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- Discusses several trips LBJ made as Vice President; describes a visit between LBJ and the Kennedys at George Brown's house, and a visit to Prime Minister Nehru's house.
- How Swidler met the Johnsons; LBJ's attitude toward oil and gas regulation while he was still a senator; Lee White, Swidler's successor as chairman of the Federal Power Commission (FPC); an incident regarding authorization of the…
- How the Federal Power Commission (FPC) became more difficult for individual congressmen to manipulate but more amenable to congressional control; dealing with the expiration of hydro and other licenses; Commissioner Howard Morgan's criticism…
- The effort to reduce wholesale utility rates in a way that would benefit the consumer; jurisdiction and fairness of earnings issues; how often to inspect power companies between rate cuts; regulation to bring rates down but still allow for company…
- Meeting LBJ in the 1930s and interaction between LBJ and Ginsburg in the Office of Price Administration; socializing with LBJ; LBJ's concern over the price of copper; sending Averell Harriman to Chile to negotiate to stabilize copper prices;…