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- Biographical information; McCone Commission; Watts riots; role of deputy attorney general; judicial appointments; Abe Fortas; Crime Commission; Crime Control Act; Newark riot; Detroit riots; contingency plans; MLK assassination; Washington D.C. and…
- Evaluation of LBJ's Senate record; political background prior to election as Mayor of Atlanta in 1962; work with President Kennedy and request to testify on behalf of Civil Rights Bill; civil rights programs in Atlanta; support of mayors of…
- Appointment as Deputy Mayor; LBJ's hopes for city government; work with D.C. Council; relationship with Congress; difficulties from serving unrepresented constituency; high percentage of disadvantaged people in D.C.; budget process; program…
- 1960 Presidential campaign; supporting JFK; hunting with LBJ at the Ranch; the JFK assassination; the Civil Rights movement; Mrs. Johnson’s train trip in the South; Sanders’ political interactions with Richard Russell; Governors’ trip to…
- 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…
- U.S. aid to India; reasons for US aid; purpose of AID; Food for Peace Program to India; U.S. wheat shipments to India; LBJ