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  • Date > 1971-11-16 (remove)

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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