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- Biographical information; Hodges’ resignation; John Connor; Sandy Trowbridge; Howard Samuels; C.R. Smith; Andrew Brimmer; Herb Holloman; Commerce internal management problems; effectiveness of Commerce Secretary; Georgetown group of Kennedy people…
- Lyndon Johnson's (LBJ) concern that the 1964 presidential campaign plan was not being carried out and insistence that O'Brien get involved; O'Brien's regional campaign status meetings; how LBJ's campaign compared to Barry…
- Optimism in the LBJ Administration going into the 89th Congress in 1964 with a large Democratic majority; Medicare and education as legislative priorities; the powerful alliance of Republicans and southern Democrats; O'Brien's awareness of…
- John F. Kennedy's (JFK) plans for the 1964 presidential campaign before his death; Barry Goldwater's visit to Lyndon Johnson (LBJ) after the 1964 Republican National Convention; O'Brien's involvement in LBJ's 1964…
- Biographical information; Henry Kerns; Secretaries Hodges, Connor, Freeman, Fowler and Trowbridge; export expansion; Ernie Goldstein; Ed Fried; role of Commerce Department; trade centers; Charles Bohlen; Battle Acts; COCOM; August 1968 trip; Easter…
- 1972 discussions with George McGovern regarding whether or not O'Brien should remain Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman; O'Brien's role as national chairman of McGovern's campaign; Gary Hart's campaign experience…
- Charles Colson; memos Richard Nixon's staff wrote and distributed attempting to hurt O'Brien's reputation, including one that suggested a conflict of interest between O'Brien as head of O'Brien Associates and Democratic…
- 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…
- the state of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) when O'Brien became chairman; O'Brien's immediate reorganization of the DNC and new priorities; efforts to build the relationship between the DNC and Congress; DNC help with 1970…
- Biographical information; Carl Vinson; GSA staff and operations; relationship with LBJ; GSA involvement in housing shortage alleviations; surplus property use; disposal of Brooklyn Navy Yard; aluminum stockpile; LBJ Library plans; the Federal…