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- in 1961 and 1962,
sought to find some common solutions to the problems.
It might be use-
ful to briefly describe what those problems are.
Appalachia as a region is afflicted with the same set of problems
as rural America at large.
BaSically
- know you're interested in getting to the subject matter of
Lyndon Johnson.
I became quite active in Democratic politics.
This
was occasioned because there was a legislative bill which was put up,
passed the legislature--put up as a referendum
- in there.
Was there ever any
question as to what your politics were or whether or not that would influence
the appointment?
T:
Not a one.
I was never asked whether I had supported the Democratic Party or
whether I was, in fact, a Democrat.
I had in 1964 contributed
- overseas ought to portray America in
proper perspective.
By that I mean specifically that it seems eminently
[un] fair to refer and to mention only things that [are] really short-comings
and failures and mention nothing at all of our successes