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Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the Eisenhower Administration in 1953 as you suggest, I've served under three Presidents, as you indicate: Johnson. President Eisenhower, President Kennedy and President So from a practical sense it is a non-political or non-partisan appointment. B: Do you

Oral history transcript, Nelson M. Bortz, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

in, then to be followed with Secretary Wirtz . And I continued as deputy to--well, Jim Reynolds was the man who became the Assistant Secretary under the Goldberg-Kennedy Administration . So I was his deputy until 1964 and one of the finest, most considerate men

Oral history transcript, Raymond E. Buck, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

the vice presidential B: No, I wasn't . M: You thought he might do that? B: Yes, I thought he might do it . position? I didn't think that Kennedy would offer it to him, but I thought he might take it if it was offered . M: Why do you think he

Oral history transcript, Lawrence McQuade, interview 1 (I), 1/15/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Biographical information; Hodges’ resignation; John Connor; Sandy Trowbridge; Howard Samuels; C.R. Smith; Andrew Brimmer; Herb Holloman; Commerce internal management problems; effectiveness of Commerce Secretary; Georgetown group of Kennedy people
: I came over here in November, 1963, and about first week or two I was here, President Kennedy was assassinated. M: So you've been here almost the exact length of Mr. Johnson's tenure-in this department. Did you ever have occasion to have contact

Oral history transcript, Helen Gahagan Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the parents were in Texas at the time of President Kennedy's assassination. Lynda was in Austin at the University, but Luci was--I was out at the Elms with Luci. And that afternoon I went by the school to pick her up to take her home. That is one of my

Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to assess, or to make a comparison perhaps, between the way Mr. Johnson has operated in the realm of foreign affairs vis-a-vis the State Department as compared to President Eisenhower and/or President Kennedy? Ma: Yes, I think so. It probably would have

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 29 (XXIX), 11/3/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the first step, to stop Kennedy. If they could stop McGovern, then they'd see what would happen. In the case of Kennedy and the case of McGovern, the end result reflected the intensity of the effort that had been expended over a period of a couple of years

Oral history transcript, Henry Bellmon, interview 1 (I), 4/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

picked up--but in Okla homa the big difference between Nixon and Kennedy, I think, was a difference of region . Mr . Kennedy spoke with a New England accent ; he always said "Oklahomer," which offended our people, [and he] was looked upon as kind

Oral history transcript, Edward Joseph, interview 1 (I), 8/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

they would send a White House car for me. on. I had a very enjoyable evening. So So I went I met the various people there, Shriver and his wife and Bob Kennedy and others. But I had met McNamara and Kennedy and others during a reception that they LBJ

Oral history transcript, Rutherford M. Poats, interview 1 (I), 11/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of President Kennedy? P: Not as a presidential appointee, as a so-called administrative appointee of Fowler Hamilton, the new administrator of AID. M: Then you were in this agency then during the course of the Kennedy Presidency, and have remained

Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 4 (IV), 3/8/1970, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

submarines as a part of that international force. Well, when President Kennedy came to power, he took a look at this situation. And we decided then that it would be up to the Europeans to tell us what from the European point of view would meet their needs.And

Oral history transcript, Harold Brown, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

the day . I do believe that it was at a National Security Council meeting early in May of 1961 when I briefed President Kennedy and other senior people in the government, including the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the service secretaries, and other

Oral history transcript, Edgar L. Ball, interview 1 (I), 1/29/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Byron People like Cecil Burney and Vann Kennedy--was that his name?--in Corpus Christi. G: Vann Kennedy, yes. B: The guy whose name I tried to remember a while ago; he's from Hillsboro, by the way. And generally when they discussed it with him

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, III, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

III -- I -- 8 breakfasts after the election and when he became vice president, and one morning he had arranged for us to meet him in one of the side rooms of the White House to meet the President. I distinctly remember Kennedy and Johnson and Humphrey

Oral history transcript, Jacob Javits, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with Lyndon Johnson. I did have considerable contact with Jack Kennedy, because he, too, was a veteran and that was indirectly a relation to Lyndon Johnson. I had no direct contact. G: You came back to Congress as a senator in 1957. J: Right. G

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

police units going down to Selma. I think Johnson learned from the 1963 march on Washington that he had to act more boldly than Kennedy had, in certain respects. When they had the 1963 march on Washington at the Lincoln Memorial, which is really one

Oral history transcript, George Ball, interview 2 (II), 7/9/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of rejection by our own government of any neutralization talk. Neutralization was, in effect, giving them what they wanted. I went to see De Gaulle during the Kennedy days and had a long talk with him about it. I found myself in the position which is familiar

Oral history transcript, Ed Gossett, interview 1 (I), 8/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

was as a politician, and I thought that he was the best bet, would make the best candidate for president, and when he took the vice preSidential nomination after Nr. Kennedy received the nomination, I was greatly disappointed. That was one of the reasons that I di dn

Oral history transcript, Ernest May, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

: Well, I guess you might say so. I was strong for Stevenson, and strong for Kennedy. Mc: Did you do any campaigning for Stevenson in Texas during--? M: I don't recall that I did, no, sir. Mc: I remember Allan Shivers was opposed to Stevenson. M

Oral history transcript, Carl D. Perkins and Donald Baker, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Same way about several other I'd get them as far as the Rules Committee and they would die, like the bill I had patterned after the Civilian Conservation Corps to put the youth at work. When Lyndon came in as vice president with Kennedy in 1960, I

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 3 (III), 12/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

wasn't aware of it at the time. G: As we move to the late 1950s, you had a good deal of labor legislation in the wake of the revelations about irregularities in organized labor. Do you remember the McClellan hearings and the Kennedy-Ives bill? C: I

Oral history transcript, Orville Freeman, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. And this was felt So the potential of these programs in terms of development tool was not given very much attention. It began to change very early in the--almost irrrrnediately I would say, with the advent of President Kennedy. I took a trip around the world

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview S-XIII, 1/23/1987, by Nancy Smith (Item)

be except to ease Mrs. Kennedy's burdens if I could. S: Whenyou did become aware of things that you wanted to do--probably after the 1964 election--and started deciding what your role was going to be, did President Johnson help you in picking your three

Oral history transcript, Carl Vinson, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1970, by Frank Deaver (Item)

will record that he was the greatest Majority Leader in the history of the Senate. He was elected Vice-President on November 8, 1960, and became President of the United States upon the death of President Kennedy on November 22, 1963. He was elected President

Oral history transcript, Jerry Voorhis, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. We used to meet once a year, and in this particular year we met in Washington. It was just shortly after President Kennedy's assassination and Johnson's succession to the presidency. M: This would be early 1964 or late 1963? V: Well, I'm

Oral history transcript, Polk Shelton and Nell Shelton, interview 1 (I), 3/2/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

, and also personal friends of mine. Henry Brooks, who had been the former district attorney of Travis County supported me and did all he could for me. PB: I understand that a man of our age who is now in Corpus Christi, named Vann Kennedy, was also one

Oral history transcript, W. DeVier Pierson, interview 3 (III), 3/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and wife relationship. I am sure she was a constant counselor; she was present at times of great stress. I know for example the early morning hours when Senator Kennedy was shot and the following day when the announcement had been made of his death

Oral history transcript, Erich Leinsdorf, interview 1 (I), 3/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the Kennedy Center; the 1965 signing of the immigration bill on Liberty Island; appointed assistant director of Corporation for Public Broadcasting; LBJ and music
, which by then was already known as the Kennedy Center. At the ground breaking ceremonies, which, if my memory serves me right, took place in early December 1967, I was sitting on that rostrum behind the President and chatted. He was always, invariably

Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 2 (II), 6/5/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

one is retarded children with the Kennedys and with Hubert Humphrey who had a retarded grandchild. So you get--but I just do not recall any specifics about that. G: Anything on the health lobby? People like Mary Lasker? M: Well, Mary Lasker--what

Oral history transcript, Roy Millenson, interview 3 (III), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there that Protestants no longer--and of course the Kennedy election helped--feared that there would be a tunnel between the Vatican and the White House as they had talked about during the Al Smith campaign. Catholics on their part--and this is the most important part

Oral history transcript, Ben Barnes, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

Recollections of meeting LBJ in 1958 as a UT students and later in 1960 during Kennedy-Johnson campaign; contacts with LBJ when Speaker of House; LBJ's continued help and influence on Barnes' career; Johnson-Connally political base; support of LBJ's
and was campaigning in Texas. for the Kennedy-Johnson ticket in 1960. nomination to the Texas House. I campaigned I had just won the Democratic I did not have a Republican opponent, and I was an active campaigner for the Democratic ticket in 1960. M: Were you

Oral history transcript, Ewing Hass, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

could call some of those old southern senators and talk turkey to them. They were good friends, and he had worked with them for years. So I always thought that Lyndon was able to put over the Kennedy program where there was a question 4 LBJ

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 6 (VI), 11/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

said Duckworth liked him generally? B: Yes. I don't remember how it trailed off. Back when we went to Hyannis Port after the convention, Duckworth did not like the Kennedys. I forget what period he was in at that time but he didn't like them. So we

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 3 (III), April 1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

recall that Bobby Kennedy was there in line with a bunch of other dignitaries including Nader. At that point in time there was a great sidelight issue which was whether Ralph Nader ever got a signing pen from President Johnson. If you recall back, Bob

Oral history transcript, Walter C. Hornaday, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

have. Because Udall, who later became a congressman, he and some of the others were quietly working and organizing at the convention with [John F.J Kennedy. And at that time I thought that was a kind of a turning point, and he was losing the West

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

took a vice presidential position in 1960? H: Well, r really wasn't surprised because I felt that Jack Kennedy was a pretty smart politician, and he wanted LBJ over the willing candidates for a very particular reason. That was because LBJ

Oral history transcript, Donald Gilpatric, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the President-in either case, whether President Kennedy or President Johnson, had occasion to deal directly with you in your official capacity? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories

Oral history transcript, Terry Sanford, interview 2 (II), 3/1/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

complained about Kennedy and bitterly complained about LBJ Presidential Library 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

Oral history transcript, Ruby G. Martin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

service with the Civil Rights Commission in 1960 on into the Kennedy years, did you have an opinion of Lyndon Johnson in those days? M: No, I didn't. When I entered the government of course, Mr. Eisenhower was the President. I entered in July of 1960

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