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Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in those days, because back here in Washington I helped the International Visitors' Program, and worked with foreign students during Angier Biddle Duke's tenure as chief of protocol under Kennedy. progra~s I gave in the State Department, folk music

Oral history transcript, Margaret (Mrs. Jack) Carter, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Paul L. Thornhill, interview 1 (I), 12/4/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

these things about Jim and he liked Jim so he went to the secretary of defense and asked if he could have a Jet Star. Of course it had to be approved by President Kennedy and they finally agreed that yes, he could have a Jet Star. So he picked Cross to be his

Oral history transcript, Jack Albright, interview 2 (II), 6/10/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

felt when he took over as president after Kennedy was killed that he had a mission to try to pass the legislation that had been unable to pass, that Kennedy espoused but could not pass. So in the first hundred to hundred and eighty days he had

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 3 (III), 2/27/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

th t he Pr e si dent a grea t deal. He was a very v is ib le Pr es s Sec r e t ary --ver y, v e r y v is i ble , more so than anybody I guess. We l l, Saling er was v i s ib le in Kennedy 's days, of course--bu t Bi l l wa s the fi rst Pre ss

Oral history transcript, Welly K. Hopkins and Alice Hopkins, interview 4 (IV), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, and we would always have a little visit for an hour. W: The Kennedy-Harren was VJhere they VJere living, wasn't it? A: Yes. G: Did he talk much about President Roosevelt and his enthusiasm for the New Deal? A: He was always a great admirer

Oral history transcript, Peter Hurd, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Elizabeth Kaderli (Item)

http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh HURD -- I -- 17 parti cul arly under Nrs. John F. Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

for the District." Kennedy. Charlie Horsky had been created for that job under President Steve Pollak was there for Johnson. Steve Pollak did leave very quickly after we were nominated and appointed. M: What's the significance of that? F: The significance

Oral history transcript, Charles M. Simpson and John McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

in Special Forces when they picked up the counterinsurgency mission under Kennedy and LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Lehan, interview 2 (II), 1/31/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Lehan -- II -- 24 Kennedy and so on. Obviously, Concorde was going to be built; and the TU-144, the Russian version, was going

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 7 (VII), 11/2/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

at the time I was there was Lee White, who as you know came out of a background with the Kennedy Administration on the Hill. Lee was what I would call a very practical, careful lawyer, really one of the very best, with a great deal of judgment. Harry McPherson

Oral history transcript, William S. Livingston, interview 1 (I), 7/15/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

to the educational experience of the other students. And so we intended from the beginning that there should be a considerable number of mid-career people involved in the Johnson School. But we didn't intend to emphasize it as much as the Kennedy School

Oral history transcript, Thomas D. (Tom) Mills, interview 1 (I), 8/24/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Dispensary in Washington, D.C., under Dr. [George] Burkley. Dr. Burkley was the commanding officer there, and when Dr. Burkley was chosen as physician at the White House under President Kennedy, I was one of the persons that went up there. I was a hospital

Oral history transcript, Frank M. Wozencraft, interview 7 (VII), 2/25/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, as the ranking Republican on this committee interested in drugs and these problems; we talked with [Abraham A.] Ribicoff, who had no problem at all. We sent word to Bob Kennedy's office as to the problems and volunteered to meet with him if he had time and if he

Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 2 (II), 5/8/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

done some work with the USIA, and I thought I might ask you about that. The USIA, of course, was in existence before you were on the White House staff, but apparently about the time you came onboard there was a controversy over a John F. Kennedy film

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 5 (V), 7/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a person serves very closely with a President--no matter who it is, particularly in a job like that--and when he held Kennedv obviously in such affection. ~as one of Kennedy's closest confidants, that carrier dedication was an emotional experience Jr

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 4 (IV), 6/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] 17 C: Oh, yes, that 1 s right. It's more folklore than a ny thin g . Lord, I've heard so much fo l k lore though about Eisenhower and Kennedy that we j ust have added to the folklore about

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Bess Whitehead Scott, interview 1 (I), 3/31/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

," and that was true. That was one of the things that defeated him, and it was thirty-some-odd years later when Kennedy, a Catholic, was elected, the first Catholic. B: Did you know that Lyndon Johnson was at that convention? S: No. B: He was going to school

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Raul Castro, interview 1 (I), 4/30/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the Democratic National Convention when President Johnson and President Kennedy, at that time, were in the midst of having selection made F: This was 1960, you mean. C: 1960. I remember giving a speech at this local park in Tucson and President Johnson, who

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 3 (III), 1/17/89, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)