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LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) and CTJ (Lady Bird Johnson) are already in Washington at
the beginning of the year.
LBJ and other Democratic and Republican legislative leaders meet with
Eisenhower at the White House to discuss Eisenhower’s State of the Union
- . Kutor. Kutor had been
appointed chairman of the Civil Aeronautics Board but the nomination was later
withdrawn over the question of salary.
1/23
General Eisenhower, chief of staff, announces publicly that he will not accept the
presidential nomination
- ; Hank Brown). President’s Awards for
Distinguished Federal Civilian Service ceremony at 11:30. Texas Delegation
luncheon. Mtg w/Hobart Taylor, GER, Chmn. Macy, Bill Kendrick, Mr. Houston, Lee
White. Meets JFK and Eisenhower at WH. Several evening phone
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No entry.
4/30
Meets during day with Amon Carter Evans; Carl Phinney; Max Freidman, David
Schoenbrun; Ted Schroth; Corky Barner.
discoverlbj.org
May
5/1
Flies to Abilene, Kansas and dedicates Eisenhower Museum then flies to Austin and
attends
- or international organization should be made in the
manner to be prescribed by law and subject to the limitations imposed on
treaties. Controversy over the Bricker Amendment continues throughout the
year. The Eisenhower Administration opposes the amendment, saying
- in a
Senate resolution passed on 6/24 requiring quarterly publication of payroll
information on all Senate employees.
1/8
Speaker Rayburn hosts a party this afternoon at the Johnsons’ home for the
children of the Texas delegation.
1/9
Eisenhower delivers
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elected Speaker of the House.
1/6
Eisenhower delivers his State of the Union Message before a joint session of
Congress. In foreign affairs Eisenhower promises that “America’s response to
aggression will be swift and decisive” and calls for a military
- claimed that Eisenhower and budget
director Percival Brundage “trimmed” military spending requests over his
opposition.
1/3
The White House is blocking attempts of the Preparedness Subcommittee to obtain
copy or specific excerpts from the Gaither
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The Johnsons are in Washington. LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) attends a luncheon at
Secretary Dulles’ home and later a bipartisan White House briefing where
Eisenhower asks for support of his proposed Mideast Resolution.
1/2
LBJ attends a meeting of the Foreign
- . Senator Douglas is going to attempt to tack an
anti-lynching amendment onto the natural gas bill.
Eisenhower delivers State of the Union Message to Congress, outlining foreign,
farm, tax and other major election-year issues. He calls for payments
- talks. This is his last visit in Texas
before returning to Washington for the opening of the new session of Congress.
1/7
Henry Cabot Lodge announces that he is entering Eisenhower’s name in the 3/11
New Hampshire primary. The next day Eisenhower
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Eisenhower delivers the State of the Union address at 12:30; afterward LBJ
meets with JFK and Robert Kennedy.
The Democratic Conference meets at 3:30. At the conference, Gore introduces a
motion to expand the Democratic Policy Committee from 9 to 15 members
- McCormack meet
with Truman at 10:45 a.m. Truman had just held a meeting with General
Eisenhower, who is leaving today for Europe.
Luci and Lynda host a birthday party for Speaker Rayburn during the afternoon.
That evening the Speaker and Miss Lou Rayburn
- by 9/1, by which time
the British mandate should be ended. Report also urged admission of 150,000
Jewish immigrants.
September
9/4
Despite American appeals, British return 4300 Jewish refugees from Palestine to
Germany.
9/10
General Eisenhower turns
- of his plane, DC-3. Committee flies
to Rheims, meets with General Eisenhower and Lt. Gen. Lucius Clay. On return to
Paris they meet Paul Porter, FCC chairman, at Orly Field. That evening return to
Paris and attend the Follies Bergere.
5/20
Sunday. Paris
- voted against
crippling amendments: LBJ, Wright Patman, Ewing Thomason, J.M. Combs.
4/20
LBJ is scheduled to fly to Denison to join the Speaker in ceremonies honoring
General Eisenhower. From Denison LBJ is scheduled to go to College Station
Saturday
- which includes Bill Drake
as a candidate for mayor. Mayor Tom Miller is threatening to run again.
2/11
Eisenhower is named by Truman as head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and principal
consultant to Secretary of Defense Forrestal.
2/12
Pope Pius XII
