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LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) flies to Dallas with CTJ (Lady Bird Johnson), WJ (Walter
Jenkins), MMW (Mary Margaret Wiley), and Moursunds; they meet the Gene
Chambers, Mrs. West, and Mr. & Mrs. Charles McGaha, attend Cotton Bowl game,
return later to Ranch
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Charles Wilson, former president of General Motors, as secretary of defense.
Under pressure from the Armed Services Committee, and after considerable
controversy, Wilson agrees to sell his GM stock and is confirmed by the Senate
on 1/26/53.
A passenger
- to Washington this afternoon.
1/6
LBJ flies to Detroit where he makes numerous stops: Second Avenue Baptist
Church, Sheraton Cadillac Hotel, Ford Auditorium, Cobo Hall; then flies to West
Palm Beach for meeting with JFK. Spends night at Charles Wrightsman
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rights generally. Participants include Rep. Jim Roosevelt of LA, Dick Bolling of
Kansas City, Adam Clayton Powell of NYC, and Charles Diggs of Detroit. They
reportedly decided on strategy to abandon
- Johnson) scheduled to arrive in Washington on 12/31 or 1/1.
January
1/1
Ed Weisl, Preparedness Subcommittee counsel, reveals on 12/31 that the
subcommittee investigating U.S. missiles and satellite programs has decided against
calling Charles E. Wilson
