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- Lasker, Mary W. (Mary Woodward), 1900-1994x
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- LBJ OFFERS LASKER AMBASSADORSHIP TO FINLAND; LASKER REFERS TO HER INTEREST IN MEDICAL RESEARCH, REQUESTS TIME TO CONSIDER LBJ'S OFFER
- LBJ TRIES TO CONVINCE LASKER TO ACCEPT AMBASSADORSHIP TO FINLAND
- LBJ TELLS LASKER THAT HEART, CANCER, STROKE BILL, HEALTH RESEARCH FACILITY BILL, AND COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH BILL HAVE PASSED THE SENATE; LASKER EXPRESSES HER APPRECIATION, ASKS IF SHE CAN INFORM THE CANCER COMMISSION IMMEDIATELY
- LASKER SUGGESTS LBJ MEET WITH ANDRE MEYER WHO IS IN WASHINGTON DC TO MEET WITH TASK FORCE ON BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; LBJ ASKS LASKER ABOUT UN PROJECT
- LASKER CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION; LBJ TEASES ABOUT HIS JEALOUSY OF ADLAI STEVENSON AND HHH; MICHAEL DEBAKEY'S ANSWERS TO STORY ON HEART ATTACK SURVIVAL RATES; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS LASKER FOR HER HELP ON FUTURE ACTIVITIES AS FIRST LADY
- Biographical information; the source of Lasker's interest in health programs and beautification; becoming involved with politics; early encounters with LBJ; legislation and funding for housing the elderly; 1960 election and convention in Los…
- The genesis of the Heart, Cancer and Stroke Commission; Dr. Michael DeBakey; goals of funding national clinical research; influence of the American Medical Association and the National Institutes of Health; Dr. James Shannon; LBJ's interest in…
- Dr. Michael DeBakey; the Heart-Cancer-Stroke Committee; LBJ's interest in helping people; Albert Lasker giving money to the University of Chicago; George Brown; the regional medical program; Senator Lister Hill; Dr. James Shannon and the NIH;…