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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
Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • tended to put committee meetings on a rigid schedule, the Kennedy Administration groups, committees, et cetera would meet when there was a reason for them to meet. Under the Eisenhower fixed-schedule approach, I'm told that as far as the economic
Oral history transcript, Robert Vincent Roosa, interview 1 (I), 4/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • specifically for a party, although I carefully voted consistently. Only after I joined this administration did I take on a label, which I still have. I would now regard myself as a Democrat with a little bit of independence. I have kept that position now
Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in the Kennedy-Johnson years to conduct an intelligent debate about fiscal policy from a national standpoint. I mean, there \A!as a lot of educational work done and less of a tendency to consider a deficit, per se, bad. [There was] more seemed to me
Oral history transcript, Hugh Gardner Ackley, interview 2 (II), 3/7/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • influenced Johnson in his view of general national economics? A: 11m sure that must have had an important role, particularly growing up where he did. F: Well, it would have hit just about the time he came onto the job market. A: Oh yes, and obvi ously he