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Folder, "Lobsinger, Donald," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 10 (Item)

-Chair obert Piper, December 20, 1967 in Detroit. I called Lobsinger directly and he agreed to see ·me at the Greyhound Bus Terminal Cafeteria, Detroit, for lunch on De·cember 20, 1967. I met him there at 12~00 noon; he brought with him his Vice-chai~man

Folder, "Breakthrough - Miscellaneous," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)

of persons "We are at War." Only ::ays before, in New York, Brown had descr-ibed the Detroit and Newark 'riots' as DRESS REHEARSALS for all-out violent revolution and armed warfare .• Since that time - though on a smaller scale - the arson con tinues

Folder, "THE HARVEST OF AMERICAN RACISM: The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 1 (Item)

of these relatives were killed . in the Detroit riot inc·reased tension and the poten tial for violence in Grand Rapids. - 28 Negroes in northern New Jersey towns have relatives in Newark; many work in Newark and live in the surrounding communities. Phone calls

Folder, "Breakthrough - FBI Reports," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)

' .... . .. _ I ... ., -. UNITED S'tiATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVES'l'IGATION Z.. !leJ,ly,_Pkaae Rf/er to n, l!o. ·. Detroit, MJ.chig~n December 7~ 1966 Re: Breakthrough The :inform~tion bereiruifit(f;;r set forth

Folder, "Summary Analysis: December 20, 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 3 (Item)

--- became extremely inct'ignant to find their double- parked cars being ticketed and towed away . News of this police action was rapi d ly transmitted by cab radio throughout the ghetto. The difference betwee n Newark and Detroit at th is point , however

Folder, "Simulmatics Corporation," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 39, Box 7 (Item)

in consultation with the Commission' s research s taff . The cities are: Detroit , Michigan; Milwaukee , Wisconsin; Cincinnat i , Ohio; Dayton, Ohio; Tampa , Florida; Newark , New Jersey; Plainfield, New Je rsey; Elizabeth, New Jersey; Jersey Ci ty , New Jersey

Folder, "Black Nationalist Movement - FBI Reports - File #2," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)

and promote Malcolm X objectives, also to sponsor Black Power conferences. STOKELY CARMICHAEL rally · in Cincinnati 4/29/67. Memorial . - for Malcolm ·x on 5/20/67, with visitors from Detroit, including GRACE BOGGS, ·who with husband JAME8i, is Marxist

Folder, "I," Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 Files, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

the foregoing proviso shall cease to be 4 controlling upon tho establishment of a new rate of com- 5 pensation for such positions by or pursuant to the provisions 6 of .any law hereafter enacted. 7 8 ( d) The Secretary may delegate any of his functions

Folder, "Passage and Signature," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 3 (Item)

of S. 3010 as amended, is to centr~lize in one new Cabinet-level department the responsibility for leadership in the development, direction, and coordination of the principal transporta tion policies, functionsJ .and operations of the Federal

Folder, "Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) - FBI Reports - Cleveland," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 18 (Item)

::for theDl to be fair and i mprirt ial · bee.a .use of opinions al.r eady . formed, primarily from -.news .accounts about . Freeman's~ association with the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM),· a Negro nationalist groupD . _ ... . · . vvc.ommon Pleas Judge

Folder, "III," Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 Files, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)

. ' NEW YORK. N. Y. DeOClllber Twenty-fourth 1965 .... Dear Bobs Ma7I first ' take this opportunity to express the unprecedented pleasure I have experienced 1n working w1th this •secret" task force. Having bad a mmber ot assignnents ot similar nature

Folder, "I," Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 Files, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)

• , • :.•.••.•·.•.--~·,·:~._;.=, ...·•·•.··.· it will s.ay things that people already around it. It is a new version of the =•.:::.>·:....:::··:,.. ·, .'\ . ·; •· · • ·. . " ·~•. •. '. •·f •...: ··:·know; things they know, but haven't Bible story: Jonah has the comfortable-~::•-:,• .. ·i'.i

Folder, "The Message - Vol. II [1 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)

bis Committee. Senator McClellan told Alan Boyd and me that he will hold the hearings himself on the Department of Transportation bill and will "expedite" the matter. His first question concerned what functions if any the new Department would take from

Folder, "Beautification Summary - The Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 1965 - 1968," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 22 (Item)

in the White House, their bus tours and award ceremonies, have flowed the plans, incentives, donations, and inspiration that have brought a new look to the city. They operated without by-laws or organization chart and became a rallying point for everything from

Folder, "1964 Task Force on Metropolitan and Urban Problems," Task Force Reports, Box 2 (Item)

Foundation Jerome P. Cavanagh ftkyor ot the C:t.ty ot Detroit Mt.rtin Meyerson University ot California at Berkeley •than Glazer University ot California at Eerkeley • RaymondVernon Harvard University BormanKennedy tbiversity of California at Eerkeley

Folder, "II," Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 Files, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

11 all ready to go_1n New Haveo and Detroit . ' this week. I)epartment official• will be 1n both C1Ues 'lhursday, DecembGr 9, to wrap up final detail a for tho comprohenslve prOCJl'am.A numbor • of other c1t1ea, Including Atlanta, Plttaburgh

Folder, "1966 Task Force on Cities," Task Force Reports, Box 4 (Item)

. C. .. N. Ylvi~ker l MEMBERS or THE TASK FORCEON CITIES Paul N. Ylvisaker State of New Jersey Chairman Julian Levi University of Chicago Vice Chairman Anthony Downs Real Estate Research Honorable Ivan Allen Mayor Atl~nta, Georgia John

Folder, "Decision on Transportation," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

and the advisors . -- Emphasize increased researchand . 0 committee would . development. • - - Develop a modern dry bulk carrier fleet (Bulk carri~s ·are the ·ships we now need in view of our growing b~k .trade .. The tastforce . recommends 5 sucij new ships

Folder, "Report to Task Force on Pollution Abatement," Office Files of Joseph A. Califano, Box 31 (Item)

, can add a significant new dir.ccension to social policy. It is clear that all three approaches need to be expanded simulta neously. ADiviINISTR.I~ TIVELY CONFIDENTU, L ...ADMINISTRATIVELY CONFIDENTIAL - 4 The Federal Govermr1ent as a Source

Folder, "Klu Klux Klan (KKK) - Miscellaneous," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 16 (Item)

of the Liuzzo home in Detroito A fiery cross burns in Detroit. Congressional Record, House Un-American Activities Committee and the Klan. Extension of remarks of Hon. William F. Ryan. Congressional Record, 4/5/65, p. A1649-Al650. Reprinting editorial from New

Folder, "II," Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 Files, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)

HARDESTY: ( E:_ () ~ Hore••~ new pago 8 for the Cabinet Department draft v,hich who ha• been most works in some credit for Ray~aeher. effective in connection with International Cooperatlon Year efforts in the Urban Development area. l ·1/ I I• i1 Perry

Folder, "Klu Klux Klan (KKK) - FBI Reports," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 16 (Item)

, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of New Jersey C 06a report United Klans of America, Incorporated, Knights of the Ku Klux Klan , Realm of New Jersey C 11 14 Restriction 7/13/67 A 7/13/67 A 1/18/66 A 1/18/66 A Collection Title Federal

Folder, "CQ - HUD," Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 Files, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

of the activities of each Wtit, seep. 365) PL89-174 transferred the FHA as an entity to HUD. The legislation basically upgraded the existing HHFA (established in 1947) to Cabinet-level status. The new agency was not to administer all federal programs relating

Folder, "III," Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 Files, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

...... ' .. ... OctQber 25, 1965 t .... ~ .FOR THE PBESIDENT .. FBOM Joe Calua.no There are two ways to move forward on equal opportunity in housing: 1. By extending the Executive Order to cover all new housing. o£ which is financed by any institutions supervised

Folder, "The Message - Vol. II [2 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)

. Ervin Non-coinm.ittal. Gruening Okay. Muskie Sounds pretty go6d, but warns that Scn~tors will bo conce1·ned ahout rol of cc1·tain existing agencies such as FA.A, after trans!e1· to new Dopt,.2/: All the way with us I •Ribicoff Harris Open mind

Folder, "The Message - Vol. I [2 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

beset the advantageous are steps for the new Depart that can and should be taken immediately: 1. Maritime I am today issuing Labor Management difficult manning, • - have hampered the Secretary program order Commission to aid in resolving

Folder, "The Message - Vol. I [1 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

to the same effect could be included in Section 3 either as a part of or as a new subsection following Sub~ection (d), with the succeeding Subsections to be renum• bered as required. In either event, Section 8(1) should be amended to insert the following

Folder, "Minutemen - FBI Reports," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 16 (Item)

ATTORNEY G~NERAL STATE OF NEW YORK TO HON. NELSON A. ROCKEFELLER GOVERNOR STATE OF NE,W YORK October 18, 1967 Pursuant to your directive of January 3, 1967 ( annexed hereto as "Appendix A"), under the authority of Executive Law, Section 63, subd. 8, I

Folder, "1965 Task Force on Health Care," Task Force Reports, Box 10 (Item)

and provide the required number of new hospital beds. The first proposal is essentially an expansion of the present Hill-Burton program of grants for construction of facilities. The second proposal would abolish the existing program and replace it with a new

Report on Australia, 1942 [Sherrod Report] (Item)

a picture 10 miles by 80 miles). (Their They can climb to 40,000 feet in eight minute s, but they rarely come back with more than one engine working . I don 1 t know how many P38 1 s are left. New Guinea. I know one was shot down over The pilot had

Folder, "Food for India - Newspaper Articles," Food for India, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

by the Indian government, and details of the interim Food - for - Peace agreement are being negotiated . · in New Delhi. · Behind the Indian annoyance is a feeling that the United : States is being niggardly in its · off er, which is on_ly enough to ·. meet

Folder, "State of the Union," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

, was decision that the contribution of transportation to our economy and way the creation of a new Cabinet-level "Department of Transportation." . The following figures serve as examples to bring the importance of transporta tion irito focus. America spent

Folder, "IV," Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 Files, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

piecemeal and on a small scale, but ~ave never been really pulled together for lack of an appropriate focus fo;: doing so. Now that the Department of Housing and Urban Affairs has come into being, it seems to me to be an opportune time to assure that the new

Report, re Oswald (Item)

, 1959 and stated citizenship, Oswald was a Private Corps. ment any information right in New Orleans passport, he had been contemplating time, Reserve Squadrons that American born Texas. that He told on a tourist in Moscow for Soviet He

Folder, "Minutemen - Miscellaneous," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 16 (Item)

on ·p as-t or future ·rio-ts---by this-- . ·group. We would partic~larly like to verify--or expose as _not true-.:.recent statements_ by . Edward__ Haas, a 4~~year ql(l ,_ . Camden County, Hew Jersey -resident who is described as .New Jersey leader

Folder, "Legislative Struggle - Vol. I [3 of 3]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)

shall be renumbered and a new Section~ inserted as follows, "THE'tNATIONAL OFFICEOF TRANSPORTATION SERVICE" "Section 5(a). There is hereby established within the Department a \ N3tional Office of Transportation Service at the head of'cy'hich shall

Folder, "The 1964 Task Forces," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

this outline could be prepared very easily. Therefore, I patterned my draft 'more along the lines of the Budget outline, which contains a number of new proposals. I have also added a few proposals of my own. If there is to be no Transportation Message, I would

Folder, "Foundation For Action - 1965 Task Forces [2 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)

. Alternative torms ot truck taxes should be developed. Wapill taxes on the shipper 11181' be teasible. •• 2. ~ster excise tax on new automobiles to the Highway Trust Flmd. Comment: 'l'o~ Recommendation: ~ ignores the problem. ot tax equity among highvq

Folder, "Stoner, Jesse Benjamin," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 11 (Item)

s 1967, S'TOXER w~ts one of thos;e ~ttetud tlrl: g '.il p1":i.VJ1\t.e meeting of klan members held at Bogalusa~ Louisi2ns, the purpose of which meeting was to try to form 3nother kl~n group 9 the new group to be compos,e d of the G-rJf.:r11d Dr

Folder, "Lynch, Connie Charles," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 10 (Item)

of a new political party, to be lmown as the United White Party. " According to the article, the Party was f~rmed at a recently held meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee, at which many klansmen were ref.resented. The UWP was reported as being opposed to all