Liars (41 page)

“designed to decentralize American industry”
C .J. Maloney,
Back to the Land: Arthurdale, FDR's New Deal, and the Costs of Economic Planning
(Hoboken, NJ: Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2011).

“raising money for the program in Congress”
“Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt Glossary: Arthurdale,” The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, George Washington University, accessed May 26, 2016,
https://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/arthurdale.cfm
.

“talking about its future course”
“Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt Glossary: Arthurdale,” The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, George Washington University, accessed May 26, 2016,
https://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/arthurdale.cfm
.

“complete with indoor plumbing”
“Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt Glossary: Arthurdale,” The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, George Washington University, accessed May 26, 2016,
https://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/arthurdale.cfm
.

“didn't fit the existing foundations
”
Tom Stafford, “Looking Back: For Eleanor Roosevelt, Arthurdale Was a Chance to Help,”
Springfield News-Sun
, August 23, 2010,
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/looking-back-for-eleanor-roosevelt-arthurdale-was-/nNxD9/
.

“made the homes three hundred percent more expensive”
Tom Stafford, “Looking Back: For Eleanor Roosevelt, Arthurdale Was a Chance to Help,”
Springfield News-Sun
, August 23, 2010,
http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/news/local/looking-back-for-eleanor-roosevelt-arthurdale-was-/nNxD9/
.

“ ‘the middle of nowhere' ”
C. J. Maloney, “The Peculiar History of Arthurdale,” Mises Institute, August 8, 2007,
https://mises.org/library/peculiar-history-arthurdale
.

“it too quickly shut down”
“Teaching Eleanor Roosevelt Glossary: Arthurdale,” The Eleanor Roosevelt Papers Project, George Washington University, accessed May 26, 2016,
https://www.gwu.edu/~erpapers/teachinger/glossary/arthurdale.cfm
.

“sold off at steep discounts”
C. J. Maloney, “The Peculiar History of Arthurdale,” Mises Institute, August 8, 2007,
https://mises.org/library/peculiar-history-arthurdale
.

CHAPTER 4: THIRD WAVE: LBJ AND THE POWER OF ENVY

“ ‘Uncle Cornpone and his little porkchop' ”
Robert Caro,
The Years of Lyndon Johnson: The Passage of Power
(New York: Knopf, 2012).

“ ‘if Lyndon was president' ”
Rick Klein, “Jacqueline Kennedy Reveals that JFK Feared an LBJ Presidency,”
ABCNews.com
, September 8, 2011,
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Jacqueline_Kennedy/jacqueline-kennedy-reveals-jfk-feared-lbj-presidency/story?id=14477930
.

“ ‘a Baptist preacher' ”
United Press International, “President Johnson Calls Himself Cross Between Cowboy, Preacher,”
The Pittsburgh Press
, November 23, 1963, p. 11.

“to Congressman Richard Kleberg”
“President Lyndon B. Johnson's Biography,” LBJ Presidential Library, University of Texas, accessed May 27, 2016,
http://www.lbjlib.utexas.edu/johnson/archives.hom/biographys.hom/lbj_bio.asp
.

“ ‘in exchange for part-time jobs' ”
“Lyndon B. Johnson to Allred: November 21, 1935,” Texas State Library and Archives Commission, accessed May 27, 2016,
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/governors/personality/allred-lbj.html
.

“ ‘public buildings all over Texas' ”
Lyndon B. Johnson to Allred: November 21, 1935,” Texas State Library and Archives Commission, accessed May 27, 2016,
https://www.tsl.texas.gov/governors/personality/allred-lbj.html
.

“ ‘I support Franklin Roosevelt the full way' ”
L. Patrick Hughes, “The Election of a Texas New Dealer: Lyndon Johnson's 1937 Race for Congress,” Austin Community College, accessed May 27, 2016,
http://www.austincc.edu/lpatrick/his2341/election.html
.

“ ‘Franklin D. and Lyndon B' ”
Nero James Pruitt,
The Forty-Three Presidents: What They Said To and About Each Other
(self-published, and printed by iUniverse, 2015).

“ ‘horse radish for Roosevelt'
”
William E. Leuchtenburg,
In the Shadow: From Harry Truman to Barack Obama
(Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2009).

“met with the president no fewer than twenty-three times”
William J. vanden Heuvel, “Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Baines Johnson: Architects of a Nation,” (speech, Austin, Texas, March 14, 2000), Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum,
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/library/pdfs/vh_fdrlbj.pdf
.

“ ‘soul needed support' ”
William J. vanden Heuvel, “Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Baines Johnson: Architects of a Nation,” (speech, Austin, Texas, March 14, 2000), Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum,
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/library/pdfs/vh_fdrlbj.pdf
.

“ ‘because of him' ”
William J. vanden Heuvel, “Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Lyndon Baines Johnson: Architects of a Nation,” (speech, Austin, Texas, March 14, 2000), Franklin D. Roosevelt Library and Museum,
http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/library/pdfs/vh_fdrlbj.pdf
.

“ ‘had more women by accident'
”
Robert Dallek, “Three New Revelations About LBJ,”
The Atlantic
, April 1998,
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1998/04/three-new-revelations-about-lbj/377094/
.

“ ‘groping' her”
Jan Jarboe Russell, “Alone Together,”
Texas
Monthly
, August 1999,
http://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/alone-together/
.

“he was treating her as if she was invisible in public”
Jan Jarboe Russell, “Alone Together,”
Texas Monthly
, August 1999,
http://www.texasmonthly.com/politics/alone-together/
.

“ ‘That's my prerogative' ”
Stacy Conradt, “10 Unexpected Duties Performed by the Secret Service,”
Mental Floss
, December 18, 2015,
http://mentalfloss.com/article/25170/10-unexpected-duties-performed-secret-service#comment-485137242
.

“ ‘the only seat in the room' ”
Matthew Pinsker, “Richard Goodwin: Monday Morning Psychoanalyst,”
The Harvard Crimson
, October 29, 1988,
http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1988/10/29/richard-goodwin-monday-morning-psychoanalyst-pbwbas/
.

“their ticket barely beat Nixon”
Peter Carlson, “Another Race to the Finish,”
The Washington Post
, November 17, 2000,
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/2000/11/17/another-race-to-the-finish/c810a41c-7da9-461a-927b-9da6d36a65dc/
.

“ ‘champion of everyday Americans' ”
Kenneth T. Walsh, “The First 100 Days: Lyndon Johnson Fulfilled Kennedy's Legacy,”
U.S. News & World Report
, March 5, 2009,
http://www.usnews.com/news/history/articles/2009/03/05/the-first-100-days-lyndon-johnson-fulfilled-kennedys-legacy
.

“equality for all”
“John Gardner: The Great Society,” PBS, accessed May 27, 2016,
http://www.pbs.org/johngardner/chapters/4c.html
.

“ ‘Better than he did' ”
Kenneth T. Walsh, “The First 100 Days: Lyndon Johnson Fulfilled Kennedy's Legacy,”
U.S. News & World Report
, March 5, 2009,
http://www.usnews.com/news/history/articles/2009/03/05/the-first-100-days-lyndon-johnson-fulfilled-kennedys-legacy
.

“ ‘upward to the Great Society' ”
Lyndon B. Johnson, “Commencement Address at the University of Michigan,” (speech, Ann Arbor, MI, May 22, 1964), The Heritage Foundation,
http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/lbj-launches-the-great-society
.

“ ‘elevate our national life' ”
Lyndon B. Johnson, “Commencement Address at the University of Michigan,” (speech, Ann Arbor, MI, May 22, 1964), The Heritage Foundation,
http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/lbj-launches-the-great-society
.

“ ‘hunger for community' ”
Lyndon B. Johnson, “Commencement Address at the University of Michigan,” (speech, Ann Arbor, MI, May 22, 1964), The Heritage Foundation,
http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/lbj-launches-the-great-society
.

“ ‘quantity of their goods'
”
Lyndon B. Johnson, “Commencement Address at the University of Michigan,” (speech, Ann Arbor, MI, May 22, 1964), The Heritage Foundation,
http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/lbj-launches-the-great-society
.

“ ‘marvelous products of our labor' ”
Lyndon B. Johnson, “Commencement Address at the University of Michigan,” (speech, Ann Arbor, MI, May 22, 1964), The Heritage Foundation,
http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/lbj-launches-the-great-society
.

“big-government nonsense”
“Study Aid: Great Society Legislation,” The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History, accessed May 27, 2016,
https://www.gilderlehrman.org/history-by-era/sixties/resources/study-aid-great-society-legislation
.

“ ‘hidden social ties' ”
“John Dewey and the Progressive Conception of Freedom: 1908,” The Heritage Foundation, accessed May 27, 2016,
http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/john-dewey-and-the-progressive-conception-of-freedom
.

“become ‘a successful businesswoman' ”
Enid Nemy, “Lady Bird Johnson, 94, Dies; Eased a Path to Power,”
The New York Times
, July 12, 2007,
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/washington/12johnson.html?ex=1342065600&en=3085b9d85cb24e12&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&_r=0
.

“ ‘application was speedily approved' ”
Enid Nemy, “Lady Bird Johnson, 94, Dies; Eased a Path to Power,”
The New York Times
, July 12, 2007,
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/washington/12johnson.html?ex=1342065600&en=3085b9d85cb24e12&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&_r=0
.

“ ‘cable interests' ”
Enid Nemy, “Lady Bird Johnson, 94, Dies; Eased a Path to Power,”
The New York Times
, July 12, 2007,
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/12/washington/12johnson.html?ex=1342065600&en=3085b9d85cb24e12&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink&_r=0
.

“ranches, real estate, and a bank”
Joe Holley, “Champion of Conservation, Loyal Force Behind LBJ,”
The Washington Post
, July 12, 2007,
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/07/11/AR2007071102146.html
.

“subsidiary of Halliburton
”
“KBR History,”
KBR.com
, accessed May 27, 2016,
https://www.kbr.com/about/our-company/history
.

“sizable contributions to Johnson's political campaign”
John Burnett, “Halliburton Deals Recall Vietnam-Era Controversy,” NPR, December 24, 2003,
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1569483
.

“ ‘thousands of dollars In campaign contributions' ”
James M. Carter, “War Profiteering from Vietnam to Iraq,”
CounterPunch.org
, December 11, 2003,
http://www.counterpunch.org/2003/12/11/war-profiteering-from-vietnam-to-iraq/
.

“Lady Bird Johnson”
Ryan S. Walters, “From ‘Lyin' Lyndon to ‘Thieving Thad' The Eerie Similarities Between Texas'48 and Mississippi'14,” Mississippi Conservative Daily, September 7, 2014,
https://mississippiconservativedaily.com/2014/09/07/from-lyin-lyndon-to-thieving-thad-the-eerie-similarities-between-texas-48-and-mississippi-14/
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“ ‘you'll get your war' ”
Roger Stone and Phillip Nelson, “The Truth About LBJ and MLK,” Breitbart, December 30, 2014,
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2014/12/30/the-truth-about-lbj-and-mlk/
.

“ ‘Dr. Johnny' ”
Jay Martin,
The Education of John Dewey: A Biography
(New York: Columbia University Press, 2003), p. 492.

“ ‘economic stagnation followed' ”
Brian M. Riedl, “Most New Spending Since 2001 Unrelated to the War on Terrorism,” The Heritage Foundation, November 13, 2003,
http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2003/11/most-new-spending-since-2001-unrelated-to-the-war-on-terrorism
.

“ ‘three times the amount of money' ”
“Editorial: The Not-So-Great Society Turns a Rickety 50,”
The Washington Post
, May 21, 2014,
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/may/21/editorial-the-not-so-great-society/
.

“ ‘negra' with others”
Adam Serwer, “Lyndon Johnson Was a Civil Rights Hero. But Also a Racist.” MSNBC, April 12, 2014,
http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/lyndon-johnson-civil-rights-racism
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