustments were made were not made by Vice President Johnson but came from the White House and were frequently the product of Robert Kennedy's
Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968

Oral history transcript, Lincoln Gordon, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, incidentally, was Bob [Robert F.] Woodward, who was offered the job, and who took it. This telephone call came to us in Santiago, Chile, where he was our ambassador and had been for about two weeks. Immediately after I said "No" to President Kennedy, he said

Oral history transcript, Phil G. Goulding, interview 1 (I), 1/3/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

with the candidate as we had in past campaigns. In 1960, I don't believe I saw anything of President Johnson when he was running with Jack Kennedy, as the Vice Presidential candidate. PresiC'.ential candidates at all. him as a reporter, at the We paid no attention
Biographical information; reporting political, congressional and military affairs; 1960 and 1964 Democratic campaigns; Cuban Missile Crisis; Cy Vance; Robert McNamara; crises operations; defense directorates; public affairs

Oral history transcript, Francis Keppel, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

probably brought up to a point, aside fro::! the usual afvising one does, when Mr. Kennedy appointed me to serve on an advisory panel or cormnittee on educ.:J.tion after his election anG prior to his assu:nption of office. M: You didn't campaign for him

Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: In 1956 you had that horse race between young John Kennedy and Estes Kefauver for the vice presidency, and Johnson shook a lot of people by taking Texas for Kennedy instead of for Kefauver. Were you privy at all to his thinking or strategy in this, or do

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of your interviews you just mentioned in passing Robert Hill, who was Ambassador to Mexico, and I wonder if we could explore a little bit the relations with him. I had a feeling that they went a little deeper. R: Of course they would. You see, Bob had

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 3 (III), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Db you recall when this was in 1968? M: I would say probably August, some time like that. We were late on the bill. This was prior to the assassination of Robert Kennedy [June 1968], I would probably place it in a matter of time, two weeks before

Oral history transcript, NYA Interview, group interview 1 (I), 1968, by William S. White (Item)

S. WHITE WITH A GROUP FROM LYNDON JOHNSON'S DAYS AS DIRECTOR OF THE NATIONAL YOUTH ADMINISTRATION IN TEXAS FROM 1935 to 1937 The NYA group includes: WILLARD DEASON J. J. (JAKE) PICKLE RAY ROBERTS FENNER ROTH ALBERT W. BRISBIN C. P. LITTLE The tape
See all online interviews with NYA Interview & Albert W. Brisbin & Willard Deason & Charles P. Little & J.J. Jake Pickle & Ray Roberts & Fenner Roth
Roberts, Ray, 1913-1992

Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

for Lyndon Johnson, he's the best man in the state ... and so on. My first direct contact came in mid-1959. I had gone to Washington from the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas to serve as special assistant and economic adviser to Texan Robert B. Anderson
of the treasury and Henry Fowler and Robert Roosa as undersecretaries; LBJ's request that Walker praise Fowler's abilities to the press; publicity for an ABA-sponsored luncheon attended by Robert Anderson, Robert Roosa, Douglas Dillon, and Henry Fowler; LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Leon Keyserling, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

the word "planning." Because as John F. Kennedy once said, the very future of the democracies will depend upon whether they can compete with the more rigorous and brutal methods of the totalitarians through planning under freedom. This is a rather
Employment Act of 1946, its intended and eventual uses; tax reductions of 1964; regulating the federal budget; the war against poverty and its failures; local control of education; planning in a free society; President John F. Kennedy; rising

Oral history transcript, Mack H. Hannah, Jr., interview 1 (I), 3/26/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. When the President decided to run for the Senate, Miss Juanita Roberts was a secretary of his and the daughter of J. J. Duggan, who LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 2 (II), 6/1/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

: He preceded us. such. I'm not even sure whether I ever saw his report as I was told parts of it, at least. One of the first things I did when I got back in 1961, at President Kennedy's direction, was to go to the Vice President and tell him

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

of, to illustrate his policies, Betty Furness as an illustration of a woman brought in; Robert Weaver as a Negro [was] brought in; and I mentioned to you once before John Hechinger. Hechinger himself was interested in how he was selected and said to be sure
and appointment of Robert Weaver as first Secretary; review and appointment of various other persons.

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

delinquency. this. Youth. They had about four cities where they tried One of them was New York, where they set up Mobilization for Another one was Syracuse. New Haven, I think, Baltimore. I can't remember precisely--- I'm not sure. Robert Kennedy had
; Medicare; Helen Taussig; Advisory Council on Public Welfare Task Force on Income Maintenance (Heineman Commission); Advisory Commission on Status of Women; Esther Peterson; LBJ fixed associations between Wicky/Cohen/Social Security; Medicare; Mrs. Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Charles Fitz Baird, interview 1 (I), 12/9/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

it was on Navy Day in 1966, when Senator Robert Kennedy was out in California doing some campaigning for the Democratic ticket out there, and I was in Long Beach then and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, not a very important post in Washington, But I had gone

Oral history transcript, Manuel Cohen, interview 1 (I), 7/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of the SEC in the Johnson presidency as compared to earlier presidencies? C: No, I don't think so. First of all, I can't speak about relationships of earlier administrations--with the possible exception of the Kennedy Administration--and members

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 6 (VI), 4/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to believe that your experience here after the Martin Luther King assassination is one reason that you didn't have an outbreak--real outbreak--following the assassination of Robert Kennedy? C: I think so. I think it had something to do with it. If during

Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

was supported by every And in 1959 I was John Kennedy's chairman in [Oregon]. K: I did want to ask about that because-- G: He was the author of a highly controversial labor bill. There were five of us who were swing votes on the Education and Labor

Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was honored that he asked me, in part at the suggestion of his son George, who had been the assistant secretary of labor and with whom I'd worked. Ambassador Lodge knew that I'd traveled in the Soviet Union with Bob Kennedy, who of course had defeated his

Oral history transcript, Steve Martini, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to get a haircut. And with this security check, of course I was privileged to work there. Then I met a young captain there--he was working at the time in transportation--Captain Schultz, Robert Schultz, who didn't have the privilege of using the private

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