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Big Turnover in LBJ Inner Circle in 1965
Washington report notes half of LBJ’s White House inner circle jobs changed hands in 1965 along with half the Cabinet since 1963. Texans and aides like W. Marvin Watson Jake Jacobsen and Harry McPherson Jr. joined. Moyers and Valenti remained amid ongoing staffing shifts and retirements. The piece highlights rapid turnover across press relations and key departments with new appointees including Conner Katzenbach Fowler Gardner and O’Brien.
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Washington
Nana
White House
LBJ
Rene Verdon
Pennsylvania Ave
W. Marvin Watson
Bailiwick
Jake Jacobsen
Harry McPherson Jr
Texas
Joseph A. Califana Jr
Brooklyn
N.Y
Robert McNamara
Bill D. Moyers
Jack Valenti
Hobart Taylor Jr
Houston
Moyers
Peace Corps
Sargent Shriver
Pierre Salinger
Senate
California
George Reedy
Reedy
Johnson
Commerce
John Connor
Atty
Nicholas Deb. Katzenbach
Treasury
Henry Fowler
Health
John W. Gardner
O’brien