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- LBJ’s 1960 campaign speeches; Reedy's role in the 1960 campaign; description of the train LBJ used in the 1960 campaign; LBJ's campaign staff; Vice President LBJ's request to head the armed forces; the relationship between the…
- The Johnsons' residence as vice president, The Elms; Konrad Adenauer’s visit to the LBJ Ranch; LBJ's relationship with Texans of German descent; the Bay of Pigs invasion; LBJ's trip around the world in 1961, including stops at New…
- The work of the Senate Preparedness Subcommittee under LBJ; how Reedy met LBJ and went to work for him; how being on the Preparedness Subcommittee helped LBJ's political career; the increased price of tin due to limited manganese supplies; the…
- LBJ’s staff; Pierre Salinger; LBJ and the press; Reedy appointed as press secretary; railroad strike and machinists’ strike; LBJ’s understanding of Latin America; Alliance for Progress; War on Poverty; tax bill; civil rights bill; LBJ’s…
- Meeting LBJ in the early 1950’s; 1960 convention; LBJ taking V.P. nomination; LBJ’s support of Purcell’s campaigning; staying at the Elms; borrowing LBJ’s tuxedo for social events; Purcell family relationship with Luci Johnson; how LBJ…
- Meloy's work as senior adviser to Task Force One of the Vietnamese Airborne Division; Meloy's work with Vietnamese Colonel Ho Trung Hau; the Vietnamese Airborne Division's reputation as soldiers and their protection of civilians;…
- LBJ's tour in Australia; kangaroos for the ranch; LBJ's decision to retain Kennedy cabinet; press leaks; opinions of Stuart Udall; appointment to the Department of the Interior; Rebekah Johnson's relationship with LBJ; Boatner's…
- Biographical information; school aid programs; Prairie View; LBJ; NYA projects around the state; staff meetings; NYA and WPA relationship
- LBJ as Majority Leader; LBJ's relationship with other Senators and with his Senate staff; LBJ's power of persuasion
- LBJ's Senate office; Defense Preparedness Subcommittee; Senate Aeronautical and Space Science Committee; National Aeronautics and Space Council; NASA; development of space program