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Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

liaison with the Congress. F: As far as you know, did the President ever confer with Lyndon Johnson on whether he should run in 1956? H: As far as I know, no, and I don't think he would have. I don't think he would have. F: This is a Dwight Eisenhower
Staff officer of Eisenhower; treated as family by Ike; met LBJ in 1953; became LBJ’s close friend, politically and socially; Tidelands Bill; foreign aid; Ike got 83% of legislation through Congress; good political leader; knew intimately government

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the delegates at a national convention. So a lot of people [wanted to nominate Eisenhower]. Olin Johnston from my state of South Carolina flew over to talk to Eisenhower about Eisenhower being the Democratic nominee. And there were a lot of stories
Adlai Stevenson; 1952 presidential election; Dwight Eisenhower; Harry Truman; Gene McCarthy; John Sparkman; Amon Carter; Senator Richard Russell; Kentucky Derby; LBJ’s relationship with President Eisenhower; economics

Oral history transcript, Oveta Culp Hobby, interview 1 (I), 7/11/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

had taken leave of absence when I went to Washington. M: Do you remember that Texas State Society meeting where they honored you, and Admiral Nimitz, and General Eisenhower? H: Yes, and I can't remember what year that was in. Do your records [show
How Hobby met LBJ; the history of the Houston Post’s involvement in LBJ’s career; Hobby’s appointment as director of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps; Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Dwight Eisenhower; Hobby’s appointment to the Federal Security

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 2 (II), 6/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. When they had meetings that all three were involved in--Eisenhower, Nixon and Johnson--obviously Johnson, with his fixation on dealing one on one, physically and otherwise, would direct his focus toward the President. I can recall Nixon saying how
of Medicaid/Medicare; the relationship between LBJ and Nixon after the Johnson Administration; the relationship of LBJ, Nixon and Dwight Eisenhower during the Eisenhower Administration; enlisting the support of senators and governors in presidential election

Oral history transcript, Merrell F. "Pop" Small, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: MERRELL F. SMALL INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Small's residence, Sacramento, California Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 G: Let's start with your going to work for Senator [Thomas] Kuchel. S: Well, Eisenhower was elected in 1952
Going to work for Senator Thomas Kuchel; presidential appointments from California during Dwight Eisenhower's administration; political factions in California in the 1930s and 1940s; Earl Warren's early law and political career; Kuchel's rise

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 31 (XXXI), 3/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Texans who just couldn't take Truman's stand on tidelands, on FEPC [Fair Employment Practices Commission], on Taft-Hartley. There was a strong tide running for [Dwight] Eisenhower. You were really bucking it when you went against it. However, there were
and pets; LBJ's relationship with his mother and siblings; LBJ considering if he could be an effective Senate minority leader; LBJ's relationship with Allan Shivers; LBJ's view of Dwight Eisenhower.

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

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: DWIGHT A INK INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McCOMB More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
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Oral history transcript, Dwight A. Ink, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1969, by David G. McComb
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Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 2 (II), 5/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it if you knew that Dwight D. Eisenhower was strongly in favor of it?" There was a long pause. assuredly is. He said, "Well, is he?" I said, "He most Bob, that's a ghastly bill, a horrible, nasty, terrible LBJ Presidential Library http
[For interviews 1 and 2] LBJ’s role as member of House Armed Services Committee; LBJ’s role as Democratic leader in the Senate; LBJ’s qualities of leadership; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; White House-Congressional relations.

Oral history transcript, William F. Knowland, interview 1 (I), 3/23/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

think there would have been a major confrontation in the Republican Party, because they were not prepared to accept Milton Eisenhower in place of Dwight Eisenhower. F: Okay, you have got an overturn now in the leadership in the Senate in 1955. What did
of Eisenhower. Knowland’s interest in Asian countries, his opinion of Senator Joe McCarthy, the supposed usurpation of congressional authority by the executive branch, the Civil Rights bill of 1957, the beginning of the space program, running for governor

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 32 (XXXII), 8/3/1982-8/4/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

won; [Dwight] Eisenhower was going to be inaugurated on January the twentieth. We had lost Senator [Ernest] McFarland in the election, and Lyndon, who had been McFarland's whip, or assistant, was elected minority leader of the Senate. At forty-four
LBJ's election as Senate minority leader in 1953; the small numerical difference between majority and minority parties in the 1953 Senate; committee assignments; the Johnsons' social life in early 1953; the Eisenhower inauguration and related events

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 5 (V), 3/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

of MacArthur? W: No, I don't. G: Let me just clear up something you said in your last interview. You said that he supported Eisenhower over [Adlai] Stevenson, and I'm wondering if you meant that he felt personally favorable, or if he actually privately
visit to the Ranch; the Trinity River Project; John Tower; LBJ's glasses and contacts; Ayub Khan's visit to the Ranch; LBJ's opinion of General Douglas MacArthur and Dwight Eisenhower; the Cox family in Johnson City; the Elms, the Johnsons' home

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 2 (II), 12/4/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on in as much detail as you can. Let me ask you first generally about foreign policy during the [Dwight D.] Eisenhower years and how bipartisan it was. The Democrats controlled Congress through much of that time and the Republicans--many of them--had a more
Foreign policy during the Dwight Eisenhower administration; Robert Taft and the Hill-Burton Act; partisanship in the Senate during the Eisenhower administration; the Bricker Amendment; support for organized labor in southern states; separation

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 6 (VI), 5/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: Early on, Stewart Alsop reported in his column that LBJ was circula ting a memorandum among fellow Democrats to lay out a plan of party strategy, and this was the plan that the Democrats would not categor ically oppose the Eisenhower Administration. R

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 9 (IX), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that the country, while it had just elected a lot of Democrats to the Senate, was still devoted to Dwight Eisenhower, and to pass something that attacked him would be futile. It wouldn't get you any money spent any faster; it wouldn't help the unemployed

Oral history transcript, George Sandlin, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

not be put on the ballot, that [Dwight] Eisenhower be both the Democratic and Republican candidate. Well here again, it showed the statesmanship of Allan Shivers. He went to the platform and made an appeal that the people of Texas had a right to make
at the Democratic National Convention; Weldon Hart's work for Shivers; concern that Shivers might leave the Democratic Party and issues of party loyalty; the Texas State Democratic Convention resolution directing Democrats to support Dwight Eisenhower rather than

Oral history transcript, Fleur Cowles, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

as he walked away. I went the next day to Washington to see President [Dwight] Eisenhower to report that "we've got an ally in the UN, that the ambassador secretly agrees with our side." The President ordered the heat to be put on that man; it was done
received worldwide as the founder of Flair; Cowles' work as a "personal ambassador" of President Dwight Eisenhower; Cowles' friendships with foreign dignitaries; how Cowles got involved with government work during President Harry Truman's administration

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 34 (XXXIV), 2/23/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

about little bitty new quails falling into those cracks. Lyndon was introducing, along with other senators, a request for emergency aid to the cattlemen. [Dwight] Eisenhower had already declared the area a drought disaster area. G: LBJ worked

Oral history transcript, Samuel Gammon, interview 2 (II), 8/15/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, because Patton was a staffer in the war department on MacArthur's staff like Eisenhower was at the time of the bonus marchers business, but then he was off on subsequent assignments and only really sort of caught fire in 1941, 1942, or early in the war
LBJ’s November 1963 trip to Luxembourg and other Benelux nations; William R. Rivkin; LBJ’s loyalty to JFK; LBJ’s complex personality; LBJ’s daily schedule while on trips; LBJ’s preference for hotels; Crockett and Dwight Porter; John Rooney; LBJ’s

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 33 (XXXIII), 9/4/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

party at the Carlton Hotel for the two Texas members of [Dwight] Eisenhower's cabinet, Oveta Culp Hobby, who was secretary of HEW [Department of Health, Education, and Welfare], and Bob Anderson, who was secretary of the navy, both of whom had been our
Activities and volunteer work in the spring of 1953; dinner parties and socializing with Washington, D.C. friends; a party the Johnsons threw at the Carlton Hotel; Mamie Eisenhower; LBJ's political career in 1953; the early stages of public

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 7 (VII), 9/19/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that he had told Carter that Lyndon Johnson used to could go down and have drinks with Dwight Eisenhower all the time, and it was an essential part of their relationship, just to have a social relationship with President Eisenhower. Johnson was afraid

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 30 (XXX), 3/22/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

fizzled out. I don't know exactly when and how it lost all its steam; I don't remember. But at any rate, the Republican one was over in rather quick time with [Dwight] Eisenhower nominated and [Richard] Nixon nominated for the vice presidency

Oral history transcript, Adrian A. Spears, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that. Was it at a time when Shivers was still a Democratic governor but was acting more like a Republican? G: Well, he did support Eisenhower. S: Well, I know, I mean, but had he started to do that at this particular time? Well, okay. G: 1952. S: Yes. Well, I
Allan Shivers and LBJ's 1956 fight for control of the Texas Democratic Party; Spears' work with Shivers; Shivers leaving the Democratic Party; the 1956 Texas Democratic Convention; Dwight Eisenhower as president; John Connally.

Oral history transcript, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove (Item)

Congresses, beginning in 1957. Can you talk about what that was like for you? M: Well it seemed to me that, in terms of the political situation, that [Dwight] Eisenhower and Sam Rayburn, the speaker of the house, and Lyndon Johnson, the majority leader
The relationship between President Dwight Eisenhower and Congress in 1957; why the White House and Congress were able to work together better in the 1950s than in 2011; increased patriotism and optimism following World War II and the Depression

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 35 (XXXV), 3/8/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, there was, even President [Dwight] Eisenhower, with whom Lyndon and the Speaker had gotten along so well, and had served so well, pushing his legislation when they could. They had just made an art, I think, out of helping run the government, although they were
; assembling a Senate committee to investigate Senator Joseph McCarthy; LBJ's support for President Dwight Eisenhower; Lynda's illness in the fall of 1954; Willie Day Taylor's help to the Johnsons; South Korean President Syngman Rhee's toast regarding war

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

in that at the time. G: [Dwight D.] Eisenhower, citing this episode, vetoed the legislation. Any insights on that and how that affected the situation in your state? C: You're talking about tidelands oil? 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
The natural gas bill of 1956; Senator Lister Hill's reputation for being pro-labor; labor legislation in the 1950s; President Eisenhower's 1958 veto of the rivers and harbors bill; Alaskan statehood; Eisenhower as president; the election

Oral history transcript, George A. Smathers, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

else in to that job. If it hadn't been for him, I don't believe the Eisenhower Administration would have been able to 7 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
LBJ's 1955 heart attack at George Brown's home and his health before the heart attack; LBJ's recovery from the heart attack; why LBJ was an effective Senate majority leader; LBJ's relationships with President Dwight Eisenhower and Sam Rayburn

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 37 (XXXVII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

] Thornberrys. J: Yes, we saw a good deal, in those days, of Senator George Smathers. And we went down to Florida with the Thornberrys and Mary Rather to go to a dinner in his honor. And then [Dwight] Eisenhower, in his path, was doing some of the same things
LBJ's January 1956 return to Congress following his heart attack; Jesse Kellam; the Johnsons' interest in sports; KTBC's success; criticism of LBJ; President Eisenhower's February 1956 announcement that he would run for re-election; the table Frank

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 36 (XXXVI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

feelings. And his feelings were opposed to Adlai Stevenson, period, and ardently supportive of [Dwight] Eisenhower as I remember. And Lyndon, who believed that, as he would express it, from the court house to White House, on balance, adding it all together
vacation to Daytona Beach; getting to know Liz and Les Carpenter; James Forrestal; Dale and Virginia "Scooter" Miller; Lynda's experience with a cotillion for congressional children; Mrs. Johnson's impressions of President Dwight Eisenhower; LBJ's view

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 28 (XXVIII), 3/15/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

candidate for death. Eisenhower's name began to show up on those early primaries that began to happen in New Hampshire and New Jersey and places like that. He finally came out with a statement that he would run on the Republican ticket if he heard the clear
Senate Preparedness Subcommittee work trying to control spending and corruption; Luci's early interest in religion; the tidelands issue; the possibility of Dwight Eisenhower running for president; returning to visit San Marcos with LBJ; growing media

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

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, Beryl A. (Mrs. Lloyd) Bentsen, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

they, in turn, didn't necessarily campaign for the national ticket. M: The reason I bring that up is that according to the books S h i v e r s was against Adlai Stevenson and tried to lead Texas Democrats in favor of Dwight Eisenhower. B: Yes, well

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 48 (XLVIII), 6/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

pick up most of the housing in the country, or present a legislative proposal. [John?] Kennedy had said during the campaign that he would eliminate discrimination in housing with the stroke of a pen, and that [Dwight] Eisenhower could have done

Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

some of these other Everyone of our toughest leaders is specially endowed in fellows. -some way, which is why they're our leaders. That's why you have a Dwight D. Eisenhower, because of the energy in the man. energy. ~vhen It surpassed he lost
[For interviews 1 and 2] LBJ’s role as member of House Armed Services Committee; LBJ’s role as Democratic leader in the Senate; LBJ’s qualities of leadership; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; White House-Congressional relations.

Oral history transcript, George Sandlin, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a lot of trouble. Well, to give you an example, in the state convention in Amarillo in 1952, some of his strong supporters were upset with him because he wouldn't agree to placing [Dwight] Eisenhower on both the Democratic and Republican ticket
Allan's Shivers' political philosophy; Shivers' refusal to place Dwight Eisenhower on both the Democratic and Republican tickets in the 1952 presidential election in Texas; Shivers' supporters and detractors; Sandlin's involvement with the Veterans

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 5 (V), 3/14/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think Dwight Eisenhower, while he didn't really give much impetus to this thing, he started the show going. He started the issue; at least he put it on the front burner where people could see it. And then the blacks--and I don't blame them a bit

Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

." And Dwight Eisenhower was a Republican and became the Republican nominee and promised that he would support the state ownership. Texas wasn't the only state involved. All the coastal states had--nearly all of them had; all of the Gulf Coastal states, and I
Texas tideland issues in the 1950s; cross-filing, which allowed Democrats to support Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election; Allan Shivers' support for Republicans; LBJ's and Sam Rayburn's devotion to the Democratic Party; John Tower's

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

and he was quite an interesting, complicated person. He admired other presidents. He loved to talk about Truman and he talked a lot about Roosevelt. He spoke admiringly of Eisenhower and their relationship. I was present many times when he would talk
in Selma, Alabama, and George Wallace; LBJ's commitment to civil rights issues; Davis visiting the White House; LBJ's openness with the press and problems that arose from his openness; LBJ and gift giving; President Dwight Eisenhower; LBJ's optimism

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 10 (X), 10/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

fly down? J: I remember we stopped off in Maxwel 1 Field on the way back and picked up--Symington said we got a hitchhiker, and the hitchhiker was Dwight Eisenhower. G: Really? J: Yes. Is that right? It was the first time I had ever met him
Reminiscences from 1950-1952; LBJ’s Texas trips; Eisenhower; the gas bill; Donald Cook; Korea; the Preparedness Committee; election as Democratic whip; the Douglas MacArthur firing; Jenkins’ campaign for Congress; death of Alvin Wirtz; acquiring

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ia), 12/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that the Administration itself--the Eisenhower Administration--was not aware of just what they were proposing with that Title III; there were some pecu liarities in the indexing of laws that made it very difficult to find out exactly what Title III meant--they weren't

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 3 (III), 3/3/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

on to 1948. Do you know who LBJ backed in the 1948 presidential election? Was he for Truman? I know [Alvin] Wirtz wanted Eisenhower to run for the Democrats. W: Lyndon was for Eisenhower. G: You think he was? W: I know definitely. G: Yes. What did he
A.W. Moursund's 1946 district attorney campaign; the death of Mrs. Johnson's Aunt Effie Pattillo; LBJ supporting Dwight Eisenhower in the 1948 presidential election; LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate campaign against Coke Stevenson; Winters' offer to shear

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