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Hopkins, Welly K., 1898-1994 (Item)
  • Bio: (1898-1994) Long-time friend and political associate of LBJ; Member, Texas House of Representatives and Senate, 1929-1936; Special Assistant, U.S. Attorney General, 1936-1940; General Counsel, United Mine Workers of America, 1940-1966; Counsel
  • LBJ Connection: Long-time friend and political associate of LBJ; Member, Texas House of Representatives and Senate, 1929-1936; Special Assistant, U.S. Attorney General, 1936-1940; General Counsel, United Mine Workers of America, 1940-1966; Counsel
Beirne, Joseph A. (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: President, Communications Workers of America, 1949-1974; Vice President, AFL-CIO; Member, President's Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, 1963
Dixie, Chris (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Texas political activist; District Counsel, United Steelworkers of America
Peterson, Esther, 1906-1997 (Item)
  • as the assistant director of the Department of Cultural Activities of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America (ACWA). In this capacity, she worked to get African-American women into the labor union. In 1944, she became the ACWA's first legislative
  • LBJ Connection: Consumer adviser; Washington Legislative Representative, Almagamated Clothing Workers of America, 1945-1948; Legislative Representative, Industrial Union Department of the AFL-CIO, 1958-1961; Director, Women's Bureau, Department
Abel, I. W. (Iorwith Wilbur), 1908-1987 (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: President, United Steelworkers of America, 1965-1977
Mylecraine, Walter (Item)
  • Special Assistant, Voice of America Agency 1962; Assistant to Deputy Commissioner, United States Office of Education 1965-1969; Assistant Commissioner for Construction Services, Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Zorthian, Barry, 1920-2010 (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Program Manager, Voice of America, 1958-1961; Deputy Public Affairs Officer, India, USIS, 1961-1964; Public Affairs Officer, South Vietnam, 1964-1965; Director, Joint United States Public Affairs Office, Saigon, 1965-1969
Cabot, John M. (John Moors), 1901-1981 (Item)
  • Bio: John M. Cabot was born on December 11, 1901, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. During his career, Cabot was a United States Ambassador to five nations between 1954 and 1965, spending much time in Latin America. During his forty-one year career
Davis, Sid, 1927 (Item)
  • for NBC News in Washington as news director from 1977 to 1979, bureau chief from 1979 to 1980, vice president and bureau chief from 1980 to 1982, and senior Washington correspondent from 1982 to 1987. He worked for Voice of America as the director
Edwards, India, 1895-1990 (Item)
  • campaign. From 1950 to 1956 she was the Vice-chairman of the DNC, and in 1951 was a delegate to the World Health Organization. In 1952 Edwards placed in nomination for Vice President of the United States at the Democratic National Convention. In 1956 she
Tocker, Phillip (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Attorney and advertising executive; Chairman of the Board and President, Outdoor Advertising Association of America
Wasserman, Lew (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Personal friend of the Johnsons; President, Music Corporation of America, 1946-1995
Chancellor, John, 1927 July 14- (Item)
  • LBJ Connection: Journalist; host, the Today Show, 1961-1962; the Voice of America, 1965-1967
Solomon, Anthony M. (Anthony Morton), 1919- (Item)
  • Bio: Anthony M. Solomon was a banker who served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Latin America, Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, president of International Investment Corporation for Yugoslavia and London, advisor
Mann, Thomas C. (Thomas Clifton), 1912-1999 (Item)
  • , and held various diplomatic posts in Europe, Latin America, and Washington, D.C., through 1955. From 1955 to 1957, Mann served the post of U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador. From October 1957 to August 1960, he served as the Assistant Secretary of State
Wattenberg, Ben J., 1933- (Item)
  • Majority (1970), The Real America (1974), Against All Enemies (1977), The Wealth Weapon (1980), The Good News is the Bad News in Wrong (1984), and The Birth Dearth (1987).
Mankiewicz, Frank F. (Frank Fabian), 1924-2014 (Item)
  • Bio: Frank (Fabian) Mankiewicz (b. 1924), journalist, author, lawyer, and political figure, was Peace Corps Country Director for Peru from 1962 to 1964, and Peace Corps Regional Director for Latin America from 1964 to 1966. Mankiewicz also served
Thomson, James C. (James Claude), 1931-2002 (Item)
  • Bio: James Claude Thomson (1931-2002), educator, was Special Assistant to the Under Secretary of State in 1961, and Special Assistant to the President's Special Representative for Africa, Asia, and Latin America from 1961 to 1963. He also served
Valenti, Jack J. (Jack Joseph), 1921-2007 (Item)
  • House, he was a motion picture executive, adjunct professor of government and public administration at American University, and an author of several books. Considered a Hollywood institution, he lead the Motion Picture Association of America in devising
Eisenhower, Milton Stover, 1899-1985 (Item)
  • placement of Japanese-Americans into internment camps, a policy decision he later termed as an "inhuman mistake"; he served in that post for only three months. During the 1950's and 1960's he was U.S. ambassador to Latin America. During his career he also
Goodwin, Richard N. (Richard Naradhoff), 1931- (Item)
  • Secretary of State for Inter-American Affairs, a position he held until 1963. As one of Kennedy's specialists in Latin-American affairs, Goodwin helped develop the Alliance for Progress, an economic development program for Latin America. From 1963 to 1964