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- Biographical information; meeting with LBJ in 1960; wrote speeches for JFK; Moyers’ operation; Task Force on Urban Affairs; urban crisis; concept of the Great Society; urban problems given greater dimension under LBJ; uniqueness of task forces;…
- Career history; Novak's private meetings with LBJ; economic advisor Paul Douglas; LBJ drunk; Sam Shaffer and Newsweek; press coverage of the senate vs. the presidency; LBJ's attitude during the vice-presidency; Kennedy staff's…
- Biographical information; parties at the LBJ Ranch; “tent fright;†Ayub Khan; typical barbecue; Dale Malachek and Bess Abell; Walter Jetton; Billy McElroy of the Texas Rangers; JFK assassination; stag dinner for Chancellor Erhard; Linda Loftis,…
- Biographical information; early education; Spinn's experiences as a student at Southwest Texas State Teacher's College (SWTSTC) in San Marcos; LBJ's reputation on campus at SWTSTC; student organizations and dating; LBJ as a debater;…
- 1949 employees, including Zephyr Wright, Patsy White, and Lewis; Drs. John Washington, Radford Brown and Lawn Thompson; Lady Bird Johnson's work managing the household finances; Leland Olds nomination to the Federal Power Commission;…
- Carpooling with Lynda to Ben Murch Elementary School in Washington, D.C.; Lynda and Luci's physical appearances; organizing the Texas ladies' luncheon in Washington, D.C.; socializing with other members of the Texas delegation; Doris…
- Temple’s role as White House liaison with the Department of Justice; the Presidential appointment process; Temple’s relationship with Harry McPherson; McPherson’s duties; office locations; bedroom duty; lines of responsibility under Connally…
- March 31 speech, the process of drafting it, and speech-writer Harry McPherson; radios in the White House cars; calling people to forewarn them of the speech’s contents; White House activity following the speech; LBJ’ hopes that the speech could…
- Activities during the summer of 1947 leading up to Luci Johnson's birth; riding on the Sequoia with Secretary of the Navy James Forrestal and friends; LBJ's interest in national defense and U.S. relations with the Soviet Union; Luci's…
- A women's rally to organize LBJ's 1948 Senate campaign while LBJ was still at the Mayo Clinic; arranging for LBJ to campaign while traveling by helicopter; what it was like to campaign by helicopter; LBJ's efforts to plan for the…