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President's Daily Diary entry, 4/25/1966 (Item)
  • also in. Dr. James Cain in too for medical checkup. Col. James Cross Sen. Everett McKinley Dirksen b.1 George Reedy To the Cabinet Room where he joined: Senator Abraham Ribicoff Senator John McClellan Senator Lister Hill Cong. William Dawson Cong
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/3/1965 (Item)
  • o th e Chie f wa s played . Secretar y kxC e Lebrezze introduced him an d he delivere d REMARKS On On the th e stag stagee wer weree Senato Senatorr an andd Mrs. Mrs. Abraha Abraha m m Ribicoff, Ribicoff ,Secretar Secretar yy Celebrezze Celebrezze
Folder, "Lynda (Parties)," Bess Abell Files, White House Social Files, Box 32 (Item)
  • Arvel Boatner Jessica Darling Marcia Baines Connie Emmert+ Timmy Corcoran Robin Richmond Diane Reed Margaret McNamara Geraldnine Day Robert Goldberg Jane Ribicoff Verita Korth+ Stafford Hutchinson Anne Brawley + Taylor Cosby Judith and John Bailey Judith
Oral history transcript, Boisfeuillet Jones, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • an acquaintanceship in the medical fraternity. In middle December of 1960 Governor [Abraham] Ribicoff called me from Connecticut and said that this job of special assistant to the Secretary for Health and Medical Affairs existed in HEW [Department of Health, Education
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/12/1964 (Item)
  • / Judge Moursund Cong Mrs John Young WJ To Upstairs Dinner w/ Judge Moursund Attendance S. 1605 - Pesticide Bill: Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff, Sen. Claiborne Pell, Sen. James B. Pearson, Sen. Hubert Humphrey, ben. Mike Mansfield, Sp. McCormack, Cong
Folder, "[March 5, 1968 - President's Leadership Breakfast]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • Reorganization. The President said Senator Ribicoff wants to set up another Hoover Commission to reorganize the government. The President said he suggested we may want to appoint an executive commission, but "you lose control of these things
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/29/1966 (Item)
  • McNamara ( b . 1) --re names to be considered for appt as Ambassador t Russia; Tommy Thompson; San Francisco riots; passage of Demonstration Cities bill and hearings by Ribicoff and Kennedy; Defense appropriations; Bill Moyers Henry Wilson (pl) Bill
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/14/1966 (Item)
  • . Dale Malechek at the Fredericksburg Hospital and Clinic. Mrs. Mal echek gave birth to a baby girl at 3:00 today. BM (pl) BM (pl) Robert Komer Senator Abraham Ribicoff, Hartford, Conn (b. 1) BM (pl) Bromley Smith MW in Joe Califano (pl) Joe Califano
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/6/1966 (Item)
  • b.1 MW in MW (pl) Sen. Abraham Ribicoff Joe Califano (pl) MW in Cong. John Fogarty Charles Schultze Hon. Wilbu r Cohen Doug Cater Harry McPherson - returning the Pres.'s call April 6, 1966 White House WEDNESDAY To barbershop To ofc
Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 1 (I), 5/26/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • interesting. K: Can I have a little background on that? S: All right. First, maybe I ought to tell something that I noticed in your notes about what happened when [Abraham] Ribicoff came in [as Secretary of HEW]. When the election was over but before
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/21/1964 (Item)
  • Brodkins Producer of The Defenders TV program and joined Stuart Rosenberg Director of The Nurses TV program Pres John Loeb NYC OFF Weisl Senator Abraham Ribicoff New Landon Conn RECORD Senator Clinton Anderson Atlantic City The Presiden t walke d out
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 35 (XXXV), 9/20/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • have been something related to the cities and urban areas. G: This is about the time of the [Abraham] Ribicoff-- C: I wonder if it is. When were the Ribicoff hearings? Go get your calendar. August 1966. B: The first part of the hearings began
Folder, "CQ - HUD," Department of Housing and Urban Development 1965 Files, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)
  • by Rep. Dante B. Fascell (D Fla.). In the Senate, the draft legislation was introduced (S 1599) on March 25 by Sen. Abraham A. Ribicoff (D Conn.). The draft bill was identical in major respects to legislation submitted by the Administration in the 87th
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/3/1966 (Item)
  • (pl) join: Russell Long Senator Herman Talmadge Albert Gore Senator Eugene McCarthy Senator J. W. Fulbright Senator Abraham Ribicoff (Senate Finance Committee)- Demsonly Date October White House Dav Joe Califano Sen Monday (pl) Everett Dirksen
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/2/1966 (Item)
  • which was election returns from DR, showin g Balaguer in the lead. t)HH)^"This is the best news I've had since I've been President," said the President on reading the returns. To the Oval Office w/ Amb. Goldberg Senator Abraham Ribicoff (b. 1) Bill
Folder, "[October 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • far out front. The polls indicate Nixon is Mr. Zaiman: Senator Ribicoff seems to wobble a great bit. The President: I think Senator Ribicoff has a good knowledge of his needs in Connecticut. He was a good Cabinet member. I like him. Mr. Zaiman
Oral history transcript, James A. Shannon, interview 1 (I), 4/9/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • Folsom, Secretary Flemming, with [Abraham] Ribicoff and, indeed, with [Anthony] Celebrezze, and this carried right through John Gardner and [Wilbur] Cohen. So that this was not because of lack of access to departmental leadership, and by and large
  • funding; Marion Folsom and Arthur Fleming as secretaries of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (HEW); changes in NIH under Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy; HEW Secretaries Oveta Culp Hobby, Marion Folsom, Abraham Ribicoff, Anthony
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 54 (LIV), 9/11/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • unsolved murder mystery of our times: death on the highway. And they come out full blast for our program, and the auto industry is looking for money. (Long pause) And [Abraham] Ribicoff became a major player. G: Was [Robert] McNamara's input ever received
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 55 (LV), 9/13/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to it? C: No, I don't have any recollections of his [reaction]. Then [John] Connor testified, and, by the way, [when] he testified before [Abraham] Ribicoff he started to put us in a defensive position because Ribicoff was pressing for standards later. I
Folder, "[September 5, 1967 - 1:05 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • knew about . their presence. Also, some of the State Department people did not . understand the legislation and did not respond to some of the questions, particnlarly a mean question from Senator Ribicoff. COl' l' LBJ LI RHAP.Y - 8
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/5/1966 (Item)
  • : Senator Abraham Ribicoff Joe Califano joined George Meany, Saratoga, NY (b. 2) Mike Manatos (pl) Henry Wilson (pl) Secy Wirtz (b. 2) Henry Wilson (pl) ^ Joe Califano (b. 3) iiatr August 5, 1966 White House Dav Friday Activity (inc!ude visited
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/1/1965 (Item)
  • SEPTEMBER 1 , 196 5 T he Whit e Hous e WEDNESDAY Situation Roo m State Dep t Operation s Cente r Situation Roo m Situation Roo m Jake Jacobse n Cliff Carte r Cong. J . J . Pickl e -* s Sen Abej *Ribicoff ^ re development ofnewCabinet d ... an d
Oral history transcript, Wilbur Mills, interview 2 (II), 3/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • welfare amendments; residency requirements; JFK’s Madison Square Garden speech; JFK assassination; 1970 Nixon welfare program; 1972 election; the role of vice presidents; the Mills-Ribicoff bill; Adam Clayton Powell; meat quota bill.
Folder, "The Message - Vol. II [1 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)
  • of the land can be counted as the local matching requirement. "Let me know and, if so, "Can it be done, 11 McClellan said. then hold it." We will pursue this with Gene Foley. Senator Ribicoff told Alan Boyd ·and me that l:e will go with us on the Department
Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 3 (III), 5/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • with [Abraham] Ribicoff and I spent a lot of time with Adam Clayton Powell and the others and congressman [Phillip] Landrum, but as I look back on the period my greatest contribution to the whole area is the contribution which I really felt helped to unravel
Folder, "The Message - Vol. II [2 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)
  • . Ervin Non-coinm.ittal. Gruening Okay. Muskie Sounds pretty go6d, but warns that Scn~tors will bo conce1·ned ahout rol of cc1·tain existing agencies such as FA.A, after trans!e1· to new Dopt,.2/: All the way with us I •Ribicoff Harris Open mind
Oral history transcript, William Gorham, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • had some interests and came at it a different way. K: Was it [Abraham] Ribicoff who said it was impossible to govern HEW, when he left? G: He said that, right. But I don't really believe that; I just believe that the people who were selected
Oral history transcript, H. Ralph Taylor, interview 2 (II), 4/4/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • of Milton Kottler of the Institute for Policy Studies here in Washington, before the Ribicoff committee. He pushed hard the Ecco Neighborhood Cooperation Model in Columbus~ Ohio. ':Ecco 1 s been a failure, and has been recognized as such today. But what
Oral history transcript, Dr. Samuel Halperin, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh H: No, I don't think so. M: Let me preface questions of this nature with a statement that Health, Education, and Welfare as a Department had a reputation of being almost ungovernable before the coming of Gardner. Ribicoff
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 26 (XXVI), 4/18/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • him off with everything to do with the legislative program or everything to do with cities programs. I don't know. I can't remember when, and it was this kind of story that created that problem. We made [Abraham] Ribicoff actually part of this process
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/9/1966 (Item)
  • Safety council, Chicago, Ill. RAFERTY, William A. , Motor & Equipment Manufacturers Assn. , NYC RANDOLPH, Sen. Jennings RIBICOFF, Sen. Abraham 'RINDLAUB, Jean Wade, West Englewood, NJ ROBBINS, Paul, Exec. Dir., National Society of Professional Engineers
Folder, "FEIGHAN, Michael A.," Congressional Favors, Box 10 (Item)
  • ., for 175 earch moving scrapers. 3/14 Navy $6,927,117 contract to United Aircraft Sen. T. Dodd Corp., Sikorsky Aircraft Division, Sen. A. Ribicoff Stratford, Conn., for HH-3F helicopters Rep. R. Giaimo for the Coast Guard. 3/14 Army $10,433,909
Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 3 (III), April 1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • that given that climate the Auto Safety bill had given the leadership in Congress of people like Senator Ribicoff and Senator Magnuson, the time for that issue had clearly arrived. And the administration--President Johnson in his message of February 1966
Oral history transcript, Horace D. Godfrey, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • projects; Food and Agricultural Act of 1965; responsible for steering legislation through Congress; drafting process; Senators Allen Ellender, Herman Talmadge and Ribicoff; Mr. Moss; Food for Freedom Act; Food Stamp Act; Appalachian program; agricultural
Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 2 (II), 6/28/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)
  • mentioned, when Wilbur Cohen came in and when [Abraham] Ribicoff pushed the welfare amendments. I mentioned how the welfare amendments were started in the Ribicoff and Kennedy Administration, where Wilbur gave me about nine or ten things and just
Folder, "NSAM # 341: The Direction, Coordination and Supervision of Interdepartmental Activities Overseas, 3/2/1966, [1 of 2]" National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 7 (Item)
  • . JACKSON, Washington SAM J. ERVIN, JR., N-0rth Carolina ERNEST GRUENING, Alaska EDMUNDS. MUSKIE, Maine ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, Connecticut FRED R. HARRIS, Oklahoma ROBERT F. KENNEDY, New York LEE METCALF, Montana JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico KARL E. MUNDT
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . And he gave a He said, "You would be a logical contender." I felt that was about all I could extract from him, so I acquiesced. F: Was there any serious consideration for you as a successor to Abraham Ribicoff in HEW? W: Well, there was a great deal
Oral history transcript, Thomas G. Corcoran, interview 3 (III), 9/9/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • that made Lyndon feel comfortable with him. I don't think he ever felt comfortable with Bailey and I don't think he ever felt that he could trust Bailey, because he thought Bailey was all tied up with [Senator Abraham] Ribicoff, who was Kennedy. I think all
Oral history transcript, John W. Gardner, interview 1 (I), 12/20/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • : Was there any difference in the operations of the task forces under Kennedy versus Johnson? G: Yes, the one under President Kennedy was far more under the guidance of the Secretary of HEW, Abraham Ribicoff. It was much more informal. The sessions weren't
Folder, "Decision on Transportation," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)