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Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, too, But I took this year and my brother took the summer out, and we campaigned throughout the state of Missouri. As you know, that was an Eisenhower year even in Missouri. He carried the state by 30,000 votes; we carried it by maybe l50~000

Oral history transcript, Patricia Roberts Harris, interview 1 (I), 5/19/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

there was no woman on it. And of course this comment has been made with respect to the Nixon Administration. I'm not quite as critical as most people because on this issue nobody has done very well since President Eisenhower with Mrs. Hobby who, if you recall

Oral history transcript, Gerald N. McAllister, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

--at least the public sector of it--is by exercising political influence in one way or another. Actually, my father has only become active in politics--at least in the foreground, let's say--in recent years. He went under President Eisenhower. He

Oral history transcript, William DePuy, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 1 (I), 2/2/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

president would be a lousy press secretary for another. This is little understood. Jim Hagerty was the perfect press secretary for Ike Eisenhower. He wouldn't have lasted two days with LBJ. I would say that the perfect press secretary for LBJ was George

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 4 (IV), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the commanding general, you're Robert E. Lee or you're Dwight Eisenhower or some overall director of a huge enterprise, and suddenly you find that you have made a breakthrough on your right flank, you have achieved a huge success, or on your left flank, wherever

Oral history transcript, James P. Coleman, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, William G. Phillips, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a popular President Eisenhower, as far as philosophy and programs were concerned, vast numbers were also voting for Democratic alternatives as proposed by Adlai Stevenson. the party felt this way. At least the northern liberal wing of There was a very

Oral history transcript, Sherwin J. Markman, interview 1 (I), 5/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

David Bell was going to be on the platform introducing him-strongly attacking the President's Vietnam policy. You have to remember, Kennedy at that point had not attacked, previously attacked us. I called Marvin at the White House--this was at about

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

Johnson before you came into the White House? H: No, sir, I didn't run into him until I came down to Washington with President Eisenhower, which would have been in January of 1953. F: Right. How soon did you become aware of him? Do you have any clear
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, Thomas H. Kuchel, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

represented Eisenhower in the Eisenhower Administration although he fought General Eisenhower on some of the basic positions which Eisenhower had taken. He and Lyndon Johnson had a perfectly correct relationship. I was not at all intimate and I don't know how

Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: MILTON EISENHOWER (Tape #1) INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ F: More on LBJ Library oral histories
See all online interviews with Milton S. Eisenhower
Biographical information; FDR; LBJ's relationship with Eisenhower; invitation to LBJ to speak at Johns Hopkins; Senator Joseph McCarthy; Chamizal dispute; LBJ as civil rights leader; Latin American affairs; 1960 election; Dominican Crisis; Panama
Eisenhower, Milton Stover, 1899-1985
Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz
Milton S. Eisenhower

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

leader. But as you recall in the 1952 elections, while there had been quite an Eisenhower landslide, actually it didn't reflect in either the membership of the Senate [or] the House. the Senate. We had a very narrow margin in I believe it was a margin
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, George E. Reedy, interview 5 (V), 10/27/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, 1982 INTERVIEWEE: GEORGE E. REEDY INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Hyatt Regency Hotel, Dallas, Texas Tape 1 of 1 G: Let me start with a general question about 1953. Eisenhower Administration has come in. Of course, the I wanted
Senate activities and LBJ; the Eisenhower Administration, 1953

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

supersensitive about press releases about how the Democratic leadership should be fighting Eisenhower, and what I called the Joe Rauh-ADA-superliberal wing of the Democratic Party had entirely too much control of the personnel at the Democratic National Committee
Steve Mitchell; the oil business; drought relief; President Eisenhower; foreign aid; Chiang Kai-Shek; Bricker Amendment; Senator Walter George; Allan Shivers; the 1954 Senate election; Dixon-Yates controversy; Taft-Hartley amendments; Pat McCarran

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, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 2 (II), 5/6/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Eisenhower was asked about it at a press conference, and the fact was Ike didn't like the budget any better than Humphrey did. He said, well, he thought the budget probably ought to be cut, and he invited the Congress to go do that. That's also unheard
[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, Robert B. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 7/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

of Defense under the Truman Administration, who had been privy to all of the strategic plans of the Joint Chiefs up until the end of the Truman Administration, to come in and review the current plans of the Joint Chiefs of Staff under the Eisenhower

Oral history transcript, Toinette Bachelder, interview 1 (I), 2/11/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

counsel to the President since, except during the Eisenhower Administration. And in the Eisenhower Administration, I was in the LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID
Duties at the White House; Judge Rosenman; Eisenhower and Truman Administrations; Charlie Murphy; Bill Moyers; Joe Califano; meeting LBJ, 1935-1936; Johnson Presidential years; met FDR at Warm Springs, GA; Marvin McIntyre; Grace Tully; working

Oral history transcript, Andrew J. Goodpaster, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, General, lets talk very briefly about when you first met, , guess, Senator Johnson. G:
Meeting with LBJ; General Parsons; Bryce Harlow; comparison of Presidents; Arthur Larson; Sputnik, briefing during Eisenhower's illness; U-2 and Geneva Summit; missile gap; Dulles; Nixon's TR to South America; LBJ's TR to Berlin Wall as VP; JFK

Oral history transcript, E. Ross Adair, interview 1 (I), 3/12/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. Johnson's relationship with General Eisenhower? A: I know something of that, and I think they were relations of mutual respect. Now, when I say I know something about it, on some occasions --and I cannot be more specific than that--on matters relating
Biographical information; early impressions of LBJ; LBJ's relationship with Sam Rayburn; LBJ and foreign policy in the Eisenhower Administration; LBJ as majority leader; the 1960 election; the JFK legislative program; Gulf of Tonkin Resolution

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, Charles A. Halleck, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh During Mr. Johnson's years in the Senate, particularly during the Eisenhower years, you were, I know, very close to President Eisenhower. What
First impressions of LBJ; legislative accomplishments as President; opinions on the Vietnam War; similarity between LBJ as a Senate leader and Halleck as a House leader; friendship with LBJ; LBJ and Eisenhower; LBJ and the vice presidency; LBJ

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 4 (IV), 1/28/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

: I know he stayed at the Ranch the weekend before while he was preparing for that, and he stopped at President Eisenhower's home on the way in Palm Desert. Do you remember that? J: Well, I remember--was that when we played golf with Eisenhower? G

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 50 (L), 7/19/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

like Little Rock and Eisenhower. He was very conscious of what he would perceive to be the mistakes that other presidents had made; sometimes mistakes you can only see from hindsight. In Little Rock, Eisenhower sent in troops to enforce a federal court

Oral history transcript, Steve Martini, interview 1 (I), 12/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

trimmed, which he was more fussy about than anything else. So as it turned out this young captain went in with the Secretary of War's office and then was assigned to General Eisenhower. He left the Pentagon and went over to the European Theater, and when

Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Sen. Russell Long--I--4 point to me. developed. When the Tidelands bill was pending, a filibuster Senator Taft got disgusted, and he felt that Eisenhower was being crucified

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 8 (VIII), 11/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

perceive the administration in this respect? Did he perceive them as being small-minded or myopic? M: I think so. I think he did. At the same time, you have, I believe, his very complex view of Eisenhower. I think he regarded Eisenhower as a man who

Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

would do a little arm-twisting, but not so much on the Republican side. If he did it, it was more to get enough Democrats added to the Republican forces to win the day. M: What were his relations with President Eisenhower? Mundt: Pretty good. He
First meeting LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; 1948 Mundt-Nixon proposal; Joe McCarthy; USIA; Smith-Mundt Act of 1948; Arthur Larson; LBJ’s support of Eisenhower-Nixon-Dulles foreign policy; Quemay-Matsu-Pescadores problem; Russia détente

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 12 (XII), 4/25/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and support Eisenhower. J: Yes. G: How much pressure did he have from people like Murchison to do just that? J: He had a little pressure, because some of his friends like Sid Richardson had been active in getting Eisenhower to run, and Murchison
Observations from 1952-1953; the Smithwick suicide; LBJ’s membership on the Joint Committee on Atomic Energy; Texas backing of Eisenhower for president; the Bricker Amendment; LBJ and the White House liaison staff; LBJ and the Democratic National

Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 2 (II), 12/6/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in my campaign. Some of them were divided between Eisenhower and Stevenson. G: Had the AMA in Kentucky told you before the vote that if you didn't vote their way on it, that they would oppose you? C: Oh, no. No. They're smarter than that. They're

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, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and Senator Russell came in--this was during the Eisenhower days--and asked him, "Bob, how are you going to vote on this Don Paarlberg going to be assistant secretary of agriculture?" The Senator said, "I guess I'm going to vote for him, Dick. Why?" Well, he
; LBJ's 1955 heart attack; LBJ and Kerr's dealings with Senator Joseph McCarthy; Reynolds' post-presidential visit to the LBJ Ranch with Bill Kerr; Eisenhower's responsibility for U.S. involvement in Vietnam; LBJ as vice president.

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, 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, Sid Davis, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

14, 1959. They told me before I got to Washington that Khrushchev was coming to visit Eisenhower, who was then president and that they were going to send me out with Khrushchev. They gave me about three weeks' notice--I had been hired about

Oral history transcript, Elliot Richardson, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

as the Eisenhower Administration was coming into office. It was of course the last interval in which the Republicans controlled the Senate. Saltonstall was the Chairman of the Armed Services Committee. Senator Johnson was a member of the Committee. He had been

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

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