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- Heads of State visits; press corps shift to San Antonio; LBJ’s interest in Texas politics; LBJ State Park; Connally-Yarborough feud; McNamara resignation; Clark Clifford; division with Willard Wirtz; cabinet officers and White House staff members…
- State of the Union messages; 20-30 versions of March 31, 1968, speech regarding Vietnam bombing pause and the postscript of LBJ’s withdrawal as a presidential candidate; detailed account of March 31; work on final draft of speech, presentation of…
- First meeting Lady Bird; worked for Esther Van Wagoner Tufty; her wedding; presentation of calf from LBJ and Rayburn to President Eisenhower; ready access; LBJ’s willingness to share credit with local Congressmen whenever a story broke; two real…
- White House staff deciding what to do after LBJ's presidency; LBJ asking Levinson to move to Texas rather than work for Gulf and Western; LBJ's expectation of long-term loyalty; final Cabinet meeting; Levinson's decision to move to…
- The formation of the Kerner Commission and Ginsburg's invitation to be its executive director; LBJ's belief that the 1967 race riots had been part of a conspiracy; Ginsburg's relationship with Abe Fortas; Ginsburg's first…