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- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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- Views on the duties of a Senate leader; circumstances of assuming office; 1959 speech relating views and reaction to speech; LBJ and committee assignments; opposition to depletion allowance; LBJ's support for Proxmire's re-election; 1957…
- First meeting with LBJ; LBJ’s relationship to Rayburn; Carl Vinson and FDR; LBJ in the House; Lady Bird; Civil Rights Bill; LBJ’s relationship with Humphrey, Truman, Eisenhower and the Kennedy’s; LBJ’s opinion of career military people; 1956…
- RFK; support of McCarthy; LBJ
- The University of Texas’ racist reputation; Mack Hannah; LBJ trying to recruit prospective black students for UT; Julius Whittier; Roosevelt Leaks; Earl Campbell; LBJ’s interest in football and attending UT games; LBJ’s Secret Service…
- 1962-1963 was Associate Commission in Bureau of Education Assistance Programs (BEEP); three divisions: 1. State and local elementary and secondary 2. Higher education 3. Manpower training; abrupt increase in staff in 1964 required new emphasis on…
- Walker's first contact with LBJ; Walker keeping LBJ informed of the views of the American Bankers Association (ABA) members; Walker's banking and economics background and support for increased political power of the ABA; Walker's…
- Biographical information; knew LBJ as majority leader; Housing Committee, a sub-committee of Banking and Currency Committee of the Senate; staff director Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, 1965; Earle Clements; Kentucky Senator Symington…
- Biographical information; 1941 and 1948 campaigns; LBJ’s rapport with Latinos; use of helicopter; interest in Valley drought; LBJ’s role in location of Falcon Dam; 1952 and 1956 State Democratic Conventions; 1960 and 1968 Democratic Conventions…
- Biographical information; first memories of LBJ; political activists; Veteran’s Housing Council; socialized housing; Balcones Research Center; LBJ’s Senate candidacy; interest in party politics; loyal Democrats and Dixicrats; 12-vote majority;…
- Biographical information; candidacy for Congress; Senate Committee assignment; first contact with LBJ; longest record of service in the Senate; Reclamation Act of 1902; Colorado River Commission; Boulder Canyon Project; Udall family; Central Arizona…