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Oral history transcript, Eugene R. Black, interview 1 (I), 6/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

? This is not a continuation of the Kennedy That was headed by--was it Clay? B: Clay was back in the Eisenhower Administration . M: Clear back that far. B: Right. I was on that committee too. Anyway, I served on this committee, and this committee had frequent

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on that disability issue. I think that was during Eisenhower's presidency, as I recollect. G: Right, 1956. H: We didn't have any support for lowering of the age for disability from the administration, and we had lots of opposition from the Republican leadership

Oral history transcript, Robert H. Finch, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and President [Richard] Nixon during LBJ's retirement. F: Well, obviously this ignores the striking earlier history between the two going back to the Eisenhower years, but Johnson made it a point with the [1968] election barely over--we were in New York

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 6 (VI), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

," and I said, For some reason he didn't want to go for Stevenson, must have been Texas. Texas was all Eisenhower. So he didn't do it. [He] saw Stevenson and said he thought he was going to get the nomination, LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, C.R. Smith, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. I saw Mr. Johnson probably one or two or three times a year. B: Weren't you fairly close to President Eisenhower when Mr. Johnson was Senate Majority Leader? S: I was never really close to Mr. Eisenhower. well. I knew him fairly I saw him twice

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 3 (III), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Republicans. So Russell, he also wanted to be president and he thought, of the people he knew, Truman and [Robert] Taft and Eisenhower and all these people, that he was by far the ablest one of all of them, and he was a very able fellow. But he missed

Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 3 (III), 1/11/1984, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

that wonderful story I think that you've probably heard, about the secretary during the Eisenhower Administration who talked to you and then sent his aide out to check your facts, and he ended up checking Mary Lasker's fact book because it was the one thing

Oral history transcript, Frank Denius, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1968, by Paul Bolton (Item)

approved a mear.s by which Texas De~ocrats could vote for the Republican nominee. FD: sir. That was 1952 and you recall a. rather heatec. Yes I election between the late Adlai Stevenson and then General Eisenhower and we had ..... we'd had

Oral history transcript, C. Douglas Dillon, interview 1 (I), 6/29/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the Kennedy Administration as well. In the Eisenhower Administration you served as Ambas sador to France for a number of years and then as Undersecretary of State for Economic Affairs and as Undersecretary of State in the late 1950 1 s. During the period
Appointment as Secretary; relationship with LBJ during Eisenhower administration; State Department Appropriation Bill and Foreign Aid Bill in 1959 and 1960; LBJ's role as VP; Cuban Missile Crisis; differences between LBJ and JFK; budget; balance

Oral history transcript, Donald A. Williams, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the Eisenhower Administration in 1953 as you suggest, I've served under three Presidents, as you indicate: Johnson. President Eisenhower, President Kennedy and President So from a practical sense it is a non-political or non-partisan appointment. B: Do you

Oral history transcript, A. Phillip Randolph, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

contact, too, with President Eisenhower. President Eisenhower was friendly to the plight of the Negro, but he was not dynamic with respect to doing anything about it. B: Did you ever present President Eisenhower with a specific case, as you described
on open housing legislation; MLK; conference with Truman on discrimination in armed forces; JFK and discrimination in armed forces; Eisenhower and civil rights, black separatism and militancy; civil rights movement today

Oral history transcript, Clifford P. Case, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

himself as being able to support President Eisenhower more often than some members of his own party in the Senate. Was this the case? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
Association with LBJ; Senate; McCarthyism; impressions of LBJ; Johnson leadership; relationship with William Knowland; techniques; timing; LBJ temper; space program; relations with Eisenhower; Nixon and Dirksen; Lewis Strauss nomination; 1957 civil

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

the detailed maneuvering that was going on. B: In 1952 you said you managed Stevenson's campaign in Texas? H: No, Mr. Rayburn was the manager. The state officials, except for John White, either supported Eisenhower as [Allan] Shivers and Price Daniel did

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 3 (III), 1/17/89, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

signatures I took the whole list, photostats of it, in a wheelbarrow into the White House and presented them to [Dwight] Eisenhower, changed our name to Committee of a Million against admission of Communist China to the United Nations until she'll qualify
system; Eisenhower's World War II experience and how it shaped his views on China; failed American efforts to advise and train Chiang Kai-shek and his troops; why General George C. Marshall failed in regard to China; Judd's ideas on briefing the American

Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of his leadership, he had to be. He was leader in the Senate mostly during the time that President Eisenhower, a Republican, was in the White House. And I think, and I'm sure you'd find many sources more reliable than I in that regard, as I recall

Oral history transcript, Eilene M. Galloway, interview 1 (I), 5/18/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Research Project Agency and transferred ten million dollars supplemental money so that that could be going on at the same time we were working on the NASA act. So then the President sent up--well, the President, you know, in the beginning Eisenhower

Oral history transcript, Bascom Timmons, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

then. Oh, he would give you a tip on something if you'd run into him, but he had come that far along in his leadership that he had to treat everybody fairly, treat everybody the same. M: What did you think of his cooperation with Eisenhower? T: He
as a Congressman; McCarthy hearings; LBJ’s cooperation with Eisenhower; rating LBJ as a Senator and Majority Leader; Timmons’ Conventions Record; Democratic and Republican conventions; LBJ and 1960 campaign; Barry Goldwater; “Trial Balloons;” LBJ’s high standing

Oral history transcript, Carl Hayden, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it, H: were you active in getting that passed? Yes I introduced the bill over here and worked for it very hard and very glad to see it constructed. Went up there when it was dedicated. F: Now this was passed during the Eisenhower years, H: Yes
Project Bill; Bureau of the Budget; J. Edgar Hoover; LBJ-Eisenhower relationship; 1956 campaign; VP nomination; Ernest McFarland; cloture rule; Federal Highway Department; Indian affairs; Goldwater family; Hayden's father

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Manifesto? M: Well. we used that name. It was largely because we felt a kind of passivity towards Eisenhower, an acceptance of whatever Eisenhower [wanted], as though we were going to run it out. We thought there LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

again. Mc Senator, how would you describe Mr. Johnson's relationship with Eisenhower? M: I think they enjoyed, because they were fellow Texans, a compatico position that has rarely been enjoyed by a President with a Majority Leader, which he
Biographical information; association with LBJ; Rayburn; Board of Education meetings; impression of LBJ; political reputation and closest associates; relationships of LBJ with FDR, Eisenhower and Truman; NYA; wartime price control legislation

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 2 (II), 2/26/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

know, we were running against Eisenhower, and it was pretty much an uphill race. It was quite difficult to even get speakers to represent the Democratic position, particularly to try to educate and elevate the people of this country to accept him

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 7 (VII), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

there, it was about time to open up the whole atomic energy process to private develop ment. And it was time, there's no question about that. Up to that point it had been solely and simply a military project. Now, Eisenhower sent up a bill which to the liberals

Oral history transcript, Omar Burleson, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

while you were on the Committee and when he was leader of the Senate, do you recall President Johnson--then Senator Johnson--playing any major role in foreign affairs while Mr . Eisenhower was President? B: No, except he cooperated with President

Oral history transcript, Roland Bibolet, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was very bombastic, of the times with him ; he was running with and he was running against Truman . and he Eisenhower I think really what defeated McFarland was the absolute opposition Phoenix . soon of the two daily papers It was sort of a pre
personality and his staff; LBJ and Knowland; later contacts with LBJ; Republican senators; the Policy Committee; dealings with Eisenhower Administration; LBJ's attitude toward Joseph McCarthy; LBJ's legislative techniques

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, that actually all Johnson was doing in Texas was fighting a rear guard action to prevent the loss from being too great. God, you couldn't have beaten Eisenhower in Texas. He was born there for one thing. G: Johnson seems to have tried to deflect attention

Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, practically all of the progressive Bills were supported by the three of us. B: During the Eisenhower years, sir, do you remember any conscious attempt to sort of mute partisanship during the years of a Republican President and a Democratic C ongres s when you
of partisanship during Eisenhower years; supported JFK-LBJ ticket; JFK’s Catholicism; JFK’s rapport with Congress; personal relationship with JFK; LBJ as VP; JFK-LBJ relationship; JFK assassination; Secret Service protection; arrangements with LBJ should McCormack

Oral history transcript, Walter Judd, interview 1 (I), 1/17/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

signatures I took the whole list, photostats of it, in a wheelbarrow into the White House and presented them to [Dwight] Eisenhower, changed our name to Committee of a Million against admission of Communist China to the United Nations until she'll qualify

Oral history transcript, James Roosevelt, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

-- 13 well committed to that and knew that he had taken positions that were pretty difficult maybe politically to sustain, considering where he came from. G: I wonder if his cooperation with President [Dwight] Eisenhower disturbed her during the 1950s
minimum wage; the work of congressional liaisons under Presidents Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, and LBJ; the expansion of the Rules Committee; Roosevelt's trip with LBJ to Adlai Stevenson's funeral; Roosevelt leaving Congress to work with Ambassador

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

adding to a total of twenty years. F: Also, you had the feeling that if Mr. Eisenhower could get past the Republican nominating convention you had a pretty powerful candidate. C: That may have been a little too early for that, I'm not sure his name
with Congressman Johnson; discussions with LBJ of governmental problems during the Eisenhower years; Senator McCarthy; friendship with LBJ, 1954-1960; 1957 Civil Rights Act; advised LBJ on inflation; LBJ’s leadership; effect of 1960 support of Senator Symington

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 2 (II), 7/23/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the earlier aura of volunteerism and the whole idea of conciliation agreements which had surrounded the Eisenhower committee. There had never been a real, hard compliance line drawn prior to this Kennedy President's committee. Prior to that time, nobody

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of the Women's National Press Club and because he was very proud of that, I think--the girl from Texas who had that job--and so- F: When were you head of the Women's National Press Club? C: I believe it was 1956. Was that an Eisenhower year? 4 LBJ
First meeting Lady Bird; worked for Esther Van Wagoner Tufty; her wedding; presentation of calf from LBJ and Rayburn to President Eisenhower; ready access; LBJ’s willingness to share credit with local Congressmen whenever a story broke; two real

Oral history transcript, Grace Tully, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a secretary, you know, I don't know whether President Johnson does, but I think President Eisenhower started that--the secretary. And I think since then, there has been some record of what went on in the Cabinet. But I know there was nothing like

Oral history transcript, Theodore Hesburgh, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

/show/loh/oh 2 inception in 1957, so that means you served through now four presidents. H: That's right, all four. M: Did Mr. Johnson use the Civil Rights Commission any differently from either President Eisenhower or Kennedy, or for that matter

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

recall this in connection with the Congress that came in in 1955 . You know, in 1954 we had the Congress that Eisenhower had brought in with him . That's the reason that Johnson was minority leader instead of majority leader in that Congress, which

Oral history transcript, William Proxmire, interview 1 (I), 2/4/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

afraid of him? P: Oh, yes. (Interruption) --and he could be very arbitrary. G: But he didn't retaliate against you? P: No, partly because it was 1959 that we had this thing. In 1960 the presidency became available with Eisenhower retiring, and I
Rights Bill; impressions of Wayne Morse; LBJ's sources of power; counting votes; LBJ and Eisenhower; Alaska-Hawaii statehood; Harris-Fulbright natural gas bill; views on support of education; issue of regulation of electronic media; unemployment

Oral history transcript, J. Russell Wiggins, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

and back. M: Right. W: Then there followed an intimate access period which I think he -' probably overdid. Then he kind of tapered off that period. always had a good press. Eisenhower Eisenhower was never on a first name basis with anybody

Oral history transcript, Antonio Carrillo-Flores, interview 1 (I), 7/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

by thenPresident Eisenhower to fly with him to meet President L6pez Mateos in Acapulco. It was in February, 1959. And President Eisenhower invited also Senator Johnson to fly with him, not throughout Mexico, but from Washington to Austin, to an air force base

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, Richard Bolling and Jim Grant Bolling, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

helped--not only helped, hell, he did it--turn the press around--it was beginning to go against us, he turned it around--but he also figured out how to get to Eisenhower through Knowland . That's the only reason we ever got that bill compromised

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