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  • , Secretary of the Navy Robert Anderson, and Secretary of the Air Force Harold Talbott. On 1/30 LBJ praises the appointment of Anderson, but believes the “big business” image of Defense Secretary Wilson and the other nominees will be a handicap in their jobs
  • , on duty in Paris as NATO commander, announces he will run for president as a Republican if he receives a “clear-cut call to political duty,” but will not actively seek the nomination. The other Republican candidates are Robert Taft, Earl Warren and Harold
  • for a seat on Judiciary. 1/3 Glen and Marie Wilson join LBJ’s Senate staff. 1/4 LBJ is elected Senate majority leader at the Democratic Caucus. Earle Clements is re-elected Democratic whip. 1/5 The 84th Congress convenes. The party ratio in the Senate
  • the President’s yacht. LBJ hosts a luncheon today for postal union leaders. He also makes a number of phone calls--to Jim Wilson, Yarborough, and Jim Mathis-- concerning Mathis’ story in today’s Houston Post about Padre Island. That evening he attends a Texas
  • Johnson) scheduled to arrive in Washington on 12/31 or 1/1. January 1/1 Ed Weisl, Preparedness Subcommittee counsel, reveals on 12/31 that the subcommittee investigating U.S. missiles and satellite programs has decided against calling Charles E. Wilson
  • :55 a.m. 4/15 At Ranch. Day spent driving around with guests, lunch at Ranch, boating at Haywood and dinner at Ranch with Cong. and Mrs. Jack Brooks, Jessie Hunter, MF, Mr. & Mrs. Bassell Wilson. 4/16 Speaks separately with Houston Harte and Conway
  • hemisphere. 3/29 Ted Andress writes LBJ about the political situation. He writes that Will Wilson would like to run for governor but if Shivers runs for re-election, Wilson is considering running against LBJ. He also writes: “It is my estimate that you
  • with Texas delegation. During afternoon meets with Walker Stone, talks with Thornberry re: Will Wilson wire (?), and later to Lee White and Arthur Goldberg re: Bobby Troutman. 1/11 Talks with Goldberg re: Troutman. At 12:30 Kennedy delivers State of Union
  • : training program at the Bethlehem yard; they discuss the advisability of abandoning every project in order to throw all machines and men into the “vital” training centers. 3/4 LBJ meets with Bill Wilson of NYA and Admiral Greenslade in San Francisco. 3/5
  • Springs had asked that she be removed. Miss Smith, in a story in the Daily Texan, said that U.T. President Logan Wilson decided to remove her from the role to insure her safety and because there was a possibility that her appearance would precipitate a cut