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- Reedy, George E. (George Edward), 1917-1999x
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- Senate and related activities; beginning of LBJ's Majority Leadership
- Senate activities and LBJ; the Eisenhower Administration, 1953
- Working with the Johnsons
- LBJ's and Reedy's assessment of Senator John Tower from Texas; Pakistan President Ayub Khan’s personality; LBJ's vice presidential trips to Berlin, to Sweden for Dag Hammarskjold's funeral, and to Paris; LBJ's lack of…
- Reedy’s return to LBJ’s staff; preparations for 1968 campaign; March 31, 1968 speech, Washington riots; assassinations of Martin Luther King, Jr. and Bobby Kennedy; Reedy’s book on the presidency; maritime strike; Sam Houston; last year of…
- Reedy’s role as policy advisor while LBJ was Senator; airline machinists’ strike of 1966; influencing LBJ’s decisions; writing memos to LBJ; Richard Russell; Eugene Millikin; Sam Rayburn; what makes a good Senator; Millard Tyding’s loss to…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.
- 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…