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Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • morning. I remember the most touching conversation was with Martin Luther King Sr. And Jim Gaither, who worked for Califano, said, "Mr. King, the President wants to know what can we do for you." And this old man said, "Oh, Mr. Gaither, that's
  • White House reaction to Watts riots; LBJ’s speech to the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission regarding rioters; Clark group’s report on Watts; LBJ-HHH relationship; Roger Wilkins; death of MLK; LBJ’s feelings about MLK; Louis Martin; Detroit
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 3 (III), 1/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • to the skies with everyone and making major figures out of them. When they get off that frequency, there are tremendous--as Martin Luther King would say--jangling discords. There's a tremendous fall from that intense relationship. B: Are you saying that Mr
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview S-I, 6/12/1973, by Robert Hawkinson (Item)
  • Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh McPherson -- 4 recen tly or later : Pat Moynihan, Tom Sche lling, Seymour Martin Lipse t, Tom Pettig rew, Bob Coles. H: It really is a unique kind
  • on remedial programs; Moynihan's critique of Community Action; White House conference, "To Fulfill These Rights;" Martin Bronfenbrenner; Head Start experiments; function and selection of advisory councils and task forces; urban land-grant colleges; Federal
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 7 (VII), 9/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • before, 1956, when Johnson had beaten Shivers? G: Yes. Now, what about Yarborough and Johnson at this time? Did LBJ have any--that was a special election with [Martin] Dies and [Thad] Hutcheson and Yarborough [inaudible]. M: I think I've been reading
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 9 (IX), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • is it was a combination of two things: one, the natural problems of trying to be king-daddy leader over a group of individuals who don't really want to yield all their autonomy to a king-daddy leader; and, I should think, a very strong feeling among the out-of-the Senate
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 8 (VIII), 11/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • is that Johnson was--when Proxmire won a special election out there--he was on the phone with him and he met him at the airport and he treated him like a king, and Proxmire was embarrassing in his praise of Johnson. I mean, I'm not sure Johnson found