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  • Farley knew and liked him, and he was a fixture. I knew Eddie Dowling, and through Eddie Dowling I met Robert Jackson, who was the secretary of the Democratic National Committee. Bob Jackson was the instrumentation of the nomination of Franklin
  • ; Jesse Jones; FDR's 1936 campaign for president; development of NRA; Supreme Court reorganization by FDR; arrival of LBJ as Congressman in DC; FDR's efforts to balance the national budget; role of LBJ in the administration during WWII
  • WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORM OF DOCUMENT CORR ESPOND ENTS OR TITLE DATE RESTRICTION FILE LOCATION National Security File, National Security Action Memorandums, NSAM 357 RESTRICTION CODES (A) Closed by Executive Order 12356
  • Folder, "NSAM # 357: The Technological Gap, 11/25/1966," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 9
  • National Security Action Memorandums
  • National Security Files
  • to help introduce modem ways into the rural areas, Inevitably its major focus was on Increased agricultural production. There is no doubt that this nation• wide network of extension workers, under the guidance of dedic:ated young District and Block
  • A (National Security)-SANITIZED
  • National Security Files
  • Finance Committee anti you have to get along with him." When I got the me ·sage from Bess, I changed course and took some steps to get plans for a post office-but slowly. Months went by, the election passed. more Democrats moved into Congress, and one clay
  • -...,.,-.,.-..,,,.,, with the President Committee I I 8:00 The President and Mrs. Johnson will give a dinner at the White House in honor of the Prime Minister of Japan, His Excellency Eisaku Sato. (Black Tie) - FROM CIGARETTE THE PRIME BOX MINISTER TO THE PRESIDENT Cigarette
  • school students of the nation to speak out on rights and responsibilities of citizenship. This yr s subject is "Freedom's Challenge. " appt requested by £bcsp Cooper T. Holt, Exec Director, Five of these young people have been awarded national
  • . B: Some have said that during Mr. Johnson's Presidency and perhaps dating back even into Kennedy's Presidency, the Democratic National Committee had fallen on hard times, that it became just not as efficient an organization as it should have been
  • [For interview 1 and 2] Biographical information; Rayburn-Johnson relationship; early signs of leadership in the House; meetings to coordinate Senate and House leadership; 1956 and 1960 conventions; role of Democratic Advisory Council; 1957 Civil
  • , a Democrat of Alaska. Mrs. Bartlett, you have very generously consented to let us interview you about your husband's associations with Lyndon Johnson and the very important events surrounding the granting of statehood for Alaska. I'd like to just mention
  • to nominate Garner and put Garner in for candidate for president. manager. Of course~ I was Mr. Garner's national campaign being from Texas and being his campaign manager and chairman of the executive committee, it was quite a responsibility to me because
  • ; preferred him as Majority Leader; JFK bought and rigged Democratic Convention in L.A.; LBJ as VP to help JFK in Texas and the South; LBJ always loyal to Texas and the U.S.; LBJ’s popularity sharply declined from 1964-1968 but Germany found him best U.S
  • called the National Women's Committee for Civil Rights, at the request of President Kennedy I served as the co-chairman with Mildred McAfee Horton in this effort to secure LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org " ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
  • of statehood; Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City; White House influence on Convention; Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; showboating at convention; 1964 ticket; LBJ’s options concerning poverty; opinions on black and women cabinet members
  • of Bundy--he was after all the national security advisor--than it had of Goodwin in terms of tone. But by the time this particular message went to Congress it was Lyndon Johnson. Most legislative messages I'd send him, he'd make a few changes and send back
  • an advisory committee on international development. That work was done primarily outside of the Congress, outside of vJashington. F: So during that time-- R: During that period I didn't have much contact. It wasn't until the Eisenhower Administration
  • admiration between Lady Bird and Laurence Rockefeller; LBJ’s refusal to support Democratic opponent of Rockefeller.
  • . And the Democratic National Committee was even in worse shape. God, they didn't even know the names of the state chairmen unless they looked them up in a handbook. I remember one of the first things that I did--when Charlie and I decided that's what he [LBJ] was up
  • the one shot sort of situation? S: I was chairman of the finance committee of the Democratic Party at that time and we would meet from time to time, and also when he was vice president, we would run across each other in various situations. F: Just
  • . G: National Alliance of Postal Employees. O: Yes. G: Anything else on the hiring of minorities? O: No. G: Was there a problem with underemployment of minorities within the Post Office, the fact that they did seem to occupy lower grades? O
  • in 1966; speculation that O'Brien would become chairman of the Democratic National Committee (DNC) in the fall of 1966; the role of John Macy and the President's Club in patronage and Democratic Party finances; the relationship between the political party
  • down in the Board of Education, when he was the Democratic leader and Mr. Rayburn was the Speaker, and as Carl Albert mentioned yesterday in some things he said about me, I was always welcome at the Board of Education. Actually, a lot of things
  • the Democratic side would be carried normally by, let's say, [William] Fulbright and his House counterpart, the chairman of the House [Foreign Affairs] Committee, and those fellows. Maybe George Mahon would get in and this sort of thing, but not LBJ and Sam
  • [For interviews 1 and 2] LBJ’s role as member of House Armed Services Committee; LBJ’s role as Democratic leader in the Senate; LBJ’s qualities of leadership; LBJ’s relationship with Eisenhower; White House-Congressional relations.
  • opinion. to speak my mind." This was carried over televis~on But this is my time widely. In fact, it turned out that we got more national coverage on that campaign than the Democratic Committee could ever have afforded to pay for. She
  • THE WHITE HOUS.E .WASHINGTON ~ TOP June 2, 1964 SECllE'f NATIONAL SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 303 TO: The Secretary. of State The Secretary of Defense The Director of Central Intelligence SUBJECT: Change in Name of Special Group 5412
  • National Security Action Memorandums
  • National Security Files
  • National politics
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH GEORGE BROWN ABOUT ROGER BLOUGH, STEEL INDUSTRY'S DECISION TO ADJUST PRICES; CONGRESSIONAL CONCERNS ABOUT PRICES; COMMITTEE TO STUDY STEEL IMPORTS; POSSIBLE STOCKPILE RELEASE, MEETING WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS; NYC TRANSIT
  • Brooks, Stephen 1st Hechler, Ken Cong. 4th V STAFF Kidd's Incumbent staff WISCONSIN Holter, Tom 10th Lauri, Tim 10th Lauri, Carl 10th Lauri's Lauri's Nominee WYOMING Roncalio, Teno Cong. ^ ADDITIONS : Grotegut, J.W. Democratic National Committee
  • that the Administration and the Democratic Party have done all that they can to secure enactment of these bills. ERVI More .S~T -2­ The President asked if Harley Staggers could be urged to report these bills from the Commerce Committee. They have already passed
  • is although he of course the old heads and the others on the Policy Committee and perhaps every Democrat on the floor . But really the � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
  • personality and his staff; LBJ and Knowland; later contacts with LBJ; Republican senators; the Policy Committee; dealings with Eisenhower Administration; LBJ's attitude toward Joseph McCarthy; LBJ's legislative techniques
  • to the entire problem. We wanted Frankie Randolph to be National Committee- woman, and she was made National Committeewoman. We felt then and there that LBJ was anxious to head that delegation, and certainly it was understandable why he should be, and Sam
  • ·Wydler wants reg~latory • functions as well. 2/ 28 Concerned about loss of independence ,of ·s(?me agencies. 3/1 ICC HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS Dawson No definite Holifield Will go along B1·ooks • Most cnthusiasdc
  • - • • • ·' in the · Washington Hilton who had paid $250 a plate -- the proceed~ to be divided equally between the Senate and House Congressional committees. Phil Re.&an singing the National Anthem .as he has since time began, and looking very . little older . A new touch
  • National politics
  • assistance; Lady Bird has dressing fitting with Adele Simpson; tea for East Wing staff; Democratic Campaign Committee Fund Raising Dinner; John McCormack, Ed Muskie, Hubert Humphrey & LBJ give speeches; Richard Daley family are houseguests
  • mean the question of how the speeches were handled? G: Right. R: Basically what happened is that he developed a sort of a theme. The words might be different wherever he spoke, but the basic theme was that the Democratic Party was the party
  • presidents; LBJ's lack of power as vice president; LBJ being allowed to name judges; the National Aeronautics and Space Council and how LBJ came to lead it; LBJ's Senate staff members who found other jobs when LBJ became vice president; LBJ's response to his
  • 2 that many of the members of Congress who were criticizing Johnson for would have been afraid to move had it not been for Presidential sponsorship. I think almost all the promises of the Democratic conventions--liberal projects that had been
  • Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 Agricultural Committee and we were working, as I
  • candidates and the Democratic National Committee, on one hand, and ":: the executive branch of the government, on the other hand. B: Some of the cabinet members did participate in the campaign, I believe? M: That's right. I think generally the President
  • [For interviews 1 and 2] Brief contacts with Senator Johnson during the Truman and Eisenhower administrations; Democratic Advisory Council establishment and opposition by LBJ and Sam Rayburn; Paul Butler; LBJ’s effectiveness as Senate majority
  • organized cadres, most of whom are Chinese in origin although having Thai nationality. Thailand is further weakened by a second "Fifth Column," in the presence of the North Vietnamese refugees. These are well organized, have regular contacts with North
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  • : The President +_ )(... Maj. Donald E. Keyhoe, USMC, R et.• Director of National Invea.tigationa 4/30/68 Committee on Aerial ,Phenomeua, 1536 Connectucut Ave, N. W. . 'i- Washinaton. D. C. , Su.bmit evidence of deficiencies in Univer•ity of Colorado UFO
  • of Representatives. You were elected in 1936. M: I was elected in 1936. When I came to the House I sought to get on the Naval Affairs Committee because of the nature of my district. It included the Bremerton Navy Yard, which is one of the largest in the country
  • Appointment to Naval Affairs Committee in 1936; how he met LBJ; trip to Central America to evaluate a second canal; war service; President Roosevelt and LBJ; LBJ as senate majority leader; LBJ
  • that the Democratic Advisory Committee was not favored by either Johnson or Rayburn. M: That's right. They thought that the place for the Democratic Party to set policy was in the Congress, and that the ~est politics was to go along with Eisenhower wherever
  • Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1955 on a visit to the Ranch; 1956 Democratic Convention; Stevenson/Kennedy campaign; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 convention and Stevenson’s hope for nomination; JFK’s consultation with Stevenson
  • . NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE · WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL. LIBRARIES) FORM OF DOCUMENT CORRESPONDENTS OR TITLE ~- 10-,~~ ~;Q:e-iSE~~-~~--- #24a memo w/m~e~µig ftJ w i'.). - $"/ ~ 10-eo•lJ All..~ B'chs.-1 a Jim Jones
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  • at the International Inn with the Kennedys and the Democratic Gala at the D.C. Armory. Hosts after-gala party for entertainers at The Elms. 1/19 Attends WH brunch for Democratic Governors, addresses Democratic National Committee luncheon, attends reception for women
  • knew he had gone home for the day? W: Most of the time we didn't know. We just didn't know. over in the Senate Office Building, we had no clues. Especially Over in the Capitol, the Democratic Policy Committee staff sometimes would know when he had
  • for reflection before action. Robert Strauss, former Chairman of the Democratic National Committee and Ambassador to the Soviet Union, does not envy future presidents. "Today," he declared, "a president has a helluva time just marginally influencing the course
  • : Reassessing Arms Control Goals in U .S.-Soviet Relations," drew a distinguished array of leaders. They included James Leonard, former U.S. dis­ armament ambassador and now c~airman of the Committee for National Security; Dimitri K. Simes, director
  • by the United Committee Against The War in Viet Ram, which we believe consists of several anti-war groups. THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON September 8, 1966 Marvin, While in Buffalo to attend the Democratic State Convention on September 8, the Vice President