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- 1969x
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- [For interviews 1, 2, and 3] LBJ as a liberal-conservative; LBJ record up to 1960; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 and 1964 conventions and elections; Freeman’s personal interest in the Vice-Presidency; JFK problems in Minnesota; LBJ and the…
- Criticism of LBJ’s domestic programs and Vietnam War credibility gap; polls; DNC; Vietnam settlement; appraisal of LBJ; relationship with Lady Bird.
- 1960 presidential nominations; JFK meeting with Minnesota leaders; Eugene McCarthy opposition to JFK; LBJ nomination bid; HHH; Minnesota vote for HHH, then JFK; LBJ VP nomination; Freeman as Secretary of Agriculture; Food for Peace Program (PL-480)
- White House Aides: Bohen / Nimitz, Zwick / Deusenberry / Schultz; Educational Opportunity Act of 1968; Child Development Task Force; Urban development bank; LBJ's strongest interests; 1968 Housing Act; 1967 Air Pollution Control Act; 1967…
- Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; JFK association; 1960 campaign; Civil Rights Act of 1957; work for appointments of blacks; LBJ during the vice presidency; liaison between the White House and civil rights people; RFK and LBJ; LBJ as…
- Educational and professional background; work with the 1964 Task Force on Poverty under leadership of Sargent Shriver; concept of community action; Shriver’s management style in Peace Corps, task force and OEO; funding of Community Action Agency;…
- Braestrup’s work as a journalist in Southeast Asia for the New York Times; New York Times coverage of Vietnam compared to Time magazine; how journalists covered Vietnam and the danger involved; how Braestrup became Washington Post Bureau Chief;…
- State of the Union messages; 20-30 versions of March 31, 1968, speech regarding Vietnam bombing pause and the postscript of LBJ’s withdrawal as a presidential candidate; detailed account of March 31; work on final draft of speech, presentation of…
- Biographical information; John Gronouski 1964, Post Master General, called Hardesty to be speech writer; Jack Valenti chief editor; first session, 89th Congress; LBJ and production of bill signing: two or three a day; Indian affairs speech; Bob…
- Planning the JFK/LBJ 1963 trip to Texas; JFK and LBJ visiting Houston; Valenti’s role in the Texas trip; Connally/Yarborough feud; JFK and LBJ visiting Ft. Worth; events surrounding the assassination of JFK; LBJ becoming President and the plane…