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Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1954" (Item)

/5 LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) and CTJ (Lady Bird Johnson) are already in Washington at the beginning of the year. LBJ and other Democratic and Republican legislative leaders meet with Eisenhower at the White House to discuss Eisenhower’s State of the Union

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

President's Daily Diary entry, 8/2/1968 (Item)

Jones mf Dr. William Lukash Yoichi Okamoto Tom Johnson and Yuki down at Walter Reed Hospital -the President and Mrs. Johnson departed the helo site in a car... en route visit to General Dwight Eisenhower t^*" Frances 12:10p Wheels ~7 " - . briefly

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/3/1966 (Item)

. Katzenbach, and Katzenbach daughter Anne where the President had LUNCH as his guests sat with him in the room and visited with him President Dwight Eisenhower - Gettysburg, Pa. (b.5) to today concerning the winning of the war in VietNam explain his

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 60, 1 June 1995," LBJ Library (Item)

in the short run the war in Vietnam was certainly won by the Communists. they did not con quer Southeast Asia. Winston Churchill suggested SEATO to Dwight Eisenhower in 1953 .. The Kennedy administration inherited SEATO Plan 5. a plan for defending all

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

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 68, 1 May 1998," LBJ Library (Item)

, he said, could be "eas ily stated: Why didn't we take Berlin ahead of the Soviets?" But "the answers" he maintained, "are far from easy. Although a single person !General Dwight D. Eisenhowerj was responsible for leaving Berlin to the Soviets, he had

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

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/17/1966 (Item)

Johnston, Logan T. , Chairman, Armco Steel Corp Joyce, Dwight P. , Chairman, The Glidden Co. Keim, Robert P. , President-elect, the Advertising Council, Inc. Kendall, Donald M. , President, Pepsi Co. , Inc. Sx Kenyon. Robert E. , Jr. , Exec VP, Magazine

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.

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 33, 15 March 1985," LBJ Library (Item)

Roosevelt. (Below) Ronald Reagan with Nixon, Ford and Carter, October 8, 1981 (Right) WASHING10N, Jan. 20--THE SITUA TION DRAWS MIXED REACTIONS-Outgoing President Harry Truman, at right, and Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower, in center, appear to be sharing a joke

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

Reference File, "Camp David" (Item)

it "ShangriLa," for the mountain kingdom in Lost Horizon, the 1933 novel by James Hilton. It was renamed in 1953 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in honor of his then-five-year-oldgrandson, Dwight David Eisenhower II. Over the years, Roosevelt's successors

Reference File, "Camp David" (Item)

it "ShangriLa," for the mountain kingdom in Lost Horizon, the 1933 novel by James Hilton. It was renamed in 1953 by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in honor of his then-five-year-oldgrandson, Dwight David Eisenhower II. Over the years, Roosevelt's successors

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

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 6, 18 July 1975," LBJ Library (Item)

for a variety of national security offices directed by such well known figures as Dwight Eisenhower, George Marshall, Nelson Rockefeller, Averell Harriman, and Walt Rostow. In 1961, she began working for Rostow, then Deputy Special Assistant to President Kennedy

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/8/1966 (Item)

, Director, Legislation and Research. National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn. , Washington, PALMER, Dwight R. G., Commissioner, State Highway Dept, of New Jersey. Trenton. NJ PARKHOUSE, A. Russell, President, Montgomery County Commissioners. Norristown, Pa

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

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/15/1966 (Item)

Service"by President Dwight D. Eisenhower on March 7, 1960.

President's Daily Diary entry, 9/16/1965 (Item)

Eisenhower ar e Honorar y Co - Chairmen. The President' s audienc e include d 250 0 lawyers , 16 0 high court s judge s (includin g 71 who are Chie f Justices ) from lll nation s NOMINATION SEN T T O TH E SENATE O N SEPT 1 6 - To m Lilley , o f Wes t

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

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 39, 15 February 1987," LBJ Library (Item)

The Eisenhowers: Famous Family Reminiscences Da,id Eisenhower. grand son of Dwight D. Eisen hower. discussed hi!i work, Eisenl,ower at War, an ac count of his grandfather's command of the allied ex peditionary forces in Eng land in World \.\'ar II. \\hat I mi

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

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 32, 1 November 1984," LBJ Library (Item)

.-.omeother re ent acqu1s1tions Three of the pieces-the drawing of oodrow Wilson the pamting by Dwighl D. Eisenhower and the wood engraving of Martin Luther King were donate by Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Temple. The others were acquired by the LBJ Foundatio

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 38, 20 October 1986," LBJ Library (Item)

personalities depicted are Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard Nixon, Barry oldwater, George Bush and George Wallace. Although the ollectior will require time for reservation and cataloging before becoming available for r search, it 1s

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 71, 30 April 1999," LBJ Library (Item)

that one frantic guest captured on his film An ebullient Dwight D. Eisenhower, Athens, Greece, 1952. Photo cour tesy of Peter Smith, Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center Turkish cavalry in the snow, 1948. Photo courtesy of Peter Smith, Harry Ransom

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

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 9, 6 September 1976," LBJ Library (Item)

tclphonecalls and large amounts of correspondence, mak it impossible presently lo assign one archivist exclusively lo one resident or visiting researcher. By contrast, the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library sent me on my last trip several ingle-spaced

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.

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