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- McArthur's work for the Associated Press; the difference between working for a wire service and a daily/weekly publication; Mrs. Eva Kim McArthur's work as Ambassador Ellsworth Bunker's secretary; Bunker's attitude toward…
- Meeting LBJ in 1936; the 1960 Democratic convention in Los Angeles; the role of the Michigan delegation in shaping the platform; LBJ's record on civil rights an impediment to nomination; Leonard Woodcock; LBJ as a candidate in Michigan;…
- Early ideas and leadership in Congress that led to the War on Poverty; getting the depressed areas bill, also known as the area redevelopment bill, passed in 1961; administration and funding of the area redevelopment programs; housing legislation in…
- Biographical information; McGeorge Bundy; William Bundy; Robert Komer; Vietnam; Bien Hoa; service on high-level review committee on Vietnam; Pleiku incident; Honolulu Conference; Ky; bombing halt; Harriman; Wilson; J. Blair Seaborn mission, 1964;…
- Abe Fortas; deterioration of Democratic Party machinery; John Bailey; prior knowledge of 3/31 announcement; Homer Thornberry; 1968 Democratic Convention; relationship with President eroded in 1968 over Vietnam; McNamara’s move to the World Bank.
- LBJ the rancher; the tidelands issue; Senate Preparedness Subcommittee investigation; Shivers takes control of Texas Democratic Party; Russell campaign for president
- First association with LBJ; recollections of James V. Allred; support of FDR; memories of Roy Miller; LBJ’s aptitude for acquiring information; views on LBJ; 1941 race; recollections of George Parr; circumstances of Lyle’s election to Congress…
- Information dissemination in the Congress and White House; the public relations value of getting information early; the importance of a president-elect's staff and cabinet choices; O'Brien's meetings with cabinet members to reiterate…
- John F. Kennedy's (JFK) effort as a young politician to become a better communicator; how Lyndon Johnson's (LBJ) legislative power shifted when he became vice president and then president; JFK's and LBJ's different styles in…
- How Stanford became involved in civil rights issues; the 1964 Mississippi summer project's goals; voter registration for African Americans in Mississippi and other southern states; the relationships between different civil rights organizations…