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Oral history transcript, W. Ervin James, interview 1 (I), 2/17/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

temper and tactics; 1960 Kennedy/Johnson campaign; Hofheinz’ private bill regarding Yorktown Corporation; LBJ’s jokes; 1960 Democratic Convention and LBJ’s acceptance of the vice-presidential nomination; assignments LBJ offered James.
at their home and I knew Senator Hugo Black pretty we 11 . The Durr' s used to have a lot of pa rti es. They had people over like Drew Pearson and Robert S. Allen, John L. Lewis, the Johnsons, Hugo Black and his lovely wife, Virginia's sister. G: Do you

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 5 (V), 4/9/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Clark; pardons and paroles; LBJ’s relationship with Hoover; Omnibus Crime Act of 1968; Model Cities; Robert Weaver; Bob Wood; tariffs; press relations; overseas airline decision; 1968 LBJ campaign and decision not to run; political activities after the 3
Katzenbach and Bob Kennedy all operated a very extensive network throughout the South. When you called John Doar about a problem that you had heard about in Meridian or in Selma, wherever, as sometimes happened--a lawyer or a judge or an elected official

Oral history transcript, Harold W. Horowitz, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

into this, because I answered yes." where they were asked for references. They sit and they never Then he got to the section [He wrote] "Honorab 1e Robert Kennedy" and two others of similar stature. And he smiled and he said, "They're going to have fun

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, who at that time was Secretary [Robert] Weaver, would become the acting secretary of housing and urban development. F: Why was that put in? C: I don't know. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, C. Robert Perrin, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1969, by Stephen Goodell
Perrin, Robert, 1925-
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INTERVIEWEE: C. ROBERT PERRIN INTERVIEWER: STEPHEN GOODELL PLACE: Mr. Perrin's office in Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: This is an interview with Mr. C. Robert Perrin, the Acting Deputy Director of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Today's date

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 10 (X), 5/13/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

1 -- 3 G: Kennedy introduced essentially a Medicare program that year that would be financed by an increase in Social Security taxes. Do you remember that? M: Well, I remember Johnson and [Robert] Kerr cooperating on some kind of a Medicare

Oral history transcript, Lindy Boggs, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

LBJ was convinced to be John F. Kennedy's running mate; LBJ's and Hale Boggs' dedication to the War on Poverty and civil rights, especially in the South; Lynda Johnson dating George Hamilton; Hale Boggs' involvement in Adlai Stevenson's 1956
movement of many friends in Louisiana who felt there should be a twoparty system. They went to the Republican Convention and, of course, were successful in getting [Dwight] Eisenhower to run instead of [Robert] Taft. So many of the people who had supported

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1984, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

trying to get practical results from the NIH; Wilbur Cohen; fact sheets on heart disease, stroke and cancer; Lasker’s disagreements with Dr. Shannon; Truman’s effect on heart research and health insurance; the Kennedy family; doctor’s response to medical
written into the Democratic platform an idea to have a heart conference at the presidential level, and President Kennedy had called such a heart conference but it was a disaster. I wondered if you remembered any of the reasons why it didn't turn out well

Oral history transcript, Ronald Goldfarb, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for the short run. So I asked I think it was [Nicholas] Katzenbach--I'm not 100 per cent sure, it might have been [Robert] Kennedy--told him that I wanted to leave, or that I had heard about the task force and that if the Justice Department didn't have anyone

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 28, 15 May 1983," LBJ Library (Item)

; Hanard ';itkol'I, l!nhersity of !'t'\\ llampshirc; Robert H. Ah,ug, l nhersity of Te a, al Au,tin. Radical Politic, in the Thirties Oa,id A. Shannon, Lnh·er, ity of \ irginia; Da,id H. Bennett, Syracuse linhersity: Donald R. McCo), llnhersily of Kan

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/7/1967 (Item)

at the launching of the carrier JOHN F . KENNEDY President also instructed that a' photostat of Mrs. Kennedy's letter and his reply be sent to Secy Robert McNamara. \ Signed a request from Governor Farris Bryant for a two month extension of Federal j Assistance

Folder, "Ashmore, Harry S.," Name Files, WHCF, Box A-223 (Item)

Kennedy a couple of months encouraged to go ahead. U Thant and We are, also giving us full support. State Department informed. this proposal with ago, and we were then Ralph Bunche at UN are or course, keeping the • l , · We have scheduled a preliminary

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette
Robert G. (Bobby) Baker
Baker, Robert G.
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, 1974 INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT G. BAKER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Baker's residence, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: I believe, Mr. Baker, you're from Pickens, South Carolina. B: That's correct. Pickens is the county seat

Folder, "Green, Edith (Cong.)," Name Files, WHCF, Box G-259 (Item)

. ·- .------------~- ..... -. __ --------'--'---_:..... ___ ............................ ................. ~ ._ ....... ...-_ @t THE WHITE HOUSE \ I WASHINGTON February 23, 1965 -:1--·· MEMORANDUM .r Bethesda FOR JUANITA Naval Hospital I; r I ROBERTS reports the admittance of: Congressman William Widnall of New Jersey_. expected stay is from 10 days to 2

Folder, "Travel – Foreign – Berlin (Pro) [August] [2 of 2]," 1961 Subject Files, VP Papers, Box 109 (Item)

for Johnson and Clay;" "We Trust You;" "We Remember the Airlift;u 11 We Trust Kennedy;'' "Nothing is too great a sacrifice for Liberty." 11 7. The Vice President's visit got the play in all Berlin papers Sunday with the emphasis on the welcome that the West

Oral history transcript, William A. Knowlton, interview 1 (I), 3/21/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

); attending the Guam Conference with General Westmoreland; how Civil Operations and Revolutionary Development Support (CORDS) was started with Knowlton and Lathram heading it; director of CORDS, Robert Komer, bringing Robert Montague with him to Vietnam
, as all these guys from the Kennedy offices and other places had called over to get friends excused from the draft or put into a reserve outfit right away because otherwise they might have to go into the army and go to Vietnam. So that's basically what I

Oral history transcript, Claude J. Desautels, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

an acknowledgement from the White House within twenty-four hours. That had been the rule through Kennedy and we carried on through Johnson. [They got] at least an acknowledgement signed by Larry, which I signed. LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, William B. Cannon, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Kennedy Task Force; comprehensive community action program; Sargent Shriver; Shriver Task Force; legislation; VISTA; drafting the bill; resident participation; planning and operation problems; regional planning; political power; Moynihan; Job Corps
had been talking to [Walter] Heller--this is Kennedy--and had asked Heller, who was then chairman of the Council [of Economic Advisers], as you know, to do some kind of study, to get the analysis done in essence for maybe a major presidential thrust

Oral history transcript, Richard J. Hughes and Betty (Elizabeth) Hughes, interview 1 (I), 8/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh HUGHES -- I -- 3 BH: Yes~ Rich~ there were eight presidential hopefuls, of whom John F. Kennedy was one. them around. There were so many that they were shuffling They had two ballrooms

Oral history transcript, Ralph G. Newman, interview 1 (I), 9/2/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

/exhibits/show/loh/oh Newman -- I -- 4 Jake Jacobsen. I went to Washington and called Jake Jacobsen, and he said, "Well, really, the person for you to call is Juanita Roberts." So I called Juanita, and she made arrangements for me to come in and I met

Folder, "The Message - Vol. II [2 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Thomas H. Kuchel, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

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 Chavez
: Yes. I guess my tenure began [at] the tail end of 1952. Nixon resigned a day or so early and that had something to do with my seniority. I was made senior to some of those who came in on the same date. Jack Kennedy and I were elected the same day

Folder, "Diary: Vol. #9, 3/31 – 10/19/68," Papers of Orville Freeman, Box 12 (Item)

enthusiasm here. ha.rid it could well be that this is a sleeper. On the other I've had sane reports that the ·older folks, the more established people, tend to view with some reservation the McCarthy-Kennedy statements and ask the question, "Well, what do

Oral history transcript, Richard M. Helms, interview 1 (I), 4/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Kennedy, who was up on Long Island, I think, on this particular occasion-M: This was Robert Kennedy? H: Robert Kennedy. He, having been Attorney General for a time, and therefore had known about the deliberations of this 303 Committee, had known

Oral history transcript, William M. Blackburn, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

and sometimes take immediate action . B: Yes, that's right . leadership . And also he had me circulate copies of it to the I would have a copy of my brief and a copy of the Record sent to Senators Mansfield and Russell Long ; subsequently, Ted Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 25 (XXV), 8/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

contact with the field. That operation was under the direction of Nancy Lyons, who had been extremely effective, she and the other women, in the Kennedy campaign.She was 3 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT

Folder, "Japan, Sato's Visit Memos and Cables, 1/11-14/65 [2 of 4]," Country Files, NSF, Box 253 [1 of 2] (Item)

,....... . ; .. 1tayf Doe~·Tokyo agree with' Washington on Red China? Communist trade? Other issues? :;?/lo _tliist '.interview, iust before his U.S. trip, ,r,Jm ..... e ·.•.·.•·M .. ... · ~".ister Sato. gives his views to Robert ·,< M,a.,rt1n.:.of ~'U~S. News & World

Oral history transcript, Dwight A. Ink, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

circumstances, to various kinds of proposals. M: Then how long did you stay with the AEC? I: I stayed with the AEC in the changeover of Administration, and I was White House liaison under both the Republicans and Democrats. I came to know President Kennedy

Oral history transcript, William Healy Sullivan, interview 1 (I), 7/21/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

anything to do with his trip to Vietnam when he was vice president? S: No, that took place while I was in Geneva, I believe, 1961? M: Yes, it would have been while you were there. What was your job in the department at the time that President Kennedy

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 9 (IX), 7/14/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Rather -- IX -- 5 R: Marie Fehmer, Juanita Roberts and me. For a little while there was another girl

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 39, 15 February 1987," LBJ Library (Item)

of the year. They included: • enator Daniel Patrick Moynihan. who served as assistant ·ecretal) of lab r during the Kennedy anJ Johnson admin istratiom,. and later as a-;sislant to Presid ·nt RichJrd !\ ,on a

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 7 (VII), 6/17/1970, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

was the deputy budget director, talked to Ehrlichman or [H. R.] Haldeman. I also talked to [Robert F.] Ellsworth and I think some of us talked to [Robert P.] Mayo, I don't LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1953" (Item)

Symington is placed on Armed Services, Mike Mansfield on Foreign Relations, John Kennedy on Labor and Public Welfare, Price Daniel and Henry Jackson on Interior and Insular Affairs. Kennedy, Symington and Jackson will also serve on Government Operations

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 3 (III), 5/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Kennedy wanted the vice president to represent him, right? C: Right at the independence of an African Republic--Senegal. dent asked me to go along. of two or three people. And the Presi We took a plane and a congressional delegation I remember

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 2 (II), 5/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert G. Lewis, interview 2 (II), 5/9/1986, by Michael L. Gillette
Robert G. Lewis
Lewis, Robert G. (Robert George), 1919-
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INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT G. LEWIS INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Lewis' residence, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 G: Let me ask you to begin by tracing what you know about the origin of the Task Force [on Agriculture and Rural Life]. L

Oral history transcript, Robert Fleming, interview S-I, 11/8/1979, by David Culbert (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert Fleming, interview S-I, 11/8/1979, by David Culbert
Robert Fleming
Fleming, Robert H.
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INTERVIEWEE: DATE: Robert Fleming, Deputy Press Secretary for LBJ November 8, 1979 PLACE: Washington, D.C. SUBJECT: Fleming's Knowledge of Daily Summaries of the Network \ Television Coverage: During the Period of TET, 1968 INTERVIEWER: David Culbert

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/19/1967 (Item)

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President's Daily Diary entry, 2/6/1967 (Item)

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Oral history transcript, Milton R. Young, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[Robert] Taft have a close working relationship? Do you have any insight on that? Y: I think he had a great admiration for Taft. Taft wasn't nearly as conservative as a lot of people thought he was. He was one of the sponsors of federal aid

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 63 (LXIII), 4/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

things, little footnotes to history here: when Robert Kennedy died, we lost the liberal vote on the Judiciary Committee. We tried to get Goodell put on in his place, but Dirksen put his son-in-law on-- G: [Howard] Baker. LBJ Presidential Library http

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