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- Biographical information; Texas lawyers; LCRA and Buchanan Dam; PWA; meetings with LBJ; LBJ’s interest in rural electrification; Mansfield Dam name change; relationship with the Johnson’s; impression of the Johnson’s; Lake LBJ; LCRA…
- University of Mississippi crisis of 1962
- Campaign strategies for the second 1948 primary against Coke Stevenson; voter support from the 10th District throughout LBJ's political career; Stevenson's weaknesses; political organization among women in Texas; seeking the votes of…
- Biographical information; met LBJ in 1952 at Chicago Convention; close relationship with LBJ as Senator; Russell was LBJ’s mentor; LBJ was mentor to Talmadge; LBJ recognized as the ablest of parliamentarians in the Senate; most Senators except…
- Bay of Pigs: reasons for failure; criticism of JFK’s Administration; military-industrial complex discussed in reference to General Dynamics controversy; disapproval and disagreement with Robert McNamara’s policies; opinions on LBJ…
- Educational and professional background; work with the 1964 Task Force on Poverty under leadership of Sargent Shriver; concept of community action; Shriver’s management style in Peace Corps, task force and OEO; funding of Community Action Agency;…
- 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;…
- 1968 welcome to Senate phone call from LBJ; Hells Canyon power bill; description of how Senate business is conducted; LBJ's explanation of his role in nomination for VP in 1968; LBJ and Vietnam conflict; LBJ's capacity for generosity and…
- Walter Jenkins , William Bundy, Robert McNamara, Katzenbach, Walt Rostow, Gene Rostow. Washington meetings about bombing Hanoi in December 1966, cessation of bombing in Hanoi, Poland backing out of discussions, Gronouski’s interpretation of…