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  • Contributor > O'Brien, Lawrence F. (Lawrence Francis), 1917-1990 (remove)

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  • VANCE HARTKE; ABE RIBICOFF; TAX BILL; THE ECONOMY; GEORGE SMATHERS AND ALBERT GORE; RUSSELL LONG; SENATE FILIBUSTER; HARRY BYRD AND WALLACE BENNETT; SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE; J. WILLIS ROBERTSON; DIVIDEND TAX CREDIT
  • , probably led by Abe Ribicoff, and that Wilbur Mills flatly stated he didn't think that an excise tax bill was a proper vehicle to impose safety regulations in the auto industry. And he refused to go along with the suggestion. It was a good idea, though. G
  • ; Arthur Goldberg's resignation from the Supreme Court and appointment as United Nations (UN) ambassador; Adlai Stevenson as UN ambassador; Abe Fortas' appointment to the Supreme Court; Lyndon Johnson's (LBJ) relationships with Abe Fortas and Clark Clifford
  • at the convention; the role of LBJ and the DNC the convention; efforts to establish dialogue between the Humphrey campaign and young people; violence caused by the youth movement and Chicago police; altercations at the convention between Abe Ribicoff and Richard
  • who really were McGovern supporters were the most critical of the campaign. Abe Ribicoff was probably the most highly visible party regular in the country in support of McGovern. He dwelled at some length on his frustrations and the lack
  • together an organization for Los Angeles in which every state delegation was assigned to a Kennedy person, and that Kennedy person, whether it was Abe Ribicoff or John Bailey or whoever--and there were a large number of them then--would literally live
  • LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY ON MEDICARE BILL; RIBICOFF AMENDMENT, KING-ANDERSON BILL, POSSIBLE COMPROMISE IN CONFERENCE; RULES COMMITTEE FAILURE TO VOTE ON APPALACHIA BILL; DIRKSEN LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT RIDER TO FOREIGN AID BILL; WILLIAM TUCK
  • DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY FOR HANDLING AUTHORIZATION, APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARA, ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS BILLS; PRESS STORIES ON MEETING YESTERDAY OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON MEDICARE BILL; RIBICOFF AMENDMENT AND KING-ANDERSON BILL
  • PRESS STORY ON MEETING YESTERDAY ON MEDICARE BILL; RIBICOFF AMENDMENT; KING-ANDERSON BILL; LABOR'S POSITION ON MEDICARE; APPALACHIA BILL AND RULES COMMITTEE; NEED FOR JUSTICE DEPT RECOMMENDATION ON LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT LEGISLATION
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON MEETING WITH ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, GEORGE SMATHERS, RUSSELL LONG, MIKE MANSFIELD, HHH ON MEDICARE BILL, MEETING WITH ANDREW BIEMILLER; POVERTY BILL, PLANNED SPEECH BY GOLDWATER, HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ACTION, FARM GRANT IN SENATE
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH RFK AND THEIR DISCUSSION OF MODEL CITIES, RFK'S PRESIDENTIAL ASPIRATIONS, VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES RECENT PUBLIC STATEMENTS BY RFK, ABRAHAM RIBICOFF CRITICIZING LBJ, SAYS HE DOES NOT BELIEVE RFK COULD DEFEAT HIM