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- 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; relationship with LBJ in the Senate; LBJ’s record in the Senate; race for the Governor; 1956 and 1960 conventions; contacts with LBJ during the Presidency; Commission on Violence; Joe McCarthy issue; assessment of LBJ as…
- Biographical information; regional staff; appointment to Naval Affairs Committee; Albert Thomas; 1941 Senate campaign; Colorado River dam projects; LBJ
- Biographical information; Julius B. Richmond; Richard Boone; Economic Opportunity Act; David Hackett; Presidential Commission on Juvenile Delinquency; Fred O.R. Hayes; Community Action Programs; Adam Yarmolinsky; Edith Green; Mobilization for Youth…
- Roche’s career advancements in politics; LBJ’s relationship with the Kennedys, McNamara, Bundy, Valenti, Moyers, Rostow and others; his involvement in Vietnam-related issues; personal evaluation of may official personnel and the effectiveness of…
- 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;…
- the state of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) when O'Brien became chairman; O'Brien's immediate reorganization of the DNC and new priorities; efforts to build the relationship between the DNC and Congress; DNC help with 1970…
- Start of involvement in politics with Democratic Party; entertaining in 1964 campaign; appearance with LBJ at Austin rally; suspicion that Hubert Humphrey's campaign was sabotaged; song selection for the different rallies; White House…
- 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…