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Folder, "Jenkins, Walter - Investigation [1 of 3]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 29B (Item)

?" and then immediately broucht 11p his conversation with Special Arg:ent (SA) DO ING e>n the telephone on Saturday J10rn1 ing ~ October 17• 1964. He pout. . out in this conversation he was upset and 11&d beeauae he .felt SA FORD had ta SOlle 11ay "tap ped" his telephone

Oral history transcript, A.M. "Monk" Willis, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the conversation. I heard one I end of the conversation and then what was repeated afterwards, that he had solicited Johns on's help for Jack Kennedy for Vice President. Of course, Johnson had put on some kind of campaign for the presidency which was a little

Oral history transcript, Marshall McNeil, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

come to my house in Maryland. Lyndon would usually show up, take over the conversation, and fill them full of stories, some of which were the usual . . • . When Lyndon wanted to be he could be full of bullshit, and he was occasionally, at least

Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

you, and i t ' s a rather interesting incident, l think it lends some [insight]. The only time that I even remotely knew of a conversation with the Majority Leader was when at the end of the 1958 election, the Democrats had won that very large

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

things on their own. The candidate may suspect it but he's more likely to think about something else. example, I've seen Johnson do this and other people do it. conversation he's had with somebody on some subject, he talked to him about it.lI

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, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

sometimes say things about President Lincoln that wouldn't normally be told by - somebody to President Johnson . G: I see . B: He had to get it out of a book . G: You mean in a speech, or just in informal conversation? B: In an informal conversation

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 5 (V), 8/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the conversation took place) it transpi.red during tho spring of '68. said, The President relayed that to Ramsey, and Ramsey "Well, he would do some more checking." The checking indicated that the opposing organizations, the opposing groups, thought

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

Folder, "Jenkins, Walter - Investigation [2 of 3]," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 29B (Item)

again last night, October Twenty Seven, at home at about midnight. He reported that he had been con tacted by Drew Pearson and queried about his conversation with me on the Jenkins case. John is convinced that my telephone here at the office is "bugged

Oral history transcript, Richard H. Nelson, interview 1 (I), 7/20/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there; she was at the Ranch. Was it her birthday? Was it an anniversary? G: No. N: Maybe he was just homesick, but he got the violinist in the phone booth with him and called Mrs. Johnson and he had the violinist serenade Lady Bird over the telephone. G

Oral history transcript, Betty Cason Hickman, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

they had typed fifty letters. letters were quite concise and short. Now, most of the However, Lloyd dictated rather long, lengthy letters, plus the fact that I was constantly being interrupted to take telephone messages in shorthand. Finally in tears

Oral history transcript, Irving L. Goldberg, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

primary, not necessarily in chronological order, I was sitting at my desk about ten o'clock in the morning. The phone rang and a voice said, "This is Lyndon. you doing?" doing?" He very often started conversation with, "What are you I said, "I'm

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 3 (III), 4/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to be In the years as majority leader, he would come to the Board of Education and be full of discussion about what had happened in the Senate or what was happening politically. He would many times dominate the conversation, but in those very early months he

Oral history transcript, Ivan Sinclair, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, the same time, enjoying it--in national issues. And that was the only topic of conversation that year. While there, I felt that I should also learn a little bit about my home state, having been there eighteen years in high school~ and then four years

Oral history transcript, Harry Provence, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

things for publicity stories, and we were in contact with the Harte papers, for example; they were on Johnson's bandwagon, and I was back and forth with them with mats and copy and so forth and getting all sorts of telephone communication with the Johnson

Folder, "Jenkins Investigation," Aides Files of Mildred Stegall, Box 29A (Item)

:-: ~roa~cast stations, Bak- dirt from government files toJ· .Close observe~, ,mcluding · where to go in government to :· : '.t~~f?l1 CEf r~marke

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 2 (II), 1/13/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] he had really ever had any conversation with him . known individual around the Department . More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 3 He was not a well- Many of us

Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

as a standard before. And I think the biggest thing was getting people to put it into effect on their own and believing that in some way or another they were connected with the effort. For example, the telephone call which interrupted us a few minutes ago

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. But [of] all those early days before the war, I can't think of any specific conversation or anything, except I always looked forward to seeing them, I always knew he was going to be great company. But I can't think of any particular pre -war incident; it rna

Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 2 (II), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

any conversations of the two of them together or any . . . gi ve us a picture of. . • N: I don't remember that conversation, but I remember the time that they were sitting at the big table in my office over at the Capitol having lunch. I was having

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 3 (III), 2/19/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Really iron discipline. V: That's right, I was quite impressed by it. Later on that evening he went down to the podium at the Waldorf and delivered a fine speech, engaging in conversation with people at the head table, and I daresay

Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

recall one conversation [where] I said I wanted "Well," he said, "I'm a Curtis man. "Well, I says, "I'm a Johnson man. right." He was good-natured. Tell me about it." I always vote with you when you're I think he kind of liked that. He'd usually

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. thrown there together. So I had to converse with him, go over what we were doing and so forth. G: Would you say that it was that year, 1951, that you and LBJ sort of developed an alliance? B: Yes. I think because of his position, being the deputy

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