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- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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- Biographical information; LBJ-press relationship; the campaign contributions issue; Philip Graham; Rayburn convinces LBJ to run in 1960; LBJ persuades FDR to put the REA into the Pedernales valley; JFK and leaks; Steve Early and James Hagerty; W.…
- Vice President Johnson's 1961 visit to Berlin; meeting LBJ in the 1950's in the United States; LBJ's affinity for Germany and German people; Brandt's visits to the U.S. in the mid-1960's; Vietnam police; LBJ's opinions…
- The Truth in Packaging bill; need for a means of easily comparing products; package sizes and shapes; Esther Peterson; the soap and detergent lobby; Herb Hollomon; compromising to pass the Truth in Packaging bill; the Revenue Act of 1968; a ten…
- Role of Special Assistant; regulatory agencies; airport congestion; White House functions; funding; B/P; Dan McKinney; effectiveness of commission; TF vs. Presidential Commission; travel organization; tourist and travel taxes; Obscenity Commission…
- Barr's work with FDIC; bringing the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve System and the FDIC together under one agency; James Saxon; controversy surrounding revenue bonds; Saxon's attempts to deregulate the banking system; problems…
- Biographical information; NSC; JFK’s Administration; briefing LBJ while VP; space program; LBJ’s relationship with JFK; LBJ and foreign affairs; organization of NSC operations; Senior Interdepartmental Group; Tuesday luncheons; McGeorge Bundy;…
- LBJ-Rayburn-Price Daniel relationship; details of the 1960 convention in Los Angeles, especially concerning the Texas delegation; poor accommodations for the delegation; the JFK organization in 1960; Texas delegation reacts to LBJ nomination for…
- How Rather went to work for LBJ; LBJ's work on National Youth Administration (NYA) projects on the West Coast before shipping out with the navy in World War II; Lady Bird Johnson's interest in photography, movie-making and drama; Rather…
- How Jorden got into foreign policy government service from journalism; going to Vietnam to assess the situation in 1961 and the resulting white paper; Jorden’s Berlin Viability Plan and trip to Germany; Averell Harriman; working group for…
- Comparison of JFK and LBJ administrations; Lisle Carter; HEW; Adam Yarmolinsky; Chris Weeks; Sargent Shriver; discusses basic staff relations and how matters were handled; Job Corps; VISTA.