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Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 11/22/63- 8/23/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)

and Could Do in Los Angeles CRS's role in post-riot activities in Los Angeles is based on the following assumptions: 1. The first priority in Los Angeles is for action programs, addressed to rehabilitation and reform, which will have immediate and tangible

Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. We didn't go to their houses to eat, and we didn't feed them at our house. F: What did your father do? W: My father was a clerk in the post office department. F: Did you encounter any particular problems in Harvard? W: Not particularly. I had

Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 9/12/65 - 3/20/66 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)

was pulled from his vehicle and stabbed. Control has not been established over the crowd. Ramsey has set up a "command post" at Justice and is watching the situation. Frank Dryden is also getting reports from his Regional Director. One report from · Los

Folder, "July 29, 1967 - 11:05 a.m. President and Cyrus Vance, Vice President," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

, General Throckmorton, and Mayor Cavanagh. This gave a picture of the physical layout and the actual incidents. 7:15 were received. Returned to Command Post where FBI and Justice reports 7: 30 Met with Negro leaders, including Congressman Diggs

Folder, "[June 26, 1968 Meeting with Equity Managers)," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

of the post-Vietnam defense outlook mentioning the $60 billion ,,,, ,.,. ....,..,.,.-.. - 2 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

Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

as Deputy Under Secretary of the Army for Manpower. I served in that post for two years, so that it wasn't until 1963 that I moved to OSD and took up the civil rights job which had not hitherto existed. That was one of the by-products of the Gesell

Oral history transcript, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

demonstration and dissent in prior commitments of our troops? For instance, now we have some of these coffee house organizations outside of our Army posts. R: I think the coffee houses are something I am not aware of the Army having had before. But from

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 (Item)

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

-thirty and he started that pattern out in Detroit. I remember his calling me one night out there when the Washington Post had severely criticized his decision to have a personal inspection made by Mr. Vance before committing troops as being

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 3 (III), 12/2/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of these? Yes, I was involved in the post-King assassination disorders . Here at the Department we learned about Dr . King's shooting at a staff meeting . I turned to the Attorney General, and I remember it was our immediate common thought that we were

Folder, "Summary Analysis: December 20, 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 3 (Item)

of their post\l,riog as revolutionari.es in the creation of an . emotional climate around the country which is conducive to vio lence~ But here too they are not alone . The news media , the political authorities , the reports of the ·occurrence of actual

Oral history transcript, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., interview 3 c (III), 12/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

coming in about disorders, and that sort of information was funneled into what we called our summer project, for lack of a better name; and as the name denotes, it started out as a headquarters or a listening post to consolidate, summarize, and evaluate

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 8/24/65-9/11/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)

progress made toward accomplishing the second. · In addition to averting a formal request from the Governor for a Presidential disaster declaration, the major achievement toward quieting the post-riot difficul ties consisted of a resolution of the long