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- experiences.
He realized that if something bad happened to him or someone close to
him, it was happening to tens of millions of other people, and he
wanted to do something to help them.
G:
When you first told President Johnson that President Kennedy before
- ; trying to interest LBJ in China; an Eye Institute separate from the National Institutes of Health; community Mental Health Centers and Mike Gorman; the Family Planning Services Act; Adlai Stevenson’s relationship with LBJ; Robert Kennedy; assessment
- of the relationship between the President and Attorney
General Kennedy during Robert Kennedy's campaign for the Senate from New
York?
Did he talk with you?
L:
Did the President talk with me?
F:
Yes.
L:
No.
F:
He did come up here and work for him.
L:
I
- in Washington D.C.; Lasker’s relationship with Mrs. Johnson; supporting Robert Kennedy; encouraging Mrs. Johnson’s interest in beautification and health; beautification projects in Washington D.C.; National Institutes of Health and clinical research goals; Nash
- written into the
Democratic platform an idea to have a heart conference at the presidential level, and President Kennedy had called such a heart conference but it was a disaster.
I wondered if you remembered any of the
reasons why it didn't turn out well
- trying to get practical results from the NIH; Wilbur Cohen; fact sheets on heart disease, stroke and cancer; Lasker’s disagreements with Dr. Shannon; Truman’s effect on heart research and health insurance; the Kennedy family; doctor’s response to medical
