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Oral history transcript, Robert P. Griffin, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

say is he never mentioned that to me. were never at great length. Now, our conversations As I recall, after talking with him on the telephone, I visited him a couple of times later on in his office. Our relationship was not so close that he would

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, Samuel H. Shapiro, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

knew he was being considered. F: Yes. S: And, I think, in conversations with him, no doubt, that was men- tioned, but as a matter of fact, the appointment came by phone. He was notified by phone; day. \'Je were at a meeting at Springfield

Oral history transcript, Whitney M. Young, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

used? Y: No, not--well, you know, President Johnson was a very unusual fellow in a conversation. You'd go in with a specific item for the agenda but, depending on his most recent encounter or telephone call or something, you'd find yourself sort

Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

knew instantly who it was, and I stood up also. It was the President. He sat down in a little rocking chair there in Valenti's office, and we talked for more than an hour. Much of that conversation was devoted to the coming Republican

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

days he did some things that really helped us. G: Really? Can you recall specifics? P: For example, he arranged that our DSG office telephones would be hooked into the Capitol switchboard. We really didn't have an offi- cial office then and we had

Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and things of that kind on equal employment, especially [concerning] my conversations with some of the major business people here in the community and getting them to participate in his Equal Employment Opportunity Program down there. But that was done more

Oral history transcript, George R. Brown, interview 3 (III), 7/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

strongly and if someone disagreed, he'd argue with them . B : Yes . G: I was going to ask you some more about those conversations that you and President Johnson and Senator Wirtz used to have when Lyndon Johnson was a young congressman . B: When he

Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

backing among the Mc: ~ress and a good many influential and well-to-do people. In =.:-:y occasion of his being up for election, did you have any conversations with him regarding getting more support for his candidacy? F: The only time that could have

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, J.R. Parten, interview 2 (II), 2/29/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

do recall that in connection with the conflict between the Fund for the Republic and HUAC I had a specific conversation with Johnson on the subject of civil rights. He was sympathetic and helpful to the Fund. F: You got to know his staff pretty well

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 5 (V), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in various memoranda and conversations with him to get him to use television in a different way. I was opposed to the teleprompters, I just think they were wrong. He was much better when he was speaking from notes. And I tried to get him to go