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  • Contributor > Deason, Willard, 1905-1997 (remove)
  • Subject > National Youth Administration (U.S.) (remove)

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Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • it was called secretary--same job. F: Did you ever see the secretary or administrative assistant in Washington during that period? D: Yes, I made one trip up here and visited with him; stayed, of course, in the little apartment that he and Lady Bird lived
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1965, by Eric F. Goldman (Item)
  • . don't recall. G: I just Maybe Lady Bird drove him part of the time. Was there a campaign theme like "Youth and Progress," something of that sort? D: I do not recall that there was a campaign slogan like "Youth and Progress." Maybe there was. G