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- National Youth Administration (U.S.)x
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- Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)x
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- Early personal history in Texas; Justice Department experience; Texas Legislature service; Mine Workers International Union background; LBJ and John L. Lewis; first contacts with LBJ; recollection of Sam Ealy Johnson; LBJ’s job with Kleburg and…
- LBJ as NYA state director; the Great Depression; the 1937, 1941 and 1944 campaigns of LBJ; rural electrification and LCRA; characterization of LBJ; Mayor Tom Miller of Austin; John Connally; Lady Bird
- Met LBJ as a student at a political meeting in Blanco, TX; Hopkins campaigned for Democratic party nomination to the Senate from 19th District, TX; Sam Johnson as a friend and supporter; Alvin Wirtz; Richard Kleberg's election to Congress, 1931…
- Senator Sheppard; Tom Connally; Depression years; Huey Long; Little Congress; LBJ as NYA Director in Texas; Walter Jenkins; John Connally; JFK assassination; reaction in Italy; LBJ's relationship with his staff; reaction of the staff after…
- Meeting with LBJ as a debate coach in Houston; working for LBJ on Congressman Kleberg's staff; LBJ's influence on Kleberg; National Youth Administration; first campaign for Congress; contacts with FDR; LBJ's campaign techniques
- Friendship with LBJ; Dr. Bob Montgomery; LBJ couldn't stand mediocrity; Ink Lake Park Project; Herman Brown; depression; WPA and NYA projects; C.N. "Pap" Avery; investigation of Army Mail Service; 1946 campaign plans; Senator Alvin…
- Discusses his early association with LBJ as Secretary to Congressman Kleberg; LBJ's wedding; NYA appointment; LBJ's early working habits; the 1941 and 1948 Senate campaigns; the War Production Board; Kilday-Maverick relationship; Taft-…
- Biographical information; Adviser to Secretary Ickes on Negro affairs; National Committee on Industrial Recovery; Harvard thesis research; integration of cafeteria services at Department of the Interior; “The Black Cabinet;†duties at Department…
- Discussion of LBJ's days as Director of the NYA in Texas, 1935-1937