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  • Foreign aid
  • DIRKSEN RIDER TO FOREIGN AID BILL POSTPONING COURT-ORDERED REAPPORTIONMENT OF STATE LEGISLATURES; HOUSE VOTE ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; GALLUP POLL ON 1964 ELECTION; REPUBLICAN BACKLASH; WHITE BACKLASH, PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S UNPOPULARITY IN SOUTH
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • Telephone conversation # 4794, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/7/1964, 12:40PM
  • WALTER JENKINS
  • WALTER JENKINS
  • "#4"; LBJ IS MEETING WITH WALTER JENKINS AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY AFTER LBJ PUTS CALL ON SPEAKERPHONE; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART-DONOR'S DEED OF GIFT (C)
  • Foreign aid
  • BOGGS RECOUNTS EVENTS IN CONGRESS ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL, PRAISES JOHN MCCORMACK AND CARL ALBERT, DERIDES CHARLES HALLECK; GERALD FORD'S ACCUSATION THAT DOD PROVIDED TRANSPORT FOR DEMOCRATS ONLY; LBJ ADVISES BOGGS ON PRESS COVERAGE
  • RECORDING SKIPS; OFFICE SECRETARY TELLS LBJ HE HAS MESSAGES FROM HALE BOGGS AND ORVILLE FREEMAN; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH WALTER JENKINS PRECEDES CONVERSATION WITH FREEMAN
  • Foreign aid
  • "LEGISLATION"; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS AND ON NEXT RECORDING; JENKINS, BILL MOYERS ARE IN WASHINGTON, DC
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • Telephone conversation # 4823, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/8/1964, 10:52AM
  • WALTER JENKINS
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • Telephone conversation # 534, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 12/18/1963, 4:20PM
  • WALTER JENKINS
  • "LEGISLATION"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; JENKINS IS IN DC; OFFICE CONVERSATION IN MIDDLE OF CALL WHILE LBJ WAITS FOR HOUSE VOTE RESULTS
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • Telephone conversation # 4822, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/8/1964, 10:52AM
  • WALTER JENKINS
  • WALTER JENKINS
  • "#4"; RECORDING IS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED BY ANNOUNCEMENT OF CALL FOR JACK VALENTI; LBJ TRANSFERS CALL TO WALTER JENKINS; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • JORDAN EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ, DISCUSSES NEED FOR PROMPT SENATE PASSAGE OF COTTON BILL, ASKS LBJ TO CALL ALLEN ELLENDER ABOUT BILL; APPOINTMENT OF EUGENE GORDON AS FEDERAL JUDGE; JORDAN DISCUSSES BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION WITH JENKINS; DON
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • Telephone conversation # 5218, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/26/1964, 12:30PM
  • WALTER JENKINS
  • LBJ IS MEETING WITH WALTER JENKINS AT TIME OF CALL; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH JENKINS THROUGHOUT CALL
  • WALTER JENKINS
  • "RE: YARMOLINSKY & LEGISLATION"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH WALTER JENKINS, JACK BROOKS?, OTHERS AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ, MCCORMACK DISCUSS OTTO PASSMAN, CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID BILL; GERALD FORD'S POSITION ON BILL; PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT WITH LBJ ON BILL; LBJ EXPRESSES DISGUST WITH PASSMAN, DEFENDS FOREIGN AID, SAYS CUT IN FOREIGN AID
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL: DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE MAHON AT TIME OF CALL; WALTER JENKINS IS ALSO APPARENTLY WITH LBJ, MAHON
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES AGREEMENT HE HAD REACHED WITH OTTO PASSMAN ABOUT FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT; FORD DISCUSSES HIS UNDERSTANDING OF PASSMAN'S VIEWS; COMPROMISE LANGUAGE ON WHEAT AMENDMENT ON TRADE WITH USSR; NEED TO PASS BILL BEFORE
  • Foreign aid
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF WYOMING WATER, IRRIGATION PROJECTS; MCGEE REPORTS ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL AND OTTO PASSMAN'S REFUSAL TO COMPROMISE ON AMENDMENT ON TRADE WITH COMMUNIST COUNTRIES
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ SAYS FLORIDA FEDERAL PROJECTS WILL BE INCLUDED IN BUDGET; HOLLAND REPORTS ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; OTTO PASSMAN, REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO COMPROMISE; GERALD FORD'S POSITION; LBJ ASKS FOR HOLLAND'S HELP
  • Foreign aid
  • LANGUAGE OF PROVISION OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL ON EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES OF SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; CARL ALBERT SAYS OTTO PASSMAN WILL BE CONTINUING PROBLEM; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT VOTE ON GUAM; ALBERT THOMAS' TALKS WITH PASSMAN
  • Foreign aid
  • MCCORMACK EXPRESSES OUTRAGE THAT CHARLES HALLECK INSISTS CONGRESS ADJOURN WITHOUT TAKING ACTION ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; REPUBLICAN POLITICAL TACTICS; GERALD FORD'S COMMENT THAT DOD IS PROVIDING TRANSPORTATION FOR DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ THANKS MCCORMACK FOR STATEMENTS IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD AND BOSTON GLOBE; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT; REPUBLICAN STRATEGY; NEED TO PASS EDUCATION, APPROPRIATION BILLS BEFORE ADJOURNMENT; INTEREST EQUALIZATION, FOREIGN AID
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ ASKS FOR FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS; FULBRIGHT DISCUSSES KENNEDY CENTER BILL; FUNDING FOR CENTER; AMENDMENTS TO FOREIGN AID BILL ON YUGOSLAVIA, POPULATION CONTROL; LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ABOUT ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS, CUBA, VIETNAM; HENRY CABOT LODGE; LAOS
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD TO COME TO WH FOR MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC); MANSFIELD SAYS SENATE MAY BE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID BILL; LBJ SAYS WAYNE MORSE HAS ALREADY AGREED TO COME, ASKS MANSFIELD IF EVERETT DIRKSEN, BOURKE HICKENLOOPER SHOULD ALSO
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; MCCORMACK SAYS VOTE IS NOT A DEFEAT FOR DEMOCRATS; LBJ SAYS HE HOPES TO SEE MCCORMACK AND LEW DESCHLER AT WH RECEPTION THIS AFTERNOON
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ INQUIRES ABOUT ALBERT'S HEALTH; ALBERT CONGRATULATES LBJ ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; REPUBLICAN CRITICISM; FEDERAL BUDGET; TAX BILL; HOWARD CANNON; AUTHORIZATION BILLS; FOREIGN AID; SARGENT SHRIVER; OTTO PASSMAN
  • Foreign aid
  • POSSIBLE RAILROAD STRIKE; COTTON-WHEAT FARM BILL SIGNING; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; CIVIL RIGHTS; VOTER REGISTRATION; REQUEST FROM MISSISSIPPI GOV. PAUL JOHNSON TO MEET WITH LBJ; FOREIGN AID; WALTER LIPPMANN; LBJ'S FINANCES; MCNAMARA AS VP CANDIDATE; CURTIS
  • Foreign aid
  • HANDLING OF CARL CURTIS, MIKE MANSFIELD AMENDMENTS ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA, INCREASE IN US EXPORTS; TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING; STATUS OF REMAINING BILLS: FEDERAL PAY, HOUSING, POVERTY BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL
  • Foreign aid
  • DISCUSSION OF INVITEES, ARRANGEMENTS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; CARL ALBERT'S CONCERNS ABOUT MANSFIELD, SENATE AMENDMENT (TO FOOD STAMP BILL?) ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA; US MEAT IMPORTS, EXPORTS; WAYNE MORSE AND FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS
  • Foreign aid
  • CIVIL RIGHTS, FOOD STAMP, POVERTY BILLS; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION; FOREIGN AID CUTS; VIETNAM; ELLENDER OFFERS TO MEET WITH JORDAN'S KING HUSSEIN; EMBASSIES SHUNNING ELLENDER BECAUSE OF HIS CIVIL RIGHTS VIEWS; BEEF OVERPRODUCTION; ELLENDER'S PRALINES
  • Foreign aid
  • 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
  • Foreign aid
  • BUNDY UPDATES LBJ ON SITUATIONS IN SOUTH VIETNAM, CONGO, CYPRUS; BUDDHIST AND STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS; TRI QUANG; NGUYEN KHANH'S POLITICAL POSITION; FOREIGN AID BILL; POLICY ON USE OF COURIER PLANE; BUNDY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS ACCEPTANCE SPEECH
  • Foreign aid
  • PENDING LEGISLATION: FOOD STAMPS, ARA AUTHORIZATION, ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS, FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS, LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT RIDER; INDONESIA AMENDMENT; JOE RAUH, MFDP; MLK; LBJ'S DECISION TO ACCEPT VP NOMINATION; RIGHT WING CAMPAIGN
  • Foreign aid
  • CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON MEDICARE PROVISIONS OF SOCIAL SECURITY BILL; WILBUR MILLS' POSITION; ANDERSON RECOMMENDS ACTION BE POSTPONED UNTIL AFTER ELECTION; FOREIGN AID BILL; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON'S ADVICE ON CAMPAIGN STRATEGY, PRAISES ALASKA COMMISSION
  • Foreign aid
  • LONG REPORTS ON FOREIGN AID BILL IN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SUGGESTS HHH, MCNAMARA MEET INFORMALLY WITH SENATORS; LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY OF POLICY ON VP TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF HHH'S ASIAN TRIP
  • 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
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POLITICAL PROBLEMS, POLL ON LBJ'S CABINET, CONGRESSIONAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT HORACE GODFREY, PLANS FOR 1968 CAMPAIGN; FARMERS' ECONOMIC SITUATION; INDIAN FOOD AID; US DROUGHT CONDITIONS, POSSIBLE SHORTAGES; FREEMAN'S OBJECTION TO MILK
  • Foreign aid
  • DISCUSSION OF PENDING APPROPRIATIONS BILLS, INCLUDING DEFENSE, FOREIGN AID, PUBLIC WORKS, POVERTY AND EDUCATION; NEED TO CUT FEDERAL SPENDING; COMPARISON WITH 1957 ECONOMY; EFFECT OF FUTURE VIETNAM EXPENDITURES; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE AFTER ELECTION
  • DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINATION, RFK, CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; GOLDWATER; CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POVERTY BILL, PENNSYLVANIA REPUBLICAN VOTES, JOHN FLYNT'S VOTE, FLYNT'S COMPLAINT ABOUT LACK OF WH RESPONSE; WALTER JENKINS; GEORGIA SUPPORT FOR DEMOCRATIC
  • "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
  • OPPOSITION TO ABE FORTAS' SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT DUE TO HIS WORK FOR PUERTO RICO ON REFINERY FOR VENEZUELAN OIL, PRESS CONTACTS ON WALTER JENKINS' ARREST, ROLE IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CONFIRMATION HEARING; ROMAN HRUSKA; VOTING RIGHTS, IMMIGRATION
  • Foreign aid
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF OTTO PASSMAN'S ACTIONS IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT WITH LBJ ON BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES DIFFERENCES WITHIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY ON ISSUE; POSSIBLE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS
  • Foreign aid
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS COVERAGE OF AGREEMENT ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL, THANKS CONGRESSMEN FOR THEIR WORK, COMPLAINS ABOUT OTTO PASSMAN AND THE BILL; MRS. MCCORMACK PRAISES LBJ; STATUS OF OTHER APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT