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  • control of the Senate. If you I think I'm right on this; you may want to double check some of my facts, but I'm sure I'm right. They were going to contest this before the Senate Rules Committee. But the Democrats won control of the Senate
  • Biographical information; regional staff; appointment to Naval Affairs Committee; Albert Thomas; 1941 Senate campaign; Colorado River dam projects; LBJ
  • a substantive committee. And the substantive committees were concerned and they wanted to keep control, and one way was to make us come back. Of course, when you had a Democratic President and a Congress that was made up of Republicans and conservative
  • of senators; procedures in preparing bills; Juvenile Delinquency Prevention and Control Act; the Young Americans Act; grant program controversy; National Institutes of Public Health
  • On September 16, General Bonesteel in his capacity as Commander in Chief, United Nations Command, briefed President Park Chung Hee at the (!tter's request on the Demilitarized Zone infiltration problems and North Korean subversive activities. Tl:e briefing
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  • in this area and that their expertise would be brought to bear at the local level rather than through the national organization. r: .. ~ There was a pilot program that the President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency was running in West Virginia, I think
  • and served in that capacity with some leaves of absence for brief service periods in government up until 1962. Well, I took a year's leave of absence and went up to Wesleyan University as a Fellow. After that I became national affairs editor of The Reporter
  • to~• (White House File Copy) Preaideat NATIONAL INVESTIGATIONS ON AERIAL MAJOR USMC DONALD E. KEYHOlt DIRECTOR COMMITTEE PHENOMENA WASHINGTON. D. C. 20036 GORDON I. R. LORE, JR. ASSISTANT DIRECTOR o,,,ca: ■ 1 ADMINISTRATIVI: 11536 CONNECTICUT
  • Order 12356'governing access to national security information. (8) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (C) Closed in accordance with restrictions conta ined in the donor's deed of gift. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS
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  • bigwigs on hand for Stevenson's acceptance speech. Front to rear: "Fishbait" Miller, Joe Gill (with glasses) , Jack Arvey, Rayburn , Presi­ dent Truman, National Committee Chairman McKinney and Chicago Mayor Kennelly. CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE 17
  • told me one time that when President Eisenhower was coming back fr.om Chicago from leadership meetin' of the Republican .National Committee called - '1 ' M ·• """' and told :ae that I had been riding the government plane, so that, that's 1)..µ what
  • OF THE PRESIDENT'S MEETING WITH THE DEMOCRATIC LEADERSHIP January 30, 1968 In the Mansion The President: I want to tell all that we know about the Pueblo incident. We are spending days and nights on the situation. I want you to treat this as a very confidential
  • are frustrated and want to be Secretary of State. The reasons for our being there are clear to most people. Morale of the fighting men is good. There has been phenomenal progress in the last two years in building a democratic government in South Vietnam
  • see him carrying the big states. So myself, in my own mind, as we moved on into '59 and '60--and I was then as the big national issues were concerned, I was deeply involved with the Labor Reform fight because I was on that committee, and all of us felt
  • Biographical information; Rayburn; JFK; 1960 Democratic campaign; LBJ’s vice presidency; Lady Bird; Interior; Job Corps; RFK and LBJ
  • of the policies and purposes of the Declaration of Honolulu. " ^ The above reported from the plenary session contained in TEXT OF jOINT COMMUNIQUE BY PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON AND LT. GEN. NGUYEN VAN THIEU, CHAIRMAN, NATIONAL LEADERSHIP COMMITTEE, REPUBLIC
  • NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS SERVICE WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARIES) FORMOF DOCUMENT CORRESPONDENTSOR TITLE DATE i;..i;.,Q.J..--1....,.~..:-.(~..J?.L/.ST._'Y'"_ ,.._..1--'l.,L2.l,L6£----....._ ~~----1-W,;i..1.,,1,,,1,;ii,l;i:i....i
  • Committee fight. If we had no hesitancy in 1961 to engage in head counts and work with the House Democratic leadership to bring about the increase in membership of the Rules Committee, why in 1965 not express an interest and state a position? The position
  • Efforts to enlist the help of Katharine Graham and the Washington Post staff to get support for D.C. home rule; LBJ's support for House Rules Committee reform that would help the liberal members of the House; the regional medical centers program
  • of the year to honor Senator P be held at the Women's National Democratic ub, 1526 New Hampshire Avenue, Northwest at 6 p.m. t is evening. Senator Proxmire who is co-chairing the r ception•buffet apologized £or the lateness in inviting·you. I told the Senator
  • : At Middleburg . George Brown, at the time had been on several commissions ; one, under President Truman, the [William S .] Paley Committee, I believe it was called, on the needs of this nation for raw materials for the next twenty or thirty years . Eisenhower
  • Senate campaign for LBJ and using the helicopter; work and campaign style; controversy over Hispanic soldier being buried at Arlington National Cemetery and subsequent legislative investigation; LBJ’s relationship with Herman and George Brown; LBJ’s
  • : In this capacity, did you attend any of the general sessions? A: Oh, yes, I attended all of them. For most of them I served as a member of the US delegation to the United Nations and in that capacity I was the US representative on the Fourth Committee which
  • hosting a . RECEPTIO N honoring th e 8 1 yearold yearol d former forme r Chairma Chairma n o f House House Arme Armedd Services Services Committee Committe e see page 10 for guest Georgia-Democrat. Car Car l Vinso n Cathy MacArthur Bill ticker
  • they•.- ■een over and over. Attacbecl are 23 informal portrait■, aay of which mi&ht be a ■ecl to fill req••t• each a■ the oae attached from tu .Democratic If yoa agree, tho ■ e plaoto■ COlllr•••ioaal Dlaaer Committee. which yoa apprcwe co.W be uaecl to fill tbl
  • •^•P^ Watson -pl Cater -pl r RECEPTION AND REMARKS to the DEMOCRATIC PARTY STATE CHAIRMEN "who are attending a one-day conference sponsored by the Democratic National Committee - OFF RECORD list to DT VHITE HOUS E Dat e Feb DENT LYNDO N B
  • to make 25 major decisions between midnight and one. Secy Fowler n*t, Sept. ISbaxpEMi White House p^ 22, 1966 Thursday Activity (;nc!ude visited bv) ture Expendi Code Lt. Governor Pat Lucey of Wisconsin (is the Democratic nominee for Governor
  • and giving every man his day in court. He [Vinson] handled his committee masterfully. G: How so? K: Well, just what I said. and Democrats alike. He gave every man his opportunity, Republicans He had strong support on the Republican side, which made
  • is 58215401. am 38 years old. captain of 11 USS Pueblo" belongin;r to the while carrying out espionage activities waters of the Democratic People's Republic I was born in Pocatello, Ida~o, USA. I The crew of our rruss Pueblo" are 83 (pause] in all including
  • ://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 Wozencraft -- VIII -- 2 side and the Democrats on the other by delegation
  • you wouldn't need the committees at all if you analyzed the problem properly. The old people needed bigger pay checks through their Social Security benefits. And the economic problem was to figure out how much the nation could afford to increase
  • , this report demonstrates that more will be required of all of us before we r~ach the goal of full development of our human resources ..It is the intent of this administration to move this nation toward that goal .. The President's Committee on Equal Employment
  • See all scanned items from file unit "Publications / President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity (PU 1/FG 731)"
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  • Folder, "Ex PU 1 / FG 731 [Publications / President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity]," WHCF PU Subject Files, Box 23
  • the end of the day. He, for the first time that I recall, started telling me his worries about the Democratic National Committee. He felt they were mishandling money. He felt that they were disorganized. He felt that he personally had an obligation to see
  • October 1965 visit to the Ranch; LBJ’s relationship with the press; activities at the Ranch; LBJ’s desire to pay off Democratic National Committee debt and Krim’s involvement; Cliff Carter; John Criswell; political discussions at the Ranch; Francis
  • from Miaaeuri on the Agriculture Committee, condemning FAO, how much we spend, the fact they are ungrateful and the one Nation - one world rule. It was quite a tirade. I eased him around, spent a little time with him, and before the week WS:S up when
  • . But it came before the committee PB: State Democratic - - - CH: State Democratic Executive Committee of the State Convention held in Fort Worth in the Blackstone Hotel, as I recall. The committee voted by a narrow margin, actually, one vote, to put his
  • to depend on public polls; LBJ winning by a small margin in 1948; one vote put his name on Democratic ballot; LBJ as a popular President, except in 1968;
  • , appointment--or any service in the political field except working on both Democratic and Republican inaugural committees in the years past. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories
  • Biographical information; Chairman of Medal Committee for LBJ’s inaugural; Felix DeWaldin; appointment to Redevelopment Land Agency; Marvin Watson; Neville Miller; appointment to Chairmanship of District Council; Steve Pollack; Max Kampelman; Walter
  • , the passage of that 1957 Civil Rights Act, was one of the things that many of the national Democratic liberals, such as Paul Butler, at the time DNe chairman, and some of the people you were working with, with the Democratic National Committee, used as one
  • Meeting LBJ in the 1930’s; whether or not LBJ’s personality changed over the years; confrontations between Texas liberals and conservatives with LBJ cought in the middle; Paul Butler’s attempts to gain power and to make the Democratic party more
  • bring ma- would b~ primarily responsible in American aid to become an inter.jar and fa r-reaching benefits to administering the funds to give national dole;" he said. "The Con~ their people." credence. to actions and not prom- gress of the United States
  • could dip down in his bag, and he had a little assignment for a Democrat on the Senate Small Business Committee. F: Did you get the feeling that Senator Johnson was sort of sidetracking Senator Kefauver? 2 LBJ Presidential Library http
  • LBJ as majority leader; LBJ's management of committee assignments (the "Johnson Rule"); LBJ's single-mindedness in pursuing legislative goals; LBJ as vice president inadvertently left out of discussions on occasion; RFK-LBJ relationship; Plans
  • of Africans. We know what these words mean. not abstractions. To us -- and to you -- they are They are a living part of our experience as men and nations. Freedom means self-determination; independence; strong democratic institutions; and government
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  • . Lloyd Cutler, Executive Director National Commission on Violence 726 Jackson Place, N. w. Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Cutler: The American Jewish Committee considers the Commission on Vio­ lence an important vehicle through which the nation can study
  • Folder, "American Jewish Committee," Records of the NCCPV (Eisenhower Commission), Series 11, Box 1
  • Records of the National Commission on the Causes and Prevention of Violence (Eisenhower Commission)
  • at al Convention TV exposu e Senator )( x Brewster's AA, Jack Sullivan, y that Brewster has no in the Democratic National Brewster needs some national and would like to introduce ~}/;/~;_/~e~,te address. Cri~well yes V' about this? no_ Jitj:J
  • oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh M. M. Valenti — IV — 4 G: Early 1960, very early. V: Yes. Because I know he was at the [Democratic National] Convention. I remember him being very hard working. I think Mrs. Johnson liked
  • and the Kennedys, debate between LBJ and JFK at the 1960 Democratic convention.
  • for their campaigns. We were working fairly closely with the [Democratic] National Committee, and that was the year when all the fracas arose over the third term. About that time Tommy Corcoran, I think, kind of got out of favor at the White House, and this involved
  • ; LBJ's congressional work style; LBJ trying to get on the Appropriations Committee; LBJ's use of charm; LBJ forcing staff members to stretch their abilities; FDR's third term campaign; Connally's wedding; LBJ's 1940's senatorial campaign; press relations
  • that respects the law and avoids further violence . It seems to me that the appointment of such a committee would help to underscore the concern felt in all parts of the nation over the ominous turn of events in Selma. And I also feel that the community leaders