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- Circumstances of becoming associated with the War on Poverty Task Force; early organization; duties; need for coordination of the program; decision-making; naming VISTA program; pressure from departments; LBJ’s interest; philosophies on dealing…
- Biographical information; CIA in Vietnam and Indochina; structure of the CIA; Bay of Pigs; the “secret war†in Laos; disputes on the role of the CIA; Edward Lansdale; Taylor-Rostow mission to Vietnam; “How to Lose a War;†debate over Diem;…
- Biographical information; Judge Ben B. Lindsey; Harold Ickes; Alvin Wirtz; FDR; LBJ techniques; Harry Truman; tidelands; civil rights; 1960 Democratic convention; Chapman's health; national lawyer's group for Johnson-Humphrey in 1964;…