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- Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-)x
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- 1972 discussions with George McGovern regarding whether or not O'Brien should remain Democratic National Committee (DNC) chairman; O'Brien's role as national chairman of McGovern's campaign; Gary Hart's campaign experience…
- Biographical information; early association with LBJ; the Dodge Hotel; the Capitol and Capitol staffs; summer of 1935 in Austin; LBJ’s plans to run for Congress; LBJ and other staff members; the Little Congress; Bob Jackson and Arthur Perry;…
- [For interviews 1 and 2] Brief contacts with Senator Johnson during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations; Democratic Advisory Council establishment and opposition by LBJ and Sam Rayburn; Paul Butler; LBJ’s effectiveness as Senate majority…
- The day and night of March 31, 1968; meeting with RFK; HHH's bid for the Presidency; MLK assassination; Fortas nomination; RFK assassination; 1968 Democratic National Convention; LBJ's night reading
- Receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1969 as a recruiter of talented persons for government service; setting up the guidelines for executive branch presidential appointments; evaluating and recommending appointees; generating appointment…
- Early association of Johnson and Clement families; the Johnsons' wedding reception for Bess and Tyler Abell; Tyler Abell joins Johnson campaign; work at the DNC; joining Mrs. Johnson's staff; LBJ as Vice President; Mrs. Johnson as a wife…
- First meeting with LBJ in Washington, 1935 at Little Congress; closely associated in Democratic convention in 1952 and after; Mississippi vote for LBJ and presidential nomination in 1956; Kennedy-Kefauver race at 1956 convention; Adlai Stevenson…
- Impressions of LBJ; Khrushchev's departure and the explosion of the first Chinese communist nuclear device; attending NSC meetings; the Sino-Soviet split; field experience in Taiwan as it related to Southeast Asia; patriotism and dedications of…
- Texas press in 1930s; State Observer; first contact with LBJ; Alvin Wirtz; war years; KTBC radio station; 1944 Democratic state convention; 1944 and 1946 congressional campaigns; speech writing; KTBC and aggressive new policy; UN conference; San…