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- Barr's work with FDIC; bringing the Comptroller of the Currency, Federal Reserve System and the FDIC together under one agency; James Saxon; controversy surrounding revenue bonds; Saxon's attempts to deregulate the banking system; problems…
- Efforts to enlist the help of Katharine Graham and the Washington Post staff to get support for D.C. home rule; LBJ's support for House Rules Committee reform that would help the liberal members of the House; the regional medical centers…
- John F. Kennedy's (JFK) plans for the 1964 presidential campaign before his death; Barry Goldwater's visit to Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) after the 1964 Republican National Convention; O'Brien's involvement in LBJ's 1964…
- Biographical information; Greigg's congressional campaign in 1964; the Feed-Grains program; Democratic Party support for Greigg's campaigns in 1964 and 1966; how Greigg gained a seat on the House Agriculture Committee; a vote involving…
- LBJ's and Reedy's assessment of Senator John Tower from Texas; Pakistan President Ayub Khan’s personality; LBJ's vice presidential trips to Berlin, to Sweden for Dag Hammarskjold's funeral, and to Paris; LBJ's lack of…
- Optimism in the LBJ Administration going into the 89th Congress in 1964 with a large Democratic majority; Medicare and education as legislative priorities; the powerful alliance of Republicans and southern Democrats; O'Brien's awareness of…
- The Welhausen school in Cotulla where LBJ taught; LBJ organizing baseball and volleyball teams at the Welhausen school; Sam Houston Johnson; LBJ's lifestyle and personality while he was in Cotulla; how LBJ was received as principal of the…
- John Gronouski's appointment as ambassador to Poland after being U.S. postmaster general; the beautification stamp; a Post Office Department recruiting plan for college graduates; Civil Service regulations and hiring practices; a training…
- Conversion of Federal Security Agency to HEW; observations on Eisenhower; biographical information; early recollections of FSA; the Hill Burton Act; reflections on working on legislation over the years; memories of working on Medicare; the…
- Russell Long's support for LBJ's programs and how Long compared to Harry Byrd, Sr., as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; tax increases to help pay for the Vietnam War; Winston Prouty's and Vance Hartke's proposed…