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  • Series > Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories (remove)
  • Subject > National Youth Administration (U.S.) (remove)
  • Time Period > Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969) (remove)

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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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