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  • REEDY ASKS LBJ FOR HHH'S DEPARTURE TIME IN ORDER TO INFORM PRESS, REPORTS ON PRESS COMPLAINTS BECAUSE OF HANDLING OF EVENTS YESTERDAY, HOUSTON POST PHOTOS; DISCUSSION OF REASSIGNING PRESS SECRETARY'S DUTIES TO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS; REEDY'S
  • LBJ TELLS DUNGAN THAT LAUREN SOTH HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT CHAIRMANSHIP OF NATIONAL FOOD MARKETING COMMISSION, DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF (MARY?) "JONES" TO UNNAMED POST (FTC?); ABE FORTAS
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; LBJ DISCUSSES CATTLE PRICES, CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT FOOD PRICES; LBJ, SMATHERS THANK ANDERSEN FOR HIS RECENT EDITORIAL, ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; HOUSTON POST, KANSAS CITY STAR ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON STATE DEPT ACQUIESCENCE ON COFFEE BILL; DISCUSSION OF FPC VACANCY, DIRKSEN'S CANDIDATE TO FILL POST; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE POLITICAL CRITICISM HE MIGHT FACE IN FILLING POSITION
  • LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO JOHN SWEETERMAN OF THE WASHINGTON POST; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PROPOSED REAPPOINTMENT OF (EDWARD?) "BEARD" TO DC COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS?, LINDLEY BECKWORTH'S DEPARTURE FOR TEXAS, POSSIBLE PAIR
  • SHRIVER REPORTS THAT ROBERT JONES HAS DECIDED TO VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL DESPITE POSSIBLE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES; LBJ RECOMMENDS THAT SHRIVER CONTACT WASHINGTON POST, STAR SUGGESTING THEY INTERVIEW CHARLES HALLECK ABOUT REPUBLICAN DELAYING TACTICS
  • SHRIVER REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH BERNARD BOUTIN ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POVERTY PROGRAM, EVENTUAL APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR; JOHN MACY AS POSSIBLE CANDIDATE; NEED TO FILL GSA, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION POSTS IF EITHER
  • LBJ AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANK MCDONALD FOR HIS SUPPORT; LBJ ASKS MCDONALD TO INVESTIGATE REPORT THAT STEELWORKERS INVOLVED IN FIGHT WITH GOLDWATER SUPPORTERS IN HOUSTON WILL LOSE THEIR POSTS IN LOCAL UNION; OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE SENATE
  • KILDUFF COMPLAINS ABOUT DOUGLAS KIKER'S STORY ON LBJ, WH STAFF IN HOUSTON POST; ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S MEETING WITH COMMERCE SECRETARY YESTERDAY AND VISIT TODAY WITH HIS SISTER LUCIA ALEXANDER; PRESS COVERAGE OF LBJ'S CHECKUP YESTERDAY
  • ANDERSON RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF JOHN KELLY AS INTERIOR UNDERSECRETARY AND THAT POST-APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM BE CONSOLIDATED AND BASED ON APOLLO PROGRAM; AIR FORCE WORK ON MANNED ORBITING LAB; ALASKA ELECTION RESULTS; ERNEST GRUENING; ANTONIO TAYLOR
  • LBJ REPORTS ON EXTENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF WALTER JENKINS' ARREST ON MORALS CHARGE; DISCUSSION OF WH REACTION TO ARREST; JENKINS' RESIGNATION; COVERAGE OF JENKINS' ARREST, HOSPITALIZATION BY NYT, WASHINGTON POST, OTHER PAPERS; JENKINS' 1959 ARREST
  • JOHNSON FAMILY FINANCIAL MATTERS; DISCUSSION OF UNNAMED CANDIDATE FOR UNNAMED APPOINTMENT; GEORGE SMITH; POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING WOMAN OR EDUCATOR TO POST
  • LBJ ASKS NELSON FOR REPORT ON NEW GALLUP POLL ON INCREASE IN REPUBLICAN FRONTLASH DEFECTION TO DEMOCRATS AND DECREASE IN DEMOCRATIC BACKLASH DEFECTION TO REPUBLICANS; LBJ TELLS NELSON TO TELL GERALD SIEGEL AT WASHINGTON POST ABOUT FINDINGS
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN, REQUEST FOR FUNDS; POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ BY HEARST NEWSPAPERS; OTHER PRESS ENDORSEMENTS; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CANDIDATES FOR JUSTICE DEPT POSTS; RAMSEY
  • LBJ REPORTS WILLIAM CAHILL DECLINED WASHINGTON, DC, JUDGESHIP; OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; PRESS STORY ON POST OFFICE CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING; SENATE PROBE OF BANK FAILURES; VOTING RIGHTS BILL; EDWARD LONG'S MAIL COVER INVESTIGATION; IMMIGRATION BILL
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US VIETNAM POLICY, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESS; WALTER LIPPMANN; DREW PEARSON; NYT STORY ON LBJ ADVISERS; CLARK CLIFFORD; DEAN ACHESON; JAMES ROWE; TOMMY CORCORAN; SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY; FDR COMMENT ON INFLUENCE OF CORCORAN, BEN
  • ROYALL REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH DON COOK ABOUT POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO UNIDENTIFIED POST (SECRETARY OF TREASURY?); DISCUSSION OF OTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATES: KERMIT GORDON, CRAWFORD GREENEWALT, EDGAR KAISER, DAVID ROCKEFELLER; GORDON'S ROLE IN 1963
  • LBJ TELLS WHITE TO CALL STEWART UDALL ABOUT NEED TO APPOINT CALIFORNIANS TO FEDERAL POSTS, POSSIBLY AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR; LBJ'S PERSONAL INTERVENTION IN INTERTIE DECISION; ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA FEUD
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF HOWARD WOODS, NEGRO INDEPENDENT, TO REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY; NEED TO APPOINT NEGROES TO REGULATORY COMMISSIONS; SYMINGTON EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR WOODS; WOODS' PREVIOUS POST WITH PCEEO; SYMINGTON AND INTEGRATION OF AIR FORCE
  • LBJ ASKS LODGE TO FILL REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY, DISCUSSION OF DUTIES OF POST; PUBLIC SERVICE COMPONENT OF TV; COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE BOARD; UK TV SYSTEM; SUCCESSOR TO MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; NEED FOR CIVILIAN APPOINTEE; ALEXIS
  • LONG ASKS LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA POST OFFICE; LBJ SAYS HE WILL NOT SUPPORT FEDERAL FUNDS FOR SHREVEPORT, COMMENTS ON REMARKS MADE THERE ABOUT LBJ DURING CAMPAIGN; SHREVEPORT'S POSITION ON CIVIL RIGHTS; SHREVEPORT JOURNAL; BARKSDALE
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO CONSTRUCTION OF POST OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA DUE TO REMARKS ABOUT LBJ DURING CAMPAIGN; SHREVEPORT'S OPPOSITION TO CIVIL RIGHTS; RECENT VOTE FOR LBJ IN MARSHALL, TEXAS; SHREVEPORT JOURNAL; BARKSDALE
  • COOK REPORTS ON PROGRESS ON FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS HE MUST MAKE IN ORDER TO ACCEPT UNIDENTIFIED FEDERAL APPOINTMENT (TREASURY SECRETARY?); NEED TO FILL OTHER VACANCIES SOON; "GERRY" (SIEGEL?); APPOINTMENT OF EDWIN WEISL, JR. TO FEDERAL POST
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF EDWIN WEISL, JR., TO FEDERAL POST IN TREASURY OR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, POSSIBLY AS DELEGATE TO WORLD BANK; RFK AND WEISLS
  • ALBERT THOMAS' DECLINING HEALTH; LBJ DISCUSSES THOMAS' OPPOSITION TO REORGANIZATION OF CUSTOMS BUREAU, CONSTRUCTION OF DALLAS POST OFFICE; EARLE CABELL; LBJ PRAISES MAHON'S RECENT STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; OPPOSITION IN SENATE TO VIETNAM POLICY
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF US AMBASSADOR TO UN MISSION AT GENEVA AND OF PATRICIA HARRIS TO AMBASSADORIAL OR STATE DEPT POST; LBJ STRESSES THAT HE WANTS TO APPOINT NEGROES AND WOMEN; RICHARD GARDNER
  • UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTS ON CALL FROM WASHINGTON POST THAT ONE OF THEIR REPORTERS ABOARD THE USS BOXER HEARD A MESSAGE FROM TAPLEY BENNETT TO WESSIN Y WESSIN EXPRESSING US SUPPORT FOR HIS FORCES
  • BUNDY, VANCE REQUEST CLARIFICATION OF INSTRUCTIONS IN CABLE 1208 ON DEPORTATION OF REBEL LEADERS AND HANDLING OF COMMUNISTS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; APPOINTEES TO DOMINICAN MILITARY POSTS; TIMING OF TALKS WITH GUZMAN, IMBERT
  • MCNAMARA CLARIFIES SECTIONS OF CABLE 1208 CONCERNING LENGTH OF TIME REBELS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SHOULD BE DEPORTED AND CONCERNING HANDLING OF COMMUNISTS; APPOINTEES TO DOMINICAN MILITARY POSTS
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED HANDLING OF COMMUNISTS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, APPOINTEES TO DOMINICAN MILITARY POSTS; NEGOTIATING STRATEGY WITH GUZMAN, IMBERT, OAS REPRESENTATIVE JOSE MORA
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT 1964 CAMPAIGN, POST OFFICE SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, JACK MILLER'S SPEECH CRITICIZING DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT; TELEPHONE OPERATOR REPORTS ON STATUS OF LBJ'S CALL TO ABE FORTAS; LBJ ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH
  • US DELEGATION TO UN; JAMES ROOSEVELT'S RESIGNATION FROM CONGRESS; GOLDBERG'S TALKS WITH JOSEPH KRAFT, MARY MCGRORY ABOUT RECENT COLUMNS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WASHINGTON POST'S ERRORS, EVANS-NOVAK COLUMN ON WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S RECENT SPEECH; BEN
  • NYT, WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE OF US INTERVENTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ MIMICS FULBRIGHT, DISCUSSES HIS NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT W. TAPLEY BENNETT; THOMAS DODD'S SPEECH DEFENDING US POLICY; TALMADGE DEFENDS BENNETT, DISCUSSES HIS BACKGROUND
  • LBJ DISCUSSES WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S HEARINGS ON US INTERVENTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS TALMADGE TO DEFEND W. TAPLEY BENNETT TO SENATE COMMITTEE; NYT, WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; THOMAS DODD'S SPEECH; COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT
  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ THAT HARVEY BROOKS HAS DECLINED APPOINTMENT TO UNIDENTIFIED POST AND THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO APPROACH RUBEN METTLER ABOUT IT; LBJ INVITES MCNAMARAS TO JOIN HIM AT THE RANCH THIS WEEKEND; MCNAMARA DECLINES BECAUSE HE HAS VACATION
  • EMANUEL CELLER'S RECOMMENDATION OF EDWARD WEINFELD FOR US APPEALS COURT; APPOINTMENT OF WILFRED FEINBERG TO POST; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FRANCIS MORRISSEY APPOINTMENT; RFK'S REQUEST THAT LBJ APPOINT MORRISSEY, PARDON FRANK BOYKIN; DAVID BRESS
  • OBJECTIONS IN SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO APPOINTMENTS OF JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT, WILFRED FEINBERG TO APPEALS COURT; RECESS APPOINTMENTS; ROMAN HRUSKA'S DEFENSE OF DAVID BRESS; PRESS LEAKS BY JOHN WILLIAMS; CARL CURTIS; JUDICIAL POST