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- Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1948; Assistant to Executive Secretary of the AFL, Austin in 1950; 17 months in Korea; AFL and CIO merger in 1957; strained relations with LBJ; appointment by George Meany as Assistant Secretary of Labor then…
- LBJ's 1958 interview with Paul Ringler of the Milwaukee Journal; LBJ's practice of making telephone calls while people were in his office; Senator LBJ's ability to get information from people on the telephone; LBJ's tactics to…
- Congressional interest in, and reaction to, planning of the Resurrection City demonstration in the 1968 Poor People's Campaign; congressional hearings related to the demonstration; the issue of whether or not to issue a permit for Resurrection…
- Beginning work with LBJ; LBJ's temper; LBJ's personal struggle with "liberal" and "conservative" labels; Bobby Baker; problems with McCarthy; Drew Pearson's effort to blackmail LBJ into objecting the seating of…
- Biographical information; Keith's military service with the Merchant Marines and the U.S. Marine Corps in Korea; Keith's marriage; how Keith went to work for Judge Harry Blackmun; Blackmun becoming a Supreme Court justice; Keith becoming a…
- Biographical information; White House Message Operations; characterization of LBJ; Will Sparks; role of public correspondence in the White House; personal comments in mail; response to 3/31 announcement; form letters; quantity of mail; LBJ’s…
- The Humphreys' visit with the O'Briens the day before Richard Nixon's inauguration; O'Brien's decision to become president of McDonnell and Company as Murray McDonnell became chairman of the board; Ira Kapenstein and Phyllis…
- Illinois Central strike; National Independent Committee for Johnson-Humphrey; organizational task force for HUD; Robert Weaver; White House Civil Rights Conference; “Summit Conference†in Chicago; Cabinet posts offered; Demonstration Cities;…
- How Hobby met LBJ; the history of the Houston Post’s involvement in LBJ’s career; Hobby’s appointment as director of the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps; Admiral Chester Nimitz and General Dwight Eisenhower; Hobby’s appointment to the…
- Connally did not ever keep a diary or maintain a large quantity of unnecessary papers; going to work for LBJ in 1939; a typical work day; Victor "Cap" Harding; distributing money through an ad hoc Congressional Campaign Committee; joining…