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  • with the realities of the modern world. We are confronted with a new type of imperialism unknown during the administration of President Monroe. •· a type that was In those days, imperialistic aggression began and ended with armed forces which landed and physically
  • . This is a "Christian Athletes Seminar, " held in the Tudor Room Head Coach Tom Landry and player Buddy Dial of the Dallas Cowboys are c0-chairmen of this seminar. Also in this room were a group of Brazilian Congresswho attended the Presidential Prayer Breakfast
  • remember, but living in Dallas at the time. Lyndon was very glad to get him in the Democratic Party, but not really sure that he would go. He did, however. I remember a very nice luncheon being given for him in one of those old Senate rooms that I just
  • . Secretary -- friends: There are 17, 000 towns across the country with less than 6, 000 people -- but 1 am esp~cially glad to corne to this one, because Montevideo has taken action which makes it an example to the others. 1 have enjoyed this morning
  • and con's, and what it would cost, and what the risk would be. That meeting lasted all morning, all afternoon. and well into the evening. And I pointed out the hazards, but I also pointed out what, in my judgment, were the opportunities for rendering
  • Jacobsen and I spent over an hour with the Speaker and he worked solidly for over an hour, with the result which I gave you this morning, now is as follows: this morning that our list, Probable: Giaimo (Conn.) •• J),011111! sign Monagan (Conn. )1)1,9. ~io
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Beckworth -- I -- 16 any money . The Dallas News had a fairly good little article written by John King, whom I later knew and thought a lot of in Washington . About a year ago, I spoke to the real the house builders . ested
  • President Ken nedy has been shot in Dallas and may have been killed . " I turned to Dr. Bob and reported that to him. "My God," and bol ted upright in his chair. He said, Without another word we both tore out into the hall, and Dr . Montgomery was lost
  • in the Navy in the Maritime Service, elected again to Congress in 1946 from one of the New Orleans districts where you have served since; in 1956 named Deputy Whip and in 1959 Whip of the Democratic party. And, as I say, that is a very brief summary of a long
  • interest in passage of legislation; RFK; 1964-1965 legislative success; Congressional briefings on Vietnam; compromise on seating of the Mississippi delegation; LBJ’s political speech in New Orleans; inactivity of the DNC; media image of LBJ; assessment
  • it was $46, 000," All hear say, but leading questions put in their mouth by Will Wilson, Then Will took it and gave it to the Dallas News , I called Will about it, I said I'm a lawyer and you' re a lawyer, and you know the Code of Ethics of the Bar
  • , and things of this nature. Do you recall anything about his work on the West Coast? R: Not much, because I was so new in the office for one thing. I had enough to learn about how to do his office work representing the Tenth District. His committee work, his
  • that morning and said, "If you've got anybody that can help out on the Hill, you better let them know. noon." It's coming up this after- I was reached as I stood up to speak in Dallas. I finished my speech; I called back to my office and I talked to Mary
  • , and Mike Mansfield, the majority leader, came in and he said, "George, would you take over for Teddy? We've got some bad news there." I said, "Well, sure." As I remember it, as soon as I took the seat and Mansfield had told Teddy what had happened, he moved
  • and Robert Kennedy; civil rights legislation debate; civility among legislators; the New York Times not running a story about Senator James Eastland referring to Anwar Sadat as a "nigger;" McGovern and Frank Church meeting with Hubert Humphrey about support
  • three bucks Back home lunch Then to Three Springs Swallows flint new flower swift water Stopped to buy watermelon Monday morning from Tom Martin who did not recognize LBJ Dinner at Haywood 8 of family Moursunds, Heaths, Will Davis, Baileys, Tom Miller
  • this morning - that/the new Congressman Theodore R. Kupferman who elected to Lindsay's old Ghngressional seat got elected by only 800 votes took Lindsay 80,000vote s to win.-- that the Democrats must be making progr NYC [ _^ the Mansion w/Bill Moyers for LUNCH
  • PLYMOUTH, VERMONT, JUNE 11, 1967 1 have been anticipating this visit to the Calvin Coolidge Homestead this morning. A visit like this brings history alive. Homes like this, furnished as they were when they were a setting for history, are part of our life
  • the Roosevelt Administration, would select delegates who would support Garner as “favorite son,” and vow not to join a “Stop Roosevelt” faction at the national convention. 5/17 CTJ goes to New England for a few days. 5/23 House passes $1,111,754,916.00 Relief
  • to contract with a New York company, and they provided us with a great number of teleprompters. Now, these were heavy, very heavy things to haul around. There are generally three things that looked like podiums that sat out in front of him and through a piece
  • to Mexico for LBJ to see a ranch, Las Pampas, he was thinking of buying; LBJ’s growing passion for secrecy; WHCA staff working as farmhands at the Ranch; LBJ’s resentment of Secret Service; LBJ’s radio system in Texas; the New York City blackout; gadgets
  • there and then I moved him on up there. D: But now he's back down. And you know what? He's going to fall further. Before he's done he's going to fall further. You saw the news this morning about this whole business with Colonel [Oliver] North and funneling money
  • the Nigerian dispute. We will work for peace in Nigeria every way we can. But the solution will have to come mainly from Africans. 3. The new U.S. aid policy for Africa is designed to build regionalism and burden-sharing, not to serve a.s a smokescreen for U. S
  • Texas has given me the breaks. I have a bit of news tor the radio this ·and I do not know whether I am being unfair to the pr Page two . in speaking this news before the morning newspapers ha.Te the opportunity to print it. ot my good friend, ex
  • .....· Friday, August 5, 1966 - - 7:00 p. m. MEMORANDUM JfOR THE PRESIDENT SU'3J'ECT!. 'News Media Contacts . This morning I apl?eared briefly oµ TODAY show. The questions raised were: the nature of my job; whether your Alumni Council 'Speech extended our
  • familiar with what was then a new field of the law. I think his practice and his influence and activities as a mem- ber of the senate put on the statute books a lot of the present Texas water and irrigation law of today. So 1 don't think there's be any
  • Gordon [?], Ralph McGill, Maurice Templesman, and Governor Robert Meyner of New Jersey--former Governor Robert Meyner of New Jersey. He also puts on ex officio the Secretary of State, the Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, the Secretary
  • of Congress and the executive branch in developing new legislation; Congress' ability to draft legislation; statutory commission funding; Wozencraft's involvement on the tripartite Commission on Political Activity of Government Personnel; the Commission's
  • on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Boatner -- III -- 7 G: B: Did he listen in silence, or did he give his own commentaries on the news? He might have a pungent word or two to throw in if it was something that he
  • in either tank or anti-tank-- I: Well, this is the same thing that happened to me, except at a lower level, I mean rank-wise. You knew or remember Bill Francis, I imagine? F: Yes. I: Bill was a colonel in Dallas in Army Intelligence at this time and we
  • in Tampa, Florida, in late February 1967. Members of this group allegedly took a laundry truck to Dallas where Martin Layton was 1Lthe trigger man, IL and Garrison reportedly has the laundry truck stashed away in New Orleans. No identifiable information has
  • of the Checklist in the future as we had in -the past. 5. It was agreed that for the next few days I would brief the President in the morning personally and that senior staff.officers would brief the President's staff each.morning as I have in the past
  • brief and yet curiously intense.I was marched across the well of the Senate by Gerry Siegel during a break in the proceedings and introduced to my new boss, and he said, "Glad to have you, do your best," somewhat abruptly but with full force. B: From
  • Civil Rights Bill; LBJ’s 1964 campaign speech in New Orleans; Johnson treatment; immense capacity to judge people; Johnson-Rayburn relationship; first signs of Presidential ambition; LBJ’s relationship with oil and gas industries; relationship
  • Escapee Program in Nuremberg in the early fifties. I also had considerable experience in advertising and public relations. In early 1960 I decided to leave that world of advertising and public relations and return to Columbia University in New York City
  • 4921 30th Place,~. Washington, D . c., April 12, 1943. w., Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, e/o Mr. J. c. Kellam, Brown Building, Austin, Texas. Dear Lady Bird: This morning I had a talk with Jim Bond of the Manpower Commission here. He told me that under
  • :00p 9:45p Mrs. Johnson and Liz to LBJ Ranch stayed in bed all morning George Reedy, Geraldine arrived lunch in room met Bashir Ahmad at Idlewil d Airport To LB J Ranch -- see travel activity Arrived LBJ Ranch * Selected names should be underscored
  • November 30, 1961 Date. visited by)* LD Expenditure Code in suite all morning To Washington, DC - see travel activity arrived Wash signing of Plans for Progress, Fish Room Natl Security Council at White House dinner at home: AW and Mariallen; Don
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place). White House Entry No. MRS. LYNDO N B . JOHNSON, Daily Diary DateJanuary 4, 1966 Activity Time Morning at desk writing personal notes: Rietzke, Kennedy letters 11:45 Coffee w/ Bill
  • . During the morning, made several phone calls, amon g others, talked to Roy Mr. Pike, and Mrs. Green. Had coffee in room. 10:30 Went to the hospital; visited with Luci. 11:30 To the Texa s State School 12:30 To Seton Hospital -- made short film
  • THE WHITE HOUSE MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary WASHINGTON Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place). Entry No. White House Time Date Activity 8:30 Breakfast with President in his room. Dictated diary sheets all morning. 2:00 Lunch alone
  • THE WHITE HOUS E MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary WASHINGTON Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place) Entry No. Time The LBJ Ranch Date Tuesday, Januar y 2, 196 8 Activity Spent the morning putting things in place in the bedroom, dressing
  • THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, Daily Diary Mrs. Johnson began her day at (Place) The LBJ Ranch Entry No. Time Date January Activity Spent the morning in my room working at desk, signing letters, working with Helen re
  • 30, 1960 Activity (include visited by)* LD Bob Hinckley and Wes Hamilton (Salt Lake City) Mr. Robinson (clerk of Supreme Court) to deliver letter from the Chief Justice Carroll Kirkpatrick -- re: his story in the morning's Washington Post John
  • . His name was Herald R. Clark, and he was dean of the College of Business. The first name is like the herald of the morn, and I think this is appropriate also, because he was that type of an influence in my life. Herald R. Clark was a very interesting