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- YARBOROUGH PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH ON BOMBING HALT, SAYS COKE STEVENSON, ALLAN SHIVERS WILL ATTEND RICHARD NIXON'S RALLY IN TEXAS, ASKS LBJ TO GET PRICE DANIEL TO ATTEND HHH'S HOUSTON RALLY; LBJ REVIEWS HISTORY OF VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, HIS DECISION
- about the state in the Johnson City Windmill bragging about his vote for the TaftHartley Act, and criticizing Coke Stevenson for accepting organized labor's endorsement. That would be the AFL endorsement at that time, the state AFL endorsement meeting
Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- in the 1948 election for the Senate ag~inst Coke Stevenson? F: That is correct, and I have an idea that it resulted in his election. I think it contributed very directly toward overcoming the resistance he would otherwise have had from a considerable
- Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1943; casual relationship with LBJ in House for six years; controversial 1948 election of LBJ over Coke Stevenson; LBJ’s reputation as a wheeler-dealer; insecure politically in Texas; dedication of Medical
Oral history transcript, Everett D. Collier, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette
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- were voting solid for the liberal Democrats. the race. Now, Governor Coke Stevenson was the strong conservative in Lyndon Johnson was considered the liberal in that race. was considered the liberal in Texas. He But in Washington he was consid- ered
- episode contributed to the interest. F: You're thinking about the Senate race against Coke Stevenson. I was thinking about when he ran for Congressman Buchanan's old seat. P: No, there wasn't much at that time because Lyndon wasn't known except
- . Johnson meet Mr. Berlin, the president of the Hearst Corporation, and got him to recommend that the San Antonio Light support Johnson for the Senate in '48, which they did. F: Did you ever meet Coke Stevenson, his opponent? \01: No. F: When it c~e
- STEVENSON PRAISES VISIT BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO NYC FOR MUSEUM OF MODERN ART REOPENING; LBJ ASKS STEVENSON'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, LAOS; ARRANGEMENTS TO MEET TO DISCUSS VIETNAM DURING LBJ'S TRIP TO NYC; AVERELL HARRIMAN
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
- Telephone conversation # 3518, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 5/27/1964, 10:50AM
- ADLAI STEVENSON
- "NOT TRANSCRIBED"; "CAMBODIA, LAOS, VIETNAM & UN"; STEVENSON IS IN NYC, DIFFICULT TO HEAR
- STEVENSON RECOMMENDS UN ACTION IN SECURITY COUNCIL ON LAOS, CAMBODIA, VIETNAM; POSSIBLE GENEVA CONFERENCE ON LAOS; FEAR OF CHINESE INTERVENTION; CAMBODIAN NEUTRALITY; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF SITUATION; AVERELL HARRIMAN
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
- Telephone conversation # 3531, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 5/27/1964, 3:45PM
- ADLAI STEVENSON
- LBJ ASKS STEVENSON TO TALK IN CONFIDENCE TO U THANT ABOUT VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE CONTINGENT UPON CESSATION OF INFILTRATION; LBJ'S DOUBTS ABOUT EFFECTIVENESS OF PAUSE; POSSIBLE DOMESTIC, CONGRESSIONAL REACTION; CALL FOR CEASEFIRE BY U THANT OR POPE
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
- Telephone conversation # 7633, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 5/12/1965, 10:57AM
- ADLAI STEVENSON
- LBJ REPORTS ON MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON WHO WANTS GREATER AUTHORITY TO NEGOTIATE WITH U THANT ABOUT PEACE TALKS ON VIETNAM; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS INQUIRIES ON STEVENSON VISIT AND STEVENSON'S RESPONSE; FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; STEVENSON'S FUTURE
- "NOT TRANSCRIBED"; "RE ADLAI STEVENSON SPEECH & VIETNAM; RE INTERFERING WITH PEOPLE'S FREEDOM & CAMBODIAN COMPLAINT"
- DRAFT OF UN SPEECH BY ADLAI STEVENSON ON CAMBODIA BORDER VIOLATION; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM, NEED TO IMPROVE VIETNAMESE LOCAL GOVT, COUNTERINSURGENCY WARFARE VERSUS AIR WAR; POSSIBLE HONOLULU CONFERENCE; HENRY CABOT LODGE
- ERIC SEVAREID STORY QUOTING ADLAI STEVENSON ABOUT U THANT'S 1964 EFFORT TO INITIATE PEACE TALKS WITH NORTH VIETNAM, ALLEGED REJECTION OF TALKS BY MCNAMARA; STATE DEPT RESPONSE TO STORY; U THANT'S RECENT CALL FOR CONCESSIONS; STEVENSON'S ROLE
- CANADA, BLAIR SEABORN DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES IN VIETNAM, LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH; VIEWS OF MANSFIELD, FORRESTAL, WALTER LIPPMANN; POPULAR OPPOSITION TO WAR
- POSSIBLE COMPOSITION OF FUNERAL DELEGATION IF ITALY'S PRESIDENT ANTONIO SEGNI DIES: LADY BIRD JOHNSON, EARL WARREN, EISENHOWER; POLICY THAT LBJ WILL NOT LEAVE COUNTRY; CHANGES IN VIETNAM GOVT; RFK, ADLAI STEVENSON, ROBERT WAGNER AND NEW YORK SENATE
- RUSK'S TALK WITH U THANT ABOUT HIS CRITICAL REMARKS TO PRESS ON VIETNAM, PROPOSAL THAT US HAVE BILATERAL TALKS WITH HANOI, ALLEGATION THAT US PEOPLE NOT FULLY INFORMED; US FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; DRAFT US ANSWER; ADLAI STEVENSON; TONKIN GULF
- RUSK REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH UNIDENTIFIED PERSON ABOUT U THANT'S CRITICAL REMARKS ABOUT US AND VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT ADLAI STEVENSON'S REACTION TO U THANT'S REMARKS
- RUSK REPORTS ON ADLAI STEVENSON'S PRESS GUIDANCE STATEMENT ON VIETNAM PEACE PROPOSALS; LBJ REQUESTS BRIEFINGS FOR HENRY CABOT LODGE, COMMENTS ON HIS STATEMENTS TO THE PRESS
- LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON UN ARTICLE 19 CONTROVERSY ON NON-PAYMENT OF DUES; ADLAI STEVENSON'S VIEWS; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ELECTIONS; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, KY, NEGOTIATIONS WITH VIET CONG; U THANT PEACE EFFORT; LBJ'S UN
- LBJ ASKS RUSK TO CALL EISENHOWER ABOUT HIS CONCERNS THAT DNC IS CIRCULATING PRIVATE 1954 LETTER FROM EISENHOWER TO WINSTON CHURCHILL ON VIETNAM; HARLAN CLEVELAND; JOSEPH SISCO; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON ABOUT LBJ'S UN ANNIVERSARY
- RUSK'S, LBJ'S TALKS WITH JAPANESE CABINET ON SOUTHEAST ASIAN DEVELOPMENT; CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED ADLAI STEVENSON AS UN AMBASSADOR; JOHN GARDNER OR JAMES PERKINS AS HEW SECRETARY; LBJ PRAISES ANTHONY CELEBREZZE; CHARLES BOHLEN; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE
- : When I was a young lawyer, I was appointed law clerk to the Chief Justice of the United States, Fred Vinson, in 1951 and 1952. Then I \"ent to work for Governor Adlai Stevenson as his administrative assistant in Springfield [and] was with him during
- Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1955 on a visit to the Ranch; 1956 Democratic Convention; Stevenson/Kennedy campaign; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 convention and Stevenson’s hope for nomination; JFK’s consultation with Stevenson
- McSweeny. Senator, I'd like to begin our discussion this morning centering around 1960. And I'd like to ask you first since I am already aware that you were one of the principal backers in the "Draft Stevenson" movement if you can tell M: me a little
- to California, attended the University of California at Berkeley, Stanford Law School in the forties. 0: Right. B: Law practice in San Mateo, active in politics in California. You had important positions in the Stevenson campaign there in '56 and in Pat
- Biographical information; Stevenson campaign; Pat Brown campaign; Washington in 1959-1960; Statler Hotel party to impress Dutton; LBJ, Rayburn Bobby Baker all for California votes; Brown on “Meet the Press” in 1959 said LBJ was too conservative
- in the Stevenson campaign, not as active as I was to be in the 1956 campaign. There was some contact at that time. I was attending all the Democratic conventions through those years. As I say, there was no reason for any particu- lar sustained kind of contact
- Bird in 1964 campaign; Pacem in Terris convocation in NY; Dominican crisis; Stevenson-Johnson relationship; second Pacem in Terris convocation in Geneva; role of Center for Study of Democratic Institutions in Vietnam conflict; mission to North Vietnam
Oral history transcript, Edmund Gerald (Pat) Brown, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1969, by Joe B. Frantz
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- in California, and in '56 we were all for Adlai Stevenson at that time. In ' 6 0 , of course, it was hectic goings on. F: Let's talk a little bit about 1960, and the build-up to that convention. At the breakfast at Johnson's home, who was it--just you and Mrs
- had been state executive director for Governor Stevenson's Presidential campaign in 1956. In 1960 I had served on Governor Stevenson's national staff for a period through his defeat in the Los Angeles National Democratic Convention. Mc
- Biographical information; work on Credentials Committee at 1964 Democratic Convention; support for Adlai Stevenson at 1956 and 1960 Conventions; JFK’s nomination at 1960 Convention; becaming a State Dept. employee 1965; contact with Senator Robert
- Cabot] Lodge, I worked with Adlai Stevenson and with Arthur Goldberg and othe rs, subsequently George Ball , for example, in the brief period he was there . Firs t of all, most of the men in that period of time that were appointed
Oral history transcript, Thomas K. Finletter, interview 1 (I), 10/29/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- efforts were concerned with Adlai Stevenson. M: I was going to ask you about that next, as a matter of fact. Did you remain fairly close to Mr. Stevenson during the time he became Ambassador to the United Nations? F: Yes, I did with this exception
- Biographical information; Finletter Report; 70-group Air Force; George Mahon; Adlai Stevenson; Vietnam; decline in power of Democratic party; John Foster Dulles; NATO; meeting with LBJ on 4/10/64 on MLF; lack of support of MLF; Ottawa speech; Non
- Un d er Secretary Ball A ssistant Secretary Bundy UN A mbassador Stevenson Ambassador Maxwell Taylor S ecretary of Defense M c Namara A ssistant Secretary Mc Naughton Treasury Secre tary Fowler AID A dministrator B ell CIA Director R
Oral history transcript, Chester L. Cooper, interview 2 (II), 7/17/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- /exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 was well before the Eric Sevareid thing [Look, Nov. 30, 1965]. As I reconstructed it--now this may not be the whole story--U Thant did suggest to [Adlai] Stevenson that if the United States were ready to meet with the North
- . Stevenson's #~ Repo-rt- #54a'\tcpo~t ~~ .1/&ka River -a-eNSG meetin:g V ~~ l4p - ~ Uir;;..~Lt::L 0~ VP Security File, National Security 06/26/62 A 12/05/61 A Secret ~ He1riew of l'oli~y FILE LOCATION Presentation 13p •t' 1 t:. Factors
- Stevenson, Adlai E. (Adlai Ewing), 1900-1965
- plan detailed presentation to UN Security Council of the case against the DRV as the aggressor. We do not repeat not expect to touch upon readiness for talks or negotiations at this time. "In execution of item c., above, Ambassador Stevenson will call
- : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Stevens -- I -- 2 F: How did you get into politics? S: Well, I used to be chairman of Adlai Stevenson's finance committee during 1952 and 1956, and from 1956 to 1960 I continued as head of the finance
Oral history transcript, Edwin O. Reischauer, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- , and while this is the Japanese image of what the American is like, and it's very authentic, still at the same time they are a very decorous people, and this is a little bit shocking. And I remember another occasion, and this was when Adlai Stevenson had
- was to me a reasonably familiar commodity. No, I wouldn't have said that. I think his style hurt him with some kinds of people, but many of them were Americans. A couple of days before Adlai Stevenson died in London, when he was involved in a British
- , 1964 Attached are papers which address themselves to allegations that the incidents in the Gulf of Tonkin in August, 1964, did not take place but if they did, occurred in territorial waters. 1. Ambassador Stevenson, in presenting our complaint
- : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh F: He didn't look on Lyndon Johnson as a threat to his continuation? H: No, no. He all felt toward the end that Stevenson was going to be renominated. F: Renominated. H: And we didn't think
- Pamphlet that has the pictures and the resume for every person running for office. I had supported [Adlai] Stevenson in 1952 and 1956. Stevenson, I think, was one of the most outstanding, if not the most outstanding political individuals with whom I ever