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Oral history transcript, Lewis Mayhew, interview 1 (I), 5/1/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener
Biographical information; Mayhew's career leading up to his work at Stanford University and other education-related entities; Mayhew's areas of expertise and his published works; Mayhew's involvement in the 1965 White House Conference on Education;…
Oral history transcript, Joe Mashman, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz
Biographical information; LBJ’s 1948 congressional campaign; Mashman’s work as pilot of the helicopter provided by Bell Aircraft Corp.; impressions of LBJ; techniques in using the helicopter; visits to the Ranch and the White House; preparing…
Oral history transcript, William McChesney Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1987, by Michael L. Gillette
Martin's relationship with Senator Richard Russell; discrepancies in expenditures reported by different agencies and people; events leading up to the Federal Reserve Board raising the discount rate to 4.5 percent; LBJ's response to Martin's concern…
Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Vice President LBJ’s meeting with black cabinet, resulting in blacks helping with Democrats by distribution of literature through barber shops and beauty shops, use of radio, the press, and the influence of black ministers, especially Marshall…
Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; JFK association; 1960 campaign; Civil Rights Act of 1957; work for appointments of blacks; LBJ during the vice presidency; liaison between the White House and civil rights people; RFK and LBJ; LBJ as…
Oral history transcript, Thurgood Marshall, interview 1 (I), 7/10/1969, by T.H. Baker
Knowledge of LBJ; support of LBJ by Texas NAACP; Walter White; Sweatt v. Painter case; LBJ’s non-support of NAACP-pushed legislation; Roy Wilkins’ opinion of LBJ; 1957 Civil Rights Bill; split between NAACP Legal Defense Fund and NAACP; 1960 VP…
Oral history transcript, Burke Marshall, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by T.H. Baker
First meeting LBJ; government service recruiting; John Doar; May 1961 Freedom Rides; Justice Department attorneys; 1964 Civil Rights Bill drafting; LBJ as VP; friction between JFK and LBJ’s staffs; President’s Commission on Equal Employment;…
Oral history transcript, Murrey Marder, interview 1 (I), 5/25/1982, by Ted Gittinger
Marder's career history covering foreign affairs; LBJ's foreign affairs-related experience as he entered the presidency; LBJ's credibility gap in the press; LBJ's tendency to exaggerate; Marder's August 1964 coverage of the Tonkin Gulf incident for…
Oral history transcript, Florence Mahoney, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette
Mahoney's early interest in health care issues; Thomas Francis "Mike" Gorman's articles about mental health care in Oklahoma and his influence on Mahoney; how Mahoney began working with Albert and Mary Lasker on mental health issues and cancer;…
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
State of the Union messages; 20-30 versions of March 31, 1968, speech regarding Vietnam bombing pause and the postscript of LBJ’s withdrawal as a presidential candidate; detailed account of March 31; work on final draft of speech, presentation of…
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 2 (II), 7/29/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
LBJ’s personal additions to letters; procedure for releasing correspondence to the media; procedures in writing speeches for the President; LBJ’s input into speeches and dinner toasts; presidential speech writers as policy makers; LBJ’s speech…
Oral history transcript, Charles M. Maguire, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
Professional background; entrance into White House Fellows Program in 1965; description of the Program and selection of the first 15 finalists; detailed evaluation of the Program and LBJ’s interest in it; Maguire’s work on Jack Valenti’s…
Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 3 (III), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette
Service on Senate Finance Committee; Civil Rights bill; Bobby Baker; Joe McCarthy
Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Social Security Act Amendment; Minimum Wage bill 1955; Arthur Beeson nomination to NLRB; Lewis Strauss nomination; Bricker Amendment; jury trial amendment; Hell's Canyon dam; Bill Knowland; 1957 Civil Rights Bill
Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ in Senate; Tidelands Bill; Housing Act of 1955; minimum wage; 1955 Tax Bill; Land Bank; LBJ techniques of persuasion; Alaska and Hawaii statehood bills; LBJ and Richard Russell; LBJ's presidency
Oral history transcript, William S. Livingston, interview 2 (II), 7/19/1971, by David G. McComb
The creation of a new committee related to the LBJ School of Public Affairs; how the committee members were appointed; the committee duties of administration, budgeting, architectural planning and searching for a dean; Norman Hackerman; considering…
Oral history transcript, William S. Livingston, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1971, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Livingston's career at the University of Texas; early plans for LBJ to donate his papers to a library on the UT campus and open an institute of public service; the need for more schools to train students for public service;…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 7 (VII), 11/2/1973, by Joe B. Frantz
Jack Valenti; Senator Thomas Dodd and the Mite Company; the staff's responsibility to behave honorably; Lloyd Cutler and automobile companies; anti-trust laws; getting podiatry included in Medicare; the staff's relationship with constituents and the…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 6 (VI), 8/18/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
The Sequoia; LBJ's assessment of Nixon; LBJ's comments on Martin Luther King; working on a tax surcharge speech on the Sequoia; staff members wanting access to the Sequoia for personal use; Camp David; visiting the Ranch; LBJ's office at the Ranch;…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 5 (V), 11/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
White House staff deciding what to do after LBJ's presidency; LBJ asking Levinson to move to Texas rather than work for Gulf and Western; LBJ's expectation of long-term loyalty; final Cabinet meeting; Levinson's decision to move to New York; where…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 4 (IV), 5/13/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
The Truth in Packaging bill; need for a means of easily comparing products; package sizes and shapes; Esther Peterson; the soap and detergent lobby; Herb Hollomon; compromising to pass the Truth in Packaging bill; the Revenue Act of 1968; a ten…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 2 (II), 3/18/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
LBJ staff members' involvement in political activities; Department of Transportation legislation and Chairman Chet Holifield; compiling a list of LBJ's domestic accomplishments for speeches and a possible 1968 campaign; March 31, 1968 speech; White…
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
How Levinson went to work for the LBJ administration; Joe Califano; the drafting of legislation by LBJ staff; LBJ's involvement in domestic programs; domestic staff members; making plans for the future in government; Matthew Nimetz; how staff members…
Oral history transcript, Erich Leinsdorf, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
First meeting with young LBJ, arranged through newspaper publisher Charles E. Marsh; LBJ arranges for extension of Leinsdorf's visa and application for citizenship; entertaining during the vice presidential and presidential years; appointed trustee…
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Lehan, interview 2 (II), 1/31/1969, by David G. McComb
Communication issues between scientists, engineers, politicians, and social activists; Lehan's role as liaison between the scientific and political communities; citizens' advisory committee on transportation quality; dual mode transportation systems;…
Oral history transcript, Frank W. Lehan, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1968, by David G. McComb
Biographical information; Lehan's work at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL); Sputnik; leaving Ramel-Wooldridge to start Space Electronics Corporation; consulting for government agencies and committees; how Lehan came to work for the newly formed…
Oral history transcript, Marjorie Lawson, interview 1 (I), 6/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Lawson's work for John F. Kennedy in 1958-1959; gaining support for JFK among African American delegates; Kennedy's announcement that LBJ would be the vice-presidential nominee; Mary McLeod Bethune's opinion of LBJ; Lawson's recommendation to Kennedy…
Oral history transcript, L. Wade Lathram, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger
Lathram's career history and how he became a Foreign Service officer; how Lathram was assigned to be the deputy director of the Agency for International Development (AID) in Vietnam; safe haven locations for the families of Foreign Service officers…
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 4 (IV), 6/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
An incident involving the press access to LBJ at the Ranch; Cassie Mackin; Doug Kiker; Marianne Means; Virginia "Ginny" Thrift; Walter Lippmann and Scotty Reston; Washington Whispers; comparing the number of press conferences held by LBJ and…
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 3 (III), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Laitin’s work related to the Pope’s visit to New York and meeting with LBJ; press coverage of LBJ’s meeting with the Pope; how LBJ liked to be positioned for photographs; Yoichi Okamoto; advancing trips to visit President Truman; how LBJ…
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 2 (II), 2/12/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
Advancing LBJ’s meeting with the Pope; Laitin’s falling out with LBJ; Bob Fleming as Deputy Press Secretary; trip to Mexico with LBJ; Christmas trip to Rome; Colonel James Swindal; trying to be anonymous in Rome while advancing LBJ’s arrival;…
Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
Laitin’s career history and how he went to work in the government; how Laitin became George Reedy’s Assistant Press Secretary; meeting LBJ; Mac Kilduff; Laitin’s first press briefing; George Reedy and his departure as press secretary; Lillian…
Oral history transcript, Thomas H. Kuchel, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
How Kuchel became a Senator; LBJ in the Senate; LBJ’s relationships with Robert Taft and William Knowland; LBJ’s political skill in the Senate with both Democracts and Republicans; LBJ’s interest in tidelands; the Patrick J. Hurley/Dennis…
Oral history transcript, William D. Krimer, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
How Krimer came to work for the State Department as an interpreter in 1963; biographical information; Krimer's World War II experience; Krimer's first work interpreting for LBJ; Krimer's early impression of LBJ; traveling to Germany to interpret for…
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 6 (VI), 10/13/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
LBJ’s frustration at the end of his presidency, especially regarding the Soviet Union and Vietnam; LBJ’s attempt to meet with Nixon and Soviets; Urban League dinner in New York; LBJ’s concern over press coverage of anti-war, anti-LBJ picketing;…
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 5 (V), 4/7/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
Failed tax increases; Wilbur Mills; 1968 primaries; Bobby Kennedy entering the 1968 presidential race; the Tet offensive and negotiating with the North Vietnamese; Clark Clifford; bombing halts; Monsignor Paul Marcinkus visiting LBJ at the Ranch;…
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
North Vietnam’s reaction to LBJ’s 3/31/1968 speech; negotiating a location for meeting with the North Vietnamese; LBJ’s goals for the end of his presidency, including a tax increase; LBJ’s meeting with Levi Eshkol of Israel at the Ranch;…
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 3 (III), 6/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
October 1965 visit to the Ranch; LBJ’s relationship with the press; activities at the Ranch; LBJ’s desire to pay off Democratic National Committee debt and Krim’s involvement; Cliff Carter; John Criswell; political discussions at the Ranch;…
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 2 (II), 5/17/1982, by Michael L. Gillette
The Krims’ first visit to Camp David; LBJ’s hospitality; an all-night discussion at Camp David; John Chancellor, Marianne Means, and an argument over Jack Valenti’s statement that he sleeps better knowing the President is in the White House;…
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 1 (I), 10/8/1981, by Michael L. Gillette
Meeting Vice President LBJ; Ed Weisl; birthday event for President Kennedy in 1962; occasions where Krim saw LBJ before he became President; Krim’s work producing films for President Kennedy and LBJ; New York fundraising for LBJ; history of the…