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Oral history transcript, Lyman Lemnitzer, interview 1 (I), 3/3/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

; I was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff at the time of the Bay of Pigs. The election was held in 1960; General Eisenhower was president. President Kennedy took over on 20 January 1961. And three months later, here was a major operation put
; views on Eisenhower's methods; CIA and the military; impressions of General Harkins, Bradley and Patton; Laotian settlement negotiated by Harriman; Taylor-Rostwo recommendations; Acre of Diamonds; reflections on Diem; conference during Cuban Missile

Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

down to the White House about ten or twelve days after it passed the Senate- Eisenhower vetoed it even though under other circumstances he would have signed it . He was for the bill . Everyone knew he was for the bill, but in view of this bribery

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 2 (II), 2/14/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

and a whole crew lobbying at one point. Johnson looked at McCarthy, and he walked over to him, and he said: "Joe, would you really like to screw Eisenhower, and screw him good?" Joe was real mad at the President at that point. And of course By God

Oral history transcript, William D. Carey, interview 1 (I), 12/11/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

programs, and I had a call from the director who had just come back from a meeting with President Eisenhower and Sherman Adams. He told me over the telephone that the President felt that the Russians had gone one-up and that he was going to be taking

Oral history transcript, James J. Rowley, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

. R: Well, I heard that from former President Eisenhower, and I think more recently, in awarding me this Distinguished Federal Service Award, President Johnson in the presentation practically said the same thing. M: How often in the White House

Oral history transcript, Benjamin Spock, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

the Geneva Accords, and the ink was hardly dry on Dulles' signature when he and Eisenhower decided that we should try to control South Vietnam where the French had failed. That seemed, to use one of my mother's most used words, LBJ Presidential Library

Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, as they call it? B: In 1952 of course we had a new preSident, and in his State of the Union Message he said that Hawaii should have statehood and he didn't mention Alaska. M: President Eisenhower? . B: Yes, President Eisenhower. So this started one

Oral history transcript, William S. White and June White, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

guess it was during this period that President Truman visited Washington. I believe you did a story on President Truman's comments about Democrats who were too supportive of President Eisenhower. W: I went to see Mr. Truman at his hotel. He said he

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 11 (XI), 12/20/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a very long-range effect upon Johnson•s political fortunes, too. He had always had a strong following in the Jewish section of the United States, but I think this solidified it. Then he also played quite a role during the era when Eisenhower decided

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 8 (VIII), 8/17/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

criticized the Democrats who he claimed were kissing the administration, Eisenhower, on both cheeks. R: Yes, he did. 22 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781
LBJ and the Majority Leadership and various Senate activities, 1955; committee assignments; LBJ and Drew Pearson; LBJ and the oil industry; foreign aid; LBJ and organized labor; Paul Butler; LBJ and Eisenhower; LBJ's heart attack; Whitney speech

Oral history transcript, John G. Feild, interview 1 (I), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

an enormous amount of experience working with the old President's Committee on Government Contracts under the Eisenhower period. I worked with all the previous presidential committees from the very first word go, going back to the Truman committee on civil

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 3 April 1964 - 20 May 1964," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

, Speaker McC.o J:maelc, Boggs. HaUeck, AJ'enda. and one or two others 1. The Preaident opoke at some length on the South Vietnamese policies, reading a letter of l?~es1dettt Eisenhower to preeumably Diem in October. 1954, lndi.cathls pre1ent policy

Oral history transcript, Barry Goldwater, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

effective work done now is Mansfield is so far in the other direction from Johnson. Mansfield is more of a gentlemanly man than Johnson ever thought of being, but Johnson got things done. F: Without getting into the pros and cons of the Eisenhower
temper and why senators respected it; partisanship in the Senate; John F. Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jimmy Hoffa; LBJ's interest in space; foreign aid under Eisenhower; LBJ's Senate work; Robert McNamara; LBJ keeping JFK's staff members; LBJ's

Oral history transcript, Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

in foreign policy and the Viet wa brought him down. But God knows, he is a political genius as will come out over the period we discuss here. The night that Eisenhower swept Stevenson off the boards most everybody did what I did--they got drunk! I had

Oral history transcript, John Sparkman, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

down the list of Senators and pick out how most of them will vote. M: Particularly a careful, thorough man like Lyndon Johnson was, as a rule. S: That's right. M: What about his relationship with President Eisenhower? S: That's probably one

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 6 (VI), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

expressed when he came back? B: You know, in reading your notes I think that the wisdom of people like Senator George and of what I call the elder statesmen was able to help guide Eisenhower through this period. You got to remember now, Chiang Kai-shek

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 3 (III), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to head this operation? B: Yes, that's correct. A fellow named Charlie Walker had headed this administration under the Eisenhower Administration. He's still around in town. Charlie followed me when I left office in the Johnson Administration. He came
Security benefits and tax increase; sugar quotas; tax revision; contrast between Eisenhower's and JFK's tax bills (capital equipment, investment tax credit and the entertainment allowance); bank opposition to withholding provisions; 1962 tax shelter

Oral history transcript, Douglass H. Hubbard, interview 1 (I), 6/4/69, by T.H. Baker (Item)

pretty low one. things, from a high level down to a I remember one time that we went down President Johnson was talking about the weekend before when he had been with General Eisenhower in Palm Springs. he'd had since he'd become president. He said

Oral history transcript, John Sherman Cooper, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of a committee member was he? It's probably hard for people to remember, but in 1953 and 1954 we had a Republican Senate, not a House, but a Senate, because President Eisenhower had been elected president and he was able to take along with him enough to control

Oral history transcript, A. Leon Higginbotham, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

wanted to have this commission. The impression he gave to me--but I think it's sort of like what Harry McPherson says, that Lyndon Johnson had one hundred people who were like a father to him--was that he had just talked to Milton Eisenhower and I

Oral history transcript, Marie Fehmer Chiarodo, interview 3 (III), 10/29/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. . . . (Pause in recording) G: A little bit more specifically, you perhaps remember that he called in a lot of key people. C: Oh, I do. G: Former President Eisenhower was one. Can you remember the people that were called in? You perhaps [called] some

Oral history transcript, David Dubinsky, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

: Hoover, Eisenhower. First of all after Hoover, Roosevelt; and after Roosevelt, Truman; then Eisenhower; Kennedy; Johnson. six Presidents. topics. This is with five, Naturally all this time we had conversations on various I would not say the same

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

himself to be drawn only so far. G: I want to ask you about some of the foreign policy issues in that session of Congress in 1953. Do you remember Eisenhower's Yalta Resolution at all with regard to the Soviet violations [of wartime agreements]? M: Yes

Oral history transcript, Florence Mahoney, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, that was the year after--there was a Republican Congress the first year Eisenhower came in, being a Republican Congress. So then we lobbied even before that though and Senator [Edward] Thye had been very helpful to us and he was in Minnesota. He was chairman

Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

after his attack there was a NATO meeting in Paris. I went to the meeting; the wives went along. Lyndon had had this attack, and Eisenhower offered his presidential plane that had bedrooms on it if Lyndon wanted to go and thought he ought to go and get
; Formosan Resolution; Tax Bill; Disarmament; Highway Bill; Natural Gas Act of 1956 and reason Eisenhower vetoed it; investigation of Bobby Baker and attempts to get testimony from Walter Jenkins

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that the Republicans nationally more represented my views on things, my conservative, capitalist, particularist, oriented ideas. And so in about 1951 I decided that I would identify myself as a Republican. In 1952 I participated in the preconvention Taft-Eisenhower

Folder, "Meetings With the President -- 4 January 1964 - 28 April 1965," McCone Memoranda, Box 1 (Item)

which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. NATIONAL ARCHIVES A ND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION NA FORM 1429 (6-85) 1. 4 January 1964 ... Review of DCI' s briefings of General Eisenhower

Folder, "McGeorge Bundy, Vol. 6, July 1 - September 30, 1964 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 2 [1 of 2] (Item)

they say on their own. 2. Bob and I think they should tell Eisenhower that they are both very strongly opposed to any public disclosure of the special procedures which he instituted and which you have continued . Their opposition is based on the need

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

; Eisenhower/LBJ relationship.

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

measures under Eisenhower; relationship with LBJ; 1944 Democratic National Convention; Adlai Stevenson; Eisenhower; LBJ's leadership; McCarthy period; Johnson for President Committee, 1960; ethics; Johnson

Oral history transcript, Jacob Javits, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Department, to move against violations of civil rights. J: Did Lyndon oppose it? G: Yes, he did. J: Yes. G: But this is one that President Eisenhower seems to have backed down on rather quickly, 5 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org

Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 13 (XIII), 7/12/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

got all of the Democrats plus Langer and maybe occasionally Young. G: He made a number of speeches on the drought situation in the Southwest at this time. J: Yes. He got Eisenhower to fly down here, I think. G: Yes. And he seems to have borrowed

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/9/1968 (Item)

column on President on Presidents relations h Sidey. TIME-LIF E doin g doing column s relations with Truman Presidents Truman and d b y To m Johnso n withPresidents and Eisenhower Eisenhower , U. e Spragu e a t hi s residence , th e Presiden t talkin g

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/11/1968 (Item)

spok e briefl y t o Senator Richar d Russel l an d sai d h e woul d be bac k He the n wen t int o se e Genera l Dwigh t Eisenhower - - an d visited wit h him i n the sittin g roo m (pres s phot o poo l too k pix ) . .He spok e w / Genera l abou t 25

President's Daily Diary entry, 8/22/1968 (Item)

. Dwigh e l 6:04p t 6:49p Presiden .' w y b - Jone s calle d fo r th e Presiden t dictatin g a telegra m t o be sen t t o Mrs . t D . Eisenhowe r an d John : "Yo u ar e i n ou r thought s ever y hou r and i n ou r prayer s ever y wj^fod - day " - /s

Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 3 (III), 7/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

what caused Congressman Halleck to support it? This surprised some people. D: Well, I must say for Charlie Halleck that he took a rather broad view, and obviously he served in the Eisenhower Administration; he and Eisenhower were very close friends

Oral history transcript, Nadine Brammer Eckhardt, interview 2 (II), 3-21-84//19, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Stevenson more enthusiastically than he did that [time]? E: I'm sure he was. But I don't have any recollection of any specifics about it. Oh, yes, that happens all the time in Texas. G: Was he urged to support Eisenhower by conservatives? E: I don't

Folder, "January 31, 1968 - 8:40 a.m. Pueblo 13 - Breakfast with Congressional Leaders & Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

" ~ The Preside1.. ,: I appreciate your coming here. can be out of the hospital as quickly a~ possible. rl \ ·I.?c;pe·Sena-Yo~.....H u·s-sell Our people have talked with General Eisenhower. In addition, we have talked with Senator Russ ell, Mc George Bundy

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/1/1964 (Monday) (Item)

wrote a little note and sent some flow ers to M rs. Eisenhower, w h o's out at Walter R eed taking some tests. And then the dinner f o r the Eshkols. We m et them on the front steps a little b e fo r e eight, and went upstairs fo r the usual get
State visit of Israeli Prime Minister & Mrs. Eshkol; Lady Bird's speeches for Georgetown Visitation and Radcliffe; Lady Bird sends flowers to Mamie Eisenhower at Walter Reed; State dinner for Eshkols and exchange of state gifts; Lady Bird mentions

Oral history transcript, Gerri Whittington, interview 2 (II), 7/18/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Eisenhower coming to the White House. G: Was this after the assassination or later? W: After the assassination. 7 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More

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