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  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND DEMONSTRATIONS; DICK GREGORY; UNEMPLOYMENT; RFK SUGGESTS IMPROVEMENTS IN US OLYMPIC PARTICIPATION; BARRETT PRETTYMAN'S NARCOTICS STUDY; DESEGREGATION IN AUSTIN; RFK'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; DOUGLAS DILLON; WALTER
  • 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
  • NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE
  • DALEY INVITES LBJ TO CHICAGO FOR RALLY, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH ON SOCIAL SECURITY, TELLS HIM NOT TO WORRY ABOUT NEGATIVE POLLS; DISCUSSION OF ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL RACES; PAUL DOUGLAS' RE-ELECTION CHANCES; LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO MANILA CONFERENCE
  • 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
  • HR 6455 GIVING TAX BENEFIT TO UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS' RETIREMENT HOME IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA, POSSIBLE VETO, POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS; CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL PAY BILL, MORRIS UDALL AMENDMENT; SEABOARD WORLD AIRLINES; A.I.D
  • DISCUSSION OF HR 6455 GIVING TAX BENEFIT TO UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS' RETIREMENT HOME IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA; PRESS STORY ON EO DIRECTING PREPARATION OF PROCEDURES FOR TRANSFER OF FAA TO DOD IN EVENT OF WAR, PROTEST FROM AIR TRAFFIC
  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S SIGNING HR 6455 GIVING TAX BENEFIT TO UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS' RETIREMENT HOME IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA; NEED TO CONTACT GEORGE MEANY, GEORGE SMATHERS, SPESSARD HOLLAND TO TELL THEM LBJ WILL SIGN BILL
  • LBJ READS RECOMMENDATION TO VETO HR 6455 GIVING TAX BENEFIT TO UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS' RETIREMENT HOME IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA; TELLS DOHERTY HE WILL SIGN BILL ANYWAY, IS SIGNING IT AS THEY SPEAK; DOHERTY ASKS ABOUT SEABOARD WORLD AIRLINES
  • LBJ TELLS HOLLAND HE HAS SIGNED HR 6455 GIVING TAX BENEFIT TO UNITED BROTHERHOOD OF CARPENTERS' RETIREMENT HOME IN LAKELAND, FLORIDA, DESPITE CONTRARY ADVICE FROM SOME MEMBERS OF HIS ADMINISTRATION
  • APPOINTMENT OF JOHN MACY OR BERNARD BOUTIN AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POVERTY PROGRAM; LBJ SUGGESTS SHRIVER HAVE MILITARY OFFICERS LOANED TO PROGRAM; LUCIUS CLAY'S WWII EXPERIENCE; POSSIBILITY OF BOUTIN EVENTUALLY BECOMING DIRECTOR; HOME BUILDERS ASSN
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS LEGISLATION TO REMEDY BASIC PROBLEMS IN IMPOVERISHED AREAS AND TO PASS WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; REACTION OF PRESS TO LBJ'S RECENT STATEMENT ON WATTS, CIVIL DISORDERS
  • CANDIDATES FOR HUD SECRETARY: ROBERT WEAVER; LAURANCE ROCKEFELLER; ROBERT WAGNER; RICHARD DALEY; URBAN RENEWAL PROBLEMS; WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; LBJ'S POPULARITY, WEAKNESSES; TANK SALES TO ISRAEL; LBJ'S PLANS TO SEND OTHERS ON DIPLOMATIC
  • LBJ DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF VOTER REGISTRATION, VOTING; DEFEAT OF REPEAL OF 14-B OF TAFT-HARTLEY ACT, RENT SUPPLEMENTS, WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE, MINIMUM WAGE BILLS; LBJ ENCOURAGES WILKINS TO WORK WITH NICHOLAS KATZENBACH; WILKINS' LA ORGANIZATION
  • 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
  • "VOICES ON THIS RECORD RALPH DUNGAN; WALTER JENKINS - JUANITA ROBERTS; J. ROBERTS - ASHTON GONELLA; PRESIDENT, LEE WHITE, & 3 WOMEN FROM MCCOMB, MISS. RE BOMBING OF THEIR HOMES"; POOR SOUND QUALITY
  • SHRIVER TELLS LBJ ABOUT FAVORABLE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON POVERTY AUTHORIZATION BILL, INCLUDING REPEAL OF GOVERNORS' VETO PROVISION; LBJ CONGRATULATES SHRIVER; STATUS OF POVERTY APPROPRIATIONS BILL; WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION
  • CONTROL OF OVERSEAS TRAVEL; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF CARL SANDERS TO CIRCUIT COURT; GEORGIA POLITICS; WH CIVIL RIGHTS CONFERENCE; DC HOME RULE; WALTER, BENNETTA WASHINGTON; ARREST IN VERNON DAHMER MURDER; KKK; SOUTHERN VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS
  • Brandt, and I was glad to see there such old friends as B ill Douglas, Dean Ache son, L u c iu s C lay, and Tom C orcora n that Drew Pearson and Joe Alsop w ere included. Glad al so And Dr, M ilton Eisenhower, who's working on Lyndon's P r e sidential
  • . Up ea rly and out to the a irp ort to c atch the chartered Convair at 7:00--with L iz , of course, and B ess b e cause we w ere going to her home te rrito ry , Kentucky; and Congre ssman C arl P e rk in s whose d istrict we would be covering; B ill
  • Lady Bird trip to Kentucky; press; Lady Bird meets Gov. & Mrs. Breathitt; 8-hour tour by motorcade; Lady Bird halts car to shake hands with schoolchildren; Lady Bird walks to Arthur Robertson home & Lick Branch School; reminiscences about Fern
  • to Arlington, Virginia, to see Lynda and Chuck Robb's home; At Lynda & Chuck Robb's new home; Lynda tells humorous tale of neighborhood children watching them through the window; photo of Patrick Lyndon Nugent in the newspaper; the Arthur Krims are houseguests
  • Lady Bird goes to Marjorie Post's home, Hillwood; office work; meeting at home of David Lloyd Kreager to view artwork; visit with Peter Hurd about portrait of LBJ; Johnsons go to Camp David with guests; Lady Bird watches Gregory Peck movie, Mirage
  • watches home movies; small dinner party; architect chosen for LBJ Library; Poverty programs; photographs by Okamoto; talk with Luci Johnson; Pope's visit to New York; upcoming State of the Union
  • meets residents, Episcopal Home for Aged, and the Bethesda Chamber of Commerce on 66 thousand project; Lady Bird to Senate Ladies Luncheon; LBJ briefs members of Congress, has Congressional Leadership meeting, and presents award to Adm. H.P. Smith
  • f C l e v e l a n d , O hio, s c h o o l t e a c h e r ^ g a t h e r e d up i n t h e s t r e e t s , b oys fro m p o v e r t y s t r i c k e n homes who were w a n d e rin g l o o s e , j u s t w a i t i n g t o g e t \\ in t r o u b l e . He s
  • t h e ir w a y alon g the m o u n ta in s id e . We la n d e d in a m e a d o w , c lo s e to the c o m m u n ity o f Inez, and d r o v e up the m o u n ta in sid e to the home of Tom F l e t c h e r . Now, a l l the s ig n s w e r e hom e m a d e
  • Steelworkers; to Huntington, WV, & Inez, KY; visit to Tom Fletcher's home; to Paintsville, KY, & Mayo State Vocational School; LBJ's Courthouse speech; the Appalachian recovery plan; Lady Bird interview by Helen Thomas and Frances Lewine; LBJ TV speech
  • with guests; dinner; bridge game; conversation about aid for India, war on poverty at home, Vietnam and China; Lady Bird talks on telephone with Luci and Pat Nugent, who are snowed in at Waukegan; Luci is expecting baby in June
  • L y n d a a n d G e o r g e h a d b e e n w i t h m e. a l s o g oo d t h e a t r e . I k n ow , I t w as B a c k a t home I f o u n d th e m u p i n t h e S o la r iu m b a r r e d fro m L u c i a few days I h o p e sat And down f o r a l o n g
  • Lady Bird talks by phone to LBJ and Dr. Hurst; Laurence Rockefeller has press conference and spoke about beautification and conservation; Congress and environmental bills; Lady Bird lunches with the Rockefellers; Lady Bird takes home movies
  • training camp (Job Corps); LBJ Library and School of Political Science; San Marcos home of LBJ's parents; visit to Julia Kellam; Great Britain & our economy; beautify Washington; Great Society & Department of Interior; deer hunting
  • Lady Bird & party board buses; briefing on Teachers Corps; stop at Silver-Webster High School; Lady Bird leads group along trail to Mathis home; Lady Bird visits with family, photos are done & all ride to school; ceremony; Lady Bird gives speech