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Oral history transcript, O.J. Weber, interview 2 (II), 12/28/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's 1941 U.S. Senate campaign loss; extension of the Selective Service Act; the bombing of Pearl Harbor; LBJ volunteering for active military duty; LBJ and John Connally in California; LBJ's contact with his congressional office while he served in…
Oral history transcript, O.J. Weber, interview 1 (I), 12/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
Weber's educational background and college work experience; how Weber met LBJ through Willard Deason in 1940 and went to work in LBJ's congressional office in 1941; Weber's work on patronage for LBJ; staff work schedules and salary; Weber's…
Oral history transcript, James E. Webb, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; NASA; Space Science Board; aeronautical industry; VP’s role in the space program; presidential advisory groups; Webb-McNamara agreement; lunar voyage; Axis Concept; Albert Thomas; “Space Age…
Oral history transcript, Lew Wasserman, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1973, by Joe B. Frantz
How Ed Weisl, Sr. got Wasserman involved with LBJ’s campaign in the 1950’s; 1960 presidential campaign; political involvement of entertainment industry executives; Arthur Krim; the 1964 presidential campaign; the President’s Club; 1964…
Oral history transcript, Earl Warren, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Senator William Knowland; Chief Justice confirmation; “Impeach Earl Warren and Lady Bird” signs in Texas; John Birch Society; appointments to Supreme Court; swearing in of four Presidents; White House comments on Court…
Oral history transcript, Margaret Mayer Ward, interview 2 (II), 4/22/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Allan Shivers and Democrats for Eisenhower in 1952; the role of LBJ and Sam Rayburn in the 1956 Texas State Democratic Convention; Paul Butler and the Democratic Advisory Committee; party at Dewey Bradford's house; how LBJ won county and precinct…
Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger
Walker's first contact with LBJ; Walker keeping LBJ informed of the views of the American Bankers Association (ABA) members; Walker's banking and economics background and support for increased political power of the ABA; Walker's December 1963…
Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 3 (III), 3/9/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Vietnam; Tonkin Gulf; Pleiku; bombing program; peace negotiations
Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 2 (II), 12/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Cyprus Crisis; Korean mission.
Oral history transcript, Cyrus Vance, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Sputnik; Senate Preparedness Sub-Committee; LBJ’s relationship with Symington; General James M. Gavin; Special Committee on Space and Aeronautics; missile gap investigation; 1960 Democratic National Convention and campaign; LBJ as VP; Panama…
Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 7 (VII), 9/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Discusses several trips LBJ made as Vice President; describes a visit between LBJ and the Kennedys at George Brown’s house, and a visit to Prime Minister Nehru’s house.
Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 6 (VI), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s feelings about transition from majority leader to Vice President, LBJ’s call to Conrad Hilton to arrange for a hotel room for an African diplomat, his attitude toward travels as Vice President and his approach to diplomacy, search by the…
Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 5 (V), 9/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
Reactions of Johnson supporters to LBJ’s acceptance of Vice Presidential nomination, meeting of Johnson organization with Kennedy organization at Hyannis Port, campaign train trip in the South with LBJ in 1960, 1964 campaign trip with Mrs. Johnson,…
Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 2/26/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
Valenti describes working at a desk inside LBJ’s office after 1958, why LBJ delayed announcement of his presidential candidacy in 1960, reactions of LBJ and his supporters to JFK’s offer of Vice Presidential nomination, relationship between LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 3 (III), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
Description of LBJ’s mother, story about campaign speech for Vance Hartke and a congressional candidate whose name LBJ could not remember, taping LBJ’s speeches, trip to Acapulco and friendship with Aleman and Guajardo, discussions about whether…
Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 2 (II), 2/28/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s recovery from 1955 heart attack, thoughts about becoming President, attitude toward civil rights, and race relations; covers period of 1955-1957.
Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
MM explains how she came to work for Lyndon Johnson, LBJ’s interaction with state office management, role of Walter Jenkins in office, LBJ’s attitude toward 1960 presidential nomination and campaign, relationship between LBJ and the Kennedys, and…
Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 5 (V), 12/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Pesticides; conservation and environmental programs
Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 4 (IV), 10/31/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Final months of LBJ Administration; RFK Memorial Stadium
Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Indian problems; Indian Bureau; Philco Nash; Robert Bennett; Alaska; VISTA; transition; relations with Mexico; oil; tidelands
Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 2 (II), 5/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Use of the Cabinet; communication with White House legislative liaison; Wayne Aspinall; trips; recreation programs; Lower Colorado River water allocation problem; water problems and projects
Oral history transcript, Stewart L. Udall, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Rayburn; JFK; 1960 Democratic campaign; LBJ’s vice presidency; Lady Bird; Interior; Job Corps; RFK and LBJ
Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 3 (III), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
McNamara; Generals Wheeler, Green and Westmoreland; TET Offensive; Muskie; Goldwater; Waggoner Carr; Fulbright’s relationship with LBJ; Madam Chenault; Dirksen’s power in the Senate; LBJ less insulated; LBJ’s interest in the Senate after…
Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 2 (II), 9/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Texas Republican Party history; aftermath of the JFK assassination;; Jack Porter; Tower’s Senatorial campaigns; LBJ’s treatment of Tower; Yarborough’s relationship with LBJ; HemisFair; patronage; Henry Gonzalez; 1946 election; Vietnam.
Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; Vernon J. Stewart; first meeting LBJ; Thad Hutcheson; Bruce Agler; V.O. Key; rent for B. Creager and Orville Bullington; 1960 campaign against LBJ
Oral history transcript, Emma Boehringer Tooley, interview 1 (I), 6/2/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
T.J. Taylor; Mrs. Taylor; Aunt Effie Pattillo; Karnackl school; Lady Bird; local activist friends; St. Mary's; the University of Texas; LBJ; personal impressions
Oral history transcript, Charles Timmes, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Timmes' work as advisor in Korea 1956-1958 and Vietnam in the early 1960s; problems facing American advisors in Vietnam, such as a lack of familiarity with the Vietnamese language, culture, and military training; the threat of insurgency in South…
Oral history transcript, Paul L. Thornhill, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1987, by Ted Gittinger
How Thornhill became Vice President LBJ's pilot in 1962; Thornhill's and James Cross' duties; the Jet Star airplane; Thornhill's flying experience; Thornhill's plane wreck in India; Air Force One crew; Thornhill having to fire a crew member;…
Oral history transcript, Lera Thomas, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information about Albert Thomas; Thomas’ race for Congress in 1936; appointment to House Appropriations Committee; Thomas’ contributions to Houston and Harris County; First acquaintance with LBJ; role of a politician’s wife; Lady…
Oral history transcript, Helen Thomas, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1977, by Joe B. Frantz
Thomas’ first meeting with LBJ; 1960 Democratic National Convention; LBJ and newsmen; covering the 1960 campaign; White House press corps; LBJ’s vice-presidential years; Mrs. Johnson’s trip through the South; television and the Vietnam War;…
Oral history transcript, Wallace Terry, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1999, by Ted Gittinger
How Terry got a job at the Washington Post; shaking hands with Arkansas governor, Orval Faubus; early encounters with LBJ; Capitol Press Club; awarding LBJ for civil rights work; LBJ giving scholarship money to a black college student in 1963; job…
Oral history transcript, Dorothy Territo, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1983, by Claudia Anderson
How Territo began working for LBJ in 1958; Territo's work organizing LBJ's paperwork; Bruce Thomas' work; how LBJ's mail was handled; Pauline Moore's work; the development of the LBJA file; sampling and disposition of LBJ's records up to 1960;…
Oral history transcript, Kathy Teague and Weeze Pollei Shumate, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1987, by Ted Gittinger
Description of the plane Harold Teague and Charles Williams piloted that crashed near the Ranch 2/19/1961; how Harold Teague came to work for LBJ; activities and weather the day of the plane crash; J. Evetts Haley's description of the plane wreck in…
Oral history transcript, Winston Taylor, interview 1 (I), 6/2/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
Taylor family history; Mrs. Johnson's immediate family; business dealings of T.J. Taylor, Lady Bird Johnson's father; Taylor's and Lady Bird's childhoods and education; how Taylor met LBJ; LBJ's early political career; comparing the personalities of…
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 3 (III), 7/26/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
The effort to reduce wholesale utility rates in a way that would benefit the consumer; jurisdiction and fairness of earnings issues; how often to inspect power companies between rate cuts; regulation to bring rates down but still allow for company…
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
How the Federal Power Commission (FPC) became more difficult for individual congressmen to manipulate but more amenable to congressional control; dealing with the expiration of hydro and other licenses; Commissioner Howard Morgan's criticism that the…
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
How Swidler met the Johnsons; LBJ's attitude toward oil and gas regulation while he was still a senator; Lee White, Swidler's successor as chairman of the Federal Power Commission (FPC); an incident regarding authorization of the Securities and…
Oral history transcript, Richard G. Stilwell, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Stilwell's relationship with General William Westmoreland; the CBS/Westmoreland lawsuit; Stilwell's involvement in the Draper Commission regarding foreign aid; Stilwell's experience with Vietnam before 1963 and his assessment of the situation in…
Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 3 (III), 8/26/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's refusal to participate in a debate; JFK and Richard Nixon's second, third, and fourth debates; LBJ seeking Stanton's advice on improving his television appearances; LBJ using a lavaliere microphone; Morley Safer's 1965 broadcast depicting the…
Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 2 (II), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
Visiting LBJ after his 1955 heart attack; the advent of cable television; speaking to Emanuel Celler’s antitrust subcommittee on the House Judiciary committee and Stanton’s resulting relationship with Celler; the relationship between LBJ and Bill…