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  • down and converse. M: Was Mr. Johnson definitely in on all of the important meetings, as far as you know, on such a crisis as the Cuban Missile Crisis? D: Oh, very definitely, very definitely. President Kennedy was very strong about that, very
  • that we have divorced completely from our program ideological considerations. That doesn't mean I haven't views. I couldn't help but overhearing parts of your telephone conversation a moment ago. I have had since t 59 four protracted working trips to South
  • in private meetings, either in bipartisan meetings or by telephone. F: One of the early burdens that both President Eisenhower and Senator Johnson had to face was the problem of Senator Joseph McCarthy. H: Yes. F: Both were criticized for not being
  • , including myself, on the telephone. I'm sure he called many others about certain pieces of legislation, pointing out that he felt a deep urgency that we ought to get the Kennedy program on the road. was stalled dead-center. It hadn't been. It He used
  • his own mind. There were some good meetings of the Cabinet on matters of legislation and things of that character. B: In your personal conversations with Mr. Kennedy, did he ask you for advice in areas other than specifically Commerce things? example
  • of fact, Mr. Johnson in numerous conversations that I've had with him since coming down to Congress in the last few years has made mention of that fact, and talked with some humor about the bargain that my father attempted to pull on him with regard
  • you remember any conversations with Johnson on this? I think you and he generally voted together. G: That's right. I talked to Johnson and I talked to Knowland to see if we couldn't divide the so-called foreign aid bill into three. One would