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- Oral historyx
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- 1986x
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- The Elysee Accords in 1953; the North/South division of Vietnam and resulting changes in leadership; Ngo Dinh Diem's early work as the first president of South Vietnam; opposition to Diem by 1960; the Can Lao Party and Ngo Dinh Nhu; methods of…
- Early political interest and involvement; work with Wisconsin Electric Cooperatives; editing the National Farmers Union newsletter; views on Benson's farm program; work on Senator Proxmire's staff; LBJ and Proxmire; 1959 Proxmire speech;…
- Lawson's work for John F. Kennedy in 1958-1959; gaining support for JFK among African American delegates; Kennedy's announcement that LBJ would be the vice-presidential nominee; Mary McLeod Bethune's opinion of LBJ; Lawson's…
- Assessing the work of congressional liaison staff from various departments; the importance of department and agency heads in promoting the president's programs; the importance of congressional liaison work; Nicholas Katzenbach of the Justice…
- The Water Quality Act and Clean Air Act; the difference between passage of legislation and the administration of programs related to the legislation; the role of automobile makers toward improving air quality; whether clean air and water should be…
- The Higher Education Act of 1965; creating the Teacher Corps to address inequality in education; proposals for a loan guarantee program and tuition tax credit; separation of church and state as it relates to education legislation; O'Brien'…
- How John F. Kennedy's (JFK) assassination affected the reputation of Dallas and Texas; the emotional toll of JFK's and Robert Kennedy's (RFK) deaths on O'Brien; being asked to identify the missal that was used when Lyndon Johnson…
- Biographical information and his work at the Department of Defense with the military pay system, the draft, and the Department of Health, Education and Welfare (HEW); problems in HEW management; Gorham's and his staff's duties; evaluation…
- Middle- and upper-class American fear and hostility toward the poor; closing Job Corps centers in 1968 due to budget cuts; formal evaluation of the Office of Economic Opportunity programs; comparison of Bill Haddad and Edgar May as head of the OEO…