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- there be someone with direct supervision over
the activities of the various parts of the Government.
The President called on Ramsey Clark who recommended an overall
command post to be either in the Defense Department or Justice
Department.
Katzenbach agrees
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Carl Albert urged that disaster loans be excepted from any suspension.
Russell Long and others said that if the Conference Report were enacted,
the employment ceilings on the Post Office and the Defense Departments
would have to be removed. Long said
- of leaving ·the Ambassador's post
open after he went to the NATO meeting. He would not raise the matter
directly with ·willy Brandt, but he would get a feel for the risk of leaving
the post open for several months.
Mr. Nixon said he planned to appoint
- of the post-Vietnam defense outlook mentioning the $60 billion
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benchmark figures, but indicating he regarded it as a lower limit. (He
must have had a good memo or briefing on that recently from DOD.) We
had to remain first
- that the
Congressional presentation should be a DOD responsibility and that
Mr. Rusk should participate in the follow-up presentation to the public.
Mr. Ball pointed out the need to paint "a sombre picture" and to dispel
any idea that the post-monsoon period would see us
- ; Treasury and Post Office we 1ve got to cut the customs inspectors and
mail deliveries and Interior, we'll cut out some dams."
Postmaster General O'Brien said "we could eliminate Saturday deliveries
and not process mail on Sundays and cut business deliveries
- . Also
needed just now were a dozen men for ambassadorships and for some
other posts throughout the government. Actually, we need Reischauer
in a dozen places.
Professor Eckstein said we need people, for instance, at the deputy
assistant secretary level
- and have to borrow this money
it would not be good. It would also not be good to have a $30 billion deficit.
He said we are trying to figure out how to cut expenditures. We have over
$100 billion that we can not touch of funds such as Treasury, Post Office
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MEMORANDUM
THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
NOTES ON INFORMAL COFFEE IN THE FAMILY
DINING ROOM - JANUARY 31, 1968
Present:
The President
George Christian ~
Hugh Sidey - Time
Carroll Kilpatrick - Washington Post
Merriman Smith - UPI
Frank
- material in the last few
days meetings with .many newspaper people, l;>ureau chiefs, columnists,
magazine writers and broadcast men. He said he gave backgrounders to
them all. He said they all practically surrender. Kilpatrick (Washington Post)
has a son
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that the President heard it and is displeased.
The President talked about the poll in yesterday's Washington Post
front page story which showed the President defeating Romney and Nixon
whether George Wallace was in or out of the race. He pointed out that
last
- in advance about our bombing
· pauses', it !:\as not worked in the. past.
I
Coi:Ycel'lif.i:Ig-the"".'tY6ubTes
at.non1~'1"adtey-:said~ur :nieamn3f coffimtirucatioii~
·are· largely-res·p-difsible7• "For example, the Washington Post used three pages
- of reporters, if any
Ambassador from any country had asked if this was any departure from
our policy, and Bundy replied no.
The President asked about the Ambassadorial post in the Philippines.
wondered whether Eugene Locke could fill this.
He
The President
- to 100, 000 votes.
The President gave Mrs. Zaiman an Asian medallion and a deck
of cards.
~~-6.;_
George Christian
I
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October 17, 1967
NOTES OF THE PRESIDENT 1S CONVERSATION WITH
HOBART ROWEN, WASHINGTON POST
October 14, 1967
Rowen:
You don 1t
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Cabinet posts div°"J.mselves of stock
A. J. GOODPASTER
Lt. General, U.S.A.
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13.
Getti n g Out the Vote a nd Protecting the Voters
14.· Policy T owa..rds P olit ical Pa r ty F ormation
a.
Pre-and Post-Ele ction
b. ·Stimulating Discussion: Information Policy
- . It will
be hailed by the press, such as the New York Times, the Washington Post,
and the St. Louis Post Dispatch.
It will be charged that the new proposition is .a'1>urely political trick.
However, most people will support it, because they want to get this infernal