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- Democratic National Convention, 1956; VP candidate decision; Adlai Stevenson; 1956 Presidential campaign; earlier Fort Worth state convention; NATO conference; legislative issues in 1956
- Choosing the 1964 vice presidential candidate; LBJ’s secrecy; 1964 campaign and speeches; LBJ’s personality; Barry Goldwater; the $100 billion budget; credibility gap; Bobby Baker; LBJ’s humor; Gulf of Tonkin episode; Vietnam; misleading…
- Duties of the press secretary; LBJ’s misunderstanding of the press; LBJ’s secrecy as president; press pool; travelling with LBJ; LBJ’s friendliness toward the press; Eric Goldman; resignation of Walter Jenkins.
- Ed Welsh and the adoption of a plan to land a man on the moon; early competition between military branches and their fear of releasing secrets to NASA; how U.S. dominance in air power during World War II led other countries to advance technology in…
- LBJ's efforts to keep Goodfellow Field open in San Angelo, Texas; John Connally's Texas gubernatorial campaign in 1962; the parade celebrating John Glenn's orbiting of the earth in 1962; LBJ's involvement in the early space…
- LBJ’s Capitol office; P-38; Castro assumed power in Cuba; resignation of Theodore Green as chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee; annual battle over Rule 22; LBJ’s motion to change rules to two-thirds of those present and voting than a…
- 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…
- Working with the Johnsons
- LBJ and Senate activities, 1958; hearings resumed; LBJ and the press; LBJ and the telephone; jury trial amendment; LBJ and the Hill Country; LBJ and foreign trips; LBJ's accomplishments; LBJ personal considerations, 1959-1960; Texas issues; LBJ…
- LBJ and the Majority Leadership and various Senate activities, 1955; committee assignments; LBJ and Drew Pearson; LBJ and the oil industry; foreign aid; LBJ and organized labor; Paul Butler; LBJ and Eisenhower; LBJ's heart attack; Whitney…