NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; HHH'S VACATION IN PUERTO RICO; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS HHH ABOUT HIS HOLIDAYS; LBJ ASKS HHH IF HE IS IN FAVOR OF A TAX INCREASE; HHH SAYS HE STILL FAVORS ONE
US PROSPERITY; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT ABE RIBICOFF HEARINGS, CONGRESSIONAL BUDGET CUTS, SARGENT SHRIVER; EFFECT OF BLACK POWER ON RECENT ELECTIONS; NEED TO INCREASE TAXES; HARRISON SALISBURY ARTICLES ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN VIETNAM; WILLIAM MANCHESTER…
RESPONSE TO STUDENT LEADERS' LETTER TO LBJ ON THE DRAFT AND PEACE IN VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS GOLDBERG'S VIEWS ON FEDERAL BUDGET, TAX BILL; GOLDBERG SAYS LBJ SHOULD INCREASE TAXES, MAKE SPEECH REAFFIRMING COMMITMENT TO GREAT SOCIETY; US PROSPERITY
USSR OFFER TO INFLUENCE HANOI; LBJ DISCUSSES US WILLINGNESS TO NEGOTIATE, FAILURE OF PEACE EFFORTS; INEVITABILITY OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES DURING BOMBING; US RELATIONS WITH USSR; HANOI'S CONTINUED AGGRESSION DESPITE US LIMITATIONS; BERTRAND RUSSELL;…
RUSK RELAYS UK CONCERNS ABOUT REACTIONS TO HARRISON SALISBURY'S ARTICLES, DISCUSSES WORDING OF UK PROPOSED INITIATIVE TO INVITE US, NORTH AND SOUTH VIETNAM TO PEACE TALKS, AND REPORTS THAT MARIGOLD PEACE INITIATIVE HAS COME TO AN END
JOHN CONNALLY'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON LBJ STATE PARK CONTROVERSY, JOHN BEN SHEPPERD'S APPOINTMENT; NEED TO PREPARE WILL ODOM, JIMMIE DELLINGER FOR PRESS INQUIRIES; BROWN FOUNDATION'S GRANT TO LBJ STATE PARK; JOHNSON FOUNDATION'S CONTRIBUTIONS
CONNALLY REPORTS THAT BROWN FOUNDATION WILL ISSUE PRESS RELEASE ON GRANTS THEY HAVE MADE, INCLUDING GRANTS FOR LBJ STATE PARK; LBJ ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECT OF ANNOUNCEMENT; LBJ SUGGESTS CONNALLY DISCUSS DONATIONS TO KENNEDY, EISENHOWER…
RUSK REPORTS THAT U THANT WILL ISSUE REPLY TO ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S LETTER ON VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; RUSK SAYS HE WILL RELAY FULL TEXT OF REPLY AS SOON AS HE RECEIVES IT FROM RALPH BUNCHE; EFFORTS TO REACH GOLDBERG
PLANS FOR LBJ STATE PARK; JOHN BEN SHEPPERD'S APPOINTMENT; NEED TO COORDINATE CONNALLY'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON LBJ STATE PARK CONTROVERSY WITH WILL ODOM, PREPARE ODOM FOR PRESS INQUIRIES; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT; LBJ'S PLAN TO MEET WITH JAMES…
"GEORGE'S" HEALTH (GEORGE CHRISTIAN?); PROPOSED STATEMENT BY CONNALLY ON CONTROVERSY ABOUT LBJ STATE PARK; JAMES BATES' CONCERNS ABOUT RELEASE OF DONORS' NAMES, REQUEST TO MEET WITH LBJ; JOHN BEN SHEPPERD'S APPOINTMENT; A. W. MOURSUND; PARK PLANS
CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL BUDGET; LBJ TELLS SCHULTZE TO SEND BUDGET FORWARD EVEN IF MINOR ITEMS ARE NOT RESOLVED, SAYS HE WILL INCREASE FUNDS ONLY FOR EDUCATION, CAUTIONS SCHULTZE ABOUT PRESS LEAKS
SARGENT SHRIVER'S CONCERN ABOUT DELEGATION OF OEO PROGRAMS TO LABOR, HEW; SHRIVER'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION; HHH, SCHULTZE AS COORDINATORS OF POVERTY FUNDS; HEAD START; APPALACHIAN, OTHER REGIONAL PLANS; HANFORD REACTOR; ROVER PROGRAM; ARGONNE REACTOR;…
CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES, INCREASED WAGES AND EARNINGS, OTHER ISSUES FOR LBJ'S UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ WISHES WIRTZ AND HIS WIFE HAPPY NEW YEAR, SAYS HE HAS GAINED FIVE POUNDS BECAUSE OF JANE WIRTZ
LBJ'S, LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S MEETING WITH THOMAS DONAHUE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH SARGENT SHRIVER; QUESTION OF COMBINING COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS WITH WIRTZ AS HEAD; WH FELLOWS STUDY; JOHN CONNOR'S RESIGNATION; GEORGE MEANY'S VIEWS; UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES
LBJ ASKS MEANY TO CONSIDER POSSIBILITY OF MERGING COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS, DISCUSSES REORGANIZATION OF HEW, FORMATION OF NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT AND LOSS OF COMMERCE DEPT'S RESPONSIBILITIES; LBJ'S, LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S MEETING YESTERDAY WITH THOMAS…
