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Folder, "Final Profiles - Working Copy," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)

police . . were continually on the alert to keep marches and counter- . .·'' marches of civil rights and -white supremacist organ1z.ations · * A block is considered to have been "busted" when one Negro family has been sold a home . in a previously

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 3 (III), 7/9/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

, but we did change the one thing that could block legislation and had been blocking legislation since the New Deal days. M: Was this seen at that time as sort of a preparatory move to take on some of this legislation 3 LBJ Presidential Library http

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/27/1964 (Item)

to the President: Cane - Wooden cane use d only by Royalty in early days of Madagascar Photograph: Autographed photograph in gold (carved) wood frame Steer: Solid gold steer mounted on block of wood in the shape o f Madagascar Book: Autographed copy

President's Daily Diary entry, 12/10/1964 (Item)

into the office William Randolph Hearst Jr OFF RECORD At 1:10, the President opened the door of his office and said, "I'm going to walk around Mrthe the block, get my dogs for me. " Then he and Mr. Hearst began their walk around Chairman

Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 10/15/1962 (Item)

. Luncheon, makes brief address. Recorded. Departs Hotel Yadkin via motorcade for Rowan County Courthouse about 5 blocks away. Vice Pres. arrives Rowan County Courthouse steps, greeted by Frank Hall, Chairman Rowan County Commissioners. Congressman Hugh

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/26/1964 (Sunday) (Item)

leashes racing before us, tugging Lyndon along. At the Southwest Gate some 100 tourists were gathered, and Lyndon said, "Would you all like to come in and walk around the: block with us? 11 while I flinc.he:d and I don't know what \·.'1'nt

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/19/1967 (Item)

t^ t Lo Day Sunday __ (include visited by) ture 0 1 * *" 5:18a ' 3HHfe__L^H3H MEF) AFOne 5:30 a Secy 5:45a _6:15a j 26000 on the blocks at HickamAFBase, Hawaii. Governor and Mrs. Burns deaprted, and the ground crews busily refueled

President's Daily Diary entry, 2/28/1966 (Item)

, A^BCBHthKx&xx attended by almost all of the WH correspondents and Smitty's frien and many of the WH staff who knewSmitty. Feb 28 White House (__ After Monday the ceremony, the President and Mrs. Johnson drove the five city blocks to the grave site

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/15/1965 (Item)

Attending th e ceremon y were parent s o f the graduates , th e principa l o f the Capita l Page Schoo l - - Dr . Henr y J . DeKeyse r and teachers, Mrs . Naom i Z . Ulmer , Mrs . Florenc e Block , Mrs .. Rut Rut hh Harpe Harperr June White House 15

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Beautification Luncheon, the White House, 4/17/1968" (Item)

last summer. There are other wonderful playgrounds and neigbborbood facilities in tbe planning and construction pbase now: at Anthony Bowen School; at Bryan; and at Kingsman. These are the building blocke far a better Washington; tbey signal a pattern

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 8 (VIII), 4/2/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to the left as we came out. This put Johnson on the curb side. Then that road that extended from that gate went on down, I mean went on, not the way we were going but it went on back that way and it was, I don't know, a block or two blocks away there were

Oral history transcript, Clarence S. Redford, interview 1 (I), 6/18/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

towns, but the big competition was between Blanco and Johnson City. M: I see. Well now, you were a childhood companion of Lyndon Johnson. What did you do to entertain yourselves? R: We usually found there was a--the block that our home

Oral history transcript, Sidney A. Saperstein, interview 2 (II), 6/28/1986, by Janet Kerr-Tener (Item)

Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 3 (III), 5/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

as the Poverty Bill of 1964. M: Was there any problem over the idea of block grants in the education program? C: Well, we'd given a lot of thought to block grants, but you see the whole question of block grants depends on how big a block it is. There are small

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/4/1968 (Item)

them . children fro m Rame y Hig h Schoo l whic h i s i n th e nex t block . Th e Presiden t showed Ly n off , ha d him wal k fo r th e crow d -and the n cam e bac k to th e hous e 9:43a f 9:45a Luci Sec , Pa y Udal l - Washingto n - r e civi l right

President's Daily Diary entry, 12/13/1968 (Item)

. by automobile Depart Center of Bridge accompanied by Mrs. Johnson Gustavo Diaz-Ordaz and Mrs. President eight block motorcade balloons and confetti 12:46 p.m. good crowds Arrive Paso Del Norte Hotel stopped inside the hotel to inspect a Chevrolet motor van

President's Daily Diary entry, 10/28/1964 (Item)

in a room that had been set up for him and then walked approx. 1 block to the site of the Gymnasium. REMARKS (police estimated 35,000) -&*~ After the President's remarks, he immediately departed for the airport -- Albuquerque Sun Port and drove straight

President's Daily Diary entry, 11/20/1964 (Item)

. Young . The Presiden t the n entere d th e academi c processio n an d walke d i n th e processio n approximately tw o block s t o Straha n Gymnasium . Th e processio n wa s long , an d the Presiden t - - a t th e hea d - - entere d th e Gy m an d the n

President's Daily Diary entry, 11/23/1964 (Item)

sig n thei r name s i n prepare d cemen t blocks . The President , Governo r Sanders , Governo r Vandiver , Senator s Talmadg e an d Russell an d Judg e Russel l al l departe d vi a choppe r fo r th e W . W . Heat h Ranch fo r mor e huntin g --o f deer

President's Daily Diary entry, 11/28/1964 (Item)

meanwhile -- and the ladies were in the living room w/ her.) The President tookthe gentlemen outside to sign blocks. (Mr. Kellam, mf, vm also signed them.) 4:15 4:30 5:44 The President, Attorney General Katzenbach , Mr. Marshall, Mr. Guy, Mr.Thompson

Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, YWCA National Convention Cleveland, Ohio, 4/20/1964" (Item)

four blocks from the White House are the busy facilities of the Y WC A residence. I have cut the ribbon for their International Food Fair and like their stream of visitors carried away honey from Mt. Olympus and Scandanavian chocolates. Often, I have

Folder, "September 9, 1968 - 5:45 p.m. President's meeting with House leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)

they will not move against Berlin or Romania from Dobrynin. Bi-lateral relations with the USSR have been deeply affected. Czechoslovakia does not necessarily block the ABM discussions. Vietnam remains with us. the Middle East is still there. The world still has big

Folder, "[January 11, 1966 - 1:05 p.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on David Bell's Return]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)

Committee working on this. Difficult to manage. VC can send purchasing agent to Saigon and buy what they need. It is difficult to get to VG. Easier to block it via transportation rather than marketplace. Long, detailed process to find out about the flow

Folder, "Beautification Summary - The Committee for a More Beautiful Capital, 1965 - 1968," White House Social Files, Beautification Files, Box 22 (Item)

of landscaping and activities on the Mall, landscaping National Park properities in the center of the city, the development " .... -:""' . ~ . . ~.. .' . 4 of demonstration blocks on Downtown F Street, the development of Lincoln Place

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/13/1966 (Item)

. C. Kellam - Austin, Texas Dale Malechek - LBJ Ranch Today announced thd consolidation, in the Department of the Treasury, of jurisdiction over all foreign property in the U. S. which is "blocked" or "frozen." Today issued memorandum to the heads

President's Daily Diary entry, 2/6/1966 (Item)

members of the Viet-Namese official party were staying (only a few blocks from the Royal Hawaiian Hotel) The Presidential motorcade drove there and the President bid farewell to his guests. . . he walked them to their suite. . . then returned to his

President's Daily Diary entry, 1/16/1965 (Item)

m o f the ranc h house . Outside t o th e sid e o f the hous e wher e al l member s o f the visiting PM's part y signe d cement blocks . The President w / Mrs . Johnso n an d PM and Mrs. Pearso n drov e i n the gol f car t to th e hangar wher e

President's Daily Diary entry, 3/20/1965 (Item)

pick up Mrs. Brooks . To birthplace dep Returned to house looking over MW JV HB Pics ofc pics w/ Jack Horner Chmn by Cecil Stoughton Macy John outside Page 3 G Adams Saturday White outside To signing House blocks LBJ Ranch 3 / 20

President's Daily Diary entry, 6/25/1965 (Item)

June 25 , 196 5 White Hous e - Kansas City . Missour i Friday The Presiden t wen t for a walk aroun d the Muehlbac h Hotel w/ Jak e Jacobse n for abou t 1 0 blocks an d talked w / reporter s tha t were following an d shoo k hj.nds w / The Presiden

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/19/1965 (Item)

alon g th e stree t across thei r calls corded Ls July 196 5 White Hous e - Bloomington , Illinoi s MONDAY house an d both side s o f it --w / cameras , etc . - - th e police bloc k of f for th e entir e block wa s no t at al l successful ) Inside

Folder, "October 14, 1968 - Foreign Policy Advisory Group meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

of Berlin. Throughout, he had used Secretary Rusk's language. When asked about what the U. S. would do if access to Berlin were blocked, he had said: The U. S. will take appropriate action in case of interference with ingress or egress to or from

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 60 (LX), 1/17/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

him to all those comments about Ford. The Lego blocks. Have we done Model Cities? Did I tell you about the Lego blocks? G: No. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 61 (LXI), 1/19/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Califano -- LXI -- 4 C: Well, this was crazy. It was just crazy for Staggers to continue to block

Folder, "Conot Profiles - Work Copy with Comments [1 of 2]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)

the tension. laughed. People Soon they began to drift home. The foilowing day tensions in the area mounted again as police patrolle_d the 36 square blocks with . 220 men, some ·o f them stationed ·on rooftops. · Early in the evening the mayor ,~e

Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 8 (VIII), 5/16/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

dead, and [was a] senator announced against Senator Hill. After the fact Jim Allen got me to one side and told me after he was elected that he merely stepped in there to block other entries into the race, but that if Lister Hill had decided to run he

Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 10 (X), 5/13/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to that day. The southerners were all ready for some kind of a trick deal where Johnson would suddenly introduce a bill or permit somebody to introduce a bill. What he did was to block the Stella School District bill and cause it to go to the calendar

Folder, "NSAM # 232: Follow_up on King Hassans Visit, 4/5/1963," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 1 (Item)

operational. In 1963 Moroccan Government officials were particularly busy with elections on an almost one-a-month basis from April on. While these other demands on their attention may not have changed their views on base conversion, they effectively blocked

Oral history transcript, Daniel Garcia, interview 1 (I), 12/17/1985, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

here; actually I was born here just about four or five blocks south of this place were we are making this recording, Dan's Furniture Store. I was born in 1914, September 1. I was raised about two or three blocks north of here, in the community here

Folder, "Conot Profiles - Work Copy with Comments [2 of 2]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)

that the speakers had B■ completed, he got back into his car and started moving away. At this point a clf'owd surged around his car compl~tely ai■ki blocking it. The Attorney G eneeral then got out of the c a r ~ to speak to the crowd. He told them

Folder, "Dr. King, Inves. of his Murder April 1968," Papers of Ramsey Clark, Box 66 (Item)