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  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO HAVE ANDREW GOODPASTER, DOD LIAISON PEOPLE PERSUADE DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND MEMBERS OF CONGRESS TO MAKE STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF POL BOMBING IN NORTH VIETNAM, SAYS HE PREFERS DOD PEOPLE DO THIS, NOT WH CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON STAFF
  • LBJ ASKS THAT HARRIMAN, ANDREW GOODPASTER, ROBERT KOMER BRIEF NATIONAL GOVS. CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, BOMBING OF POL TARGETS IN NORTH VIETNAM, PEACE FEELERS, PACIFICATION; GOODPASTER'S BRIEFING OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER; LBJ INVITES HARRIMAN TO LBJ RANCH
  • LBJ ASKS FOR QUICK PASSAGE OF BILL AUTHORIZING SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, FORMER PRESIDENTS AND PERMITTING INTERAGENCY COOPERATION FOR PROTECTION; LBJ SAYS HE ORDERED PROTECTION FOLLOWING SHOOTING OF RFK; EISENHOWER'S
  • ARENDS PRAISES LBJ'S MEETING THIS MORNING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S FOREIGN POLICY AND VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ THANKS ARENDS FOR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT, REMINISCES ABOUT HIS OWN SUPPORT OF EISENHOWER'S FOREIGN POLICY
  • MORSE DISCUSSES CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON LATIN AMERICAN AID BEFORE LBJ'S TRIP TO PUNTA DEL ESTE SUMMIT; LBJ ASKS MORSE TO REVIEW EMERGENCY LABOR MATTER; CONGRESSIONAL SUPPORT FOR EISENHOWER BEFORE HIS TRIP TO BOGOTA; ORIGINS OF ALLIANCE
  • WORDING OF CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON LATIN AMERICAN AID, PUNTA DEL ESTE SUMMIT MEETING; LBJ OBJECTS TO PROPOSED WORDING, REMINISCES ABOUT HIS SUPPORT OF SIMILAR RESOLUTION DURING EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION; REPUBLICAN CRITICISM OF RESOLUTION
  • JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON CIA IN INDIA; DISCUSSION OF NEWS PROGRAMMING ON EDUCATIONAL TV, POSSIBLE COMPETITION WITH NETWORK TV, USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ALLEGEDLY SLANTED COVERAGE; MILTON EISENHOWER AS HEAD OF PUBLIC TV
  • CONNALLY REPORTS THAT BROWN FOUNDATION WILL ISSUE PRESS RELEASE ON GRANTS THEY HAVE MADE, INCLUDING GRANTS FOR LBJ STATE PARK; LBJ ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECT OF ANNOUNCEMENT; LBJ SUGGESTS CONNALLY DISCUSS DONATIONS TO KENNEDY, EISENHOWER
  • LBJ WISHES DIRKSEN HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DISCUSSES DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S ADVICE ON ABM ISSUE; VIEWS OF SCIENTISTS, JCS ON MATTER; GERALD FORD'S RECENT STATEMENT ON ISSUE
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH RUSSELL LONG, OTHER DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION BILL, SUGGESTS DIRKSEN TALK WITH JOHN WILLIAMS, ASKS DIRKSEN TO MANAGE BILL, DISCUSSES DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S PHONE
  • LBJ DISCUSSES OPPOSITION BY GERALD FORD AND MARITIME INTERESTS TO BILL CREATING NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT, SUGGESTS DWIGHT EISENHOWER EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR BILL; ANDERSON RECOMMENDS JOHN LOEB FOR CABINET, ASKS FOR HELP ON BILL GRANTING RELIEF TO US
  • RUSK SUGGESTS LBJ REMIND RICHARD NIXON OF EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION'S ROLE IN VIETNAM POLICY, SUGGESTS SEPARATE BRIEFINGS FOR CANDIDATES, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; USE OF "UNCONDITIONAL" IN AGREEMENT WITH NORTH VIETNAM; NEED FOR BACKGROUND PRESS
  • HELMS TELLS LBJ THAT RICHARD NIXON HAS ASKED HELMS TO REMAIN AS CIA DIRECTOR; LBJ PRAISES HELMS, REQUESTS THAT NIXON HAVE SOMEONE BRIEF LBJ PERIODICALLY JUST AS LBJ HAD SOMEONE BRIEF DWIGHT EISENHOWER AND HARRY TRUMAN, DISCUSSES ROLE OF FORMER
  • LBJ'S HEALTH; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S TRIP TO VIETNAM; CLARK CLIFFORD'S STATEMENT ON BOMBING PAUSE; LETTER FROM UNNAMED MALE (MCGEORGE BUNDY?); COMMENTS ON EUGENE MCCARTHY'S PROPOSED VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK BY NSC, DEAN RUSK; DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S
  • LBJ ASKS SCOTT'S HELP WITH SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL TO FUND FORMER PRESIDENTS' OFFICES AND TRAVEL, PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES; DISCUSSION OF FUNDING FOR SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR PRESIDENTS' WIDOWS AND FOR EISENHOWER COLLEGE
  • DISCUSSION OF LANGUAGE FOR SPEECH BY LBJ ON VIETNAM NEGOTIATIONS, BOMBING HALT; REVIEW OF LBJ'S EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE; TIMING OF BOMBING HALT AND IMPACT ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, CANDIDATES; BRIEFING FOR EISENHOWER; POSITION FOR JUANITA ROBERTS
  • in the Foreign Service, Cabot served as Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs during the Eisenhower Administration, Consul General in Shanghai, China until its communist takeover, and as charge d'affaires in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. After retiring
  • Administration (ICA) and the Agency for International Development (AID). After his retirement in 1979, Huntington continued working part time at AID where he had access to the historical records of the agency. He began providing the Eisenhower Library
  • stace representative. David Prindle, professor of political ~c1enceat the University of Texas at Austin. Ann Ile Strauss. mnyor pro tern of the Dallas City Council. Bernard Weinstein. center director and professor at Southern Methodist University. Meg
  • a split delegation go to the national convention again. We Then in the September convention, Shivers had it in Amarillo, and the party itself, the state party convention endorsed Eisenhower for president. And that I think convinced everybody
  • 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
  • ) THOMAS Interviewer: David G. McComb 2184 Troon Road, Houston, Texas, October 11, 1968, 2:00 p.m. M: To sketch in the background of your husband, according to my data he was born in Nacogdoches County in 1898; educated at Rice, he got an A.B. degree from
  • Oral history transcript, Lera Thomas, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by David G. McComb
  • . COHEN INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McCOMB DATE: December 8, 1968 PLACE: Mr. Cohen's home, Silver Spring, Maryland Tape 1 of 2 M: First of all, to identify this tape. It's with Wilbur J. Cohen, secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare
  • Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 1 (I), 12/8/1968, by David G. McComb
  • . At the early days, in the Senate, it should be clear that the labor movement was not close to Johnson at all; on the contrary, with the exception of David Dubinsky,-Johnson always broke into groups, wedged his way in, on a personal relationship. David Dubinsky
  • Initial awareness of LBJ; Senate run by Southerners; Tidelands; political albatross; DC’s Southern atmosphere; Dick Russell; Harry Byrd; Eugene Milligan; Bob Taft; LBJ as a political operator; LBJ’s relationship with David Dubinsky; Walter George
  • , 1969 INTERVIEWEE: DR. RICHARD A. PRINDLE INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB PLACE: Brookings Institute, Room 530, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 M: Dr. Prindle, I'd like to know first of all something about your background. Where were you born and when? P
  • Oral history transcript, Richard A. Prindle, interview 1 (I), 2/3/1969, by David G. McComb
  • . BENNETT, JR ., Deputy Director, Office of Science and Technology INTERVIEWER : DAVID McCOMB December 11, 1968 M: To start off, Dr . Bennett, I would like to know something about your background--where were you born and when? B: Well, I was born
  • Oral history transcript, Ivan L. Bennett, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/11/1968, by David G. McComb
  • INTERVIEWEE: WARREN WOODWARD INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. McCOMB PLACE: Mr. Woodward's offices at American Airlines, Dallas, Texas Tape l of l M: On the last tape, to pick up where you left off, you mentioned that Johnson had recovered from his kidney stones
  • Oral history transcript, Warren G. Woodward, interview 2 (II), 5/26/1969, by David G. McComb
  • 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
  • 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
  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: FRANCIS C. TURNER (Tape #1) INTERVIEWER: DAVID G. Mc COMB More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
  • Oral history transcript, Francis C. Turner, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1968, by David G. McComb
  • , 1980 INTERVIEWEE: DAVID L. HACKETT INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Mr. Hackett's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 1 G: Mr. Hackett, let's start with your experience with the Juvenile Delinquency Committee. What insights did you gain
  • See all online interviews with David L. Hackett
  • Hackett, David L., 1927-
  • Oral history transcript, David L. Hackett, interview 1 (I), 4/15/1980, by Michael L. Gillette
  • David L. Hackett
  • , 1988 INTERVIEWEE: DAVID GINSBURG INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Ginsburg's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 DG: Two weeks, perhaps more than that, before the convention, the vice president, Hubert [Humphrey], called
  • See all online interviews with David Ginsburg
  • Ginsburg, David, 1912-2010
  • Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 2 (II), 8/26/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
  • David Ginsburg
  • 19, 1988 INTERVIEWEE: DAVID GINSBURG INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Ginsburg's office, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2, Side 1 MG: Mr. Ginsburg, let's start today with the formation of the Kerner Commission [National Advisory
  • See all online interviews with David Ginsburg
  • Ginsburg, David, 1912-2010
  • Oral history transcript, David Ginsburg, interview 3 (III), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette
  • David Ginsburg
  • McNamara, l believe, still holds ·firm to his belief that we need $76 million for _ economic aid end about $50 mUllon on the mtlitary .-:s ide. David Bell and Kel\mlt Gordon are much more doubt!ul, and Gordon. aeks tne to repoJ"t that a eupplementa.1
  • could control it. were unalterably opposed to it. The bureaucrats Eisenhower was opposed to it. It was just because of sheer personal power that we were able to start it. Now, our original idea was to build a center on top of Diamond Head Mountain
  • ~ · the . diffe1'ence betweea Vietnam and Kaalunlr with reai)ect to tbe United ~tlona, and General Eisenhower atroagly agreed with lt. The General'• moat active wor:rlea appear to be about NATO. and they worries we a!aare and on which we .can falrly claim
  • INTERVIEWEE: KENNETH A. RANDALL INTERVIEWER: DAVID McCOMB PLACE: Mr. Randall's office, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 M: This is an interview with Mr. Kenneth Randall, who is the chairman of the Federal Deposit
  • Oral history transcript, Kenneth A. Randall, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1969, by David G. McComb
  • and President Eisenhower took office in 1953. It was the custom tQroughout the country, or had been, that all U. S. attorneys would submit their resignations to the Justice Department if there was a change in administration. So I called Senator Johnson
  • of airplanes--Rayburn didn't like flying. He finally got used to it when his sister, Miss Lou, was dying of cancer. But he had flown with Eisenhower in 1945, right after World War II, when Eisenhower, who didn't know where he was born, finally was convinced
  • : That came later. But before I get into that, I want to say something about another impression before I met Mr. Johnson. That was a conversation which I can date for you. It was the Friday in August [1958] before President Eisenhower gave his Lebanon-Jordan