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  • ] Reedy -- XII -- 6 reality of the figures on missile production. That's what misled us, misled almost everybody, the figures on missile production. G: Anything else on Sherman Adams' charges that the Democrats were play­ ing politics with national
  • J..t.. sold r""r~' ~ ""/11..t'" si I K Soc..f(s. r------- November 18, 1965 Dea• Bob: Maay thanks £o·r your kind letter of November 16 regardlna the report• and recommendation• prepa~•d by the Committee• of the National Citlaena• Commleelon
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  • 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Well, Mr. Johnson was always on the Joint Atomic Energy Committee when he was in Congress and [\'/as] very interested in its operation. Did you not encounter any
  • went on active duty in the navy but before he went to the South Pacific. You know, he went out on the West Coast and did some work there for the Manpower or Navy Department. I think he was looking at NYA [National Youth Administration] projects, as well
  • How Rather went to work for LBJ; LBJ's work on National Youth Administration (NYA) projects on the West Coast before shipping out with the navy in World War II; Lady Bird Johnson's interest in photography, movie-making and drama; Rather's
  • meetings with Fowler and Ribicoff. G: LBJ met with the Democratic members of the Senate Finance Committee that day, or evening, 6:00 p.m. C: This is a long . . . but this is the first--I mean I'm sure there are internal. B: And you had gotten
  • . Johnson when we had invited him to come to Arizona as a speaker in the Adlai Stevenson campaign, and had had some association with him at the national Democratic conventions when I was a delegate from Arizona. But after that time, I had no real close
  • Concession business; Assistant Secretary appointment; early proponent of HUD; Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations; minorities; HUD areas of responsibilities; Renewal Assistant Program; “Negro Removal;” establishment of national goals
  • Johnson •. Because . .. it was part of his effort to capture. the nomination for the Presidency in 19.60: to use the record that he had made as Democratic Leader in the Senate as, in effect, the launching platform, the basis and background of his
  • or political congressional news reporting with Lyndon Johnson? G: Yes. Not very much contact. I covered the Preparedness Subcommittee hearings when the President was chairman of that committee, and when Cy Vance, as a matter of fact, came down from Ne't
  • Biographical information; reporting political, congressional and military affairs; 1960 and 1964 Democratic campaigns; Cuban Missile Crisis; Cy Vance; Robert McNamara; crises operations; defense directorates; public affairs
  • was supported by national organized labor . I really think that he probably received contributions from their polit­ ical action committee . Of course, as I said at the beginning, that's hearsay and speculation on my part . G: Is there anyone I should talk
  • by a relatively small number of full-time leaders who largely by dint of personality are able to bring their constituencies together in steer_ing committees like the National Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam. For manpower, ·they look
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  • Personnel: Any officer, employee, member of an advisory committee, contractor, subcontractor, or officer or employee of a contractor or subcontractor, of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and Department of Defense personnel assigned to NASA
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  • NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF DOCUMENT memo CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE Lee C. White to Ira Kapenstein, F. Peter Libassi, Walter Pozen, Benjamin Read, and William Taylor with attachments
  • Johnson was there on the Senate floor in his leadership role, [I don't remember] a great deal about his participation. Of course, Kennedy was the floor manager of the bill in the Senate. He was the chairman of the full committee, or perhaps he
  • rights; LBJ’s speech at University of Michigan launching the Great Society legislative program; LBJ’s success dealing with Congress was legendary; objections to Justice Fortas in 1968 as political maneuver to prevent Nixon making an appointment; Democrats
  • r Lindsay Warren of GAO and 134 1 members of the National Press Club. Acceptances run 95 %, highest ever s :l achieved in Washington for any in­ e vitation opening. r Priorities Kayoes Junket Priorities · k a y o e d Universal's special junket
  • : Where did the impetus for that come from? c: Paul Butler, who was then chairman of the Democratic committee, I had known favorably for some time. Bi 11 Baggs, who at that time was the editor of the Miami Daily News, was a close friend of mine
  • Biographical information; initial contact with LBJ; desegregation plans; 1956 Democratic National Convention; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 Democratic National Convention; Collins' selection and role as chairman of the convention; minority
  • atate. The r ecommeDdattoa. of the Cre- dea.tial• Committee adopted by the Couvelltion c ommit• the Democratic Party th:roup the NatlOD&l C ommittee t o atrlve toward that 1oal. The Credelltlala Committee did an •JC.C•llen.t Job coll- by the u
  • II of asserting its role in the foreign policy business. But earlier, within the Senate, there had tended to be a deference to the Foreign Relations Committee and very often to the chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. You remember
  • ; weakness of the United Nations; State Department’s reputation of representing foreigners rather than America.
  • . that a rising sense of alarm in Moscow is the essential explanation for Soviet interve.ntio_?). 2. The Soviet politburo on its return to Moscow did not sunwon the Central Committee to report.on the Cierna and Bratislava meetings, put instead issued
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  • J. Jorden -SECRE':t-.NODIS 1 Vietnam Election Observers Senators 1. Bourke B. Hickenlooper 2. Edmund S. Muskie 3. George Murphy B anking Republican Member of the Foreign Relations Committee Chairman, Senate Democratic Campaign Committee
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  • at several jobs during 1919-1920. You were the treasurer of American National Insurance Company in Galveston. T: That's correct. M: And in 1920-1932, you were Secretary-Treasurer of the Cedar1awn Company. T: Yes, this was a little later in the 1920's
  • of America and to the Republlc for which it stends, one Nation under God, indi­ visible, with llberty and Justice for all. For this purpose, I submit the follow­ ing resolution: Resolved by the Senate (the House of Rep­ concurring ► , Tha.t there be printed
  • with restrictions con · nod n the donor's dead of ·tt. Ir­ ....... ORM u,2e .ca-aa> 1 JANUARY 27, 1968 - 1:25 p.m. NATIONAL ALLIANCE OF BUSINESSMEN J. Paul Austin Charles F. Myers, Jr. Walter A. Haas, Jr. Joseph Califano John Seng stacke Clark Clifford James S
  • Folder, "January 27, 1968 - 1:25 p.m. National Alliance of businessmen luncheon," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2
  • - - - - - --- - ATTENDANCE AT NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEETINGS 44. Roger Hilsman The President 45. Henry Fowler The Vice President 46. Wm. Bundy The Secretary of State 47. General Adams The Secretary of Defense 48. Michael Forrestal The Secretary
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  • our ball game. What the Vice President was doing we really didn't know. !~: Di d it ever come the other way? saying, II Di d ca 11 s ever come from there Hey , I've got a good, loyal Democratic friend somewhere who needs a job."? F: Yes
  • 1960 Democratic National Convention; circumstances of working with JFK; duties; appointment and LBJ; impressions of Walter Jenkins; relations between JFK and LBJ's staffs; work with Tariff Commission during the LBJ Administration; LBJ's early
  • the clipping. I do not have a clipping service and I only chance to see them on a hit or miss basis. I have passed your idea about a Symposiwn on National Health Insurance on to the University committee which plans and organized the Symposia held at the Library
  • with the President and the Cabinet, but usually with some of the White House assistants who are concerned with economic affairs or international economic problems. In the balance of payments field, the President has a Cabinet committee on balance of payments chaired
  • investigating committees that he was head of? I had to appear before a number of investigating committees, but I don't believe that he was on any of them that I appeared before . His interests ran a little differently, you know, in the Senate from the sort
  • cut bill and the civil rights bill. And the civil rights bill, plus the whole national mood--the marches and so forth--had the Southern Democratic Congressmen extremely edgy, upset, and uncooperative. (md \1;:',5 !-';,?S(~ wer~ 8 o 'rilous times
  • to see if I was a Democrat. I don't think it would have made any difference, frankly, if I hadn't been, but they did check to see if I was a Democrat. Hhile I'm rather independent, on the whole I usually vote Democratic and supported Democratic
  • Writing The Neglected Aspect; circumstances of appointment to office; disapproves LBJ's Vietnam policy; drafting the Smithsonian speech for LBJ; background of the International Education Act; the Interagency Committee on International Education
  • democratic, peaceful and progressive. ' . "In the present heroic struggle for self-defense, our Republic of Vietnam has always shown itself to be a freedom and peace loving nation. Our policy i:s to be ready to have friendly relations on the basis of equality
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  • on the suggestion of moving the [Democratic National] Convention from Chicago? J: No. There had been, early on, a lot of FBI reports on what to expect and all of that, and I think there had been some recommendations about considering another site and all
  • Democratic convention; LBJ’s relationships with Nguyen Cao Ky and Nguyen Van Thieu; LBJ’s 1969 farewell address to Congress; the Fortas/Thornberry Supreme Court incident; LBJ farewell get-together at the White House; LBJ’s problem with TV appearances; Robert
  • a cau ■ e they aupport by rea ■ on of their own view ■ of their national lntere ■ ta and aecurity. The detail ■ of our contlnulng mllltary and economic as•latance program• to these countries have been dleclo•ed to the appropriate committee• of the Coner
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  • is to settle the war which is the cause of . sufferings and which has been ravaging our beloved country. At the same time, I will try to improve the democratic regime through the participation of the . entire population in national affairs. I will also try_to
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  • 09/10/66 A 045 memo Rostow to LBJ [Sanitized 3/8/00 NLJ 98-411] TS 1 09/09/66 A Collection Title National Security File, Memos to the President Folder Title "Walt Rostow, vol. 12, September 1-14, 1966" Box Number 10 Restriction Codes
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  • the fact that Mr. Johnson did have a conservative base in his home state, and was also attempting to become a more national Democrat as majority leader •. Was this really causing much of a problem for him and his staff to disassociate themselves from
  • ; Coke Stevenson; involvement in Washington litigation while LBJ was Senator; the Leland Olds case and the Texas oil industry; Allan Shivers, Adlai Stevenson and Sam Rayburn in the 1952 election; getting the Adlai E. Stevenson/John J. Sparkman Democratic
  • at the national level 9 Chicago telephone strike before 1968 convention 10,11,12 1960 Democratic Convention � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] Oral History
  • Biographical information; organized labor's view of Senator Johnson; initiatiing new labor view in Texas; CWA; local union; union at the nation level; 1968 Chicago telephon strike before convention; 1960 campaign/convention; LBJ's effectiveness
  • President Eisenhower and Johnson. K: Didn't they-- There was a great deal to that. We'll come to that in a minute. let's stay on Truman for a little bit. But Johnson felt that under Paul Butler particularly, the Democratic National Committee
  • Democratic Convention; JFK-LBJ rivalry; LBJ’s acceptance of the VP nomination; LBJ’s irritation over his Alfalfa Club Dinner speech and camel driver story; cross off; LBJ’s personal reaction to the JFK assassination; LBJ and the press; RFK; LBJ’s judgment
  • in '64, he loved working on the Hill--was working with the House Judiciary Committee, first on the hearings on the bill. This was Mr. [Emanuel] Celler's committee. called the mark-up ot the bill. And then on what's I sat with the subcommittee
  • of the territory, the rights of its citizens and the United Nations and the maintenance of peace and security. On July 18, 1947, the day he approved the Joint Resolution, the President issued Executive Order Noo 9875 which provided for an interim adminis­ tration
  • Folder, "NSAM # 243: Survey Mission for the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands [3 of 3], 5/9/1963," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 1
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  • : And a lot of committee chairmen as well. H: That's right. That's right. But I think he was frustrated when he became vice president because he couldn't really crack the whip and get things done, and that's sort of a lonesome spot anyway, I think. But I