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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 8 (VIII), 4/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Assessing the work of congressional liaison staff from various departments; the importance of department and agency heads in promoting the president's programs; the importance of congressional liaison work; Nicholas Katzenbach of the Justice…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 7 (VII), 2/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
How John F. Kennedy's (JFK) assassination affected the reputation of Dallas and Texas; the emotional toll of JFK's and Robert Kennedy's (RFK) deaths on O'Brien; being asked to identify the missal that was used when Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) took his oath…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 6 (VI), 2/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
John F. Kennedy's (JFK) effort as a young politician to become a better communicator; how Lyndon Johnson's (LBJ) legislative power shifted when he became vice president and then president; JFK's and LBJ's different styles in dealing with members of…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 5 (V), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
O'Brien's and John F. Kennedy's (JFK) relationship with John Glenn; how Glenn's space success helped NASA; the role of a vice president and how well Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) fit it; JFK's staff members' opinion of LBJ after JFK was assassinated; LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 4 (IV), 12/4/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
O'Brien's discussion with Joseph Kennedy about the New Frontier program; leadership in the House of Representatives before and after Sam Rayburn's death; the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; a private-sector public-relations operation led by Howard…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 3 (III), 10/30/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
The John F. Kennedy (JFK) administration's relationship with Carl Vinson and other southern Democrats; funding for an aircraft project and Vinson's argument with a staff member over his decision to support JFK; the knowledge and influence of…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
Information dissemination in the Congress and White House; the public relations value of getting information early; the importance of a president-elect's staff and cabinet choices; O'Brien's meetings with cabinet members to reiterate the president's…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
John F. Kennedy's (JFK) plan regarding primaries going into the 1960 Democratic National Convention; assigning JFK staffers to specific state delegations; JFK's decision to address the Texas delegation; JFK's decision to ask Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) to…
Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois
Texas tideland issues in the 1950s; cross-filing, which allowed Democrats to support Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election; Allan Shivers' support for Republicans; LBJ's and Sam Rayburn's devotion to the Democratic Party; John Tower's…
Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois
Career history as a journalist; work on the Texas Judicial Council; the Texas state legislature in 1933; how the problems of education, poverty, prisons, social security, and the like have spanned decades; a government pension system; differences of…
Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 2 (II), 11/5/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Montague's appointment to West Point; Montague's background and experience relating to nuclear weapons development; Montague's work as assistant senior adviser to the 21st Vietnamese Infantry Division under Jack Cushman; Montague's work with General…
Oral history transcript, Robert M. Montague, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Montague's involvement in Hop Tac; the intended cooperative nature of Hop Tac; why Hop Tac was unsuccessful; security as the first priority in village pacification; differences of opinion between Colonel Jasper Wilson, General William DePuy and…
Oral history transcript, Clarence Mitchell, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1969, by T.H. Baker
First knowledge of LBJ; Dr. Robert Weaver and Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune enthusiastic regarding LBJ; Mrs. Bethune and the NYA; friendship with Stuart Symington; LBJ getting building for Huston-Tillotson College; relationship with LBJ; 1957 Civil…
Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
Tax surcharge; balancing the budget and six billion dollars in budget cuts, pressure from LBJ; budgetary process reform; George Mahon; work on the Ways and Means Committee; appropriations.
Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
Medicare bill history and Mills’ support of it; legislative support for the Medicare bill; increased hospital costs and doctors’ fees; Social Security benefits; LBJ’s support of Medicare; changes in Medicare bill during legislative process; Bob…
Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
His working relationship with LBJ in the House and Senate; how LBJ became interested in entering primaries for presidential nomination; working in the JFK/LBJ campaign in 1960; differences between president and vice-president; legislative and…
Oral history transcript, Thomas D. (Tom) Mills, interview 1 (I), 8/24/1987, by Ted Gittinger
Mills' work under Dr. George Burkley, the White House physician; giving LBJ massages; Mills' background; Christmas 1963 at the LBJ Ranch; traveling with LBJ and living arrangements while working at the Ranch; LBJ as a patient; LBJ's diet; LBJ's…
Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 3 (III), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
The Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and its amendments; equitable distribution of ESEA funds among public and private schools; Millenson's involvement in a committee report regarding ESEA; conflict regarding whether funding should go…
Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 2 (II), 6/5/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Mary Lasker's influence as a lobbyist for health legislation; alcoholism-related legislation introduced by Jacob Javits; Partnerships in Health Act; the Senate's ability to reallocate funds without increasing authorization; Javits' interest in…
Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1990, by Michael L. Gillette
Millenson's work for Jacob Javits and the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare from 1949-1959; how Millenson became aware of LBJ as Senate majority leader; staff organization in the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare; how committee reports were…
Oral history transcript, Guy S. Meloy III, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1984, by Ted Gittinger
Meloy's work as senior adviser to Task Force One of the Vietnamese Airborne Division; Meloy's work with Vietnamese Colonel Ho Trung Hau; the Vietnamese Airborne Division's reputation as soldiers and their protection of civilians; Meloy's preparation…
Oral history transcript, Harris Melasky, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; how Melasky met LBJ; shipping gasoline to Japan in 1940; campaigning for LBJ; LBJ's ability to get things done; 1948 senatorial campaign; LBJ's 1956 and 1960 elections; White House party; LBJ's character.
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker
White House reaction to Watts riots; LBJ’s speech to the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission regarding rioters; Clark group’s report on Watts; LBJ-HHH relationship; Roger Wilkins; death of MLK; LBJ’s feelings about MLK; Louis Martin;…
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 4 (IV), 3/24/1969, by T.H. Baker
Charles Roberts article; Clifford’s doubts; TET offensive; personal doubts about the Vietnam commitment; LBJ didn’t like to hear opposition to the Vietnam policy; 3/22 luncheon meeting with LBJ; 20th parallel memorandum; State Department meeting;…
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 3 (III), 1/16/1969, by T.H. Baker
Bill Moyers’ departure from the staff; letter from Bill Moyers; source of press leaks; memorandum to the President; LBJ’s reaction; impatience with the situation; conduit between LBJ and outstanding critics in the Congress; visit to Vietnam;…
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 2 (II), 12/19/1968, by T.H. Baker
Fulbright and Rooney’s interest in position of Assistant Secretary of State for Educational and Cultural Affairs; Meeting at Airlie House meeting; White House position as Special Counsel; speech writing; Georgetown circle; JFK’s staff/women; RFK;…
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1968, by T.H. Baker
Biographical information; implication of Joe McCarthy era prompted him into law and public services; Democratic Policy Committee; General Counsel; calendar calls; LBJ’s degrees of interest in legislation; 1946 Legislative Reorganization Act; 1957…
Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1975, by Elspeth D. Rostow
McNamara’s first contact with LBJ in 1960; assessment of Johnson’s personality and abilities; McNamara’s assessment of successes and failures of Defense Department while he was Secretary; relationship of Defense and State Departments; Congress…
Oral history transcript, Robert F. McMahon and Mark T. Muller, interview 1 (I), 7/7/1987, by Ted Gittinger
McMahon and Muller's experience sailing from California to the Philippines and Australia; events surrounding the December 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor; training and setbacks in Australia; the February 1942 air raids on Darwin, Australia; how…
Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove
The relationship between President Dwight Eisenhower and Congress in 1957; why the White House and Congress were able to work together better in the 1950s than in 2011; increased patriotism and optimism following World War II and the Depression; the…
Oral history transcript, David E. McGiffert, interview 2 (II), 5/15/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Decision-making regarding troops in Vietnam in 1968 and the deployment of reserve units; the perceived shift from seeking a military solution to a political solution in Vietnam in the late 1960s; an assessment of the U.S. Army in 1969; manpower…
Oral history transcript, David E. McGiffert, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
McGiffert's career from 1953 to 1965; how McGiffert got into government work and promotion opportunities under Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; meetings with LBJ, including one after the assassination of Martin Luther King; McGiffert's contact…
Oral history transcript, Frank McCulloch, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1985, by Michael L. Gillette
Emotional involvement of journalists covering Vietnam; whether reporters reflected to perspectives of the publications for which they wrote; how transportation within Vietnam was arranged for reporters; how reporters decided what area to cover;…
Oral history transcript, Robert J. McCloskey, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1984, by Ted Gittinger
McCloskey's career history; McCloskey's philosophy of public relations as the State Department spokesman during the Vietnam War; Vietnam War reporters; the atmosphere within the State Department, Defense Department, and White House; McCloskey's…
Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 2 (II), 9/29/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Bert Harding's involvement in the task force created to analyze the Office of Economic Opportunity (OEO); Sargent Shriver's management skills; OEO's efforts to enlist support for 1967 legislation; Edith Green and Joe Waggoner's involvement in the…
Oral history transcript, George McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
How McCarthy came to work with the War on Poverty task force; John Blatnik's involvement in Minnesota Job Corps centers; McCarthy's work with Job Corps; the organization of Job Corps; the Labor Department's work with the War on Poverty; initial…
Oral history transcript, George McArthur, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1985, by Ted Gittinger
McArthur's work for the Associated Press; the difference between working for a wire service and a daily/weekly publication; Mrs. Eva Kim McArthur's work as Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker's secretary; Bunker's attitude toward McArthur's and Eva's…