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Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 19 (XIX), 2/6-7/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and the underground city of Berchtesgaden, and oh, just a whole lot around over Europe, saw the devastated cities. I think it strengthened forever his determination that nothing like that was going to happen to us. G: He met with General Eisenhower, and that could
Oral history transcript, Robert Komer, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • on up through the Eisenhower Administration. national estimates business. Estimates. F: I was one of the charter members of the We wrote the National Intelligence I wrote some of the first estimates on the Soviet threat. I might add we got Richard
Oral history transcript, Elbridge Durbrow, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • Williams and we had some real knockdown, drag-out fights. I was fortunate, Eisenhower had put out an executive order--I've forgotten, it was 1956 anyway, 10566 or something else like that--which laid down the fact that the ambassador in the country
Oral history transcript, Richard M. Scammon, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
Oral history transcript, Arthur Krim, interview 4 (IV), 11/9/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • back and forth like next door neighbors. G: I notice he visited President Eisenhower on part of that Hawaiian trip. K: Yes. G: Do you know anything about that visit? K: Well, he had a great respect for President Eisenhower, and as you must know
  • ; LBJ’s income; LBJ’s article for Encyclopedia Britannica; President and Mrs. Johnson’s book deals; a film of the accomplishments of the LBJ administration; President Eisenhower; Robert Kennedy’s death; Chief Justice Earl Warren’s resignation; Homer
Oral history transcript, Dean Rusk, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • of him clearly and in great depth. I found him extraordinarily well-informed about foreign affairs. I think his experience as Majority Leader during the Eisenhower Administration brought him into daily contact with the principal issues of foreign affairs
Oral history transcript, Jack Brooks, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , Johnson, when he made a commitment, he would deliver on that commitment . If he said, "We're going to stay on "X" or "Y," then he got his people to do that . F: It has often been said that President Eisenhower was made to look as good as he did look
Oral history transcript, Frank Stanton, interview 2 (II), 7/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of unfair coverage in Vietnam, or unfair analysis? S: Oh, yes. Bill Moyers did, and Bob McNamara did. But that went with the turf. You know, Truman did, Eisenhower did. We did a debate with Khrushchev--no, not a debate; we did "Face the Nation
Oral history transcript, W. Sterling Cole, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • y in f r o n t o f me and— G: Would you [ l i k e to see t h i s ] ? C: No, no. G: W e l l, in P a r i s I s e e t h a t you met w ith General Eisenhower and My eyes a r e ba d, [ i n a u d i b l e ] . [ L i e u t e n a n t G e n e r a l
  • May 1945 Special Committee to study naval properties in the British Isles; Europe and North Africa; meeting with Eisenhower at "Little Red Schoolhouse;" Marshall Plan; North Africa; Munich; Dachau and Berchesgaden; relationship with LBJ
Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • served in that position during the years of 1951 and 1952. They were the Majority Leader and the Majority Whip. In 1952 in an election with Eisenhower and Stevenson, we became the minority by two votes, 49 to 47, and Ernest McFarland served those two
Oral history transcript, Kenneth E. BeLieu, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in the army and didn't get into politics, and I voted for Truman and I voted for Eisenhower. But in the army I wasn't--but Lyndon never asked me, so I laughingly say that I'm the only registered Republican that ever ran the Democratic Policy Committee. But we
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Oral history transcript, Solis Horwitz, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • it was convenient. H: The payroll was just where he could manipulate, best use his funds. M: How did your association, your fairly close association, with him get started? H: Well, after the Eisenhower Administration came on and they announced their intention
Oral history transcript, A. Scheffer Lang, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in the waning years of the Eisenhower Administration. There was an executive order issued by President Eisenhower, I believe after the election in 1960, but before the inauguration of 1961, which required that the Bureau of Public Roads and the Housing Home
Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • that Eisenhower was supplying no new ideas at all in the conduct of American affairs, either domestically or from a foreign relations point of view. F: Sort of characterized by his Interior policy which had the slogan "No new starts." L: That's right--no new
Oral history transcript, Francis C. Turner, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • that the Interstate Program began in the mid-1950's under Eisenhower? T: It originally was authorized in 1944 as a result of studies that had been made in the late '30's and the early '40's during the war. The basic authorization for the program was contained
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in space was fairly accurate; that what had happened was, I think, largely budgetary considerations--the Eisenhower Administration had--well, not exactly suppressed--certainly had not given a great deal of emphasis-- F: Had preferred to disbelieve-- W
  • [For interviews 1 and 2] Family relationship with LBJ; visits of LBJ to Weisl home; Preparedness Subcommittee after Sputnik launch; role as special counsel; Department of Defense bureaucracy; Eisenhower Administration; cabinet secretary; George
Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • with them, they thought they owned you; and if you disagreed with them, they thought you were sour-graping them. So that policy has stood, except for 1952 when we came out for Eisenhower. The paper and the publisher have remained inactive, but Phil
Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • him as a possibility. He was leader of the party during the Eisenhower years for eight years, I suppose, since we, the democrats, were not in power in the executive branch of the government, as the democratic leader and the Majority Leader
Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • operation between the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations grew and became more closely looked at and handled more discriminately shall we say, I believe. I can't say directly from personal knowledge of the operation under President Eisenhower. I know
Oral history transcript, J.C. Looney, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • control of that Convention pretty well until they let Doss Hardin get hold of the loud speaker. I'm just not sure which Convention that was. No, this Convention I'm thinking about didn't go for Eisenhower. The Amarillo Convention went for Eisenhower. F
Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 27 within the next few weeks that maybe that will be done. F: Let's go back a little bit. In the 1950s, the credit for the success of Mr. Eisenhower's domestic program is tended
Oral history transcript, Edward C. Welsh, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • that had been created. B: Was there any temptation at that time on the part of anyone in the Senate to indulge in a little recrimination against the Eisenhower Administration for political advantage? W: Yes, there was, but not by Mr. Johnson. Mr
Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • it with a lot of people. The man who's really the most responsible for that is Mr. Killian--James R. Killian--who was , President Eisenhower's science adviser. He had appointed Killian, I think, back in November as his response, you see, to the Sputnik
Oral history transcript, James W. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . And in '59, he was expecting even greater things, but Eisenhower learned the formula, so to speak, and started this budget-busting thing. Everything that the Democrats would propose, well, the Republicans would not oppose them on the merits; they would
Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson and Marie Wilson, interview 2 (II), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • where he managed to secure a compromise. MW: Yes, the three-year extension. G: Allowing the President to raise tariffs. M\~: That's right, and Eisenhower was pretty much a free trader, so they were in agreement on this thing. It was just
Oral history transcript, Robert F. Woodward, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ; and President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, and President Johnson each have 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
Oral history transcript, Murrey Marder, interview 1 (I), 5/25/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • to tell you that himself? M: Yes, once. Once when Eisenhower was visiting the White House and I was--I believe it was the only time I was invited to the White House while Lyndon Johnson was president. It was a luncheon ceremony--no, I may be mistaken
Oral history transcript, Donald C. Cook, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • as the announcement was made of the suspension of hostilities, work went forward on setting this up, and the first meeting we had was in France with General Eisenhower and General Clay in what was called the Little Red Schoolhouse where this document was signed, and I
Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • everything. Lyndon as floor leader in the Senate, nothing stands out particularly. He and Sam Rayburn dominated the scene legislatively. They were not obstructive as far as the Eisenhower Administration went. On the initial civil rights measures
Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 2 (II), 12/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • cannot believe that it could be taken as anything major in that regard. I doubt it. M: Is the Eisenhower Doctrine taken seriously? B: Well, the Eisenhower Doctrine really was a momentary, short-termed thing without really any long--there was no time
  • Simbel; Cyprus issue; CENTO; Eisenhower Doctrine; Vietnam; India-Pakistan War; LBJ's speech for advice on foreign policy matters and his diplomatic performances; Richard Rovere; John Leocacos; The Establishment; personal and private papers
Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • ? Bi : He started immediately to put them into shape . There were a lot of them who felt that the Democrats ought to oppose everything the Repub­ licans do . They ought to spend all of their time trying to cut up Presi dent Eisenhower, etc
  • [For interviews 1 and 2] First meeting with LBJ in 1948; Thomas C. Henning, Jr.; Joseph R. McCarthy; Senator Earle Clements; Senate Campaign Committee; Walter Jenkins; George Reedy; John Connally; Eisenhower inauguration; LBJ's organization
Oral history transcript, Charles E. Bohlen, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • new Administration. 2QH of the things was that the Kennedy Administration was differently organized than its predecessor, President Eisenhower. But let me state here that during Eisenhower's Administrations, I was abroad almost the Z K R O H time
Oral history transcript, Earl Warren, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • they do not. Eisenhower never--now, I say to the Supreme Court. F: Yes. W: I don't know, he might have to individuals on the Court, but not to me. Eisenhower never, never-- F: Not to Chief Justice Warren. W: No. President Kennedy did ask me my
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • it. It worked out well. Of course, he didn't do as much for the program; Eisenhower was the best man we ever had in there for the interstate work. Eisenhower did a wonderful job. Of course, Eisenhower used this theory: get roads into these cities where you can
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • force report was a thoughtful way; they just said there ought to be a department of transportation. The Hoover Commission had recommended it. Eisenhower in one message recommended it, as I recall. I then had a meeting with Charlie Schultze, and Secretary
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 3 (III), 3/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • Committee, not supporting either the AFL-CIO bill or the Teamster's bill or the Eisenhower bill. The Teamsters and the Machinists very much opposed my re-election in any year after that. K: Because you had organized his--I don't know if organized
Oral history transcript, Sarah T. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • he wouldn't have, but I-- F: I would appreciate it if you would. H: Well, one of them was Joe Estes, who was a so-called Eisenhower Democrat and was appointed by Eisenhower, and the other one was T. Whitfield Davidson, who had enjoined