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COLLECTION
- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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CONTRIBUTOR
- Reedy, George E. (George Edward), 1917-1999x
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- Reedy’s return to LBJ’s staff; preparations for 1968 campaign; March 31, 1968 speech, Washington riots; assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy; Reedy’s book on the presidency; maritime strike; Sam Houston; last year of…
- The work of the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee under LBJ; how Reedy met LBJ and went to work for him; how being on the Preparedness Subcommittee helped LBJ's political career; the increased price of tin due to limited manganese supplies; the…
- Working with the Johnsons
- LBJ and the Majority Leadership and various Senate activities, 1955; committee assignments; LBJ and Drew Pearson; LBJ and the oil industry; foreign aid; LBJ and organized labor; Paul Butler; LBJ and Eisenhower; LBJ's heart attack; Whitney…
- Composition of the Policy Committee; Rayburn’s decision not to serve as chairman of the Democratic National Convention; Paul Butler and his role; liberals and the Democratic National Committee; LBJ’s lack of commitment to his candidacy for the…
- Working with the Johnsons
- Senate and related activities; beginning of LBJ's Majority Leadership
- Choosing the 1964 vice presidential candidate; LBJ’s secrecy; 1964 campaign and speeches; LBJ’s personality; Barry Goldwater; the $100 billion budget; credibility gap; Bobby Baker; LBJ’s humor; Gulf of Tonkin episode; Vietnam; misleading…
- Duties of the press secretary; LBJ’s misunderstanding of the press; LBJ’s secrecy as president; press pool; travelling with LBJ; LBJ’s friendliness toward the press; Eric Goldman; resignation of Walter Jenkins.
- LBJ's and Reedy's assessment of Senator John Tower from Texas; Pakistan President Ayub Khan’s personality; LBJ's vice presidential trips to Berlin, to Sweden for Dag Hammarskjold's funeral, and to Paris; LBJ's lack of…