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- Acquaintance with LBJ during the Kleberg years; LBJ's ambition and energy; influence of Sam Rayburn and Alvin Wirtz; the 1941 campaign; Jim Ferguson's role in 1941; role of postmasters and country commissioners in Texas state politics;…
- How he came to Washington; LBJ and Little Congress; LBJ as House doorman when Secretary to Congressman Kelberg; “Fishbait†as Miller’s nickname; dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas; Sam Rayburn and his relationship with LBJ…
- How he met LBJ in 1935; LBJ’s ambitions and absorption with politics; LBJ as a new Congressman and loss of the Appropriations Committee appointment to Albert Thomas; Sam Rayburn and the Board of Education; rural electrification; Civil Rights Act…
- Appointment to Presidential Advisory Council for the Office of Economic Opportunity while superintendent of schools in Pittsburgh; details of Pittsburgh’s pre-primary program in 1963-1964 (later called Head Start under OEO); composition of the OEO…
- Duties as Secretary, LBJ’s Vice Presidential days, Trips with Johnson, Fehmer’s opinion of LBJ’s relationships with the Kennedys, JFK’s Assassination and aftermath.
- Washington career background from 1951; contacts with LBJ when Senator; LBJ's relationship with Washington and White House press corps; LBJ's control and selection of Lady Bird's wardrobe; early days in Washington as correspondent;…
- First meeting with LBJ in Washington, 1935 at Little Congress; closely associated in Democratic convention in 1952 and after; Mississippi vote for LBJ and presidential nomination in 1956; Kennedy-Kefauver race at 1956 convention; Adlai Stevenson…
- Early involvement with Senator Robert Kerr; first contact with LBJ; Sam Rayburn and Kerr; managing Kerr campaigns; Kerr's early interest in LBJ for president; LBJ's work for Oklahoma; organizing Oklahoma for LBJ; 1960 Democratic National…
- Biographical information; meeting LBJ; Lynda and Luci Johnson; LBJ’s relations with the press; Senator Styles Bridges; visits to the Ranch; LBJ’s resentment of press criticism; LBJ’s sister Josefa; Bobby Baker; Johnson’s lack of trust of…