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Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 10 (X), 10/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Senate activities and LBJ, 1957; Mike Mansfield; Mideast Resolution; Texas political problems; LBJ and labor; activities and KTBC; Bill Brammer
Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 3 (III), 4/1/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
The school in Johnson City; Scott Klett as a teacher; curriculum; athletics; school rules; unaccredited status of high school; LBJ in school; LBJ’s ability to absorb information; Sam Ealy Johnson; community opinion of the Johnson family; LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 2 (II), 3/31/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Circumstances of Redford’s arrival to Johnson City in 1912; Johnson City at that time; handling the mail; Redford’s mother as postmistress; working at the Post Office; people in Johnson City and their way of life; roads; building the highway;…
Oral history transcript, Emmette S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1968, by David G. McComb
His opinion of the post-Johnson foreign policy; the poor and breakdown of law and order; early years in Johnson City; infrequent visits in adulthood; LBJ as master of the political art; analysis of presidential power and LBJ'’ influence; growth of…
Oral history transcript, Edward Re, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; early contact with LBJ; Foreign Claims Settlement Commission; Bureau of Education and Cultural Affairs; East-West Center; Washington riots; Foreign policy implications of education and cultural exchange; Mutual Education and…
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 2 (II), 8/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
The complex Democratic two-camp division in the 1959-1960 campaign; being confronted by Kennedy about his alliance; Rauh’s version of the Kennedy, Humphrey, Johnson party choice for President and Vice-President; Rauh’s disappointment over JFK’s…
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
His work on the Johnson-Stevenson case; Leland Olds; the way LBJ became Majority Leader; the Filibuster Rule; Johnson’s and Sam Rayburn’s relationship; the Civil Rights Acts and LBJ’s involvement with them; LBJ’s role in the McCarthy period;…
Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 3 (III), 8/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Visits with LBJ immediately after the Kennedy funeral; Rauh’s encouraging LBJ and John Connally to do something about desegregation; working with LBJ and Clarence Mitchell; LBJ criticizing the ADA; the convention of Atlantic City; Reuther; Dr.…
Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; first meeting LBJ at the Ranch; Lady Bird’s kindness; breaking the story of JFK’s assassination; transferred to Washington in 1964; contacts and conversation with LBJ; LBJ’s operation to remove a polyp on his vocal…
Oral history transcript, Boyd L. Rasmussen, Jerry O'Callaghan, and Irving Senzel, group interview 1 (I), 1/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Interior Department; biographical information; Forest Service and Interior Department responsibilities; public lands; Bureau of Land Management; property disposal; departmental relationships; recreational areas; Civilian Conservation Centers;…
Oral history transcript, Kenneth A. Randall, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1969, by David G. McComb
Randall’s young adulthood and exposure to banking and politics; his interview with LBJ for a position on the FDIC; McFadden Act of 1927; Randall’s admiration for LBJ and Mrs. Johnson; banking concerns; Joe Barr; Jim Saxon; Doug Dillon; being kept…
Oral history transcript, Daniel J. Quill, interview 2 (II), 10/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; appointment as Postmaster; politically active; relationship with LBJ while he was secretary to Kleberg; Johnsons' marriage ceremony; first Congressional campaign; 1941 and 1948 Senatorial campaigns; VP nomination; Hatch Act;…
Oral history transcript, Albert H. Quie, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; LBJ’s techniques; opinion of LBJ’s political stance; LBJ-Rayburn liaison; LBJ’s ego and the transition to national politician; LBJ as VP; operation of Congress after LBJ and Rayburn; JFK-LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Graham Purcell, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1969, by David G. McComb
Meeting LBJ in the early 1950’s; 1960 convention; LBJ taking V.P. nomination; LBJ’s support of Purcell’s campaigning; staying at the Elms; borrowing LBJ’s tuxedo for social events; Purcell family relationship with Luci Johnson; how LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Richard S. (Cactus) Pryor, interview 1 (I), 9/10/1968, by Paul Bolton
Biographical information; parties at the LBJ Ranch; “tent fright;” Ayub Khan; typical barbecue; Dale Malachek and Bess Abell; Walter Jetton; Billy McElroy of the Texas Rangers; JFK assassination; stag dinner for Chancellor Erhard; Linda Loftis,…
Oral history transcript, William Proxmire, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Views on the duties of a Senate leader; circumstances of assuming office; 1959 speech relating views and reaction to speech; LBJ and committee assignments; opposition to depletion allowance; LBJ's support for Proxmire's re-election; 1957 Civil Rights…
Oral history transcript, Harry Provence, interview 1 (I), 5/5/1971, by David G. McComb
Johnson’s 1948 campaign; friendship with Connallys and Johnsons; invitations to the Ranch; LBJ getting recharged at the Ranch; Buck Hood; LBJ’s moods and loneliness during the vice-presidency; Provences’ book about LBJ up to the vice-presidency…
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, C.W. Price, interview 1 (I), 1/12/1984, by Ted Gittinger
Light vote in primary and run-off, 1948; examination of voting records at the bank; additional names; impressions of LBJ; Parr group and ant-Parr group; local people and their roles; vote figures; Stevenson people who came to the area; role of Frank…
Oral history transcript, Dorris Powell, interview 2 (II), 4/18/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
The Taylor family life in Marshall; Lady Bird’s parents, habits, home arrangement, lifestyle; description of Lady Bird’s mother’s illness and funeral; Lady Bird at Marshall High and college years; Lady Bird’s father’s second wife (Ruth…
Oral history transcript, Ben H. Powell, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/24/1969, by David G. McComb
Wirtz as LBJ’s primary mentor; LBJ’s relationship to Herman Brown and Alvin Wirtz; LBJ’s political style of compromise and how he exercised influence; unions; Brown and Root’s campaign contributions; Lady Bird’s ability to accommodate…
Oral history transcript, Ella SoRelle Porter and Mike Porter, interview 1 (I), 11/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; subcollege; college work; student population; faculty; LBJ; campus activities; campus politics; teaching school in Houston; 1937 Congressional election
Oral history transcript, Paul A. Porter, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Interaction with LBJ, Sam Rayburn, and other politicians; LBJ’s senate race and maneuver to get on Texas ballot; conflict with oil industry because LBJ did not support mandatory oil increase; supporting Kennedy; Nixon’s Supreme Court argument;…
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, 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, 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, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 1 (I), 1/27/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; Tidelands Act; Old Miss and the James Meredith crisis; early work in anticipation of the Peace Corps; VISTA and poverty program; National Service Program; Sargent Shriver; recollections of day of the JFK assassination; RFK
Oral history transcript, Rutherford M. Poats, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; AID operations; Far East; additionality; Congress; interagency relationships; Vietnam; diversion and control of AID supplies; intervention; other development programs
Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s association with President Roosevelt; LBJ as a New Dealer compared to Maury Maverick as a populist; LBJ turning to Sam Rayburn for advice and support; LBJ urging Poage to run against O’Daniel for a Senate seat; the 1948 election; Poage’s…
Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Poage’s involvement with LBJ 1937-1969; election campaign politics; REA, dams built across central Texas by LCRA; relationship between LBJ and Ralph Yarborough; closing of air bases in Texas; agricultural politics and how parity affected farmers;…
Oral history transcript, Douglas Pike, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1981, by Ted Gittinger
Biographical information; long involvement with and extensive work on Vietnam; first duties in Saigon; captured documents; geographical regionalism in Vietnam; infiltration; armed struggle and political struggle; impressions of Diem; the intelligence…
Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 3 (III), 3/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Lady Bird’s influence on LBJ; preparation for 1968 campaign; 3/31 announcement; work on task forces; task force reports; HHH campaign; transition period; LBJ’s greatest concern; frustration over Vietnam; assessment of history’s judgment on…
Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 2 (II), 3/20/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
FTC; dealings with Labor Department and Wirtz; tax surcharge; balance of payments; formation of DOT; assessment of Secretary Trowbridge and C.R. Smith; relationship of Trowbridge and Smith with LBJ; regulatory agencies; furor over final invitation to…
Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; First impressions of LBJ as President; functioned initially as McPherson’s deputy; farm programs; free trade; Kennedy Round; draft system; personal opinion of President; authority in dealing with departments and agencies;…
Oral history transcript, Carl Phinney, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; family history; Sam Houston; Sam Johnson’s speech to Texas House of Representatives regarding Ku Klux Klan; Congressman Kleberg; Bob Phinney; Col. Ernest O. Thompson; LBJ’s use of a helicopter in 1948 campaign; labor’s…
Oral history transcript, Rufus Phillips, interview 2 (II), 5/27/1982, by Ted Gittinger
Phillips’ work in Laos; getting involved with the AID mission in Vietnam; reorganizing AID in relation to its rural efforts; a strategic hamlet program; organizational problems in the U.S. military approach in Vietnam; working with what the…