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Israel - A. J. Granoff Oral History
… oral history interview with a. j. granoff kansas city lawyer and longtime friend of both harry s. truman and edward jacobson. kansas city, missouri april 9 and august 27, 1969 by j. r. fuchs, harry s. truman library [ notices and … year, about 1924-25, but i didn't like it, and i gave it up. i never was active in politics excepting to solicit funds, eddie jacobson and i, for a man named truman, little pennies and nickels, it wasn't too much, but it raised a little money. … to you, while i'm at it, that one year i joined the zionists, got a card and gave them five dollars for their annual dues; eddie jacobson [18] never did join. fuchs: what year would that have been? granoff: i'm talking about 1923, 1924 or 1925. i …
A. J. Stephens Oral History Interview
… but time went on, and when 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 … harpie club, one time at roger sermon's house, the room was [11] full of mr. truman's friends, including judge ridge, and eddie jacobson, and all these men i mentioned, some twenty or twenty-five men -- eddie hinde, alvin hatten. i would say about …
Elinor Borenstine Oral History Interview
… elinor borenstine oral history interview oral history interview with elinor borenstine daughter of edward jacobson, kansas city businessman; u.s. army associate, business partner, and friend of harry s. truman. sarasota, florida … came along almost 10 years later. so that was how and where i grew up. geselbracht:now just to establish some chronology:eddie jacobson was born in 1891, and harry truman, who we will be talking a lot about, was born in 1884.harry was seven years older than eddie.the jacobson family moved to leavenworth in 1893, when eddie was two years old, and the family probably moved to kansas …
Mary Ethel Noland Oral History Interviews
… mo, 25-26 , 40-76 , 77-145 , 146-175 jackson county, mo, 19-20 jackson county (mo.) road construction program, 139-140 jacobson, edward (eddie), 121-122 , 128 kaltenborn, h. v., 202 kemper, george, 35-38 ku klux klan, 141-142 lykins farm, 1 , 10 marks. ted, 115 … independence, mo, parents move to, 1890, 54-55 and the jackson county (mo) road construction program, 139-140 jacobson eddie, partnership with in haberdashery, kansas city, mo, 121 , 127 kansas city, mo, moves to, 93-94 leg, breaks on family …
Walter B. Menefee Oral History Interview
… did you ever get in there? menefee: yes, sir, i've been there, and also out at what was his buddy's name? fuchs: eddie jacobson. [12] menefee: eddie jacobson. i've been in his place out on south main. fuchs: yes, he sold one and he went to the landing, you know. it …
Rufus B. Burrus Oral History Interviews
… bartle, h. roe, 219-220 barr, robert, 139 , 140-141 barrett, edward, 218-219 bash, thomas, 142-144 beets, ila, 22 becker, eddie, 138 bell, harvey, 4 , 7 , 26 benton, aseneth, 4 biddle, francis, 213-214 blackburn, l. f., 7 blair, james, 216 boyle, … edgar, 34 hoover, herbert, 274-276 hoover, j. edgar, 216 huie, william, 229 hyde, judge, 231 jackson, henry “scoop”, 247 jacobson, edward, 34 , 66-67 johnson, clark, 144 johnson, lyndon b., 208 , 269 , 271-272 , 277 kansas city automobile club, …
Harry E. Murphy Oral History Interview
… so. i think so. of course, i just went there to buy candy bars and whatever i wanted to buy. fuchs: do you recall seeing eddie jacobson around there? murphy: oh, yes, i saw him many times. i always saw him there. and i saw him after the war when truman and jacobson, eddie jacobson, had their shop. i used to go there every time i was downtown; it was sort of a headquarters. you went in …
General Harry H. Vaughan Oral History Interviews
… r., 105 hoey committee, 105 hoover, herbert, 93 hopkins, william j., 84 , 85 independence, mo., 145 jackson, robert h., 56 jacobson, edward (eddie), 7 , 11 , 22-24 jefferson city, mo., 141 johnson, louis a., 136 joint chiefs of staff, 91-92 jolly, veronica (veronica … 70-71 interstate commerce committee, as member of u.s. senate, 27 isolationism, attitude regarding, 72 jacobson, eddie, visit to store of in while president, 23-24 lewis, john l., regard for, 29 magazine and newspaper articles, refusal to …
Gloria Schusterman Oral History Interview
… gloria schusterman oral history interview oral history interview with gloria schusterman daughter of edward jacobson, kansas city businessman; u.s. army associate, business partner, and friend of harry s. truman. west palm beach, … yes, because of course i lived with my mother’s parents for so long. geselbracht: just to establish some chronology, eddie jacobson was born in 1891. harry truman, who we’ll be talking about also, was born in 1884, so he was seven years older … up at times. in fact, when we went to washington for the inauguration and checked into our hotel, people started calling, “eddie, can you get me a ticket to this function? can you get me a ticket to the dinner at the hotel? can you get me…,” you …
General Harry H. Vaughan Oral History Interview, January 14, 1963
… the last shot was fired. morrissey: going back a bit, do you remember anything about the canteen that mr. truman ran with eddie jacobson? vaughan: oh well, i had been in it. you see, instead of having a big post px like they have now, each regiment had … the number of years he was in the business. i've been in the store a number of times after he got out of the business and eddie jacobson re-established it. but not while he was in there. during about 1920 -- say from '20 to '24, i didn't have much …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, October 24, 1966
… it was a good sized group, and it was little bit hard to recall exactly who was there. i was somewhat surprised to find eddie jacobson there. i guess my surprise at that is perhaps why i recall his name. i think there must have been a dozen of us. i … preference. you know, "i'm for this; where's it been?" hess: he thought it was a pretty good idea. you mentioned that eddie jacobson attended a meeting with the president and some of his advisers, and, of course, the president made several …
Eugene Donnelly and Edward Meisburger Oral History Interview
… as a superior officer, but just because he was operating the canteen. of course, he himself wouldn't be on duty there, but eddie jacobson, who later was his partner in [4] business here in kansas city, was actively in charge of handing out the … thacher was several years older than that, and john thacher was promoted to a major of the second battalion, wasn't he eddie? meisburger: yes. donnelly: [william] yeates was in charge of our battalion. meisburger: there were contrasts there, if …
Eben A. Ayers Oral History Interviews
… humphrey, hubert, 382 i independence, the, 113 , 295 israel, state of, 265-270 , 319-320 j jackson, charles w., 170 , 345 jacobson, eddie, 88 , 271 , 320 jamieson, frank, 6 jessup, philip, 303 johnson, louis, 72-73 , 188 , 232 , 278-286 , 303-305 jones, …
Ted Marks Oral History Interview
… was keith dancy. [17] marks: yes, keith dancy. fuchs: do you have any recollection of the canteen that mr. truman and eddie jacobson operated at camp doniphan? marks: yes, they organized this canteen down at doniphan and it was considered one of the … canteen? marks: yes, yes. we'd have men from other regiments coming in when it was down there to buy things. of course, eddie jacobsen, as you know, was a very good provider here. he knew his business; he was a very good business man. harry took …
Milton S. Kronheim Sr. Oral History Interview
… influence him in a decision of that nature? kronheim: well, in the first place, he had been associated in business with jacobson, and he had been exposed to the jewish people and through him to the [ 12] jewish organizations. i think mr. truman at heart -- not that he wanted to do something for jacobson, but i think that he was whole-heartedly in favor of the establishment of a jewish home. he knew more about jewish … eisenhower, dwight d., democratic support for candidacy of (1948), 7 , 8 israel, recognition of, 11-12 jacobson, edward (eddie), 11-12 , 13 jewish national fund, 12-13 jewish national fund dinner, 13-14 kaltenborn, h.v., 11 kronheim, milton s., …
Harry L. Abbott Oral History Interview
… was hard them days. they were using my zeal just as gratitude. johnson: sure. did you ever patronize the haberdashery, jacobson-truman's haberdashery? [16] abbott: i never bought anything there, no. johnson: did you ever go down to visit? … much. johnson: but he dressed well. abbott: that haberdashery kept him in clothes while he was a senator. johnson: well, jacobson went back into business over there, but of course, truman had to pay off all these debts, you know, from that … | list of subjects discussed ] list of subjects discussed abbott, harry, 1-7 byam, les, 10-11 , 14 , 15 jacobson, eddie, 15-16 kansas city southern railroad, 4-5 masonic lodge, 3 , 4 , 13 , 18 , 25 , 26 , 27 moffett, j.h., 25 onko, emil, …
Mary Ethel Noland Oral History Interview, September 9, 1965
… that is the truth. [121] fuchs: then, in late 1919, he went into business in kansas city: noland: yes, he did. he and eddie jacobson, as everybody knows, had the furnishing shop. it was a time when the boys coming back found it hard to adjust. there … and many took that. so here harry was, in the same situation and so they started up a little business there. i think maybe eddie jacobson, under different circumstances, could have made a fair go of it. he did afterwards, but harry [122] didn't …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, June 5, 1967
… flying there and so on . . . you look a little puzzled. [654] hess: no, i was getting ready to ask a question about eddie jacobson, mr. truman's longtime friend from kansas city, and i just wondered how much influence he had on the president's … assignments for the president, i know what he was handling, i know what he wanted to do and why and so on, and i know that eddie jacobson was in and out of the white house all the time, and i have heard that on matters of this kind, mr. truman used …
Frederick J. Bowman Oral History Interview
… they weren't going to lose any money, but they were going to run it on a sound businesslike basis and that was where eddie [edward] jacobson first came into the... fuchs: did you know him down there? bowman: i knew him down there, yeah. fuchs: you thought … him once in awhile there, and of course, he opened his store up there on twelfth street right after we got home, he and eddie jacobson. the depression moved along a few years later there and like every other small business they had a difficult …
Edward D. McKim Oral History Interview, February 17, 1964
… no occasion to come in contact with him. fuchs: what about in the canteen, do you recall seeing him there? mckim: he and eddie jacobson ran the canteen. i'd see more of eddie than i would the captain, because he had not only his battery duties to perform but he had the canteen duties. the …
Vere C. Leigh Oral History Interview
… joe jones, you know. fuchs: were you conscious of the... leigh: very, very seldom. fuchs: no -- of the fact that he and eddie jacobson were running the regimental canteen? leigh: yeah, now you brought that back, i remember that now, yeah, that's … that. was that the supply company? fuchs: no. he was just put in charge, as i know the story, of organizing with eddie jacobson, and running the regimental canteen? [9] leigh: i think others had been running it and i think our canteen …
Floyd T. Ricketts Oral History Interview
… truman there? he was then a lieutenant, of course. ricketts: he was then a lieutenant, and he and lieutenant [edward] jacobson had charge of the regimental canteen; and we would see them around the canteen of course. but i didn't get … above us the first sergeant, sergeant [paul t.] sieben, and he said, "what the hell is wrong with this gun?" "well," eddie says, "i can't find my firing data." just about that time i realized that, my god, i had put it in my ears. i pulled … vice president. it was about six or eight weeks before the death of president roosevelt. he was there to make a speech. eddie [edward d.] mckim was with him; and i was checking in the morrison hotel and someone came up to my elbow and said, "hi, …
Edgar G. Hinde Oral History Interview
… no, he didn't either and he paid off. his partner [30] had to file bankruptcy. he was trying to make a living. (that was eddie jacobson.) every time he got a job somebody would garnishee him and consequently he'd lose his job, and finally he had to file for bankruptcy. then he got fortunate and went back into business. somebody backed him and eddie made a lot of money and paid off what he owed. i know harry truman told me that he came into his office there in the …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, August 19, 1966
… to be a time when we would be needed. hess: what about the man who had stayed for awhile and had the special title? nash: eddie [edward d.] mckim. hess: who was chief administrative assistant. nash: well, the reason he had that title was that mr. … loyal to him, whether they would want to stay, whether he ought to want them to stay, and his old friend from battery d, eddie mckim, was an insurance man, a successful business man, and he volunteered his help and i think mr. truman felt that … sympathetic to zionism and he had, of course, his old business partner to consult with in this area. hess: eddie jacobson. nash: . . . eddie jacobson. but this is not quite the same thing as having an oldtime new york operator. hess: …
Edgar C. Faris, Jr. Oral History Interview
… the "little haberdasher" and all this and that. well, the thing that people don't realize is that mr. truman, when he and eddie jacobson went broke in that haberdashery, they didn't take bankruptcy. do you know that they paid back all their creditors? did you know that? fuchs: i've heard that... faris: they never took bankruptcy, and mr. truman and eddie jacobson paid for years and paid off every creditor. now, isn't this an unusual man? so there you go to eddie jacobson, …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, July 7, 1970
… assistant. elsey: i was not privileged with clifford' s conversations with the president on this subject. hess: did eddie jacobson play any part in the president's recognition of the state of israel? elsey: i'll answer that the same way that i did, or at least a part of my answer, about dave niles. eddie jacobson was very well-known as an ardent zionist, an ardent proponent of the recognition of the state of israel. he …
Lorain H. Cunningham Oral History Interview
… to camp doniphan? cunningham: no, i don't. johnson: do you remember going to the canteen down there. you know, truman and jacobson ran the canteen. do you remember that? do you remember the canteen at camp doniphan? do you remember jacobson? cunningham: no. johnson: you don't remember eddie jacobson? what was your first impression of truman? cunningham: well, he and one of the guys in there had a little … we've mentioned ted marks of battery c; do you remember that name? do you remember ted marks? cunningham: yes. johnson: eddie mckim? cunningham: i don't remember. johnson: vere leigh, or harry murphy? cunningham: well, you see, we didn't stay …
Matthew J. Connelly Oral History Interview, August 21, 1968
… hess: but on a policy that had already been reached by other persons? connelly: right. [385] hess: how instrumental was eddie jacobson in this matter? connelly: eddie jacobson was truman's partner in the haberdashery business. they served together in world war i, they were very close …
Oscar L. Chapman Oral History Interview, April 21, 1972
… i talked to a dozen or so people that had any entree into the white house at all. i talked to them about it. hess: did mr. eddie jacobson, who was of course mr. truman's old haberdashery partner, did he have a hand in, or any influence in mr. truman's … of standing by a friend, and he knows you, and knows of you. he's going to listen to you with an open mind, and in jacobson's coming to see him, or seeing him whenever he was there--now, i did not know [47] when he saw him, or anything of …
Matthew Connelly Oral History Interviews
… 220 hehmeyer, walter, 20 , 21 henderson, loy, 381-383 hercules powder company, 36 herring, senator clyde l., 71 higgins, eddie, 406-407 , 408 hill, senator lister, 1 , 7-8 hillman, william, 181 , 296 and book, mr. president , 431-434 hoeber, … , 381 israel, recognition of, 194-198 , 383-386 , 387 jackson, charles, 219 jackson, robert h., 18 jackson, samuel, 94 jacobson, edward (eddie), 385 jenner, senator william e., 427 jewish vote, in the 1948 presidential election, 387-388 johnson, louis a., 285 , …
Stanley R. Fike Oral History Interview, March 16, 1976
… governor. truman in 1934 still had his debts left from the failure of his haberdashery business, which he had started with eddie jacobson back in 1921 after the war--'20 or '21 when he started it, it went broke i think in '21 or '22. he still had that … county court, 2 , 15 , 23-24 office of county collector, 6-7 roadbuilding program in, 2 , 3 zoning law enacted in, 24-25 jacobson, edward, 6 kissinger, henry, 17-18 kiwanis club, fairmount, mo., 1 , 2 , 24 , 25 korean war, 22 laurel club, 15 …
Abraham Feinberg Oral History Interview
… of a tragedy like this. anyway, truman was receptive for several reasons. coincidental with my gradual approach to him, eddie jacobson became much more important than i in his usefulness, since he was an active member of the b'nai b'rith, which had a … the b'nai b'rith embraced then, i think, about 400,000 people. he had been a partner of truman and a very close friend. eddie was a [20] wonderful man. he was not a creator. he was a follower of ideas, which were presented to him to present to …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, September 18, 1963
… all i can." so i was chairman of the western half of missouri of the fund raising. and he said, "i want you to work with eddie jacobson and we're going to need a lot of money." [518] well, jim, money was just about as scarce as the old saying, "hen's teeth"--hard to get. we raised a substantial amount of money. i got quite a large group to help me, eddie jacobson particularly. i can't think of the national democratic chairman--johnson, wasn't it? fuchs: wasn't it mcgrath, …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, April 17, 1963
… and liked him very much. (i bought some of his merchandise.) in fact, i think i had introduced him; he was a friend of eddie jacobson, mr. truman's former partner. i wrote him a letter and he sent me a check for $250.00 for the campaign. another … [288] group? evans: no, i don't think as a group they were active, but individually they were plenty active. of course, eddie jacobson was not a member of battery d, but he was tremendous help in the 1940 campaign. judge albert ridge was a great …
Keith Wilson Jr. Oral History Interview
… involved in a variety of failed enterprises. everybody is familiar with the haberdashery in which he was a partner with eddie jacobson. beyond that, there were other enterprises, and my knowledge of this comes from my acquaintanceship with george … burris, rufus, 19 , 25 custer, george, 20-21 hare, george, 9 , 11-12 harpie club, 12 heller, francis, 5-7 , 28 jacobson, eddie, 9 lattimer, james e. “honey”, 14-15 , 22 luce, clare booth, 5-6 mag, arthur, 5-6 pendergast, tom, 10 republican party, …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, December 19, 1963
… yes, i went with him and his old friend, harry jobes, went with him, and judge caskie collett. [669] it seems to me that eddie jacobson was with us, but 1 couldn't be sure. anyway, i went with him. i know the president stayed at the banker's house down … take it off and show them. so, we had quite a lot of fun with that watch, but it is quite a keepsake. fuchs: there was an eddie jacobson memorial dinner in 1958 at which dean acheson was the speaker, at the muehlebach hotel. do you recall that? …
Mr. and Mrs. Randall S. Jessee Oral History Interview
… was born. i don't know why it reminds me of this, but the only time actually that i've ever played poker with mr. truman, eddie jacobson asked me to go out with them. i was over to his store buying a shirt or something. and eddie said, "what are doing this evening for dinner?" and i said, "nothing." they were going out to the oakwood country club …
McKinley Wooden Oral History Interview, February 12, 1986
… mister, no. johnson: well, does he show up anywhere else in that picture? wooden: well, i wouldn't think so. but he and eddie jacobsen ran this canteen. [14] johnson: did you buy stuff from that canteen? do you remember that? wooden: oh, i … you had there? like vere leigh; do you remember him? wooden: yes, i remember vere leigh; we called him "pup." johnson: eddie mckim, do you remember him? wooden: oh, he was with us, yes. i forget just what section he was the sergeant of. you … business places. "well, hell, he won't even get nowhere." yes. johnson: did he lose the county? wooden: i imagine he did. jacobson: he appreciated your helping distribute his literature, no doubt. wooden: sure. johnson: when did you meet him the …
Edwin A. Locke Oral History Interview
… in the history of the war production board. i think it must have been in january or february of 1942 mr. nelson said, "eddie, i've just come back from a meeting with the truman committee, and i've agreed that you will be the liaison man between … that mr. nelson was angry at me for one reason or another. so, i immediately said, "but boss, i'm not a lawyer." he said, "eddie, that's exactly why i'm giving you this job. the lawyers have made such a mess of our relationship up there on the hill … from the people. it's hard to say. some very valuable time and some considerable opportunities were lost. fuchs: james a. jacobson was what in the china mission? locks: he was, first, deputy head of it and then head of it. he was a former officer …
George E. Allen Oral History Interview
… he could get right in. there was a great fellow, was his partner too, what was his name, that ran the haberdashery? hess: eddie jacobson. allen: yes, he was in there. if you look over there, you will see some very interesting photographs. that's when we … fulton, hugh, 6 , 9 , 10 hannegan, robert e., 3 , 8 harrison, senator pat, 1-2 hassett, william, 34 hopkins, harry l., 5 jacobson, edward, 14 johnson, louis a., 37-38 key west, florida, 39 , 40 , 41 lustron corporation, controversy concerning, …
Joseph C. Satterthwaite Oral History Interview
… was something apart, you'd have to accept the fact that this was -- i think he felt strongly himself. he stuck by eddie jacobson, who was his great and good friend. certainly as one or two of our boys in the united nations said, he was right … india, 13 , 17 , 29 , 30 , 32 , 33 , 36 , 38 iran, 3-4 , 10 , 18 and truman, harry s., 4-5 iraq, 10 israel, 18 , 19-27 jacobson, edward, 45 jayawardene, j.r., 36 johnson, herschel, 45 , 46 johnson, lyndon baines, 43 jones, j. jefferson, 33 …
Eben A. Ayers Oral History Interview, August 15, 1969
… in that matter? was it mainly political? in the palestine matter. ayers: well, i assume so. hess: do you recall if eddie jacobson was involved in that matter? ayers: oh, i don't know. i know eddie jacobson was much interested and was quite active, but whether he had any influence was another matter. i don't know …
Nicholas G. Thacher Oral History Interview
… india; afghanistan; russia; baghdad pact; seato; egypt; yemen, and saudi arabia. names mentioned include frank rozelle, eddie jacobson, ted marks, harry vaughan, john snyder, mohammed jimah, john foster dulles, chester bowles, george c. marshall, … may well have been other people, other shareholders, who had been in the battery. johnson: was your father acquainted with eddie jacobson? thacher: i've heard him mention that name, yes. johnson: and their haberdashery. did he patronize the …
May (Mary Frances) Wallace Oral History Interview
… johnson: do you have any souvenirs or anything from the haberdashery? wallace: no. what was his partner's name? johnson: jacobson. eddie jacobson. wallace: i don't know. i really think when he got into politics and had a good job, that's probably the best … were a friend of hers? wallace: oh yes, her younger brother was quite a beau of my sister's. the paxtons had a surrey, and eddie paxton was kind of sweet on my sister and so we used to get a ride. and the swopes had a nice thing. we had a lot of …
Rufus B. Burrus Oral History Interview, October 22, 1985
… there in the post office. harry sturgis also was a republican; he had been one of the lieutenants in the outfit. and eddie carrol had been a republican. they all got along [33] very well, but they would have their allegiances to the different … been a road overseer first and also had been active as a democrat and so this just came natural to him. johnson: how about eddie jacobson? do you think he had any influence on truman's interest in politics? was he interested at all in politics? burrus: …
Robert Wyatt Oral History Interview
… in that. thats how the stories went. johnson: do you know of anybody around grandview that patronized harry truman and eddie jacobson? wyatt: i dont think i do. johnson: what was the explanation for them losing the store? how was that understood out … jackson county, missouri: early roads, work on, 8-9 farms, mortgage foreclosures on, 19-20 road building program in, 20-22 jacobson, edward, 38 japan, atomic bombing of, 51 lee’s summit, missouri, 3 masonic lodge, grandview, missouri, 33 martin …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, July 15, 1969
… the party at the time and, i would say, on the fringes of what was going on. you asked also what part did clark clifford, eddie jacobson and david niles play in this. as to eddie jacobson and david niles, i have no recollection at all on this matter. clifford was active in it. now, just what he …
Rear Admiral Donald J. MacDonald Oral History Interview
… out no one left. hess: mr. truman had had a jewish business partner back in the haberdashery days as you will recall, eddie jacobson. did you ever see eddie jacobson on the williamsburg ? macdonald: i don't know that i did. he had a lot of guests occasionally, particularly …
Clark M. Clifford Oral History Interview, April 13, 1971
… up with this poor pitiful little country, israel. that's about the way that the arguments went. hess: do you recall that eddie jacobson was very influential in the president's thinking on the israeli matter? clifford: i had heard that, but i don't know. i knew jacobson, since he occasionally would be on the boat with us. i'm sure he felt strongly about it, and i suppose he talked to …
Edwin M. Wright Oral History Interview
… the state department were anti-semitic and he couldn't trust them. on the other hand, he got his advice from people like eddie jacobson, who was his haberdasher partner; rabbi steven wise; robert nathan; and other people who were all zionists; … what did emmanuel cellar know about the middle east? the answer is nothing. what did these other men, david niles or eddie jacobson know about the middle east? zero. the result was he listened to a group of propagandists who gave him the …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, November 28, 1962
… mrs. payne for our original success in that first drugstore. fuchs: now, this was about 1921 when mr. truman and [92] eddie jacobson were experiencing difficulties with their haberdashery business, largely as a result of what they called the … over at 22 nd and prospect and is now a federal judge and, of course, we're good friends. he spent a lot of time in eddie jacobson's and mr. truman's haberdashery and i would occasionally see him. it seems to me that his statement in those …
Eben A. Ayers Oral History Interview, March 26, 1968
… and he had his connections everywhere, in those three places, at least. i don't even know what his attitude was. i think eddie jacobson, while i don't know whether he had any influence really with the president, i know he was a very strong supporter of …
Bernard Bernstein Oral History Interview
… extraordinary coincidence that president truman should have had as a partner in the haberdashery business . . . mckinzie: eddie jacobson? bernstein: . . . eddie jacobson. two men who must [175] have gone through the trying time that going into bankruptcy or disintegration of …
Max Lowenthal Oral History Interview
… lowenthal: ...a few minutes or a few seconds, so he'd made up his mind. hess: in this matter did you ever hear the name eddie jacobson mentioned? mr. truman's former business partner, lowenthal: i cannot remember ever meeting the man. i knew he was -- … have a member of the committee feel that i was hoity-toity to folks, it's bad business. but i would have remembered jacobson i'm sure, but i don't think i ever saw him. is he living? [80] hess: no, he's been dead for several years. …
Walter Trohan Oral History Interview
… israeli state, i think. hess: as you know he had a jewish partner even in his haberdashery after the war. trohan: yeah, [eddie] jacobson. i've met him, he's a nice enough fellow. he was not -- truman was not bigoted much, he was certainly not … 119-121 interstate commerce committee, 4 isreal, 50 , 51 , 127-128 jackson, (scoop) henry m., 86-87 jacobson, edward (eddie), 51-52 johnson, louis a., 7 , 39-46 johnson, lyndon b., 75-76 , 85 , 102-104 , 107-110 jones, jesse, 9 , 75 kannee, …
Milton P. Kayle Oral History Interview
… and then roger jones had his own separate office. we were on the same floor as the director, so it was the second floor. eddie [edward b.] bowers was the assistant, really the number-two man to roger. what happened was that the legislative … to frank pace, then roger took over, and roger became the assistant director in charge of legislative reference, and eddie bowers was [60] his number-one man. and there were three or four of us besides that worked in these areas. johnson: so … minus, but overall i thought that observation would be of some interest. johnson: that reminds me; did you ever meet eddie jacobson? [133] kayle: i never did. knew of him, of course, in terms of history, but never had any occasion to meet him. …
Frank Holeman Oral History Interview
… i am sure you've picked it up at some other point. he said that truman was recruited early after world war i, when he and eddie jacobson were in the haberdashery business. somebody said, "harry, if you're going to get into politics you've got to join …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, December 10, 1963
… acheson. and i said, "here's the situation: here's mr. massman ready to build this library at no cost, no profit; here is eddie jacobson's brother, a. d. jacobson, the plumber, who is willing to put in the plumbing and the air-conditioning at no profit to him. that's why we're …
Robert R. Nathan Oral History Interview
… trouble in the world. why do we need more?" on the recognition of israel, i think david niles was an important factor, and jacobson, truman's partner was, and abe feinberg. johnson: how about feinberg? nathan: oh, abe feinberg was very important. … , 65 humphrey, hubert, 68 indonesia, 85-86 industrial research department in the wharton school, 7 israel, 70-77 , 97 jacobson, eddie, 74 johnson, lyndon, 68 , 81-82 kai-shek, chiang, 99 keyserling, leon, 58-61 , 68 kingsley, don, 79 korea, 78-84 , …
Tom L. Evans Oral History Interview, June 13, 1963
… "you're not going to tell him anything, just send it back? why don't you give back my contribution; why don't you give eddie jacobson back his; why don't you give a lot of your friends back theirs if you're going to give herman; he'll think you're …
James P. Aylward Oral History Interview
… here, a prominent member of the bar, he represented the creditors in the bankruptcy proceedings that were filed against eddie jacobson and harry truman, and during that campaign, "truman for senator" campaign, he came to me and he told me that unless … concrete company, 184-185 reed, james, 90 ridge, albert a., 161 , 163-164 roberts, roy, 117 robinson, omar, and truman-jacobson bankruptcy issue in 1934 campaign, 137-138 sandler, harry, 137 senatorial campaign of 1934: financing of, 73-77 , 78 …
David C. Bell Oral History Interview
… have expressed their views to him and he in turn to the president and to the president's colleagues. hess: do you know if eddie jacobson expressed his view in this matter? bell: i have no knowledge on that. hess: we've touched on it, but just in your …