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  • LBJ ASKS FOR QUICK PASSAGE OF BILL AUTHORIZING SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES, FORMER PRESIDENTS AND PERMITTING INTERAGENCY COOPERATION FOR PROTECTION; LBJ SAYS HE ORDERED PROTECTION FOLLOWING SHOOTING OF RFK; EISENHOWER'S
  • Allott, Gordon, 1907-1989
  • Telephone conversation # 13108, sound recording, LBJ and GORDON ALLOTT, 6/5/1968, 8:30AM
  • GORDON ALLOTT
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, THEN ASKS COOPER TO SERVE ON IT; COOPER ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT
  • Cooper, John Sherman, 1901-
  • Telephone conversation # 157, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, 11/29/1963, 5:45PM
  • JOHN SHERMAN COOPER
  • TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI WEATHER, RANCHING CONDITIONS; STATUS OF INVESTIGATION OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, EFFECTS OF TRIP BY ALLEN DULLES; LBJ PRAISES JOHNSON FOR COOPERATION; JOHNSON COMPLAINS OF PRESS COVERAGE; IMPLEMENTATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA IF DOD IS ASSISTING FBI IN INVESTIGATION OF 3 MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI; MCNAMARA DESCRIBES EXTENT OF DOD COOPERATION
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND ALLEN DULLES AS OBSERVER IN SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; JOHNSON DESCRIBES MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITIES' COOPERATION WITH FBI IN SEARCH OF SWAMP, HIS PRESS STATEMENT, MISSISSIPPI'S DILEMMA, TENSION THERE
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND ALLEN DULLES AS OBSERVER IN SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; JOHNSON DESCRIBES MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITIES' COOPERATION WITH FBI IN SEARCH OF SWAMP, HIS PRESS STATEMENT, MISSISSIPPI'S DILEMMA, TENSION THERE
  • SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MEETING; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOUTH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; NEED FOR MODERATION, NOT RIOTS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO COOPERATE WITH GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, NEW JERSEY; IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
  • SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MEETING; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOUTH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; NEED FOR MODERATION, NOT RIOTS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO COOPERATE WITH GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, NEW JERSEY; IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
  • PROBLEM SEATING MFDP, IMPACT ON SOUTHERN STATES; SOUTHERN GOVERNORS' COOPERATION ON LOUISIANA SCHOOL DESEGREGATION, INVESTIGATION OF MURDERS IN MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RFK; GEORGE MEANY; DETROIT LABOR DAY
  • DISCUSSION OF DISCOVERY OF BODIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI; LBJ DISCUSSES TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, HIS BUSY DAY, THANKS JOHNSON FOR HIS COOPERATION; JOHNSON ASKS LBJ ABOUT HIS HEALTH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SCHEDULE, UPCOMING
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SEATING OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; GOV. PAUL JOHNSON'S COOPERATION WITH INVESTIGATION OF MURDER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; RICHARD DALEY'S VIEW THAT DELEGATES SHOULD PLEDGE TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC
  • DISCUSSION OF RACIAL SITUATION IN MISSISSIPPI, BOMBING OF HOMES OF THREE WOMEN, LACK OF LOCAL POLICE COOPERATION IN INVESTIGATION, NEED FOR INCREASED JUSTICE DEPT, FBI INVOLVEMENT
  • WALLACE EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CONDITIONS IN ALABAMA AFTER SELMA MARCH, EFFECTS OF PROTESTS ON STATE ECONOMY; LBJ PROMISES COOPERATION, RECOMMENDS WALLACE CALL UP NATIONAL GUARD AND LBJ FEDERALIZE IT IF NECESSARY; POSSIBILITY OF VIOLENCE
  • DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED LEGISLATION AUTHORIZING SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND INTERAGENCY COOPERATION TO ASSIST SECRET SERVICE IN PROVIDING SUCH PROTECTION; NEED FOR HIGHER SALARIES FOR SECRET SERVICE PERSONNEL