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Oral history transcript, Jesse Kellam, interview 1 (I), April 1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

morning? K: In the morning. And the gentleman said, "You're taking me a little , fast. " From that conversation, there was developed the pattern for the organization. They did have good foremen. Through that project, NYA provided the unskilled labor

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Phinney, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

in some of these telephone calls: "we're afraid you're too late; you should have spoken up sooner; we have committed ourselves." Yell, we knew he was getting that sort o.f talk; we could hear his end of the conversation. And all this time he

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

of some of her conversations with Lyndon to which I was not privy at the time. made that direct remark to me. But I can't say he ever But we did talk prospectively. He wanted me to run for attorney general some day. to run for governor some day. run

Oral history transcript, Charles P. Little, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

traveled I received a call from a man by the name of Lyndon B. Johnson, to my surprise, about four o'clock on a Friday afternoon. duced himself. I went to the telephone. He intro- I told him yes, I had read of him in the papers, of his having come

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 1 (I), 7/13/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

as the Defense Department representative and I used to do a lot of the telephone business with the then-Vice President. M: He did take an active interest in that? Y: Yes. M: It wasn't just a title that [John F.] Kennedy assigned him? Y: Oh, no. No, he

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 2 (II), 10/21/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

indicate why he wanted you to. . . ? Y: In his phone conversation? G: Didn't you say that he telephoned you before that task force meeting? Y: Oh. G: Right. Y: Why did he invite me? G: Right. Y: Well, we had worked together in the Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Robert L. Phinney, interview 2 (II), 2/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the meetings? P: Yes, because the President always asked her opinion. I was over there a number of times. Always. got used to that right quick. So everybody He'd get her involved in conversations about any and everything. G: I gather one

Oral history transcript, John J. Corson, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

said something to the effect that, "Yes, I've known of your program. It interests me. something like that. brief conversation, You know, I used to be a schoolteacher," He was obviously interested, but it was a very The real discussion

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 4 (IV), 1/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

said, "I'm never I'm never going to his office again. I went over there to talk to him, and the whole time I was there he had two telephones, one on each shoulder, and he was carrying on two conversations at the same time, and me sitting

Oral history transcript, Joseph H. Skiles, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, about long enough for the letter to get to Austin and be read by somebody, I had a telephone 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, John E. Babcock, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on what conversations and public statements that I've [seen], propublic big electric utility-type things. to them. He was pretty much opposed On the other hand, he had worked pretty much hand in glove with the Insull people, who were certainly as big

Oral history transcript, Robert J. Smith, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

good friends. G: Anything on that relationship that might shed some light-- S: I know I went with him two or three times out to Uvalde to visit Mr. Garner. We'd have very pleasant conversations but never any- thing of any significance, because

Oral history transcript, Crawford Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

was on the telephone quite a few times each week talking to Johnson, and Johnson was assuring him that he was not promoting a man to run against him for this office. Mr. Daniel of course had had three terms and was running for his fourth term.· No one in Texas ever

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 3 (III), 6/9/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of Pearl Hat'bor, or the day after Pearl Harbor, on the telephone? H: Now Pearl Harbor, I was in Kentucky. I had already gone with the mine workers, and we were down there preparing to go to trial on the Honday after Pearl Harbor Sunday and defending

Oral history transcript, Ray E. Lee, interview 2 (II), 2/8/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in this election, do you recall? L: Well, he was apparently pleased and proud of Johnson. There were a number of conversations with the Governor, Johnson directly, or Wirtz with the Governor, or somebody else with the Governor. He did not make a public

Oral history transcript, Homer Thornberry, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to be offered the vice presidency. Anyhow, we talked. Now who made the [call]-F: This was in Los Angeles? T: Yes, this is in Los Angeles, and we talked. F: Personally or on the phone? T: On the telephone. morning. I was staying at another hotel

Oral history transcript, Arthur C. Perry, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it." Mr. Johnson was there the next morning, and, as I recall, the Senator had a little conversation with him and then sent him down to someone in the department. The outcome of it was, with other help that may have been registered, Mr. Johnson

Oral history transcript, Richard R. Brown, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was going [to happen] . Well, a few days later I had a telephone call from my good friend Josephine Roche, who was the under secretary of the treasury . She told me that Aubrey was most anxious that I take this job and was I willing to do it . I said

Oral history transcript, H.A. (Tony) Ziegler and Charles K. Boatner, interview 4 (IV), 6/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was one of his mistakes . G: Did he outline what he should have done? B: Yes, he said that he should have replaced the whole bunch when he was elected . I think, though, in subsequent conversation at that time he indicated that he would not have

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins, interview 2 (II), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

think he was at that time maybe in Johnson City, or maybe he was in San Marcos. He said he and his father were going to drive down that afternoon or evening to Corpus at Dick's suggestion by a telephone call, I think, previously made to Lyndon to talk

Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 2 (II), 7/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

a great deal about politics, that this was the main topic of conversation. K: Oh, he lived and breathed it. He woke up talking about it and he talked it during meals; he lived it. This was his life. tl: lbis would include all phases of politics? K

Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of a dinner table conversation with infinite distractions. Yet all the time he was absorbing. M: He was working even though it was social. G: It was sort of a family affair. The only people who were there were the Fortases and the Valentis

Oral history transcript, Luther E. Jones, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for compensation service connected to show that any ailment they then had was connected with some injury they sustained in the war. Lyndon spent an enormous amount of time on this on the telephone, and doing other things, too. Anything that was required

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Ray Roberts, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and went back to Austin. I got a telephone call- -I recall this was towa rd the weekend - -from Mr. Johnson to come to Austin. I borrowed a car and drove to Austin. and stayed at the Driskill Hotel. The following Saturday I got to Austin Saturday night

Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, we were in a recess and Mr. Rayburn was the only one there from the House and Mr. Truman was over there from the Senate--he was Vice President--and the telephone rang and Mr. Rayburn was sitting at the desk like this, answered it, says, "It's for you

Oral history transcript, Alfred Melinger, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to me now, Mike, that I only heard the conversations later. it was a vigorous discussion. in staff meetings. Lyndon wanted to move to Austin, and It was not conducted, as I remember, Probably conducted in the privacy of Mr. Drought's office, although

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Montgomery, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

was carr'yin~ j s

Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 3 (III), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh any of it was anybody's pet idea that they were pushing. And they did a little research and found that other people had proposed it and it had some background, but I think it just came out in the normal course of staff conversations

Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 1 (I), April 1963, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)

all the time, all over the state, visiting these camps, every type of NYA project that he possibly could. G: Did he, in his conversations with you, in staff meetings, etc, do you recall his sating anything which along this line he expressed what

Oral history transcript, Gordon Fulcher, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

and conversation. I was fortunate to be among that group and some of my fondest memories are of those occasions when we'd all gather at one of our houses or in our backyards--the Jesse Kellams, the Bill Deasons, the John Connallys, Jake Pickle and Sugar Critz

Oral history transcript, Emma Long, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

of conversations and I learned a lot of great stories. I wish I had carried a tape recorder. B: Were you a delegate to the state convention in 1940? L: No, I was not. B: Were you involved in that convention at all? L: Not at all. convention. B: Well

Oral history transcript, Malcolm G. Bardwell, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and our first meeting with him. P: What were your first impressions of Lyndon Johnson? B: He was just a likeable type of fellow. with you, and he would listen to you. conversation. He seemed to make himself agreeable He wouldn't carryon all the He

Oral history transcript, W. Sherman Birdwell, Jr., interview 2 (II), 10/21/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

- - 6 F: I can remember the efforts to get rid of the old 7, 000 pound load limit . B: Right. Right. But as I started to say, Mr. Sam, I'm sure, influ enced Lyndon to a great extent in his interest in politics because of his conversation about