Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Title: Papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower
Description: This collection contains letters from President Eisenhower to Governor Shivers, press conference drafts and notes, press conference transcripts, an image of President Eisenhower with Governor Shivers, President Eisenhower’s State of the Union Address from 1956, and correspondence between U.S. Attorney General Herbert Brownell and Robyn Duff Ladino. These items tell the story of the congenial relationship between President Eisenhower and Governor Shivers. This friendly relationship, as well as President Eisenhower’s thoughts on the integration issue, led to his inaction during the Mansfield Crisis.
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Telegram from Texas Citizen to White House 1958-07-24
One Texan describes how Allan Shivers would be fit for the position of Chief of Staff of the White House, since Shivers is a statesmen and could handle the problems that arrive in the White House. This demonstrates Shivers political influence among Texans.
Sherman Adams on Allan Shivers becoming a potential Vice-President candidate for the Eisenhower administration 1956-04-16
Sherman Adams, the White House Chief of Staff suggest that Allan Shivers is a potential Vice-President candidate for the Eisenhower administration in the 1956 presidential election. This demonstrates the political influence of Shivers.
Allan Shivers to a friend 1956-09-28
Allan Shivers writes to a friend that he'll campaign for Dwight D. Eisenhower in the 1956 presidential election. Shivers states that Eisenhower has fulfilled his promises for returning the tidelands and ending the war in Korea, and those were political issues that Shivers felt strongly about. This demonstrates Shivers continual support for Eisenhower.
Dwight D. Eisenhower's comments on the Supreme Court's decision, and desegregation 1956-08-19
Ann Whitman, Dwight D. Eisenhower's secretary describes a telephone conversation between Eisenhower and the Attorney General, Herbert Brownell, regarding the Supreme Court's decision (Brown v. Board of Education) and segregation. According to Whitman, Eisenhower explicitly tells Brownell to not say "the Eisenhower Administration" have supported the Supreme Court in the desegregation business, before Brownell's brief before the Supreme Court. Eisenhower wanted Brownell to appear as a lawyer, not apart of the Eisenhower Administration. This demonstrates Eisenhower's "middle of the road" approach to civil rights issues, and this becomes a predecessor to how Eisenhower would deal with the "Mansfield Crisis" a few weeks later.