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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, Donald J. Cronin, interview 5 (V), 3/14/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

think Dwight Eisenhower, while he didn't really give much impetus to this thing, he started the show going. He started the issue; at least he put it on the front burner where people could see it. And then the blacks--and I don't blame them a bit

Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

." And Dwight Eisenhower was a Republican and became the Republican nominee and promised that he would support the state ownership. Texas wasn't the only state involved. All the coastal states had--nearly all of them had; all of the Gulf Coastal states, and I
Texas tideland issues in the 1950s; cross-filing, which allowed Democrats to support Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election; Allan Shivers' support for Republicans; LBJ's and Sam Rayburn's devotion to the Democratic Party; John Tower's

Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and he was quite an interesting, complicated person. He admired other presidents. He loved to talk about Truman and he talked a lot about Roosevelt. He spoke admiringly of Eisenhower and their relationship. I was present many times when he would talk
in Selma, Alabama, and George Wallace; LBJ's commitment to civil rights issues; Davis visiting the White House; LBJ's openness with the press and problems that arose from his openness; LBJ and gift giving; President Dwight Eisenhower; LBJ's optimism

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 10 (X), 10/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

fly down? J: I remember we stopped off in Maxwel 1 Field on the way back and picked up--Symington said we got a hitchhiker, and the hitchhiker was Dwight Eisenhower. G: Really? J: Yes. Is that right? It was the first time I had ever met him
Reminiscences from 1950-1952; LBJ’s Texas trips; Eisenhower; the gas bill; Donald Cook; Korea; the Preparedness Committee; election as Democratic whip; the Douglas MacArthur firing; Jenkins’ campaign for Congress; death of Alvin Wirtz; acquiring

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 1 (Ia), 12/12/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

that the Administration itself--the Eisenhower Administration--was not aware of just what they were proposing with that Title III; there were some pecu liarities in the indexing of laws that made it very difficult to find out exactly what Title III meant--they weren't

Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 3 (III), 3/3/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

on to 1948. Do you know who LBJ backed in the 1948 presidential election? Was he for Truman? I know [Alvin] Wirtz wanted Eisenhower to run for the Democrats. W: Lyndon was for Eisenhower. G: You think he was? W: I know definitely. G: Yes. What did he
A.W. Moursund's 1946 district attorney campaign; the death of Mrs. Johnson's Aunt Effie Pattillo; LBJ supporting Dwight Eisenhower in the 1948 presidential election; LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate campaign against Coke Stevenson; Winters' offer to shear

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, Roy Wilkins, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

president in the United States that we have ever had. Of all of our presidents, his Administration is outstanding. Whereas one president might boast of one piece of legislation, or another president might boast as our beloved Dwight Eisenhower did

Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 1 (I), 3/9/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)

because they were a distraction. I never had any difficulty in making friends with the fair sex as you might call them. I thought that people who say it is good for you to rub elbows with a girl, I'd rather hold her hand. C: At one time there was Dwight
to Hawaii; religion at Yale; Von Holt’s knowledge of Hawaiian; Bunker family history; Ellsworth Bunker’s personality; Von Holt’s involvement with the University and Pacific Clubs; military service; Dwight Eisenhower; George Patton; VonHolt family ranches

Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)

because they were a distraction. I never had any difficulty in making friends with the fair sex as you might call them. I thought that people who say it is good for you to rub elbows with a girl, I'd rather hold her hand. C: At one time there was Dwight
to Hawaii; religion at Yale; Von Holt’s knowledge of Hawaiian; Bunker family history; Ellsworth Bunker’s personality; Von Holt’s involvement with the University and Pacific Clubs; military service; Dwight Eisenhower; George Patton; VonHolt family ranches

Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 3 (III), 3/11/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)

because they were a distraction. I never had any difficulty in making friends with the fair sex as you might call them. I thought that people who say it is good for you to rub elbows with a girl, I'd rather hold her hand. C: At one time there was Dwight
to Hawaii; religion at Yale; Von Holt’s knowledge of Hawaiian; Bunker family history; Ellsworth Bunker’s personality; Von Holt’s involvement with the University and Pacific Clubs; military service; Dwight Eisenhower; George Patton; VonHolt family ranches

Oral history transcript, Herman Von Holt, interview 4 (IV), 3/12/1987, by Michaelyn Chou (Item)

because they were a distraction. I never had any difficulty in making friends with the fair sex as you might call them. I thought that people who say it is good for you to rub elbows with a girl, I'd rather hold her hand. C: At one time there was Dwight
to Hawaii; religion at Yale; Von Holt’s knowledge of Hawaiian; Bunker family history; Ellsworth Bunker’s personality; Von Holt’s involvement with the University and Pacific Clubs; military service; Dwight Eisenhower; George Patton; VonHolt family ranches

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 43, September 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

are a part? •I . i I •• "The Sena.te also had to face this issue in giving its consent to the network 0£ treaties which are the bash for such order as we have in this dangeroue and disorderly world. specifically "And that ie the question to which Dwight

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/25/1967 (Item)

Ambassador Senator 10:21pm ~t I ~\~~ ~ ~ Senator , _ __^ , _ 10:49pm t Secy "- , "", , Dwight D. Eisenhower __™_______________™______~__ Arthur Goldberg ____________ _ _____„_ Mike Mansfield ____„___ J. W. Fulbright ~ Everet t Dirksen "" Robert

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 11, 24 January 1978," LBJ Library (Item)

to the public as offi cial souvenirs. For the next 15 years, however, they were sold almost at cost; little profit was expected. Dwight Eisenhower's inaugural committee was the first to sell medals on a large scale - over 25,000 were sold in bronze alone

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 22, 15 May 1981," LBJ Library (Item)

and the problems involve that has in any way approached the significance of the P ley Commis- PllDelblSDon Price, C. GirardDavichon, llDdCraufurdD. Goodwin Eisenhower Administration. When Eisenhower was being pressured to impose controls in order to support

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 72, January 2000," LBJ Library (Item)

in the world. As he often did, Harry Truman put it most pungently when he called the White House "the crown jewel in the penal system." He advised his successor, Dwight Eisenhower, "If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog." Thomas told a packed LBJ

Reference File, "Cooks / Chefs" (Item)

and hors d'oeuvres featured in the collection of roughly 270 recipes. From FDR to George W. Bush, Hanny leads readers through the bowels of presidential administrations, detailing everything from the elaborate six-course meals for which Dwight D. Eisenhower

Reference File, "Cooks / Chefs" (Item)

and hors d'oeuvres featured in the collection of roughly 270 recipes. From FDR to George W. Bush, Hanny leads readers through the bowels of presidential administrations, detailing everything from the elaborate six-course meals for which Dwight D. Eisenhower

Oral history transcript, Richard E. Neustadt, interview 1 (I), undated, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, of McNamara, George Ball, even of Dean Acheson a little bit--and that famous exchange, "Now take Dean here, the man who got us into the Korean War, couldn't get us out, and had to call in Dwight Eisenhower to do it for him!" M: N: There are a small number

Oral history transcript, Ben Barnes, interview 1 (I), 6/28/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

probably done a better job of staying out of politics and staying out of taking public positions than any man that has ever retired from the office of the presidency in the history.. came out and endorsed everybody in the country. Harry Truman Dwight

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 17, 15 August 1979," LBJ Library (Item)

on Erwin\ nght are Henry row/er and Lew Wasserman. Library Names New Chief Archivist Christina Lawson John Wickman, D,recwr of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, spoke at th Library tn May lO a University of Texas group, joined together

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 36, 15 February 1986," LBJ Library (Item)

Harry Truman, Dwight Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon Johnson w re always the bearers of good news. A President in those days seeing on his appointment calen dar that he had an appointment with his economist knew they w r corning in to discuss

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 52, 15 April 1992," LBJ Library (Item)

by General Dwight D. Eisenhower (left) and the compass used in the North African cam paign by German Field Marshall Erwin Rommel. (right) 8 time the whole dramatic panoply of World War II will be presented in one display." General Bowell's speech is sched

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 1 (I), 4/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

, "the President's man." That's the title of a book, or almost [The President's Men: White House Assistants of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Harry S. Truman, Dwight D. Eisenhower, John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson by Patrick Anderson]. How do those books get written

Folder, "Politics - 1952," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)

their 1952 convention-convened in the same vast, air-conditioned Chicago audi torium where the Republicans nominated Dwight D. Eisenhower for the presidency 10 d4ys earlier. They said sessions would start on time, speeches would be brief. Everybody

Oral history transcript, Robert Short, interview 1 (I), 8/22/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

envy Dwight Eisenhower his status as a former president of these United States." Now, this is before he had ever announced publicly he was not going to run. F: Yes. S: And Humphrey was there. I've got a picture of that meeting, and hell, I can
in the 1964 campaign; Humphrey's loyalty to LBJ; LBJ's popularity in Minnesota; JFK's assassination and the fear that more tragedy would follow; the likelihood that LBJ would run for re-election in 1968; LBJ's admiration of Dwight Eisenhower's life

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 42 (XLII), 11/5/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

and important Charles de Gaulle, and Mrs. de Gaulle, having a party at the French Embassy in honor of President and Mrs. [Dwight] Eisenhower, to which, by reasons of position, Lyndon and I went, with my eyes out on stems and taking it all in. And the Woman's
in Austin; LBJ's ambivalence about becoming a presidential candidate in 1960; LBJ's opinion of Mormons; Perle Mesta; the Johnsons' opinion of Charles de Gaulle; false rumors that Mamie Eisenhower was an alcoholic; Mamie Eisenhower's interests and personality

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 41 (XLI), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

office played a big part in our lives. I just really cannot overemphasize how much Lyndon loved the Senate and being majority leader. And I know he could see in the changing situation--[Dwight] Eisenhower going out of office--who would the next president

Oral history transcript, William H. Darden, interview 2 (II), 3/27/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in the 1950s, General [Dwight D.] Eisenhower sent to Congress some legislative proposals, one including some economic aid for Middle Eastern countries, and there was considerable controversy about the economic aid and reluctance to grant it. And Senator Johnson

Oral history transcript, Henry H. Fowler, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

9 F: No, not in any meaningful personal way, only in large public gatherings. M: How about people, say, Dwight Eisenhower or major personnel? F: Same thing. Naturally I worked very closely with the chiefs of our Mission who were Mr. Philip

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 77, March 2002," LBJ Library (Item)

, Beschloss stated. "[IJt's almost a rule of thumb that each time a president\ ... papers are opened, it almost always causes his reputation to go up .... Dwight Eisenhower is a marvelou example of this .... " 'Should the libraries be centers of debate

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, Jake Jacobsen, interview 2 (II), 6/7/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to that first one. G: Okay. You did go to Camp David during that. J: The first time he went to Camp David after I came on board he asked me to come with him. Again, I had read so much about Camp David when Eisenhower was president, and all the names
admiration for Dwight Eisenhower; LBJ's interest in space; Jim Webb; Jacobsen's opinion of Eric Goldman; LBJ's failure to get the appreciation or cooperation of people in the arts; the 1965 White House Festival of the Arts; Vietnam in 1965; LBJ's view

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 40 (XL), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

. Her's death occurred in her puppyhood. Him lived on for a long time. M: In January the name Lewis Strauss comes up, because President [Dwight] Eisenhower 6 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

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, A.M. "Sandy" Keith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1979, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

House; [Dwight] Eisenhower was in his final year. The old judge died, a very famous judge, a court of appeals judge which operates, in our district, out of St. Louis, and the Republicans sent up a number of names which the two senators turned down

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 43 (XLIII), 1/23/1996, by Harry Middleton (Item)

to the same party, according to Lyndon's beliefs you should be a loyal. You should try to do the president's bidding to carry his wood and water, and Lyndon would no longer be in that ideal position he had been in with [Dwight] Eisenhower where he could

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/17/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)

Breakfast with LBJ; dress fittings; recording diary; arrival ceremony for Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore; Prime Minister Yew gives speech; new Dwight Eisenhower portrait for the White House; lunch with Lynda Johnson; Lynda meets ladies

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