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- August 1969x
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TIME PERIOD
- Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)x
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- Background in politics and participating in the New Deal; Democratic party state machinery in Texas; 1956 Democrat Party convention; role of Texas Democrats in national conventions and elections
- Meeting LBJ; becoming chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; duties of the Joint Chiefs of Staff; Tuesday luncheons; LBJ
- Biographical information; 13 years in DC; disillusioned with LBJ after he became President; Great Society Program to haunt us for years: it awarded indolence; LBJ a politician, not a statesman
- Biographical information; nomination of JFK and LBJ in 1960; Manatos’ work as Senate liaison in Kennedy and Johnson administrations; House’s receptivity to administration’s bills before and after the 1964 Congressional elections; head counting…
- Biographical information; Stevenson campaign; Pat Brown campaign; Washington in 1959-1960; Statler Hotel party to impress Dutton; LBJ, Rayburn Bobby Baker all for California votes; Brown on “Meet the Press†in 1959 said LBJ was too conservative…
- Impact of the Vietnam War on the budget; the surcharge issue; the Ways and Means Committee demands a budget cut; Congressman Tom Curtis; Wilbur Mills and George Mahon work out a compromise with LBJ, Fowler, and Zwick; Wilbur Mills evaluated; budget…
- Biographical information; how they came to Washington; meeting the Johnsons; Dick Kleberg; Texas State Society; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s early influence in Washington; gaining support for LBJ in Dallas; 1960 convention; women’s tea party tours;…
- Visits with LBJ immediately after the Kennedy funeral; Rauh’s encouraging LBJ and John Connally to do something about desegregation; working with LBJ and Clarence Mitchell; LBJ criticizing the ADA; the convention of Atlantic City; Reuther; Dr.…
- Gun control bill; Barefoot Sanders; Housing and Urban Development Act; effect of the Vietnam War on Great Society programs; Vietnam War; March 31 statement; 1968 Democractic convention; Mayor Daley's role; congressional working relationship…
- LBJ's interests in Sputnik and civil rights; activities at the LBJ Ranch the night of the Sputnik launch; Corcoran's relationship with FDR; the 1936 Minimum Wage Bill; Corcoran's preference for a career in law rather than politics;…