- Meeting LBJ through Bob Hannegan; LBJ’s personality and character; changes in the function of the Bureau of the Budget interaction between LBJ’s Preparedness Subcommittee and Pace as Secretary of the Army; Don Cook; General Dynamics and the TFX…
- Early association of Johnson and Clement families; the Johnsons' wedding reception for Bess and Tyler Abell; Tyler Abell joins Johnson campaign; work at the DNC; joining Mrs. Johnson's staff; LBJ as Vice President; Mrs. Johnson as a wife…
- LBJ's relationship with John Connally; first statewide radio broadcast; LBJ on the stump; the idea of the helicopter; preparedness the key theme; LBJ's reputation as a Congressman; LBJ and minority groups; campaign appearances; close vote…
- LBJ’s response to the Detroit riots and race problem; McNamara’s move from Defense Dept. to the World Banks; Robert Kennedy’s and the “doves†in the Senate; assessment of LBJ and conclusion that he was a bitter man; Kennedy’s decision to…
- 1968 welcome to Senate phone call from LBJ; Hells Canyon power bill; description of how Senate business is conducted; LBJ's explanation of his role in nomination for VP in 1968; LBJ and Vietnam conflict; LBJ's capacity for generosity and…
- McGiffert's career from 1953 to 1965; how McGiffert got into government work and promotion opportunities under Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara; meetings with LBJ, including one after the assassination of Martin Luther King; McGiffert'…
- [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…
- White House operations; advance trips; working for Marvin Watson and President Johnson; congressional liaison
- Biographical information; JFK’s civil rights legislation appointments under LBJ; first meetings with LBJ; candidates for 1960; LBJ’s politics; civil rights: past and present; appointment to Puerto Rico Commission; Dominican Republic issue;…
- Biographical information; disagreed with Roosevelt and LBJ on social politics; "handouts" and on methods used; Stevenson lost by 89 votes to LBJ for Senate; fraud claimed; Roosevelt’s influence helped LBJ; 25-30 newspaper against LBJ as…