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- Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1948; Assistant to Executive Secretary of the AFL, Austin in 1950; 17 months in Korea; AFL and CIO merger in 1957; strained relations with LBJ; appointment by George Meany as Assistant Secretary of Labor then…
- The origin of Shriver’s interest in poverty-related issues; Shriver’s involvement with trade unionism, the St. Vincent de Paul Society and the board of education in Chicago; Shriver’s work in the 1940s with Eunice Kennedy on the Continuing…
- Duties as Secretary, LBJ’s Vice Presidential days, Trips with Johnson, Fehmer’s opinion of LBJ’s relationships with the Kennedys, JFK’s Assassination and aftermath.
- Biographical information; 1928 convention; repeal of the 18th Amendment; Henry Wallace; Harry S. Truman; BEHIND THE BALLOTS and THE JIM FARLEY STORY; first meeting with LBJ; 1941 Johnson vs. O’Daniel campaign; Eisenhower; Kennedy-Kefauver fight…
- Braestrup’s work as a journalist in Southeast Asia for the New York Times; New York Times coverage of Vietnam compared to Time magazine; how journalists covered Vietnam and the danger involved; how Braestrup became Washington Post Bureau Chief;…
- Agrovilles; insurgency; Madame Nhu; Green Berets; Lionel McGarr; coup d’etat; Father Raymond DeJeagher; Buddhists; press; James A. Van Fleet; troop numbers; other U.S. and Vietnamese officials; country teams in Vietnam
- Assignment to Vietnam; situation there at the time; view of Diem in late 1950s; Wolf Ladejinsky; land reform; problems with relocation program; the Montagnards; conflict with General Sam Williams; MAAG and the embassy; Williams and Diem;…
- Meetings with LBJ; role of McNamara; Cabinet Committee on Residual Oil; import quotas; maritime policy; application of economic analysis and systems analysis in Defense Department; Office of Research and Engineering; future of systems analysis;…
- How Pachios got involved with Peace Corps; JFK’s assassination; LBJ comparing himself to JFK; Eric Goldman; Pachios’ work as an advance man in the 1964 Presidential campaign; Maine governor John Reed; Eugene Pulliam; campaign stops in California…