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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • ,....... . ; .. 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • House; the repatriation of Korean War prisoners; procedures relative to a "General Order"; chaplains; Mormon chaplains; Navy stewards for !Mrs. John F. Kennedy; mil·i tary manpower waste and misuse; the role of Vietnam veterans as &peechmakers
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
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  • [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
  • 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
  • course whic h continues fo r a n additiona l 42 weeks. Student m 3 agencies o f Govt : AID , Stat e Dept . & Graduates were : John C . Tierne y Steve Richard J . Rosenber g Joh Robert F . Gould-Stat e Dep t Robert Y . Hayashida-Stat e Dept . F.David
  • for the Presidential nomination. Also, it had been indicated to me, either by President Kennedy or Secretary Di110n--I've forgotten now which--that we in the Treasury Department should extend, make every effort to keep the Vice President informed as to significant
  • was able to purchase television time and allow Edmund Muskie to speak; 1970 election results nationwide; the Chappaquiddick incident involving Edward Kennedy; a February 1971 meeting between O'Brien, Carl Albert, Mike Mansfield, and potential 1972 potential
  • chairmen and people at all levels in the party.We wanted to have Democratic governors and other officeholders around the country involved with the national committee. Vice chairmen were named. Governor [Robert] McNair became a vice chairman to be liaison
  • NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL WASKDC a VHB119 ,f DR HOVARD WJOHNSON, PRESIDENT, MIT CAMBRIDGE MASS 2 WHB120 ,r MRS ROBERT H GODDARD 1 TALLAWANDA ·DRIVE WORCESTER MASS L Q..R RECD VHB l 04 TO 120 • 845P EST TU i 3 L i 4 M GA VU BOOK OF 30 GOVT PD
  • of Senator Kennedy. You may wiah to •end a reply along the line• of Tab B. W. W. Ro•tow Attachments Tab A - Lotter to the Pre•ldent Diaz Ordaz. from Mexican Tab B - &111••t•d letter Pre•idential in reply. Pre•ident (TIA■ SUTIOI) LS 10. 2762 T3/R
  • . TR 156 RANCH, JUNE 13, 1968. Attended Lutheran Church confirmation day services, and was visited by Billy Graham at the Ranch. TR 157 NEW YORK CITY, FUNERAL FOR ROBERT F. KENNEDY, JUNE 8, 1968. Attended funeral of Senator Robert F. Kennedy, at St
  • to see him remarry; Horace Busby's employment with the Johnsons; Robert Kennedy's visit to the LBJ Ranch; Hubert and Muriel Humphrey's visit to the Ranch; Lady Bird Johnson's birthday celebration at the Ranch; the Johnson for President headquarters
  • , or home on leave, and hotel rooms were scarce. I think I've already told you about the time I had Mrs. [Jacqueline] Kennedy there. M: I don't believe so. J: It was when she was a brand new Senate bride. As I recall, Senator [John] Kennedy had already
  • over here on September 15. I will have Bro·mley Smith work on the question of a proper office in the Executive Office Building, where Max has lived happily before. MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON - 2 6. You may wish to know that Bob Kennedy has
  • Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Robert G. (Bobby) Baker
  • Baker, Robert G.
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  • , 1983 INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT G. BAKER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Baker's office, Olney, Maryland Tape 1 of 2 G: Let's start with 1951. The first thing I want to ask deals with LBJ's election as whip. Do you have any recollection
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • think at first he had thought of me in the capacity of Executive Director of the Kennedy Foundation, which had just lost its director. I indicated to him that I would not be interested in thiS; that I couldn't do it; that I was very flattered, but I
  • Board of the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith, which is a mouthful; and we gave our first award dinner in Austin, and the awardee was Archbishop [Robert E.] Lucey from San Antonio. And the speaker that evening was Senator Johnson--I believe he
  • of the first announcements President Kennedy made after held been elected to the presidency--and this is in December of 1960--was that he was going to make the Vice President the head of his space advisory council, or something of that kind. Well, when we read
  • helicopter support or something--without a clearance by the White House. I was appalled. When I was a special assistant to [Robert] McNamara, I got a call one day and I also found out that President Kennedy had cut back on Johnson's mess people and what have
  • -68 National Maritime Day, 1968 Proclamation 4-15-68 Proclamation of National Day of Mourning for Robert Kennedy 6-6-68 Proclamation of National Day of Mourning for Martin Luther King 4-5-68 Veteran Day 1968 Proclamation 10-23-68 Wright Brothers Day
  • on and on and on and on and on, and the President kept him waiting for about an hour and fifteen minutes. Juanita [Roberts] was getting hysterical because she was running out of polite chitchat. You know, Hubert Humphrey just sat there and kept saying it was okay, he was prepared to wait. Hubert
  • and three or four others, [Robert] Kerr, sitting there. And I went back to Russell; I got up quietly and went back and said, "Shall we call for a quorum?" He said, "No, tell John to call for a vote." I went back and told Senator Stennis, "Senator Russell
  • might re-enter? That with all that had gone on with the Kennedy assassination, for example, the troubles in Chicago, and so forth, do you happen to know whether or not he ever waivered, whether there was a possibility that he might have come back? H
  • could see them; contact with the press and efforts to publicize legislative progress; disagreement between Robert McNamara and General Earle Wheeler over the effectiveness of bombing in Vietnam; cabinet meeting updates on Vietnam; LBJ's reaction
  • of the Vietnam issues in 1967. There was early on a disagreement between Secretary of Defense [Robert] McNamara and General [Earle] Wheeler over the effectiveness of the bombing. O: Yes. G: My impression is that the bombing became increasingly an issue