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  • figure that he was. He crune into public life as [Joseph] McCarthy's counsel and then he was [John] McClellan's counsel and then he tapped Martin Luther King's telephone wire. I said, "Piss on Mennen Williams." He said, "You know they'll embarrass you
  • and they misunderstood him. I'll give you an illustration of that. We had information that Martin Luther King was going to march on Selma, Alabama. I've forgotten which year it was-­ D: 1965. M: Nineteen sixty-five, right. It seemed clear to me that there was going
  • 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
  • not technically.” Anyhow, I was born on January 29, 1894. My father was Harry Martin Von Holt. My mother was Ida Knudsen and they were married in December of 1890. Their first child was my older sister Mary Elizabeth and she married a chap named White who came
  • not technically.” Anyhow, I was born on January 29, 1894. My father was Harry Martin Von Holt. My mother was Ida Knudsen and they were married in December of 1890. Their first child was my older sister Mary Elizabeth and she married a chap named White who came
  • not technically.” Anyhow, I was born on January 29, 1894. My father was Harry Martin Von Holt. My mother was Ida Knudsen and they were married in December of 1890. Their first child was my older sister Mary Elizabeth and she married a chap named White who came
  • not technically.” Anyhow, I was born on January 29, 1894. My father was Harry Martin Von Holt. My mother was Ida Knudsen and they were married in December of 1890. Their first child was my older sister Mary Elizabeth and she married a chap named White who came
  • . If T \ic!tC: :(2.-:nc~d_y I \•;01/ldn 1 t fot the:n cal1 my signills. \,;::_::; doi:1c; t;1cit I'd go ·int:) the South a tin;e or·t',10 rnys21f. I'd l.Jhik t I'd put th2 R:::pub l i can.s on the 3pot Ly ina king he·:! l': ,:.:h h:: 1,;~m ts ,rnd I
  • : The Little Congress. C: It didn't amount to anything, but that was the first place I ever met him, in Dick Kleberg of the King Ranch office. He was secretary there. Senator Alvin Wirtz, who lived here in Austin, had gotten him the job with Dick Kleberg
  • tied in -H ere your programs ·. i ' }vl th the rest of the of f ice programs and with the depar~1n. e'nt of HEW at that ti me ? 11 ,,.I JI DR. HARRIS: We were \'TO r ) king part i cu. 1ar1 y c 1 o s 0. l y .. ) 'f !~ with the Depart
  • wonder if you recall any of those discus sions or if your work involv ed any of · · that postwa r plannin g? JONES: As I rememb er [Benito ] Musso lini was arreste~ and [Pietro ] Badogl io formed a new govern ment in the autumn of 1943. The King
  • as possible from each and studiously avoiding sp~?.king ., o~her both _reading the same newspapar .. to each other. It loras a beautiful b9ginning. · The only thing they c;:ouid agre_e ' on was that they had to be polite to r..e, because I had just
  • I ) .) gi n i a . I ij I 11 1.../: :: - I f : 1 mon~hs J..f" I l The fir-st · occas ion th ~·rt I had to work Ri ghts Act of 196t1 . thre e l~j .i Act of 19 6 S. I s a o in ~..w r king with Tit l Ii· 10 1~ c1u catio n
  • and 'finally ; decided that he wasn't ~ I !I \ !; go.ing Ii I · i to · get very far unless he got a higher _e ducation and wac:' ~ I- . -1· IiI iri f 1 uenced in ma king that clec is io11 to quite a large extent by •· 1· :. :.J 20 I: \ I : I