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Lady Bird Johnson's Daily Diary entry, 3/1/1965 (Item)
  • Boyhood Home Departed ranch and drove to San Antonio 2:10 Departed San Antonio airport for Washington via Dallas 8:20 Arrived National Airport 8:35 Arrived White House 8:47 To President's office He talked with Adam Clayton Powell 10:00 Returned
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 3/22/1961 (Item)
  • Wednesay P-38 Date. Activity (include visited by)* LD March 22, 1961 Expenditure Code Adam Clayton Powell George, Walter; Howard Burris; Ed Welsh VP opened the Senate Texas Delegation Sec of State and Senate, House leadership re: Laos Baxton Bryant
Senate Daily Diary entry, 1/22/1960 (Item)
  • rested Bill Noel Adam Clayton Powel l Tom Deegan, Peter Campbell Brown DeSapio reception at Democratic Club for Members of New York Legislature Press conference at Democratic Club Bob Thomas Ed Weisl, Jr. DeSapio Dinner at Democratic Club for County
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 8/30/1961 (Item)
  • with certificate making him honorary member of Nebraska Navy) Bobby Baker Sen Kerr Charlie Boatner Sec Dillon, re: brick bill Adam Clayton Powell, re: his letter on Equal Employment committee John Steele John Connally Dinner and drinks at 4040 52nd Street
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 10/11/1962 (Item)
  • by)* Breakfast in room with Sargent Shriver and Bill Moyers. Opens conference session for the day. I Sargent Shrivers seen talking to Representative Adam Clayton Powell for about half an hour while session going on. Departs hotel for airplane (DC-4, Navy) (Dorado
Senate Daily Diary entry, 8/17/1960 (Item)
  • Albright Buzz Tom Corcoran Mary Love Bailey (Austin) re: ladies' teas in Texas J. Raymond Jones (NYC) -- sent by Adam Clayton Powell Albert Thomas (re: ladies teas in Houston) Walter Reuther Walter, Bobby John Connally (San Francisco) Gerald Mann (Austin
Vice-President's Daily Diary entry, 8/5/1962 (Item)
  • . Date. Activity (include August 5, 1962 visited by)* LD Arr Andrews AFB via helicopter from Pentagon Pad accompanied by Mrs. Johnson, Lynda Bird, Mary Margaret Valenti, Sen. and Mrs. James Watson (N. Y.) and Congressman Adam Clayton Powell. Depart
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/29/1966 (Item)
  • )- to thank the President for calling IH^H S Gibbons; ^M) Prouty letter; cutting expenditures; (The President congratulated Shrive Cong Adam Clayton Powell (b. 1) \^ the passing of Poverty Bill today re passing of Poverty Bill; next week's developments
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/10/1963 (Item)
  • 5:12 5:15 5:22 5:24 5:35 5:31 5:42 5:45 5:46 5:50 5:55 6:00 6:10 7:05 f or t Activity Code Lo LD t t t t t f f t t (Include visited by)* Expenditure Adam Clayton Powell Kermit DATE November 23, 1966TIME Name of Individual Place of Meeting
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/31/1964 (Item)
  • McNamara V. McCammon Attorney General W. Jenkins Mr Jenkins Cong Joe Kilgore Arrive office w/ B. Moyers and J. Valenti Cabinet Room - Sub - Cabinet Group on Civil Rights Secy. McNamara V. McCammon Adam Clayton Powell Secy Wirtz Burke Marshall - until 12:50
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/14/1964 (Item)
  • Moyers G Reedy Bill Moyers for lunch w/ Jack Valenti Bill Moyers Kermit Gordon Dec White 14 1964 Monday House J Valenti B Moyers To the office Abe Fortas Senator Cong Bill B Adam OFF RECORD Jordan OFF RECORD Powell pl Bundy OFF
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/9/1963 (Item)
  • Jenkins & Mr Feldman Cong Hale Boggs John McCone and McGeorge Bundy In Cabinet Room w/ Genl. Maxwell Taylor, Secretary McNamara Joined by Elmer Staats and Kermit Gordon - till 12:20 Secretary McNamara in office Larry O'Brien Adam Clayton Powell General
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/27/1965 (Item)
  • John Macy Congressman Carl Albert Congressman Hal e Boggs Cong. Adam Clayton Powell (b. 1) Director of CIA, John McCon e - Lo s Angeles , Axi x Californi a (b. 2) To Cabinet Roo m wit h Chairman Macy for a meeting with his Special Assistants anc
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 45, 30 April 1989," LBJ Library (Item)
  • ½. The State of New York/Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., State Office Building Collection. 2 Bal Jeunesse by Palmer Hayden Collection of Dr. Meredith Sirmans Meta Warrick Fuller. Talking skull. 1937. Bronze, 28x40X15. The Museum of Afro-American History, Boston
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/10/1964 (Item)
  • . Wolfe To office Cong Adam Clayton Powell Mac Bundy Brings Cong Powell to mjdr's office and introduces him to mjdr, gw, vm, mf Receives '64 Baseball Pass - takes guests outside - calls dogs - pics made then walks over South Grounds w/ Joseph Cronin
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/26/1967 (Item)
  • and Mrs. Mahon Mr. and Mrs. Jfc-fcc Simon McHugh ; . _, Mary S, mf , j (The President, though explaing to Cong Mahon that he hadn't brought him to David to talk business, aske d the Congressman what the Congress was going to do w/ Adam Clayton Powell
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/13/1966 (Item)
  • Watson and Joe Laitin nut ,_ Cong. Adam Clayton Powell, __ OFF RECORD__ Cong. Sam Gibbons /^ Jack Valenti ^__—_— — — (Cong. Gibbons and Powell requested this appt to discuss the Poverty legislation for _ 1966. Cong. Powell said he had scheduled a caucus
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 6 (VI), 3/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Powell as the chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee. What was it like to work with Powell on things like this? C: We really didn't. We didn't have that much rapport with Adam Clayton Powell. Powell stayed in trouble at home a good bit
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/10/1964 (Item)
  • / Judge Moursund G Reedy fr mans Lee White fr mans Cong Adam Clayton Powell Senator Hayden fr mans McGeo Bundy fr mans Reception To East Room to receive selected by the Remarks by To the office McGeorge Presidential commission (See Pag e 3 ) the w
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/26/1964 (Item)
  • comm on Heart Disease cancer stroke Walter Jenkins Cong Adam Clayton Powell Cong Carl Albert Senator Howard Cannon briefly in Oval office then to Cabinet Room to make film for Senator Cannon Introduced to Mr Jim Flanagan of Port Arthur as he walks
Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 5 (V), 11/29/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and Labor Committee on the one side and then the Senate Labor Committee on the other. Of course, Adam Clayton Powell chaired the House committee. Was there anything unique about your dealings with Powell, a very mercurial guy? S: Adam Clayton Powell
  • Adam Clayton Powell’s role in Congress and his criticism of Shriver and the Office of Economic Opportunity; the political ramifications of dispersing federal funds without the input of local politicians; John Connally’s criticism of War on Poverty
Oral history transcript, Carl D. Perkins and Donald Baker, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . And We just went right on through, got the whole thing through without any problems. G: Of course, Adam Clayton Powell was chairman of the committee at the time. P: What was--? He was chairman of the committee at the time. and at times he was away
  • First knowledge of pending legislation to fight poverty; personal interest in and involvement in legislation of this kind; LBJ and unemployment; War on Poverty; steering legislation through committee; Adam Clayton Powell as chairman; LBJ’s
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/9/1967 (Item)
  • Watson were talkin g t o Cong . Ada m ly Clayton Powell i n M W s office . Th e President agai n sai d t o make Ok e no t take picture s h his glasses on . e President t o the ova l offic e . / Mik e Manatos __„_ e Califan o (pl ) , * ; n Watson (pl
Oral history transcript, James Roosevelt, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the role that I had to play was due to the fact that I was chairman of the subcommittee that dealt with labor legislation. And I think that the fact that I had a chairman by the name of Adam Clayton Powell, who Mr. Rayburn had a little difficulty
  • convention in Los Angeles; LBJ's campaign enthusiasm; Sam Yorty's involvement in the 1964 presidential election; Roosevelt's role in defeating the Bolton Amendment; Adam Clayton Powell as chair of the House Committee on Education and Labor, and the work
Oral history transcript, S. Douglass Cater, interview 3 (III), 5/26/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • pleading and Mahon still saying there was nothing he could do about it. F: Kind of like turning down your best friend for a bank loan. Did Adam Clayton Powell figure in on this at all, or did he leave it to Brademas to floor manage and handle the whole
  • LBJ’s speech for Smithsonian celebration; International Education Act; world education; HEW; Civil Rights Act; Adam Clayton Powell; LBJ’s lifestyle after heart attack.
Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 2 (II), 6/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . And for a southerner--and he didn't sign the Southern Manifesto, so we had some grounds for supporting him. Another thing is Adam Powell was with him. Adam liked him. I think I told you all that, didn't I? 14 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL
  • Shepherd. Also mentions Hobart Taylor, the President’s Club, Adam Clayton Powell. DNC activities in Detroit, Chicago, New York, Atlanta
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/10/1966 (Item)
  • to the State Department to Congressional consultation. requested begin Goldberg - New York City (calling fm his residence) B. 1 Charles Schultze Gardner Ackley w/MJDR - in outside porchway - w/transcript of Adam Clayton Powell conversation Gave
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/27/1963 (Item)
  • Room for U.S. Capitol w/ Bill Moyers and Larry O'Brien Session of Congress Arrive Oval Room Lynda arrives for lunch Mrs John Connally ntner of NBC Bob Ki Jim Haggerty Otis Chandler Dr Stanton Genl. Sannoff Walker Stone Adam Clayton Powell J Waddy
Oral history transcript, Hyman Bookbinder, interview 2 (II), 5/19/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • after Shriver became involved with the legislative 4 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Bookbinder -- II -- 5 phase, and [Adam
  • -operated Job Corps centers; sub-committees in the program; youth- and women-related programs; the OEO delegating some programs; the Employment Service; Head Start; VISTA; LBJ’s support of poverty programs; Adam Clayton Powell; Adam Yarmolinsky leaving
Folder, "Civil Rights – Miscellaneous 1966," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • . Y.) Hep. Robert L. Le~gctt (D-Cali/.) Rep. Robert Nix (D-Pa.) Rep. Adam Clayton Powell ( D-N. Y.) Rep. Joseph Retmick (D-N.Y.) Rep. Henry Reuss (D-Wi~c.} Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Rep. Benjamin Rosenthal (D-N. Y.) William Fitts Ryan (D-N.Y.) James Scheuer
Oral history transcript, Livingston Biddle, interview 1 (I), 3/20/1989, by Louann Temple (Item)
  • , and that was Adam Clayton Powell, who was very, very powerful. So to have the legislation for the arts considered was one of several bills that were being what is known as petitioned out of the Rules Committee. And if the petition had not succeeded that would have
  • ; LBJ's support for the NEA and NEH as part of the Great Society program; Abe Fortas' executive order plan related to the arts; Biddle's work with Roger Stevens; Judge Howard W. Smith as chair of the Rules Committee; Frank Thompson; Adam Clayton Powell's
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/26/1966 (Item)
  • was the Democratic Senatorial primary held on Tuesday) Cong Adam Clayton VP Rusk, Amb Diop Powell (B.1) Returning his call To the Mansion w/ MW -- for White House Reception celebrating the Third Anniversary o f the Organization of African Union Date May
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 19 (XIX), 4/22/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to Wilbur Mills, for example, on Medicare and the period of time that it took to ultimately bring it about, all the way from adamancy, Kerr-Mills and the rest. You cannot underestimate the power of Wilbur Mills. He not only
  • Clayton Powell; the censure of Tom Dodd; 1967 Elementary and Secondary Education Act and Albert Quie's opposition; Carl Perkins' leadership on the Education and Labor Committee in dealing with Edith Green; truth-in-lending legislation; campaign subsidy
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 2 (II), 10/29/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • House; Cardinal Francis Spellman's political views; debate over the inclusion of private and/or parochial schools in aid to education; Adam Clayton Powell as chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee and his relationship with John McCormack
Oral history transcript, Roman Pucinski, interview 1 (I), 12/29/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • thought that Johnson and Adam Clayton Powell respected each other as a couple of professionals. P: Yes, they did, and Adam Clayton Powell never turned the President down. Now, Adam Clayton Powell had an access to the President. The President realized how
  • consulates in the U.S. and U.S. consulates in the USSR; LBJ's relationship with Adam Clayton Powell; LBJ's relationship with Congress; LBJ's ability to persuade people; the change in expectations among African-Americans during LBJ's presidency
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/16/1966 (Item)
  • Moss Cong James O'Hara Cong Tom Steed Cong Adam Clayton Powell Mr. Andrew Biemiller, AFL-CIO Steward E. McClure, Chief Clerk, Alex Christie. United Steel Workers Senate Labor and Public Works Orville Larson. United Steel Workers Russell Derrickson
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/21/1966 (Item)
  • left. Cong Adam Clayton Powell. National -- re reappointment of Howard Gamser to the/Mediation Board Russell Wiggins and Kay Graham. McPherson (pl) To Fish Rm w/ guests to see Courtenay Washington Post July 21, 1966 Thursday n MW's office talking
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/1/1965 (Item)
  • Secretary Rober t McNamar a Secretary Dea n Rusk Mrs. Johnso Johnso nn -- -- joine joine dd JJV V an and d Presiden Presidentt i nn loung loungee George Bill Cong Reedy Moyers Adam Bill Moyers speaker John Clayton Powell McCormack w/ J V to mansion
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/1/1965 (Monday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird drives around LBJ Ranch with the Malecheks; opening of the Johnson City home; Lady Bird flies back to Washington, DC; LBJ calls Congressman Adam Clayton Powell about the Elementary and Secondary Education Act; Luci Johnson is ill
Oral history transcript, Henry Loomis, interview S-I, 8/15/1968, by Harry L. Selden (Item)
  • ; pressure by Adam Clayton Powell to employ blacks in the reorganization; administering Civil Rights Act through education grants; Francis (Frank) Keppel.