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- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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- Biographical information relating to Vietnam; fall of the Diem regime; Thieu; General McChristian and order of battle techniques; discrepancies in the figures; the crossover point; "The Uncounted Enemy;" actions of General Westmoreland;…
- Initial involvement with the War on Poverty; work with the Council of Economic Advisers; income distribution; tax cut; 1964 campaign and poverty problem; meetings on poverty issue; differences in concept of poverty; key people involved; rejection of…
- 1948 election and the State Democratic Executive Committee; Byron Skelton; HST and General Marshall collaborate on the Truman Committee; the 1960 convention in Los Angeles; meeting JFK at Hyannis Port after the convention; Ted Dealey insults JFK;…
- A January 1945 dinner for Grover Sellers at the Johnsons' home; Franklin Roosevelt's 1945 inauguration; the relationship between Senator Alvin Wirtz and Secretary Harold Ickes; the Johnsons' relationship with the Henry Wallace family…
- Biographical information; 1957 trip to Vietnam; General Sam Williams; Edward Lansdale; Taylor-Rostow report; intelligence; Lionel McGarr; coordination; Diem coup; Harkins and Lodge; KATUSAs; Westmoreland; State Department; bombing campaign; Taylorâ…
- LBJ and the NYA in 1935; LBJ-Sam Rayburn relationship; political philosophies; Griffin-Landrum Bill; Ralph Yarborough; Allan Shivers; LBJ & JFK; Rayburn and the Kennedys
- O'Brien's and John F. Kennedy's (JFK) relationship with John Glenn; how Glenn's space success helped NASA; the role of a vice president and how well Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) fit it; JFK's staff members' opinion of LBJ after…
- McArthur's work for the Associated Press; the difference between working for a wire service and a daily/weekly publication; Mrs. Eva Kim McArthur's work as Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker's secretary; Bunker's attitude toward…
- Meeting LBJ in 1936; the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles; the role of the Michigan delegation in shaping the platform; LBJ's record on civil rights an impediment to nomination; Leonard Woodcock; LBJ as a candidate in Michigan;…
- Early ideas and leadership in Congress that led to the War on Poverty; getting the depressed areas bill, also known as the area redevelopment bill, passed in 1961; administration and funding of the area redevelopment programs; housing legislation in…