Archival Resources in Wisconsin: Descriptive Finding Aids

Container	Title
Reel 1	Reports, Interviews With Government Officials, Washington Note: In reverse chronological order except that 1960 is at the end of the list
Reel 1	1958 February 5-8 Scope and Content Note: Principal issue discussed is the recession. The report includes statements by the following: Sherman Adams - Ike is a “fragile mechanism” Meade Alcorn - The GOP is looking up after a bad year William F. Knowland Paul Butler Lyndon Johnson - Alleges he is not a Presidential candidate and that his interest in missiles is nonpolitical Styles Bridges Mike Monroney - Kennedy is trying too hard too soon Lister Hill Paul Douglas - Discusses unemployment Henry Jackson Joseph S. Clark Stuart Symington - Comments on the inadequate defense program Hubert Humphrey Secretary Folsom - Comments on the educational bill George Allen (USIA) John F. Kennedy- Defends his authorship of Profiles in Courage
Reel 1	1957 November 12-15; December 3-4 Scope and Content Note Principal subject is foreign affairs. The report includes statements by the following: Christian Herter - The Arabs are accepting the reality of Israel C. Douglas Dillon - Russian foreign aid is starting to amount to something Clarence Randall - Comments on reciprocal trade Paule Nitze - Dulles sees himself as the “lone fighter against the forces of evil” Stuart Rockwell - Favorable comments on the Arabs; says that Jordan will be cut up William S.B. Lacy Francis Wilcox Charles Owsley J. William Fulbright - Eisenhower should resign Carl Durham Hertzog (Israeli Ambassador to the United States) - The whole Middle East is in danger from Russia Dean Acheson Principal subject is domestic affairs. The report contains statements by the following: Paul Butler Lyndon Johnson and Speaker Rayburn - Comment on Stevenson and the bipartisanship question James Douglas and Malcolm Maclntyre - Comment on the missile gap Arthur Larson - Eisenhower is weak Attorney General William Rogers - Comments on the new internal security program Gordon Gray William Proxmire Clifford Case
Reel 1	1957 May 7-10 Scope and Content Note: The report includes statements by the following: Richard Nixon - Comments on the budget and taxes and their relation to the voters; USIA; and the school bill mess Meade Alcorn Arthur Larsen (USIA) Styles Bridges Thruston Morton Margaret Chase Smith Charles E. Potter Christian Herter - Comments on the Mideast mess Rountree (Undersecretary for the Mideast) Max Rabb Lyndon Johnson - Believes he is attacked unfairly; miffed that Rayburn does not get such treatment Monroney John F. Kennedy Paul Douglas - The Liberal Democrats control conventions, but the South controls Congress Joseph S. Clark Patrick V. McNamara Frank Church Henry S. Reuss
Reel 1	1957 January 30-February 1 Scope and Content Note: Principal subjects are the Mideast crisis and the “direction” of the Democrats. The report contains statements by the following: Lyndon Johnson - Defensive about leadership and sensitive to criticism; particularly contemptuous of Humphrey; does not want and is not competent to be President; jealous of Rayburn Fulbright - Expresses no confidence in Dulles Mansfield Lausche - Eisenhower's liberalism is a Republican flash in the pan Russell - Should cut foreign aid Clark Carroll Paul Butler George McGhee Knowland Cooper - Eisenhower's Mideast program is too military and too exclusively anti-Communist Morton Case
Reel 1	1956 April 28 Scope and Content Note: The report includes statements by the following: Cotton Allott Jiggs Donohue Solicitor General Sobeloff
Reel 1	1956 January 30-February?; February 29-March 1 Scope and Content Note: The report contains statements by the following: Goldwater - For Nixon Kefauver - Comments on why Stevenson cannot win Gore - Eisenhower will run Dirksen Clinton P. Anderson Neuberger Monroney Kuchel Case - Eisenhower should ditch Nixon; Israel could beat the Arabs, but the Communists would move in Symington Jackson Hennings Max Rabb Udall Felix Frankfurter John F. Kennedy - Gloomy about Democratic chances
Reel 1	1955 December 6 Scope and Content Note: Interview with Nixon. Nixon comments on the “electability” of candidates; says that farm prices are not important after the farmers have voted.
Reel 1	1955 December 6 Scope and Content Note: The report contains statements by the following: Douglas Mansfield Ives Knowland
Reel 1	1955 January 18-21 Scope and Content Note: Principal subject is the Democrats' search for a program. The report includes statements by the following: Mansfield Neuberger Morse Knowland Doughs Halleck - Eisenhower has to run Max Rabb - Eisenhower is security conscious Cain - We need more freedom and less “security”
	1954 June 28-30 Scope and Content Note: Report reflects optimism of the Republicans. Statements by the following are included: Johnson - McCarthy is dangerous, but he (J.) refuses to take part in anti-McCarthy moves; it's an internal Republican matter
Reel 1	1954 January 11-15 Scope and Content Note: Subjects covered include McCarthy, the Bricker Amendment, and the farm program. The report contains statements by the following: Nixon McLeod - Comments on immigration Halleck Wainwright Rayburn Anderson Sparkman Monroney - McCarthy will have to turn on Eisenhower Johnson Kennedy Douglas Knowland Millikin Mrs. Smith Symington Max Rabb Hagerty Javits Raskin Streibert
Reel 1	1953 February 16-20 Scope and Content Note: The report includes statements by the following: Nixon Taft Millikin Aiken Ives Knowland Dirksen Hendrickson Secretary of the Interior McKay Sparkman Douglas Mansfield Monroney Johnson John F. Kennedy Jackson Gore
	1952 May 4-8 Scope and Content Note: Democratic politicians do not like Kefauver, according to this report. There are statements by the following: Douglas - Comments reveal that the nomination might be forced on him Harriman Barkley Russell
Reel 1	1952 February 17-19 Scope and Content Note: The report includes statements by the following: Frank Pace - Truman will not run Anderson - Truman should not run; Eisenhower should come home; Taft is desperate Hennings Benton - Has advised Truman not to run Kerr Kilgore Bridges Nixon - no fear of the Communists as an internal menace, but as part of the world picture Hendrickson Ives
Reel 1	1952 January 14-16 Scope and Content Note: Things which come out in the report are: no Democrat thinks that Truman will run again; no one knows which Republican will run; no one has the stomach for a fight with McCarthy (among the Wisconsin congressmen).
Reel 1	, 1951 September 30-October 3 (Governors' Conference) Scope and Content Note: The report contains statements by the following: Earl Warren Driscoll Dewey Kohler Peterson Brunsdale Lee Lodge Stevenson - Much to do in Illinois Wright Talmadge Shivers Wetherly Fuller Warren Williams
Reel 1	1951 September 26-28 Scope and Content Note Taft - Am not responsible for McCarthy; no support for Eisenhower Douglas - Eisenhower should run Fulbright - Eisenhower should run; RFC clean now and should not be scrapped Hennings - Truman's “friends” Kefauver Morse Monroney Duff
Reel 1	1951 May 11-16 Scope and Content Note: Opinions coming from this report include: cease fire is imminent; if the Republicans could hold the election now, they could win with a wooden Indian. The report includes statements by the following: Pace - Comments on MacArthur and “victory” ramifications McGhee - Comments on Mideast oil Parrett - Comments on overseas information Taft McMahon Douglas Winthrop Brown - Comments on world trade
Reel 1	1950 December 11-13 Scope and Content Note: The report includes comments by the following: Douglas - No appeasement Taft Lehman McCarran - Comments on people of subversive intent Ives Knowland McCarthy - Admits he wants to destroy the administration and Acheson in particular Wherry Pace Surgeon General Perlman State Department - Comments on the need for balance between Israel and the Arabs
Reel 1	1960 January 18-22 Scope and Content Note: John F. Kennedy and Johnson still do not have enough votes; Stevenson is waning; Hubert Humphrey would run as vice-president with anybody; Symington strong because he is everybody's second choice. The report contains statements by the following: Johnson - Hubert Humphrey is a joke John F. Kennedy - Am putting everything into Wisconsin Hubert Humphrey - Gives Johnson no chance Symington Clinton B. Anderson Dirksen Joseph S. Clark Thruston Morton - Comments on farm problems and Benson Paul Sutler - Democrats cannot win with Johnson Frank Church Henry Jackson Douglas Gore Rayburn S. Wainwright - Republicans are all reactionaries George McGovern A. G. Rogers - Rockefeller should run as vice-president Dr. Keith Glennon (NASA)