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- LBJ Library Oral Historiesx
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- Met LBJ at Southwest Texas Teachers College, San Marcos, TX in 1927; LBJ's interest in debating; LBJ's residence over garage at President Evans' house; influence of Dr. Greene on his students; as freshmen, LBJ interested in psychology…
- [For interview 1, 2, and 3] Biographical information; social security; Eleanor Roosevelt; 1939 amendment to Social Security Act; Congressional committee and chairmen; unemployment insurance; disability benefits; Kennedy administration; Medicare; LBJ…
- Biographical information; developing the Mekong project; Shriver tries to get Zwick into OEO; named assistant budget director; surmise that Vietnam would not last long; the task force to create the Department of Transportation; role of J. Califano;…
- Biographical information; Finletter Report; 70-group Air Force; George Mahon; Adlai Stevenson; Vietnam; decline in power of Democratic party; John Foster Dulles; NATO; meeting with LBJ on 4/10/64 on MLF; lack of support of MLF; Ottawa speech; Non-…
- Task force record keeping; task force work process and working with Congress; task force leadership; communication problems with agencies; the OEO in the Executive Office of the President; Shriver; "revolutionary" aspects of the War on…
- Senate campaign for LBJ and using the helicopter; work and campaign style; controversy over Hispanic soldier being buried at Arlington National Cemetery and subsequent legislative investigation; LBJ’s relationship with Herman and George Brown;…
- First contact with LBJ; LBJ's 1941 Senate race in East Texas; circumstances of Sheppard's release from the army; LBJ's intervention for Sheppard in other areas; Big Inch pipelines; Carl Estes; LBJ and the oil companies; 1948 campaign…
- Biographical information; contacts with LBJ; operation of the Agriculture Department; Southern Policy Commission; National Farmers Union; National Commission on Food and Fiber; Agriculture Act of 1964 (E.O. 11307); Outreach Program; Rural Community…
- [For interviews 1 and 2] Brief contacts with Senator Johnson during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations; Democratic Advisory Council establishment and opposition by LBJ and Sam Rayburn; Paul Butler; LBJ’s effectiveness as Senate majority…
- Circumstances involvement in War on Poverty; meetings; work on program; Adam Yarmolinsky; types of people on task force; Mike Harrington and Paul Jacobs; choice of clients for programs; different locations; working out the programs and the bill;…