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Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, August 13, 1963
… tom l. evans oral history interview, august 13, 1963 oral history interview with tom l. evans kansas city businessman; friend of …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, December 10, 1963
… tom l. evans oral history interview, december 10, 1963 oral history interview with tom l. evans kansas city businessman; friend of …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, September 18, 1963
… tom l. evans oral history interview, september 18, 1963 oral history interview with tom l. evans kansas city businessman; friend of …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, August 8, 1962
… tom l. evans oral history interview, august 8, 1962 oral history interview with tom l. evans kansas city businessman; friend of …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, April 17, 1963
… tom l. evans oral history interview, april 17, 1963 oral history interview with tom l. evans kansas city businessman; friend of …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, December 19, 1963
… tom l. evans oral history interview, december 19, 1963 oral history interview with tom l. evans kansas city businessman; friend of …
Tom L. Evans Oral History
… tom l. evans oral history oral history interviews with tom l. evans kansas city businessman; friend of harry s. truman … s. truman library, inc.; and treasurer of the harry s. truman library institute for national and international affairs. interview transcripts 1962 august 8 | november 28 1963 april 17 | june 13 | august 13 | september 18 december 10 | december …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, June 13, 1963
… tom l. evans oral history interview, june 13, 1963 oral history interview with tom l. evans kansas city businessman; friend of harry …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, November 28, 1962
… tom l. evans oral history interview, november 28, 1962 oral history interview with tom l. evans kansas city businessman; friend of …
Edward D. McKim Oral History Interviews
… edward d. mckim oral history interviews oral history interviews with edward d. mckim served under capt. harry s. truman, battery d, 129th field artillery regiment, 1917-19, and, … of the board of directors of the panama canal company, 1950-53; and close personal friend of mr. truman since world war i. interview transcripts february 17 | & february 19, 1964 [ notices and restrictions | list of subjects discussed ] notice … dwight d., 129 , 130 , 131 , 142 , 155 england, clarence, 42 eppley, eugene, 150 , 151 evans, milton r., 23 evans, tom l., 100 , 101 , 116-117 , 118 fawcett, william, 52-53 fisher, frank, 49 flaherty, daniel l., 15 flannigan, mike, 60 ft. …
Randall S. Jesse Oral History Interview, December 23, 1975
… randall s. jesse oral history interview, december 23, 1975 oral history interview with randall s. jesse mr. jessee was a reporter for wdaf-tv when he met then president harry s. truman. the close personal … lot more about that than i did, because i suppose i felt by that time i knew him much better than [7] they did. we invited tom benton and his wife--the artist and rita benton--they were neighbors of ours, so we invited them for the same dinner. …
A. J. Stephens Oral History Interview
… a. j. stephens oral history interview oral history interview with a. j. stephens kansas city entrepreneur and friend of harry s. truman since the early twenties. paradise valley, arizona … mr. truman became president i became better acquainted with many of his friends there like eddie jacobson, ted marks, and tom evans. fuchs: you met most of these people after he was president? stephens: i met most of these people after he was …
Marvin Jones Oral History Interview
… marvin jones oral history interview oral history interviews with judge marvin jones member of u.s. house of representatives (from texas), 1917-40; judge, u.s. court of claims, 1940-43; … james f.: carter, amon, 307-308 clark, champ, 13-14 , 32 , 85 clifford, clark, 298 congress hall hotel, 59-60 connally, tom, 85-86 coolidge, calvin: and democratic national convention of 1944, 117-120 as director, office of economic …
Mr. and Mrs. Randall S. Jessee Oral History Interview
… mr. and mrs. randall s. jessee oral history interview oral history interview with mr. and mrs. randall s. jessee kansas city friends of president and mrs. harry s. truman may 19, 1964 by dr. philip … and went on up, and fred went barging on into the presidential suite. there the president was, sitting and talking to tom mcgee, louis mcgee's father and long time friend of the president's. so, after mr. mcgee had finished visiting with him, …
Rufus B. Burrus Oral History Interviews
… rufus b. burrus oral history interviews oral history interviews with rufus b. burrus longtime friend and legal counselor to harry s. truman; assistant county counselor, 1927-41; member, u.s. army reserve, 1927-75; officer in u.s. army in world war ii; attorney in private practice, 1921 to present. interview transcripts october 22, 1985 | november 8, 1985 | november 20, 1985 by niel m. johnson, harry s. truman library [ … james m., 15-16 canfil, fred, 110-111 , 188-189 carrol, ed, 32 clark, bennett, 141 , 159 , 164-166 clark, mark, 266 clark, tom, 193-195 churchill, winston, 176 clifford, clark, 123 community savings and loan association, 42-43 , 59-60 , 62-64 …
Charles F. Curry Oral History Interview
… charles f. curry oral history interview oral history interview with charles f. curry kansas city, missouri businessman and longtime friend of harry s. truman. kansas city, missouri … be done, but did not have the cash. by the time of the sale, i had only two others committed -- e. kemper carter and tom evans, and i decided to go ahead and bid it in and take a four-sixths interest for myself. i advised vivian that i would …
Richard W. Bolling Oral History Interview
… richard w. bolling oral history interview oral history interview with richard w. bolling us congressman, fifth district of missouri, 1949-1983. october 21, 1988 and april 20, 1989 by niel m. … had been wounded, we were for a broad-gauge social program, more like the new deal. johnson: of course, your meeting with tom evans was a fateful one and it has been written up in an interview that we have here, about how this came about, how you …
General Harry H. Vaughan Oral History Interviews
… general harry h. vaughan oral history interviews oral history interviews with general harry h. vaughan personal friend of harry s. truman since 1917; military associate in world war i and … officer for the truman committee, 1944; and military aide to mr. truman when he was vice-president and president, 1945-53. interview transcripts january 14 | & january 16, 1963 see also harry vaughan papers finding aid and interview conducted by … aide to the president, 134-136 and the white house staff, 100 erkin, feridun c., 117 evans, m. r. (bob), 39-40 evans, tom l., 39 fair deal, 153 fields, alonzo, 102 first national bank, st. louis, mo., 41 "five-percenters inquiry", 104-107 …
Anthony A. Buford Oral History Interview
… anthony a. buford oral history interview oral history interview with anthony a. buford admitted missouri state bar association, 1929; secretary, missouri ozark chamber of commerce; … you mentioned jim aylward, and that you were a friend of his. in 1934, as you know it was up for consideration as to whom tom pendergast would select for the candidate. it's been written that james aylward -- and i believe shannon, and perhaps …
James R. Fuchs Oral History Interview, June 20, 1979
… james r. fuchs oral history interview, june 20, 1979 oral history interview with james r. fuchs oral history at the harry s. truman library with james r. fuchs. history of the harry s. truman library. … any other personalities that stick out in your mind during the years that truman was still around? fuchs: well, of course, tom evans was very close to him as you may know--a kansas city millionaire and one-time drugstore magnate, and then . . . …
General Harry H. Vaughan Oral History Interview, January 14, 1963
… general harry h. vaughan oral history interview, january 14, 1963 oral history interview with general harry h. vaughan personal friend of harry s. truman since 1917; military associate in world war i and … truman. he brought harry truman down and introduced him to his uncle, and that's the first connection truman had. old tom pendergast wanted to have some window dressing and truman was really window dressing for him because he could say, "well, …
Robert L. Sweeney Oral History Interview
… robert l. sweeney oral history interview oral history interview with robert l. sweeney life-long friend of harry s. truman; first black supervisor appointed in the kansas city postal … office employee. i sent out invitations. an invitation was sent to mr. truman. mr. truman didn't come, but he sent mr. tom evans to represent him at my retirement. i retired in the postmaster's office. congressman bolling was there. randall …
Lewis T. Barringer Oral History Interview
… lewis t. barringer oral history interview oral history interview with lewis t. barringer longtime personal friend of harry s. truman and treasurer for his 1944 vice-presidential campaign. … long to settle who was going to be the vice president. the delegates moved very quickly to take mr. truman. fuchs: did tom evans first make your acquaintance at the 1944 convention, or did you know him prior to this? barringer: i believe it was …
George E. Allen Oral History Interview
… george e. allen oral history interview oral history interview with george e. allen commissioner of the district of columbia, 1933-39; treasurer of the democratic national committee, … in. there was a boy named -- the druggist that joined us on the train too, what was his name? from kansas city -- evans, tom l. evans. and a lot of other fellows came in. but they were nominated. my friends had been the roosevelt people up until …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interview, December 8, 1967
… john w. snyder oral history interview, december 8, 1967 oral history interview with john w. snyder secretary of the treasury in the truman administration, 1946-53. other federal positions once held … of the state. who helped function in that part of the state? snyder: well, now, there was his great friend a druggist, tom evans. tom was a longtime, loyal friend, very helpful throughout mr. truman's career and still is a very, very …
Frederick J. Bowman Oral History Interview
… frederick j. bowman oral history interview oral history interview with frederick j. bowman a sergeant in battery d, 129th field artillery regiment, commanded by captain harry s. truman in … in the meantime, of course, all the time when i remember when mr. truman was first running for the senate in kansas city, tom [thomas e.] murphy, who was one of the fellows in that battery, called me up one day and said, "we're trying to raise a …
Harry H. Vaughan, March 20, 1976 Oral History Interview
… harry h. vaughan, march 20, 1976 oral history interview oral history interview with harry h. vaughan general vaughan was president truman's military aide in the white house. he served as truman's … was walking with me that time i met truman. he and i were over in the 130th. jim pendergast, who was the nephew of old tom, was a great admirer of truman's, and great friend of his. they'd served together; and jim persuaded his uncle to back …
Oral History Interviews
… and times. the interviews are available in transcript form and range in length from fewer than 10 to over 1,000 pages, with most being between 20 and 200 pages. most of the interviews include a name and subject index attached to the transcript. … not include information about specific copyright or donor restrictions. this information is included with the individual interview transcripts. interviews that were conducted by an oral history program other than the library's are properly … cooperation. 38 pages. clague, ewan. commissioner of labor statistics, department of labor, 1946-54. 125 pages. clark, tom c. attorney general of the united states, 1945-49; associate justice of the u.s. supreme court, 1949-67. two interviews, …
Robert P. Weatherford, Jr. Oral History Interview
… robert p. weatherford, jr. oral history interview oral history interview with robert p. weatherford, jr. mayor, independence, missouri, 1950-58. independence, missouri june 11, 1976 james r. fuchs [ … foundation formed here in independence in 1948, or '49? what do you recall of that? [17] weatherford: mayor sermon and tom evans had talked about this. so mayor sermon set up a non-profit foundation, and we sold little brass medallions in an …
Sir Cuthbert Clegg Oral History Interview
… sir cuthbert clegg oral history interview oral history interview with sir cuthbert clegg member, lancashire mission to india, 1936; cotton industry working party, 1945-46; cotton … with us. there was arthur deakin, who was in the same union that mr. bevin had built up, the transport union workers, and tom williamson, lord williamson now, who was the head of the general and municipal workers and will lawther who was the mine …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interviews
… john w. snyder oral history interviews oral history interviews with john w. snyder secretary of the treasury in the truman administration, 1946-53. other federal positions once held … was a longtime close friend of harry s. truman beginning with their service in the u.s. army reserves after world war i. interview transcripts filter for 1967 1967 november 8 november 22 december 8 december 27 filter for 1968, january through … views of, 1260-1261 civil rights, in the truman administration, 1259-1263 , 1271-1274 clark, bennett, 75-77 clark, tom, as u.s. attorney general, 774-775 clark, tom, foreign aid, role in, 1179 clark, vernon l., 636 , 1653 clayton, william …
Rufus B. Burrus Oral History Interview, November 8, 1985
… rufus b. burrus oral history interview, november 8, 1985 oral history interview with rufus b. burrus longtime friend and legal counselor to harry s. truman; assistant county counselor, 1927-41; member, … a newspaper once in a while, which is out of context probably, without any real support. johnson: i suppose you did meet tom pendergast on occasion. do you have some recollections of his demeanor, what [150] kind of person he seemed to be? …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, October 30, 1970
… robert g. nixon oral history interview, october 30, 1970 oral history interview with robert g. nixon news correspondent with the international news service, 1930-58; served as editor of the service for a … he represented the wealthy classes. hess: the wall street classes. nixon: yes. that was his image. i had no criticism of tom dewey. i knew him well in earlier years when he was attorney general of new york and later governor. but i'm trying to …
E.W. Kenworthy Oral History Interview
… e.w. kenworthy oral history interview oral history interview with e.w. kenworthy official in the office of war information, 1942-45; editorial writer for the baltimore evening-sun , … in washington, and the idea of having a kind of a daily letter to the ambassadors abroad originated with a man named tom eliot who had served in the embassy in london as special assistant to ambassador winant, and he brought the idea back. …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 29, 1967
… stephen j. spingarn oral history interview, march 29, 1967 oral history interview with stephen j. spingarn attorney, u.s. treasury dept., 1934-41; asst. to the attorney general of the united states, 1937-38; … security bill, justice sponsored, subsequently, 1949, introduced as s-595, 81st congress. horan, justice, powwow with tom lynch and me. that's a reference to the fact that a young lawyer named mike horan from justice came over and tried to …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History
… robert g. nixon oral history oral history interviews with robert g. nixon news correspondent with the international news service (ins), 1930-58; ins state department and foreign … 1943; quebec conference, 1944; and potsdam, 1945. washington correspondent covering the white house beginning 1944. interview transcripts 1970 october: 9 , 16 , 19 , 20 , 21 , 22 , 23 , 28 , 29 , 30 november: 4 , 5 , 6 , 20 , 23 [ notices … dwight david (mamie), 967 eisenhower, john, 142 elbe, 304 , 307 , 308 elsey, george, 288 , 391 , 566 , 616 evans, tom l., 690 excelsior springs, missouri, 681-682 f fair deal, 696 fala speech. see white house correspondents dinner, …
Edward D. McKim Oral History Interview, February 19, 1964
… edward d. mckim oral history interview, february 19, 1964 oral history interview with edward d. mckim served under capt. harry s. truman, battery d, 129th field artillery regiment, 1917-19, and, … it was either wednesday or thursday -- one or two days in there, they escape me at the moment... fuchs: excuse me, was tom evans up there at this time? mckim: no, not at that time. fuchs: did you know tom evans then? [101] mckim: yes. fuchs: …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interviews
… charles s. murphy oral history interviews oral history interviews with charles s. murphy former staff member in the office of the legislative counsel of the u.s. senate, 1934-46; … murphy served as under secretary of agriculture, 1960-65; and chairman of the civil aeronautics board, 1965-68. interview transcripts may 2, 1963 | june 3, 1963 | july 24, 1963 | may 21, 1969 | june 24, 1969 | july 15, 1969 | july 25, … party platform in 1952, 368-369 , 371-374 civil rights program, 224-231 clark, champ, 54 clark, john, 122 clark, tom, 328 , 333-334 clay, lucius, 319 , 320 clifford, clark, 2 , 3 , 13 , 26 , 30 , 71 , 78 , 90 , 91 , 92-93 , 117 , 118 , …
Matthew Connelly Oral History Interviews
… matthew connelly oral history interviews oral history interviews with matthew connelly chief investigator for the senate special committee to investigate the national defense program (the … to senator and vice president truman, july 1944-april 1945; and appointments secretary to the president, 1945-53. interview transcripts november 28, 1967 | november 30, 1967 | august 21, 1968 by jerry n. hess [ notices and restrictions | … clark, bennett, 138 clark, charles patrick, 5 , 9 , 13 , 22 , 31 , 42 , 46 , 50 , 56 , 60 background of, 15-16 clark, tom c., 162 , 164 , 358 clayton, william c., 390 cleveland, mississippi, 391 , 392 clifford, clark, 150-151 , 153 , 155 , 157 …
Vere C. Leigh Oral History Interview
… vere c. leigh oral history interview oral history interview with vere c. leigh member of battery "d", 129th field artillery regiment which was led by captain harry s. truman in france … office? [ 71] leigh: there's no secrets in this world. it's pretty well-known that through jimmy pendergast truman met tom pendergast, although it seems to me that shannon was in the picture someplace in there. shannon was strong in the …
Eugene Donnelly and Edward Meisburger Oral History Interview
… eugene donnelly and edward meisburger oral history interview oral history interview with eugene donnelly and edward meisburger mr. donnelly served as a corporal and mr. meisburger as a sergeant under captain … of him by 8,000 votes. so that was probably his toughest political campaign. and then, of course, at that time, you know, tom pendergast had fallen from grace up here and been sentenced to the united states penitentiary for income tax evasion. …
Andrew J. Biemiller Oral History Interview
… andrew j. biemiller oral history interview oral history interview with andrew j. biemiller member, wisconsin legislature, 1936-42; with war production board, 1942-44; member 79th, 81st u.s. … zablocki along. so, we went on down to the white house, and i had been advised previously by the former [ 19] justice tom clark, who was then the attorney general, and by my old friend oscar chapman of the interior department, that i had …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, July 15, 1969
… charles s. murphy oral history interview, july 15, 1969 oral history interview with charles s. murphy former staff member in the office of the legislative counsel of the u.s. senate, 1934-46; … at that time, john snyder was secretary of the treasury, and the chairman of the federal reserve board at that time was tom [thomas b.] mccabe, a man who had been appointed by president truman on the recommendation of john snyder and he was an …
Oral History Interview
… oral history interview oral history interview with larry hackman director, harry s. truman library, 1995-2000. august 20, september 3, september 9, 2014 by dr. ray … kennedy period - nicholas katzenbach, former attorney general; frank mankiewicz, robert kennedy's former press secretary ; tom wicker of the new york times; sander vanocur of nbc; stewart udall, former secretary of the interior, and others. we …
Mildred Lee Dryden (Mrs. William J.) Oral History Interview
… mildred lee dryden (mrs. william j.) oral history interview oral history interview with mildred lee dryden (mrs. william j.) participant in harry s. truman's first campaign for the senate, 1934, and senator … claimed they'd been in there a lot of times, i could tell you whether they were or weren't. [57] fuchs: do you recall tom evans visiting him? dryden: in later years i did, but not the first years. he was up there pretty often on business …
Edward D. McKim Oral History Interview, February 17, 1964
… edward d. mckim oral history interview, february 17, 1964 oral history interview with edward d. mckim served under capt. harry s. truman, battery d, 129th field artillery regiment, 1917-19, and, … breakfast with joe guffey the next morning. then, joe said that president roosevelt was coming through the state and young tom taggart and he and truman drove over to meet the train. i think they met it at, oh, i don't know, up from french lick …
John M. Leddy Oral History Interview
… john m. leddy oral history interview oral history interview with john m. leddy member of the staff of the trade agreements division, u.s. dept. of state, and participant in the … in the committee at that time. anyhow, after a period of a week or ten days we put together a good report. i worked with tom martin who was the staff man in the committee. mills was successful in getting an 18 to 7 vote in favor of this thing. …
J. Leonard Reinsch Oral History Interview
… j. leonard reinsch oral history interview oral history interview with j. leonard reinsch former radio adviser to the white house, 1945-52; radio consultant, democratic national convention … drove me to the station. the lamar, missouri acceptance speech was at a location selected by the candidate. i [10] went to tom evans' radio station at the suggestion of the candidate to make arrangements for a rehearsal of his speech. obviously, …
Ted J. Sanders Oral History Interview
… ted j. sanders oral history interview oral history interview with ted j. sanders a longtime friend of the truman family, local wpa administrator, farmer, and horse-trader. cameron, … told this story. pretty big story. i went up on sunday morning, and went into the suite. truman was there along with tom evans, who was a warm friend of truman. he had four crown drugstores in kansas city; that meant quite a bit at that time. …
Rufus B. Burrus Oral History Interview, November 20, 1985
… rufus b. burrus oral history interview, november 20, 1985 oral history interview with rufus b. burrus longtime friend and legal counselor to harry s. truman; assistant county counselor, 1927-41; member, … "that's right." i said, "twelve o'clock?" "oh yes, oh yes." about fifteen minutes later i had a telephone [233] call from tom evans. tom said, "rufe, did the boss ask you to go to lunch today?" i said, "yes." "did he tell you what he wanted? "no." …
Oscar R. Ewing Oral History
… oscar r. ewing oral history oral history interviews with oscar r. ewing attorney, hughes, hubbard & ewing, new york, new york, and predecessor firms, 1919-1947; assistant … 1947-53; and organizer and member of an unofficial political policy group during the truman administration, 1947-52. interview transcripts april 29, 1969 | april 30, 1969 may 1, 1969 | may 2, 1969 [ notices and restrictions | list of subjects … rights plank, in the democratic convention platform of 1948, 303-304 clapper, ray(mond), 76 clark, ramsey, 116 clark, tom, 116 , 147-148 , 151 , 164 clifford, clark, 119 , 127 , 140 , 141 , 143-144 , 305 , 306 , 310 , 313 , 316 , 351 ewing, …
Edgar G. Hinde Oral History Interview
… edgar g. hinde oral history interview oral history interview with edgar g. hinde lifetime friend of harry s. truman; fellow officer in the 129th field artillery regiment in world war i; … non-partisan board of engineers, which was composed of old general [e.m.] stayton, who is now dead (he was a democrat) and tom veatch of black and veatch, who was a republican. they supervised this whole process and consequently, they got, i think …
Clark Clifford Oral History
… clark clifford oral history oral history interviews with clark m. clifford assistant to white house naval aide, 1945-46; special counsel to the president, 1946-50. interview transcripts by jerry n. hess march 23, 1971 | april 13, 1971 | april 19, 1971 | may 10, 1971 july 26, 1971 | march … colorado, 337 comintern, 254 , 456 commerce department, 174 , 175-177 commodity credit corporation, 279 connally, senator tom, 143 connelly, matthew j., 276 , 277 , 383 , 450-453 containment, 84-87 the crucial decade , 355 czechoslovakia, 79 , 254 …
John K. Hulston Oral History Interview
… john k. hulston oral history interview oral history interview with john k. hulston attorney in springfield, missouri; chairman, greene county democratic central committee, 1946-48; and … on the phone, according to my father, and told that harry was a very fine county judge in jackson county, and that he had tom pendergast’s support, and that he was going to be the next senator of the united states and that he’d like to bring him …
Theodore Achilles Oral History Interview
… theodore achilles oral history interview oral history interview with theodore achilles served as foreign service officer, u.s. department of state, 1931-62. in addition to his other … dean acheson on the whys, wherefores, and provisions of the treaty. he learned fast. our second job was to butter up tom connally, who had succeeded vandenberg as chairman of the committee, and whose nose was slightly out of joint because we …
Cornelius J. Mara Oral History Interviews
… cornelius j. mara oral history interviews brigadier general cornelius j. mara oral history interview with brigadier general cornelius j. mara air force liaison officer to the white house, 1947-49; and assistant military aide … that he came to washington for assistance from pearson. pearson was on very close terms with the then attorney general, tom clark. and, as a matter of fact, [ 50] pearson gave quite a party for this attorney, and i think clark was at it. but …
Matthew J. Connelly Oral History Interview, November 30, 1967
… matthew j. connelly oral history interview, november 30, 1967 oral history interview with matthew j. connelly chief investigator for the senate special committee to investigate the national defense program (the … brought leonard reinsch to kansas city. leonard reinsch and i made [148] arrangements with a friend of mr. truman's, named tom evans, who owned a radio station. he had a studio set aside at his station and we'd have mr. truman come up there to work …
Tom C. Clark Oral History Interview
… tom c. clark oral history interview oral history interview with tom c. clark attorney general of the united states, … i was not. so they took all of my work away from me in the department. and then mr. hughes, chief justice [charles evans] hughes, directed the federal trial courts to set down for a trial a backlog of war risk insurance and other cases. all …
Oscar R. Ewing Oral History Interview, April 29, 1969
… oscar r. ewing oral history interview, april 29, 1969 oral history interview with oscar r. ewing attorney, hughes, hubbard & ewing, new york, new york, and predecessor firms, 1919-1947; assistant … as a candidate that they wanted to pick a winner for 1940. fuchs: who else was mentioned? ewing: both senator taft and tom dewey were sparring for the nomination but both lacked the charisma that willkie possessed. he was very attractive …
David C. Bell Oral History Interview
… david c. bell oral history interview oral history interview with david c. bell member of the staff of the u.s. bureau of the budget, 1942, 1945-47, 1948-49; special assistant in the … only themselves to blame. hess: in that campaign, mr. truman seems to make the 80th congress his main protagonist and not tom dewey. why do you think that decision was made? why did he, more or less, run against congress rather than against the …
Dillon S. Myer Oral History Interview, Chap V-VIII
… dillon s. myer oral history interview, chap v-viii oral history interview with dillon s. myer director, war relocation authority, 1942-46; commissioner, federal public housing administration, … the record about the work of county agents. before reporting for duty at evansville, i asked the county agent leader mr. tom coleman what i should do. he said "go down and go to work. you know as much about the job as i do." so i was on my own in …
Ewan Clague Oral History Interview
… ewan clague oral history interview memoir dictated by ewan clague director of bureau of employment security, social security board, 1940-46; … because of the excellent start made by president truman in taking over the duties of the office. i was not well acquainted with president truman, but i had had some experience with him as a senator in connection with the work of his committee on … manion, clarence e., 142 mashburn, lloyd, 144 , 146 mitchell, james p., 146 , 154-155 monthly labor review , 134 marray, tom. 74 myers, francis j., 101 national association of manufacturers, 33 , 34 , 35 nixon, richard m., 136 nourse, edwin g., …
Robert K. Walsh Oral History Interview
… robert k. walsh oral history interview oral history interview with robert k. walsh reporter for the providence (rhode island) journal , 1928-46, and for the washington, d.c. evening star … but charlie ross had these morning briefings and very frequently delegate it to somebody else. there was a fellow named tom blake, does that name sound familiar to you? hess: yes, but... walsh: at the press office ross was always there, but was …