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Oral history transcript, Roger W. Jones, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • : 1956? What did that fight involve? M: Shivers had apparently taken the state Democratic Party to the support of Eisenhower in 1952, and he was proposing to do the same thing in 1956. Apparently there was a political struggle within the state
  • Biographical information; BOB job; liquidation of war industries; use of BOB by Presidents Truman and Eisenhower; Major General Wilton Persons; Sherman Adams; Jack Martin; Bryce Harlow; McCarran-Walter Immigration Act; Hatch Act; problem of civil
Oral history transcript, John W. Black, interview 1 (I), 10/18/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • in the Eisenhower Administration. M: Had they made a strong effort in the Eisenhower Administration? B: Yes, they had. They had made a strong effort with the Administration; they had never been up on the Hill. I think they would have gotten--I've always felt
Oral history transcript, James A. Farley, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Eisenhower, I openly supported him and did what I could for him. But there wasn't any chance for anyone to defeat General Eisenhower, then. He was a world war hero and his name-- JBF: And altogether too pleasant a person, really. F: That's right. I'll
  • Biographical information; 1928 convention; repeal of the 18th Amendment; Henry Wallace; Harry S. Truman; BEHIND THE BALLOTS and THE JIM FARLEY STORY; first meeting with LBJ; 1941 Johnson vs. O’Daniel campaign; Eisenhower; Kennedy-Kefauver fight
Oral history transcript, Richard M. Scammon, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)