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Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… I went over to his office and he had gone when Lyndon [Johnson] came to joint session. I was with him when he heard … Claude?” I said, “What do you mean?” He said, “Lyndon Johnson just left my office, absolutely furious. You’re … made an appointment for me and we went by to see Lyndon Johnson, when he was Vice President. His desk was up on a …
Presidential Recordings
… negotiations -Haig's meeting -William P. Rogers, U. Alexis Johnson Manolo Sanchez entered at an unknown time after 11:45 … Rooms -Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty [SALT] -Moscow -Johnson Vietnam negotiations -Rogers, Johnson -Politics -Haig’s concern -Timing, security issues …
Presidential Recordings
… adjournment -Presidential statement Lyndon B. Johnson’s employee -Staffing -Letter writer -Johnson’s style President’s schedule -Four year master …
Presidential Recordings
… habits -President’s appearance -Compared to Lyndon B. Johnson -Age process -Drinking habits -Working habits … stakes in decision to blockade in Vietnam -Compared with Johnson -Johnson -Importance of Vietnam for reelection -Haldeman’s …
Presidential Recordings
… Brigadier General Daniel (“Chappie”) James, Jr., James E. Johnson, William W. Parker, Stanley B. Thomas, Samuel G. … (rev. 10/08) -Racial composition -The President’s call to Johnson -Johnson’s son’s illness and death -Projection of the …
Presidential Biographies
… once again returned to his private law practice. President Johnson would appoint Fowler as secretary of the treasury in … As treasury secretary, Fowler was known for his loyalty to Johnson throughout the administration's ups and downs. The …
Presidential Biographies
… and division manager of Esso Standard Oil. President Johnson tapped Trowbridge to be the assistant secretary of … head of the department in June 1967. While serving in the Johnson cabinet, Trowbridge supported a merger with the …
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… to get their program through Congress, President Lyndon Johnson was making a case for the urgency of the important. … was always “the coolest man in the room.” Unlike Johnson, Eisenhower pursued his most important objectives … be on the popular side.” In retirement, Nixon confirmed Johnson’s assessment. But Eisenhower could not depend on his …
Nineteen months into his first term, President Dwight Eisenhower, quoting an unnamed “former college president,” advised a public audience: “I have two kinds of problems, the urgent and the important. The urgent are not important, and the important are never urgent.”
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… a beautiful room, and at this table, where I think Lyndon Johnson signed the original act on this particular desk. A …
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… away. Rather they were terminated, abruptly. Andrew Johnson was impeached. Woodrow Wilson suffered the …
Russell Riley describes when U.S. presidents have modified institutional practices to address emergencies.
Presidential Recordings
… -Court case -Edward Bennett Williams -Depositions -Howard Johnson Motel -Location to Watergate -Indictment 1972 … presidents -Public relations -Drinking habits -Lyndon B. Johnson -Harry S Truman -The President -Dwight D. Eisenhower -John F. Kennedy -Johnson -Truman -Poker games -Johnson -Press -Press …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… a good reader of men and women. It’s often said of Lyndon Johnson that he knew exactly how to reach any particular …
Oral History Interviews
| Edward M. Kennedy Project… through that track, which was a program that [Lyndon] Johnson established, and you probably know all about it. I … ’70s. There was a doctor I remember. His name was Amos Johnson. He was just an old country doc from South Carolina, …
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… branch. Date : Aug 19, 1965 Participants : Lyndon Johnson, Abraham Ribicoff Conversation Number : …
Presidential Biographies
… to serve as head of HEW under President Lyndon B. Johnson until August 1965 when Johnson appointed him to the United States Court of Appeals …
Presidential Biographies
… to serve as head of HEW under President Lyndon B. Johnson until August 1965 when Johnson appointed him to the United States Court of Appeals …
Presidential Recordings
… Greetings Oval Office Linda and Claudia A. (“Lady Bird”) Johnson -Admiration for artist [?] -2- NIXON PRESIDENTIAL … (rev. Mar.-09) Conversation No. 870-2 (cont’d) Lyndon B. Johnson -Vietnam settlement -Lyndon Johnson’s death, January 22, 1973 -Place in history -Vietnam …
Oral History Interviews
| George H. W. Bush Project… president of R.J. Reynolds, a man named [Frederick Ross] Johnson. Not the CEO, but the president. We were talking … think, appointed either by Carter or even maybe by Lyndon Johnson. He'd been there a long time. We kept him on though … our moves and thoughts were suspect. We got [Erwin] Magic Johnson on the commission and when he came on, he had already …
Presidential Recordings
… -Young funeral -Public opinion -Compared to Lyndon B. Johnson -Young funeral -President’s attendance -Day … and associates -Sons -Importance -Possible other funerals -Johnson -Harry S Truman -Johnson -Possible lying-in-state -Truman -Johnson …
Presidential Recordings
… McCormack McCormack role -Bipartisan meetings -Lyndon B. Johnson -President’s upcoming trip to the People’s Republic … Somoza Debayle -Death of Danish King Frederik IX -Johnson -Johnson-Theodore (“Teddy”) Roosevelt -[Duke of Windsor] …