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  • stunt that nobody ever tried with him apparently . I called him direct on the phone . I don't think anybody had ever called up J . Edgar Hoover direct . before, And got him, not even a secretary in between . Fs 0: Fs Os You can't do that, I've tried
  • historic sites; Willard Hotel; J. Edgar Hoover and the FBI Building; Lady Bird’s time and attention; Federal Highway Commission; National Plaza; Owings close to the Nixon Administration; Nixon’s interest in the National Plaza; LBJ Library; Skidmore-Owings
  • the "Chicken in Every Pot," "Two Automobiles in the Garage." An that baloney was sho\'/ing up so fast on Hoover that it was pitiful. Yet a lot of people believed it and listened to it. Now I enjoyed my relationship with Johnson. I helped him in every way
  • to January 20. That was to avoid the lame duck session we always had in between there. A lot of politics was carried on during that time. F: Well, we nearly wrecked the country there, you know, in 1932, before Hoover could get out and Roosevelt could get
  • , it was completely unworkable . poor compromise . Like so many compromises, it was a That office was set up in 1950 as a result of, I guess the key item was the task force report to the Hoover Commission on transportation, which as I recall, I'm not sure about
  • this idea of program budget come from? Did you bring this with you? F: Well, no, the whole concept of program budgeting goes back many years. the Hoover Commission started it back in the late '40s. agencies picked it up. Actually A number of the federal