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- Obstacles in getting information to LBJ; Esther Peterson's reluctance to speak to LBJ directly and her search for a person to present her views to LBJ; access to LBJ and his isolation from opposing viewpoints; Prokop's work on LBJ's…
- How Tully came to know LBJ; FDR’s relationship with LBJ and other congressmen; FDR’s recording decisions made in Cabinet meetings; how Tully came to work for FDR; FDR’s decision to call congressmen back from the service in WWII; Tully’s jobs…
- AActivities as presidential adviser on National Capital Affairs; reorganization to commission and council system; selection of Walter Washington as mayor; council members; evaluation of White House staff operation; Pollak’s nomination of assistant…
- First contacts with LBJ in 1953 in Texas campaigning; Johnson's role in Texas state politics in 1956; Sam Rayburn's selection of LBJ as favorite son in 1956; DOT (Democrats of Texas); contacts with LBJ in Senate; LBJ-Ralph Yarborough as…
- Biographical information; Low’s father’s work in LBJ’s 1937 Congressional campaign; 1941 special election to fulfill Senator Morris Sheppard’s term; explanation of the east Texas ballots that allowed W. Lee O’Daniel to win over LBJ; Low’…
- Texas tideland issues in the 1950s; cross-filing, which allowed Democrats to support Dwight Eisenhower in the 1952 presidential election; Allan Shivers' support for Republicans; LBJ's and Sam Rayburn's devotion to the Democratic Party…
- Life in Johnson City in the early 1900’s; electricity coming to the area; school and education in Johnson City; chores for children; high school graduation; mother’s and father’s influence on young LBJ; LBJ’s interest in Johnson city…
- Washington career background from 1951; contacts with LBJ when Senator; LBJ's relationship with Washington and White House press corps; LBJ's control and selection of Lady Bird's wardrobe; early days in Washington as correspondent;…
- LBJ’s November 1963 trip to Luxembourg and other Benelux nations; William R. Rivkin; LBJ’s loyalty to JFK; LBJ’s complex personality; LBJ’s daily schedule while on trips; LBJ’s preference for hotels; Crockett and Dwight Porter; John Rooney…