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Oral history transcript, Michael E. DeBakey, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

-- I -- 4 establishment of the National Library of Medicine, which is a direct outgrowth of this study. This was adopted by the Congress; Senators Hill and Kennedy joined together to put in a bill to establish the National Library of Medicine

Oral history transcript, William S. Gaud, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the President can have a very substantial influence on the program of an agency like this one. M· How does the impact that Mr. Johnson has compare to that of President Kennedy before him? G: Well, I would say there were no marked differences between them

Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

he became President? Do you have any insights to the situation between Stevenson and President Johnson after that? S: Let me see. Did he die while President Johnson was in office, or while President Kennedy-M: He died in August of '65. S: Well

Oral history transcript, Oscar M. Laurel, interview 1 (I), 10/21/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 25 I serve in the Senate right now may well be very soon a candidate for the Presidency of the United States." As it turned out, it was a very nice-looking, youthful-looking Senator by the name of John F. Kennedy

Oral history transcript, J.C. Looney, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

-17- F: That's the one where they chose Mrs. Randolph, right? L: That's right. F: What did you do in the 1960 campaign? L: I was active for the Kennedy-Johnson ticket, and I maintained that The Convention I'm thinking about is a different [one
; “Viva Kennedy-Johnson Clubs;” LBJ’s effort to build up leaders of Mexican background; LBJ’s political sense; BRACERO problems; U.S.-Mexico relations; LBJ’s appeal to Mexican-Americans

Oral history transcript, Frederick Nolting, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in your Kennedy interviews, yes, I think it does. The Taylor-Rostow mission, which came in the fall of 1961--and there has been much commentary about that particular thing--they recommended a number of steps, two of which seem to have aroused more

Oral history transcript, John W. Black, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to the whole plan . Did President Kennedy, who I guess came in at the same time that Congress started, play any specific role? Absolutely . I'm glad you mentioned that . One of the people who had most to do with getting the legislation passed and, let's say

Oral history transcript, David S. Black, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the Kennedy campaign and worked out of the "Citizens for Kennedy" head quarters in Seattle there to help move that along . And then, after the election, I had become interested in government in a--my family and I have been Democrats for a long period of time

Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that so much I guess I don't know whether I had the feeling, or it's just been drummed into me. F: You and George Romney, you've been brainwashed? K: No, I think for one thing a lot of them were big Kennedy fans, and they looked on Johnson as something

Oral history transcript, David Dubinsky, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: Hoover, Eisenhower. First of all after Hoover, Roosevelt; and after Roosevelt, Truman; then Eisenhower; Kennedy; Johnson. six Presidents. topics. This is with five, Naturally all this time we had conversations on various I would not say the same

Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1b (I), 2/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of North Vietnam--going back to my visit in 1961 at the behest of President Kennedy, the report which I submitted upon my return to Washington included a reminder that the day might well come when it would be necessary to strike the source of aggression

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 30 (XXX), 11/4/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with me and made it clear he totally understood. Obviously, if this campaign was going anywhere the party regulars would have to be participants. Gary Hart was a student of the Kennedy era and the Kennedy campaign in 1960. He was well aware of the need

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 3 (III), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the Senate, the principal proponent of the bill was Senator [John F.] Kennedy, and the principal obstacle was the fact that Senator [John] McClellan had a bill of his own with very, very many amendments to the existing law. His, of course, was very
of a 1958 labor bill supported by Senator John F. Kennedy; how LBJ would gain votes for other senators' bills; LBJ's ability to get Republican senators to vote in support of Democratic plans; Senator Bill Langer's vote; how opposing senators would help each

Oral history transcript, Sidney Dillon Ripley II, interview 1 (I), undated, by T.H. Baker (Item)

and enthusiasm, he felt a certain sense of implied inferiority to President Kennedy and Mrs. Kennedy, who somehow or other had managed to steal the limelight, as it were, to act as the very embodiment of culture. And so he was delighted to think

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 2 (II), 2/4/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. McCormack were working for President Kennedy at the time, and you and Mr. Rayburn, of course, with Senator Johnson. P: But not for vice president. You know, Mr. Rayburn almost blocked Johnson getting the vice presidency because he felt like it was kind

Oral history transcript, W. Evans Buchanan, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

school and college . . . president of the student council sort of activity . Later, I considered running for the United States Senate, but President Kennedy chose current Senator Tydings rather than me . I picked the weak spot to run against

Oral history transcript, Jesse Curry, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

a bi t of trouble. There were huge crowds out, and he and Kennedy were in the parade; they were the main dignitaries. M: When did you see C: I can't be sure just when it was I saw him again. t1: Did you see him between that 1960 parade and the time

Oral history transcript, Russell M. Brown, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Melville Bell Grosvenor, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

you invited him before he became president, or had you invited President Kennedy and he inherited the job? G: No, we had not invited President Kennedy. The point was that the building wasn't ready, and we didn't know just when it was going

Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, and this again is something that is just a historical point, I've always thought that both Mr. Kennedy and Mr. Eisenhower suffered a great serious loss in the first nine months of their first terms. When Senator Taft died the Republican Party control

Oral history transcript, Frank Ikard, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it to them, here it is. F: Right. Well it continued to be an issue though, and when Eisenhower goes out and the Kennedy Administration comes in, they still come back to you for help on that. I: That's right. F: What did they do on that? I: Gee

Oral history transcript, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to overstay my welcome. B: No, go ahead. Go ahead G: In 1960 you were secretary for the Committee for Kennedy and Johnson in Houston, is that correct? 3 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
for Kennedy/Johnson in Houst 1960; 1964 Senate election against Ralph Yarborough; personal vs. political friend to LBJ; 1970 Senate election against Yarborough; advice from LBJ; LBJ's retirement

Oral history transcript, Adrian A. Spears, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

of President Kennedy Of course, I never being assassinated, or dying, or any- thing like that, although those are always possibilities. basically, I thought that as ~lajority But Leader people knew him, but that LBJ Presidential Library http
; Spears’ support for LBJ as Vice-President; the relationship between LBJ and John F. Kennedy; Spears’ appointment as a federal judge; Johnson’s relationship with Ralph Yarborough; removing himself from politics as a judge; asking LBJ for favors; Mrs

Oral history transcript, Logan Wilson, interview 1 (I), 11/8/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

in Washington. In the contexts I've seen him in, this wouldn't be easy We've to~do. been in situations where he naturally would have to divide attention among a number of people who would be there. M: Did you have any connection with the Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Antonio Carrillo-Flores, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

an issue from 1911, when the United States declared that they couldn't comply with the award, until 1963, when it was finally settled in the agreement between President Kennedy and President López Mateos. F: As vice president and as a man from

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 14 (XIV), 9/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, it was to provide for undergraduate scholarships. It got into a controversial teacher corps proposal, which was not in the initial presentation but was something Gaylord Nelson and Ted Kennedy had an interest in. That became the single most controversial aspect. G

Oral history transcript, Maurice M. Bernbaum, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in October of ' 6 0 . The man he had named previously, who had formerly been District Commissioner, died before reaching Quito, and so I was the next one chosen. F: I don't want to pre-empt what people working on John F. Kennedy might ask you sometime
Foreign service career assignments: 1936 in the Pacific and later in Latin America; effect of Alliance for Progress in Ecuador; effect of Kennedy assassination on the Alliance; assignment as Ambassador to Venezuela; fishing agreement (12 mile limit

Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that President Johnson continued the same general advisory team that President Kennedy had and that you've got the sort of continuity that you'd have with keeping on the same team. Another is that Johnson in effect has sabotaged the Kennedy approach to foreign

Oral history transcript, Charles Evers, interview 1 (I), 4/3/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and finally when Kennedy accepted him as vice president, we all were very reluctant and very fearful that he was going to be one of the worst racists that we ever had up there. F: Right. E: I think rightfully so, because he had never done anything
Evers' friendship with LBJ as VP and President; LBJ as Chairman of Equal Employment Commission for JFK; LBJ and Louis Martin at meeting of black leaders; Voters' Rights Bill signed into law; Bobby Kennedy's run for presidency; Senator James Eastland

Oral history transcript, Olga Bredt Gideon, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

the most work in was when he was running on the ticket with President Johnson for vice president. B: With Kennedy? G: (Laughter) With Kennedy, yes, for vice president. He was the vice presidential nominee, and Mrs. Edward Clark and I were co-chairmen

Oral history transcript, Eugene B. Germany, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, William Lewis and Margaret Chase Smith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1975, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to talk about how far we would go when the matter of going to the moon was concerned. Kennedy about going to the I felt that the statement of President mo~n was more to startle the public. than anything else, like Sputnik was, that going to the moon

Oral history transcript, Frank E. Moss, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

been in the Senate there's no question Lyndon Johnson would have been nominated over Jack Kennedy. But Lyndon just didn't fully understand the political realities of that. He thought that by having support of the senators and by working on the floor

Oral history transcript, Arthur C. Perry, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and promoting Mr. Johnson wherever they could. Sort of advance men, as we called them. F: When did you first learn that he had been offered and had accepted the vice presidential nomination by Mr. Kennedy? P: It was, of course, speculated in the newspapers

Oral history transcript, James P. Nash, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

don't know if this is on the record. One morning Price Daniel--he was governor then--invited me over there to a breakfast for Jack Kennedy. He was running for president you know. I wasn't going to go. I said, "Oh hell, that's just a lot of politicians

Oral history transcript, Thurgood Marshall, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the way up to the Kennedy Administration. We found out that if they took away our tax exemption, it would be two years before we could litigate it--complete the litigation. With a reserve fund of about twenty or thirty thousand dollars, we couldn't take

Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: That's correct. M: At what date did you acquire that position? R: I took over this desk about six months before President Kennedy was assassinated, so I've been here for almost six years. M: You've been here through the entire Johnson Administration

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 1 (I), 4/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of these same lands for timber or for grass and so on. by President Kennedy in a general sense. So the Bureau was established In actuality it was established not by executive order of the President, but by Secretarial Order of Secretary Udall. He did

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 7 (VII), 9/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

this thing, your chronology here, and I'll tell you things that come to mind. On page 2, January 8, Johnson put Kennedy on the Foreign Relations Committee, passing over [Estes] Kefauver who complained about it. Johnson and Kefauver were just oil and water

Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to President Johnson on the day or the day after the death of President Kennedy that either we had to get in there or the South Vietnamese were going to collapse and that this was the fact. And the decision in effect was made at that time subjectively

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