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Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb
How Hoyt met LBJ; Hoyt’s role as domestic director of the Office of War Information; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s persuasive techniques; staying the night at the White House visiting with LBJ; LBJ’s public relations; 1960 election; Hoyt’s appointment…
Oral history transcript, Antonio Carrillo-Flores, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Introduced to Senator Johnson in 1959; Chamizal area problem; resolved in 1963; El Paso-Juarez cities bridge; improved relations with Mexico during LBJ's presidency; Mexico's policy in Cuba; U.S. intervention in Santo Domingo; Economic Commission for…
Oral history transcript, John P. Roche, interview 1 (I), 7/16/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Roche’s career advancements in politics; LBJ’s relationship with the Kennedys, McNamara, Bundy, Valenti, Moyers, Rostow and others; his involvement in Vietnam-related issues; personal evaluation of may official personnel and the effectiveness of…
Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 4 (IV), 6/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Experiences with Presidential foreign travel; importance of availability of communication; Presidential speeches; LBJ’s foreign relations; White House staff press briefings; Marvin Watson; 75% free hand with the press; Fortas/Thornberry nomination;…
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
March 31 speech, the process of drafting it, and speech-writer Harry McPherson; radios in the White House cars; calling people to forewarn them of the speech’s contents; White House activity following the speech; LBJ’ hopes that the speech could…
Oral history transcript, Kenneth Torp, interview 1 (I), 6/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
How Torp came to work in Cyprus in 1967 and what his work included; problem between the Turks and the Greeks over a road closure; the lack of unity among Cyprus natives and partitioning of the island; the Archbishop’s authoritative role; the U.S.…
Oral history transcript, Will Wilson, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Meeting LBJ in 1948; the 1960 Democratic convention at Los Angeles; the 1960 campaign; the Texas Senate campaign; the Texas gubernatorial race in 1960 and 1962; Billie Sol Estes and the Agriculture Department; Wilson shifts to the Republican Party;…
Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Reynolds’ relationship with Arthur Goldberg; Reynolds’ term on the National Labor Relations Board; work in the Navy with labor matters; the Landrum-Griffin Act; Reynolds’ duties as Assistant Secretary of Labor; first impressions of LBJ; LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Andrew Young, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1970, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; feelings about LBJ; Southern Christian Leadership Conference; JFK’s administration; argument between RFK, MLK and Burke Marshall; intensity of civil rights movement; JFK’s judicial appointment to the South; non-violence;…
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 2 (II), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Wheeler-dealer charges; Gene Autry; 1948 Senate campaign; helicopter; Coke Stevenson; George Parr; State Democratic Executive Committee, 1948.
Oral history transcript, Boisfeuillet Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1970, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; meeting LBJ through the National Youth Administration (NYA) and Dr. J. Willis Hurst; Jones' work to develop Emory University's health services, including its medical school; Jones' work on the National Advisory Health…
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Wicker, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; 1960 “rump session;” Henry Cabot Lodge; campaign trips; Democratic ticket; Catholic issue; McCarthy censure; Watkins Committee; Vice Presidency; assassination; Connally-Yarborough feud; Dallas; funeral; Vietnam; press…
Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1970, by T.H. Baker
Hurst’s relationship with LBJ; declining the position of White House physician; LBJ’s health and fitness for the presidency; LBJ’s decision not to run in 1968; gallstones operation in 1965; medical information and the press; psychological…
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 7 (VII), 6/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Role in the difficulty that arose over Department of Labor’s proposed reorganization.
Oral history transcript, Leonard H. Marks, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; JTBC AM, FM and television; 1960 presidential campaign; 1960 Democratic Convention; Communications Satellite Corporation; USIA
Oral history transcript, Frank Ikard, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; how Ikard met LBJ in 1937; Ikard’s work in the House of Representatives while LBJ was a Senator; LBJ’s interest and assistance in north Texas dams, water conservation and REA; NATO; oil and gas industry; the quota system…
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Temple’s role as White House liaison with the Department of Justice; the Presidential appointment process; Temple’s relationship with Harry McPherson; McPherson’s duties; office locations; bedroom duty; lines of responsibility under Connally…
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Working for U.S. Justice Tom Clark; working for Governor John Connally; increasing the pension for widows of Supreme Court Justices; Ralph Yarborough; Congressional delegation luncheons; pre-presidential interaction with LBJ; JFK’s assassination…
Oral history transcript, H.S. Hank Brown, interview 1 (I), 6/8/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Background with AFL; state legislation and LBJ's campaigns; Taft-Hartley Act; LBJ's role in labor movement; Johnson-Yarborough Senate relationship; LBJ's involvement in Texas labor matters; vocational education system
Oral history transcript, Price Daniel, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Details of political career and first contacts with LBJ when he was a Congressman; background of tidelands legislation; 1952 Senate race against Tom Connally; support of Eisenhower's presidential race; weekly meetings of Texas Congressional…
Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
First association with LBJ; 1948 election; Star-Telegram’s campaign support; Preston Smith; Byron Utecht; George Parr; covering 1952 and 1956 Texas state conventions; LBJ’s response to an article by Kinch; Frankie Randolph; Mrs. Bentsen; Byron…
Oral history transcript, Allan Shivers, interview 1 (I), 5/29/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ, Shivers and Texas politics
Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 2 (II), 5/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Building of LBJ Library; Heath named Swedish Ambassador in March, confirmed April 1967; Russell Tribunal; three groups in Sweden: hard-core ant-Americans, Communists, pro-Americans; race and Vietnam both issues in Sweden; experiences of Tanzanian…
Oral history transcript, Carl Vinson, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1970, by Frank Deaver
Views on LBJ's Congressional days; LBJ and Rayburn; Lady Bird's effect on LBJ's career; LBJ's setting up naval facilities in Texas; Vinson's leaving Congress
Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; met LBJ in 1937 through Baines family tree research with LBJ’s mother; LBJ’s six years as Democratic Majority leader in Senate; JFK nomination; LBJ as VP; Heath as Ambassador to Sweden; as Chairman of UT Board of…
Oral history transcript, James U. Cross, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1970, by Arthur J. Mayer
Military biography; flights with LBJ when Majority Leader, VP, President and as permanent pilot; appointment in July 1965 as military aide to LBJ; military aides for White House social events; operations of presidential flights; communications on…
Oral history transcript, Edie Adams, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Start of involvement in politics with Democratic Party; entertaining in 1964 campaign; appearance with LBJ at Austin rally; suspicion that Hubert Humphrey's campaign was sabotaged; song selection for the different rallies; White House invitations;…
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 6 (VI), 4/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
April riots; Washington riots; role of military troops; interest of foreign military groups in American example of dealing with riots; Resurrection City; 1968 Democratic Convention; involvement in inflation fights; LBJ’s relationship with William…
Oral history transcript, Ernest Cuneo, interview 2 (II), 4/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; involvement with Roosevelt's administration; newspapers' importance to the government; summary of politics in New York State when Roosevelt was governor; genesis of the New Deal; Harvard graduates in FDR's administration;…
Oral history transcript, Ben W. Heineman, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Illinois Central strike; National Independent Committee for Johnson-Humphrey; organizational task force for HUD; Robert Weaver; White House Civil Rights Conference; “Summit Conference” in Chicago; Cabinet posts offered; Demonstration Cities;…
Oral history transcript, Walter C. Hornaday, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; met LBJ during loss in first run for Senate, loss by 1,511 votes; LBJ’s manner in giving ‘the works;’ LBJ’s tendency toward secrecy; LBJ’s temper and ambition; landslide victory in 1948; six offices plus the…
Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 2 (II), 3/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Escalation of the Vietnam War; Gulf of Tonkin incident; inadequacies in advice given to the President; Ed Gullion episode; XYZ Affair; UN and U Thant; Bundy-Dobrynin conversation, fall of 1965; A-B Theory proposal; Glassboro; Averell Harriman and…
Oral history transcript, Nathaniel Owings, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Design of Pennsylvania Avenue; Civil War use of the Mall; Daniel H. Burnham; McMillan Commission; Smithsonian red brick castle demolition; Mrs. Jim Howe; Pennsylvania Avenue Commission; JFK’s interest in Washington; Paul Thiry; contact with LBJ;…
Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Clark Clifford; Leo Beebe; briefing to cabinet; Secretary Wirtz and McNamara; cabinet meetings; Congressional legislative process; Henry Ford; Paul Austin; 3/31 announcement; effects of diminished Presidential power; Stewart Udall; working…