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Senate Daily Diary entry, 8/31/1960 (Item)
  • :45p 4:00p 4:15p 4:30p 4:45p 5:00p 5:15p 5:30p 72 5:45p 11 5:55 F 6:15p 13 6:55 F 7:00p 7:15p 7:30p 7:45p Drew Pearson F F Paul Kayser (El Paso) Sen Saltonstall Walker Stone (on floor) 14 7:50 Sen Olin Johnston 15 Dinner: Bill M, MM, Ashton
Senate Daily Diary entry, 1/5/1960 (Item)
  • . ) se e mem o fro m Ke n BeLie u Drew Pearson , r e: hi s stor y i n Washingto n Pos t o f Ja n 4 , Senato r pointin g ou t tha t "Dea r Friend" labo r lette r ha d no t jus t com e t o ligh t bu t wa s sen t ou t t o 18,00 0 peopl e las t August R Sen
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/10/1966 (Item)
  • and philosophize with you soon as I get a chance. " Picked u from his desk a Kintner memo re Drew Pearson's displeasure on not having had a reply to his request for an appointment (submitted to the Press Office) for a German corresp. Christian departed immediately
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/24/1966 (Item)
  • ) re Pearson column this a.m. Bill Moyers (pl) Arthur Okun - CEA (asked To the office for Gardner Ackley --was told he was on the Hill) w/ M Watson To the Rose Garden steps for presentation of award to Mr. Efrain D. Vassallo of Puerto Rico --"Small
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/18/1965 (Item)
  • / MW OFF RECORd November White Bess BM House Abell Mrs. McGeo JV (pl) Johnson Bundy - re Pearson column the President luncheon (see Mrs. this date) Abell's plans (pl) Hon Jay Kohler U.S. Ambassador Francis Bates also Ambassador 1965
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 6/8/1962 (Item)
  • c Societ y an d the Boar d o f Trustees , Th e Societ y Officer s an d Staff , an d specia l guests : Philip L . Graham , Ma x Freedman , Walte r Lippmann , Willia m S . White , Drew Pearson , Bryso n Rash , an d Georg e Reedy . Explorer s Hall , 114
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/10/1966 (Item)
  • January 10, 1966 White ll:35a To Pat*- TuesdayWhite House p^v January 11, 1966Activity (include visi Oval Office w/ JV ll:45a To mjdr's room to read the first edition of the Evening Star _ ^ll;55a t Drew Pearson (b. 1) (returning his call
Folder, "Diary: Vol. #8, 6/6/67 – 3/29/68," Papers of Orville Freeman, Box 11 (Item)
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 11 (XI), 12/20/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • : Johnson did support the Eisenhower position. R: Oh, yes. G: One other question I wanted to ask on the open curtain proposal was Oh, sure. Drew Pearson seems to have been favorably inclined toward it. R: Yes. Drew Pearson liked it. 13 LBJ
Folder, "Administrative History of the Department of State, Volume I, Chapter 4, Sections H, I, J [1 of 2]," State Dept. Administrative History Box 2 (Item)
Folder, "FBI - Disturbances and Racial Disturbances," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
Folder, "Guatemala (1 of 3)," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 284 [1 of 3] (Item)
  • EMBASSY Wasbi gton, D. C. ,A3 No.V­ CLAS. P-1 December Mr. Drew Pearson, 1 31 3 - 29th. Street, N. WASHINGTON, D. C. Dear Mr. 5th. , 1961. W. , Pearson: First of all, I want to thank you very much for your kind - invitation to lunch
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  • Folder, "Guatemala (1 of 3)," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 284 [1 of 3]
  • Papers of Drew Pearson
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 6 (VI), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT G. BAKER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Baker's residence, Silver Spring, Maryland Tape 1 of 2 B: You know, in your January 2, 1955 [chronology], your paragraph says that Drew Pearson criticized LBJ's support of Price
  • Price Daniel and the Senate Judiciary Committee; Democratic Steering Committee; Drew Pearson; Commerce Committee; Senator Alben Barkley; selection of Harry Truman as 1944 vice-presidential candidate; use of Skeeter Johnston's office for lunch
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 9 (IX), 9/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Neustadt and somebody else. The other thing I remember, and this came later, but sometime in early 1966 Drew Pearson started after me, saying that I was soft on the highway safety program, the automobile safety program, because I had once worked for [Robert
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/18/1968 (Item)
  • visited by) LD 2:28p Tom 2:25p President White House 1968 in Jones 1:42p 2:30p Drew Pearson Johnson Meeting concerned article Drew Pearson is doing for LOOK magazine Room - talked with Mr. Brown who is on duty Rostow (pob took a not e in asking
Oral history transcript, Lloyd Bentsen, Jr., interview 1 (I), 6/18/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ? B: It was after the election in '48. He used to have B. A. and me over to his home on Sundays a lot. I can recall that he used to always want to listen to Drew Pearson. Drew Pearson carried a lot of influence in Washington at that time. [Johnson
  • Election to Congress in 1948; Sam Rayburn; Homer Thornberry; Johnson-Rayburn relationship; early relationship with LBJ; Drew Pearson; support of LBJ over Shivers in 1956; selection of Mrs. Bentsen as committeewoman; Secretary for the Committee
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/13/1966 (Item)
  • own hand, "I'll see him." Governor Carl Sanders of Georgia off record To Cabinet Room via MW'soffice w/ Governor Sanders To Oval Office w/ Drew Pearson OFF in little lounge RECORD Mr. Pearson asked to see the President concering
Oral history transcript, John Wildenthal, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • well, and you would get telegrams delivered [at] all hours. .veyed to him. He wanted them picked up instantly and con- We had the assignment on several occasions of monitoring Drew Pearson when Johnson himself could not hear the Pearson broadcast
  • Biographical information; Alvin Wirtz; Senate office; Drew Pearson; excess profits tax; LBJ's techniques; Presidential ambitions; Preparedness Subcommittee; firing of Douglas MacArthur; racial issues; other Senate staffers
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/4/1967 (Item)
  • r**t LFate4 — November 1967 ... . .. - . . . . The White House Day Saturday Expend! Activity (inctude visited by) tore Code Breakfast ^ ^ ^ ^- Pearson's , _^ _^ ^ to get^#^ a check on^ Drew position in^ his column ^G^
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/17/1964 (Item)
  • Friday White Breakfast in bed House did exercises Secy McNamara fr mans W Jenkins fr mans W Jenkins fr mans Ralph Dungan Drew Pearson W Jenkins fr mans McGeo Bundy Walter Jenkins fr mans G Reedy G Reedy Walter Jenkins George Reedy
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/29/1964 (Item)
  • Frank Carlso n Senator James B. Pearson Cong. Trimble presented the President with a letter dated in 1893 from Isaac Clark concerning George M. Baines who was the so n of Joseph Benjamin Baines, brother of George Washington Baines, the President's
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/9/1964 (Item)
  • House Reedy George Reedy Bill Moyers Ralph Dungan Prime Minister Ralph Walter Miss J G Pearson Ottawa Canada Dungan Jenkins Erdecamp answered the State Dept President's questions on Valenti Reedy Press J Edgar Acting Conference Hoover
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/25/1964 (Item)
  • newspaper, and Governor Farris Bryant. Soon after those guests left. Drew Pearson came up to the suite. The President autographed books to the first set of guests -- "My Hope for America" and gave them large gold medallions and gold pens. Arthur Godfrey
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/12/1964 (Item)
  • / Judge Moursund Cong Mrs John Young WJ To Upstairs Dinner w/ Judge Moursund Attendance S. 1605 - Pesticide Bill: Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff, Sen. Claiborne Pell, Sen. James B. Pearson, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, ben. Mike Mansfield, Sp. McCormack, Cong
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/18/1964 (Item)
  • . Bishop, Comm. Dept Cong. Robert L. Leggett Robert W. Barrie, Comm. Dept Sen. Frank Carlson Henry Scharer, Comm. Dept Sen James B. Pearson Roy L . Morgan, Comm. Dept Cong. Garner E. Shriver Roderick M. Gillies, Comm. Dept Sen. Leverett Saltonstall Jan B
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/18/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • Brandt, and I was glad to see there such old friends as B ill Douglas, Dean Ache son, L u c iu s C lay, and Tom C orcora n that Drew Pearson and Joe Alsop w ere included. Glad al so And Dr, M ilton Eisenhower, who's working on Lyndon's P r e sidential
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/14/1966 (Item)
  • , The Mansion ^/ RECORD RECORD*"t no ^pe ^ / ^" pst^ December The White House _ ^_ 14, 1966 Wednesday Act!vtty(inc!ude visited by) ^ Marvin Watson \^ X —' Drew Pearson OFF Marvin Watson to 2d floor, The Mansio n ^ ^—sr RECORD \, Date December
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/28/1966 (Item)
  • ^^ - — (inc!ude visited by) ture t^"*** Bill Moyers (( 7 : 50a _____ _t Secy McNamara (b.3 )re Drew Pearson's broadcasts re lack of uniforms for military; shortages of support personnel; Bund y ofc organization; Robert Kintner; ^8:30p ) t t Sen. Smathers
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/24/1965 (Item)
  • Mann Marvin Lee Watson White Larry O'Brien Drew Pearson H. E . Amintor e Fanfani , Foreig n Ministe r o f Italy Ambassador of Italy Sergio Fenoaltea Richard Davis Acting Asst Secy of State Neil Seidenman interpreter Chester Carter Protooll
Folder, "Pepper, Claude (Senator) [1950]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)
  • cause it fl "between J ion ove Acheson e Society of "What c said, ••wheJ try ut the viet comm the Soviet: and gladl; their con to harm 1 "Althou "DREW PEARSON WASHING-TON MERRY - GO - ROUND 1■ 1■ TWJIINTY-NINTH l!IT,,WA.SHINGTON'7,D, 0, VIA SPECIAL
  • Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969
Folder, "NSAM # 302: Dispersal Plan for NORAD Air Defense Service, 5/22/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 4 (Item)
  • , construction programming and related actions. Accordingly, we should know Canadian intentions concerning the NORAD requirement as soon as possible. At their Hyannis Port meeting in l·1ay 1963 Prime Minister Pearson intimated to President Kennedy
Folder, "China Lobby II," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 130 [2 of 3] (Item)
  • LOCATI ON Personal Pa pe rs of Dr ew Pearson, Box G 130 2 of 3, f older "China Lobby 11 1 R EST R ICT ION COO ES (Al Closed by Executive Order 12355·governing access to national securi ty information. (8) Closed by statute or by the agency wh ich
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  • Folder, "China Lobby II," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 130 [2 of 3]
  • Papers of Drew Pearson
Oral history transcript, Jack Hight, interview 1 (I), 1/9/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ; I wasn't there. But Drew Pearson and McCarthy hated each other so much that when McCarthy returned to be sworn in for his next term in the Senate, as they normally do, Drew Pearson went to Johnson and said, "I want you to object to McCarthy's being
  • Beginning work with LBJ; LBJ's temper; LBJ's personal struggle with "liberal" and "conservative" labels; Bobby Baker; problems with McCarthy; Drew Pearson's effort to blackmail LBJ into objecting the seating of McCarthy in the Senate; LBJ's
Oral history transcript, David S. Black, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • hands, and the first thing he said was, "Did you read the Pearson article?" And Drew Pearson had printed a story a few days before that John Carver, who was then in this job and who was slotted to take my job in the Federal Power Commission, that he
Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 4 (IV), 5/21/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • through pork-barreling or projects that they were interested in? R: Not necessarily. nesses. Johnson was a genius at determining people s weak­ 1 You know, Drew Pearson came out with a terrific anti­ Johnson feud. My God, Johnson personally put
Folder, "Hoover Commission," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 285 (Item)
  • "NEW YORK UNIVERSITY Institute of Fine Arts 1 EAST 78TH STREET, NEW YORK, N.Y. 10021 AREA 212 988-5550 June 25, 1966 CONFIDENrIAL Mr.Draw Pearson, The Washington Post Washington, D.C. Dear Mr.Pearson, I have tried several times, indirectly
  • See all scanned items from the Papers of Drew Pearson Georgetown Files Box G 285
  • Folder, "Hoover Commission," Papers of Drew Pearson, Georgetown Files, Box G 285
  • Papers of Drew Pearson
Oral history transcript, Joseph C. Swidler, interview 2 (II), 7/11/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to maintain confidence. He had close ties with Drew Pearson and so did Howard Morgan. When the news of our appointments was published, Howard telephoned me. I had never met him, and he started telling me how much trouble I was going to have, that I was in deep
  • and report; Swidler's relationship with Drew Pearson; Swidler's commitment to being fair to private utilities despite his previous position with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA); how Morgan became a FPC commissioner; the merger of Western Light
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1955" (Item)
  • In his column, Drew Pearson criticizes “one-man rule” method used by LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) to make committee assignments. Pearson maintains that LBJ never calls a meeting of the Steering Committee, but instead has Democratic Whip Earle Clements telephone
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/19/1967 (Item)
  • . Drew Pearson--he was en route--left word . - 9:33a _f Hon. £—. . , 10:02a : f Jak e Jacobsen, Austi n ^_ . Drew . _ _ , Pearson, returning the President's cal l , Press card 10:25a t . 11:40a 11:50a ^! | t MW i r . ~ | Joe 11:39a
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/28/1964 (Item)
  • a City . Okl a . Car l Albert - Washington . D . C. e Ministe r Leste r Pearson of Canada joins th e President. Meeting i n suit e w / McGeorge Bund y and PM Pearson. s w / Mrs. Johnso n and Mr . an d Mrs. Arthu r Kri m an d walked to VI P Foyer where