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Oral history transcript, Lowell K. Bridwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

them on his own . Of course, that ultimately proved correct, Texas probably being the outstanding example . M: Did Robert Kennedy go along with this? B: No, Bob Kennedy was, without any question, very much opposed to his brother's selection

Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

were upset, and among them was Senator Kennedy--Robert Kennedy--who was furious and denied it. He didn't deny about the Lincoln book saying that the meeting had taken place as phil had said. He didn't deny that phil had been the go-between, but LBJ

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

experiences. He realized that if something bad happened to him or someone close to him, it was happening to tens of millions of other people, and he wanted to do something to help them. G: When you first told President Johnson that President Kennedy before
; trying to interest LBJ in China; an Eye Institute separate from the National Institutes of Health; community Mental Health Centers and Mike Gorman; the Family Planning Services Act; Adlai Stevenson’s relationship with LBJ; Robert Kennedy; assessment

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the relationship between the President and Attorney General Kennedy during Robert Kennedy's campaign for the Senate from New York? Did he talk with you? L: Did the President talk with me? F: Yes. L: No. F: He did come up here and work for him. L: I
in Washington D.C.; Lasker’s relationship with Mrs. Johnson; supporting Robert Kennedy; encouraging Mrs. Johnson’s interest in beautification and health; beautification projects in Washington D.C.; National Institutes of Health and clinical research goals; Nash

Oral history transcript, Alan S. Boyd, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

there of putting other carriers in . M: There was the accusation at the time that Robert Kennedy was putting pressure on you to change . B: Absolutely untrue! M: And that this was tied in with the White House, too . B : That's absolutely untrue

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 1 (I), 2/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

thing begat another as a result of this one visit. Mr. West told me that Mrs. Kennedy was thinking about publishing and selling post cards on the White House at the White House, and he wondered if the Park Service had any kind of vehicle which might

Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Laurance Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Exactly. And he had a unique role, and still even does in his retirement as a senior adviser--Fairfield Osborne, Robert Moses, also. For thirty years I've worked with them as leaders and pioneers in these fields. So that having started

Oral history transcript, Nathaniel Owings, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

about--I presume before 1960 you-did not know- the Johnsons . the Kennedy's prior to that? Did you have anything to do with 0: No, I didn't F: So you come into this part of service in the 1960's with John F . I didn't know either one . Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

relations in South Africa; meeting LBJ for the first time; Sam Rayburn; Democratic National Conventions of 1956, 1960, and 1964; political social gatherings; visits to the Ranch; working with Mrs. Kennedy on the Fine Arts Committee; White House furnishings

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, John L. Sweeney, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

of the President's Appalachian Regional Commision. S: Yes, that's right. Frank Roosevelt was--the IT~in reason I went to work for Frank was because one of the assignments he had been given by President Kennedy was to be chairman of the Appalachian Regional

Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the Eisenhower Administration in 1953 as you suggest, I've served under three Presidents, as you indicate: Johnson. President Eisenhower, President Kennedy and President So from a practical sense it is a non-political or non-partisan appointment. B: Do you

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

or Commission was the predecessor to the Cultural Center Commission, which in turn was a predecessor to the Kennedy Center Commission. It was through then-Senator Johnson that I was appointed as a member. I was actually appointed by President Nixon, who

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to lead up to this to tell you this: I would have supported Jack Kennedy for president if it had not have been that I LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

Oral history transcript, Edward C. Crafts, interview 2 (II), 5/12/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

information. And we were really barred by the new people from com- munication with them; there wasn't any dialogue. Now I've been through three changes of administrations in responsible positions--Truman to Eisenhower, Eisenhower to Kennedy, and Johnson

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 2 (II), 10/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and 1956. C: That's right. F: No, no. C: Well, it was in the next campaign when Kennedy ran. F: Right, in 1960. C: In 1960, that's right. F: Yes. C: I endorsed him publicly. I was asked to be co-chairman of a Johnson for President Committee

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

husband kept that commitment with Humphrey, didn't he? R: Yes. And then of course Humphrey was defeated in the primaries oyt [John] Kennedy. And then you know the story of Jim [Rowe) and Johnson and Phil Graham and all the people at Los Angeles. I

Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

for the District." Kennedy. Charlie Horsky had been created for that job under President Steve Pollak was there for Johnson. Steve Pollak did leave very quickly after we were nominated and appointed. M: What's the significance of that? F: The significance

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