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Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 2 (II), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
Returning to Saigon following the JFK assassination; Robert McNamara’s December 1963 visit to Vietnam; January 1964 Khanh coup and alleged French involvement; what the French might have wished for Vietnam; Christmas 1964 in Dalat; Tran Van Don; Le…
Oral history transcript, Frederick Flott, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
Going to work for Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge; Paul Kattenburg; Ambassador Frederick Nolting; Flott’s job duties; conditions at the American Embassy in Vietnam upon Lodge’s arrival; interaction with the press; traveling from Washington D.C. to…
Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb
Appointment as Deputy Mayor; LBJ's hopes for city government; work with D.C. Council; relationship with Congress; difficulties from serving unrepresented constituency; high percentage of disadvantaged people in D.C.; budget process; program budget;…
Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; duties in Manpower & Reserve Affairs; civil works program; overcrowding at Arlington National Cemetery; McNamara; Project 100,000; Adam Yarmolinsky; Steve Ailes; Senator Richard Russell; Mr. Vinson; Operation Transition;…
Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1943; casual relationship with LBJ in House for six years; controversial 1948 election of LBJ over Coke Stevenson; LBJ’s reputation as a wheeler-dealer; insecure politically in Texas; dedication of Medical…
Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; Finletter Report; 70-group Air Force; George Mahon; Adlai Stevenson; Vietnam; decline in power of Democratic party; John Foster Dulles; NATO; meeting with LBJ on 4/10/64 on MLF; lack of support of MLF; Ottawa speech;…
Oral history transcript, Victor Ferrari, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1991, by Michael L. Gillette
Does not pertain to the Johnson Administration; Childhood & teenage years in Pennsylvania; Joined the Air Force in 1942; Stages of training for pilots and navigators; Experiences flying; Early experiences in Britain; Bomber flight to Germany;…
Oral history transcript, Dan H. Fenn, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/18/1972, by Paige E. Mulhollan
1960 Democratic National Convention; circumstances of working with JFK; duties; appointment and LBJ; impressions of Walter Jenkins; relations between JFK and LBJ's staffs; work with Tariff Commission during the LBJ Administration; LBJ's early meeting…
Oral history transcript, Truman Fawcett and Wilma Green Fawcett, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; impressions of LBJ growing up; standards of living in Johnson City; activities for youth in Johnson City; LBJ’s skill at debating; LBJ’s interest in politics at an early age; LBJ’s secretaries operating out of the…
Oral history transcript, James A. Farley, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; 1928 convention; repeal of the 18th Amendment; Henry Wallace; Harry S. Truman; BEHIND THE BALLOTS and THE JIM FARLEY STORY; first meeting with LBJ; 1941 Johnson vs. O’Daniel campaign; Eisenhower; Kennedy-Kefauver fight for…
Oral history transcript, Julian J. Ewell, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Biographical information regarding Vietnam tour of duty; post-Tet to pre-invasion of Cambodia; Delta; Long An; Dinh Tuong occupations by Viet Cong; TO & E NVA units and Viet Cong main force; press and TV coverage of Vietnam War; body count; Hamlet…
Oral history transcript, Courtney A. Evans, interview 1 (I), 3/27/1969, by T.H. Baker
Discusses the Justice Department; the formation of the Office of Law Enforcement Assistance and its programs; 1968 Omnibus Crime Bill
Oral history transcript, Alain C. Enthoven, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Meetings with LBJ; role of McNamara; Cabinet Committee on Residual Oil; import quotas; maritime policy; application of economic analysis and systems analysis in Defense Department; Office of Research and Engineering; future of systems analysis;…
Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
[For interviews 1 and 2] Wartime service in the Red Cross; seeing LBJ during his visit to Paris on a mission; the mission committee; activities during visit; impressions of Eisenhower; flight back to Texas with LBJ; conditions in Europe; LBJ's visits…
Oral history transcript, Virginia Wilke English, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
[For interviews 1 and 2] Wartime service in the Red Cross; seeing LBJ during his visit to Paris on a mission; the mission committee; activities during visit; impressions of Eisenhower; flight back to Texas with LBJ; conditions in Europe; LBJ's visits…
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 2 (II), 1/6/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Visit to Mrs. Johnson and President Johnson at the White House; Andre Meyer; LBJ’s attitude toward Catholicism; Mike Mansfield; bombing of the Capitol.
Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Engelhard’s family history; marriage to Fritz Mannheimer; leaving France for Spain to avoid testifying against Mr. Daladier and Mr. Reynaud; conditions and traveling during World War II; fleeing to Argentina and later returning to Europe; moving to…
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, Buford Ellington, interview 1 (I), 10/2/1970, by T.H. Baker
Sam Rayburn and LBJ; Senator Kerr; LBJ for President in 1956; Earle Clements; Senator from Kentucky; Wallace from Alabama; JFK; Al Gore; Frank Clement of Tennessee; Estes Kefauver; civil rights; Governor Faubus of Arkansas; Fulbright; Lester Maddox;…
Oral history transcript, Allen J. Ellender, interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by T.H. Baker
First remembrance of LBJ; LBJ as a favorite of Rayburn's; FDR consulted Rayburn and LBJ; LBJ as a great conservationist; LBJ as a natural leader; Senator Russell's relationship with LBJ; LBJ had good subordinates; differing with LBJ over civil…
Oral history transcript, James A. Elkins, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; interest in politics; meeting LBJ in 1946; characterization of LBJ as a professional politician; campaigning for LBJ; 1958 dinner honoring LBJ as a successful leader in the Senate; Sam Rayburn; Elkin's fundraising…
Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; FDR; LBJ's relationship with Eisenhower; invitation to LBJ to speak at Johns Hopkins; Senator Joseph McCarthy; Chamizal dispute; LBJ as civil rights leader; Latin American affairs; 1960 election; Dominican Crisis; Panama;…
Oral history transcript, Louise Casparis Edwards, interview 1 (I), 1/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Description of Johnson City and life there; churches; Mrs. Rebekah Johnson as an elocution teacher; Mrs. Johnson's influence on LBJ; lead in play; working in Johnson; description of Johnson home; impressions of Sam Ealy Johnson; Lady Bird; the…
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, Georgia Cammack Edgeworth, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's baptism; LBJ's support of the Christian church; church ministers; electricity for the area; use of church for school activities; Rebekah Johnson as an elocution teacher; debating topics; rivalry between Blanco and Johnson City; girls' and boys'…
Oral history transcript, A. Ross Eckler, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by T.H. Baker
First association with LBJ; Hobart Taylor, Jr.; 1965 Civil Rights Act; Richard Scammon; Andrew Brimmer; promotion of civil servants into appointed posts; referrals; special surveys; Congressional intervention; right of privacy issue; mailout-mailback…
Oral history transcript, L.T. (Tex) Easley, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1979, by Michael L. Gillette
Biographical information; regional staff; appointment to Naval Affairs Committee; Albert Thomas; 1941 Senate campaign; Colorado River dam projects; LBJ
Oral history transcript, Frederick G. Dutton, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; Stevenson campaign; Pat Brown campaign; Washington in 1959-1960; Statler Hotel party to impress Dutton; LBJ, Rayburn Bobby Baker all for California votes; Brown on “Meet the Press” in 1959 said LBJ was too conservative;…
Oral history transcript, Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 10/17/1967, by Mary Walton Livingston
Impressions of the Johnsons as newcomers to Washington in the early days of the New Deal
Oral history transcript, Elbridge Durbrow, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger
Assignment to Vietnam; situation there at the time; view of Diem in late 1950s; Wolf Ladejinsky; land reform; problems with relocation program; the Montagnards; conflict with General Sam Williams; MAAG and the embassy; Williams and Diem;…
Oral history transcript, John Michael Dunn, interview 1 (I), 7/25/1984, by Ted Gittinger
Appointment of Lodge as ambassador; Lodge's policy; President Ngo Dinh Diem; Diem's Catholicism; William C. Truehart; Deim's family relationships; nature of Dunn's job; Lodge and the press; Earl Young and Long An story; General Harkins; embassy…
Oral history transcript, Thomas J. Dunlap, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by Paul Bolton
Days at SWTSC; jobs at SWTSC; debate team; election to the Legislature; NYA; Senator Wirtz; contacts with LBJ; assessment of LBJ's abilities and character
Oral history transcript, Paul H. Douglas and Emily Taft Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
Open conflicts between LBJ and Douglas; McCarthy censure; LBJ’s legislative skill; drafting the 1957 Civil Rights Bill; the influence HHH and LBJ had on each other; areas of cooperation between LBJ and Douglas; LBJ’s economic polices; truth in…
Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; first political action; election to Congress; activities/bill introduced in Congress; Richard Nixon; Melvyn Douglas campaign for LBJ at request of FDR; Farm Security Agricultural Department Program; friendship with LBJ in…
Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Post-WWII background; University of Texas; family oil interests; county politics and 1948 meeting with LBJ; Johnson-Stevenson race in 1948; George Parr
Oral history transcript, Dixon Donnelley, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; first association with LBJ; Estes Kefauver; Douglas Dillon; Pierce Salinger; Joseph Laitin; Horace Busby; George Reedy; Henry Fowler; Bill Moyers; Bob McCloskey; Frederick Deming; George Christian; relations with the White…
Oral history transcript, Floyd E. Dominy, interview 1 (I), 11/14/1968, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Nelson Rockefeller; "no new start" policy under Eisenhower; 91st Congress authorized the most reclamation; Reclamation Fund; Newland