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- Biographical information; JFK’s civil rights legislation appointments under LBJ; first meetings with LBJ; candidates for 1960; LBJ’s politics; civil rights: past and present; appointment to Puerto Rico Commission; Dominican Republic issue;…
- 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…
- A January 1945 dinner for Grover Sellers at the Johnsons' home; Franklin Roosevelt's 1945 inauguration; the relationship between Senator Alvin Wirtz and Secretary Harold Ickes; the Johnsons' relationship with the Henry Wallace family…
- LBJ giving NYA scholarship money to black students at Prairie View, race relations in Texas, Ferguson County speech, LBJ's maiden speech--Unlimited debate speech of 1949, death of soldier (Felix Longoria), LBJ's relationship with Mexican-…
- Biographical information; War on Poverty task force; rural conservation centers; Job Corps vs. CCC; rural anti-poverty program land reform; migratory farm work; task force meetings; maximum feasible participation; OEO legislation; SWAFCA (Southwest…
- Acquaintance with LBJ during the Kleberg years; LBJ's ambition and energy; influence of Sam Rayburn and Alvin Wirtz; the 1941 campaign; Jim Ferguson's role in 1941; role of postmasters and country commissioners in Texas state politics;…
- How Sandlin became associated with Governor Allan Shivers; the Texas State Democratic Executive Committee; the 1952 State Democratic Convention; Sandlin's work as secretary and chairman of the Texas Democratic Executive Committee; Governor…
- Communist attempts to control Quemoy, Matsu, and Taiwan; Jimmy Carter granting diplomatic recognition to the People's Republic of China in 1978; Chinese and Russian bargaining methods; criticism of Chinese and Russian relationships with the…
- How Judd decided to become a medical missionary; Judd's family background; Judd's early experience in China; the nature of communism; Judd's experience with malaria; communist propaganda techniques and Judd's struggle to argue…
- Biographical information; how they came to Washington; meeting the Johnsons; Dick Kleberg; Texas State Society; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s early influence in Washington; gaining support for LBJ in Dallas; 1960 convention; women’s tea party tours;…