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  • Date > 1969-07-17 (remove)

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  • of the country. B: Because of his views on the law and order issue? T: And a great many other views. I just think he's the poorest excuse for a cabinet officer the nation's ever had. B: Speaking of Attorney Generals, r~r. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy
  • Proxmire of Wisconsin were friends of LBJ while he was Majority Leader; LBJ lost Southern votes with the Civil Rights Act of 1957; LBJ’s presidential ambitions were evident in 1959; advised by friends to avoid the VP offer; Kennedy "Irish Mafia" rivalry