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  • of Foreign Affairs, the concern of the American Government in view of informa.tion about an imminent Turkish landing in Cyprus. He also informed Mr. Costopoulos of the action taken by the American Govern­ ment with the Government of Turkey, in order to avert
  • contained in the donor's deed of gift. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION. NA FORM 1429 (6-85) MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON March 28, MEMORANDUM FOR WALT R SUBJECT: Inner Frontiers of South America I get the feeling that after much
  • Latin America
  • Folder, "NSAM # 349: Development of the Frontiers of South America, 5/31/1966 [1 of 3]," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 8
  • National Security Action Memorandums
  • is the Pound Sterling, the prospects· of imminent crisis, and the conditions for rescue action. I want to join in, with our expert, Francis Bator, · because .tomorrow evening I begin 24 hours of ·intensive discussion with Burke Trend, my British opposite number
  • had 100 people. They were the old folks, a few labor leaders, older farmers, and fbr the most pa.rt the patronage controlling, historic, normal,rather unexciting Democratic Party types. Nonetheless very good folks, and they do represent a residue
  • ~ WHICH I TAKE TO MY GRAVE I WILL · PLACE YOU IN BETWEEN OUR ETERNAL DEMOCRATS JEFFERSON · AND F D ROOSEVELT FOR T~E ACTION YOU HAVE TAKEN IN MEMORY OF OUR BUDDIE FELIX LONGORIA= =EUGENE SERGI= THE COMPANY WILL .APPRECIATE SUGOESTIO~ S FROM ITS PATRO.NS
  • will not 'willingly' yield to the democratic concept . of 'majority rule'." lJ)e
  • memoir. On ep­ temb r 27 he came to th LBJ Li­ brary Auditorium to comment on his career as Secretary of the Trea­ sury, Secretary of State, and White House Chief of Staff, which includ­ ed dealing with the Iraqi crisi , the conflicts in Central America
  • it up--the Community Action Programs, VISTA [Volunteers in Service to America]. He'd say, "Get the VISTA volunteers out of politics. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
  • of the Senate and it was then my role as a newspaperman on the Hill occasionally attending his press briefings, occasionally talking with him on specific pieces of legislation or actions that were current in the Senate at that point in time . M: Do you have
  • Biographical information; impressions of LBJ when he was majority leader; covering the Democratic National Convention in 1960; LBJ
  • ADMINISTRATION GSA FORM 7122 (7-721 I Program State Visit of HIS EXCELLENCY CHUNG PRESIDENT HEE PARK OF THE REPUBLIC OP KOREA AND MRS. PARK to The United States of America May 16- 26, 1965 (multiple copies in folder) MEMBERS
  • . and •term.1.ae -t hat lta pe:tlon:nanc• will promote alMI wlll no& c-.tUute u uarea•onable rttk to the .c ommOA clefenee aad ••eudty of die UnlC.4 of America; Stal•• Cb) Autborlee lh• execution of the propo••4 Aatieement on. beb&l.f of the Governmenl
  • reaasertlng a strong leadership poaltion within the Chriatlan Democratic Party to con­ solidate many of the1e galna during hb two year• in office. Although Chile'• economic problem• are worrisome, Frei ha• shown remarkable I have tenaclousne•• and courage ln
  • warm 1ood wt.all••• Siacorely, (s/ His Imperial Majeaty Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Shahanabah of Iran Tehran LBJ:HS:feg L df' I . ACTION rCJ21:1i11') r Mr. Pre•ldeat: Herewith Wll•oa ral••• tha q,aeatloa of whether ,... woald M pnpar
  • didn't work out that way. G: One of your first actions was to appoint an equal employment opportunity task force within the Postal Department to look at the hiring of blacks and see what could be done to 4 LBJ Presidential Library http
  • involvement in cabinet meetings as postmaster general and congressional liaison; the usefulness of cabinet meetings and how they were conducted; cabinet members taking advantage of travel opportunities to help Democratic candidates who were up for election
  • BE RETURNED. IF ANY DELAY IN SUBMISSIONOF DRAFT REPLYIS ENCOUNTERED, PLEASETELEPHONE OFFICEOF THE SPECIALASSIST ANT. of Stat• Date JIily 9, 19'1 FROMTHE SPECIALASSISTANT ACTION: Comment-------Draft reply _________ _ For direct reply
  • their public statement to the effect that the Democratic Republic of Vietnam was born in September 1945. Immediately after that, we--Vietnamese Nationalists--reacted, and, personally, I went to China around the end of 1945 and the beginning of 1946. I went back
  • Congress, he said, is "bigger and busier. It's better educated and more experienced. It is more ethical, regardless of what you read, and more open. It is more democratic and more accessible. It is too accessible, I might add, at times. It is more
  • those cynics and critics ~ at home and abroad who question our p~~ and ~ c~~~!· If we ...... fumble fail -- if we fritter away our opportunity senseless quarrels and in needless, between Democrats and Republicans, .-. or between
  • , the problems with India, the problems with Pakistan to some degree over Vietnam, as well as the India-Pakistan conflict, were evident major factors in his decision. I think he has several times indicated by action what his rationale was. He did not want loans
  • . stronges:t course of action to prevc11t further cllsruptlvc rioting, Direct . contact ~·71 th ,y.o ung men · from the riot area indicated chronic 1.mcrnpJ.oym~nt and the xis tencc of be:i1Tiers to cconomlc opportunities f 01'" minorl ty youths ·a nd adu
  • the conditions which caused the riots; Governor's Commission on the Los Angeles Riots chaired by John McCone, report and action on report's recommendations [Report filed oversize attachment 186]; and the President's task force on the riots. Several items
  • for ~o~e intensive Hart, and Sparkman have follo,;-red this two -note Secretary Rusk very recently, case asking action on the c~se, and the Acting Secretary statements for a time, in tho hope that a release llipit be obtained around the time
  • and size of the Federal Budget. I I ---The selection/process would proceed in two stages. First, all American ~ities would be invited to make general proposals for action programs designed to have a major impact , on the living conditio'ns of thei
  • of actions with regard to the F-5. This is neces~ary because we have made representations at various times to each of these countries to forestall sales of supersonic aircraft to Latin America. We have also com­ mitted ourselves to keep them informed of any
  • other countries--the Dutch were very much for it, and there were one or two-M: Very much for taking some action? B: For both the delcaration and for doing something. But there was a very real hesitation on the part of some of the other countries
  • Biographical information; contacts with Johnson; support of LBJ in 1960; Democratic Policy Commission; State Department informing Vice President's office; Potomac Marching Society; Kennedy Administration; working for Johnson; Advisory Committee
  • Administration for the purpose of presenting that record as a record of the Democratic Party to the American people. Now at that point I assumed that there were a couple of reasons for doing this. One was that if the President in some way decided that he
  • '-- I t h em . r ~ ~ ~ ~ In short, this is no time for ,--delay. It is a time for action -- \ - ... Strong, forward-looking action ~ on the pending education bills to help bring the light of learning to every· home and hamlet in America
  • Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh PARTEN -- I -- 10 F: Myron either had been or was going to be Democratic national committeeman, wasn't he? P: He had been or he
  • Meeting LBJ in 1937 and early interactions; John Connally; Jimmy Allred; Alvin Wirtz; George and Herman Brown; Sam Rayburn's influence on LBJ’s decision-making; roles of Allan Shivers and John Connally in the Democratic convention of 1956; Parten’s
  • of the House and the Senate outlining our support of the bill as it was reported out by the committee, which I did. The committee reported the measure to the Senate and no action was being taken in the House pending the resolution of the measure by the Senate
  • Beautification Act; passage of the Act and resulting problems; evaluation of Secretary Boyd’s actions; Donald Thomas; Hubert Humphrey’s involvement in Highway Beautification Act; characterization of Tocker in the press; overview of his opinions regarding outdoor
  • for an increase for House Members after the War, I met considerable criticism, and always in my talks at home took time to defend my action. It was my practice to call for questions after my speeches. One day in Perry County I called for questions and one little
  • Ladies in America's history. Lady Bird Johnson's repnrter thrust She is also a "thinking citizen, 11 - is n0t just with "drives and desires, of her own." During her trips around the world as the Vice President's used this phrase to describe
  • "--Lyndon Johnson at the time--"said that he didn't want to destroy the program by having them take any action prior to the election." "Because"--he said--"if you take any action now, they'll accuse me of using it for political purposes and those
  • ) It was Jordanian gibes that provoked the Egyptians to move into Sharm-el-sheik; (Z) it was the defense pact of 30 May that "made the war inexorable", (3) it was Jordan 1 s actions on June 5 that killed all faith in him. SECRET____
  • into the Democratic vote areas such as schools, etc. If we did this, George Meany w oo.ld go to the Capitol. We could go to $5 billion and that would be resisted by Rive rs and Russell. Carl Albert asked what are we going to do with the boys who are saying that Mahon
  • . In a sense, Germany overcame problems that remained from the war and sought to throw off the influence of our country, to become more independent in its actions. M: Mc: And we adjusted to that change realistically? Yes. The difference occurred
  • troops and five hundred thousand. That depending on how fast you wanted to accelerate the action over there, that you might speed up the conclusion of the war if you went to the five hundred thousand level. Now obviously he wasn't talking about
  • the White House for Associated Press. Is this background information correct and complete? S: That is correct except from May of '63 until the late summer of '64 I was with the Motion Picture Association of America as assistant to the President, then Eric
  • : The combination didn't cause you difficulty with your other delegates and the Ohio Democrats? C: You mean Johnsorrs? M: Yes. C: No, we accepted Johnson. M: When you went to Washington then for President Kennedy, were there any particular areas of HEW
  • : for instance, loans to grow rubber in South America would require compensatory action in the Fast Indies. Atten­ tion was called to the fact that the diaeuasion had aBBumed strict gc,Tern­ mental control of investment rather than loans by private banks
  • the DNC later or--? O: Once the extension I referred to was agreed to, I took over the chairman's office of the [Democratic] National Committee. Our plan was to take over the national committee and, as needed, supplement the existing staff. This would
  • Support for Hubert Humphrey's nomination from George McGovern and Edward Kennedy, but not Eugene McCarthy; McCarthy's complaint that the Democratic National Convention had not been fair; O'Brien's August 27, 1968, memo discussing the campaign
  • FOR OF STATE INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON November OFFICE OF THE ADMINISTRATOR MEMORANDUM SUBJECT: 28, 1967 FOR THE PRESIDENT Action by the Senate Appropriations Committee on Foreign Aid The Senate Appropriations Committee came through