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- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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- The 1968 proposed tax surcharge to address rising costs of the Vietnam War and curb inflation; support from the business community for the tax surcharge; Civil Rights Act of 1968; Everett Dirksen's role in passing the cloture vote; the Housing…
- Detailed account of U.S. participation in Vietnam
- 1960 convention in Los Angeles; the Biltmore Hotel; decision to take the Vice-Presidential post with JFK; connection with Johnson family in Oglethorpe County, Georgia; Lady Bird Johnson’s grandfather as founder of Baylor University; the LBJ…
- First impressions of LBJ; LBJ as a Senator; Civil Rights Bill; White’s special access to LBJ; LBJ’s humor; White’s books; LBJ as VP; criticism of LBJ’s domestic programs and Vietnam War.
- 1948 election that certified LBJ as candidate over Coke Stevenson; Stevenson's suit in state courts and efforts to unseat LBJ in the Senate; election fraud in Texas; Henry Wallace; Stuart Long's letters to LBJ while Senator; LBJ's…
- Biographical information; JTBC AM, FM and television; 1960 presidential campaign; 1960 Democratic Convention; Communications Satellite Corporation; USIA
- First meeting with young LBJ, arranged through newspaper publisher Charles E. Marsh; LBJ arranges for extension of Leinsdorf's visa and application for citizenship; entertaining during the vice presidential and presidential years; appointed…
- Biographical information; circumstances leading to job at the White House; nature of work; systems organized for presidential appointments; personnel involved; appointment process; use of contacts; the Betty Furness appointment; LBJ and appointments…
- 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…