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Oral history transcript, Edwin W. Pauley, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • anybody. F: Did you see any of the Kennedys besides John after that. Apparently Robert was not enthusiastic. P: I didn't talk to them--I didn't talk to them--any of them. As a matter of fact my sole contact came from Joe, his father. F: Did you get
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/14/1966 (Item)
  • Gaylord Nelson i # Senator Sam Ervin, Jr. ^Senator Robert Kennedy Senator John Pastore Senator Paul J. Fannin Senator Thomas Kuchel Senator Claiborne 3Bexx Pell Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator Senator // William
Oral history transcript, Luther H. Hodges, Sr., interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 16 Rusk, number one--he had the number one rank; and Mr. [Robert] McNamara, because they brought in all the questions ftOm the Defense Department; and Mr. Robert Kennedy always usually had a point of view
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , the leaders of the two parties, ever since Reconstruction days to let sleeping dogs lie. And some of the men, I know, feel that the man who broke the truce was Robert Brownell as attorney general. So when the Republicans started to make a political issue
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-I, 3/30/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)
  • : Robert Dallek PLACE: New York City, New York Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 B: What are you doing with this [material]? D: I am working on volume two of my Johnson biography. Volume one, Lone Star Rising, came out-- B: Yes, I remember. I haven't read
  • Robert Dallek's work on LBJ biographies; LBJ's personality; comparing JFK's and LBJ's knowledge of foreign affairs; LBJ's relationships with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and JFK during his vice presidency
  • Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview S-I, 3/30/1993, by Robert Dallek
Oral history transcript, Hodding Carter, Jr., interview 1 (I), 11/8/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 5 B: Well. let's see. Robert Kennedy? C: Marshall-John Doar. I did. Burke Marshall? John Doar? Robert Kennedy
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • independence; wife's opinion of Lady Bird; strong Kennedy supporter; supper with RFK the night before his assassination; incident on plane after RFK's death; relationship between RFK and LBJ
Oral history transcript, Paul B. Johnson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/8/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • extent relegated to the background. The Kennedys wanted either to do all of it or none of it in anything that was done while Robert Kennedy was there as attorney general and President Kennedy was serving as president. B: Did you ever get the impression
Oral history transcript, John A. Schnittker, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . much on a personal basis. But it was conducted very Ted Kennedy came into the State; Senator Robert Kennedy came into the State; and a lot of workers were picked to travel the State. were also named. Partisans of Senator Johnson and Senator
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • ; contact with LBJ; Lady Bird; access to the President; Kennedy Round; comparison of LBJ and JFK staffs; support of RFK after 3/31 announcement; LBJ request not to actively support a candidate; difference in general agricultural policy between LBJ and JFK
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/6/1964 (Item)
  • Friday (Cont'd) Mr. William H. Ruffin. Pres., Erwin Mills. Durham. N. C. Mr. Robert C. Jackson, Exe. VPres., American Textile Manufacturers Inst., Wash DC ----Discussions were had re 1) The Kennedy program for the textile industry announced in May 1961
Oral history transcript, Michael V. DiSalle, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • that would try to take the edge off the speech. B: D: This type of thing. Was there any justification for that attitude tmvard Robert Kennedy? There might have been as far as Johnson is concerned. I would imagine he was concerned about him
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • /31 announcement; draft movement for Edward Kennedy; Chicago convention; LBJ
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/9/1968 (Item)
  • : 25pTo 1: IQp guests WhiteHouse ~ f or t Activity LD x11:50a The 12:41p f 1968 th e second floor - for coffee Mrs. Robert Kennedy - began leaving-- all out byl:35p - w/ Mrs. Johnson Luci Houston Johnson Dr. Billy Graham Dr. T W Wilson Mr. and Mrs
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 12/7/1962 (Item)
  • Pentagon Pad. Depart Pentagon Pad via helicopter - YB, MF, Dr. Robert Seamans, Agent Johns. Arrive Andrews AFB - Mats Terminal. Depart Andrews AFB - AF Jetstar - Dr. Robert Seamans, YB, MF, Paul Glynn, Agents Youngblood, Rundell, Ivan Sinclair. Arrive
Oral history transcript, Ralph Dungan, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • the attitude .of his constitue~cy th~ Mr. Yarborough, ' for instance. M: What ·about · the alleged strain on relations with Robert Kennedy and Mr • . Johnson which some people say date f~o~ this vice presid~nt decision? Was . this the first instnace
  • Kennedy, John F. (John Fitzgerald), 1917-1963
  • and LBJ's first days as president; LBJ mistreats staff aides; difficulty in getting proper appointees; Robert McNamara characterized; Liz Carpenter; JFK and LBJ administrations compared; newspaper leaks; Panama; McGeorge. Bundy operation; civil service
Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • knew you were also of a previous period so you were not the same kind of a Kennedy man as some of the others. Do you have any insights on his relationship with the real Kennedy people when he first carne to office, particularly with Robert Kennedy
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/22/1966 (Item)
  • to Amb. Amarillo off record Jay Taylor Ernest Schwarzenbach President, Sony Corporation Bob Fleming in Sen. Robert Kennedy, MW in. (The President was prepared for this meeting by a memorandum written by Mr. Rostow dated June 21, re Sen Kennedy's
Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Kennedy in California two years previously in the campaign for the presidency . [I] then succumbed to the motion picture actor Ronald Reagan, myself, when I sought a third term . Since that time, I have been in the private practice of law . been
Oral history transcript, Lyndon B. Johnson, 8/19/1969, by Harry Middleton (Item)
  • any better there by 1963. Kennedy thought our election was in danger. I knew it was. - - - - · - ~ - - - - - - ·--·-·--· ----- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 8 (VIII), 5/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • /oh Cronin -- VIII -- 8 Senator did not, and wisely not, because at his age then he--being a senator from Alabama, he was a target. G: Later in June you had the assassination of Robert Kennedy out in Los Angeles. Do you remember that? C: I do. I
  • involving Vietnam; the riots in Washington, D.C., following Martin Luther King, Jr.'s death; Robert F. Kennedy's death and his personality; Abe Fortas' nomination as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court; the 1968 presidential election; George Wallace's
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 6 (VI), 2/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • at the efforts expended up to 1963 and then later, we did it the right way. G: What was Robert Kennedy's role in the 1963 civil rights bill? Do you recall his confrontation with John Lindsay and--? 12 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org More
  • John F. Kennedy's (JFK) effort as a young politician to become a better communicator; how Lyndon Johnson's (LBJ) legislative power shifted when he became vice president and then president; JFK's and LBJ's different styles in dealing with members
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/6/1963 (Item)
  • Mrs. Kennedy moved2>t&t*M**. out of the VICE PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON. ^H^A , (jLrv**jdh &&* H ^^no, £ * J'^ WestUJ-o» (s~f
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/19/1966 (Item)
  • -- the President said that he had not had that info and wanted to call Wirtz as soon as he got out of the meeting. . That he had been trying to get him all morning. VM took in to the President -- a ticker saying that Sen. Robert Kennedy had made a statement
Telephone conversation # 12810, sound recording and transcript, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 5:00PM (Item)
  • . B It was one of the most He 1 s a very decent fellow. What about the Present situation? Let me ask you. Can you in any way entertain that idea of a appointing a Committee? I tell you why•••• Kennedy called me, and he says a lot of people
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • complimented by that. I don't think we saw him after that at the inauguration. G: Let me ask you one campaign question that we passed over. The President appeared with Robert Kennedy in that [campaign], didn't he, in l964 here in New York? K: I do not know
  • of the President’s Club and its growth; LBJ offering Mrs. Krim Presidential appointments; Krim’s support of Robert Kennedy; fundraising nationwide for LBJ; entertainment celebrities attending political fundraisers; 1964 Democratic National Convention; Don Cook
Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 2 (II), 7/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and timetables," the standard reporting forms were very well delineated, construction was involved, utilities were involved, everybody was involved at that point. G: How did the problem of Bobby Troutman generate friction between Johnson and Robert Kennedy? F
Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek (Item)
  • said, "Great, it's a deal." If I had said yes, he might have said, "I'm delighted to know that; I want to think about it." I don't wish to exaggerate. But the fact is he did say that. D: What about the relationship to Robert Kennedy? What about
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  • McNamara, Robert Strange, 1916-2009
  • Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview S-1 (I), 3/26/1993, by Robert Dallek
  • Robert S. McNamara
Oral history transcript, Roger Stevens, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • more interested in trying to bring activity down by the department stores that advertised so heavily than in the merits of the case. F: I remember somewhere in there Robert Kennedy was rumored as having some reservations on this Potomac River site. S
  • Stevens' involvement in entertainers that were invited to the White House; how Stevens became Special Assistant on the Arts; Robert Fleming's support in getting Howard Worth "Judge" Smith to support an arts council; John McCormack's assistance
Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 1 (I), 6/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Mr. Rayburn was not opposed to it, but he had certain conditions that he wanted. And as I recall, he did not want himself or he didn't want Senator Johnson to receive all the information from Senator Robert Kennedy. I don't know that there was any
Oral history transcript, George Wallace, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • contact with those gentlemen at all that I can recall at this time. B: Did you deal mostly with Attorney General [Robert] Kennedy? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
  • How Wallace classified LBJ’s political stances from the Senate through Presidential periods; the 1960 Presidential campaign; the Birmingham demonstrations and Wallace’s discussion with Robert F. Kennedy regarding them; Wallace’s high regard for John
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/6/1964 (Item)
  • Stegall ( trying to locate Walter Jenkins) - Washington, D. C. Attorney General Robert Kennedy (Mass.) Departed LBJ Ranch via chopper for Bergstrom AFB w/ Mrs. Johnson, VM (GW went in w/ another chopper) Judge A. W. Moursund -- saying thank you for week
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/9/1964 (Item)
  • Judge Thornberry - to wish him a happy birthday Meeting w/ Mr. C. L. McNally - Publisher, Sat Evening Post Nat King Cole, Mr. Jones, Andy Hatcher - till 11:22 Mrs. Kennedy Cong. Carl Albert Shook hands w/ Dale Alford Kermit Gordon Fine Arts Commission
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/28/1964 (Item)
  • . Robert Kennedy, Secy McNamara, Secy Ball, Secy. Harriman, Sen Russell, Sen. Saltonstall, Sen. Fulbright, Sen. Hickenlooper, Cong. Vinson, Cong. Arends, Cong. Thomas E. Morgan, Congresswoman Frances Bolton until 10:55 // 10:57 - Andy Hatcher Secy. McNamara
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/2/1963 (Item)
  • Young 9:51 f Gov. G. Mennen Williams 10:15 f Secretary Freeman 10:20 f Robert Anderson 10:25 Mr McCone and McGeorge Bundy 11:10 t Mrs. Philip Graham 11:15 11:45 12:15 t 11:06 Secretary Hodges in Oval Room C ong. John Shelly Mayor - elect of San
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 10/24/1962 (Item)
  • * Selectednames shouldbeunderscored. Expenditure Code Col. Burris arrived 4040 52n d Street Depart 4040 with Col. Burris for White HOUSE Juanita Roberts in car en route Arrive White House NSC Executive Committee meeting - White Hous e - lasting until 11:10
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 11/10/1962 (Item)
  • - depart with Mrs. J and Grace Tully by car Made unscheduled stop @ Gas Station - returned WJ's call Left station Arr. @ Jno Roosevelt Cottage (original Val-Kill) for Lunch w/ Pres and Mrs. Kennedy President and Mrs. Eisenhower, President and Mrs. Truman
Folder, "Gen FG 135-6, 11/1/64 - 11/30/64 [DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE-FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION]," WHCF FG, Box 189 (Item)
  • . Johnson, including correspondence between President Johnson and Attorneys General Robert F. Kennedy (Attorney General: 1961-64), Nicholas deB. Katzenbach (Attorney General: 1965-66) and Ramsey Clark (Attorney General: 1967-69); correspondence between White
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 12/11/1968 (Item)
  • all dinner guests; to the State Dining Room for dinner. 10:35 To the parlors for coffee. 6. 10:54 To the East Room for entertainment. Robert Merrill and The New Christy Minstrels!! 11:40 To the North Portico with the President to bid goodbye to guests
Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 9/5/1968 (Item)
  • to have lunch with the President. 2:18 To Mr. Per's shop for comb-out. 3. 2:50 Returned to the White House. 3:25 To the first floor -- had pictures taken with the house guests in the Red Room. 3:40 To the Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy Garden with Erv Duggan
Senate Daily Diary entry, 8/13/1959 (Item)
  • to group of Christian church Senate Johnson opened the Senate Secretary Anderson f Governor Robert Meyner, New Jersey re: nomination of Phil Foreman for federal judge left for House steps to see and hear Texas choir boys Mr. and Mrs. Murray Marshall (Dallas
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/9/1965 (Item)
  • January 9 . 196 5 White House Saturday Donald Cook , Ne w York Senator Edwar d Kennedy , Pal m Beach , Florid a Myer Feldma n Secretary Robert McNamar a Myer Feldma n To th e offic e Jack Valent i (pl ) McGeorge Bund y (pl ) Warren Rodgers . Hears
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 7 (VII), 2/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and Robert Kennedy in 1964. You were perhaps in the middle, over the years, in that relationship. Did either man make an attempt during that year to improve the relationship? O: Yes, Lyndon Johnson did. G: Did he? O: In the sense that on a number
  • How John F. Kennedy's (JFK) assassination affected the reputation of Dallas and Texas; the emotional toll of JFK's and Robert Kennedy's (RFK) deaths on O'Brien; being asked to identify the missal that was used when Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) took his oath