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  • , organized groups to do anything about it. Several years ago I called together a group ot Negro womentrom all over the country. We talked tor two days, and then drew up a • "Call to Action tor the Negro CoJ11111Unity." It was our idea i tselt should
  • Action IO PM-4 45 Info I I SS ­ G SP ·FE ' p ;.' USIA NSC INR CIA NSA CPR I • LIMITED-CFFIC -IALUSE° --E.fr,Y --J.f -------' ·-suoJ: PRESIDF11TPAR1
  • Library staff following an earlier action under the·Mandatory Review program. copies of some One sanitized copy (RAC) copy was prepared declassification In all cases where two different sanitized copies are found in the file, the RAC project reviewers
  • Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Proxmire -- I -- 2 Republican. Wisconsin Democrats hadn't elected a senator since 1932 and we hadn't elected a governor in thirty elections, since 1896 except in 1932. The year after I
  • about that. F: As you come down to 1960, there's a question, of course, of who's going to be the Democratic nominee. 160 I kno\'J you went in the summer of before the Convention to a--I don't know whether you went to a meeti ng of the state attorney
  • Meeting LBJ in 1948; the 1960 Democratic convention at Los Angeles; the 1960 campaign; the Texas Senate campaign; the Texas gubernatorial race in 1960 and 1962; Billie Sol Estes and the Agriculture Department; Wilson shifts to the Republican Party
  • appearing intoxicated. Fortunately, he is not a victim of hangovers, but springs into action early in the morning with all faculties a i ert, complexion like an Elizabeth Arden advertisement, count enance beaming, eyes flashing, spilling over with life. His
  • primary through the court action--but it was still. saddled with the poll tax and the difficulty wi th registration. But mainly it was the poll tax we were fighting against, to get away from this tax on the vote because the vote in the South since
  • , such as in the 1948 campaign when the state federation endorsed Coke [Stevenson], at which time, of course, I did not work for labor, I was a newspaperman. There were times in Democratic Party politics when labor and Johnson were not in agreement on state convention
  • on the Vietnamese issue, made it impossible for him to adopt a course of action on the Middle East which ran the risk either of alienating support that � � � LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral
  • is attached ( Tab B) . Hunt is a Democrat. Although he was appointed by Governor Hoff, he is not particularly close to Hoff and is not identified with him, beyond the fact that he is in Hoff's Administration. Approve Submit other Call me candidates
  • : "The Challenge of America's Metropolitan Population Outlook - 1960 to 1985," research report no. 4: "The Large Poor Family - A Housing Gap," and research report no. 6: "Local Land and Building Regulations."
  • ACTION s ... y. December 17, 1967 4:00 p.m. Mr. Pre ■ ideat: Hanwltll • prepo•• •tatemeat DeplltJ Pl-1m41Mlaleter McEwea. &om J'Oll to Bethe,. tbaa the ftret pa~. wblch npeat• aome el tlae Jaapaae el 1-.r ,-Ile •tat.meat, I ....W pnpNe
  • ; there is an art itself in that impulse for action where· men becom the makers of the thing and the users of men in tile making. And, as to labor: March 31, 1941 Notes: It is not a gµ,estion of arranging for the force to enforce the frame­ work of the Congress
  • . In the late fifties, he came with Mrs. Johnson to a CBS affiliates reception in New York one night. was the Hotel Pi erre or the ~~a 1dorf, I don't recall whether if but I, of course, through a Democratic family, knew the Senator. F: In these sort
  • Biographical information; Business and Professional Women's Clubs; Sarah Hughes; Commission on Civil Disorders; Detroit riots; Kerner Commission Report; 1964 Democratic National Convention and campaign; Peden's Senate race; Doers Luncheon; Eartha
  • , there was a great outpouring, both at the time and when he returned in January, of affection and of comradeship for him. I just sort of breathed a sigh of relief because I thought he was good for the Democratic leadership for goodly more span of time, that he would
  • ; the likelihood that LBJ would go to the Democratic National Convention as Texas' favorite son in 1956; political allies from around Texas meeting at the Ranch; Mrs. Johnson's 1964 letter to LBJ regarding his future as president; Austin Mayor Tom Miller's
  • Democratic Party dinner in New York. He came right from the airport to the dinner and delivered a rather flowery tribute to the President. That sort of stilled things for a while. But it wouldn't stay down, and I think the President r s response
  • /68 39 Phoenix, Arizona Trip 5/28/68 40 Portland, Oregon Trip (American Institute of Architects) 6/26/68 41 Central American Trip 7/6-8/68 42 Louisville, Kentucky Trip 10/5/68 43 Keep America Beautiful Awards lunch, Biltmore, New York
  • /68 39 Phoenix, Arizona Trip 5/28/68 40 Portland, Oregon Trip (American Institute of Architects) 6/26/68 41 Central American Trip 7/6-8/68 42 Louisville, Kentucky Trip 10/5/68 43 Keep America Beautiful Awards lunch, Biltmore, New York
  • friends. I had been a supporter and an admirer of Senator Johnson and well acquainted with him in both his role as Majority Leader and as a leading Democrat and as a member of the Virginia delegation in the convention. We had supported Senator Johnson
  • of Ten; International Monetary Fund; 1968 Action Program Advisory Commission on International Monetary Arrangements; Joint Economic Committee; Special Drawing Rights; 1967 pound devaluation; gold crisis; 2-tier gold system; gold pool.
  • . SpeQ!al to The New York Tl01es . . . .. WASHINGTON,.May !2 - In for small businesses much of· ·America, there are ers. pockets of poverty in the midst The . Appalachia and farm­ program, of · plepty. ,~ Jiut in Appalachia, strictly ·a regional one
  • . Not at that time. I don't think I'm getting ahead of myself here, but there was a--I'm sure we will talk about this a little later--very warm and close feeling between the leaders of the Congress, or the Democratic leaders of the Congress and President Eisenhower
  • Out~ond Clapper Says: But Labor Talks o~\Anglo -America -New iTean1work Need "East is East, and West is West-" In the East, in Washington, D. C., Donald · · Nelson Thursday declared there was no necessity for anti-strike or labor legislatio_n cAmO
  • was the chairman of the [State Democratic] Executive Committee. G: Now, let me understand, you had already voted? HD: I had already voted for Johnson against my own better wishes. G: Were you told that you had to do this, were you told this was an instructed
  • Mrs. Dorbandt’s vote in the 1948 Democratic Executive Committee meeting that certified LBJ as the senatorial nominee; bringing Charlie Gibson in to break the tie in the 1948 Senate Executive Committee meeting.
  • ------ ·-- ·- · ·7~-- .. ~A., ,;,.. achievement. Fueled by the democratic and in the destiny faith of the Nation, in the dignity America moved .of the individual forward again. The Economy We can point, that is flourishing, first, to what we see all
  • that it would make sense to suspend the tax credit except Fowler. He felt strongly that [as] he'd testified a couple of years before when Johnson had introduced the investment tax credit, that this would be a permanent part of America's financial structure
  • ot a democratic .g'O'Nftl­ JHDt.. .All aN minorit e whieh go toget.her to sake a whole and what the whole demand• , each lives. We are a nation. we are the tlnited Sta"8 ot America. We are the chlldren ot .a generation ot un and women who rked
  • unfavorable publicity ·which has gone I a b roa d concernmg . . our town. Action following the recent Felix Longoria 1 incident was occasioned mainly to ser­ ve selfish interests of persons who e ither wished to pay political debts or who wished to stabilize
  • A South America 37 ::?B' /VL.J l.l,-'F}-- lt - 05#7-/66 - - A Nationa 7- 7'5' to Pres.'i:1·c:te-BcE-I;..rom-WWR Of"' 7/21 (1
  • in agreeing to terms for a cease-fire in a future political contest and we must stay in close step with GVN. ~- Failure of the enemy ·offensive, results of the Democratic convention and · growing strength of Thieu/Huong government have improved VN morale
  • was the first Democratic governor to endorse John Kennedy, which was a later very fortunate political benefit to the state, and Phil Hart loaned me, physically loaned me, to work in the Kennedy campaign, which I did for a period following and even up to, prior
  • ; affirmative action; Jerry Holleman; John Hope Franklin; Gwendolyn Tice; Percy Williams; Jerry Bruno; staffing and funding the commission; Bobby Troutman and the conflict between LBJ and RFK; Richard Russell; the Lockheed plant in Marietta, Georgia; Plan
  • d by a series of factors • These included: our mutual commitment to free societies and to democratic inE.itutlons: the appreciation of most Indians for our prompt action t'lree years earlier in support of India against China: the close 1'1ers,,nal
  • flrmntl68 where he be- ca.lled the great society to America on the ~.... ,.~, THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 1 EN f k d d as lleved lt necessary-for example, ln deallng back of the Democratic donkey."
  • with State and Defense where all the big action was for the office, because I didn't have the background. 3 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ
  • ; Robert Komer's nickname "Blow Torch" and Komer's personality; a Tet party Rosenblatt hosted in Saigon; Rosenblatt's frustration with the Democratic Party at the 1968 Democratic National Convention and afterward; Rosenblatt's work under Bill Leonhart after
  • : ,,.. .. . ~·...:z_. (. .. . -· .....,. ...,... :__.:, ._-.:.:r.L -1 , i ,c. j .., . :• SEeRE'I ·,. FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMISSION, AND MONGOLIA. ALL OTHER COMMUNIST STAJES - ~ HAD BEEN QUI ET. " THE ~OREGOING PROVED THE LACK OF UNITY AND ACTION WITHIN
  • this would receive very sympathetic consideration here and he encouraged the Ambassador to advise his Government to raise the subject during the conversations. ·, ·,·. ----- -,-----·---------------------,.-----.----- •~ J>RIGIN/ACTION, r PIM/A IUtP
  • ~ BY.Af1?:',N D te 1-JS-'1! S.ECki!T/5BN&'TlVE 7 ACTION Llmltec:l Off1cial Uae Wedae•dar • April 10. 19'8 MEMO.aANDUM FOJt. THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT: PIUlta del E•te A.aalfflrMrr Amer!caa Ma ■ MI•• to Latin PH•ldeata 0a April 3 '" a1ned to •ead m
  • -hich vould the incu:-sions. aid in investigatint~ t;. ~roorondu..m to t'r~o Inter-American· Peace Com.mi ttoe on prOV'ocative actions of the Cuber>. Go\~rnroent. Mon1ornndummentions I.a. Coubro incident, Se~ Ponchel"' ir..cident, air incursions
  • ~ SUSTAINING IN TH! FIGHTING IN I CORPS LOSSES AM OUNTING TO AN AVERAGE OF 240 KILLED IN ACfION £ACM . 1JE.tK. APPROXUlATEL y 70 PERCENT or . . ,..·· THESE HAVE .tEEN :J. S. THI INTENSITY OK £NE~Y ACTION, L £. THE SCALE AND DURATimJ OF COMBAT
  • TELEGRAM INDICATE, □ □ CHAiCI TO comer •. LIMITED OFFICIAL USE . ... .' . _. : ; -:~· .. . Classification ACTION: Amembassy SAIGON .. . 1 ' ' ·~ PRIORITY STATE FOR AMBASSADOR LODGE FROM INR HUGHES SUBJECT: 1. .. Herewith is country
  • . Sometimes tension can arise when the public members want to call for action; want to throw down the gauntlet to the Senate, other things that would make very nice sense if they would work, but which the government members know will not work. Then you have
  • litical career as Mayor of Weathe1forcl, Texas. He was a member of Congress for thirty-five years, serving as Speaker of the House from 1987 to 1989. He was Chair of the National Democratic Convention in 1988. Wright recalls LBJ "leaning" on him only once