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Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Biographical information; work as a welfare department investigator; involvement in the War on Poverty and the Urban League, how Berry came to be the director of the Community Action program; early community-related programs; funding programs such as…
Oral history transcript, John L. Monahan, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; contact with LBJ and Speaker Sam Rayburn; relationship between the White House staff and Monahan in the Speaker’s office; LBJ and JFK’s Administrations; liaison functions; JFK’s relationship with McCormack; Larry…
Oral history transcript, Leonard M. Elstad, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by David G. McComb
History of Gallaudet College; difficulties of English language for deaf children; drawbacks of lip reading; remedial work; connection with HEW; interest of Homer Eloise Thornberry; oralism and manualism; LBJ's attendance at graduation ceremony and…
Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 3 (III), 2/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Talks with the Chinese about “no first use” agreement, Test Ban Treaty, offer to exchange medicine, scholars, etc.; attempts to break down formality with the Chinese, Senator Albert Gore divulging information to the press, LBJ’s building…
Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker
[For interviews 1, 2, and 3] LBJ as a liberal-conservative; LBJ record up to 1960; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 and 1964 conventions and elections; Freeman’s personal interest in the Vice-Presidency; JFK problems in Minnesota; LBJ and the…
Oral history transcript, Dorothy V. Bush, interview 1 (I), 2/13/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; admiration of Rayburn; women in South for VP Johnson; Paul Butler; Democratic Advisory Councilom 1948, 1960, 1968 campaigns and conventions; Southern train trip; Mrs. Johnson as a campaigner;…
Oral history transcript, George R. Davis, interview 1 (I), 2/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Relationship with LBJ, who was a frequent visitor to Davis' church; service on the National Advisory Council on Economic Opportunity; the LBJ-Nixon transition period; Vietnam
Oral history transcript, Emma Guffy Miller, interview 1 (I), 2/12/1969, by David G. McComb
History of Democratic conventions; relations with Democratic leaders; First meeting LBJ; NYA; opinion of LBJ
Oral history transcript, Birch Bayh, interview 1 (I), 2/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
VP LBJ as liaison with Senate; 1961 transition; Bayh relations with White House staff; joking and needling by President Johnson; close relationship with the Johnsons; 89th Congress; Bayh's criticism of Vietnam; summary of Johnson as President; Bayh…
Oral history transcript, Toinette Bachelder, interview 1 (I), 2/11/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Duties at the White House; Judge Rosenman; Eisenhower and Truman Administrations; Charlie Murphy; Bill Moyers; Joe Califano; meeting LBJ, 1935-1936; Johnson Presidential years; met FDR at Warm Springs, GA; Marvin McIntyre; Grace Tully; working habits…
Oral history transcript, Ramsey Clark, interview 2 (II), 2/11/1969, by T.H. Baker
Tenure in Lands Division of AG office; procedures for presidential appointment; RFK-LBJ relationship; JFK assassination; work at White House in 1964 as detached duty from AG assignment; White House staff assignments; appointments in AG’s office and…
Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1b (I), 2/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
[For interviews 1a and 1b] Biographical information; first association with LBJ; foreign policy problems of the 1960s; investigation of the Bay of Pigs; military representative to President; contacts with LBJ; role of Joint Chiefs; relationship with…
Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Appropriations Committee seat; Strauss and Fortas confirmation hearings; LBJ as Majority Leader; 1960 and 1964 campaigns; JFK; 3/31 announcement; foreign relations; his wife; exchange of committee assignment with Russell…
Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 2 (II), 2/10/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Walter Jenkins , William Bundy, Robert McNamara, Katzenbach, Walt Rostow, Gene Rostow. Washington meetings about bombing Hanoi in December 1966, cessation of bombing in Hanoi, Poland backing out of discussions, Gronouski’s interpretation of Polish…
Oral history transcript, William C. Westmoreland, interview 1 (I), 2/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Recent appointment history; meeting LBJ at the 1961 West Point graduation; going to Vietnam—when, why; meeting with the Johnsons and staying in the White House; becoming Chief of Staff; LBJ’s decision not to run; Vietnam.
Oral history transcript, W. Evans Buchanan, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Democratic politics; contacts with LBJ; campaign fund raising; Johnson's organization on the state level; low income housing
Oral history transcript, Dwight A. Ink, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; contrast between JFK and LBJ; LBJ’s temper; Alaska earthquake; Senator Anderson; White House Task Force on Education; transformation of the Office of Education; Atomic Energy Conference; LBJ incident in…
Oral history transcript, J. Lindsay Almond, Jr., interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by T.H. Baker
LBJ as a congressman; civil rights as an issue in Virginia; the 1960 Democratic Convention and the selection of LBJ as a candidate for VP; Senator Harry Byrd; JFK as President
Oral history transcript, John A. Gronouski, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Appointment and service as Postmaster General by JFK, re-appointment by LBJ, Adlai Stevenson’s statement at first Cabinet meeting. Differences in JFK and LBJ attitudes towards Cabinet (preferred LBJ’s). Johnson’s influence on Post Office…
Oral history transcript, India Edwards, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Claire Booth Luce; 1944, 1960 and 1968 campaigns; Women
Oral history transcript, Michael V. DiSalle, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; Senator McFarland; Sam Rayburn; relationship between Truman and Senator Johnson; Paul Butler; 1956, 1960 and 1964 conventions and campaigns; JFK; Jim Rowe; Hubert Humphrey; Abe Ribicoff; RFK; LBJ as Vice President; DNC; 3/31…
Oral history transcript, Richard A. Prindle, interview 1 (I), 2/3/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; progression of the Clean Air Act of 1963 through changes to the Clean Air Act of 1967 and the involvement of the oil industry, chemical industries and auto industries; decision-making process; involvement in task forces…
Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 4 (IV), 1/31/1969, by T.H. Baker
AActivities as presidential adviser on National Capital Affairs; reorganization to commission and council system; selection of Walter Washington as mayor; council members; evaluation of White House staff operation; Pollak’s nomination of assistant…
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Lehan, interview 2 (II), 1/31/1969, by David G. McComb
Communication issues between scientists, engineers, politicians, and social activists; Lehan's role as liaison between the scientific and political communities; citizens' advisory committee on transportation quality; dual mode transportation systems;…
Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 3 (III), 1/30/1969, by T.H. Baker
Selma/Montgomery march; work on voting rights bill; Senator Dirksen’s role; implementation of the Voting Rights Act; President’s Council on Equal Opportunity; Texas poll tax case; civil rights task force
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ's knowledge of, and experience with, foreign affairs; LBJ's decision-making process; LBJ's vice presidential trip to Berlin; Walt Rostow and Bundy supporting LBJ as vice president; how Bundy was able to meet influential people through LBJ; LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 2 (II), 1/29/1969, by T.H. Baker
Presidential Task Force on the War on Poverty; drafting War on Poverty bill; Shriver’s dual responsibilities; Community Action; Adam Yarmolinksy episode; problems of the new agency; Legal Service problems; return to the Justice Department and…
Oral history transcript, Charles Frankel, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Writing The Neglected Aspect; circumstances of appointment to office; disapproves LBJ's Vietnam policy; drafting the Smithsonian speech for LBJ; background of the International Education Act; the Interagency Committee on International Education; John…
Oral history transcript, Philip Lee, interview 2 (II), 1/28/1969, by David G. McComb
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; family planning; LBJ’s motivation for interest in health programs; international health; Wilbur Cohen; John Gardner; White House Conference on Health; meeting with LBJ; Food for Peace; LBJ after…