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- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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- First meeting with LBJ in March, 1946; Ganson Purcell; James Rowe; Sam Rayburn; W. Averell Harriman; Truman’s anti-inflation program; General Counsel for AEC; Herbert Marks; Kenneth D. McKellar; Dr. Edward U. Condon; General McArthur; Richard…
- Biographical information; the Eisenhower, JFK and LBJ Administrations and the Council of Economic Advisers; new economics; Troika; tax cut; contact with Congress on economic matters; Appalachia program; SST; Agriculture Department budget;…
- Biographical information
- Reedy’s role as policy advisor while LBJ was Senator; airline machinists’ strike of 1966; influencing LBJ’s decisions; writing memos to LBJ; Richard Russell; Eugene Millikin; Sam Rayburn; what makes a good Senator; Millard Tyding’s loss to…
- Working with the Johnsons
- LBJ's 1949-1950 concern over the rising cost of defense; LBJ's work on the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee; Lynda's first grade school in Austin; Austin family activities, like dance classes and visiting friends; LBJ's travel…
- Staff officer of Eisenhower; treated as family by Ike; met LBJ in 1953; became LBJ’s close friend, politically and socially; Tidelands Bill; foreign aid; Ike got 83% of legislation through Congress; good political leader; knew intimately…
- Excise tax reduction, 1965-1966; Vietnam’s effect on budget; expenditure reductions; water pollution acts; effluent charges; beautification; Wilbur Mills; AEC budget; general impressions; decision not to run again
- Medicare bill history and Mills’ support of it; legislative support for the Medicare bill; increased hospital costs and doctors’ fees; Social Security benefits; LBJ’s support of Medicare; changes in Medicare bill during legislative process;…
- JFK and Vietnam; events leading up to Gulf of Tonkin Resolution; Congress and Vietnam; personal observations on Vietnam; bombing and bombing halts; various peace missions and conferences; letter to Ho Chi Minh; the “Wise Men;†plans for peace…