How Hoyt met LBJ; Hoyt's role as domestic director of the Office of War Information; Sam Rayburn; LBJ's persuasive techniques; staying the night at the White House visiting with LBJ; LBJ's public relations; 1960 election; Hoyt's appointment to the United States Information Agency Advisory Commission; LBJ's decision to not run in 1968; Vietnam propagandist and censor Barry Zorthian; Hoyt's trip to Vietnam; John Vann; LBJ's “credibility gap”; LBJ's press secretaries; LBJ's personality and intelligence; Hoyt's political affiliation.
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