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- Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)x
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- Political background; LBJ's support of poverty program in Detroit; use of phrase "The Great Society" and how it began; role of Public Officials Advisory Committee; Detroit Freedom March with MLK in 1963; creation of HUD; Model City…
- Stanley Marcus’ recommendation that Hurd paint the official portrait of LBJ to hang in the White House; Hurd’s request that LBJ pose for him; time spent working on the portrait; LBJ’s reaction to the partially finished portrait; LBJ’s…
- Chairman Intergovernmental Coordinating Committee on Vietnam in March 1964; his duty to brief VP on Far East; after T.G. massacre in 1961 had two jobs: to dredge information from Ambassador Averell Harriman and to brief Congress and VP; painful…
- Biographical information; forest service background; establishment of BOR; Joe Penfold; Conservation Fund; legislation passed in 1968; Stewart Udall; Golden Eagle Passport; Corp of Engineers; cooperation with other agencies; Bureau of Reclamation;…
- Biographical information; met LBJ in 1952 at Chicago Convention; close relationship with LBJ as Senator; Russell was LBJ’s mentor; LBJ was mentor to Talmadge; LBJ recognized as the ablest of parliamentarians in the Senate; most Senators except…
- Professional background; entrance into White House Fellows Program in 1965; description of the Program and selection of the first 15 finalists; detailed evaluation of the Program and LBJ’s interest in it; Maguire’s work on Jack Valenti’s…
- Coordination of military and political effort problem; Nixon Vietnam problem; U.S. relations with mainland China, Laos, Thailand, Japan and Okinawa, Indonesia and Korea; Pueblo incident; India’s food problem; the Alliance for Progress; the Panama…
- Emotional involvement of journalists covering Vietnam; whether reporters reflected to perspectives of the publications for which they wrote; how transportation within Vietnam was arranged for reporters; how reporters decided what area to cover;…