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  • LBJ ASKS MEANY TO LOBBY JENNINGS RANDOLPH, RALPH YARBOROUGH, LISTER HILL FOR SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF HOUSE EDUCATION BILL WITHOUT AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO AVOID NEED TO GET NEW HOUSE RULE; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S AMENDMENT TO CHANGE FUNDS' ALLOCATION
  • MOYERS GIVES LBJ CURRENT HEAD COUNT ON EDUCATION BILL IN SENATE COMMITTEE; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S AMENDMENT TO CHANGE FUNDS' ALLOCATION FORMULA; NEED TO OBTAIN VOTES OF JENNINGS RANDOLPH AND LISTER HILL FOR SENATE TO PASS HOUSE BILL WITHOUT AMENDMENT
  • LBJ REPORTS ON CALL FROM WAYNE MORSE ABOUT MORSE'S CONCERNS THAT SENATE COMMITTEE WILL NOT PASS EDUCATION BILL WITHOUT AMENDMENT; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S AMENDMENT ON FUNDS' ALLOCATION FORMULA; O'BRIEN GIVES LBJ HEAD COUNT; JENNINGS RANDOLPH; JACOB
  • DISCUSSION OF JENNINGS RANDOLPH'S VOTE ON EDUCATION BILL IN SENATE COMMITTEE; CURRENT HEAD COUNT; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S AMENDMENT ON FUNDS' ALLOCATION FORMULA; POSSIBLE EFFORTS TO GET VOTES OF WINSTON PROUTY, LISTER HILL
  • RIVERS INVITES LBJ TO DEDICATION OF THE CARL VINSON ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE ROOM TOMORROW DURING CARL VINSON'S VISIT TO WASHINGTON, DC; VINSON'S SCHEDULE; RIVERS' MEETING WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA YESTERDAY; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR MCNAMARA
  • LBJ EXTENDS INVITATION TO RFK TO FLY ON WH PLANE WITH EDWARD AND JACQUELINE KENNEDY TO DEDICATION OF JFK MEMORIAL AT RUNNYMEDE; APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE TO STUDY CLOSING OF VA HOSPITALS; NEW YORK VA HOSPITALS; VA TESTIMONY AT SENATE HEARINGS
  • LBJ ASKS WILLIAMS TO MEET WITH HIM AND HARRY BYRD, SR., TODAY AT WH ABOUT TREASURY SECRETARY APPOINTMENT; WILLIAMS TELLS LBJ THAT SENATE IS ABOUT TO VOTE TO SEND VOTING RIGHTS BILL TO COMMITTEE
  • PARLIAMENTARY PROCEDURES FOR SENDING BILL COMBINING ARA EXTENSION WITH ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS TO PUBLIC WORKS, NOT BANKING COMMITTEE; HOUSE VOTE ON AMENDMENTS TO EDUCATION BILL; EDITH GREEN; MCCORMACK RECOMMENDS ROBERT T. GRIFFIN TO HEAD GSA
  • LBJ REPORTS THAT HE IS TRYING TO GET AGREEMENT FROM IRISH GOVT ON SMATHERS' NOMINEE (RAYMOND GUEST?) FOR US AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND, ADVISES SMATHERS TO GET SUPPORT OF HARRY BYRD, SENATORS ON FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE FOR NOMINEE
  • HOLLAND REPORTS ON PROBLEMS IN SENATE AND CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION; HOUSE AMENDMENT BANNING FOOD SHIPMENTS TO UAR, SENATE AMENDMENTS ON CLOSING VA HOSPITALS, AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH SPESSARD HOLLAND ABOUT CONFUSION IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON ADMINISTRATION POSITION ON AMENDMENTS TO SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION
  • BUNDY REQUESTS AN ANSWER ON MEMO HE HAD SENT TO LBJ ON QUESTION OF WHETHER WH OR STATE DEPT SHOULD HEAD INTERDEPARTMENTAL GROUP TO STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS OF MILLER COMMITTEE ON EAST-WEST TRADE
  • DISCUSSION OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT RECOMMENDING AGAINST CLOSING SOME VETERANS' HOSPITALS, OLD SOLDIERS' HOMES, VA REGIONAL OFFICES; OLIN TEAGUE'S ACTION IN HOUSE TODAY TO RESTORE APPROPRIATION; ALLEGED LEAK BY RICHARD GOODWIN ON DOMINICAN
  • LBJ QUESTIONS VAUGHN ABOUT OAS COUNCIL AND OAS PEACE COMMITTEE MEETINGS ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS VAUGHN TO MAKE WRITTEN REPORT OF SITUATION FROM BEGINNING TO PRESENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
  • LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO CALL MIKE MANSFIELD, JOHN MCCORMACK TO SET UP WH MEETINGS TOMORROW ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VIETNAM WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AND WITH HOUSE AND SENATE ARMED SERVICES, FOREIGN RELATIONS, AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HEARINGS IN HOUSE COMMITTEES ON SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR VIETNAM MILITARY NEEDS; SENATE ACTION; OAS COMMISSION'S REQUEST FOR EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ZONE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS
  • FORTAS DICTATES MESSAGE FOR LBJ ON SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, SUGGESTING APPOINTMENT OF INTERIM COMMITTEE CONSISTING OF ROMULO BETANCOURT, JOSE FIGUERES FERRER, AND JOHN B. MARTIN IF OAS DOES NOT ACT
  • TRANSFER OF SST FROM FAA TO DOD OR NASA; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES, APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES; CONCERNS ABOUT COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR; STENNIS' CRITICISM OF EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO REPORT HOURS HE SPENDS
  • LBJ ASKS ROGERS' HELP IN GETTING HEART, CANCER, STROKE BILL OUT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE; LBJ'S PERSONAL INTEREST IN BILL; JOHN GARDNER; RECENT WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS, DOCTORS, EDUCATORS; LABOR DEPT APPROVAL OF FOREIGN WORKERS FOR FLORIDA
  • ABEL TELLS LBJ THAT UNION'S WAGE POLICY COMMITTEE HAS RATIFIED THE STEEL SETTLEMENT; ABEL CONGRATULATES LBJ ON FAST WORK ON "CALIFORNIA PROBLEM"; LBJ INVITES ABEL TO WH DINNER LATER THIS MONTH, TELLS HIM TO PUT OUT PRESS STATEMENTS
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ HE WILL TESTIFY AT SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID TODAY, ASKS ABOUT LBJ'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON AID, KASHMIR CRISIS; US AID TO PAKISTAN, INDIA; HARLAN CLEVELAND'S SWEARING-IN AS NATO REPRESENTATIVE
  • LBJ ASKS SMATHERS TO ANSWER FULBRIGHT'S SPEECH ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, DISCUSSES INACCURACIES IN SPEECH, COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT; OBJECTIONS OF VANCE HARTKE, PAUL DOUGLAS, ALBERT GORE TO CANADIAN AUTO PARTS AGREEMENT IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE
  • MURPHY REPORTS ON BUSINESS COUNCIL MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL JOINT ECONOMIC COMMITTEE, BUSINESS' CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATION, PRODUCTIVITY, MERGERS; LBJ SUGGESTS WH MEETING, DISCUSSES ADMINISTRATION'S PLANS, ASKS ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF HUD
  • LBJ DISCUSSES WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S HEARINGS ON US INTERVENTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS TALMADGE TO DEFEND W. TAPLEY BENNETT TO SENATE COMMITTEE; NYT, WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; THOMAS DODD'S SPEECH; COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CUTOFF OF FUNDS TO ALABAMA WELFARE DEPT PRIOR TO PASSAGE OF BILLS IN LISTER HILL'S COMMITTEE; AMA OPPOSITION TO HEART, CANCER, STROKE BILL; GEORGE REEDY'S HEALTH; HIGHER EDUCATION BILL; TASK FORCE TO APPROVE EDUCATION
  • LBJ'S RECOVERY FROM GALL BLADDER SURGERY; MANSFIELD'S UPCOMING TRIP TO VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS BY SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE STAFF ABOUT ALLOCATION OF WH PLANE FOR MANSFIELD'S TRIP BUT NOT FOR FULBRIGHT'S OR WAYNE MORSE'S TRIPS; EAST-WEST TRADE
  • HOUSE COMMITTEE ACTIVITIES ON BANK MERGER BILL; FOWLER TELLS LBJ HE IS WORKING THROUGH JOE BARR TO GET COMPROMISE PROPOSAL REPRESENTING VIEWS OF HENRY REUSS, THOMAS ASHLEY, RICHARD OTTINGER, AND WRIGHT PATMAN
  • MEANY REPORTS UNNAMED PERSON (JESSE CALHOON?) AGREED TO 30-DAY EXTENSION IN MARITIME WORKERS' LABOR DISPUTE; LEE PRESSMAN'S INFLUENCE WITH UNION; COMMERCE DEPT'S COMMITTEE ON MARITIME POLICY; JOHN CONNOR AS COMMERCE SECRETARY; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE
  • ALMOST INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION OF VOTE LAST NIGHT ON POVERTY BILL?, COMMITTEE VOTE ON IMMIGRATION BILL?; LBJ'S CALL TO SAM GIBBONS?; LBJ INVITES MCCORMACK TO LBJ RANCH; GEORGE FELDMAN'S APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO MALTA; HIGHER EDUCATION, TAFT-HARTLEY
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO GET WILLIS ROBERTSON TO REPORT UNNAMED BILL (PARTICIPATION SALES BILL?) FROM SENATE COMMITTEE; HOWARD SMITH'S LACK OF ACTION ON HOUSE BILL; MORTGAGE BANKERS' OPPOSITION; ROBERTSON'S PRESS STATEMENT; NEED TO PASS BILL THIS WEEK
  • MANSFIELD REPORTS THAT WILLIS ROBERTSON'S COMMITTEE HAS REPORTED OUT "ASSETS BILL" (PARTICIPATION SALES BILL?) AND THAT SENATE WILL NOT WAIT FOR ACTION ON HOUSE BILL BUT WILL TAKE UP SENATE BILL NEXT WEEK; LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR HIS HELP
  • CHURCH ASKS LBJ'S ADVICE ABOUT POSSIBLE MEETINGS WITH EUROPEAN LEADERS DURING UPCOMING OVERSEAS TRIP FOR SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; LBJ THANKS CHURCH FOR HIS CALL, EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN HIS JUDGMENT, ASKS FOR REPORT UPON HIS RETURN
  • POWELL REPORTS THAT HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAS PASSED MINIMUM WAGE BILL WITH PROVISION TO DELAY $1.60 RATE FOR ONE YEAR; LBJ ASKS POWELL TO GET INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION AND HEALTH BILLS OUT OF COMMITTEE
  • FOWLER REVIEWS ISSUES TO BE DISCUSSED AT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON TAX BILL; HARTKE AMENDMENT ON TELEPHONE EXCISE TAXES; PROUTY AMENDMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY; LBJ DISCUSSES CONFERENCE STRATEGY, EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT IN ADMINISTRATION'S HANDLING
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING CONFERENCE COMMITTEE MEETING ON TAX BILL; FOWLER COMPLAINS ABOUT SENATE WHIPS; LBJ DISCUSSES LACK OF EFFECTIVE SENATE ORGANIZATION COMPARED WITH WHEN HE WAS MAJORITY LEADER; TACTICS FOR SENATE PASSAGE OF CONFERENCE
  • GOLDBERG PRAISES LBJ'S NATO SPEECH; PRESS COVERAGE OF SPEECH AND GOLDBERG'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; DOD POLICY ON SPOUSES' TRAVEL IN GOVT PLANES; LBJ'S TRIP TO MRS. EMMANUEL CELLER'S FUNERAL; GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM SPEECH; UK
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH BOURKE HICKENLOOPER ABOUT SENATE EFFORTS TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ MIMICS FULBRIGHT, ASKS RUSK TO TALK TO DIRKSEN ABOUT FOREIGN AID BILL; POSSIBLE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE ON RESCINDING TONKIN GULF
  • LBJ THANKS MORTON FOR HIS WIRE PRAISING TESTIMONY OF UNNAMED ADMINISTRATION MEMBER (DEAN RUSK?) IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON VIETNAM; MORTON EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT HIS NON-PARTISAN WORK WITH MORTON
  • MCNAMARA CONGRATULATES LBJ ON VOTES IN HOUSE AND SENATE TODAY ON VIETNAM MILITARY AUTHORIZATION BILL; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S VOTE; MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBERS TODAY ON US MATERIEL POSITION IN VIETNAM
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S REMARKS ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE ACTION ON SENSE-OF-CONGRESS RESOLUTION IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE