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- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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- First newspaper interview with LBJ in 1933; LBJ’s relationship with FDR and Rayburn; Carl Vinson; Clark Clifford; 1924, 1956 and 1968 Democratic conventions; LBJ’s techniques; civil rights legislation; Home Rule for D.C.; LBJ’s relationship…
- Composition of the Policy Committee; Rayburn’s decision not to serve as chairman of the Democratic National Convention; Paul Butler and his role; liberals and the Democratic National Committee; LBJ’s lack of commitment to his candidacy for the…
- Visiting LBJ after his 1955 heart attack; the advent of cable television; speaking to Emanuel Celler’s antitrust subcommittee on the House Judiciary committee and Stanton’s resulting relationship with Celler; the relationship between LBJ and…
- The role of Civil Service Comission in loyalty and security program; his work as president of Wesleyan College; becoming Chairman of the Civil Service Commission in the Kennedy administration, 1961; working with Vice-President Johnson on equal…
- 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…
- Biographical information; Bane Committee membership; Health Professions Act; AMA limits number of doctors; Surgeon General’s Report on Nursing; Health Professionals Education Assistance Act; NDEA; passing legislation; Krebiozin; Medicare hearings…
- O'Brien's discussion with Joseph Kennedy about the New Frontier program; leadership in the House of Representatives before and after Sam Rayburn's death; the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; a private-sector public-relations operation led…
- Engelhard’s family history; marriage to Fritz Mannheimer; leaving France for Spain to avoid testifying against Mr. Daladier and Mr. Reynaud; conditions and traveling during World War II; fleeing to Argentina and later returning to Europe; moving…
- Hagerty’s military and intelligence background; 6/17/53 uprisings in East Germany; Joseph Stalin’s death and replacement by Nikita Khrushchev; the Russian Foreign Area Specialist Training program; estimating Russian intentions and capabilities…