A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of RESEARCH COLLECTIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICS Microforms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections General Editor: William E. Leuchtenburg PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER’S OFFICE FILES, 1953–1961 Part 1: Eisenhower Administration Series UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA A Guide to the Microfilm Edition of RESEARCH COLLECTIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICS Microforms from Major Archival and Manuscript Collections General Editor: William E. Leuchtenburg PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER’S OFFICE FILES, 1953–1961 Part 1: Eisenhower Administration Series Project Coordinator Robert E. Lester Guide compiled by David W. Loving A microfilm project of UNIVERSITY PUBLICATIONS OF AMERICA An Imprint of CIS 4520 East-West Highway • Bethesda, Maryland 20814-3389 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s office files, 1953–1961 [microform] / project coordinator, Robert E. Lester. microfilm reels. -- (Research collections in American politics) Compiled from the papers of Dwight D. Eisenhower in the custody of the Dwight D. Eisenhower Library, National Archives and Records Administration. Accompanied by printed reel guides, compiled by David W. Loving. ISBN 1-55655-165-7 (pt. 1) ISBN 1-55655-166-5 (pt. 2) 1. United States--Politics and government--1953–1961--Sources. 2. United States--Foreign relations--1953–1961--Sources. 3. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890–1969--Archives. 4. Dwight D. Eisenhower Library--Archives. I. Lester, Robert. II. Loving, David W., 1940– . III. Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David). 1890–1969. IV. United States. President (1953–1961 : Eisenhower) V. Dwight D. Eisenhower Library. VI. Series. E835 91-43074 CIP The documents reproduced in this publication are donated historical materials from Dwight D. Eisenhower in the custody of the Eisenhower Library, National Archives and Records Administra- tion. 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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction...........................................................................................................................................vii Scope and Content Note....................................................................................................................xiii Source Note..........................................................................................................................................xvii Editorial Note.......................................................................................................................................xvii Name List..............................................................................................................................................xix Initialism List.......................................................................................................................................xxv Reel Index Reel 1 Adams–Allen..........................................................................................................................1 Reel 2 Allen cont.–Appointments—Presidential................................................................................2 Reel 3 Appointments—Presidential cont.–Atomic Energy Commission...........................................4 Reel 4 Atomic Energy Commission cont.–Benson............................................................................5 Reel 5 Benson cont...........................................................................................................................7 Reel 6 Benson cont.–Brownell..........................................................................................................9 Reel 7 Brownell cont.–Budget..........................................................................................................10 Reel 8 Budget cont.–Commission on Foreign Economic Policy......................................................11 Reel 9 Commission on Foreign Economic Policy cont.–Dewey.......................................................13 Reel 10 Dillon–Draper Committee.....................................................................................................15 -iii- Table of Contents Reel 11 Draper Committee cont.–Emanuel.......................................................................................17 Reel 12 European Defense Community–Gates.................................................................................18 Reel 13 Gates cont.–Gruenther.........................................................................................................20 Reel 14 Gruenther cont.–Hannah......................................................................................................22 Reel 15 Harlow–Hobby......................................................................................................................24 Reel 16 Hobby cont.–Hughes............................................................................................................26 Reel 17 Hughes cont.–Humphrey......................................................................................................28 Reel 18 Humphrey cont.–Jackson.....................................................................................................29 Reel 19 Jackson cont.–Lodge............................................................................................................31 Reel 20 Lodge cont.–McCann............................................................................................................33 Reel 21 McCarran Act–Mueller..........................................................................................................35 Reel 22 Mueller cont.–Navy, Department of......................................................................................37 Reel 23 Navy, Department of cont.–President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization............................................................................................38 Reel 24 President’s Advisory Committee on Government Organization cont.–Rockefeller....................................................................................40 Reel 25 Rockefeller cont.–Rogers.....................................................................................................42 Reel 26 Rogers cont.–Sprague Committee.......................................................................................43 Reel 27 Sprague Committee cont.–Stassen......................................................................................45 -iv- Table of Contents Reel 28 Stassen cont.–Strauss..........................................................................................................46 Reel 29 Strauss cont.–UNESCO.......................................................................................................48 Reel 30 United Nations–White House Staff.......................................................................................50 Reel 31 White House Staff cont.–Wilson...........................................................................................51 Reel 32 Wilson cont.–U.S. World Trade Fair.....................................................................................53 Correspondent Index..........................................................................................................................55b Subject Index.......................................................................................................................................57 -v- INTRODUCTION The historical reputation of Dwight D. Eisenhower, war hero and thirty-fourth president of the United States, sank to a low point after he left the White House in January 1961. Although his personal popularity with the American public had not diminished during his eight years in office, the academic and journalistic communities that had criticized his tenure, his policies, and his personal leadership continued to believe that he had presided ineffectually over an era of relative inactivity. Most of Eisenhower’s critics seem to have supported the social programs of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s New Deal and Harry S Truman’s Fair Deal, and during the 1960s they quickly shifted their admiration and allegiance to the liberal elements of John F. Kennedy’s New Frontier. They saw Eisenhower’s conservative agenda as a program to benefit the privileged and the wealthy, a Republican reaction to the progress made under Democratic reformers. Liberal scribes and pundits deplored his refusal to take on the dark beast of the 1950s, Senator Joseph McCarthy. They derided Eisenhower’s efforts to achieve fiscal responsibility and decentralized government, claiming that these efforts were little more than a smokescreen covering the president’s insensitivity to the needs of the less fortunate elements of American society. Eisenhower’s foreign policy (which had, after all, resulted in seven-and-one- half years of peace) came in for somewhat less criticism. Nevertheless, many deplored the administration’s emphasis on nuclear weapons and the doctrine of massive retaliation. Others were shocked at the covert interventions in Iran and Guatemala. Most of the criticisms dating from the early 1960s, however, were directed at Eisenhower’s supposed failure to pursue the cold war vigorously and successfully. Eisenhower’s misguided efforts to balance the federal budget, it was said, had resulted in an inadequate military posture and