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Oral history transcript, Alfred Rosenthal, interview 1 (I), 10/29/2010, by Claudia Anderson
Rosenthal's life in Trinidad 1938-1939; the assistance of Austin Jewish businessmen Harold Eichenbaum, Jim Novy, and Louis Novy in getting Rosenthal to Austin from Dachau; Rosenthal's visit to the LBJ Ranch while doing work for the Army Corps of…
Oral history transcript, Peter R. Rosenblatt, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1984, by Ted Gittinger
How Rosenblatt became involved with Southeast Asian affairs in Robert Komer's office in 1966; Rosenblatt's duties under Komer; Rosenblatt's work with the Agency for International Development (AID), the Office of Civil Operations (OCO) and Civil…
Oral history transcript, James Roosevelt, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's election to Congress in 1937 and Franklin Roosevelt's (FDR's) appreciation for his support in Texas; LBJ's appointment to the Naval Affairs Committee and FDR's feelings regarding the appointment; Roosevelt's duties with regard to members of…
Oral history transcript, James Robinson, interview 1 (I), 2/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger
How Robinson came to write a book about LBJ; response to the book; how the Tet offensive and LBJ's 3/31/1968 announcement that he would not seek re-election affected the publishing of Robinson's book; the political atmosphere at Ohio State University…
Oral history transcript, Joe Robertson, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
Incidents involving civil rights leaders Jesse Jackson, Ralph Abernathy, Andy Young, and Marian Edelman; the Agricultural Stabilization Conservation Service (ASCS); Jamie Whitten; Rural Areas Development Service (RADS); Secretary of Agriculture…
Oral history transcript, Morris Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1984, by Ted Gittinger
Roberts' career in the Texas state legislature and work on the Democratic executive committee investigating alleged voting irregularities in Jim Wells County in 1948; Roberts' relationship with Coke Stevenson and serving under him on the Texas Liquor…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 27 (XXVII), 12/13/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Reedy’s return to LBJ’s staff; preparations for 1968 campaign; March 31, 1968 speech, Washington riots; assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy; Reedy’s book on the presidency; maritime strike; Sam Houston; last year of…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 26 (XXVI), 11/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Choosing the 1964 vice presidential candidate; LBJ’s secrecy; 1964 campaign and speeches; LBJ’s personality; Barry Goldwater; the $100 billion budget; credibility gap; Bobby Baker; LBJ’s humor; Gulf of Tonkin episode; Vietnam; misleading…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 25 (XXV), 8/7/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Duties of the press secretary; LBJ’s misunderstanding of the press; LBJ’s secrecy as president; press pool; travelling with LBJ; LBJ’s friendliness toward the press; Eric Goldman; resignation of Walter Jenkins.
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 24 (XXIV), 2/6/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s staff; Pierre Salinger; LBJ and the press; Reedy appointed as press secretary; railroad strike and machinists’ strike; LBJ’s understanding of Latin America; Alliance for Progress; War on Poverty; tax bill; civil rights bill; LBJ’s…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 23 (XXIII), 8/28/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
The work of the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee under LBJ; how Reedy met LBJ and went to work for him; how being on the Preparedness Subcommittee helped LBJ's political career; the increased price of tin due to limited manganese supplies; the…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 22 (XXII), 1/8/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
Ed Welsh and the adoption of a plan to land a man on the moon; early competition between military branches and their fear of releasing secrets to NASA; how U.S. dominance in air power during World War II led other countries to advance technology in…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 21 (XXI), 1/7/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's efforts to keep Goodfellow Field open in San Angelo, Texas; John Connally's Texas gubernatorial campaign in 1962; the parade celebrating John Glenn's orbiting of the earth in 1962; LBJ's involvement in the early space program; animosity between…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 20 (XX), 9/25/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ's and Reedy's assessment of Senator John Tower from Texas; Pakistan President Ayub Khan’s personality; LBJ's vice presidential trips to Berlin, to Sweden for Dag Hammarskjold's funeral, and to Paris; LBJ's lack of familiarity with other…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 19 (XIX), 6/13/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
The Johnsons' residence as vice president, The Elms; Konrad Adenauer’s visit to the LBJ Ranch; LBJ's relationship with Texans of German descent; the Bay of Pigs invasion; LBJ's trip around the world in 1961, including stops at New York City, the…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 18 (XVIII), 6/12/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s 1960 campaign speeches; Reedy's role in the 1960 campaign; description of the train LBJ used in the 1960 campaign; LBJ's campaign staff; Vice President LBJ's request to head the armed forces; the relationship between the Senate and vice…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 17 (XVII), 6/11/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
Allen Dulles' 1960 visit to the LBJ Ranch; LBJ's visit with JFK in Hyannis Port following the 1960 Democratic National Convention; LBJ's attempts to identify with farmers on the campaign trail; Congress' inability to make progress in the session…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 16 (XVI), 9/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
Composition of the Policy Committee; Rayburn’s decision not to serve as chairman of the Democratic National Convention; Paul Butler and his role; liberals and the Democratic National Committee; LBJ’s lack of commitment to his candidacy for the…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 15 (XV), 6/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
History and interpretation of the Taft-Hartley Act; Walter Reuther; the closed shop and the union shop; the building trades; picketing; the various unions; LBJ and labor legislation; Brown and Root and the union; interest of George Meany and David…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 14 (XIV), 6/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s Capitol office; P-38; Castro assumed power in Cuba; resignation of Theodore Green as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; annual battle over Rule 22; LBJ’s motion to change rules to two-thirds of those present and voting than a…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 13 (XIII), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
1958; Kennedy-Ives bill; Texas labor; Arthur Goldberg's concern about Senate Republican Policy Committee charges; federal aid to education; National Defense Education Act; Mike Mansfield's leadership abilities; Supreme Court bills; death of Mrs.…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 12 (XII), 12/21/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ and Senate activities, 1958; hearings resumed; LBJ and the press; LBJ and the telephone; jury trial amendment; LBJ and the Hill Country; LBJ and foreign trips; LBJ's accomplishments; LBJ personal considerations, 1959-1960; Texas issues; LBJ and…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 11 (XI), 12/20/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ and Senate activities, 1957; Middle East problems; disarmament issue; open curtain proposal; USIA; J. Edgar Hoover; 1957 Civil Rights Bill; Little Rock crisis; Senators Walter George and Richard Russell; Sputnik; space hearings; Johnson…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 8 (VIII), 8/17/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ and the Majority Leadership and various Senate activities, 1955; committee assignments; LBJ and Drew Pearson; LBJ and the oil industry; foreign aid; LBJ and organized labor; Paul Butler; LBJ and Eisenhower; LBJ's heart attack; Whitney speech;…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Democratic National Convention, 1956; VP candidate decision; Adlai Stevenson; 1956 Presidential campaign; earlier Fort Worth state convention; NATO conference; legislative issues in 1956
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 6 (VI), 5/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Senate activities and LBJ; LBJ and the press, 1954
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 4 (IV), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
Senate and related activities; beginning of LBJ's Majority Leadership
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 3 (III), 6/7/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
Reedy’s role as policy advisor while LBJ was Senator; airline machinists’ strike of 1966; influencing LBJ’s decisions; writing memos to LBJ; Richard Russell; Eugene Millikin; Sam Rayburn; what makes a good Senator; Millard Tyding’s loss to…
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
Working with the Johnsons
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ic), 12/20/1968, by T.H. Baker
Working with the Johnsons
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ib), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker
Working with the Johnsons
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ia), 12/12/1968, by T.H. Baker
Working with the Johnsons
Oral history transcript, Clarence S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Redford's career history; school experience with LBJ in Johnson City; LBJ's involvement in sports; basketball rules and customs in Redford's youth; going swimming on LBJ's relatives' property; LBJ's Boyhood Home; playing…
Oral history transcript, Cecil D. Redford, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; the 1914 Texas governor's race; Sam Ealy Johnson's support for James "Pa" Ferguson; Sam Ealy Johnson's appointment to supervise the upkeep of Blanco County roads; going to school with LBJ; a play LBJ's mother wrote for the…
Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 2 (II), 3/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Escalation of the Vietnam War; Gulf of Tonkin incident; inadequacies in advice given to the President; Ed Gullion episode; XYZ Affair; UN and U Thant; Bundy-Dobrynin conversation, fall of 1965; A-B Theory proposal; Glassboro; Averell Harriman and…
Oral history transcript, Benjamin H. Read, interview 1 (I), 1/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
Biographical information; contact with LBJ; liberal clique; Rule 22; LBJ’s knowledge of the world; opinion regarding John Leacacos: Fires in the In-Basket, 1968; operational differences between Bundy and Rostow; White House National Security…
Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 5 (V), 9/9/1982-9/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
The Johnsons buying their home at 4921 Thirtieth Place in Washington D.C. and the layout of the house; LBJ moving to a bigger office space in the Old House Office Building in 1943; LBJ's work as chairman of a subcommittee to investigate Navy…
Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 9 (IX), 7/14/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
Rather rejoining LBJ's staff at the end of his presidency; Rather's nieces attending school in Washington, D.C.; LBJ's decision to retire from politics; the slower pace of office work at the White House and LBJ's daily schedule; night reading; dinner…