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  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HOPES FOR OUTCOME OF MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; KING FAISAL'S RECENT MEETING; LACK OF ARAB UNITY EXCEPT OVER JEWS; JACOB JAVITS' STATEMENTS; JOHN WILLIAMS' OBSTRUCTION OF DEBT LIMIT BILL; SENATE ACTION ON CENSURE OF THOMAS DODD
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING OF UNNAMED BILL (RESTORATION OF INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT?); SUPPORT FOR ACTION AMONG CONGRESSIONAL, BUSINESS LEADERS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL; MILLS COMPLAINS ABOUT DIFFICULTY REACHING ORVILLE FREEMAN TO DISCUSS MILK
  • GARDNER DISCUSSES FIRING OF CLARK KERR, RAMIFICATIONS OF RONALD REAGAN'S ACTIONS AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF KERR TO FEDERAL JOB; REAGAN'S USE OF UNIVERSITY AS POLITICAL ISSUE; STUDENT PROTESTS; CONGRESSIONAL MESSAGES
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER'S POSITION ON CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; CLARK GIVES LBJ HISTORY OF REQUESTS FOR PRESIDENTS TO TESTIFY IN COURT; QUESTION OF LBJ TESTIFYING IN BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; SEC ALLEGATIONS ABOUT JAMES QUIGLEY'S ACTIONS ON WATER CONTRACTS
  • 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
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR MULTILATERAL FOOD AID FOR INDIA, CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON FOOD AID
  • EDMUND MUSKIE'S WORK ON UNNAMED BILL (DEMONSTRATION CITIES?); DOUBLING OF SPENDING ON POVERTY PROGRAMS BY LBJ ADMINISTRATION; FEDERAL DEFICIT; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE, SPENDING CUTS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT SARGENT SHRIVER'S, RFK'S ACTIONS; AEC FACILITY
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE STATEMENT ON INACCURACIES IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ DISCUSSES LETTER FROM JAMES ROWE ABOUT THEODORE WHITE'S INTERVIEW WITH JACQUELINE KENNEDY AFTER THE ASSASSINATION; LEGAL ACTIONS OVER MANCHESTER
  • UK VIEWS ON US BOMBING OF VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO GIVE PRESS EXAMPLES OF HORRIBLE ENEMY ACTIONS TO COUNTER CRITICISM OF US; MESSAGE TO KURT KIESINGER; MARQUIS CHILDS AND RUMOR CLARK CLIFFORD WILL REPLACE RUSK; RFK, CRITICISM OF LBJ AT GOVS
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF INTERIM US GRAIN SHIPMENTS TO INDIA; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON INDIAN FOOD AID, MULTILATERAL AID, AND SAYS THAT US SHOULD SELL GRAIN TO INDIA, NOT PROVIDE GRANTS
  • MINNESOTA ELECTION; LBJ'S VIEWS ON DISAPPOINTING ELECTION RESULTS; PUBLIC RESPONSE TO ACTIONS OF LIBERALS, LABOR, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; WYOMING, IDAHO, MAINE ELECTIONS; KARL ROLVAAG; LBJ READS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ARTICLE; PROGRESSIVE
  • LBJ'S HEALTH; APPOINTMENT OF DIRECTORS OF JOB CORPS, VISTA; JAMES MCCROCKLIN; WILLIAM KELLY; WILLIAM CROOK; LBJ SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT TO MAKE RECESS APPOINTMENTS; SHRIVER'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; SHRIVER REQUESTS MEETING
  • "MON?"; "RE LTR TO SPEAKER ON SUBMITTING REPORT REQUESTING TAX REFORMS, FOWLER DRAFT"; "ASKING NO CONGR ACTION"; "MILLS CONTINUES"; MILLS' GRANDCHILD IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "ACTIONS OF FED RESERVE BD"; "HAVE A PRES STMT ON FISCAL SITUATION"; "BUDGET, WANT TO DO THIS TOMORROW-OR COULD DO IT THIS AFTERNOON"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING IN HONOLULU, ASKS ABOUT WILLIAM CRAMER'S ACTION ON BILLBOARD PENALTY PROVISIONS OF HIGHWAY AID BILL IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE; TRINITY RIVER BILL; TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY LETTER TO LBJ; BELL LEASE AGREEMENT
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TELEPHONE CONVERSATION WITH JIM WRIGHT ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ACTION ON BILLBOARD PROVISIONS OF HIGHWAY AID BILL
  • LBJ'S HONOLULU MEETING; MIKE MANSFIELD'S LETTER CRITICIZING VIETNAM POLICY; OPPOSITION TO GUN CONTROL BILL BY JAMES EASTLAND, STROM THURMOND; JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ACTION ON NOMINATIONS INCLUDING JOHN CROOKER'S APPOINTMENT TO CAB; EDSON SESSIONS
  • IRWIN EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE WITH MIKE MANSFIELD'S DECISION TO POSTPONE ACTION ON EQUAL TIME BILL TO PERMIT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT GET INVOLVED BECAUSE OF FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS INTERESTS; IRWIN DISCUSSES HHH'S ELECTION PROSPECTS
  • LBJ DISCUSSES INVESTIGATION OF JFK ASSASSINATION BY FBI AND BY TEXAS COURT OF INQUIRY, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT STATE SOVEREIGNTY; ALSOP PRAISES LBJ'S ACTIONS BUT SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMISSION TO REVIEW FBI REPORT TO ENSURE ITS PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE
  • WEBB PRAISES LBJ'S ACTIONS IN RECENT DAYS; LBJ ASKS FOR WEBB'S COMMENTS ON ADLAI STEVENSON'S SPEECH AT UN; WEBB DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH DEAN RUSK ABOUT NASA CONFLICTS WITH DOD ON PROPOSED SPACE STATION, POSSIBLE COOPERATION WITH USSR ON SPACE; NASA
  • BILL GREEN'S ILLNESS; HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION; ASSIGNMENT OF JOHN YOUNG TO RULES COMMITTEE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION BILLS; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION COMPARED WITH EISENHOWER'S RECORD; OTTO
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT VIETNAM SITUATION; BUNDY REPORTS JCS, WILLIAM BUNDY ARE WORKING ON PLANS FOR FUTURE ACTION, RECOMMENDS DELAYING DECISION UNTIL AFTER ELECTION; JOSEPH ALSOP'S, WALTER LIPPMANN'S VIEWS; ELECTION PROSPECTS; LBJ'S HEALTH; AUSTIN RALLY
  • WASHINGTON RELIGIOUS LEADER'S CRITICAL REMARKS ON TV TONIGHT ABOUT LBJ'S HANDLING OF SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; WH MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS ABOUT JUSTICE DEPT ACTION, VOTING RIGHTS BILL; PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN USE OF FEDERAL MARSHALS; VIOLENCE
  • PEARSON ASKS FOR VIETNAM BRIEFING BEFORE TRIP TO USSR, POLAND, HUNGARY; LBJ SUMMARIZES PAST, PRESENT US POLICY; SEATO TREATY; COMPARISON WITH MUNICH DECISIONS; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT SUGGESTED DIPLOMATIC, MILITARY ACTIONS; TEAR
  • "SUMMARIZED"; EISENHOWER ON HOLD 1:30; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH CHARLES SCHULTZE, ELMER STAATS, JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL
  • WIRTZ READS PROPOSED WH STATEMENT AND CABLE FROM LBJ ON ENDING BLFE UNION RAILROAD STRIKE, REVIEWS COURT ACTION; LBJ QUESTIONS NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION; COMPARISON WITH NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM; JOHN MCCORMACK'S
  • UPDATE ON SENATE ACTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES, POSSIBLE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE BILL; RFK; WAYNE MORSE'S SUBSTITUTE BILL; NEED FOR AIRLINE CARRIERS' SUPPORT; SPEECHES FOR SENATORS; 1963 RAILROAD STRIKE
  • FORTAS DISCUSSES POLITICS OF AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STRIKE, STEEL PRICE INCREASE; RFK, JOHN HOOKER AND TENNESSEE GOVERNOR'S RACE; POSSIBLE ANTITRUST ACTION AGAINST US, GERMAN STEEL COMPANIES; COMPANIES' REASONS FOR STEEL PRICE
  • FUND-RAISING TO PAY OFF DNC DEBT; RFK'S CLAIM FOR PART OF MONEY RAISED IN NEW YORK; LBJ'S NEGATIVE VIEWS OF DNC; PRESS STORIES THAT PRESIDENT'S CLUB INFLUENCES DOJ ACTION IN ANTITRUST CASES; ANHEUSER-BUSCH CASE; GANGS AND CHICAGO RIOTS; MLK; THOMAS
  • FOWLER'S TELEPHONE CALL WITH JAMES CALLAGHAN ON UK ECONOMIC AUSTERITY PROGRAM; FOWLER'S TRIP TO THE HAGUE; WRIGHT PATMAN'S COMMENTS ON FRB ACTION REDUCING INTEREST RATES; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT US ECONOMY, FRB; INTEREST RATE LIMITATION BILL
  • WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
  • RUSK READS DRAFT MESSAGE TO SOVIETS ABOUT PRELIMINARY REPORTS OF FIGHTING IN MIDDLE EAST AND US SUPPORT FOR UN SECURITY COUNCIL ACTION TO STOP FIGHTING; LBJ ASKS IF ISRAEL OR UAR INITIATED HOSTILITIES; RUSK RECOMMENDS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP
  • GOLDBERG'S PESSIMISM ABOUT UN; UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE ON JERUSALEM; US ABSTENTION; GOLDBERG ADVOCATES TAX INCREASE; NEWARK RIOTS; GUNNAR JARRING AS POSSIBLE MIDEAST MEDIATOR; CONGO; SOVIET ACTIONS IN MIDDLE EAST; TENSE HOT LINE EXCHANGE ON JUNE 10
  • FOWLER READS COMMUNIQUE ON GOLD CRISIS FROM GOVS. OF EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANKS; MARTIN REPORTS ON UK ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, CLOSURE OF LONDON GOLD MARKET; LBJ ASKS MARTIN ABOUT UK BUDGET; FOWLER, LBJ DISCUSS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON UNNAMED MATTER (TAX BILL?)
  • FREEMAN RECOMMENDS TARIFF COMMISSION ACTION RESTORING DAIRY IMPORTS TO PAST LEVEL; DUMPING BY WESTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES, NEW ZEALAND; MILK PRICES; HHH'S MEMO ON FARM PROBLEMS; STATE, DOD CIVILIAN ADVISORY GROUPS; NEGATIVE POLL ON LBJ'S CABINET; RFK
  • for President Kennedy and now for Lyndon. The Kenny O’Donnells, the O’Briens, the Maguires, the Jenkinses, Bill Moyers alone, Jack Valenti. We just had a drink, watched the fire, talked about the day’s events, the Congress, the problems, the actions, and I hope
  • tour for the ladies; Ken O'Donnell; dinner with friends, including Senators Richard Russell, Herman Talmadge, and George Smathers; discussion of congressional action and tax bill; Russell's recurring cough; Lady Bird prays that LBJ will pace himself
  • and a half of talking with L a rry and Mike, it was a rath er dismaying conclusion that there had been much talk in the country and in the papers and not much action on the Hill on the beautification proposal, and we must try at least to get them considered
  • and smelling the evergreens and yet this year all eyes are ahead- - that is the way the action points. looks and clinging are out. Nostalgia and backward Nevertheless I had le ft them up, I liked them, so there i t is. I t was deliberately an early party
  • LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers about LBJ's Gridiron speech; lunch and a swim with the McNamaras; LBJ, Robert McNamara and McGeorge Bundy to Burning Tree for golf; Lady Bird reflects on LBJ's recent actions and successes; dinner at the McNamaras
  • a re both surrounded by Irish m en . F u rth e rm o re , I h ea rd it said that th e re a re m o re Irish m en in the White House than peop le, " And o f d eV a le ra h im s e lf, he said, " F e w m en have had the sa tisf action that you have had