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- Oral historyx
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- LBJ's knowledge of, and experience with, foreign affairs; LBJ's decision-making process; LBJ's vice presidential trip to Berlin; Walt Rostow and Bundy supporting LBJ as vice president; how Bundy was able to meet influential people…
- Rather rejoining LBJ's staff at the end of his presidency; Rather's nieces attending school in Washington, D.C.; LBJ's decision to retire from politics; the slower pace of office work at the White House and LBJ's daily schedule;…
- Biographical information; circumstances leading to job at the White House; nature of work; systems organized for presidential appointments; personnel involved; appointment process; use of contacts; the Betty Furness appointment; LBJ and appointments…
- Robert Dallek's work on LBJ biographies; LBJ's personality; comparing JFK's and LBJ's knowledge of foreign affairs; LBJ's relationships with Secretary of State Dean Rusk, Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, and JFK during…
- LBJ's decision-making in regard to the Dominican Republic in 1965; Abe Fortas' involvement with the Dominican Republic; LBJ's concern over press coverage and his naivety regarding favorable press coverage; Bundy's involvement in…
- The Johnsons buying their home at 4921 Thirtieth Place in Washington D.C. and the layout of the house; LBJ moving to a bigger office space in the Old House Office Building in 1943; LBJ's work as chairman of a subcommittee to investigate Navy…
- LBJ's growing popularity throughout the state of Texas in the 1940s; work in LBJ's congressional office; LBJ's 1944 congressional opponent, Buck Taylor; efforts by oil men to defeat Sam Rayburn; Lynda Bird Johnson's birth and her…
- Biographical information; TIME & A TICKET; LBJ's remarks regarding Vietnam; LBJ's reading and general knowledge; speech writing and the staff; "cussers/doubters/nervous-nellies;" consumer interest information; speech schedule…
- Braestrup’s work as a journalist in Southeast Asia for the New York Times; New York Times coverage of Vietnam compared to Time magazine; how journalists covered Vietnam and the danger involved; how Braestrup became Washington Post Bureau Chief;…
- Biographical information; Capitol Hill's reception of VA; first meeting with LBJ; formation of HUD; consumer orientation of FHA; original purposes of FHA; change in purpose; operation under spending limitation; loan processing charges; VA point…