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- Background, first meeting with LBJ, first impression of LBJ, Northeast Texas Municipal Water District - how it was founded and started, Senate election in 1948, Election 1956, Campaigning in 1960 for presidential nomination, Campaigning in 1960 with…
- [For interviews 1 and 2] Biographical information; first association with LBJ; first impressions of LBJ; appointment to FAA; Senators Hartke, Long, Magnuson and Monroney; flight service plan and service stations; medical department of the FAA
- Biographical information; 1941 campaign; World War II; 1948 campaign; Roberts joins staff; LBJ’s interest in details of office operation; LBJ’s varied responsibilities; office procedure; the Vice Presidency
- Tenure in Lands Division of AG office; procedures for presidential appointment; RFK-LBJ relationship; JFK assassination; work at White House in 1964 as detached duty from AG assignment; White House staff assignments; appointments in AG’s office…
- The Middle East; Glassboro; the European sphere; NATO; the Czechoslovakian invasion; Africa; greatest mistake; failure; crisis and satisfaction of the eight-year period
- The development of task forces such as the veterans task force composed of representatives from several government agencies; Wozencraft's proposal of a "one-stop shopping center" to inform veterans of programs, opportunities, and…
- Political background; LBJ's support of poverty program in Detroit; use of phrase "The Great Society" and how it began; role of Public Officials Advisory Committee; Detroit Freedom March with MLK in 1963; creation of HUD; Model City…
- Biographical information; day of JFK's assassination; Jim Jones; Marvin Watson; 1968 campaign; Marty Hauan; Will Sparks; DNC; George Christian; Mike Monroney, Jr.; advance work and trips to Honolulu and Huntington, West Virginia; Whitney…
- LBJ’s November 1963 trip to Luxembourg and other Benelux nations; William R. Rivkin; LBJ’s loyalty to JFK; LBJ’s complex personality; LBJ’s daily schedule while on trips; LBJ’s preference for hotels; Crockett and Dwight Porter; John Rooney…
- LBJ as Senate Majority Leader; strategies in passing or defeating bills and in committee appointments; Walter George