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Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : In 1956 you had that horse race between young John Kennedy and Estes Kefauver for the vice presidency, and Johnson shook a lot of people by taking Texas for Kennedy instead of for Kefauver. Were you privy at all to his thinking or strategy in this, or do
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was honored that he asked me, in part at the suggestion of his son George, who had been the assistant secretary of labor and with whom I'd worked. Ambassador Lodge knew that I'd traveled in the Soviet Union with Bob Kennedy, who of course had defeated his
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/24/1963 (Sunday) (Item)
  • JFK lies in state at the Capitol; the Johnsons attend St. Mark's Church; Eunice Shriver tells the Johnsons Lee Harvey Oswald has been killed; Jacqueline Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, John-John and Caroline ride to the Capitol in the car with the Johnsons
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • [Roberts] and I have laughed about this so much--he had a real hang-up on the toilet paper holder, how awkward the place it had been put. We'd get a fifteen-minute lecture on [how] the guy who installed the toilet paper holder in the john was the torture
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  • Waldron, Robert Earl, 1927-1995
  • Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Robert E. Waldron
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ~"as Governor Connally's vie't-l that Texas had done a very substantial part with regard to the fund-raising. But in any event President Kennedy and, perhaps, Attorney General . Robert Kennedy and others l.Jere desirous of having a fund-raising dinner in Texas
  • and concern for Governor Connally’s health; the Yarborough/Connally split; fund-raising in Texas for 1964; planning the trip for JFK and LBJ to Texas; Kennedy popularity in Texas; what was done with the money from the cancelled Austin dinner 11/22/63; guest
Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • top secret things, just kind of a right-hand man type to the General. At the end of 1960--1 didn't know anything about this till I read it in Newsweek--somebody touted Clifton as the military aide to the newly elected President Kennedy. He didn't deny
  • as General Clifton’s photographer for industrial and VIP special events; being a White House photographer during the Kennedy administration; August 1961 trip to Berlin Wall with Vice-President Johnson and Y.R. Okamoto’s coverage of the trip; European trip
Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . Kennedy, Mr . Nixon, and Mr . Albert all in one little huddle . They were the only � � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral
Oral history transcript, James J. Rowley, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • the tragedy of Robert Kennedy, and he called me up and said, "r want you to put men on that right away," about six o'clock in the morning, "put good men on it," and so forth and so on, which we did. M: So he does not at weird hours and frequently
Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • it; no state commission ever has. F: You've got people like you, Andy Brimmer, Robert Weaver, and others scattered around. ~ Now then, you've g.ot something like downtown New York, the financial district, which has been pretty much lilywhite. Do you get
Oral history transcript, Dale Miller and Virginia "Scooter" Miller, interview 1 (I), 8/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : Of course, that was primarily a Kennedy campaign. OM: That's true. F: Mr. Johnson was subordinate in this instance, except you did have . . . Vr'1: We had the tea F: You had the tea Vfvl: Yes. F: Tell me a little bit about them. VM: ~'Jell
Oral history transcript, Chester Bowles, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . I said, "In Southeast Asia we need a policy as to where we're going . What are we there for? What are the conditions for us to leave?" I tried to get Kennedy to see this . I pointed out that in Korea we never knew what we wanted there . we
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Oral history transcript, Harold Pachios, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . So I was one of them. Pat Kennedy, who was later to head up VISTA and who is now the city manager of Columbia, Maryland, was another. Jerry Bruno was the third one, and you know who Jerry is. Mel Cottone, who was also a Kennedy advance man
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • thing that concerned me was I couldn't really envision anybody else lead~~3 this country as Presidc':t. None of the people that \'icre on the scene, Hhich of course at that tir.:c included Senator Robert Kcnr.cdy and Vice President Humphrey-I had net
  • impatience; MLK and Resurrection City; Ramsey Clark and his relationship with LBJ; wire-tapping; J. Edgar Hoover; Robert Kennedy’s assassination; getting Secret Service protection for Presidential candidates; the Commission on Violence; Lloyd Cutler
Oral history transcript, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., interview 2 b (II), 11/26/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • got that news on a very sad day, as you know. It was the day Robert Kennedy was to be buried here in Washington, and we had planned a brief memorial ceremony here at the department. The funeral cortege was to stop outside the department
Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Robert M . LaFollette came there to lecture he That was Robert M . LaFollette, said, "Lindley, I want you to meet him ." Jr ., whom I later served in the Congress with . He did the same with reference to permitting me to get close, as it were, to Vice
Folder, "Garrison, Jim," Papers of Wright Patman, Box 768-B (Item)
  • Department for some years, primarily because of what I regard as its obvious and inexcusable failure to investigate effectively the shootings of President John F. Kennedy, Reverend Martin Luther King, Senator Robert Kennedy and, more recently, Governor George
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of country for about two and a half weeks. I went from Rome back to Washington; as I mentioned earlier, I arrived there the day of the assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas. Then I went back via the Far East, stopped off and saw our embassy
  • Returning to Saigon following the JFK assassination; Robert McNamara’s December 1963 visit to Vietnam; January 1964 Khanh coup and alleged French involvement; what the French might have wished for Vietnam; Christmas 1964 in Dalat; Tran Van Don; Le
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/5/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Robert Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles; LBJ discusses gun control with Senator Mike Mansfield; LBJ calls Senators Dirksen & Aiken about agriculture; Lady Bird cancels appointments; Lady Bird works on telegrams for Rose & Ethel Kennedy; LBJ makes
Oral history transcript, Rufus Phillips, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • a terrible commentary. P: Anyhow, on the way back, I was flown to Honolulu to participate in one of [Robert] McNamara's big flying circuses. G: Of 1962? P: 1962, yes. This was August, I think. And I was asked to give a brief presentation of what we
Oral history transcript, Irving L. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • about the one where Kefauver and Kennedy-G: Oh, I was there. F: And Adlai was, for a second time. G: I'm sorry, I will go back. You see, these years! All right. Yes, I was at the convention. F: As a delegate? G: No, Walter asked me to come
Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • we're talking about now. F: Right. P: The farm-to-market roads, they were beginning to talk about them but not do anything about them. You see, the Highway Commission had just been formed with Robert Hubbard as chairman, and they were not too active
Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Kennedy, known as Executive Order 10988, which set up for the first time a formal government policy with respect to the rights of federal empoyees to be in unions. There was never any question, there was never any deviation, there was 'never any compromise
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/8/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers; to St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, for Robert Kennedy funeral; the Johnsons pay respects to the Kennedy family; lunch on plane back to Washington; Lady Bird reads newspapers and takes nap; mourners killed
Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 4 (IV), 1/31/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, George Jacobson, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • meant Kennedy. When he talked about his conversation with Dean, you knew it was Rusk. When he talked about anybody in any position at all, he used nicknames and first names, and I think he had the chief justice of the Supreme Court that came out
Telephone conversation # 27, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD KENNEDY, 11/23/1963, 8:10PM (Item)
  • KENNEDY EXPRESSES HIS APPRECIATION FOR LBJ'S SUPPORT; LBJ THANKS KENNEDY FOR HIS CALL, EXPRESSES HIS CONDOLENCES TO KENNEDY FAMILY
  • Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
  • Telephone conversation # 27, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD KENNEDY, 11/23/1963, 8:10PM
  • EDWARD KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 21, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 11/23/1963, 3:54PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • LBJ ASKS MCCORMACK ABOUT SCHEDULING LBJ'S ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, DISCUSSES PLANS FOR JFK'S FUNERAL, NEED TO CONTINUE GOVT OPERATIONS WITHOUT UPSETTING KENNEDY FAMILY
Telephone conversation # 36, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/24/1963, 5:10PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • BUNDY DISCUSSES JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S PLANS TO RECEIVE HEADS OF STATE AFTER JFK'S BURIAL AND PLANS FOR LBJ TO MEET WITH THEM AT THE STATE DEPT; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOTH MEETINGS; CONFLICT WITH STATE DEPT OVER LBJ'S SCHEDULE FOR 11/26/1963
Telephone conversation # 92, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE PULLIAM, 11/27/1963, 3:25PM (Item)
  • "(TRANSCRIBED)"; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT JACQUELINE KENNEDY PRECEDES CALL; PULLIAM ON HOLD 0:25; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Telephone conversation # 104, sound recording, LBJ and SPESSARD HOLLAND, 11/27/1963, 5:13PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • LBJ SAYS IT HAS BEEN SUGGESTED THAT NASA FACILITY AT CAPE CANAVERAL BE RENAMED CAPE KENNEDY IN HONOR OF JFK; HOLLAND SAYS HE HAS NO OBJECTION BUT SUGGESTS STUDY BE MADE OF THE NAME CAPE CANAVERAL BECAUSE IT IS AN ANCIENT NAME, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 107, sound recording, LBJ and FARRIS BRYANT, 11/27/1963, 5:26PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • BRYANT EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS; LBJ THANKS BRYANT FOR HIS SUPPORT, DISCUSSES PROPOSAL TO CHANGE NAME OF NASA FACILITY AT CAPE CANAVERAL TO CAPE KENNEDY; BRYANT SAYS IT WOULD BE A FITTING TRIBUTE TO JFK
Telephone conversation # 11333, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/11/1967, 3:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ OFFERS PLANE FOR EARL WARREN'S USE ON LATIN AMERICAN TRIP; UNNAMED MAN'S CONTRACT; NYT DECISION TO CANCEL SERIES ON WARREN REPORT; LBJ DISCUSSES KENNEDY MACHINE'S VINDICTIVENESS; APPOINTMENTS TO KENNEDY CENTER BOARD; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER'S
Telephone conversation # 11143, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/16/1966, 4:00PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE STATEMENT ON INACCURACIES IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ DISCUSSES LETTER FROM JAMES ROWE ABOUT THEODORE WHITE'S INTERVIEW WITH JACQUELINE KENNEDY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION; LEGAL ACTIONS OVER MANCHESTER
Telephone conversation # 120, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 11/29/1963, 11:10AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 125, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/29/1963, 11:40AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • LBJ DISCUSSES APPOINTING PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, BILL TO PROVIDE FUNDING TO ANSWER OUTPOURING OF MAIL RECEIVED BY JACQUELINE KENNEDY, AND NEED FOR SENATE TO PASS TAX BILL BEFORE RECESS; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 10655, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • RESPONSE TO ACCOUNT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE; EVENTUAL DEPOSIT IN LBJ LIBRARY OF MISSAL THAT WAS USED; DESCRIPTION OF MISSAL AND ITS COVER; QUESTION OF RETURNING BOOK TO JACQUELINE KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 11149, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S LAWSUIT; ASSIGNMENT OF BAREFOOT SANDERS TO WORK ON ANALYSIS; RAMSEY CLARK'S DECISION TO TAKE HOUSTON BANK MERGER CASE TO SUPREME COURT; PORTRAYAL OF LBJ IN BOOK
Telephone conversation # 8, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 11/23/1963, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
Telephone conversation # 15, sound recording, LBJ and MARIE TIPPIT, 11/23/1963, 2:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ EXTENDS HIS AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S CONDOLENCES TO TIPPIT AND HER CHILDREN ON DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, J.D. TIPPIT, SAYS TIPPIT'S BRAVERY IS INSPIRATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; TIPPIT ASKS LBJ TO EXTEND HER CONDOLENCES TO JACQUELINE KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 25, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/23/1963, 5:52PM (Item)
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963