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Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 2 (II), 12/6/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • made a difference. G: Can I ask you about the Lewis Strauss nomination, when he was [nominated for] secretary of commerce? This was in 1959. C: Yes, sir. Now, I was not in the Senate as a member, but Lyndon and a lot of other members wanted me
  • Amendment in 1957; Lewis Strauss' nomination for Secretary of Commerce; Interstate Highway Bill; role of Whip in Senate
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 3 (III), 12/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • nomination was that of Lewis Strauss. C: Strauss, as I remember, was AEC chairman? G: Yes. Atomic Energy Commission. C: And Senator Hill took a large share of the credit for defeating Strauss, and I think he probably did. Hill never went
  • a minority to filibuster legislation or a nomination supported by the majority and LBJ's interpretation of the rule; military bases in the South; Cronin's view of Wayne Morse; Claire Booth Luce's and Lewis Strauss' nominations; working with Margaret Chase
Oral history transcript, Jacob Javits, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . Let me ask you about several areas of legislative activity. J: Right. G: First, the Lewis Strauss nomination, a very close vote. J: Right. G: Do you recall how LBJ was able to secure that vote against Mr. Strauss? J: I think the combination
  • Javits’ assessment of LBJ’s work in Congress; LBJ’s power in Congress; LBJ rewarding his supporters; comparison of LBJ and Bill Knowland and Everett Dirksen; the Lewis Strauss nomination; bills related to the Supreme Court; 1957 Civil Rights Act
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 9 (IX), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • McPherson -- IX -- 13 G: Or Johnson's reaction to it? M: No, I don't. What I do remember very distinctly is the work--and I think I wrote about this in my book--on this Admiral Strauss nomination. G: Lewis Strauss. M: You'll find in the Library
Oral history transcript, Bourke B. Hickenlooper, interview 1 (I), 9/19/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , with atomic explosives. M: In that regard, some of the leaders of the Atomic Energy Commission during the Eisenhower years, Mr. [Lewis] Strauss and later, Mr. [John] McCone were generally believed to be opposed to agreements with the Soviet Union banning
  • LBJ as Senator; Atomic Energy Control Bill; LBJ and space program; LBJ and foreign policy during 1950s; LBJ and Foreign Relations Committee; LBJ’s foreign policy; Atomic Energy Policy; Test Ban Treaty; Lewis Strauss; LBJ and JFK people; Dominican
Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Labor Relations Board and the Lewis Strauss nomination. Do you remember the maneuvering involved in Johnson's efforts on those? L: It seemed to me that Lyndon always had a working arrangement or some 3 LBJ Presidential Library http
  • Social Security Act Amendment; Minimum Wage bill 1955; Arthur Beeson nomination to NLRB; Lewis Strauss nomination; Bricker Amendment; jury trial amendment; Hell's Canyon dam; Bill Knowland; 1957 Civil Rights Bill
Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 3 (III), 6/21/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the Lewis Strauss nomination? Do you remember? 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://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
  • Foreign Relations Committee; HHH’s 1955 success in establishing an arms control/disarmament subcommittee; defeat of Lewis Strauss nomination as director of the Atomic Energy Commission; Omnibus Farm Bill of 1954; Esma(?) Taft Benson; how LBJ
Oral history transcript, Gale McGee, interview 1 (I), 2/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • early because of the Strauss Lewis Strauss had been on the Atomic Energy Commission and was being nominated now by President Eisenhower in 1959 for the post of Secretary of Commerce. And I was on the Commerce Committee also at this time, and that's
  • Biographical information; Appropriations Committee seat; Strauss and Fortas confirmation hearings; LBJ as Majority Leader; 1960 and 1964 campaigns; JFK; 3/31 announcement; foreign relations; his wife; exchange of committee assignment with Russell
Oral history transcript, John A. McCone, interview 1 (I), 8/19/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • to the Commission because both the Joint Committee and the Commission at that time were seeing eye-to-eye on problems. F: Along that line did you have much difficulty settling the Commission down after Lewis Strauss' departure? I know that Mr. Strauss created
Oral history transcript, Thomas H. Kuchel, interview 1 (I), 5/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • me ask you about the Lewis Strauss nomination. By this time you were whip. That confirmation was expected to carry, and it didn't happen. Do you recall? K: Yes. Yes, I do. It was something of a surprise, if not an actual shock, to find on the roll
  • election; Wayne Morse; the Lewis Strauss nomination; the McCarthy censure and the Watkins committee; LBJ’s relationship with Richard Nixon; relationship between Republicans and Democrats in Senate; civil rights legislation; statehood for Hawaii and Alaska
Oral history transcript, Warren Magnuson, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the Strauss nomination? Lewis Strauss. M: Oh, very well. G: Can you tell me the story of that? That was a close vote there. M: Well, the story of that--when he was with the Atomic Energy I handled it in my committee. Commission, chairman, and Clint
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 14 (XIV), 6/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • incident; Lewis Strauss nomination as Secretary of Commerce; James Eastland and appointments; Congressional strengths; LBJ and Herman Talmadge; the loyalty oath; Paul Butler; Joe Rauh.
Oral history transcript, Clifford P. Case, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Anything on the Lewis Strauss nomination? C: Only in the most general kind of sense. This was one in which I think most of us Republicans rallied together and most Democrats the same way, for and against. The thing that sticks in my mind most about
  • 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, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Do you recall the details of the [Lewis] Strauss nomination? M: Well, I started that, you know. I was sort of a constitutionalist. Held said some things on other matters about how the executive branch didn't have to keep Congress informed. I
  • How McCarthy got to know LBJ; founding the Democratic Study Group; election against Senator Edward J. Thye; committee work; the Lewis Strauss nomination; LBJ as majority leader; telephone and transportation taxes; oil depletion allowance; campaign
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 32 (XXXII), 12/11/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was no longer national chairman. The lawsuits remained alive. So I later advised Bob Strauss of this interest. It was up to Bob Strauss if he wanted to pursue it. I don't recall that he did. But finally at long last through Charlie Potter's efforts an out
Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • frankly. F: Where had Senator Anderson gotten at cross purposes with Lewis Strauss? M: It was on that business down there by TVA--that Memphis thing. F: Dixon-Yates. M: Dixon-Yates. F: And you think in this case that the Majority Leader
  • Biographical information; assessment of LBJ in House and Senate; Geneva Summit Conference; Herbert Hoover, Jr.; Nixon; Senator Earle Clements; LBJ’s heart attack; LBJ’s support of Eisenhower’s policies; nomination of Lewis Strauss and Abe Fortas
Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 2 (II), 3/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • .] Lewis [L.] Strauss for Commerce a decade before? D: I heard it mentioned once or twice, but actually I do not believe that it entered into this matter at all. You see, that was a long time back, and I remember it very, very well, but it 7 LBJ
Oral history transcript, John Sherman Cooper, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . How would he do that? C: Oh yes! One of the most famous was when President Eisenhower nominated Strauss-G: Lewis Strauss. C: --Lewis Strauss to be, as I recall, secretary of commerce. It was really a hard fought battle because there were
Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was formed, I came east and was one of the early organizers working for John L . Lewis . Later on I worked for other unions, at one time was southern director of the Textile Workers Union just before the war, and I forced myself to be drafted . I had
Oral history transcript, Frank E. Moss, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of that that I could supply. G: How about the Lewis Strauss nomination? M: Oh, yes. I remember that one very strongly. Clinton Anderson was leading the fight against Strauss and it was a very emotional thing-" I don't remember pressure or persuasion from
Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the competition is somewhere near equal, like he had with the Strauss vote in the Senate; I'm sure you know about the Strauss vote. G: Now, I think this was a prelude to Johnson's participation in the '60 campaign, wasn't it? C: Well, we could get back
  • Amendment in 1957; Lewis Strauss' nomination for Secretary of Commerce; Interstate Highway Bill; role of Whip in Senate
Oral history transcript, Nancy Dickerson, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • an already very difficult situation. Going back to those Senate days, I had written a note here, when Admiral Lewis Strauss was up for nomination and he was defeated by one vote, I happened to be that night with the late Paul Niven, who was a brilliant
Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • -sided. M: The I don't remember just what it was. The reason that I get off on this line was that Mr. Johnson had a record as Senator of opposing Lewis Strauss' confirmation in Congress and I believe you joined him. Was that opposition based on some
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 7 (VII), 5/9/1997, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • . But maybe you can list them by--I've got it here, Bob Strauss. He was a character. And I just got people at different times on it. But here is the old timers; here is the presidents. And I think I am going to try to make an effort to try to get Bush up here
  • Library; signers of the organ, including Delia Kay Agnell, Salina Lewis Aylor, Cass Ballenger, Jimmy and Dot Banks, Joe T. Banks, James Barcia, Jim Barlow, Tom Barlow, Doug Barnard, Ben Barnes, Barbara Basken, Jim Baylor [?], Bunny and Ray Bell, John S
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 8 (VIII), 11/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • there was substance to it? M: I just don't know. Johnson had a lot of sway with Mrs. Smith. She thought he was pretty terrific, and he could usually get her vote, or very often get it anyway. I told the story in my book of the vote on the nomination of Admiral Lewis
Oral history transcript, Clinton P. Anderson, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • , and I said that the day he finished with the lVllite House and I'll still figure that way for a long time to come. But he was a very smart, astute individual, and he knew what was good and what wasn't. We had gone through the battle of the Lewis
Oral history transcript, William A. Reynolds, interview 1 (I), 7/26/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, William H. Darden, interview 2 (II), 3/27/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that. (Interruption) D: --Lewis Strauss to be Secretary of Commerce was one that Senator Johnson had a lot to do with in those days, and I don't really know the extent of his participation, but the Senate rejected that nomination, as you'll recall, by one or two
Oral history transcript, Strom Thurmond, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • got elected president, too, that it would be to the advantage of the South to have him. But, of course, after he got to be president he didn't show the South many favors. G: Do you remember the Lewis Strauss nomination? T: Yes, I do. G
Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Bryce N. Harlow, interview 1 (I), 2/28/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Andrew J. Goodpaster, interview 1 (I), 6/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of the l'resident. But I don't recall any specific session on that. F: In this period you had the unsuccessful nomination of Admiral Lewis Strauss, Secretary of Commerce. Did, as far as you know, Senator Johnson tip his hand on this and incur the President's
Oral history transcript, Clifford Durr and Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that could be of any help to him at all. see. This was his political strain, you Tex Goldschm.idt worked for the Interior Department, and Mike Strauss, and Abe Fortas. They were all working for Harold Ickes, so they all becalTIe great friends of Lyndon's
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, Merrell F. "Pop" Small, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • against McCarthy, as you know. I think she respected Johnson, and I am sure he did her. She was a very strong character. Boy, nobody pushed her around! Maggie had her own--and she didn't like to be called Maggie, incidentally. G: She voted against Lewis
Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 1 (I), 1/1/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Europe for about three months, came back to Dallas and practiced law "tvith my dad's firm; it was Storey, Sanders, Sherrill, Armstrong. That firm went separate ways in 1952, and I went with I some other lawyers--Lewis, Lefkowitz and John Green in 1952
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 6 (VI), 5/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, James E. Webb, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Robert S. Strauss, interview 1 (I), 5/22/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • S. STRAUSS INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB DATE: May 22, 1969 PLACE: 2800 Republic National Bank Building, Dallas, Texas Tape 1 of 1 [vl: Let me identify this tape first of all. This is an intervie\>/ with Mr. Robert S. Strauss--S-T-R-A-U-S-S
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