LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SUPPORT FOR INCREASE IN SPENDING ON GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS, EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT SUPPORT FOR HIS PROGRAM IN CONGRESS; VOTE ON 21-DAY RULE; MLK'S, RALPH ABERNATHY'S CRITICISM OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
MCCORMACK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; TESTIMONY ABOUT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS IN BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; LBJ DISCUSSES RFK, BOB KERR, WIRETAPS, HIS ASSOCIATION WITH BAKER; RFK'S FEUD WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HOUSE VOTE ON 21-DAY…
CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF TAX INCREASE PROPOSED BY LBJ IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; COMPARISON OF CURRENT ECONOMY WITH CONDITIONS DURING WWII AND KOREAN WAR; WILBUR MILLS' ADVICE ON BUDGET MESSAGE; FOWLER DISCUSSES TAX TABLES SHOWING EFFECT OF…
FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS, FRB, BUSINESS LEADERS ON TAX INCREASE PROPOSED BY LBJ IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; WASHINGTON POST'S CRITICISM; PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES; FOWLER SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMITTEE TO STUDY REFORM OF BUDGETARY…
LONG COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS LAST NIGHT, RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF MISSOURIANS, AND PRAISES LBJ'S COMMENTS IN ADDRESS ON WIRETAPS AND BUGS
TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS SLATER THAT EDWARD LONG IS TRYING TO CALL LBJ; SLATER ASKS OPERATOR TO HAVE LONG HOLD BECAUSE LBJ IS ON A CALL ON ANOTHER LINE
LBJ OFFERS PLANE FOR EARL WARREN'S USE ON LATIN AMERICAN TRIP; UNNAMED MAN'S CONTRACT; NYT DECISION TO CANCEL SERIES ON WARREN REPORT; LBJ DISCUSSES KENNEDY MACHINE'S VINDICTIVENESS; APPOINTMENTS TO KENNEDY CENTER BOARD; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER'S…
MCNAMARA RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF UNNAMED MAN ON LBJ'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ SAYS SPEECH WAS TOO LONG, COMPARES IT TO JFK'S 1963 SPEECH, COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICISM THAT LBJ ABANDONED NEGROES AND THE POOR IN SPEECH
KEENAN ASKS ABOUT PROPOSAL TO COMBINE COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS; LBJ DISCUSSES TRANSFER OF COMMERCE DEPT FUNCTIONS TO TRANSPORTATION DEPT; JOHN CONNOR'S RESIGNATION; KEENAN EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT MERGER WILL WEAKEN LABOR DEPT; LBJ DISCUSSES MERITS OF…
State of the Union message; Johnson Administration china; LBJ practices speech; lunch; Lady Bird meets about Fort Worth green space; beautification meeting on Washington, DC plans; Lady Bird & Lynda to Capital; Lady Bird mentions guests; death of…
ALBERT, FORD OFFICIALLY INFORM LBJ THAT CONGRESS IS IN SESSION; LBJ JOKES WITH GERALD FORD ABOUT INCREASE IN REPUBLICAN MEMBERSHIP; JOHN FOGARTY'S DEATH; HALE BOGGS' HEALTH; UPCOMING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; LBJ DISCUSSES THEME AND LENGTH OF…
