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Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 4 (IV), 4/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the President's speech because of the mechanics of getting the call through. Somebody had to tell him what it was all about. G: Now shortly after that, Martin Luther King was assassinated, a period of three or four days. R: Yes. G: Well, I guess even before
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

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

Oral history transcript, Chester Bowles, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

who in the twenties said that he would keep the British out of Lake Michigan if he were elected, and everybody applauded greatly over that . The night before election he went further and said that, "If King George tries to get into Chicago, I'll
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 1929-1968

Oral history transcript, Herbert J. Kramer, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Holmes Brown who had come down to Washington with McNamara. He had been the public relations director of Martin-Marietta and then Ford. He came down here and spent somewhat less than a year, and then retired to go to American Airlines as their public

Oral history transcript, James Davis, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

straightening up things either. G: Tell me about the pillow now. 0: Oh, oh, the pillow. Tell me about the pillow. Well, you see, even before king-sized beds and things was in, he always had his beds made long and made his pillows bigger. You notice

was rea lly su l king all through the trip in Texas . M: And not helpful. 0: He was against go ing to the ministers , as the Speaker 1•1as . The Speaker and I sat together and watched it on TV and he was stunned, because he was totally against

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. It reminds me of the lines from Idylls of the King, the one called "Arthur and Modred." One day, as Tennyson relates it, Arthur and Modred were playing on the sand, and Modred built a sand castle, and Arthur kicked it away, and Tennyson says, "And ever after

Oral history transcript, James M. Nabrit, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

: Who were some of those people? N: I mean, people on his staff; people who were heads of various organizations that he would invite down, like Young or Wilkins or King or anybody. And he had people on his staff--Alexander and all the se fe Hows • G

up to New Hampshire for that primary that was in full swing, and I came back and reported to him the feeling that the sort of regular Democrats had up -there, that his people, the governor of New Hampshire, Sovernor King, et c e t e r a a , were

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