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Oral history transcript, A. Scheffer Lang, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • in the waning years of the Eisenhower Administration. There was an executive order issued by President Eisenhower, I believe after the election in 1960, but before the inauguration of 1961, which required that the Bureau of Public Roads and the Housing Home
Oral history transcript, Mary Lasker, interview 1 (I), 11/10/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • that Eisenhower was supplying no new ideas at all in the conduct of American affairs, either domestically or from a foreign relations point of view. F: Sort of characterized by his Interior policy which had the slogan "No new starts." L: That's right--no new
Oral history transcript, Francis C. Turner, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • that the Interstate Program began in the mid-1950's under Eisenhower? T: It originally was authorized in 1944 as a result of studies that had been made in the late '30's and the early '40's during the war. The basic authorization for the program was contained
Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Jr., interview 2 (II), 5/23/1969 by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • in space was fairly accurate; that what had happened was, I think, largely budgetary considerations--the Eisenhower Administration had--well, not exactly suppressed--certainly had not given a great deal of emphasis-- F: Had preferred to disbelieve-- W
  • [For interviews 1 and 2] Family relationship with LBJ; visits of LBJ to Weisl home; Preparedness Subcommittee after Sputnik launch; role as special counsel; Department of Defense bureaucracy; Eisenhower Administration; cabinet secretary; George
Oral history transcript, Katharine Graham, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • with them, they thought they owned you; and if you disagreed with them, they thought you were sour-graping them. So that policy has stood, except for 1952 when we came out for Eisenhower. The paper and the publisher have remained inactive, but Phil
Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • him as a possibility. He was leader of the party during the Eisenhower years for eight years, I suppose, since we, the democrats, were not in power in the executive branch of the government, as the democratic leader and the Majority Leader
Oral history transcript, Whitney Shoemaker, interview 1 (I), 11/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • operation between the Kennedy and Johnson Administrations grew and became more closely looked at and handled more discriminately shall we say, I believe. I can't say directly from personal knowledge of the operation under President Eisenhower. I know
Oral history transcript, J.C. Looney, interview 1 (I), 10/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • control of that Convention pretty well until they let Doss Hardin get hold of the loud speaker. I'm just not sure which Convention that was. No, this Convention I'm thinking about didn't go for Eisenhower. The Amarillo Convention went for Eisenhower. F
Oral history transcript, William R. (Bob) Poage, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 27 within the next few weeks that maybe that will be done. F: Let's go back a little bit. In the 1950s, the credit for the success of Mr. Eisenhower's domestic program is tended
Oral history transcript, Edward C. Welsh, interview 1 (I), 7/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • that had been created. B: Was there any temptation at that time on the part of anyone in the Senate to indulge in a little recrimination against the Eisenhower Administration for political advantage? W: Yes, there was, but not by Mr. Johnson. Mr
Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • it with a lot of people. The man who's really the most responsible for that is Mr. Killian--James R. Killian--who was , President Eisenhower's science adviser. He had appointed Killian, I think, back in November as his response, you see, to the Sputnik
Oral history transcript, James W. Wilson, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . And in '59, he was expecting even greater things, but Eisenhower learned the formula, so to speak, and started this budget-busting thing. Everything that the Democrats would propose, well, the Republicans would not oppose them on the merits; they would
Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson and Marie Wilson, interview 2 (II), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • where he managed to secure a compromise. MW: Yes, the three-year extension. G: Allowing the President to raise tariffs. M\~: That's right, and Eisenhower was pretty much a free trader, so they were in agreement on this thing. It was just
Oral history transcript, Robert F. Woodward, interview 1 (I), 11/4/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • ; and President Eisenhower, President Kennedy, and President Johnson each have LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
Oral history transcript, Murrey Marder, interview 1 (I), 5/25/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • to tell you that himself? M: Yes, once. Once when Eisenhower was visiting the White House and I was--I believe it was the only time I was invited to the White House while Lyndon Johnson was president. It was a luncheon ceremony--no, I may be mistaken
Oral history transcript, Donald C. Cook, interview 2 (II), 10/1/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • as the announcement was made of the suspension of hostilities, work went forward on setting this up, and the first meeting we had was in France with General Eisenhower and General Clay in what was called the Little Red Schoolhouse where this document was signed, and I
Oral history transcript, Robert S. Allen, interview 1 (I), 5/30/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • everything. Lyndon as floor leader in the Senate, nothing stands out particularly. He and Sam Rayburn dominated the scene legislatively. They were not obstructive as far as the Eisenhower Administration went. On the initial civil rights measures
Oral history transcript, Lucius D. Battle, interview 2 (II), 12/5/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • cannot believe that it could be taken as anything major in that regard. I doubt it. M: Is the Eisenhower Doctrine taken seriously? B: Well, the Eisenhower Doctrine really was a momentary, short-termed thing without really any long--there was no time
  • Simbel; Cyprus issue; CENTO; Eisenhower Doctrine; Vietnam; India-Pakistan War; LBJ's speech for advice on foreign policy matters and his diplomatic performances; Richard Rovere; John Leocacos; The Establishment; personal and private papers
Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • ? Bi : He started immediately to put them into shape . There were a lot of them who felt that the Democrats ought to oppose everything the Repub­ licans do . They ought to spend all of their time trying to cut up Presi dent Eisenhower, etc
  • [For interviews 1 and 2] First meeting with LBJ in 1948; Thomas C. Henning, Jr.; Joseph R. McCarthy; Senator Earle Clements; Senate Campaign Committee; Walter Jenkins; George Reedy; John Connally; Eisenhower inauguration; LBJ's organization
Oral history transcript, Charles E. Bohlen, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • new Administration. 2QH of the things was that the Kennedy Administration was differently organized than its predecessor, President Eisenhower. But let me state here that during Eisenhower's Administrations, I was abroad almost the Z K R O H time
Oral history transcript, Earl Warren, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • they do not. Eisenhower never--now, I say to the Supreme Court. F: Yes. W: I don't know, he might have to individuals on the Court, but not to me. Eisenhower never, never-- F: Not to Chief Justice Warren. W: No. President Kennedy did ask me my
Oral history transcript, Melvin C. Winters, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • it. It worked out well. Of course, he didn't do as much for the program; Eisenhower was the best man we ever had in there for the interstate work. Eisenhower did a wonderful job. Of course, Eisenhower used this theory: get roads into these cities where you can
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • force report was a thoughtful way; they just said there ought to be a department of transportation. The Hoover Commission had recommended it. Eisenhower in one message recommended it, as I recall. I then had a meeting with Charlie Schultze, and Secretary
Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)
  • /show/loh/oh LBJ Retrospective -- 24 sought President Eisenhower's advice all the time. He kept him informed; he had him briefed constantly by the top people. So when he talked to Eisenhower, Eisenhower would know where he was coming from, would
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/12/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • Office work; Lady Bird mentions inviting Mamie Eisenhower by phone; Lady Bird greets Mamie Eisenhower upon arrival; President Eisenhower is in hospital; Lady Bird & Mamie greet guests in receiving line for Senate Wives' Red Cross Unit luncheon
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 3 (III), 3/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Folder, "Ex FG 11-2 [EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT - CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY] [2 of 2]" WHCF FG, Box 55 (Item)
  • agony o.uly you r4ttally understand. ·. - ' Let this letter carry with it the respect and affection of Lady Bird ;uid me to you and Mrs. Eisenhower. LBJ:JV:ny .::J ... "' ~..;..-~ ···~ ~ a\. . .. ......-. ....J... '• ·. 'RECEIVED MAR?.8
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Edith Green, interview 1 (I), 8/23/1985, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • Committee, not supporting either the AFL-CIO bill or the Teamster's bill or the Eisenhower bill. The Teamsters and the Machinists very much opposed my re-election in any year after that. K: Because you had organized his--I don't know if organized
Oral history transcript, Sarah T. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • he wouldn't have, but I-- F: I would appreciate it if you would. H: Well, one of them was Joe Estes, who was a so-called Eisenhower Democrat and was appointed by Eisenhower, and the other one was T. Whitfield Davidson, who had enjoined
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 6 (VI), 4/24/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • that President Johnson called on President Truman very much for support. If he did, I would think that President Truman would be ready at any time. As you know, President Johnson did call on President Eisenhower for support. President Eisenhower just stood
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 1 (I), 9/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . But in that point in time--I think up to this period you're talking about when civil rights really heated up in like 1956 under Eisenhower; they didn't really heat up then, but the public psychology was that they had heated up. So actually the 1957 Civil Rights Act
Oral history transcript, Nadine Brammer Eckhardt, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that Eisenhower had vetoed it, I was really secretly glad, my little liberal jerk-leg self at that time. However I don't think it really made all that much difference. G: What was LBJ's reaction to the veto? E: I can't remember. I can't remember. G: Now
Oral history transcript, Roswell L. Gilpatric, interview 1 (I), 11/2/1982, by Ted Gittinger (Item)
  • to view Vietnam as a military problem rather than a civil problem? RG: No, no. I think at that juncture we were all pretty agnostic because during the briefings that the President got during the transition between the Eisenhower Administration and his
Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Abell -- I -- 5 incredible series of circumstances. Eisenhower had carried the state of Kentucky by over a hundred thousand votes, and my father-in-law had lost by a mere two or three thousand votes. If any one of a number
Oral history transcript, Morris Abram, interview 2 (II), 5/3/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Fleming. I did not know him very well. I had met him in Atlanta, I believe, when he was on the staff of the Civil Rights Commission holding hearings in the Eisenhower Administration. I believe he was there setting up hearings in Atlanta. I had a high
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/2/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird travels to the Truman Library in Independence, Missouri, and the Eisenhower Library in Abilene, Kansas, to help plan the LBJ Library; Lady Bird received tour of Truman Library from President Truman and Phillip Brooks, Director; lunch
Oral history transcript, Walter C. Hornaday, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , and they wanted to stay with him. F: Did you get the feeling there in the 1950s that he was presidential material? H: 1950s? F: All during H: Well, I don't know about being presidential material. t~2 Eisenhower period. I guess every member of the Senate
Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • rather quiet days during the Eisenhower Administration. making speeches throughout the COtmtry. He hadn't been out too much His campaign for the nomination LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson
Oral history transcript, Maxwell D. Taylor, interview 1b (I), 2/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • , reflects some of your own work on which you-- T: Well, that's very true. The answer is that we need both. of judgment just where the right balance lies. It's a question I certainly felt that under the Eisenhower Administration the emphasis on nuclear