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Telephone conversation # 11191, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 12/22/1966, 9:00PM (Item)
  • DOUGLAS' CONCERNS ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO COMMITTEE TO STUDY CITY PROBLEMS, CUTS IN GREAT SOCIETY BECAUSE OF VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASE IN FEDERAL SPENDING ON POOR, POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; DOUGLAS RECOMMENDS CUTS IN SPACE PROGRAM
  • Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976
  • Telephone conversation # 11191, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 12/22/1966, 9:00PM
  • PAUL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 9856, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 3/9/1966, 9:15AM (Item)
  • ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; LBJ THANKS DOUGLAS FOR HIS ACTION YESTERDAY (ON TAX BILL?), DISCUSSES FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY OF RECENT BILLS; GEORGE MEANY'S SUGGESTION ON TIMING, RATE OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES IN PENDING BILL; EFFECT OF BILL ON ELECTIONS
  • Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976
  • Telephone conversation # 9856, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 3/9/1966, 9:15AM
  • PAUL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 3536, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/28/1964, 11:03AM (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: LBJ AND DOUGLAS DILLON'S STATEMENTS AT CEREMONY THIS MORNING; LBJ'S MEETINGS THIS MORNING WITH JOHN MCCONE ON WORLD SITUATION, WITH WILLARD WIRTZ ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, POVERTY, EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 7050, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 3/10/1965, 9:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED DOUGLAS DILLON AS SECRETARY OF TREASURY; CRAWFORD GREENEWALT'S CONSERVATIVE POSITION ON SOCIAL SECURITY, GOVT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; UPCOMING ANTITRUST RULING ON DUPONT; EDGAR KAISER; KERMIT GORDON
Telephone conversation # 6305, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/9/1964, 11:57AM (Item)
  • MARGARET CHASE SMITH ADS FOR GOLDWATER; EFFORT TO PURGE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN WHO SUPPORTED GOLDWATER; HHH'S REPLACEMENT AS SENATE WHIP; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DISCUSSES ACCURACY OF HER ELECTION PREDICTIONS; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION; DOUGLAS DILLON
Telephone conversation # 9673, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 2/25/1966, 3:55PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE AEC FACILITY IN MAHON'S DISTRICT; MAHON'S CONCERNS THAT FACILITY WILL BE PUT ELSEWHERE IN TEXAS; RELEASE OF FUNDS FOR FARMERS HOME LOANS; FRB DECISION TO TIGHTEN CREDIT; DELAY IN RENT SUPPLEMENT, TEACHER CORPS APPROPRIATIONS; VIETNAM
Folder, "[September 15, 1967 - Meeting with AFL-CIO Executive Council]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • and opportunities. He mentioned the insurance companies' pledge o1 $1 billion to aid the construction of homes for poor families as an example of the needed involvement of the private sector. The President hoped that "the labor movement will want to outdo
Folder, "[Papers for] November 14, 1968 Special Cabinet Room Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • discrimination of every kind• .We can provide a decent job for every worker and a decent home lI I ! for every family. I ·I I Today, most .Americans are not poor; most young people have ..... ·an opportunity for college education; most mothers