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  • Contributor > O'Brien, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Francis), 1917-1990 (remove)

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Telephone conversation # 2479, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 2:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES O'BRIEN FOR SWIM, TO DINNER WHEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; TONIGHT'S WH CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; BRUCE ALGER; CIVIL RIGHTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE, WISCONSIN PRIMARIES; PAUL CORBIN; MARY MCGRORY
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 12 (XII), 7/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a little fun with it. But it was not mean or vicious. There were touches here and there, and there was a widespread recognition that this was Lady Bird's bill. There was an assumption on the part of some that the President would not have been as strongly
  • in immigration reform; a proposal limiting the number and type of Western Hemisphere immigrants who would be admitted; Representative Michael Feighan; Governor Nelson Rockefeller's attendance at the immigration bill signing ceremony on Ellis Island; Lady Bird
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 6 (VI), 2/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • on an hourly basis. I guess it was summed up one night when we had a loss in the House in the wee hours of the morning. I've told that story. But I think, again, it's like Lady Bird with the sweater. You're drifting home, you're rather depressed, it was unusual
  • of Congress; LBJ's long work days and Lady Bird Johnson's efforts to get him to stop working so he would eat or sleep; JFK's practice of delegating authority compared to LBJ's desire to be personally involved at all levels; JFK's and LBJ's relationships
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 3 (III), 10/30/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • briefed as to the attention that should be paid. She did that extremely well with these members of Congress and their wives and would devote a good deal of attention to them. But on an individual basis, to seek or maintain contact, unlike Lady Bird
  • relations office; Mike Mansfield bringing senators to O'Brien for briefings; Bobby Baker's talent for head counts and projected attendance counts; Bob Kerr; Jacqueline Kennedy's interest in congressional relations compared to that of Lady Bird Johnson
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 5 (V), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 10 (X), 6/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in the White House as the most rewarding time of his life; why O'Brien never ran for elected office; the role of women in the 1960 and 1964 presidential campaigns; Lady Bird Johnson's 1964 whistle stop tour through the South; the excitement of election night
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 14 (XIV), 9/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , we landed on the private strip. I don't say anything to Gronouski [or] Rusk, and nobody says anything to me. I was considerably at sea about this whole thing. So, anyway, Lady Bird greeted us and made us feel at home, and everything is wonderful
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 19 (XIX), 4/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to the President; he was very sensitive to Fulbright. He had Lady Bird and Mrs. Fulbright socially engaged, trying to keep Fulbright contained. Fulbright was a man of conviction, and he was not trying to destroy Lyndon Johnson; there was nothing personal about