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Eisenhower delivers the State of the Union address at 12:30; afterward LBJ
meets with JFK and Robert Kennedy.
The Democratic Conference meets at 3:30. At the conference, Gore introduces a
motion to expand the Democratic Policy Committee from 9 to 15 members
- these with WJ. Opens
Senate, swearing-in of Joseph H. Bottum, Jr., to fill Case’s seat. Kennedy called LBJ
to get Albert Thomas and Sen. Russell together, apparently to work out something
ahead of time (?). Kennedy calls LBJ at 6:45 p.m.
7/12
P-38. LBJ meets
- of
the reciprocal trade (tariff-lowering) and foreign aid programs.
1/10
News report: Senate Labor Subcommittee chairman, John Kennedy--often
considered too right-wing by many Democrats--will strike a deft coup by unveiling
his own labor program for the Senate
- Deathe, Bolton, Elmo Brown, Chuck Brooks
and Charles Howell.
2/14-2/25
At the 20th Congress of Soviet Communists Party in Moscow, Nikita Khrushchev
proclaims a new party line, including destruction of Joseph Stalin as national idol.
The rush to “de
- . In the House, Charles Halleck defeats Joseph Martin for
minority leader. Martin had served as the Republican leader since 1939. Rayburn is
re-elected speaker.
The Senate consists of 64 Democrats and 34 Republicans, including 2 senators from
the new state
- residence.
1/7
Meetings with JFK, part of the time on the Honey Fitz.
1/8
Meeting with JFK this morning at Kennedy residence and aboard Honey Fitz.
Returns to Washington that afternoon, meets with JFK and congressional leaders at
This chronology
- supporters hope that such pre-convention
meetings will spread throughout the state. The group adopted a resolution
calling for an uninstructed delegation and for support for a presidential nominee
who could lead the nation “out of chaos.”
3/26
Joseph
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4/30
The Austin American Statesman reports that Mrs. R.D. Randolph and Woodrow
Bean called on Senator Kennedy today in Washington to discuss the possibility of
Kennedy receiving Texas’ support for the presidency in 1960. JFK reportedly told
1957
- attends the 81st Club luncheon at the Kennedy-Warren with Mrs. Maury
Maverick.
Senate passes the St. Lawrence Seaway Bill, establishing a St. Lawrence Seaway
Development Committee to construct in cooperation with Canada a canal, lock,
1954 Chronology ● p
- in, Washington.
CTJ goes to Alabama to visit Aunt Effie, ill in hospital.
June
CTJ arrives in Washington. Sherman Birdwell recalls that CTJ drove up to
Washington with Mrs. Birdwell. Birdwells lived with Johnsons at
Kennedy-Warren Apartments, #1127, until
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abbreviations were commonly used in writing it:
CCC – Cliff Carter
CTJ - Lady Bird Johnson (Claudia Taylor Johnson)
HHH – Hubert Horatio Humphrey
JBC - John B. Connally
JBK - Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy
JFK - John F. Kennedy
LBJ - Lyndon Johnson
MMW - Mary
- Symington
is placed on Armed Services, Mike Mansfield on Foreign Relations, John Kennedy
on Labor and Public Welfare, Price Daniel and Henry Jackson on Interior and
Insular Affairs. Kennedy, Symington and Jackson will also serve on Government
Operations
