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  • MCCORMACK REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH ADAM CLAYTON POWELL ON POVERTY BILL; PUCINSKI REPORTS ON PROGRESS ON POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE COMMITTEE; HUGH CAREY AMENDMENT; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ISSUE
  • TRANSPORTATION BILL DEFEATED IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL OPPOSED BILL; MASSACHUSETTS NAVY YARD CLOSING, UNEMPLOYMENT; MEETING WITH RFK, HHH, MIKE MANSFIELD ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT, SENATE CLOTURE, EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • LBJ WORRIES ABOUT DELAYS ON POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE; HOWARD SMITH'S OPPOSITION TO YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES SECTION OF POVERTY BILL; PHIL LANDRUM; SENATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON BILL; TIMING OF POVERTY BILL, CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE; LISTER HILL
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES PERKINS ON PASSAGE OF EDUCATION BILL; PERKINS COMMENTS ON ADAM CLAYTON POWELL'S HANDLING OF BILL; LBJ MIMICS CONGRESSMAN ADOLPH SABATH'S SPEECHES TO CONGRESS REPORTING RESOLUTIONS FROM HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
  • MOYERS GIVES LBJ CURRENT HEAD COUNT ON EDUCATION BILL IN SENATE COMMITTEE; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S AMENDMENT TO CHANGE FUNDS' ALLOCATION FORMULA; NEED TO OBTAIN VOTES OF JENNINGS RANDOLPH AND LISTER HILL FOR SENATE TO PASS HOUSE BILL WITHOUT AMENDMENT
  • LBJ ASKS WILLIAMS TO MEET WITH HIM AND HARRY BYRD, SR., TODAY AT WH ABOUT TREASURY SECRETARY APPOINTMENT; WILLIAMS TELLS LBJ THAT SENATE IS ABOUT TO VOTE TO SEND VOTING RIGHTS BILL TO COMMITTEE
  • MURPHY REPORTS ON BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE, BUSINESS' CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATION, PRODUCTIVITY, MERGERS; LBJ SUGGESTS WH MEETING, DISCUSSES ADMINISTRATION'S PLANS, ASKS ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF HUD
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CUTOFF OF FUNDS TO ALABAMA WELFARE DEPT PRIOR TO PASSAGE OF BILLS IN LISTER HILL'S COMMITTEE; AMA OPPOSITION TO HEART, CANCER, STROKE BILL; GEORGE REEDY'S HEALTH; HIGHER EDUCATION BILL; TASK FORCE TO APPROVE EDUCATION
  • POWELL REPORTS THAT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS PASSED MINIMUM WAGE BILL WITH PROVISION TO DELAY $1.60 RATE FOR ONE YEAR; LBJ ASKS POWELL TO GET INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH BILLS OUT OF COMMITTEE
  • NEED TO IMPROVE LOBBYING EFFORTS FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SMALL BUSINESS LEGISLATION; MANSFIELD'S REPORT ON VIETNAM; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ COMPARES SAM RAYBURN, CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL
  • DISCUSSION OF HOUSE VOTE RETAINING ADMINISTRATION'S POVERTY APPROPRIATIONS; LBJ ASKS POWELL TO SUPPORT HOUSE BILL IN CONFERENCE; EFFORTS TO RESTRICT POWELL'S POWER AS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED TO HOLD DOWN POVERTY, EDUCATION SPENDING
  • SHRIVER TELLS LBJ ABOUT FAVORABLE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON POVERTY AUTHORIZATION BILL, INCLUDING REPEAL OF GOVERNORS' VETO PROVISION; LBJ CONGRATULATES SHRIVER; STATUS OF POVERTY APPROPRIATIONS BILL; WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION