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COLLECTION
- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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DATE RANGE
- 1980x
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- November 1967 report to LBJ by Bunker; Bob Komer and General Westmoreland; pacification progress and military situations; 1968 Tet offensive; Bunker's reputation that the U.S. had prior knowledge of the timing of the offensive; Bunker's…
- Biographical information; War on Poverty task force; rural conservation centers; Job Corps vs. CCC; rural anti-poverty program land reform; migratory farm work; task force meetings; maximum feasible participation; OEO legislation; SWAFCA (Southwest…
- Biographical information; reporting from Vietnam; press in the advisory war; Diem regime; correspondents’ activities; networks of sources and information; view of Vietnam; Buddhist-Catholic strife; Hoa My; rural-urban dichotomy; factions; Nguyen…
- Vietnam enemy inflitration through Laos and Cambodia and pros and cons of U.S. invasion to cut supply lines; Bunker's conviction concerning censorship of the press; LBJ's 3/31/1968 decision not to seek re-election; bombing pause; U.S.…
- Biographical information; association with Everett Looney; LBJ as a Congressman; relationship with LBJ; 1948 Senate race; investigation of voting irregularities in Alice, TX; collecting affidavits from Mexican-Americans to challenge voting…
- How General Albright came to work for LBJ; Colonel George J. McNally; telephone system and security; functions of the White House Communications Agency; the teleprompter; LBJ’s lighting and background requirements for public appearances; problems…
- Circumstances of going to work of Senator McFarland; first meeting with LBJ; LBJ's selection as whip; tidelands; relationship between LBJ and McFarland; 1952 campaign; LBJ's becoming leader; joining LBJ's staff; staff members; office…
- Set-up of White House Congressional liaison office; handling of Congressional mail; comparison of Eisenhower, JFK and LBJ liaison offices; procedure; leadership agenda; guest lists; bill signings; meetings with agency liaisons; intervention of Larry…
- Early ideas and leadership in Congress that led to the War on Poverty; getting the depressed areas bill, also known as the area redevelopment bill, passed in 1961; administration and funding of the area redevelopment programs; housing legislation in…