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- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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- Senate and related activities; beginning of LBJ's Majority Leadership
- 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.…
- the state of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) when O'Brien became chairman; O'Brien's immediate reorganization of the DNC and new priorities; efforts to build the relationship between the DNC and Congress; DNC help with 1970…
- Biographical information; Cohen's work as a legislative attorney for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in the early 1950s; why Cohen left the IRS for the Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison law firm in 1956; Cohen's work with…
- Biographical information; set up lab in Woods Hole then Los Alamos, 1944; Oppenheimer in charge; first test a surprising shockwave; believed bomb would end war and save American lives; Fulbright Grant and Guggenheim grant to Oxford, 1954; to…
- 1960 Democratic convention; LBJ as VP candidate; religious issue; LBJ as VP; JFK's political standing in 1963; LBJ after the assassination; Larry O'Brien; Mr. Cannon; Congressman Passman; Halleck; Allan Smith; Dick Bolling; Bill Colmer;…
- 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…
- Biographical information; first association with LBJ in Congress; LBJ’s chief motivation and goals; 1943 and 1948 elections; Sam Rayburn; Charlie Murphy; oil/gas industry; Bob Kerr; Natural Gas Act of 1938; Senator Francis Case; Area Basin…
- Early work with LBJ and as executive assistant to Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Don Cook; work on the Preparedness Committee; LBJ’s attitude toward professional military men; LBJ’s temper and lack of inter-personal skills; LBJ…