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Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/30/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : The public including the Senators? W: I think many of the Senators. I think that as the hearings progressed, we found that people within the defense establishment had strongly warned the President--Prepident Eisenhower--and the Secretary of Defense
  • [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, Oren Harris, interview 1 (I), 9/3/1973, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh -11- And then along came Mr. Eisenhower who was elected in 1952. The Senate was Republican at that time, I believe, and the Democrats needed somebody. M: A couple of big democrats, McFarland
Oral history transcript, Walt W. Rostow, interview 2 (II), 1/9/1981, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • introduced quite explicitly the dangers of guerrilla warfare as a technique. There was a good deal of thought in that period about the inadequacies of the so-called Eisenhower great equation, that is to say, a preponderant reliance on the nuclear threat
  • Guerilla warfare, especially in countries with a lack of unity under a central government; difficulties opposing guerilla warfare tactics; President Eisenhower's policy toward developing countries and his role as a reluctant innovator; special
Oral history transcript, Bromley Smith, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • many of the Eisenhower years. Did Mr. Johnson participate in NSC affairs during that period? S: That I can't answer. I just didn't know of his activities as a Senator. M: Right. How about the staff work? Did staff work frequently get prepared
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, Phillip S. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 3/7/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • --a relatively brief period. The next one was the first Eisenhower Budget Director, Joe Dodge, banker; the next was Roland Hughes, a banker. We had an accounting era, Percy Brundage, Price-Waterhouse executive senior partner, something like
Oral history transcript, John W. Macy, interview 2 (II), 4/25/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • into the Eisenhower period of the 1950's. You were going to tell me about your appoint- ment to the Civil Service Commission. M: Yes. This was an interesting series of events that related to the transition between the Truman and Eisenhower administrations. As I
Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 3 (III), 9/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , and political standpoint. G: I wanted to ask you about the nature of bipartisanship under the Eisenhower Administration as it began in 1953. To what extent was it genuinely bipartisan? J: I think on foreign relations matters it was almost completely
  • More detailed recollections of the majority leadership; the Policy Committee; Wayne Morse; Robert Taft; nature of bipartisanship under Eisenhower Administration; William Knowland and Hawaii and Alaska statehood
Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1968, by William S. White (Item)
  • : In the Eisenhower Administration--during that time when he was leader on one side and you were leader on the other side--it has been commented many times--as you know, since Lyndon Johnson has been President--on foreign affairs President Eisenhower had been very
Oral history transcript, Robert Storey, interview 1 (I), 3/29/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • a number of times in Washington while he was a congressman. F: You were on the Civil Rights Commission. Of course that started under Eisenhower and continued under Kennedy, but Johnson as vice president had some concern with that. Did you work with him
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, Emanuel Celler, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • ://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 5 B: That .would have been the last year of Eisenhower's Administration. C
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 14 (XIV), 6/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Eisenhower or something, he would deliberately leave the leader's seat and go to the back of the chamber and take some desk there to make his speech opposing Eisenhower. The man was very rigid. Russell once said of him that he walks 1ike he thinks, or he
Folder, "January 30, 1968 - 6:04 p.m. Pueblo 12 - Senator Dirksen and Congressman Ford ," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • once served uncle r General Eisenhower in the White House. Now he serves with General Wheeler. General Goodpaster contacted General Eisenhower last week. The General was anJdous that his name not be used, stating that he was only think.ing out loud
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/23/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • , and then G o vern o r H a rris o n o f V irg in ia gave a little talk. Next G en era l B ra d ley h im s e lf, and then G en era l Eisenhow e r - and a ll day long, people r e fe r r e d to him as G en era l E is enhow er, not P re s id e n t Eisenhow e r
  • Dedication of the George Marshall Research Library; to Virginia Military Institute; ideas for LBJ Library; Lady Bird describes ceremony with speeches by Omar Bradley, Dwight Eisenhower and LBJ; dinner at the Fortases; Lady Bird mentions Abe Fortas
Folder, "[February-April 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • ~· MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT WITH HUGH SIDEY OF TIME MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 8, 1967 This was a general discussion on American involvement in Vietnam. The President said that President Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson had done everything possible
Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • as a member of the board of directors of the Tennessee Valley Authority--Mr. Eisenhower appointed me, I believe in June of 1959 after my defeat for Congress--when the appoi ntment came up for a vote the ~lajority Leader, Mr. Johnson, stood and said, "t4r
  • Biographical information; LBJ’s philosophy on leaks; Sam Rayburn; John Rankin insulting to all; Eisenhower appointed Hays to TVA in 1959; Fair Employment Practices Commission; Fulbright; Faubus and Arkansas Central High School fiasco; "Southern
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, Perle Mesta, interview 1 (I), 10/4/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • sentiments toward Lyndon Johnson? Johnson and President Roosevelt had early a sort of mutual admiration. Did you ever hear President Truman express himself for Lyndon Johnson? M: I can't remember. F: What about President Eisenhower? You've known them all
Oral history transcript, Walter W. Wilcox, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • policy? W: Well, of course it has. If you would put that question in terms of how does it differ from the Kennedy Administration or the Eisenhower Administration, then you can say something about it. B: Why not do it that way? W: As compared
Oral history transcript, Samuel Yorty, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • ; that the American people are courageous, they want courage, they're frustrated by seeing us unable to beat a little six-rate power. I told him that I thought he should communicate more with General Eisenhower, who had told me, he said, "Tell your friend Johnson
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/21/1968 (Item)
  • Califano - pl Larry Levinson 1:03p f 1:04p l:25p OFF 1:06 1:10p RECORD: General Robert L. Schulz to witness SIGNING of the Supplemental Appropriations Bill which contains money for the Eisenhower College --and the signing of a letter to General
Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • what he could do. I knew he was ambitious. I knew he was ambitious from the beginning. He always wanted to forge ahead. We were at the Chicago convention, and I think it was the occasion of the Lebanese landing. And President Eisenhower, right
  • ; Barkley; Rayburn-Johnson conversation regarding the Democratic nomination for president; LBJ's working relationship with Eisenhower; Rayburn; Civil Rights Act; Federal aid to education; Gerald Ford
Folder, "Johnson-Adenauer Discussion," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • reception from all the people., and inasmuch as Berlin was much larger than Bonn., the welcome would be even more overwhelming. He bad made the same drive from Wahn to Bonn in 1959 with President Eisenhower when there was the same picture of happy people
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/13/1966 (Item)
  • , 1966 Tuesday Ei Activity (inctude vt sited by) The President walked along the porch to the Oval Office w/ Sir Robert Menzies -' The Vice President He asked for a photographer to come up immediately. General Eisenhower's nurse--talked to General
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/16/1966 (Item)
  • Cater OFF RECORD: BenHeineman George Christian (pl) Mr. Christian asked that the President buzz txx him To Walter Reed Army Hospital via Kx automobile --to visit General Eisenhower President took him book "Capable of Honor" written by Allen Drury
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/9/1966 (Item)
  • route to the Cabinet Room the President asked for a compilation of all of his contacts with President Eisenhower on foreign policy matters. . . and matters. "Ask Bill Hopkins and Bromley Smith," said he. To Cabinet Room for NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/16/1966 (Item)
  • - re get up a report of his press conferences in w/ Presidents Kennedy and Eisenhower^ Henry Wilson (pl) MW (pl ) MW (pl) comparison Watching the news on TV and working his signing desk w/ vm Departed the White House alone -- and motored
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/8/1965 (Item)
  • e Freema n t Secretary Joh n Conno r 1 Director Kermi t Gordo n To the offic e receive d cal l fro m Genera l Eisenhowe r - - aske d McG . Bund y t o com e in w/ hi m als o an d talk o n it. The n asked Mr . Eugen e Blac k t o com e in fo r th e phon
Folder, "[January-March 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • people don't know how the other one-third live. (The President cited the health, education, social security budget increases of $19. 3 billion in 1961 to $23 billion in 1964, $42 billion in 1968 and a projected $47 billion in 1969. He said Eisenhower
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Eisenhower's campaign and didn't think he had any serious opposition. It surprised everybody, but money can talk. Now, I don't know, I'm going to buy up a bunch of these two dollar bills because I'm getting LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
Oral history transcript, Kermit Gordon, interview 1 (I), 12/16/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • the Eisenhower Administration, there were any number of involvements of the White House in critical wage negotiations. Vice President Nixon, for example, was heavily involved in the steel wage settlement of early 1960. But I think there was a degree
Oral history transcript, Drew Pearson, interview 1 (I), 4/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . I called him at that time--I gave him the nickname "Lyin' Down Lyndon" because he made two speeches for Adlai. And of course Adlai down in Texas was not very popular compared with Eisenhower. Eisenhower as the big man. He was pretty peeved at me
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
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 4, 3 January 1975," LBJ Library (Item)
  • , Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Johnson-joined with the Brookings Institution in sponsoring a majOI' symposium on a subject important to the Administrations of all four Presidents-wage-price policy. The idea for the multi-Library endeavor was proposed by Walt Rostow
Reference File, "Mrs. Johnson -White House Staff" (Item)
  • Kennedy, who made renovating the White House her cause, had about 40 people on staff, Cordery said. Eisenhower Library-Wichitopekington Blog October 5, 2009 Monday 12:14 PM EST Military historian to assess Abilenes influence on Eisenhower BYLINE: Dion
Reference File, "Mrs. Johnson -White House Staff" (Item)
  • Kennedy, who made renovating the White House her cause, had about 40 people on staff, Cordery said. Eisenhower Library-Wichitopekington Blog October 5, 2009 Monday 12:14 PM EST Military historian to assess Abilenes influence on Eisenhower BYLINE: Dion
Oral history transcript, Leverett Saltonstall, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : There was a report by Mr. Sprague who was, who expected to be, the Under Secretary of the Air, or the Assistant Secretary of the Air, under President Eisenhower, and that missed out because he could not get rid of his conflict of interest. So he never was appointed
  • and JFK Center for Performing Arts; Republican Policy Committee; Select Committee on Small Businesses; relationship with the President; arm twister; LBJ worked closely with Eisenhower; contact with LBJ as VP and President; RR dispute; social contact
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 13 (XIII), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • between Eisenhower and the Republican Party. Now, the Quemoy-Matsu thing was rather difficult because the conservatives in the Republican Party who normally would oppose Eisenhower in foreign policy were very strongly for defending Quemoy and Matsu
Oral history transcript, William B. Macomber, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/17/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • with him. The success of the Eisenhower relationship with Congress in foreign policy I always felt depended to a large degree on two things: One, the enormous confidence and respect Dulles had--that they had for Dulles up there. They felt Secretary
  • Contacts with LBJ; success of Eisenhower relationship with Congress in foreign policy; personal contact between Secretary Dulles and LBJ; AID bill; estimation of LBJ; formidable experience of talking to LBJ; Macomber never brought good news