Marshall, Burke, 50, 233, 244;
and passage of Civil Rights Act of 1964, 63, 70, 80;
and voting rights bill, 223
Marshall, Dale Rogers, 469
Marshall, Thomas R., 4
Martin, John Bartlow, 130
Martin, Louis: on Watts Riot, 387, 389
Martin, William McChesney, 364, 369, 372, 373
Martin Luther King, Jr./Drew Medical School, 389
Mather, George, 497
May, Elaine, 234
May 2d Movement, 379
Mayer, Martin, 440
Mayhew, Henry, 82–83
McCall, Tom, 507
McCarran-Walter Act (Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952), 249, 252;
creation of Bureau of Security and Consular Affairs, 250
McCarthy, Abigail, 139
McCarthy, Eugene: background, 483;
and Chicago demonstrations, 514, 515;
debate with Robert Kennedy, 503;
decision to enter 1968 presidential race, 482, 483–84;
endorsement of Humphrey, 518;
on limitations of U.S. power in Vietnam, 473;
and Medicare bill, 167, 175;
in New Hampshire primary, 372, 480, 484;
as peace senator, 417; 1968
presidential campaign, 484, 509–10;
at signing of ESEA, 200;
and tax-cut bill, 35;
and 1964 vice presidential choice, 142; 1968
Wisconsin primary, 486
McCarthy, Joseph, 250
McCarthyism, 249
McClellan, John, 462
McCloy, John J., 22, 331
McCone, John A.: and Commission on the Los Angeles Riots, 386, 388;
and Johnson’s Vietnam policy, 339
McCone, Robert, 266
McConnell, Joseph, 453
McCormack, John W., 110, 150, 208;
floor strategy for ESEA, 196;
and voting rights bill, 235
McCulloch, Mabel, 52
McCulloch, William, 44;
and Civil Rights
Bill of 1964, 49–52, 55–56, 69, 72, 77–78, 81;
and voting rights bill, 235
McDonald, David, 361
McDonald, Dwight, 381–82
McDonough, John R., 422–23
McGee, Gale, 76, 298
McGill, Ralph, 460
McGovern, George, 76, 417, 511;
and proposed filibuster on House AFDC amendments, 437
McGrory, Mary, 145, 202;
on McCarthy’s campaign, 484
Mclntyre, Thomas J., 484;
and Model Cities Act, 465–66
McKay, Bruce, 457
McKeithen, John J., 237
McLeod, Scott, 250–51
McNamara, Margy, 355
McNamara, Pat, 282, 309, 312
McNamara, Robert, 17, 110;
admiration for JFK, 20;
antiwar heckling of, 412;
background, 333—34;
and Califano’s position, 318–19;
as cold warrior, 335;
destruction of by Vietnam War, 354–57;
disillusion with Vietnam War, 407–8;
hiding cost of war, 360;
on Johnson’s personality, 538;
and Johnson’s Vietnam policy, 339, 344;
and march on Pentagon, 424;
and passage of Economic Opportunity Act, 107–8;
policy on Defense Department college recruiting, 420;
“Recommendations of Additional Deployments to Vietnam,” 347;
relationship with armed forces, 355;
relationship with Robert Kennedy, 354–55;
as Secretary of Defense, 335;
support for sending troops to Watts, 385;
support for surtax, 367;
testimony in Senate bombing hearings, 357;
and Tonkin Gulf incident, 336–37
McNaughton, John, 335;
death, 355;
early position on Vietnam War, 327;
on effectiveness of South Vietnamese government, 340;
on inability to win Vietnam War, 354;
and National Security Council Working Group report, 338, 341
McPherson, Harry, 11, 242, 414;
on Hubert Humphrey, 60;
on Humphrey-Johnson relationship, 61;
on implementation of new legislation, 531;
on Johnson’s personality, 541;
and Johnson’s 1968 speech to nation on war, 480–81;
on Mike Mansfield, 56, 57–58;
and Model Cities Act, 462, 464–65;
on Robert McNamara, 477;
and Selma march, 228;
support for ending Vietnam War, 408, 410
McWilliams, Norman, 416
Meany, George, 107, 376, 509;
and attempt to repeal Section 14b of Taft-Hartley, 309, 311, 312;
opposition to House AFDC amendments, 436, 437
Medical Assistance for the Aged (Kerr-Mills bill), 162–63, 164
Medicare, 157, 159, 162;
administration, 180–81;
importance of, 156;
as issue in 1960 campaign, 158;
public support for, 169;
in Social Security Amendments of 1965, 177–78;
in 88th Congress, 161, 164–65, 167–69;
in 89th Congress, 170–76
Mellinkoff, Sherman M., 389
Mellon, Andrew, 447, 451
Mellon, Paul, 451
Memphis garbage strike, 493
Mendenhall, Joseph A., 326
Menninger, Karl, 460
Mennis, Ed, 147
Metcalf, Lee, 75, 76
Meyerson, Martin, 406, 460
Mill, John Stuart, 118
Miller, Fred, 228
Miller, Uri, 69
Miller, William, 130, 153
Mills, C. Wright, 400, 401
Mills, Wilbur, 27, 156, 159–60, 359;
on Johnson’s guns-or-butter dilemma, 527;
and Medicare bill, 159–61, 164–69, 171–73, 176, 182;
and Social Security Amendments, 432—36, 437;
and surtax bill, 370–71, 372–77
Minh, Duong Van (“Big”), 328, 339, 340
Minikus, Lee W., 383
Minimum wage: under 1966
amendments to FLSA, 430–31;
argument for raising in mid-1960s, 427
Mississippi Educational Summer Project, 137
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party, 137
Mitchell, Clarence M., Jr., 66, 79, 498
Mitchell, John, 518
Mobilization for Youth, 88, 89, 96
Model Cities Act, 462–64;
accomplishments, 469–70;
conflict with other federal programs, 468;
failures, 469;
in House, 464–65, 466–67;
implementation, 467–68;
origin, 460–61;
process of city selection, 468;
in Senate, 465–66;
signing, 467;
task force on, 462–63
Modern Age: A Conservative Review, 119
Moe, Henry Allen, 444
Mohr, Charles, 539
Mondale, Walter, 228;
and proposed amendment to Fair Housing Act of 1968, 498;
and proposed filibuster on House AFDC amendments, 437
Monroney, A. S. Mike, 161
Moore, Joe, 287
Moore, Pauline, 58
Morey, Roy D., 196, 200
Morgenthau, Hans, 379, 381
Morhouse, Jud, 117
Morse, Wayne, 37;
amendment to repeal of Section 14b of Taft-Hartley, 310;
antiwar rally address, 382;
bill to amend impacted areas program, 189;
and child benefit theory, 188;
and Civil Rights Act of 1964, 64, 66, 73, 76;
concern about shift of funds to Vietnam, 409;
and Elementary and Secondary Education Act
, 193, 198–200, 201;
on failure of home rule bill, 314;
and Higher Education Act, 208, 209, 210;
legislative management skills, 213;
opposition to Vietnam War, 327;
and Tonkin Gulf Resolution, 338;
and USW contract negotiations, 361
Morton, Thruston: and tax-cut bill, 35, 37
Moses, Robert, 137, 138–39
Mosher, Edith, 201, 203
Moss, Frank, 76, 298
Mothers’ Lobby, 381
Moton, LeRoy, 234
Moyers, Bill, 24, 97, 98;
actions after Kennedy assassination, 16, 17, 18;
and domestic legislation, 317;
establishment of task forces, 459;
formula for task forces, 186;
Great Society concept, 131, 132;
and “guns and butter” speech, 321;
and highway beautification bill, 300, 303;
and Johnson’s mental stability, 343;
on Johnson’s paranoia, 541;
and 1964 presidential campaign, 145, 152;
resignation, 407;
response to Johnson’s rage, 541;
statement about Watts Riot, 385;
and water pollution legislation, 283
Moynihan, Daniel Patrick, 101;
and community responsibility for arts, 442;
The Negro Family: The Case for National Action, 390
Mudd, Roger, 66, 70, 75
Muir, John, 265, 273
Multer, Abraham J., 313
Multiple Use and Sustained Yield Act, 275
Mumford, Lewis, 264
Mundell, James, 505
Mundt, Karl, 73
Murphy, Charles, 304
Murphy, Robert: support for Vietnam War, 481;
“Wise Men” meetings, 425
Murrow, Edward R.: “Harvest of Shame,” 90
Muskie, Edmund S., 515;
and air pollution legislation, 291, 292–94, 295–98; 1968
campaign, 517;
and Clean Water Reclamation Act, 285–86;
and Model Cities Act, 465, 466;
opposition to reorganization of Department of Interior, 285–86;
and proposed filibuster on House AFDC amendments, 437;
relationship with LBJ, 281–82;
and Senate Subcommittee on Air and Water Pollution, 282, 291;
and water pollution legislation, 281, 282–83
Muskie, Jane, 465
Muste, A. J., 421
Mustin, Lloyd, 339;
and National Security Council Working Group report, 338
Myart, Leon, 73–74
Mylecraine, Walter, 202
Myrdal, Alva, 216
Myrdal, Gunnar: An American Dilemma, 54, 216
National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission), 388, 417, 419
National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), 417;
Legal Defense Fund, 219;
voting rights efforts, 222–23
National Association of Counties, 300
National Association of Educational Broadcasters, 452, 453
National Association of Manufacturers: opposition to Wilderness Act, 276
National Association of Real Estate Boards, 391
National Broadcasting Company (NBC), 451–52
National Catholic Welfare Conference, 184, 188, 189–90
National Committee on Health Care of the Aged, 162
National Committee for a Sane Nuclear Policy (SANE), 379, 382, 399
National Council on the Arts, 443
National Council on the Arts and Cultural Development Act, 442
National Council of Churches, 184, 188, 198;
opposition to Vietnam War, 410
National Council on the Humanities, 443, 444
National Council of Senior Citizens, 432
National Cultural Center (Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts), 20, 440–41
National Cultural Center Act, 440
National Defense Education Act, 205
National Educational Television, 453
National Education Association, 184, 188, 189–90, 192
National Endowment on the Arts, 443, 444
National Endowment on the Humanities, 443
National Gallery of Art, 451
National Labor Relations Act of 1935 (Wagner Act), 308
National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam (Mobe), 421, 422, 512, 514
National Origins Act of 1924 (Japanese Exclusion Act), 248
National Park Service, 272, 274;
wilderness lands, 278–79
National park system, 272—73
National Parks Association, 275
National Public Radio, 457 National Review, 118–19
National Right to Work Committee, 310
National Science Foundation, 192, 442
National Security Action Memorandum No. 328, 346
National Security Council Working Group report, 338—42;
failure to address military questions, 342
National Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Study, 532
National Welfare Rights Organization, 433
National Wildflower Research Center, 298
National Wildlife Federation, 275
National Woman’s Party, 53
Neighborhood Youth Corps, 104, 112
Nelson, Gaylord, 199
Neuberger, Maurine B., 76
Neustadt, Richard, 366
Nevin, David, 281
New Conservatism, 118–19;
dedication to free market economy, 119–20;
Kirk’s six canons, 120–21;
language, 121–22;
opposition to communism, 120
New England Resistance, 420
New York Times, 479;
reaction to
Johnson’s education legislation, 192
Newark riots, 418
Newman, Cecil, 75
News (Washington), 152
Nguyen Sinh Cung. See Ho Chi Minh Nhu, Ngo Dinh, 326
Nichols, Mike, 234
Nimetz, Matthew, 422
Nitze, Paul, 422, 424
Nixon, Richard M., 4, 118, 125, 147; 1962
concession speech, 506;
defeat for California governorship, 506;
and Johnson, 518;
low funding for public broadcasting, 456;
opposition to Model Cities, 467, 469;
peace talk plot, 519, 520;
and 1968 presidential race, 505–8, 521;
refusal to debate Humphrey, 517
North Vietnam: “General Offensive and
General Uprising” (Tet offensive), 372, 473–75, 476;
lack of effect of U.S. bombing strikes, 346;
strategy, 351
Novak, Robert: on defeat of Johnson in Senate, 8;
on Goldwater’s candidacy, 126, 128;
on Yarmolinsky affair, 110, 111
Noyes, Newbold Jr., 152
Oanh, 340
O’Brien, Larry, 5, 48, 134;
on accomplishments of 89th Congress, 527–28;
on attempt to repeal Section 14b of Taft-Hartley, 312–13;
and Civil Rights Act of 1964, 49, 78;
on civil rights bill of 1966, 392;
on Dirksen and Civil Rights Bill, 64;
and Economic Opportunity Act, 97, 110;
and Higher Education Act, 208;
and highway beautification bill, 302;
and Humphrey campaign, 509, 515–17;
and Immigration Act of 1965, 257;
importance to Johnson, 21, 531;
as “Irish Mafia,” 20;
and Johnson’s choice of running mate, 133;
and Kennedy assassination, 16;
on loss of support for Vietnam War, 411;
and Medicare bill, 168, 169, 174;
and minimum wage increase, 428;
and Model Cities Act, 464–65;
on Muskie, 515;
O’Brien Manual, 129–30, 482;
as Postmaster General, 481;
on Potomac River, 284;
and 1964 presidential campaign, 145–46, 148, 150;
and 1968 presidential campaign, 482, 484–87, 499–500;
on 1966 Republican victory, 411;
as Robert Kennedy’s campaign manager, 500, 502;
and surtax bill, 367, 370–71;
and tax-cut bill, 35, 36;
and Wilderness Act, 276
Ochs, Phil, 381
O’Connor, Daniel J., 255
O’Connor, Len, 392
O’Donnell, Kenneth: as
“Irish Mafia,” 20;
and Kennedy assassination, 11, 15, 16;
and 1964 presidential campaign, 145, 146;
and Tonkin Gulf incident, 337;
and 1964 vice presidential selection, 134, 135, 140
Of Thee I Sing, 4
Office of Economic Opportunity, 105;
conflict with Model Cities Act, 468
Office of Education, 201
O’Grady’s Raiders, 50
O’Hara, James, 195
Ohio Medical Association, 179
Ohlin, Lloyd E., 90;
Delinquency and Opportunity, 88–89
Okun, Arthur M., 360;
analysis of tax cut impact, 41;
on growth and price stability, 358;
report on interest rates, 367;
support for surtax, 375–77
Oliver, Edith, 262
O’Neill, Mike, 202
O’Neill, Thomas P., Jr. (“Tip”), 416
Orange, James, 221
Orfield, Gary, 394, 396
Oswald, Lee Harvey, 19, 21
Ouellet, Maurice, 215
Outdoor Advertising Association, 300
Outdoor Recreation Resources Review
Commission, 267–69;
classes of recreation areas, 268;
Outdoor Recreation for America, 268;
“Wilderness and Recreation,” 268
Owen, David, 332
Owings, Nathaniel, 448
Ozark National Scenic Riverways, 271
Pace, Frank, Jr., 456
Page, Bruce: on George Wallace, 508;
on Lowenstein’s strategy in 1968
presidential race, 483
Paris peace talks, 518–19;
lack of results, 511
Parker, Michael L., 158
Parker, William H, 384, 389
Pastore, John, 454, 455
Patman, Wright, 463
Paul, Alice, 53
Peace movement, 381–83, 399;
growth in 1967, 413–14;
march on Pentagon, 421–24;
march on Washington, 381;
Stop the Draft Week, 420–22
Peace senators, 417
Peacha, Thomas, 505
Pearson, Drew, 130
Pechman, Joseph, 185, 370
Pei, I. M., 451
Pell, Claiborne, 443
Pentagon Papers, 352, 356
Pepper, Claude, 166
Percy, Charles, 155, 410, 499
Perez, Leander H., 237
Pericles, 525–26
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