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Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 3 (III), 7/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of his responsibility. B: Did the activity on the Commission change much when Cliff Alexander took over as chairman? H: Let's keep the order. ing byplay on that. When Mr. Roosevelt resigned--there's a little interestYou see, Senator Robert Kennedy had
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 60 (LX), 1/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Califano -- LX -- 4 two Kennedys joined with the Republicans--[Robert] Griffin who is a very partisan animal--to try to stick it to Johnson was in his mind. Then, I guess on the twenty-eighth, we had a bipartisan leadership
Oral history transcript, James Davis, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • be in line and held give them the spoon and say okay, taste it. We thought, at least I thought, Senator Russell was a very good man and a good friend of the President. G: Now, Senator Robert Kennedy came out that fall, too, to go hunting. 0: Yes
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ; how the War on Poverty came to include more than Community Action; an Rowland Evans and Robert Novak column in the Washington Post indicating that Shriver might be LBJ’s 1964 vice presidential running mate and reaction of the Kennedy faction
  • of Education. Therefore when Kennedy started the Peace Corps it wasn't surprising--to me-that he would ask somebody like me to take an interest in it. G: Sure. The material about you also mentions your working with juvenile delinquency, largely through your
Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , "Lyndon, that's not true at all." He had that feeling. He worked on it. He thought the New Dealer, the young New Dealers, who were an arrogant bunch-I used to say about the Kennedy crowd, "I've seen nobody as arrogant in Washington since we grew up
Oral history transcript, Milton P. Semer, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ; the Model Cities program; the development of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and Robert Weaver's involvement; legislation involving Demonstration Cities; how Robert Weaver was named secretary of HUD and the first African-American
  • field during the fifties. And in 1961 the late Senator [Robert] Kennedy mentioned to some of us that the largest single domestic success in the domestic legislative field was the Housing Act of 1961. Because Kennedy had trouble getting his domestic
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 2 (II), 10/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • his way, was the Attorney General, Mr. Robert Kennedy, who came really racing through, neither looking to the right nor to the left to get to the back of the plane. The only thing that I noticed was that I remember that he passed President Johnson
Oral history transcript, Lister Hill, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • of unease or ill will in that area? H: You heard talk about it, but I can't cite you any examples that came to my personal attention. B: I'm not sure of the exact years here, but later on as senators both Robert Kennedy and then Ted Kennedy were also
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 58 (LVIII), 12/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • [Robert F. Kennedy] Stadium? C: --named RFK Stadium RFK Stadium. We ought to cover that. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral
Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
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  • : November 29, 1977 INTERVIEWEE : ROBERT OLIVER INTERVIEWER : MICHAEL L . GILLETTE PLACE : Mr . Oliver's office, Washington, D .C . Tape 1 of 1 G: Do you want to start from the first again here? 0: This tape I consider to be highly confidential
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 2 (II), 8/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to Mexico, Robert Hill; LBJ's regret over accepting the vice presidential nomination; Corcoran's campaign strategies; the increased availability of a college education.
  • the difficult periods that made it possible--even if Mr. Kennedy talked about going to the moon--for us to actually get to the moon. I particularly remember that night because the one who accompanied us on the walk was Mary Margaret [Wiley Valenti]. Somewhere
Oral history transcript, India Edwards, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • a strong women's division, and they really did wonderful work, but if I may be perfectly frank, I will say that the entire committee fell to pieces when Jack Kennedy became President, and I'm afraid that my dearly beloved Lyndon Johnson continued
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • of the President, and they helped Robert in the state. But Johnson had plenty of good Kennedy men working for him--O'Donnell and his brother Warren were both running the Johnson campaign and working in it very well. F: Did you have any difficulty at all
Oral history transcript, William P. Bundy, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • both of us had been nominated by President Kennedy before the assassination and gone through and been submitted to the Senate from the relevant committee, and our appointments were actually confirmed by the Senate, these two appointments, at 1 :00
Oral history transcript, Ivan Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Evaluation of LBJ's Senate record; political background prior to election as Mayor of Atlanta in 1962; work with President Kennedy and request to testify on behalf of Civil Rights Bill; civil rights programs in Atlanta; support of mayors of America
  • Kennedy had me there on his ghetto housing bill that he proposed around 1966 or 1967. B: That would be Senator Robert Kennedy. A: Senator Robert Kennedy. And I became, more or less, a pretty con- stant visitor to Washington, being a big supporter
Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Kennedy had me down to Georgetown after he was elected and wanted to talk about some things, he asked me if I knew Robert Lovett. And I said, oh, yes, I did, and he was very surprised that I knew Bob Lovett. Well, hell, Bob Lovett had been undersecretary
Oral history transcript, Robert Vincent Roosa, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • Biographical information; Federal Reserve Bank; new economics; Treasury Department; Organization for Economic Cooperation; Organization for European Cooperation and Development; working parties; Group of Ten; ring of swaps; London Gold Pool; Robert
  • Oral history transcript, Robert Vincent Roosa, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb
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  • , 1969 HlTERV I E\'JEE: ROBERT ROOSA INTERV I HJER: DAV 10 McCOMB PLACE: 59 Wall Street, New York City Tape 1 of 2 M: First of all, I'd like to know something about your background. Where were you born, when, where did you get your education? R
Oral history transcript, Cecil Stoughton, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • the campaign and convention of 1964; Okamoto's return as White House photographer in 1965; trip with Mrs. Kennedy to England for dedication of a memorial to JFK; Stoughton’s final days as White House photographer; White House photographers and receiving
  • Service, the doctor, and I were in the basement; everybody else was upstairs. know what they were doing. I wasn't invited. I don't I didn't go up. What we were doing was waiting for the proper time to arrive. As you recall, the Robert Kennedy
Oral history transcript, Gordon Bunshaft, interview 1 (I), 6/25/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • and Lady Bird; role of Juanita Roberts; replica of Oval Office; exhibits; Lady Bird's role in planning the Library
  • . Was that by President Kennedy? B: Yes . M: Focusing on that work for a few moments : Was there a difference in the way the Kennedy Administration operated as compared to the way the Johnson Administration operated? B: In regards to the Fine Arts? M : In regard
Oral history transcript, Lew Wasserman, interview 1 (I), 12/21/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • fundraising dinner at the Ambassador Hotel; housing and Proposition 14; Pat Brown; Wasserman’s appointment to the executive committee of the Kennedy Center; LBJ’s ability to be a 'real' person; visits to the Ranch; 1968 election; the 'fatigue factor
  • . Johnson in that campaign? W: Well, as much as one would see in any campaign, unless you are directly involved in traveling with the campaign. I think, at that particular point in time, I probably saw more of President Kennedy, because he seemed
Oral history transcript, J. Russell Wiggins, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • . M: Stayed on, yes. W: This suggestion was made by the Post. It came as a result of Robert Kennedy and the Justice Department raising some questions about the District affairs and not being able to get a satisfactory answer in his opinion
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh Jones -- III -- 14 when he says to call a cabinet officer, to do it, and anytime I needed to get him to come in personally and not to Juanita Roberts or someone else. He wanted to deal directly. So access to him was always free
Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 2 (II), 5/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • gave rise to the credibility gap. I had been seriously considering leaving the postal service before President Kennedy's assassination, and I continued pursuing various job offers after his death. One day, for some reason or another--I can't remember
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Pechman, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • I've maintained close contact with the Kennedy-Johnson administrations. M: You might make a statement about Brookings Institution in general and its purpose. P: Brookings Institution is a nonprofit research organization that is privately LBJ
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 24 (XXIV), 2/6/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • crises that kept jumping up. I don't think he particularly relished those foreign policy crises although in my view he handled most of them rather well. G: He sent Robert Kennedy to help resolve the hostilities between Malaysia and Indonesia. Do you
Oral history transcript, Helen Thomas, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1977, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • --then United Press--worked as a radio writer for many years, and then started covering several departments-- F: Did you see--? T: --and then started covering the White House [at the] start of the Kennedy years, January 1961. F: When did you first
Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 3 (III), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • certainlyC C: Right in the middle. G: All right, well, what comes first? C: God, the awful campaign trips. I can't believe it. G: What about the selection of the vice-presidential candidateC C: Oh, my gosh! G: Cand ruling out of Robert Kennedy
Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 2 (II), 9/17/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Dougherty -- II -- 2 and the resolution in condemning perversions of the agreement validated the agreement. When [Senator Robert] Taft had brought up the point, the resolution was dropped. It's just like
Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • and inflation, hut ~orked more generally in areas of forecasting overall economic outlook, concentl'ating ;leavily on prices, inflation, this of proi.:;:, ::1. SOy't fl,1: v~a.ges, Compared to the Kennedy-Johnson Administration; can you give me some
Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Mills -- II -- 3 which was a pretty strong endorsement of it, I thought. I thought the time had come to pass it. I don't think we could have passed it in 1961. I told Kennedy that, and he agreed, I guess. He never did really press me about it. G: Did
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 2 (II), 8/18/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
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  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh DATE RESTRICTION 1130170 A 1/30178 A 8118170 A .. FILE LOCATION Robert W. Komer Oral History Interviews RESTRICTION COCES (AI Closed by Executive Order 12358'governing access to national security information. (B
Oral history transcript, A. Leon Higginbotham, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . That of course was kicked off finally by Robert Kennedy's assassination. Where did you enter the picture? H: Well, I was playing tennis, and when I got home someone said I had gotten a call from the White House. It was again vague. About three minutes later I
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • Roosevelt; LBJ's first plane; the Lucy B crash in 1961; an October 1959 flood near the Ranch; LBJ's decision to accept the vice-presidential nomination in 1960; August Busch and his gift of exotic animals; Tommy Taylor's death; Robert Kennedy getting hurt
  • . Do you remember anything of his visit during that time right after the convention? They nominated Stevenson and Kennedy for vice president. Okay. Also in that month Price Daniel ran against Yarborough for the Senate, and it was a very close race. I
Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that the President wanted to see me. And when I went in to see the President he had gone into that little-bitty office that had once been a bathroom, but President Kennedy converted into a very small relaxation room. As Jack and I went down the corridor toward
Oral history transcript, Mildred Portner, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . This covered a span of about eighteen years. The first contact that I had with the Johnson office was in early March, 1958, and that was through a telephone call from Mrs. Juanita Roberts, his personal aide and secretary. She asked that I make time
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 2 (II), 6/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • support for civil rights legislation; 1965 legislation topics; the possibility that Robert Kennedy would be asked to run for the vice presidency; Wilbur Mills; LBJ visiting President Harry Truman; Homer Thornberry's and James Coleman's appointments; LBJ's
  • a phone you could pick up, and it would ring immediately, and he would answer it, because he knew whose phone it was. There wasn't any such thing as an emergency, at least from our side. Now on Juanita Roberts' side they may have had the right to walk
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 27 (XXVII), 12/13/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • 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 LBJ’s
  • side of the street was totally wrecked, the other side wasn't touched. G: Anything on the Kennedy assassination? R: You mean Bobby? G: Yes. R: The main thing I remember, I'd gone to bed early that night and Sam Houston called me. He was watching
Oral history transcript, Adam Yarmolinsky, interview 2 (II), 10/21/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • Shriver's selection? Y: No. No, again, as I think I spelled out in that article of mine you've got ["The Beginnings of OEO"], I was aware of the fact that there was a task force under Kennedy. task forces. I guess there were several I was vaguely
Oral history transcript, Fred Korth, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • Interviewer: Paige E. Mulhollan Date: M: March 7, 1969 Let's begin, sir, by identifying you. You're Fred Korth, and your most recent government service was as Secretary of the Navy from early in 1962--January--until October of 1963 in the Kennedy
Oral history transcript, Harold H. Saunders, interview 1 (I), 9/15/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • of the analytical-- G: Who was that? S: Robert Amory, who later on came over to be one of the three top people in the Budget Bureau. But Allen Dulles was then the director of CIA, too. I got a good overview of how CIA fit into the governmental picture