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  • CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SENATE VOTE; WILKINS READS NAACP? STATEMENT ON CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS DURING LBJ'S TRIP; HHH; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE: GEORGE TAYLOR, HAROLD WALKER, IVAN ALLEN; ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA; GREAT SOCIETY
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO HEAD COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE, INCLUDING WILLIAM SIMKIN IN LABOR DEPT; LBJ READS PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT HE MADE ABOUT MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER
  • DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR MLK AT UPCOMING SPEECH IN GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI; RELATIONS BETWEEN J. EDGAR HOOVER, RFK, JUSTICE DEPT; NYC RIOTS, NEED FOR FBI INVESTIGATION, COMPARISON WITH SITUATION IN SOUTH; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET MEMBERS AND THOSE WHO MEET REGULARLY WITH CABINET FROM CONSIDERATION AS VP NOMINEE; NANCY DICKERSON BROADCAST ON JACQUELINE KENNEDY; PRESS STORY THAT LBJ WILL LOSE ALL STATES VISITED BY HODGES, LEROY
  • LBJ READS STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET MEMBERS, THOSE WHO MEET WITH CABINET FROM VP NOMINATION; RFK; LBJ EXTENDS INVITATION TO RUSSELL TO ATTEND CONVENTION; STATEMENTS BY ALLEN ELLENDER, HERMAN TALMADGE; PRESS REPORTS OF SOUTHERN WALKOUT; 1956
  • LBJ SAYS FBI WILL INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL LAW IN NYC DURING RIOTS IN HARLEM JUST AS FBI DID IN SOUTH; LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT
  • ITEMS FOR REEDY'S BRIEFING; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; RFK'S ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SENATE; WH STAFF CONVENTION ACTIVITIES; LBJ READS STATEMENT IN WHICH HE DECLINES TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT, EXPRESSES DISCOURAGEMENT WITH PRESIDENCY, PRESS, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT; US
  • MOURSUND REPORTS THAT HHH HAS REPORTEDLY ASKED STUART SYMINGTON TO SECOND HIM FOR VP NOMINATION; LBJ READS MOURSUND DRAFT STATEMENT DECLINING PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATION, EXPRESSES PERSONAL DISCOURAGEMENT; MOURSUND SAYS RFK OR GOLDWATER
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH GEORGE WALLACE ON SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; LBJ READS HIS RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON US POLICY ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S COMMITMENT TO PEACE, HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE; LBJ ASKS FOR PEARSON'S REACTION TO VOTING RIGHTS SPEECH
  • ARTHUR GOLDBERG; LBJ'S VIEWS ON UN; WH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFING; WAYNE MORSE'S VIETNAM RESOLUTION; LBJ READS FROM MEMO ON FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS; EDWIN REISCHAUER; RAY CLINE; WILLIAM "RED" RABORN; MANSFIELD REPORT; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S REPORTS ON VIETNAM
  • LBJ SAYS BOBBY BAKER CASE WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED; LBJ READS NEW HARRIS POLL SHOWING DROP IN RFK'S POPULARITY FOLLOWING WILLIAM MANCHESTER BOOK CONTROVERSY; LBJ'S STANDINGS IN POLL; RFK'S UPCOMING TRIP TO EUROPE
  • BUSBY READS DRAFT SPEECH FOR LBJ TO DELIVER AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, RECOMMENDS LBJ DELIVER THE SPEECH TONIGHT
  • LBJ IS APPARENTLY READING DRAFT OF HIS SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS TAX AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS; WALTER REUTHER'S AND HHH'S MEETING WITH SCANDINAVIAN LEADERS
  • RFK RECOMMENDS THAT LBJ PUBLICLY EXPRESS PERSONAL CONCERN ABOUT MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER, POSSIBLY MEET WITH THEIR FAMILIES, TALK WITH GOV. PAUL JOHNSON; VALENTI READS LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE
  • STATUS OF SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; KATZENBACH'S ADVICE ON WHETHER LBJ OR LEE WHITE SHOULD MEET WITH THEIR PARENTS; WILLIAM RYAN, OGDEN REID; LBJ READS PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT; RFK'S, KATZENBACH'S MEETING
  • LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON NYC RIOTS, ASKS HOOVER TO CONTACT NYC OFFICIALS ABOUT NEED FOR FBI TO INVESTIGATE THERE AS IN SOUTH; HOOVER OFFERS TO GO TO NYC; NEED TO PROVIDE FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR MLK AT UPCOMING SPEECH IN GREENWOOD
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT WOOL IMPORTS; PULLIAM READS REMARKS FOR LBJ'S UPCOMING INDIANAPOLIS TRIP, SUGGESTS LBJ NOT DISCUSS CIVIL RIGHTS, VIETNAM; ROY ELSON'S SENATE CAMPAIGN; DEMOCRATIC PROSPECTS IN ARIZONA, INDIANA; CONNALLY'S UPCOMING ARIZONA
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  • Lady Bird discusses rugs for White House; Voting Rights Message; seating arrangements at Capitol for speech; LBJ's experiences at Cotulla; Lady Bird reads Cotulla part of speech; response from Democrats vs. Republicans; back to White House to visit