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  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO CONTINUE BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM, POSSIBLE NEW ENEMY OFFENSIVE, CANDIDATE HHH'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON VIETNAM; RICHARD HUGHES' CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM; SOVIET PRESSURE ON VIETNAM
  • Hughes, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1909-
  • Telephone conversation # 13222, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 7/30/1968, 8:46PM
  • RICHARD HUGHES
  • STRATEGY FOR POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS; SOUTHERN, NORTHERN CONGRESSMEN'S VIEWPOINTS; FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN; TIP O'NEILL, HUGH CAREY, CLOSING OF NAVY YARDS IN BOSTON, BROOKLYN; LBJ REPORTS ON TEXAS DELEGATION LUNCHEON TODAY
  • POVERTY BILL; QUESTION OF PUTTING LANGUAGE ON AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS IN REPORT RATHER THAN BILL; HUGH CAREY; TIP O'NEILL, CLOSING DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS; FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN; ALABAMA PROPERTY OWNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • DISCUSSION OF DIFFICULTIES IN PASSING POVERTY BILL CAUSED BY DOD LETTER INFORMING HUGH CAREY, NEW YORK DELEGATION, THAT JOBS WILL BE ELIMINATED AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; LBJ DESCRIBES OTHER PROBLEMS IN PASSING BILL; EFFECT OF LETTER ON RULES COMMITTEE
  • DISCUSSION OF DIFFICULTIES IN PASSING POVERTY BILL CAUSED BY DOD LETTER INFORMING HUGH CAREY, NEW YORK DELEGATION, THAT 500 JOBS WILL BE ELIMINATED AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
  • DISCUSSION OF DIFFICULTIES IN PASSING POVERTY BILL CAUSED BY DOD LETTER INFORMING NEW YORK DELEGATION OF ELIMINATION OF JOBS AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; EFFECT OF JOB LOSS ON HUGH CAREY'S RE-ELECTION; LBJ EMPHASIZES HIS PERSONAL INTEREST IN POVERTY BILL
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT REDUCTION-IN-FORCE NOTICES TO BROOKLYN NAVY YARD HAVE BEEN CANCELLED; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO INFORM HUGH CAREY
  • LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN THAT MCNAMARA HAS CANCELLED REDUCTION-IN-FORCE NOTICES AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD, ASKS O'BRIEN TO HANDLE NOTIFICATION OF HUGH CAREY FOR MAXIMUM EFFECTIVENESS
  • RESIGNATION OF CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN AND APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS HIS SUCCESSOR; LBJ DISCUSSES CANDIDATES TO REPLACE FORTAS: RAMSEY CLARK, CLARK CLIFFORD, THOMAS KUCHEL, RICHARD HUGHES, CYRUS VANCE, HOMER THORNBERRY, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER
  • HUGH SCOTT'S ALLEGATION THAT LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF VIETNAM BOMBING HALT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED; CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MEETING WITH HHH ABOUT RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH AS UN AMBASSADOR; SMATHER'S PERSONAL PROBLEMS
  • . week. He (Kennedy) went out there last He has been going around the country. He went to Iowa. He had Governor Hughes meet hi.tn out there. He is trying his best to get these things and he saw that McCarthy got some votes: He has misjudged it, • I