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  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • INCLUSION OF LANGUAGE ON LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT IN CIVIL RIGHTS PLATFORM PLANK TO INCREASE SUPPORT FROM SOUTHERN STATES; NEED FOR VOTES OF RUSSELL TUTEN, ELLIOT HAGAN FOR POVERTY BILL; FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR CROSS-GEORGIA CANAL; CLOSING FORT STEWART
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ RECOUNTS EFFORTS TO GET POVERTY BILL VOTES; CLOSING NAVY SHIPYARDS; UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES ON ELIMINATION OF RFK AS VP NOMINEE, HIS ROLE IN CAMPAIGN, FUTURE; HYANNIS PORT STRATEGY MEETING OF RFK SUPPORTERS; 1962 BAN ON CAMPAIGNING BY CABINET
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ ASKS BROOKS AND HIS WIFE TO DINNER 8/16/64; DISCUSSION OF TEXAS DELEGATION'S VOTES ON UPCOMING APPALACHIA BILL, PAST VOTES ON POVERTY BILL; CONSTITUTIONALITY OF LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT LEGISLATION; LBJ ASKS ABOUT "ALBERT'S" (THOMAS'?) HEALTH
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • MOYERS ASKS SHRIVER IF LBJ CAN ANNOUNCE OPENING OF CONSERVATION CAMPS AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; SHRIVER ADVISES THAT LBJ WAIT UNTIL AFTER NOTIFICATION OF GOVERNORS BECAUSE LAW PERMITS THEM TO VETO POVERTY PROJECTS
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • CONTINUATION OF PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON PLANS TO ATTEND DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, SIGNING CEREMONY FOR POVERTY BILL
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ REPORTS HIS MEETING WITH WALTER REUTHER CONCERNED POVERTY PROGRAM, NOT POSSIBLE STRIKE; MCKEE DISCUSSES HIS PLANS TO WORK IN LBJ'S CAMPAIGN, AUTO MAKERS' POSITION ON UAW NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ STRESSES HIS DESIRE FOR PRICE STABILITY; MICHIGAN
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ'S FORMER COLLEGE CLASSMATE CONGRATULATES HIM ON DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, ASKS FOR ADVICE ON GETTING A JOB WITH POVERTY PROGRAM, REMINDS HIM SHE TOLD HIM HE WOULD BE PRESIDENT ONE DAY; LBJ INVITES HER TO LBJ RANCH AND GIVES HER DIRECTIONS
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DISCUSSION OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION IN MISSISSIPPI AND IN ST. HELENA PARISH, LOUISIANA; LBJ DISCUSSES CUTS IN FEDERAL BUDGET, GREAT SOCIETY POVERTY PROGRAMS, RECENT NYC RIOTS AND NEED TO COMBAT YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • JENKINS GIVES RUNDOWN OF POVERTY BILL VOTE YESTERDAY; VOTE ON FRELINGHUYSEN MOTION TO RECOMMIT IS IN PROGRESS DURING CALL; LIFE MAGAZINE ARTICLE ON LBJ; ROBERT HOLLINGSWORTH AS AEC GENERAL MANAGER; LBJ'S MAIL; JENKINS READS FINAL RECOMMITTAL MOTION
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DISCUSSION OF PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES FOR SENATE APPROVAL OF POVERTY BILL; NEED TO AVOID CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, ADDITIONAL RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON BILL; LOYALTY OATH AMENDMENT; LBJ'S PERSONAL LOBBYING EFFORTS FOR BILL
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR SENATE TO ACCEPT HOUSE VERSION OF POVERTY BILL TO AVOID CONFERENCE; O'BRIEN REPORTS PAT MCNAMARA WILL ACCEPT HOUSE BILL; BUSINESS OPPOSITION TO BILLS; APPALACHIA BILL; REMAINING BILLS: HOUSING, FOOD FOR PEACE, FOOD STAMP BILLS
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON SCHEDULING SENATE VOTE ON POVERTY BILL MONDAY; CONCERNS OF ADAM YARMOLINSKY, OTHERS, THAT LOYALTY OATH AMENDMENT WILL UNDERMINE WORK-STUDY PROVISION OF BILL; FARM LOAN AMENDMENT; NEED FOR SENATE TO ACCEPT HOUSE BILL TO AVOID
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES LANDRUM ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL, ASKS HIS HELP WITH IMPLEMENTATION IN SOUTH; POSSIBLE PROBLEMS IN SENATE; LOYALTY OATH, FARM LOAN AMENDMENTS; CHARLES HALLECK; EDITH GREEN; GEORGIA UAW PROBLEMS AND LANDRUM'S RE-ELECTION
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • NEED FOR SENATE TO CONCUR ON HOUSE POVERTY BILL TO AVOID CONFERENCE; PHIL LANDRUM'S RE-ELECTION; STEEL PRICES; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RALPH YARBOROUGH; MEDICARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; DNC AND LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; VOTER REGISTRATION
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ'S HEALTH; CYPRUS; POVERTY BILL; '64 CAMPAIGN; TEXAS DEMOCRATIC ORGANIZATION; LOUISIANA SCHOOL DESEGREGATION; WH BRIEFING OF GOVS.; ORVAL FAUBUS; GALLUP POLL; WHITE BACKLASH; REPUBLICAN BACKLASH; OCTOBER SOUTHERN GOVERNORS CONFERENCE; GEORGE
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON EFFORT TO SCHEDULE SENATE VOTE ON POVERTY BILL TONIGHT; MANSFIELD'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH DIRKSEN, GOLDWATER; JOHN TOWER'S, JACOB JAVITS' WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT ADVERSE EFFECT OF DELAY, PRESS STORIES ON ADAM
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS SENATE HAS AGREED BY UNANIMOUS CONSENT TO TAKE UP POVERTY BILL TOMORROW MORNING; CLIFFORD DAVIS, APPALACHIA BILL; HHH'S REQUEST FOR JUSTICE DEPT LEGAL OPINION ON LOYALTY OATH AMENDMENT; JOHN TOWER'S, JACOB JAVITS' WISH TO SPEAK
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ ASKS BUSBY TO WRITE STATEMENT ON ADMINISTRATION ACCOMPLISHMENTS IN PAST WEEK, PAST 8 MONTHS: RANGER VII, VIETNAM, POVERTY, HIGHWAY BILLS; DISCUSSION OF FUTURE GOALS, POSSIBLE TAX CUT; ROPER POLL; WHITE BACKLASH; REPUBLICAN BACKLASH; VP
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR PRESS; POSSIBLE QUESTIONS ABOUT ADAM YARMOLINSKY FOLLOWING EVANS & NOVAK COLUMN THIS AM; LBJ RECOUNTS HISTORY OF YARMOLINSKY'S ROLE IN POVERTY PROGRAM, SARGENT SHRIVER'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSMEN ABOUT YARMOLINSKY
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT ADAM YARMOLINSKY, HIS ROLE IN POVERTY PROGRAM, FOLLOWING EVANS & NOVAK COLUMN; POSSIBLE SPEECH BY HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON IN RESPONSE TO GOLDWATER'S DEFENSE SPEECH
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • HHH REPORTS THAT POVERTY BILL HAS PASSED SENATE BY VOICE VOTE; LBJ ASKS IF ANY SPEECHES WERE MADE ABOUT ADAM YARMOLINSKY; HHH REPORTS THAT JOHN TOWER AGREED NOT TO RAISE ISSUE
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DISCUSSION OF RFK RUNNING FOR SENATE IN NEW YORK; WAGNER'S RECENT MEETING WITH LBJ; MEETING BETWEEN LBJ, WAGNER IN NYC TOMORROW; IMPLEMENTATION OF POVERTY BILL IN NYC
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK BY ARMY JOURNAL ABOUT YOUTH REHABILITATION PROGRAM TO TRAIN MEN NOT PREVIOUSLY QUALIFIED FOR DRAFT; POSSIBLE EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR POVERTY PROGRAM; MCNAMARA GIVES BRIEF SITUATION REPORT ON VIETNAM, CYPRUS, CONGO
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ TEASES MAHON ABOUT PLAYING GOLF; DISCUSSION OF FUNDS FOR COTTON RESEARCH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; LBJ ASKS MAHON'S HELP IN GETTING VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; ALBERT THOMAS; JAMIE WHITTEN; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO BILL
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • SANDERS REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH RUSSELL TUTEN ABOUT HIS VOTE ON POVERTY BILL, SUGGESTS LBJ MEET WITH TUTEN ABOUT HIS SOUTHEASTERN RIVER BASIN (CROSS-GEORGIA CANAL?) PROPOSAL
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • SMITH REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH WILLIAM CAHILL ABOUT VOTES OF REPUBLICANS FOR POVERTY BILL; SCHEDULING MEETING OF LBJ, CAHILL AND SMITH TOMORROW; RICHARD HUGHES
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ ASKS MOYERS FOR LIST OF 15 REPUBLICANS, 15 DEMOCRATS FOR HIM TO CONTACT PERSONALLY ON POVERTY BILL, ASKS ABOUT PROGRESS ON SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY SPEECH; MOYERS REPORTS SPEECH WILL BE ON REASSERTING CIVILIAN CONTROL OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, NON
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • TEXAS DELEGATION VOTES ON POVERTY BILL; NAM OPPOSITION; RECOMMITTAL MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE FRELINGHUYSEN BILL; LOBBYING BY MINEWORKERS' UNION; PROPOSAL TO HAVE GEORGE MEANY LEAD INTENSIVE LABOR LOBBYING EFFORT; GEORGIA DELEGATION VOTES, DAM PROJECTS
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • SIGNING CEREMONIES FOR FEDERAL PAY BILL, MILITARY PAY BILL; SHRIVER'S LOBBYING EFFORTS ON POVERTY BILL; GEORGIA DELEGATION, SOUTH CAROLINA DELEGATION VOTES ON BILL; LBJ REQUESTS LIST OF NAMES FOR HIM TO LOBBY PERSONALLY
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • SMATHERS REPORTS ON SENATE ACTION ON FOREIGN AID, INTEREST EQUALIZATION BILLS; BRIEFING OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK BY MCNAMARA, RUSK, WHEELER; LBJ ASKS ABOUT FLORIDA DELEGATION VOTES ON POVERTY BILL; PAUL ROGERS; CHARLES
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • O'BRIEN CALLS DESAUTELS TO ASK HIM TO BRING AMENDMENT TO POVERTY BILL PREPARED BY ADAM YARMOLINSKY TO LBJ'S OFFICE RIGHT AWAY
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON POVERTY BILL; MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT UNIDENTIFIED VESSELS HAVE BEEN SIGHTED IN TONKIN GULF, CARRIER HAS LAUNCHED AIRCRAFT IN RESPONSE; DISCUSSION OF US FORCES IN AREA, POSSIBLE RETALIATION; MENDEL RIVERS, CHARLESTON NAVY YARD
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON POVERTY BILL; MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT DESTROYER IN TONKIN GULF IS UNDER TORPEDO ATTACK, RECOMMENDS RUSK, MCGEORGE BUNDY MEET WITH HIM TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTIONS, THEN WITH LBJ; LBJ ASKS FOR DETAILS OF ATTACK, US
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON POVERTY BILL; ANDERSON RECOMMENDS LBJ APPOINT CHAIRMAN OF FEDERAL DEVELOPMENT PLANNING COMMITTEE FOR ALASKA; DISCUSSION OF RIBICOFF AMENDMENT TO KING-ANDERSON MEDICARE BILL; ANDERSON EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR HHH AS VP NOMINEE
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DISCUSSION OF POVERTY BILL; MCCORMACK ASKS LBJ TO CALL "CLARK" (THOMPSON?); LBJ'S MEETING WITH GEORGE MAHON; APPALACHIA BILL; PRESS STORIES ON TROUBLE PASSING BILL; LBJ'S FRUSTRATION WITH CONGRESS; NORTHERN DEMOCRATS' CONCERNS ABOUT GOVERNOR'S VETO
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • PRESS BRIEFING ITEMS; APPOINTMENTS OF US ATTORNEY IN OREGON, CONNECTICUT JUDGES, FDR III TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT FOUNDATION BOARD; UPI REQUEST TO PHOTOGRAPH NSC MEETING; TONKIN GULF ATTACK; DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES, POSSIBLE EFFECT ON POVERTY BILL
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DISCUSSION OF JOHN MCCORMACK'S VIEW THAT GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT TO POVERTY BILL WILL NOT HURT BILL; MOYERS REPORTS JAMES DELANEY'S CONCERNS ABOUT SCHEDULING VOTE ON FRIDAY AND ABOUT AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ REPORTS ON COMPLAINTS ABOUT HAVING POVERTY BILL VOTE ON FRIDAY; "CLARK" (THOMPSON'S) COMPLAINT ABOUT LBJ'S TREATMENT OF HIM; JAKE PICKLE; LBJ, MCCORMACK COMPLAIN ABOUT CONGRESS; LBJ MIMICS GEORGE MAHON; RUSSELL TUTEN'S VOTE; MCCORMACK'S WISH
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • MOYERS REPORTS THAT SHRIVER HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT EXPANDED GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT TO POVERTY BILL; DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY TO AVOID CONFERENCE ON BILL; RECOMMENDATION THAT JOHN CONNALLY CALL JOE KILGORE; LBJ'S LOBBYING OF KILGORE
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MIXUP IN ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, BRIEFS MAHON ON MEETING, US RETALIATORY ACTION, POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION; OPPOSITION TO POVERTY BILL IN MAHON'S DISTRICT, TEXAS DELEGATION'S