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George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, April 9, 1970
… george m. elsey oral history interview, april 9, 1970 oral history interview with george m. elsey commander, u.s. naval reserve, and … elsey: i don't think anything here that is not self-explanatory. [261] hess: now, the next two folders deal with clark clifford's russian report, which i noticed arthur krock quotes in total, i believe, in the appendix of his new book. elsey: right. hess: is that …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, February 10, 1964
… george m. elsey oral history interview, february 10, 1964 oral history interview with george m. elsey commander, u.s. naval reserve, … on, he asked to remain. he brought a few new staff members, one of them being a young naval reserve officer named clark m. clifford, who came to the white house as assistant naval aide to the president. mr. clifford had been in private life an … that the president would have to send to the hill also in january '47; namely, the budget message and the economic report of the president. this exposure to preparing the january '47 state of the union was a rude awakening to me, because i …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, July 9, 1970
… george m. elsey oral history interview, july 9, 1970 oral history interview with george m. elsey commander, u.s. naval reserve, and … you mentioned that matt connelly did. elsey: matt connelly did. occasionally the president would have mr. steelman or mr. clifford on hand if there were particular matters that were topics on the agenda, and my recollection, and this is one that … have no knowledge on the score. hess: and moving on further, in cabell phillips' book on page 197, he makes reference to a report that was given by clark clifford to the president and he says: late in november of 1947, clifford put in the …
Clark Clifford Oral History
… clark clifford oral history oral history interviews with clark m. clifford assistant to white house naval aide, 1945-46; special … 399 alabama, 54 american bankers, association, 198 american legion, 138 , 320 “american relations with the soviet union--a report to the president—september 1946”, 14-17 , 68 , 70 , 73-78 , 85 , 87 , 88 , 183-186 , 213-214 , 372-378 americans for … 302 , 304 , 306 eisenhower, david d., 93 , 118 , 228 , 398 , 424 , 451 and the 1948 presidential election, 207-212 elsey, george m., 68 , 70 , 127-129 , 157 , 272 , 288 , 290 , 355 , 408 “establishing the presidential committee on equality …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, July 24, 1963
… primarily for this purpose and at the [81] insistence of president truman, who in turn had been urged to do it by clark clifford and me. david lloyd was a member of that group, the research division in the democratic national committee. prior to … field. we had a very considerable amount of on-going research all the time of various kinds. morrissey: did george elsey work with any special kind of problems? murphy: george worked with every kind of problem. he was there before i was. … extent, cliffords assistant; [118] this was by mutual consent. when i first went there i asked the president if i was to report directly to him and he said, "yes." this was my charter from then on, but i had the background in legislation so the …
Clark M. Clifford Oral History Interview, April 19, 1971
… clark m. clifford oral history interview, april 19, 1971 oral history interview with clark m. clifford assistant to white house naval … man committee, to study the defense department and to come up with recommendations for its improvement. we submitted a report early in the kennedy administration, which was an extreme report in recommending unification to the ultimate end of … not involved in it at all. but i took an active part of the writing of both the '47 act, and the '49 act. hess: did mr. elsey assist you in the writing of those two? [128] clifford: he did. hess: what is your general evaluation of the …
Clark M. Clifford Oral History Interview, July 26, 1971
… clark m. clifford oral history interview, july 26, 1971 oral history interview with clark m. clifford assistant to white house naval … and then a major speech that night. we were getting this material out just as fast as we could turn it out. george elsey was helping. i remember one other, a personal recollection. i think i had gotten run down a little and i was [273] … [289] hess: did they come back and tell you what the general tenor of the crowd . . . clifford: they would come back and report generally to us. we traveled with the president on his car, and i don't think i . . . hess: they had the ferdinand …
Clark M. Clifford Oral History Interview, March 16, 1972
… clark m. clifford oral history interview, march 16, 1972 oral history interview with clark m. clifford assistant to white house naval … coming on the 20th. clifford: yes, that was my responsibility. then also, we had to give some attention to the economic report which had to be synchronized with the other two messages. that would be my responsibility, after talking with him, to … his word for it. i got the memorandum out; it was about the way i had remembered it. i remember discussing it with george elsey, who i think was still working with me at the time, and we got pretty excited about it. i went into president truman …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview
… george m. elsey oral history interview oral history interviews with george m. elsey commander, u.s. naval reserve, and duty … and harry s. truman, 449-450 civil service commission, 461 , 462 clayton, william c., 364 cleveland, mississippi, 365 clifford, clark, 6-7 , 11-12 , 13 , 14 , 16-17 , 19 , 25 , 30 , 48 , 53 , 57 , 64 , 100 , 122 , 123-124 , 127 , 132 , 138 , … , 155 , 166 , 182 , 192 , 193 , 202 , 210-211 , 216 , 217 , 218 , 291 , 331 , 332 , 410 , 413 , 414 , 419 and the russian report of 1946, 261-267 as a member of the white house staff, 80-84 coblenz, constance g., 356 coffelt, leslie, 429 commodity …
Clark M. Clifford Oral History Interview, April 13, 1971
… clark m. clifford oral history interview, april 13, 1971 oral history interview with clark m. clifford assistant to white house naval … you in the compilation, or in the writing of this particular memo. do you recall? clifford: yes, his name was george elsey. i would say that after i was first precipitated into this vortex at the white house [69] (and that's what it was in … have mentioned. and with elsey's help, we obtained a great mass of material, distilled it, synthesized it, and wrote the report. i might say, that as i began to get into these areas, i found that the enormous, attractive, and almost magnetic …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 29, 1967
… s. truman library. hess: mr. spingarn has indicated that he has a few more items to cover, the first is an addition to the clifford material and it will carry the same restrictions that we have for the clifford material, closed until five years … it. stammered out thanks and hoped that i would measure up to responsibility. later the same day, the president told elsey that he never saw so big a man so scared. i was amazed, i will tell you that. i didn't feel that i had really done much … star in june or july, 1952. the star was pouring out editorials attacking the federal trade commission and the oil cartel report and the antitrust proceedings against the oil companies, then the oil companies were sending it back to the state …
Eben A. Ayers Oral History Interview, August 15, 1969
… into new york with the final windup at madison square garden. hess: who else was on the train at that time? was clark clifford and was charles murphy on that particular trip, do you recall? ayers: yes, clifford was on it; charlie murphy was on it; george elsey was on it; matt connelly was on it. [318] i remember all of them specifically and jay franklin . hess: john franklin … of them. if they were actually administrative assistants he didn't have any real authority over them. hess: they could report directly to the president? ayers: oh, yes, if they were administrative--but some of them were just assistants, special …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, August 18, 1966
… of his special counsels. now during the seven years that mr. truman was president, judge rosenman first, and then clark clifford and then charles murphy, were his principal policy advisers on his personal staff. nominally the role of special … messages to the congress at the beginning of each year; the state of the union message, then the budget, then the report of the council of economic advisers. these, of course, took this format after 1946. [98] the council of economic … the hall, so that we saw quite a bit of each other. he had two very capable young men as assistants, dave bell and george elsey. both subsequently became administrative assistants to the president when mr. murphy became special counsel, and both …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interviews
… c cannon, clarence, 418-419 carliner, david, 409-411 , 923 carroll, john, 219 carson, john, 651-652 , 1064 , 1078 carter, clifford, 244 caudle, lamar, 860-862 central intelligence agency (cia), 1033-1042 chambers, whittaker, 934 chatfield, helen, … of may 1950, 20-21 of 1952, 256-261 , 280 of 1956, 426-434 of 1964, 1013-1015 of 1966, 1005-1009 elman, philip, 223-225 elsey, george, 67 , 97 , 102 , 141-144 espionage. see internal security espionage, in italy, world war ii, 683-701 , 961-962 … 210-213 , 352-362 , 1061-1062 internal security subcommittee hearing, april 1953, 726-736 international petroleum cartel report of 1953, 271-279 , 583-590 j japanese-american (nisei) regimental combat team (442nd), 759-762 japanese-americans, …
David C. Bell Oral History Interview
… i worked with that group through 1946. [3] in late '46, i think it was, jim webb, then budget director, sent to clark clifford in the white house some ideas on labor legislation which we had been thinking about -- it was a very important issue … mr. truman, one of my jobs was to work with the council of economic advisers in the preparation of their annual economic report, which meant to participate in the raising and settling of the issues which were considered and commented on in that … early years after the war, but i don't remember him in connection with this particular message. hess: what part did george elsey play in the writing of the 1947 message? bell: i can't recall, but it was probably extensive because at that time elsey …
Leon H. Keyserling Oral History Interview, May 10, 1971
… didn't take office until september of '46, so it wasn't long. anyway, this was the first time that i ever met clark clifford. the first subject that i remember discussing, or anyway, the first important subject, was whether or not president … way that this was done was through the council's reports, which at my suggestion were separated from the president's report, his report becoming a short document of four or five pages hitting the highlights, supported by a very long council … did you ever have occasion to work with donald dawson, who was administrative assistant? keyserling: no. hess: george elsey? keyserling: oh, yes. george elsey i would put in the same classification as bell and stowe and lloyd. in fact, george …
George M. Elsey Oral History Interview, July 10, 1969
… george m. elsey oral history interview, july 10, 1969 oral history interview with george m. elsey commander, u.s. naval reserve, and … been associated with pullman, inc. i was on leave of absence from pullman for most of the past year serving with clark m. clifford while he was secretary of defense. questions nine, ten and eleven ask about association with mr. truman prior to his … in speaking to congress, either in whole in a formal address or in smaller groups. staff of the democratic committee would report usually through matt connelly on straight partisan matters, insofar as an address might be concerned, an address on …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, May 21, 1969
… occasionally, if the people seemed to be receptive, we would carry on casual conversations with them. hess: and did you report what you heard to the president? murphy: yes. when there seemed to be anything that was worthwhile reporting, we did. … before as well. hess: who besides yourself would do this--mingle with the crowd like that? murphy: oh, as i recall, clark clifford and george elsey among our white house staff. of course, there were secret service agents out in the crowd. but elsey and i had no …
James L. Sundquist Oral History Interview
… time i went to the white house for any length of time was in connection with the 1947 state of the union message. clark clifford was looking to jim webb, who was then director of the budget, to help prepare it, and webb had in mind bringing … did take a general tone of consolidating our gains. my assignment was to coordinate the domestic phases [9] while george elsey pulled together the international and foreign part. on the domestic side, i brought in various people from the budget … sundquist: january, 1951, covering the 1952 fiscal year. we had to coordinate the budget message with the economic report and the state of the union message -- we had the three documents to dovetail. morrissey: who was in charge of the …
William L. Batt, Jr. Oral History Interview
… then administrator of what is now hew; charlie brannan, who was then under secretary of agriculture; charlie murphy; clark clifford; george elsey; dave bell on the [2] white house staff (i think dave was one of the group; i'm not sure; very active in the group were … said, and it was quite obvious that he was using the material that we provided and this was the closest thing we got to a report. and he was obviously getting -- we'd read press reports. we got newspapers from all over the country, and we …
Matthew J. Connelly Oral History Interview, November 30, 1967
… connelly: he had been with george allen for many years in private industry. judge rosenman, i'm not sure that clark clifford was there. i don't believe he had gotten to the white house at that time. and myself. hess: when did clifford make … the government, he was in a position to get information which would be helpful in resolving the whole problem. he used to report to mr. niles and to me about what he had learned in various jewish groups around new york and from people who were … about. and as a result of his activities with steelman, then he became an administrative assistant. [205] hess: george elsey. connelly: george elsey was in the navy when he first arrived at the white house, and i think he was in the so-called …
Christine Hardy Little Oral History Interview
… of the party he didn't come to the party that we had that afternoon. he got a call about 1:15 from the state department to report down there about this paper, and so he never showed up at our party, that was the first time he had done that, but it … idea little: yes, absolutely sure, and so was i, and i backed him to my fullest. and so the next morning he called mr. elsey at the white house. he did not know mr. elsey. i believe he said that he had talked with him once on very casual … that was not what he had planned to do with his life. but he asked that his name not be mentioned and mr. (clark m. ) clifford telephoned francis russell and said, "we would like to see that first draft that mr.....what's his name...? and he …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 20, 1967
… to come down to the white house as his administrative assistant, and charlie came and remained there. in 1950, when clark clifford left, he replaced clifford as special counsel to the president, and i, by that time, was in the white house as the … commission, and they had brought out in the fall of '47, as i recall, i think it was october or thereabouts, a famous report called "to secure these rights," and this was their report on what ought to be done in the civil rights field. then … you send up a special message. it gives it greater weight. so i was called over there. oh, i forgot to mention george elsey who was very much involved in all this. now, actually, what had happened was that -- clifford, i was to assist clifford …
John Franklin Carter Oral History Interview
… carried the main load of the big speechwriting operation. then, of course, during the actual whistlestop campaign, george elsey. george and i shared [7] a compartment on the pullman, and i used to get up about 6 in the morning and work with … that we thought in the same terms and we were a very congenial working team. then charlie would take it over to clark clifford at the white house. clifford, and, i guess, matt connelly to a certain extent, and mrs. truman, and the president … clifford back at the time that you were writing speeches with murphy? carter: no. of course, again, clifford, according to report now, clifford had arranged a job with a big corporation, i forget which it is, for after truman got beaten. he was one …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, October 18, 1966
… on and there were no surprises, and so on. so, he said, "well, certainly, certainly," and he said, "i'll speak to clark clifford about it." well, this was the secret of getting along with a man of niles' temperament. a great human being, but … we had a frank talk about it one time. i'd done something he didn't like, he said, "well, how would you like it if george elsey came over here and volunteered to do some of your work?" and i said, "well, i wouldn't like it very much." "well," he … backing off from that message? nash: i think, the plank that bill dawson tried to put over was very soft compared to the report of 1947, and the message of 1948. it sure was. and the liberals in the convention were not about to stand still for …
Ken Hechler Oral History Interview
… was one of your specialties, i understand, in the '50 and '52 campaigns? hechler: that was pretty much developed by george elsey at the time i was working for truman at the white [32] house. it was pretty much of an original effort at that time. … style, your speechwriting style, bear resemblance to samuel rosenman's? hechler: well, rosenman wrote a letter to clark clifford which is in the files here at the truman library, recommending me as a member of the white house staff, but he said, … say, with your own analysis. hechler: yes, frequently we would try to get our reports prepared prior to the after-action report which sometimes came along later. we'd try to catch these things while they were still hot in the minds of the people. …
Judge Richmond B. Keech Oral History Interview
… of legislative problems. my contacts in these fields were directly with the president, with judge samuel rosenman, clark clifford, and attorney general, the assistant solicitor general, cabinet officers and heads of various departments of the … could dispatch business. i recall one particular instance as far as judge rosenman is concerned. i wrote a rather full report, and i was indeed amazed at his comprehension he had a little mallet and hed come down a page, two or three of … had dealings with zimmerman from time to time but less frequently than with the ones i have suggested. [35] hess: george elsey was in the white house at the time, even though he was not an administrative assistant. he was working with mr. …
John E. Barriere Oral History Interview
… out the fact that in the previous october, i believe in '47, they brought out the civil rights to secure these rights report, and then on february 2nd, of '48, he had sent his rather strong ten point civil rights message to congress, and then … house carried on? barriere: mr. batt, insofar as i know, handled all this himself, and i think that he talked to clark clifford and to charlie murphy, and probably other members of the white house staff. hess: did any members of the research … in about 1950, i think, and i did some work with him on the defense production act. hess: did you ever work with george elsey? barriere: yes. yes. elsey was very much interested in the export-import bank; and i recall one time, after i made a …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interviews
… 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 , 119 , 123 , 127 , 128 , 129 , 130 , 133 , 144 … 398-399 dennison, robert l., 3 department of defense, drafting of bill to create, 243-244 dreyer, phil, 128 , 132 economic report of the president, preparation of, 119-120 , 121-123 80th congress, as target of criticism in 1948 campaign, 28-30 … dwight d., 166 estimation of, 539-540 "i will go to korea" statement and presidential campaign of 1952, 423-429 elsey, george, 90-93 , 117 , 127 , 130 , 133 , 140 , 191 , 273-274 , 288 , 450 employment act of 1946, 266 enarson, harold, …
Dr. Johannes Hoeber Oral History Interview
… used on the campaign train for the daily needs of the campaign staff. actually, [13] the research division did not report to anybody in the democratic national committee. the research division reported directly through charlie murphy to clark clifford and the white house staff. hess: what seemed to be the general relationship between the research division and the … to the white house late on a saturday night. it was then edited and rewritten by charlie murphy, and [20] i believe george elsey. i was terribly pleased to find when the speech was released and delivered that about eighty percent of my draft had …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, May 2, 1963
… staff people were that went on the train? murphy: well, the ones that i worked with particularly would have been clark clifford; i dont think george elsey made this trip; matt connelly was there, of course; bill simmons, i remember very definitely; and the military and … memory in december 1948. its never been revised or edited in any substantial fashion. would you care to have me read this report now? theres no reason why i should, i can just turn the memorandum over to you. morrissey: right. i think that would …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, July 25, 1969
… general. but one of the ground rules was that he was to be completely independent of everybody except the president and to report directly to the president. and in this connection, he worked some with me as a member of the presidents staff and did … duck it though. hess: what was the general nature of his personal and working relationship with your predecessor, mr. clifford? murphy: oh, they were, i suppose the words formal and correct occur to me. hess: not quite as cordial as they were … a junior and senior partner than anything else, and a very close relationship. clifford and i got along just fine, george elsey was cliffords assistant. we worked very intimately all together. i enjoyed the work and i liked the kind of work that …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, October 17, 1966
… of which mr. w. w. keeler was the chairman and there were several members, and i was one of the members. we prepared a report which was submitted in july of 1961 to mr. udall and it has been the basis of the administration's indian affairs … just flatly said he wouldn't be caught dead with an office in the west wing. hess: who had offices in the west wing? nash: clifford, ross, hassett, connelly, dawson, rosenman when he was there, and the service aides were all over in the east wing; … my role at the white house. i was "mr. oldtimer." i was the only one by this time, except for bill hassett, and george elsey, who had been in the map room, we were almost the only ones that were roosevelt carryovers. but due to the peculiar …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 24, 1967
… mr. truman would think well of the new institute for american democracy which i have talked about. by the way, i want to report a victory yesterday in a matter in which i have already tape recorded the story, and it was in the paper this morning. … principal proponent of a nimitz type commission thing. i wrote any number of memoranda on that sort of thing, and george elsey and charlie murphy were also strong supporters of that concept. and i was briefly vice-chairman of the white house … crap -- that's the only word i can use for it. he's run unsuccessfully, repeatedly, as a republican. he ran against clifford case up in new jersey, i think twice, and did poorly. he went down to texas and became [746] president of an outfit …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, October 13, 1966
… it was functional, in the sense that don said, "well, i'm not an expert in your area -- you just have to have somebody to report to, and i just want to know what you're doing," and so on. actually don was very helpful to me. he had good judgment, … will find that he . . . well, it doesn't make any difference. he had excellent budget connections. hess: how about george elsey? [219] nash: george elsey. i saw george on the plane just the other day. george elsey was a graduate student at … when i knew george he was still in uniform; he'd come in as an ensign, i think by this time he was a lt. (jg.). clark clifford had come in as naval aide [220] or assistant naval aide, i've forgotten which, and the clifford function as …
Walter S. Salant Oral History Interview
… of commerce since then have tried to do. one of the notable contributions of that division, perhaps, was the annual report of the secretary for the fiscal year 1939, which many people do not seem to know about, which is perhaps the first … directly to the white house -- he had been pressing the idea of technical assistance. these ideas came together in clark clifford's office, i believe, and for all i know so may similar ideas of other people, too. i just had heard about the hardy … now than it was at the time, but you have to remember also that it started from nothing. hess: all right. in george elsey's papers, i have found a four page memo to mr. elsey and to david bell, from you dated may 2nd, 1950, subject: comments …
Eben A. Ayers Oral History Interviews
… , 237-239 , 242 churchill, winston, 56 , 263-264 clark, bennett, 201 clark, charles patrick, 33 clark, tom, 53 , 200 clifford, clark, 40 , 106-108 , 126 , 129 , 165 , 175 , 226 , 228 , 239 , 253 , 267-270 , 317-320 , 324-327 , 329-332 , … , 124 , 221 , 351 , 356-357 , 363 , 366-370 , 379-380 , 389 election of 1952, 221 , 351-352 , 380-381 elkins, stephen, 122 elsey, george, 107 , 146 , 228 , 236 , 279 , 283 , 317 , 326-329 , 342 , 356 enarson, harold, 170 , 345 ernst, morris 204 … 30 , 164 , 173-176 porter, paul, 195 potomac fever, 280 , 327 , 375-376 potsdam conference, 33 , 42 , 47-48 , 52-58 , 211 report to white house staff, 53-58 presidential appointments list, 68 presidential campaign – 1948, 101-118 , 128-155 , 221 , …
David H. Stowe Oral History Interview, July 27 and December 7, 1963
… we ought to save our ammunition and veto for the really important bill. this memorandum, apparently, reached clark clifford, then legal counsel to [7] president truman. mr. clifford asked me to come over and discuss it with him. at that … the speechwriting group, as i recall it, for the '48 campaign consisted of clark clifford, charlie murphy, and george elsey. there were included, on occasions, other people from the government, as well as people from outside. i recall that … congress there were three of major importance each year, the state of the union, [23] the budget message and the economic report. these were important because these documents taken together set forth the program of the president for the coming …
David H. Stowe Oral History Interview, March 18, 1976
… had a very minor role. in that particular campaign, they had the speechwriting group pretty much here in washington. clark clifford [8] and george elsey were on the train, but a lot of the research and a lot of the drafts were all done here, which charlie murphy headed … hospital administrators, all men of great integrity, all men of great experience, and brought out the proposal for the report. i think it was titled "the health of the nation," which i was surprised when in the kennedy campaign they called me …
John W. Snyder Oral History Interviews
… united states, 665 , 667-668 vice-presidential nomination of, 656-660 , 661-664 baruch, bernard, 1054-1061 baruch-hancock report, 441-445 benton, william, 1925-1926 berchtesgaden, germany, features of, 485-489 berenstein, david, 133-134 berlin, … general, 774-775 clark, tom, foreign aid, role in, 1179 clark, vernon l., 636 , 1653 clayton, william l. (will), 1107-1111 clifford, clark, 927-943 , 946-949 and truman, harry s., relationship with, 933-937 , 941-943 coal industry, strike in 1946, … election campaign of 1944, harry s. truman's role in, 135-141 , 146-150 election campaign, congressional, of 1946, 432-436 elsey, george, 939 "empire building" in the executive department of government, 708-710 employment act of 1946, 555 essen, …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, June 24, 1969
… he did not work on that civil rights message. i have not checked that anywhere. the civil right message was based on a report of a special commission that had been appointed by the president. the name of the report was to secure these rights , … train, and get there before day the next morning, and that was the speech that he was to use that night, and he and clifford would work on it as they had opportunity during the day. then it would be typed and he would use it. we were about … program a little bit at that time, and this looked to me like a difficult decision, which way should it go. george elsey was cliffords assistant. i had looked at this for a while, and i said, "george, i see all these recommendations coming …
Cornelius J. Mara Oral History Interviews
… i wrote the adjutant general and set forth my credentials, and he replied in a very short time and directed me to report to a recruiting station for physical examination and to hoboken, n. j. for a mental examination. so, i went to hoboken … were there times that friction developed with the office of special counsel? when you first went there it was mr. clark clifford, he left in 1950, some time after you started in the white house, and then charles murphy became the special … situation, i believe that was his hess: well now, one of the administrative assistants left and that was mr. george elsey, later on, who went over to averell harriman, as sort of an assistant to averell harriman. mara: well, that's a …
Charles S. Murphy Oral History Interview, July 15, 1969
… there in 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 … concentrating mainly on the state of the union message and the budget message at that time and clark clifford and george elsey were concentrating on the inaugural address and assisting the president with the preparation of that. it is my … to explain to the american people what was being done and why, and why it was necessary, and how it had come about. just a report to the people i think is essentially what the president felt he wanted, and what we tried to help him with. hess: give …
Jack K. McFall Oral History Interview
… went up to his office, and with a wide smile, he greeted me most cordially and said, "please sit down. i have a very happy report i want to talk to you about." and then he added, "i want to know how long is it going to take you to get ready to … with the white house staff on matters of congressional liaison and let's use the memo of july the 6th, 1950 from george elsey to charles murphy regarding point 4, as a basis for our discussion (see appendix ). all right now that you have looked … we mentioned several of the people in the white house, but did you ever have any dealings with a few of the others? clark clifford? mcfall: no, never dealings. i had met clark clifford and that's it. yes, just met him. no dealings, no. nor did i …
Kenneth M. Birkhead Oral History Interview
… place. when they got to the train they were delivered to a little group on the train composed of charlie murphy; clark clifford, the attorney; and george elsey, who was on the white house staff, and basically the three of them went over the material and would refine it depending … thurmond and his campaign, and mr. truman made some strong statements on civil rights in the campaign and the civil rights report had come out. so i did work with philleo nash some in trying to help in how you said this -- to have the most impact …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, November 29, 1966
… comparison because fdr had the war powers and eisenhower and jfk did not. any questions? hess: well, let's get on to the report. your article in the current biography states that you helped prepare the report of the fepc in 1946. what can you … needed to be worked out. when i got back into town, george washington, then the solicitor of the justice department, and clifford and murphy, and george elsey and i sat down and talked about it, and then we went to work to begin to get some wording on it. we had to deal with …
Stuart Symington Oral History Interview
… orderly, well [9] done. hugh fulton was the commerce counsel. when it was over, the then senator wrote a much appreciated report about us. incidentally, emerson ended up getting two more army and navy e awards than any of its competition. there's … would like to hear that. symington: would rather not. he had some devoted staff people; people like john snyder, clark clifford, charley murphy, and sid. fuchs: then you felt that souers as executive secretary of nsc did an excellent job? … recommended, or any design remotely like it. again, however, it was never my decision. fuchs: did you deal with [george] elsey in the white house, along with these other gentlemen? symington: he was an assistant to clifford, a fine man, a great …
James I. Loeb Oral History
… democratic national convention, 27 , 30-40 , 41-43 and the presidential civil rights commission, 36 , 92 clark, blair, 162 clifford, clark, 65 , 119 clymer, adam, 15 cohn, benjamin v., 158 collingwood, charles, 115 , 116 colorado, 111 , 190 … dwight d., 128-129 , 150-151 , 153 , 154 , 155 , 162 , 165 , 169 , 175-176 , 180 , 228-229 eisenhower, milton, 20 elsey, george, 186-187 , 189 epstein, henry, 46 evanston, illinois, 106 eyer, cortland, 204 f farley, james, 37 , 54 federal … 177 , 199 evaluated by james loeb, 220-223 , 224 , 226-227 , 228 kennedy, joseph p., 16 kentucky, 29-30 kerner commission report, 64 kerr, barbara, 116 kerr, chester, 116 kerr, senator robert, as a possible candidate to be president, 119-121 …
Eben A. Ayers Oral History Interview, April 19, 1967
… i had another paragraph here and i was being a little critical i'm afraid: i question, too, the political acumen of clark clifford. clifford is without much practical experience, if any, and i have doubted the political wisdom of some of his … night. and i wrote that the great bulk of the work on these was done by philleo nash, assistant to david niles, george elsey, assistant to clark clifford, and charlie murphy, administrative assistant. then i commented a little again about what … customary, i don't know whether they always [132] do, especially one from moscow because he would be expected to report to the president at some time during his stay in the united states. hess: it's a very important post. ayers: yes, the …
The Truman White House Oral History Interview
… think that during that year, when i was working for steelman, the thing that helped considerably was the fact that george elsey was working with clark clifford, charlie murphy worked independently and i working with steelman did perhaps more coordinating than we were really … i got, i guess, when i got there; when i went to work down there i went to the president and i said, 'who am i gonna report to?' he said, 'report to me.' i said, 'well, what do you want me to do?' he said, 'well, look around. you'll find …
Max Lowenthal Oral History Interview
… truman: a political biography , by william p. helm, it is stated that you and senator truman wrote mr. truman's first report to the senate and it dealt with the corrupt use of power by the large financial interests. i wonder if that was the … was sam rosenman. he left in 1946. lowenthal: i never saw sam rosenman there, that is to speak of. hess: and then clark clifford was counsel, and he left in 1950. lowenthal: clark clifford was excellent. hess: then charlie murphy was from 1950 … i don't quite get what he looked like. but that's the way my memory serves me, or doesn't serve me. [81] hess: now george elsey was in the white house at the time. lowenthal: george elsey i met. he was an assistant to clifford. i didn't meet him …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 21, 1967
… perhaps with the president, with other members of the white house staff, or anything of that nature. how about george elsey? spingarn: well, george was a young fellow who really grew up in the white house; he came there as an ensign during the … room where the president could see at a glance what was happening on all the battlefronts of the world; and, later clark clifford came in there as assistant naval aide, and later the naval aide, and then obviously he spotted -- i'm just supposing … the 20th of december '41 -- there was a night hearing of the full house judiciary committee to consider and hopefully report this bill -- a night hearing. the attorney general and other bigwigs were to be present, but at the last moment they …
Dr. John R. Steelman Oral History Interview, February 28, 1996
… truman said, "that's what i'm saying to you." johnson: okay, going back again to around 1937 or so, i think there's a report that you were involved in some 80,000 labor disputes during the '30s and up to '44? steelman: probably. yes. johnson: … but shortly before the congressional elections of 1946, he called for another strike and you advised compromise. but clifford prevailed and convinced the president to stand firm against lewis. this might have been the first time that you got … when vardaman went to the federal reserve board, clifford took his place. [75] steelman: yes. johnson: and he had george elsey working for him. steelman: yes. e. steelman: do you remember when you and [w.] averell harriman would get in a cab? …
Joseph G. Feeney Oral History Interview
… on about the same basis as i was. he was not a politician; his appointment took place shortly after mine. hess: did you report directly to the president or were you assigned to be under another staff member in white house? feeney: i was assigned … work very closely with the special counsel -- and you knew both of the special counsels -- you were there when both clark clifford and charles murphy were there? [16] feeney: yes. hess: could you perhaps contrast their styles of operation? feeney: … in two days. and he had some excellent assistants, too. dave bell was one of them -- dave stowe, dave lloyd and george elsey. there was another fellow that went to harvard from the white house as a professor. he was richard neustadt. and …
Robert B. Landry Oral History Interview
… of the president, he was calling to say that i had been appointed by the president to be his air force aide and i was to report to the white house the following morning for an appointment at 9:30 a.m. to meet the president. as one can imagine, … no. fuchs: whether it was just rotation or... landry: that was before my time. no, that was the time when i think clark clifford was in uniform, and was in foskett's office. you see, foskett was the naval aide and i think clark clifford was a … seen, and which i sent to the president, and for which he was very pleased. this thing was later briefed down by [george] elsey. there is a copy here. it shows [62] what this kind of thing can do to the country, or what it has done over the years. …
David H. Stowe Oral History Interview, June 24, 1989
… there was any special protection around the map room. do you remember the map room at all? stowe: no, i don't. george elsey and clark clifford were familiar with that. johnson: you mentioned that you were the only one at the white house who was designated by … stowe: yes. this originally started when i was assigned [79] the job of working with the atomic energy commission on a report. i can't think of the name of that commission now, but bill davis was the chairman of it. it was a presidential …
Roger Tubby Oral History Interview
… in due course with the pomp and circumstance due a great general, but the scenario really fell apart when we got wind of a report that macarthur was about to resign in tokyo. i really sort of led the fight to get macarthur fired at once on the … who held the positions of administrative assistants? tubby: i would say very close, particularly with dave bell, george elsey, dave stowe and dave lloyd, and philleo nash. he didn't have occasion really to work closely with dawson, or clayton … said, i don't know who was writing about the president, but the president's staff, by and large, was not, aside from clark clifford earlier, was not of the same star quality of some of the men around franklin roosevelt. but i think insofar as …
Eben A. Ayers Oral History Interview, June 20, 1967
… to say who--i think, charlie murphy did an awful lot, at least charlie did the polishing up and rewriting. i think maybe clifford had a little hand in it. i don't know whether jay franklin carter was along on all or only part of that trip; i … table and there might be seven or eight people there--charlie ross and charlie murphy, clifford and lloyd. hess: george elsey? ayers: he had a hand in the speeches on the campaign trip. george elsey did a lot of work on whistlestop speeches. he … this man being included in the mission and he thought this man was going to be a stooge for pearson and that he would report--that was one version, at least, on it. pearson took out after vaughan. he had many columns attacking, criticizing …
Oscar R. Ewing Oral History Interview, May 2, 1969
… the restrictions were enough for us to live with at least until we could see how they worked. as a matter of fact, i got a report a couple of years after the amendment had been in effect and in the whole state there had only been two applications … i didn't know what to do but i went on down to the white house, and at the first opportunity showed the cable to clark clifford. clark said, "i don't understand this but we had better wait until we break up at noon and show the cable to the … in other words it all headed up there. there were a number of the president's assistants who made contributions, george elsey, dave lloyd. [306] fuchs: wasn't he in the research division at this time? ewing: i don't know. i know he helped us on …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interview, June 5, 1967
… on civil rights, and as the phone rang, terminating that session in february, i was asking you about a possible minority report to the october, 1947 report of the civil rights committee. i have heard, read, understand, that there might have been … and the brooklyn academy of music. the brooklyn academy of music was a speech about israel and independence and so on. clifford was working on it and when i brought up the civil rights speech, the situation in paris at the un had become so … was done overnight on friday, and that's why nobody had a chance to look at the civil rights speech. and that's why george elsey called me up and said, you know, "you better come up." hess: that's why they were so busy. nash: yes. they worked all …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, October 29, 1970
… whistlestop. he made these homey little five minute talks at whistlestops. these talks were put together for him by george elsey, one of the staff members. [567] they were carefully done. they were researched beforehand, so that any local happening … no official confirmation of this by the white house," or wherever it's supposed to come from. in the same manner you can report that this was stated to be a fact, by a broadcaster, in this instance, elmer davis, in a radio newscast. as i say, i … one of the president's close advisers. hess: who would you rate in that circle? the special counsel at that time was clark clifford. nixon: yes. before that it was sam rosenman. rosenman had been a very close adviser of roosevelt's. i believe, he …
David A. Morse Oral History Interview, July 30, 1977
… lot of questions. morse: well, i think what we were talking about was that special ad hoc group that was chaired by clark clifford. fuchs: whose idea was that? morse: my recollection is that it was the idea of clark himself. also, my recollection … phil hanna, john gibson. there was myself on the international thing, but that was not, i don't think, part of the carson report. they were looking at other things. so the report i suppose was all right but the implementation wasn't there. a … in our bureaucracy, and [119] that was one of the problems. fuchs: i find a note here that william batt connected george elsey, only by name, with the policy committee. morse: i remember him, and i remember his being consulted. he was not a …
James I. Loeb Oral History Interview, June 27, 1970
… possibility. a number of things then happened. oh, we got out -- charlie murphy knew exactly what i was doing and he would report it to the president, and he would report the president's comments. [ 115] for example, i had an office in the old … about that candidacy, first because senator kerr's campaign manager was -- oh, charlie murphy's predecessor... hess: clark clifford. loeb: clark clifford who was the chief backer of senator kerr. also, we were aware that for two reasons president … time. loeb: no. hess: irving perlmeter? loeb: i remember these people but i had no real relationship with them. george elsey i got to know very well. hess: more when he was working with harriman? loeb: well, i got to know him better later. he …
Carleton Kent Oral History Interview
… of course, i was a brand new boy in town. hess: did you attend the joint session of congress when mr. roosevelt made the report to congress after the yalta... kent: yes, i did. hess: what do you recall about that, anything in particular? kent: … people who were not on the white house press staff at that time, but who held high positions in the white house; mr. clark clifford for instance? were there any times that you worked -- went to mr. clifford for inside information or... [45] kent: … truman scandals. hess: one other member of the white house staff, too, that i would like to ask about was mr. george elsey. do you recall anything? kent: i see george once in a while now. i don't know [49] what he's up to. i remember …
Philleo Nash Oral History Interviews
… message on, 222-226 civil rights act of 1964, 663 civil rights committee, 394 , 395 , 574 , 580 , 599-644 , 658 minority report of the, 641-644 civil rights division, 733 civil service act, 353 civil service commission, 195-196 , 211 , 212 , 582 … of, 549 , 552 clark, charles patrick, 710 clark, general mark, 228-229 , 373 cleveland, grover, 7 , 8 , 30 , 255 , 262 clifford, clark m., 92 , 97 , 109-110 , 112-113 , 114-115 , 144-145 , 148 , 149 , 219-220 , 225 , 228 , 235 , 244 , 253 , 284 … , 116 , 120 , 241 , 245 , 292 , 425 , 489 , 490 , 491 , 493 , 494-495 , 563 , 578 , 753 elephant butte, new mexico, 231 elsey, george, 109 , 112-113 , 114 , 149 , 218-221 , 222 , 287 , 294 , 298-299 , 302 , 303 , 308 , 312 , 313 , 316 , 358 , …
Lincoln Gordon Oral History Interview
… vice chairman then and whom i succeeded in may of 1945 for it. i was the rapporteur and had to write the committee's report. we worked very hard during that summer and got our report in. it was a very complex scheme for relaxing and removing … so we had a confrontation meeting. baruch came to our office in the empire state and wallace brought along with him clifford houser, who was head of the census bureau but had not worked with him on the speech, houser was a respected staff … [168] murphy was the chief of staff, and along with him there were david lloyd, david bell, dick neustadt, and george elsey. those were the ones that we worked with actively. this was my own first experience of this kind. i met mr. truman a …
Dr. John R. Steelman Oral History Interview, March 1, 1996
… to the president, your attitude toward keyserling? steelman: i'm sure i did, yes. johnson: did i ever ask you if clark clifford ever came over to visit you in your office? did clark clifford ever come over to see you in your office? steelman: … when he was in college. you wrote him a letter and he wrote a letter to the department of commerce. you had to do a report in high school or college or something. and president hoover answered you. steelman: oh yes. when i was in college i … , 110 , 213 , 238 economic panel, 250-251 eisenhower, pres. d. d., 99 , 122-124 , 161 , 203-206 , 218 , 271-275 , 293-295 elsey, george, 75 employment act of 1946, 82-83 , 85 , 239 enarson, harold, 138 , 191 fair deal, 68 fairless, ben, 33-36 , 54 …
Oscar R. Ewing Oral History
… 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, oscar, attends meetings at the … congress, 269 , 313 , 326 eisenhower, dwight d., 81 , 358 truman, harry s., relationship, 300-301 elliott, martha, 244 elsey, george m., 163 , 305 employment security, bureau of, 258 epstein, william, 290 "equal chance for health", 211 … switzerland, 57-66 , 67 , 71 the nation , 283 national city bank, 39 national health assembly, 188-190 , 197 , 198 , 227 report of, 210-212 national health insurance, 211 , 229 , 232 , 233 , 345-346 , 350 , 352 , 363 american medical association, …
Brigadier General Louis H. Renfrow Oral History Interview
… at least the big ten: yale, harvard, princeton, columbia, the presidents of those colleges banded together and wrote a report opposing this idea, that they thought it was wrong, just as you hear today and see today people who are saying the … resented that. hess: who seemed to carry the brunt of this resentment over on the west side? renfrow: it was between clark clifford and charlie ross and some of the others over there that carried it. don dawson didn't; don was always a friend of … hess: steelworkers every once in a while. renfrow: oh, well, not too often, not a whole lot. hess: do you recall george elsey being there? renfrow: yes, george elsey was a very fine young man, a very brilliant fellow, and he too did research …
Donald S. Dawson Oral History Interview, August 8, 1977
… charlie murphy had a good deal of input there; john steelman had input; i had a certain amount. fuchs: what about clark clifford? dawson: clark clifford at the time he was there - i forget exactly when clark left. fuchs: he left in '48; i guess … for him from the stand-point of his cooperative way of working. fuchs: did you get into congressional liaison in any way, report on legislation and so forth? dawson: very little; i'd do a little bit on the fringe but not much. we didn't have any … there and the president's report to the nation was via television as well as radio. fuchs: were matt connelly and george elsey involved in that in some way? [75] dawson: matt was with me in san francisco, but george was not. fuchs: do you know …
Joseph D. Coppock Oral History Interview
… will clayton's departure facilitated the reorganization. thorp did not have the political clout of clayton. the wriston report of about 1953 furthered the whittling down of state's control of the economic aspect of foreign policy. these were … ben hardy put it together and francis russell approved it, but francis also followed the sensible system of sending clark clifford a copy of the draft speech at the same time he sent one to lovett. see, never trust the lines of authority in a … idea was presented to him, he had the draft speech circulated around the white house. clark clifford liked. it and george elsey liked it. they took it in to the president and he just said, "we'll use it." the state department said that he couldn't …
Jonathan Daniels Oral History Interviews
… the library of congress reporting on richard robert nacy of jefferson city, missouri. do you recall what occasioned this report? daniels: in '44? fuchs: '45, which was while roosevelt was still living. daniels: no, i do not. i don't remember that … quickly associated himself with some very able people like admiral leahy and others whom he knew were informed. then clark clifford came. clifford is a very bright person. i think in an amazing sense truman makes up his own mind. he permitted … think he was of the intellectual capacity of charlie murphy and dave stowe. fuchs: did you have any contact with george elsey? daniels: well, george elsey was an ensign in the navy, who under roosevelt was attached to the map room, and after he …
C. Tyler Wood Oral History Interview
… you in the aid programs? who were the most important? wood: well, i dealt with don dawson, a great deal; [61] with clark clifford, occasionally. wilson: what about john steelman? wood: john steelman; i was just groping for that name. john steelman was quite active, and he was a materials man. and we saw quite a lot of john steelman. mckinzie: was george elsey involved? wood: yes, george elsey. that's when i first got to know george. i had great respect for george. george was … been confusion and little progress, although there have been some real successes, even so. for example, the pearson* report pointed out a 5 percent increase in gross national product of the developing countries, annually, from '59 on, and …
Robert G. Nixon Oral History Interview, October 21, 1970
… being along was to write a speech for the president, which he undertook on our return trip aboard the augusta . this was a report to the congress and the american people on the potsdam conference. i'm not sure, but i know that was his obvious … others, members of the secret service. leahy's aide, julius edelstein, who was a lieutenanant in the naval reserve; george elsey, who was then a lieutenant in the navy and also a white house map room watch officer. he later became more and more important around the white house. he had a role similar to clark clifford and charlie murphy. he is now head of the american red cross. well, that about covers it. hess: i noticed that there …
Wesley McCune Oral History Interview
… luna diamond, al loveland, c.j. mccormick, knox hutchinson, allan b. kline, c.b. baldwin, m. l. dumars, john j. williams, clifford hope, charles s. murphy, claude wickard, oscar v. wells, ralph s. trigg, john baker, maurice dumars, albert gore, … one of the greatest men who ever lived. i respected him partly because he threw me out of high school once for failing to report to his office, having been told to by the teacher of agriculture, no less. i chose to go to the boys room instead. he … with clark clifford before he left? mccune: not personally. charlie saw a lot of him; i didn't. johnson: how about george elsey? mccune: yes, i knew george quite well. i was wondering the other day, is he still running the red cross? johnson: i'm …
Richard L. Strout Oral History Interview
… at dorrance brooks square. [32] strout: i don't recall that. i think i was not there. i think i wasn't there, so i can't report on that. my impression is that when he got down to new york he went from there out west, you know, i left him i think … have occasion to talk to the staff members other than charles ross, other than the press secretary? charles murphy, clark clifford and george elsey for instance. [38] strout: yes, i think they thought he would be defeated. i think almost certainly they did. hess: …
Philip D. Lagerquist Oral History Interview
… benton, dennis e. bilger, philip c. brooks, james f. byrnes, oscar l. chapman, donna clark, harry clark, jr., clark m. clifford, rose a. conway, thomas corcoran, john t. curry, george h. curtis, ben cutcliff, margaret truman daniel, jonathan daniels, robert donovan, dwight d. eisenhower, george m. elsey, robert h. ferrell, frank freidel, james r. fuchs, john gimbel, robert goe, dr. wayne grover, alonzo hamby, willie … in a year or two, and the first thing we knew it was four years. well, cutcliffe's secretary generally typed that sort of report, and anything of that nature that had to be done. the finding aids, the shelf lists, these things were sort of farmed …
Stephen J. Spingarn Oral History Interview, March 22, 1967
… charlie murphy and me at one point that day -- i've forgotten whether it was friday or saturday -- that he had gotten some report from the hill, leslie biffle or i don't know whom, i've forgotten, maybe a senator -- saying that they had been very … big compartments, as i say, between what you might call operations under steelman, and program and planning under first clifford and then murphy. i can't speak for steelman's area, but within the program and planning, things were very loosely … the administrative assistants except david niles, as i said, he never attended; that is dave stowe, donald dawson, george elsey and me. and, i have told this story, too, on tape i believe, i wasn't invited to attend i just infiltrated finally and …