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  • NEED TO IMPROVE LOBBYING EFFORTS FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS, SMALL BUSINESS LEGISLATION; MANSFIELD'S REPORT ON VIETNAM; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ COMPARES SAM RAYBURN, CURRENT CONGRESSIONAL
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM PORTER AS HEAD OF PACIFICATION IN VIETNAM; NEED TO PROVIDE LEGAL RESPONSE TO CRITICAL REPORTS BY MIKE MANSFIELD, JAMES GAVIN, GEORGE KENNAN; TELEVISED SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM
  • JONES SAYS HE IS MEETING WITH ALAN BOYD ON HIGHWAY SAFETY BILL, DECISION TO SEND BILL TO HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE; JONES SUGGESTS LBJ CALL GEORGE FALLON ABOUT BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN MAKING SUCH CALLS, PRESS LEAK FROM FALLON
  • LONG'S REMARKS IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ANSWERING SENATE CRITICS OF VIETNAM POLICY; WAYNE MORSE; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; ALBERT GORE'S RESPONSE TO LONG'S SPEECH; SENATE DEBATE ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; JAMES GAVIN; GEORGE KENNAN
  • CALIFANO ASKS LBJ ABOUT RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS CONCERNING ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON WAGE AND PRICE CONTROLS; LBJ ASKS "JACK'S" ADVICE WHO SUGGESTS THEY REFER TO LABOR-MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S PENDING STUDY
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF AIRLINE STRIKE BILL IN HOUSE COMMITTEE, OFFERS ADVICE ON HOW TO HANDLE BILL, RECOMMENDS GEORGE MEANY TESTIFY; LABOR'S INFLUENCE ON HARLEY STAGGERS; EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT ON OTHER UNIONS' DEMANDS, ECONOMY; NEED TO SETTLE
  • REYNOLDS' MEETING WITH JOSEPH CURRAN, LANE KIRKLAND, PAUL HALL ON OPPOSITION TO BILL CREATING TRANSPORTATION DEPT, SUPPORT FOR BILL MAKING MARITIME ADMINISTRATION AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY; MARITIME ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT; MERCHANT MARINE CASUALTIES
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HARMFUL EFFECT OF MEANY'S WIRE TO CONGRESSMEN ON BILL CREATING TRANSPORTATION DEPT WHICH IS ABOUT TO COME TO VOTE; MEANY'S TALKS WITH PAUL HALL ON EFFORTS TO COMPROMISE ON MARITIME PROVISIONS OF BILL; MARITIME ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS EFFORTS TO REACH COMPROMISE ON OPPOSITION TO MARITIME PROVISIONS OF BILL CREATING TRANSPORTATION DEPT AND TO STUDY MARITIME ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT; MEANY DISCUSSES PAUL HALL'S OPPOSITION
  • MAGNUSON TELLS LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; MAGNUSON'S MEETING WITH PAUL HALL ABOUT HALL'S POSITION ON MARITIME ADMINSTRATION'S ROLE IN NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT; LBJ READS STATEMENT ON MARITIME ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT; ROLE OF NEW TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MEASURES HE IS RECOMMENDING TO TREASURY DEPT, FRB, CONGRESS TO COOL DOWN ECONOMY; SUSPENSION OF INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT AND ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION; HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE HEARINGS FOLLOWING PASSAGE OF APPROPRIATIONS BILLS
  • HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION; LBJ ASKS FOR ESTIMATE OF COST TO TAXPAYERS OF INTEREST RATE INCREASE; DAVID ROCKEFELLER'S VISIT; LBJ RELATES BUSINESSMAN'S COMMENTS ON SELFISHNESS OF BUSINESS COMMUNITY
  • BOGGS REPORTS THAT UNNAMED BILL (FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE BILL?) HAS BEEN SENT BACK TO COMMITTEE; LBJ THANKS BOGGS, ASKS HIM TO CHECK WITH SENATE ABOUT BILL
  • RUSK REPORTS THAT WILLIAM FULBRIGHT IS UNHAPPY WITH DELAY IN RUSK TESTIFYING BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE BECAUSE OF RUSK'S SCHEDULE; LBJ AND RUSK AGREE TO HAVE WILLIAM BUNDY TESTIFY NEXT WEEK AND HAVE RUSK TESTIFY LATER
  • SCHULTZE'S TESTIMONY YESTERDAY BEFORE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE; QUESTIONS ON SPECIFIC BUDGET CUTS; EFFECT OF PENDING APPROPRIATIONS BILLS ON BUDGET; REPUBLICAN VOTES; JOEL BROYHILL; POSSIBLE FREEZE IN FEDERAL HIRING, HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION FUNDS
  • LBJ'S UPCOMING TV APPEARANCE TO ANNOUNCE AIRLINE STRIKE AGREEMENT; STATUS OF BILL TO END STRIKE IN SENATE COMMITTEE; LBJ PRAISES MORSE'S WORK ON AIRLINE STRIKE
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; CORRECTIONS TO WAYNE MORSE'S RESOLUTION; WAYNE MORSE'S ROLE IN EFFORTS TO SETTLE STRIKE
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH RUSSELL LONG, GEORGE SMATHERS ABOUT SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE, INSTRUCTS CALIFANO TO MEET WITH THEM; CALIFANO SAYS HE IS IN MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE, CANNOT TALK RIGHT NOW, AND WILL CALL LBJ
  • LBJ THANKS PASTORE FOR HIS WORK ON RENT SUPPLEMENTS BILL, PRAISES HIS PRESENTATION TO SENATE COMMITTEE; PASTORE TELLS LBJ HE CAN ASK FOR HIS HELP AT ANY TIME; LBJ JOKES ABOUT JACK VALENTI NAMING HIS SON "JOHN LYNDON" AFTER THE POPE AND LBJ
  • J. ARTHUR YOUNGER'S ALLEGATION THAT MILITARY PLANE WAS USED TO SHIP FLOWERS FOR LUCI'S WEDDING AND BELATED STATEMENT THAT ALLEGATION IS UNTRUE; WIRTZ' HOUSE COMMITTEE TESTIMONY ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; LBJ QUOTES COOLIDGE, RESTATES ADMINISTRATION
  • LEGAL BASIS FOR COMMUNICATIONS, TRANSPORTATION, MEDICAL, SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION, OTHER FEDERAL SERVICES FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS; CLIFFORD'S CONCERNS ABOUT GETTING LEGISLATION ON THE MATTER; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE; DILLON COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT BILL RESTORING INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, DISCUSSES DIRKSEN'S VIEWS ON HEARINGS, ECONOMIC NEED FOR FAST ACTION OF BILL; WILBUR MILLS' REQUEST THAT SENATE HEARINGS WAIT UNTIL AFTER HOUSE PASSAGE; DEBT LIMIT BILL
  • DISCUSSION OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S POSITION ON CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; QUESTION OF PRESENTING HOOVER'S VIEWS TO SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF VIETNAM SITUATION IN HIS NEW BOOK
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT HE HAS RECEIVED REQUEST FROM JOHN MOSS' COMMITTEE FOR RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOS OF AREAS OF ALLEGED CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN NORTH VIETNAM; MCNAMARA SAYS HE WILL NOT SEND PHOTOS BECAUSE THEY ARE SECURITY CLASSIFIED
  • CLARK DISCUSSES KARL MUNDT'S LETTER TO J. EDGAR HOOVER ON CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR, HOOVER'S RESPONSE TO IT; EFFECT OF HOOVER TESTIFYING BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; LBJ ASKS FOR UPDATE ON BOBBY BAKER TRIAL
  • POSSIBLE PUBLICATION OF MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE; INTERNAL DIVISION AT NYT ON VIETNAM, HARRISON SALISBURY'S ARTICLES; REQUEST FOR RECONNAISSANCE PHOTOS; RICHARD RUSSELL'S CONCERN ABOUT RESTRICTIONS ON US PILOTS
  • CLARK'S TALKS WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER, CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH ON CONVEYING FBI VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION TO SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; REVIEW OF JFK AUTOPSY PHOTOS; BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; CLARK'S EVALUATION OF GOVT CASE; EDWARD BENNETT WILLIAMS
  • CLARK REPORTS ON TALKS WITH MEMBERS OF SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON QUESTION OF J. EDGAR HOOVER TESTIFYING ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; LBJ SUGGESTS CLARK TESTIFY; CLARK GIVES LBJ UPDATE ON BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; STRONG POINTS OF GOVT CASE
  • FOWLER DISCUSSES DEFEAT OF REPUBLICAN MOTION IN HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ON BILL TO INCREASE FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT, BEGINS TO REPORT ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH JOHN BYRNES BUT LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT TALK AT THIS TIME BECAUSE HE IS IN A MEETING
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; MCCORMACK DISCUSSES HIS CANDIDATES FOR HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE VACANCIES; WILLIAM ANDERSON; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DISCUSSES UPCOMING WH DINNER FOR THE MCCORMACKS, FAMILY EVENTS; LBJ DISCUSSES GOING TO MIDNIGHT MASS AT CHRISTMAS
  • LBJ TELLS DIRKSEN DATE AND TIME OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; DIRKSEN TELLS LBJ THAT HE AND MIKE MANSFIELD HAVE MET ON COMMITTEE SCHEDULES AND HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES
  • FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS, FRB, BUSINESS LEADERS ON TAX INCREASE PROPOSED BY LBJ IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; WASHINGTON POST'S CRITICISM; PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES; FOWLER SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMITTEE TO STUDY REFORM OF BUDGETARY
  • DISCUSSION OF TIME ARTICLE ON MEMO TO WILBUR MILLS ON THE ECONOMY; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT MAKE FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS UNTIL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS ARE PASSED; FOWLER REPORTS THAT FRB STAFFER DAN BRILL WILL TESTIFY BEFORE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
  • FRB STAFF MEMBER DAN BRILL'S TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE; LBJ ASKS IF WALTER HELLER SHOULD ALSO TESTIFY; DISCUSSION OF STATUS OF UNNAMED BILL (INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION BILL?); PAT JENNINGS' QUESTIONS ABOUT BILL
  • LBJ THANKS MILLS FOR HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ACTION ON INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION BILL; LBJ ASKS ABOUT REPUBLICAN VOTES ON BILL; SCHEDULING FLOOR VOTE ON TAX BILL AND POVERTY BILL; LBJ ASKS MILLS TO MAKE SURE VOTE IS HELD NEXT WEEK
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES MANSFIELD ON PROGRESS IN SENATE COMMITTEES TODAY: TRANSPORTATION BILL, TEACHER CORPS, NARCOTICS BILL, POVERTY BILL, GUN BILL; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT BUDGET AND ABOUT SENATE ADDING AMENDMENTS TO INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT
  • DISCUSSION OF HOUSE VOTE RETAINING ADMINISTRATION'S POVERTY APPROPRIATIONS; LBJ ASKS POWELL TO SUPPORT HOUSE BILL IN CONFERENCE; EFFORTS TO RESTRICT POWELL'S POWER AS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED TO HOLD DOWN POVERTY, EDUCATION SPENDING
  • PEARLS, CUFFLINKS MRS. FOWLER PURCHASED ON BEHALF OF LBJ ON RECENT TRIP; FOWLER REPORTS ON CONFLICTING OPINIONS OF ECONOMISTS, BUSINESS LEADERS ON ECONOMY, POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE, BUDGET DEFICIT; UPCOMING REPORT OF CABINET COMMITTEE ON BALANCE
  • DOUGLAS ASKS FEHMER IF LBJ CAN CALL DOUGLAS TODAY ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO HEAD CITIZEN'S COMMITTEE ON CITY AND MUNICIPAL PROBLEMS; FEHMER SAYS SHE WILL RELAY REQUEST TO LBJ
  • 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