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- LBJ's interests in Sputnik and civil rights; activities at the LBJ Ranch the night of the Sputnik launch; Corcoran's relationship with FDR; the 1936 Minimum Wage Bill; Corcoran's preference for a career in law rather than politics;…
- How he met LBJ in 1935; LBJ’s ambitions and absorption with politics; LBJ as a new Congressman and loss of the Appropriations Committee appointment to Albert Thomas; Sam Rayburn and the Board of Education; rural electrification; Civil Rights Act…
- Biographical information; involvement with the 1941 LBJ campaign; LBJ’s speaking style; LBJ’s personality; W. Lee O’Daniel; FDR; early days of KTBC; becoming station manager; Lady Bird; LBJ’s involvement with KTBC; CBS network affiliation;…
- Biographical information; initial association with LBJ; 1948 Senate campaign; Carl Estes; 1952 campaign and Texas Democrats; Texas delegation to Chicago Democratic National Convention, 1956; Lady Bird; racism and civil rights; Democratic State…
- Lady Bird Johnson's June 1934 trip to New York City with Cecille Harrison; receiving LBJ's name and contact information from Gene Boehringer; touring New York City; traveling from New York City to Washington, D.C.; Mrs. Johnson's…
- Reedy’s role as policy advisor while LBJ was Senator; airline machinists’ strike of 1966; influencing LBJ’s decisions; writing memos to LBJ; Richard Russell; Eugene Millikin; Sam Rayburn; what makes a good Senator; Millard Tyding’s loss to…
- State of the Union messages; 20-30 versions of March 31, 1968, speech regarding Vietnam bombing pause and the postscript of LBJ’s withdrawal as a presidential candidate; detailed account of March 31; work on final draft of speech, presentation of…
- Vice President LBJ’s meeting with black cabinet, resulting in blacks helping with Democrats by distribution of literature through barber shops and beauty shops, use of radio, the press, and the influence of black ministers, especially Marshall…
- 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…
- LBJ's early interest in urban problems; the U-2 affair; LBJ and contact lenses; 1960 campaign and Democratic convention; LBJ-JFK transition; Pierre Salinger leaves the White House staff; JFK, LBJ, and support for big-city mayors; surtax issue;…