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- Biographical information; Senator George McGovern's interest in food programs; how McGovern's interest moved from international to domestic food issues; the Senate Agricultural Committee; Bob Choate and Ben Stong's involvement in the…
- Biographical information; how Elson came to work for Carl Hayden; Hayden's office staff and how he trained them; Elson working for Hayden again after serving in the military; Hayden's strengths; Elson's efforts to write a report on…
- Biographical information; San Marcos; College Star; White Stars; membership; purpose; LBJ as state NYA administrator; NYA public relations activities; staffers; structure of the NYA; projects; Herbert Henderson; working habits; later contacts with…
- Circumstances of going to work of Senator McFarland; first meeting with LBJ; LBJ's selection as whip; tidelands; relationship between LBJ and McFarland; 1952 campaign; LBJ's becoming leader; joining LBJ's staff; staff members; office…
- Boyd's political career, starting in the 1930s; how Boyd came to work for Sam Rayburn; LBJ's 1948 U.S. Senate election; the 1948 Texas Democratic Convention in Fort Worth and Coke Stevenson's defeat in the primary; Sam Rayburn's…
- Career; Civil Rights Bill of 1964; first meeting LBJ; contacts with LBJ; change in opinion about LBJ; contact with White House through Douglass Cater; cut-off of federal funds; Directorship of the Office of Civil Rights; school guidelines; Title VI…
- Biographical information; Phillip’s work in Vietnam; Ed Lansdale; Phillips psywar experience; trip to the Philippines; Vietnamese pacification program; mosquitoes in the Philippines; Colonel Le Van Kim; the Viet Minh; the Binh Xuyen in Saigon;…
- Pucinski's political career; Pucinski's relationship with Sam Rayburn; LBJ's support for Pucinski in a 1972 Senate race against Charles Percy; allegations of misconduct against Charles Robb in Vietnam; a trip to Chicago with Vice…
- Circumstances of becoming associated with the War on Poverty Task Force; early organization; duties; need for coordination of the program; decision-making; naming VISTA program; pressure from departments; LBJ’s interest; philosophies on dealing…
- Background; Oscar Chapman; SBA; Eugene Foley; relationship between White House staff and agencies; coordination; OEO program for Indians; AID; Economic Development Administration's programs