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Oral history transcript, Thomas Royals, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Manpower Development and Traveling Act; Office of Manpower Automation and Training; Community Action agencies; business in ghetto areas; Social Security Office; Chamber of Commerce; employment programs; NAB; labor union…
Oral history transcript, James J. Rowley, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Review of career; dealing with various Presidents; assignment of agents; the Johnson family; effect of JFK assassination on duties; the Texas operation; Presidents traveling abroad; demonstrations; the Dallas tragedy; the Warren Commission's…
Oral history transcript, James M. Rowe, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1984, by Ted Gittinger
Background of covering news in South Texas including Duval and Jim Wells Counties; impressions of Duval County and George Parr; vote controversy in the 1948 election; leaders in the South Texas counties; investigation by the Coke Stevenson people;…
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 6 (VI), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Southern Manifesto; farm legislation; Francis Case; social security; LBJ and Paul Butler; LBJ and Nixon; 1956 Democratic National Convention
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 5 (V), 5/10/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Walter Winchell incident; minimum wage bill; LBJ’s Dies Committee vote; John Nance Garner episode; Alvin Wirtz; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s work on the 1940 Congressional campaigns; Appropriations Committee appointment; race for the Senate in 1941; the I…
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 4 (IV), 11/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Plans for the 1968 campaign; working with LBJ; disagreement during 1960 campaign; 1964 campaign involvement; LBJ and Mike Mansfield; LBJ and the Democratic Party; LBJ and RFK; LBJ’s withdrawal; Theodore White; LBJ and HHH during the 1968 campaign;…
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 2 (II), 6/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
The Washington D.C. Auditorium Committee/Commission; being asked to fill a Washington D.C. commissionership; Rowe’s work on the Beautification Committee
Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Rowe, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Rowe’s upbringing; working for the United Mine Workers; early social interaction with LBJ; Maury Maverick; how Jim Rowe came to work for LBJ; LBJ’s mentee relationships with Sam Rayburn and Alvin Wirtz; how LBJ hellped Jim Rowe get into the Navy;…
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 3 (III), 12/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Presidential mission to Rome in 1966
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 2 (II), 9/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ’s staffs; George Reedy; LBJ’s power of persuasion; LBJ and the Senate; LBJ and civil rights; the 1960 presidential nomination; decision to accept the VP nomination; 1960 campaign and Rowe’s role in it; falling out between LBJ and Rowe;…
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; early recollections of LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with FDR; LBJ’s interests; LBJ’s 1941 campaign; LBJ’s relationship with Sam Rayburn; Maury Maverick; 1948 race; Walter Winchell episode; counsel to Democratic Policy…
Oral history transcript, Richard H. Rovere, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; 1957 Civil Rights Act; Presidency; LBJ's relations with the press; Eric Goldman; anti-communism; Vietnam
Oral history transcript, Payne Rountree, interview 1 (I), undated, by Eric F. Goldman
Details of trip to California
Oral history transcript, Fenner Roth, interview 2 (II), 10/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Roth’s childhood; meeting and interacting with LBJ at Southwest Texas (teachers’ college); White Stars organization; Professor Howard Mell Greene; Roth’s work for the NYA; relationship between the NYA and WPA; Senator Alvin Wirtz; President…
Oral history transcript, Eugene V. Rostow, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; working relations with White House staff; morale problems within State Department; justification of LBJ’s foreign policy; encourages dissent in State Department councils; Satellite telecommunications problem; COMSAT Corp.;…
Oral history transcript, Robert Vincent Roosa, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Federal Reserve Bank; new economics; Treasury Department; Organization for Economic Cooperation; Organization for European Cooperation and Development; working parties; Group of Ten; ring of swaps; London Gold Pool; Robert…
Oral history transcript, Mitchell Rogovin, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; meeting with LBJ; IRS budget; contacts with LBJ; LBJ’s appointment to Tax Court; Justice Department personnel; differences in administrations; Vietnam policy effect on tax policies; prosecution of tax cases; Bobby Baker…
Oral history transcript, Will R. Rogers, interview 1 (I), 10/9/1968, by Paul Bolton
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; WPA and schoolhouse; CCC Camp; Texas Power & Light; LCRA; Camp Swift; Federal grant for sewage system; LBJ’s campaigns; Gene Autry; Buck Hood; 1959 political activities; campaign organization; LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, Nelson Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
Early contacts with LBJ as a Congressman; relationship with Sam Rayburn; service under Eisenhower and Truman; LBJ’s friendship and loyalty; comments on the office of VP; LBJ’s sensitivity; the role of governors; Rockefeller’s comments on John…
Oral history transcript, Laurance Rockefeller, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Role and activities of the Citizens Committee on Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission; LBJ and Lady Bird's role in beautification; Mr. Henry Diamond was present and spoke during the interview
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, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; LBJ; heart attack; LBJ’s capacity for friendship; FDR New Deal program; support for LBJ in 1960; Sam Rayburn; lobbyist; Bobby Baker; JFK’s New Frontier program; civil rights; education; Vietnam; civilian control of…
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 4 (IV), 4/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
The day and night of March 31, 1968; meeting with RFK; HHH's bid for the Presidency; MLK assassination; Fortas nomination; RFK assassination; 1968 Democratic National Convention; LBJ's night reading
Oral history transcript, Ray Roberts, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Working for the NYA during the depression and meeting LBJ; LBJ’s powerful leadership of the NYA; Sam Rayburn’s and Alvin Wirtz’s relationships with, and influence over, LBJ; LBJ’s parents; the influential circle of people that worked…
Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Reasons for JFK’s 11/63 trip to Texas; detailed description of the day of the assassination, the motorcade, assassination, hospital, swearing-in; and flight back to Washington D.C.; LBJ’s and Kennedy staff’s behavior following the…
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 3 (III), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ and RFK; LBJ’s activities the night of November 22, 1963; LBJ’s first days as President; JFK’s staff; the transition; Jacqueline Kennedy; LBJ in retirement
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 2 (II), 8/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; 1941 campaign; World War II; 1948 campaign; Roberts joins staff; LBJ’s interest in details of office operation; LBJ’s varied responsibilities; office procedure; the Vice Presidency
Oral history transcript, Chalmers Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ and his relations with the press
Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1965, by Eric F. Goldman
Details of visit with Dorothy Territo and Rebekah Johnson (LBJ’s mother) in 1958; topics discussed include: LBJ’s learning to read and beginning school at age 4; first teacher, Kate Deadrich Looney; LBJ’s decision to go to college;…
Oral history transcript, Robinson Risner, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger
Initial involvement with Vietnam; flying missions into Southeast Asia; views on the war; a military professional; service as commanding officer of the 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron; controversy about bombings; opinion of Ramsey Clark and Jane Fonda;…
Oral history transcript, Julius Richmond, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; Head Start; developmental action; Sargent Shriver; grant application process; Syracuse project; parental involvement; Even Start program; Title II and Community Action Program; Child Development Group of Mississippi; Head…
Oral history transcript, Elliot Richardson, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
First awareness and first meeting with LBJ; on staff of Senator Leverett Saltonstall; LBJ on the Senate floor and handling Senate affairs; Lister Hill; National Defense Education Act; partisanship; Felix Frankfurter's law clerk; LBJ's relationship…
Oral history transcript, Horace E. Richards, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Biographical information; recollections of college living arrangements and teachers; early impressions of LBJ; memories of the Johnson family; LBJ’s reputation at Southwest Texas State Teachers College; White Star/Black Star organizations;…
Oral history transcript, William Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Work as liaison with the Senate and White House while still in the Air Force; meeting LBJ; LBJ’s power in the Senate; air bases in Texas; LBJ’s determination; deciding where to build the Air Force Academy; Senator Dennis Chavez and Senator Kerr…
Oral history transcript, James J. Reynolds, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Civil service federal union third party mediation; the unique issues of a federal worker union; how Reynolds’ became Undersecretary of Labor, 1967; Reynolds’ work in a commission to examine certain U.S. foreign and domestic policies; involvement…
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, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; relationship with LBJ; Vietnam; basic training programs; army aviation; M-16; Tet; bombing; preparedness level; security gap; profiteering; Selective Service; minorities; reserves; social programs; civil disturbances;…
Oral history transcript, Edwin O. Reischauer, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Vice President Johnson’s limited involvement in Asian affairs; comparison of LBJ’s and JFK’s interest in foreign policy; Reischauer’s relationship with JFK; developing a rapport with LBJ; cooperative activities between Japan and the U.S.;…