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- Oral historyx
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- Biographical information; meeting with LBJ; IRS budget; contacts with LBJ; LBJ’s appointment to Tax Court; Justice Department personnel; differences in administrations; Vietnam policy effect on tax policies; prosecution of tax cases; Bobby Baker…
- Biographical information; NYA; day-to-day operations, projects; political support
- Safe Streets Act; Law Enforcement Assistance Office; strike force concept; organized crime section; Secret Service; counterfeiting; tunnel vision problem; FBI; “Cosa Nostra;†electronic surveillance; Title III of Omnibus Crime Control Act; Right…
- The Transportation Department; a comprehensive auto safety plan including all related issues; Ralph Nader; automobile manufacturers' response to legislative action; passing the Auto Safety bill; the history of studying highway and auto safety;…
- Biographical information; preparation for covering Vietnam; reflections on McNamara; the Caravelle Hotel; recollections of Thich Tri Quang; the Buddhist movement and the Ky government; press policy in Vietnam; opinion of Ky; elections in Vietnam;…
- Political career background; 1960 National Convention and presidential campaign; Cuban refugee problem in Florida; Bay of Pigs incident; 1964 Freedom Riders; Office of Emergency Planning; 1966 trip to Asia with LBJ
- Impact of the Tet Offensive; dealing with Vietnam information officers; effect in Vietnam of LBJ’s 3/31 announcement; government-press relationship; LBJ’s personality
- Selma/Montgomery march; work on voting rights bill; Senator Dirksen’s role; implementation of the Voting Rights Act; President’s Council on Equal Opportunity; Texas poll tax case; civil rights task force
- 1964 cigarette warning label legislation; Surgeon General’s Advisory Committee; publication of report; Office of Smoking and Health; National Interagency Council of Smoking and Health; publicity; tobacco industry opposition; AMA and Medicare; LBJ…
- Biographical information; 1940-1943 experiences in the Civilian Personnel Division of the War Dept. as a civilian and a junior officer; demobilization in 1946; work as Director of Personnel and Organization at Los Alamos, changing it from a military…