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COLLECTION
- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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DATE RANGE
- April 1969x
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- The Transportation Department; a comprehensive auto safety plan including all related issues; Ralph Nader; automobile manufacturers' response to legislative action; passing the Auto Safety bill; the history of studying highway and auto safety;…
- Director of Central Intelligence, wears two hats: Director of Central Intelligence and Chairman of the United States Intelligence Board; 1965 appointed by LBJ as Deputy Director of Central Intelligence under Admiral Raborn; June 1966 made Director;…
- Political biography; meetings with President Johnson; impressions of LBJ; development of Republican Party in Oklahoma; work as Nixon's national campaign manager in 1966 and 1967; impact of LBJ's administration on state of Oklahoma
- Food distribution; food stamp program; commodity support program; Billie Sol Estes; Charles Murphy; JFK assassination; LBJ and Freeman; appointment as Assistant Secretary for International Affairs
- Urban disorders of 1966 and 1967; assassination of MLK
- White House reaction to Watts riots; LBJ’s speech to the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission regarding rioters; Clark group’s report on Watts; LBJ-HHH relationship; Roger Wilkins; death of MLK; LBJ’s feelings about MLK; Louis Martin;…
- Organization and operation of DOT; the audit function; decentralization; friction between the Office of the Secretary and Administrators; difficulties within the Office of Secretary itself; evaluation of Alan Boyd; meetings and retreats; concept of…
- LBJ as VP; 1964 election; Secretary of the Treasury; LBJ as Chief Executive; assessment of LBJ’s personality; contact with Lady Bird; analysis of 3/31 announcement; LBJ’s faults and virtues; links with the business community; aluminum; Troika/…
- Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 as a recruiter of talented persons for government service; setting up the guidelines for executive branch presidential appointments; evaluating and recommending appointees; generating appointment…
- Biographical information; first association with LBJ; Board of Education meetings; Richard Russell; Will Rogers, Jr.; recollections of LBJ as congressman; Albert Thomas; 1948 election; Mike Mansfield; Robert Kerr; Mike Monroney; Clint Anderson;…