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Series: Part III, 1979 Additions, 1950-1960
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Governors' Conferences, 1954, 1956, 1958
Materials in the governors' conferences file cover such subjects as Senator Joseph
McCarthy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, the farm problem, segregation and integration, and
state economics.
Of particular interest are an “opinion poll” on Senator McCarthy; and an
interview with Herman Talmadge on the upcoming elections and integration.
A long memorandum on the whole 1954 conference includes statements by the following:
William Stratton of Illinois; Knight of California Walter Kohler of Wisconsin;
Christian Herter of Massachusetts; Edwin L. Mecham of New Mexico; G. Merman Williams
of Michigan; C.J. Rogers of Wyoming; Meyner of New Jersey; Dan Thornton of Colorado;
Robert F. Kennon of Louisiana; J. Cable Boggs of Delaware; John S. Fine of
Pennsylvania; Lawrence F. Wetherby of Kentucky; John David Lodge of Connecticut;
Dennis J. Roberts of Rhode Island; Secretary McKay (former governor of Oregon);
Peterson (Civil Defense administrator and former governor of Nebraska).
A short memorandum on the 1956 conference sets forth the governors' opinion that
Stevenson was definitely in as the Democratic Presidential nominee, and Eisenhower as
the Republican.
A long memorandum on the 1958 conference includes statements by the following:
Williams of Michigan; Ribicoff of Connecticut; Harriman of New York; Coleman of
Mississippi; Collins of Florida; Faubus of Arkansas; Rossellini of Washington; Leader
of Pennsylvania; Freeman of Minnesota; Muskie of Maine; Holmes of Oregon; Docking of
Kansas; McNichols of Colorado; Stratton of Illinois; Thompson of Wisconsin; Durnell of
New Hampshire; O'Neill of Ohio; Handley of Indiana; Smylie of Idaho; Boggs of
Delaware; Johnson of Vermont; Anderson of Nebraska; Davis of North Dakota.
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McCarthy-Communism Controversy
Materials in this file include a letter from Westbrook Pegler relating to Oakes'
review of a book about McCarthy; a letter concerning new evidence in the Hiss case;
papers concerning Fifth Amendment cases on the Times; a
debate by correspondence on a McCarthyism program on which Oakes appeared; a long
letter from John Howe on Cardinal Spellman coming out for McCarthy and the “Who
has Joe hurt?” theory.
There is also a long memorandum of a trip to Washington, D.C., June 28-30, 1954, in
which appear statements by Lyndon E. Johnson; Charles E. Potter of Michigan; Homer
Ferguson of Michigan; J.W. Fulbright of Arkansas; John F. Kennedy; Prescott Bush of
Connecticut; A.S. (Mike) Monroney of Oklahoma; Stuart Symington of Missouri; William
Knowland of California; Stuyvesant Wainwright of New York; and Max Rabb (Secretary of
the Cabinet and member of the White House staff). These statements reflect the general
feeling, at that time, that the McCarthy censure would not come to a vote.
A report, November 17, 1954, on the censure debate is in the form of a letter.
The final portion of the McCarthy file is made up of materials relating to the
“Dear Grace, Dear Iphigene” letters. There is a long memorandum from Ralph
de Toledano to Mrs. Roosevelt defending McCarthy against Oakes; a memorandum from
Oakes to Mrs. Sulzberger; copies of some of the letters exchanged by Mrs. Roosevelt
and Mrs. Sulzberger; and a clipping of Westbrook Pegler's column relating to these
letters.
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Reports, Interviews With Government Officials, Washington
: In reverse chronological order except that 1960 is at the end of the list
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1958 February 5-8: 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
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1957 November 12-15; December 3-4
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
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1957 May 7-10: 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
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1957 January 30-February 1: 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
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1956 April 28: The report includes statements by the following: - Cotton
- Allott
- Jiggs Donohue
- Solicitor General Sobeloff
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1956 January 30-February?; February 29-March 1: 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
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1955 December 6
: Interview with Nixon. Nixon comments on the “electability” of
candidates; says that farm prices are not important after the farmers have
voted.
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1955 December 6: The report contains statements by the following: - Douglas
- Mansfield
- Ives
- Knowland
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1955 January 18-21: 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”
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1954 June 28-30: 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
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1954 January 11-15: 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
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1953 February 16-20: 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
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1952 May 4-8: 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
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1952 February 17-19: 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
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1952 January 14-16
: 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).
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, 1951 September 30-October 3 (Governors'
Conference): 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
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1951 September 26-28
- 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
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1951 May 11-16: 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
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1950 December 11-13: 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
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1960 January 18-22: 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)
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