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Oral history transcript, Adrian A. Spears, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that. Was it at a time when Shivers was still a Democratic governor but was acting more like a Republican? G: Well, he did support Eisenhower. S: Well, I know, I mean, but had he started to do that at this particular time? Well, okay. G: 1952. S: Yes. Well, I
Allan Shivers and LBJ's 1956 fight for control of the Texas Democratic Party; Spears' work with Shivers; Shivers leaving the Democratic Party; the 1956 Texas Democratic Convention; Dwight Eisenhower as president; John Connally.

Oral history transcript, Margaret Mayer Ward, interview 2 (II), 4/22/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to Eisenhower in 1952. The issue was whether the Democratic Party was going to support the nominee in 1956 or not. And I suppose Johnson and [Sam] Rayburn, it was a challenge to them. They had to rescue the party from the Shivers turncoats, from the Democrats
Allan Shivers and Democrats for Eisenhower in 1952; the role of LBJ and Sam Rayburn in the 1956 Texas State Democratic Convention; Paul Butler and the Democratic Advisory Committee; party at Dewey Bradford's house; how LBJ won county and precinct

Folder title list, Personal Papers, Papers of Luther Holcomb (Item)

, Texas, June 24, 1970 Texas State Society of Washington: Meeting, March 22, 1970 Presidential Citation to Luther Holcomb Luther Holcomb Photographs Annual Meeting, March 4, 1973 Miscellaneous Annual Barbecue, June 18, 1972 Dedication of Eisenhower Bust

Folder, "NSAM # 232: Follow_up on King Hassans Visit, 4/5/1963," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

. presence there. The withdrawals from three SAC bases and the transfer at Kenitra were in accordance with agreements between President Eisenhower and King Mohamed V in December of 1959 and, as noted above, between President Kennedy and King Hassan II

Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 8/14/1944 (Item)

briefly by Mr. Paley in a statement released through CBS last week, his work as radio chief, attached to General Eisenhower's headquarters under General McClure, and as a member of the OWI's overseas staff involves the following activity: broadcasting from

Folder title list, Office Files of Devier Pierson (Item)

Assistance 1968 program Food Stamps Agriculture Freeman's Statements: drafts prepared in the White House Presidential Protection [This Folder also contains substantial material on a 1968 appropriation for presidential libraries, appropriations for Eisenhower

Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 32-33," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

Oral history transcript, J.Willis Hurst, interview 3 (III), 11/8/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with him, so we were good friends. He was seeing President Eisenhower. Well, I saw Majority Leader Johnson then and indicated he was doing quite well. A member of the press obviously came by, and I indicated in the press report that his electrocardiogram

Oral history transcript, William J. Hopkins, interview 1 (I), 6/6/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, when we used to sign the appointment papers. In President Eisenhower's time, the personnel man did that. In President Johnson's time, they were customarily made for the man who occupied the position of appointment secretary~ B: Who would that have

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 10 (X), 10/14/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it was never entirely clear whether there genuinely was a threat to the peace in the Middle East at that point. The real problem was that Eisenhower thought there was or at least asked Congress for some sort of backing, some sort of action. Johnson always

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, 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, Donald J. Cronin, interview 3 (III), 12/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in that at the time. G: [Dwight D.] Eisenhower, citing this episode, vetoed the legislation. Any insights on that and how that affected the situation in your state? C: You're talking about tidelands oil? 1 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
The natural gas bill of 1956; Senator Lister Hill's reputation for being pro-labor; labor legislation in the 1950s; President Eisenhower's 1958 veto of the rivers and harbors bill; Alaskan statehood; Eisenhower as president; the election

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, Sid Davis, interview 4 (IV), 8/1/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and he was quite an interesting, complicated person. He admired other presidents. He loved to talk about Truman and he talked a lot about Roosevelt. He spoke admiringly of Eisenhower and their relationship. I was present many times when he would talk
in Selma, Alabama, and George Wallace; LBJ's commitment to civil rights issues; Davis visiting the White House; LBJ's openness with the press and problems that arose from his openness; LBJ and gift giving; President Dwight Eisenhower; LBJ's optimism

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

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 43, September 21-30, 1967 [1 of 2]," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 23 (Item)

Eisenhower and John Kennedy anfyndon J'ohn•on had to re•pond i ft facing _the iuue of Vietnam. " .. ... . - ~·-;-. .. :i~: ;-:. ' ·: :.;;:~"ff~'::: f>:··. I '~···-- · ~- t .., _ .. , """ · !• .. ....... • .r . •~ • f

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, 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, George McGovern, interview 2 (II), 2/3/2011, by Mark Updegrove (Item)

Congresses, beginning in 1957. Can you talk about what that was like for you? M: Well it seemed to me that, in terms of the political situation, that [Dwight] Eisenhower and Sam Rayburn, the speaker of the house, and Lyndon Johnson, the majority leader
The relationship between President Dwight Eisenhower and Congress in 1957; why the White House and Congress were able to work together better in the 1950s than in 2011; increased patriotism and optimism following World War II and the Depression

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

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 35 (XXXV), 3/8/1991, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, there was, even President [Dwight] Eisenhower, with whom Lyndon and the Speaker had gotten along so well, and had served so well, pushing his legislation when they could. They had just made an art, I think, out of helping run the government, although they were
; assembling a Senate committee to investigate Senator Joseph McCarthy; LBJ's support for President Dwight Eisenhower; Lynda's illness in the fall of 1954; Willie Day Taylor's help to the Johnsons; South Korean President Syngman Rhee's toast regarding war

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

; Eisenhower/LBJ relationship.

Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)

." And Dwight Eisenhower was a Republican and became the Republican nominee and promised that he would support the state ownership. Texas wasn't the only state involved. All the coastal states had--nearly all of them had; all of the Gulf Coastal states, and I
Texas tideland issues in the 1950s; cross-filing, which allowed Democrats to support Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election; Allan Shivers' support for Republicans; LBJ's and Sam Rayburn's devotion to the Democratic Party; John Tower's

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

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