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  • ) the personal rank of Minister to Jac ques J. Reinstein, FSO-1, for the period of his assignment as American Civil veputy Commandant, NATO Defense College, Rome. I . [ I I . ! 4. Baghdad Conference Ends - The 6-day Baghdad conference of Arab Ministers
  • from the Post Office Department--the Post Office Department, though I wound up there ultimately, was not an exciting department in terms of our overall picture and I guess that was traditional with the department. It generally had to do with the unions
  • in the 1980s; encouraging Democratic civil-rights-supporting members of Congress to organize and become more actively involved in the passage of related legislation; the civil rights views of southern members of Congress; Everett Dirksen's and Mike Mansfield's
  • tel.egram of May 2, 1966, concerning civil -- )( action No. 15952, Eer1k Heine v. x Juri Raus, in the United States District Court for the Di::trict of Maryland. I have been adVised by the Depart­ ment of Justice that Executive Order 10501
  • be a major intervention in. a trouDlet situation. The Soviet Union would be upset and suspicious. Above a ll , Senator Mansfield should remember that he is "an officer ~r the United States Government," as a member of the . legislative branch. Tkerefor e
  • to preclude the Sen­ ate f om expressing its will on civil rights ·n a reasonable manner. but I do know t e American people will find it very har to understand why a subject which u ally is given such high pri­ ority duri g a campaign has been given priority
  • the world have been the base for inspired action throughout the long history of civilized man. Your own record, Mr. Prime Minister, has been truly consistent with these ideals and so we Americans greet you with a special feeling of spiritual kinship. 1 am
  • liberties. Yet it was exactly hamstown, studentt threatened to boy­ the issue of civil liberties that last week cott local shops if authorities interfered triggered demoni1trations at Cape Town with their protest marches. Shouted one and other uftiversilies
  • roval of any FY 1967 OVN manpower increases until overall au '" C "'• n t i s reached on civil/military allocation. Thia means in e ffe ct a t ernr ()r a ry freeze on all force ceilings at e11d :E' 'I 1966 a pproved levels un il a I ~,...npowe1· bud get
  • lovely words that American children are brought up to say--Liberty. Freedom, Equality. It ie only in their danger the.t l.merican people begin to r ealise how great they are, in the lives of each one of uat and h011 much we would willingly do 1n
  • as the American Arbitr~tion Association. He once served as Assistant' Solicitor · General of the United States and is a member of the New York Advisory Committee to the U. S. Commission on Civil Rights. He has long been recognized as a leader in the fight
  • See all scanned items from file unit "Civil Rights – Miscellaneous 1965"
  • Civil rights
  • Folder, "Civil Rights – Miscellaneous 1965," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6
  • Civil Rights Files
  • have to admire his courage when he lost his popularity in Texas because he refused to endorse secession. He said, in effect, "We fought for the Union, and Texas has helped to make the Union, and I'm not going against the Union." But his son served
  • ; General Douglas MacArthur; Harry Byrd; conservation; Civil Rights Acts; major changes in U.S. government in 35 years; accomplishments of the American people
  • the U. s. from ttthe good people" of We stern Europe and many parts of Asia. As a lifelong friend of the U. s. , who regarded himself virtually as an American, this troubled him deeply. Moreover, the war in Viet Nam was preventing all of us from getting
  • than the Front's. NLF elements fighting in South Vietnam seek to avoid American spoiling attacks,to elude enemy search and destroy forces and to.concentrate on the real war -- the struggle ror support or the civil population by all possible means
  • by the North and the Americans pay dearly for it. The Americans.... have adopted thi,.s attitude not out of love for the South but because of circumf!tances ... · b. • War has cost the Americans millio~s of dollars in manpower and equipment; yet, after more
  • with the Soviet Union could not be conducted by the United States Government, which nevertheless had contingent commitments to a number of sectors of American society. This is not a matter of the Kennedy or the Johnson Administration,because it obviou_s ly
  • was selected·to convene a conference on Black Power by those present. ·The.me~ting was to be-attended by representatives of all civil rights groups 8lilbracing the philosophy of black power. • . Invitations and•notices ot the 167 meeting indicated that plans were
  • Civil disobedience
  • Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)
  • BY THENATIONAL ANTIRIOTCOMMISSION SIX WEEKSAGO. CONGRESS,MEANWHILE WASBEINGPRESSEDTO A VOTEON A CIVIL ~IGHTSBILL WHICHCONTAINS A TOUGH-- ANDCONTROVERSIAL --OPEN HOUSING PROVIS ION. SPURREDONBY THE PRESIDENT,HOUSEMANAGF.RS OF THE SENATE-PASSED BILL CALLEDFOR
  • . This attitude was fully ~xploited by the North and the Americans pay dearly for it. The Americ...~ns have adopted thj,s attitude not out of love for the South. but because of circumstances . . . ' • I • • b. · War has cost the Americans milliops ·of dollars
  • 1968 STUDENT DISSENT AND ITS TECHNIQUES IN THE US · Summary The eme!gence of widespread protest against certain US Government policies by radical American university students began in -the early 1960s. An estimated 30,000 students now actively
  • initial progress toward stabiliza.tion and economic recovery. Self-Help Action Aside from the self-help action already taken as outlined in my memorandum of April 2.8 (in the fields of agrarian and civil service reform, control of public sector finances
  • 10. to 11. Milton Rayford). Burt Henry, Levey, head of Afro-American Unity and "General" Baker ( Names given to Housing not to Director see him) Lawyer in Cleage Civil Rights to Perry). of Urban League. "orbit" (Name 0 Commission
  • Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)
  • Workers Intl Union. Denver Ray Denison, American Fed of Labor and Cong of Industrial Org - Washington. D C Mrs. Rosa Lea Elliott, Labor Press Assoc. AFL-CIO, Washington, D. C. Dave Elsila. Am Fed of Teachers, Chicago, Ill Irving Fagan, Labor Press Assoc
  • rega~ded only give . . d , .:> , ee::1 1.:ia.ee nas, not and external of stress must Bot..."1 the ----------~eir_ stereoty~e, just • ,·their li;Jerty reaction plain of ·1963 in tiBes civil Asians. pretty ·posture that not of II
  • Roosevelt was its eager servant and faithful defender before th11 whole world. Tens ot mil.lions of Americans shared the Roosevelt belief in 1933. But not one in a million saw so early and so clearly as he_ thte world-shaking significance of the Hitler
  • emphasis with the announcement of the Alliance for Progress on March 13, 1961, five years ago. Today, by word and deed, Americans are helping to fulfill the hopes of those who have little and pray that one day they can have more. The Johns on Administration
  • for a just and lasting peace throughout the world. On this occasion. therefore, the Filipino people pray that the American people will continue to grow in wisdom ·and strength for the sake of all liberty-loving peoples. Ferdinand E. Marcos President
  • to negotiate a settlement designed to achieve results substantially greater than those achieved thus far through American military and civil efforts. Meaningful negotiations are obviously pre­ cluded by such a position. We applaud Ambassador Goldberg's
  • . He is civilized and reasonable, but his pitch is not one that the American Negro · community could approve. De Guingand is staying at Charlie Engelhard 1s apartment in the Waldorf, Apartment 40-a, Telephone - Eldorado 5-3100. He has a speaking en­
  • Glynn. But boy, what a bastard he could be. G: Any other events during the campaign that you remember? The trip to the International Ladies Garment Workers Union in New York? R: I don't remember that, for some reason. You know, during that whole
  • about Vietnam; intervention in the Dominican Republic; civil rights; immigration reforms; airline machinists’ strike; Reedy’s departure from post of press secretary; LBJ’s staff.
  • by the committee in keeping with established traditions of our Government. It accords with principles cherished and maintained throughout American history. Departure from these principles has occasionediudicial., executive, and legislative disapproval
  • happened to have a period of time off in which they had, if you will, liberty, and did decide to take a plane trip to some adjacent area and the plane unfortunately crashed into a mountain. Because of the concerns, as an example, the director of training
  • RESULT IN RESIGNATION OF GOVERNMENT. . FESTEJltING POLITICAL S-ITUATION . WHICH HAS DEVELOPED AS RESULT OF PALACE AND ERE ALARM AT .. ALLEGED': .EFFORTS OF PAPANDREOUS AND CERTAIN. OTHER CENTER UNION ··ELEMENTS TO ESTABLISH POLITICAL. CONTROL OVER
  • "riot" has been popularly used as a shorthand for the civil disturbances which have occurred in American cities for the past three years. But a careful look at the activi tj.es taking place within different cities in­ dicates that a broad range
  • Civil disorders
  • Studies of staff members on topics related to investigations of the Commission including "The Harvest of American Racism", discrimination in housing and education, consumer protection of the poor, Negro youth and civil disorders, etc.
  • Folder, "THE HARVEST OF AMERICAN RACISM: The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 1
  • Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)
  • and are speaking editorially about civil liberties problems, the point LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org
  • Biographical information; assassination; blacks in the State Department; civil rights progress; White House staff; LBJ and civil rights; administrative agencies; other duties; obstacles; White House Conference on Civil Rights; surveys
  • years of failure to restore the Union by the experi­ ment of war ••• justice, humanity, liberty and the public welfare demand that innnediate efforts be made for a cessation of hostilities ••• on the basis of the Federal Unipn of States." This language
  • . -- - - - - ----:< . · - -·- - - - All ----~-------------- - 2 our peoples can be proud of what we have achieved. But the task of defending liberty is never done. The security of our Alliance is only assured so long as we remain strong and determined to protect our people and our
  • . It is not too much to say that during· my tour of ciuty lu::r-e, t1:e efforts of Americans in Vietnam -- civil and military -- have deserved the word "~upe.rhu.man." And this word can assuredly be used to describe our work a.:t the Port. B. ¥,et C o-:ig: Loe
  • Berlin. They have cut- off the r1ow of people through the wall and generally have been di.U~cw.t. The presence of your representative in Berlin reminding therr~ of the long American commitment to this city was enthusiastically l'"cctived. Street crowds
  • OF CYPRUS August 31, 1962 Mr. Presiden~: In my country, we often quote the words of an early American patriot who said, 11Show me the land where liberty dwells;·there my home is. 11 it' Those words have new meaning for us all after.these hours in Cyprus
  • Be 2 ;· ~ as quotes A- forgotten tbe _i_•'.;; of f old what qirarrels with uhich busiedQ Th~ foliowing If gladly I would I will w a·s n I t it to. give ·do is ito -B~ar~'a Giddy 1 how much witti~r, American Firsters f 1 y