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Oral history transcript, Rufus Phillips, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1982, by Ted Gittinger
Biographical information; Phillip’s work in Vietnam; Ed Lansdale; Phillips psywar experience; trip to the Philippines; Vietnamese pacification program; mosquitoes in the Philippines; Colonel Le Van Kim; the Viet Minh; the Binh Xuyen in Saigon; Kieu…
Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 2 (II), 4/17/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Child Development Group of Mississippi; Phillips’ trip to Mississippi; new Mississippi Head Start program; Mississippi Action for Progress; Bernard Boutin and Bertrand Harding; OEO lobbying.
Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
Employment history; organization and operation of the Democratic Study Group; support of the Great Society program; attending bill signing ceremonies; accepting position with the OEO; Sargent Shriver; OEO staff members; problems in Congressional…
Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
Campaign contributions; Bobby Baker; labor leaders; Earle Clements; LBJ's campaign trail; Commission on the Status of Women; Eleanor Roosevelt; three consumer crises: advertisers, boycotts and truth in lending bill; Republican tricks; problems with…
Oral history transcript, Esther Peterson, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; trade union movement; 1960 campaign; consumer programs; consumer legislation; packaging bill; truth-in-packaging bill; women's rights; Betty Furness; Women's Bureau; equal pay bill; labor standards; interagency…
Oral history transcript, Arthur C. Perry, interview 1 (I), 11/15/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Senator Sheppard; Tom Connally; Depression years; Huey Long; Little Congress; LBJ as NYA Director in Texas; Walter Jenkins; John Connally; JFK assassination; reaction in Italy; LBJ's relationship with his staff; reaction of the staff after heart…
Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 2 (II), 3/17/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Power of state Economic Opportunity director of governors; veto power and overrides; creation of the National Advisory Council; Perrin’s duties as deputy director of OEO; Senator Morse; involvement of BOB funding; political red tape; GAO…
Oral history transcript, Carl D. Perkins and Donald Baker, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
First knowledge of pending legislation to fight poverty; personal interest in and involvement in legislation of this kind; LBJ and unemployment; War on Poverty; steering legislation through committee; Adam Clayton Powell as chairman; LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, Claiborne Pell, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; reacting to LBJ nomination for vice presidency in 1960; LBJ seeks to retain influence in the Senate in 1961; Pell-JFK relationship; LBJ-JFK relationship; LBJ and the Eastern Establishment; recommends German policy to LBJ;…
Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Business and Professional Women's Clubs; Sarah Hughes; Commission on Civil Disorders; Detroit riots; Kerner Commission Report; 1964 Democratic National Convention and campaign; Peden's Senate race; Doers Luncheon; Eartha…
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Pechman, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Arthur Burns; Committee for Economic Development; Herbert Stein; Howard Myers; Ted Yntema; Walter Heller; Brookings Institute; relationship with LBJ; termination of consultantship; development of new economic theory; Paul…
Oral history transcript, Endicott Peabody, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by David G. McComb
Peabody’s views of the JFK/LBJ ticket and his part in the campaign; casual meetings with LBJ and the Kennedys, their differences of opinion on various matters; description of differences in JFK, RFK, and LBJ campaign techniques; Lawrence…
Oral history transcript, Harvey O. Payne, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by Paul Bolton
Biographical information; Labor and Public Welfare Committee staff and their areas of expertise; Lister Hill's work as chair of the committee; bipartisanship on the committee; committee response to Great Society legislation, especially relating to…
Oral history transcript, Edwin W. Pauley, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; contacts with LBJ; 1948, 1956 and 1960 conventions; 1964 campaign; LBJ as VP; UT administration; 3/31 announcement; relationship with Truman and LBJ
Oral history transcript, Norman S. Paul, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Early government positions Paul held before becoming Assistant Secretary of Defense; his views of LBJ’s decisions relating to Vietnam; availability and suitability of various planes and equipment; budgetary items; training of personnel; military…
Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 2 (II), 2/4/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
1960 convention in Los Angeles; the Biltmore Hotel; decision to take the Vice-Presidential post with JFK; connection with Johnson family in Oglethorpe County, Georgia; Lady Bird Johnson’s grandfather as founder of Baylor University; the LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ’s civil rights interest; Sam E. Johnson; Ku Klux Klan issue in Texas legislature; farm to market roads; LBJ as secretary to Dick Kleberg; rural electrification; Russell Chaney; NYA; discussion with Rayburn regarding LBJ running for Senate in…
Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 2 (II), 2/29/1976, by Joe B. Frantz
LBJ’s participation in the elections of 1952 and 1956; LBJ turning over election activities to Stewart Udall; Partens work as a consultant to Udall; LBJ’s skills as an administrator; Vietnam; LBJ’s decision ont to run for re-election; Great…
Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1976, by Joe B. Frantz
Meeting LBJ in 1937 and early interactions; John Connally; Jimmy Allred; Alvin Wirtz; George and Herman Brown; Sam Rayburn's influence on LBJ’s decision-making; roles of Allan Shivers and John Connally in the Democratic convention of 1956;…
Oral history transcript, Mollie Parnis, interview 1 (I), 10/13/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Early professional contact with Lady Bird during the presidency; Bess Abell as the First Lady’s Assistant; requirements for a first lady’s wardrobe; Lady Bird and clothes; LBJ’s influence on Lady Bird’s wardrobe; LBJ’s generosity with gifts…
Oral history transcript, Edith H. Parker, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; early association with LBJ; the Dodge Hotel; the Capitol and Capitol staffs; summer of 1935 in Austin; LBJ’s plans to run for Congress; LBJ and other staff members; the Little Congress; Bob Jackson and Arthur Perry;…
Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 2 (II), 4/10/1969, by T.H. Baker
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; 1964 support of LBJ; John Macy appointment as acting administrator; Geo. Mueller; Homer Newell; FY70 NASA budget; contacts and meeting with LBJ; Apollo 8 launch; LBJ’s reaction to the success;…
Oral history transcript, Thomas O. Paine, interview 1 (I), 3/25/1969, by T.H. Baker
[For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; 1964 support of LBJ; John Macy appointment as acting administrator; Geo. Mueller; Homer Newell; FY70 NASA budget; contacts and meeting with LBJ; Apollo 8 launch; LBJ’s reaction to the success;…
Oral history transcript, Harold Pachios, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
How Pachios got involved with Peace Corps; JFK’s assassination; LBJ comparing himself to JFK; Eric Goldman; Pachios’ work as an advance man in the 1964 Presidential campaign; Maine governor John Reed; Eugene Pulliam; campaign stops in California…
Oral history transcript, Frank Pace, Jr., interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Meeting LBJ through Bob Hannegan; LBJ’s personality and character; changes in the function of the Bureau of the Budget interaction between LBJ’s Preparedness Subcommittee and Pace as Secretary of the Army; Don Cook; General Dynamics and the TFX…
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, Henry D. Owen, interview 1 (I), 12/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Contact with LBJ; Walt Rostow; Dean Acheson; Policy Planning Council; bureaucratic resistance to new ideas; multilateral force; non-proliferation treaty; Andrew Copkin; MLF; PPC's contacts in academic community; Vietnam policy; Bureau of Intelligence…
Oral history transcript, Thomas P. O'Neill, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
1960 election; the Kennedys; relationship with LBJ; Massachusetts politics; Vietnam War; comparison of JFK and LBJ; Education bill; LBJ's persuasive ability
Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
Impressions of LBJ as VP; State Dinner invitations; dancing with LBJ; expansive personality; use of LBJ abroad; LBJ's relationship with RFK; trip to Texas in 1963; John Connally; aftermath of assassination; moving from the White House; chandelier…
Oral history transcript, Frank Oltorf, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb
Senate campaign for LBJ and using the helicopter; work and campaign style; controversy over Hispanic soldier being buried at Arlington National Cemetery and subsequent legislative investigation; LBJ’s relationship with Herman and George Brown;…
Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Deregulation of natural gas; 1965 national convention; LBJ’s relationship with JFK; depressed areas bill; federal pre-emption bill; question of Democrats caucusing.
Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; labor movement in Texas; 1948 Senate race; labor support; Taft-Hartley; LBJ’s legislative abilities and tactics; organizing Senate; McCarthy censure; 1955 tax bill; highway bill; minimum wage bill; civil rights bill;…
Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 2 (II), 4/15/1969, by David G. McComb
Okun’s background; work on the Council of Economic Advisors; how staff worked together to set up budgetary requests; comparison of Dillon’s and Heller’s views of budgetary items; “Okun’s Law”; 1964 tax reform; dealing with the Federal…
Oral history transcript, Arthur M. Okun, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1969, by David G. McComb
How Vietnam influenced budget requests during the war; how LBJ’s decisions were affected by all the Vietnam-related pressures on him; the LBJ to Nixon transition; wage and price controls; rationing rumors. Oral history attached to memorial…
Oral history transcript, Joseph J. O'Connell, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/23/1968, by David G. McComb
Meeting LBJ; public power; Renegotiation Act; Temporary National Economic Committee; tax policy; O’Connell’s resignation; being offered the chairmanship of the Civil Aeronautics Board; the temporarily certificate of Trans-Texas Airline; aviation…
Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1981, by Ted Gittinger
Time limit in dealing with Vietnamese situation; the Tet Offensive; Weyand's role; press reaction; impact of Tet on South Vietnamese forces; intelligence; Cronkite's visit to Vietnam; the pacification programs; decision to write Tet!; subsequent…
Oral history transcript, Don Oberdorfer, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger
Biographical information; preparation for covering Vietnam; reflections on McNamara; the Caravelle Hotel; recollections of Thich Tri Quang; the Buddhist movement and the Ky government; press policy in Vietnam; opinion of Ky; elections in Vietnam;…