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Folder, "Passage and Signature," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 3 (Item)
  • of S. 3010 as amended, is to centr~lize in one new Cabinet-level department the responsibility for leadership in the development, direction, and coordination of the principal transporta­ tion policies, functionsJ .and operations of the Federal
Folder, "Decision on Transportation," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)
  • and the advisors . -- Emphasize increased researchand . 0 committee would . development. • - - Develop a modern dry bulk carrier fleet (Bulk carri~s ·are the ·ships we now need in view of our growing b~k .trade .. The tastforce . recommends 5 sucij new ships
Telephone conversation # 10442, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/28/1966, 3:30PM? (Item)
  • SLIP LISTS CALL AS 7/29/66, 4:03P; CONTEXT OF CALL INDICATES CALL IS IN AFTERNOON OF 7/28/66; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH CALIFANO IN MANSION AT 3:30P, 5:05P, 5:25P, 5:42P, 6:12P; CONTEXT INDICATES CALL IS PROBABLY AT 3:30P
  • CALIFANO RELAYS LATEST NEWS ON NEGOTIATIONS TO END AIRLINE STRIKE BY INTERNATIONAL ASSN OF MACHINISTS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT CARRIERS' UNHAPPINESS WITH LATEST OFFER; STATUS OF BILL TO END STRIKE IN SENATE COMMITTEE; RFK'S VIEWS; ECONOMIC
Folder, "The Message - Vol. II [1 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)
  • bis Committee. Senator McClellan told Alan Boyd and me that he will hold the hearings himself on the Department of Transportation bill and will "expedite" the matter. His first question concerned what functions if any the new Department would take from
Folder, "The 1964 Task Forces," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)
  • this outline could be prepared very easily. Therefore, I patterned my draft 'more along the lines of the Budget outline, which contains a number of new proposals. I have also added a few proposals of my own. If there is to be no Transportation Message, I would
Folder, "Legislative Struggle - Vol. II [1 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 3 (Item)
  • ~:pa.r.t~ent_~~.Defen~e. a new frc.mework President, and subject to the provisions of Defense shall'have·direction, authority, and of Defense. • The Secretary shall be the President in all .~tters relating to the • .. .. '.'( l~) 'l'he D~pa.rtrr.cnt
Telephone conversation # 10646, sound recording, LBJ and WARREN MAGNUSON, 8/27/1966, 10:38AM (Item)
  • MAGNUSON TELLS LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; MAGNUSON'S MEETING WITH PAUL HALL ABOUT HALL'S POSITION ON MARITIME ADMINSTRATION'S ROLE IN NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT; LBJ READS STATEMENT ON MARITIME ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT; ROLE OF NEW TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 3181, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 4/29/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, JOHN YOUNG'S VOTE; LBJ INSTRUCTS FELDMAN TO CALL OREN HARRIS, TRUCKING INTERESTS, ON NEW TRANSPORTATION BILL
Telephone conversation # 1195, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/6/1964, 3:40PM (Item)
  • CONSOLIDATING WH PHOTOGRAPHERS' LABS; YOICHI OKAMOTO; INDONESIA; SUKARNO; FOREIGN AID BILL; NAJEEB HALABY AND SST BOARD; EDWARD MURROW SUCCESSOR AT USIA; NEW SPEECHWRITERS; TED SORENSEN RESIGNATION; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER; JOHN B. MARTIN; ADAM
Telephone conversation # 3175, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 4/28/1964, 7:18PM (Item)
  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; JOHN YOUNG; TIP O'NEILL, HALE BOGGS; RAILROAD, TRUCKING VERSUS PORT INTERESTS; POSSIBILITY OF PASSING NEW BILL; CLOSING OF WATERTOWN, SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS DEFENSE FACILITIES; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 3176, sound recording, LBJ and OREN HARRIS, 4/28/1964, 7:29PM (Item)
  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL OPPOSED BILL; POSSIBILITY OF PASSING NEW BILL; RAILROAD, TRUCKING VERSUS PORT INTERESTS; JOHN YOUNG; RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN BY HARRIS IN ARKANSAS
Telephone conversation # 7324, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/7/1965, 9:17AM (Item)
  • VOTING RIGHTS BILL; APPOINTMENT OF HEADS OF TAX, ANTITRUST DIVISIONS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON ANTITRUST; LLOYD CUTLER AS POSSIBLE CIA DIRECTOR; EFFECT OF RESIDUAL OIL IMPORTS ON COAL INDUSTRY; POWER COMPANIES' INFLUENCE IN NEW ENGLAND; STEWART UDALL'S
Telephone conversation # 8813, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/2/1965, 1:24PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE SELECTED STEEL PRICE INCREASES TO AVOID STRIKE; INFLATIONARY EFFECT OF STEEL PRICE INCREASE, INCREASE IN AUTO PRICES; CLARK CLIFFORD'S ROLE IN STEEL TALKS; DALLAS MORNING NEWS PURCHASE OF DALLAS SUBURBAN PAPERS; IMMIGRATION
Telephone conversation # 10211, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY FORD II, 6/3/1966, 1:30PM (Item)
  • FORD'S CONCERN ABOUT SHORT LENGTH OF TIME IN WHICH AUTO INDUSTRY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MEET NEW STANDARDS IN PROPOSED TRAFFIC SAFETY BILL; LBJ'S ALLEGED RECENT CRITICISM OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY; LBJ RELAYS CALIFANO'S VIEWS ON ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION
Telephone conversation # 10553, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ LISTENS TO TV NEWS AT TIMES DURING CONVERSATION; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 9460, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 1/7/1966, 1:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON CALL FROM NELSON ROCKEFELLER REQUESTING FEDERAL DISASTER AID FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY NYC TRANSIT STRIKE, TELLS WIRTZ TO CONTACT OEP, SMALL BUSINESS AND VETERANS ADMINISTRATIONS, CONGRESSMEN ABOUT POSSIBLE AID; NEW YORK STATE POLITICS
Telephone conversation # 10925, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 10/5/1966, 4:12PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES OPPOSITION BY GERALD FORD AND MARITIME INTERESTS TO BILL CREATING NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT, SUGGESTS DWIGHT EISENHOWER EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR BILL; ANDERSON RECOMMENDS JOHN LOEB FOR CABINET, ASKS FOR HELP ON BILL GRANTING RELIEF TO US
Telephone conversation # 13835, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 12/31/1968, 3:02PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; MANDATORY INCREASES FOR MEDICAID, HIGHWAYS, FEDERAL PAY, CRIME CONTROL, SOCIAL SECURITY; DOD BUDGET CUTS; CHINESE NUCLEAR TEST; SENTINEL PROGRAM; NEW YEAR'S WISHES; LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD TO WORK ON STATE OF UNION
Folder, "The Message - Vol. II [2 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)
  • . Ervin Non-coinm.ittal. Gruening Okay. Muskie Sounds pretty go6d, but warns that Scn~tors will bo conce1·ned ahout rol of cc1·tain existing agencies such as FA.A, after trans!e1· to new Dopt,.2/: All the way with us I •Ribicoff Harris Open mind
Folder, "The Message - Vol. I [2 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)
  • beset the advantageous are steps for the new Depart­ that can and should be taken immediately: 1. Maritime I am today issuing Labor Management difficult manning, • - have hampered the Secretary program order Commission to aid in resolving
Folder, "The Message - Vol. I [1 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)
  • to the same effect could be included in Section 3 either as a part of or as a new subsection following Sub~ection (d), with the succeeding Subsections to be renum• bered as required. In either event, Section 8(1) should be amended to insert the following
Telephone conversation # 7141, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 3/23/1965, 4:54PM (Item)
  • MILLS REPORTS HOUSE TO INTRODUCE NEW MEDICARE BILL TOMORROW; COFFEE AGREEMENT; CANADIAN AUTO PARTS BILL; LBJ ASKS MILLS TO ENACT BILLS BY EASTER; COHEN SUMMARIZES MEDICARE BILL'S PROVISIONS; OPPOSITION OF AMA, INSURANCE COMPANIES; EFFECT ON FEDERAL
Telephone conversation # 7142, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR COHEN, 3/23/1965, 5:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ CHECKS WITH COHEN ABOUT TIME OF INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEDICARE BILL; PROPRIETY OF ISSUING PRESS STATEMENT TONIGHT CONGRATULATING WILBUR MILLS, HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BILL; LBJ TELLS COHEN TO DICTATE STATEMENT; LBJ ASKS MILLS ABOUT CANADIAN AUTO PARTS
Telephone conversation # 10552, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION AT TIMES TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Folder, "Volume I – Narrative History, The Administrative History of the Department of Transportation Act [1 of 2]," Department of Transportation Administrative History, Box 1 (Item)
  • . Equal opportunity programs f. Organization for emergency preparedness 3. New administrative elements a. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation , b. Urban Mass Transit Administration 1. B. Programs of the Department of Transportation 1. Highway
Folder, "State of the Union," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)
  • , was decision that the contribution of transportation to our economy and way the creation of a new Cabinet-level "Department of Transportation." . The following figures serve as examples to bring the importance of transporta­ tion irito focus. America spent
Folder, "Legislative Struggle - Vol. I [3 of 3]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)
  • shall be renumbered and a new Section~ inserted as follows, "THE'tNATIONAL OFFICEOF TRANSPORTATION SERVICE" "Section 5(a). There is hereby established within the Department a \ N3tional Office of Transportation Service at the head of'cy'hich shall
Folder, "Foundation For Action - 1965 Task Forces [2 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)
  • . Alternative torms ot truck taxes should be developed. Wapill taxes on the shipper 11181' be teasible. •• 2. ~ster excise tax on new automobiles to the Highway Trust Flmd. Comment: 'l'o~ Recommendation: ~ ignores the problem. ot tax equity among highvq
Folder, "Volume I – Narrative History, The Administrative History of the Department of Transportation Act [2 of 2]," Department of Transportation Administrative History, Box 1 (Item)
  • dollar amounts, whet~er new legislation would be required, or whether the program could be accomplished under existing legislation but with budgetary increases. 2. :• Develop alteJ.:D.~ti.v:~ _reQ.:r,.gaz:i_iz~Jionp}.~1:te..JfL,i~p_r,.9y_tLth
Folder, "Foundation For Action - 1965 Task Forces [1 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)
  • at the highest levels of Government. New program emphasis led to the creation of a Federal Aviation Agency outside the Department of Commerce. The inception of a program to assist urban mass transportation h::is led to an increasing transportation function
Folder, "Legislative Struggle - Vol. II [2 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 3 (Item)
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/30/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • r a i l s i l v e r s ic k le of a new m o o n a n d the b r e e z e on the to p d e c k w a s v e r y w e lc o m e , I s e t t l e d down f i r s t f o r a long d i s c u s s io n w ith A lan B oyd a b o u t the freew ay c o n t r o v e r s y in San
  • LBJ & Lady Bird to National City Christian Church; read newspapers; Saul Pett interviews Lady Bird for article on LBJ; Johnsons watch Sunday news programs; lunch; Lady Bird bowls; guests arrive for dinner on the "Sequoia;" Lady Bird names guests