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- Discussion of LBJ's days as Director of the NYA in Texas, 1935-1937
- How John F. Kennedy's (JFK) assassination affected the reputation of Dallas and Texas; the emotional toll of JFK's and Robert Kennedy's (RFK) deaths on O'Brien; being asked to identify the missal that was used when Lyndon Johnson…
- Assessing the work of congressional liaison staff from various departments; the importance of department and agency heads in promoting the president's programs; the importance of congressional liaison work; Nicholas Katzenbach of the Justice…
- Lady Bird Johnson's daily activities in Washington, D.C., while LBJ was serving in the navy in 1942; LBJ's congressional office staff and Lady Bird Johnson's role as manager of the office in LBJ's absence; correspondence with…
- LBJ's involvement with the Naval Affairs Committee in 1943 and efforts to stop absenteeism in navy jobs; food rationing in World War II; how life in the United States changed during WWII; attitudes toward military service; German-American…
- Hubert Humphrey's public appearances after his Vietnam speech in Salt Lake City; avoiding certain campaign areas due to lack of support and negative media there; campaign organization; improving advance work for trips; the campaign status in…
- Lyndon Johnson's (LBJ) role in Hubert Humphrey's presidential campaign, especially in Texas; why LBJ wasn't more involved in the campaign; Humphrey's Salt Lake City speech about Vietnam; what LBJ could have done to help Humphrey…
- A March 1973 memo from Charles Colson to H. R. Haldeman regarding Richard Kleindienst's confirmation as U.S. attorney general, International Telephone and Telegraph Corporation (ITT) files, false testimony by U.S. Attorney General John Mitchell…
- O'Brien's discussion with Joseph Kennedy about the New Frontier program; leadership in the House of Representatives before and after Sam Rayburn's death; the Trade Expansion Act of 1962; a private-sector public-relations operation led…
- Biographical information; first association with LBJ; LBJ-Sam Rayburn relationship; 1960 convention; LBJ’s acceptance of VP nomination; Lady Bird campaigning in North Carolina; civil rights legislation; religious issue; Senate luncheon; LBJ’s…