Biographical information;1927 meeting with LBJ at SWTSC; activities at SWTSC; taught school in San Antonio; A.J. Wirtz and Welly Hopkins recommending LBJ to Dick Kleberg; relationship between Kleberg and LBJ; NYA work; LBJ's interest in helping African-Americans and the poor; "make work" projects; roadside parks; 1937 campaign; Uncle George; 1941 and 1948 campaigns; LBJ as Deason's best man; Hardy Hollers campaign in 1946; Lady Bird's business interest in her radio station, KVET; application for only VHF channel in Austin; JFK assassination; ICC Commissioner; change in LBJ after his heart attack; post-Presidential visit to Ranch; LBJ as a very sentimental man
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Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-deasonw-19690411-3-74-203-b