Biographical information; contact with LBJ; NATO Parliamentarians Committee; LBJ's praise of Hays; collaboration of Rayburn and LBJ in shaping legislation in the House; committed JFK delegate in 1960; LBJ as VP; friendship with President a political liability; press assassinated LBJ politically; JFK legislation; investigation of Adam Clayton Powell; Hays' feud with Romney; briefing of Foreign Affairs Committee by Secretary of State; LBJ's hostility toward Senate Foreign Relations Committee; advice to JFK regarding RFK and Senator Fulbright; supported foreign aid for 19 years; first one to propose selling wheat to Russia; LBJ's accomplishments on domestic side will outweigh Vietnam War.
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