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President's Daily Diary entry, 1/14/1969 (Item)
  • Capitol STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS - live television coverage Depart Arrive Capitol South Grounds Jan 14, 1969 The White House Tues The President returned to the second floor-followed by members of his f amilv- Mrs. Johnson , Lynda and Luci
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/27/1964 (Item)
  • into the Farley Sgt Glynn mansion and Notes on visit to xxxx Mrs. Harry Byrd's funeral: 10:07 Helicopter from South Lawn to Winchester, Va. , a rriving at 9:37 local time. Accompanied by Price Daniel, Dr. Burkley, Paul Glynn, G. Reedy, Rufus Youngblood, Com
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/9/1967 (Item)
  • at (Place) Time Telephon —- ,. In Ou tL Th | ~ 1:12p 1: 1 9 p Th 1:19p t Genera —'. J 1:34p j I t 1:34p t 1:35p | t Monda y y (includ e visite d by ) tur e e ; -Powel Cong I th tak Bil I Harr | ,! i j yo i Walt Rostow (pl ) " e
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/5/1965 (Item)
  • o Walter P. Reuther, President of the International Union, UAW, Detroit, Michigan, for the term expiring May 22, 1966, replacin g Jack T. Conway, who has been appointed to a full-time position with the Office of Economic Opportunity The National
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Dedication Ceremonies of Women's Pavilion Hemisfair, 4/6/1968" (Item)
  • there is a Women's Pavilion at Hemisfair, and delighted this facility will have a strong purpose in future years. Here on this platform are many women I have known whose lives have e x panded with the exciting challenges and opportunities oî our times. Women
Oral history transcript, Richard Morehead, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1987, by Christie L. Bourgeois (Item)
  • Governor Shivers went to Illinois to see Governor Adlai Stevenson, who was the Democratic nominee, and asked him if he would be willing to support the Texas title of ownership--it was even--the matter was in Congress at the time. Stevenson said no, he
  • Party in Texas; land scandal during Shivers' time as governor; Bascom Giles; a federal farm storage scandal involving Billie Sol Estes and Ralph Yarborough's alleged involvement; Texas Commissioner of Agriculture J.E. McDonald; insurance scandals during
Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 2 (II), 10/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • seem to want the trip made itself, think it was necessary? Y: As I understood it, the trip was really pretty much against his wishes. I don't think he really wanted Kennedy to come to Texas at that time. F: It was part of a package to Texas
  • back to Washington D.C.; LBJ’s first night as President; the combined LBJ/JFK staff; Ted Sorenson; LBJ’s State of the Union address and concern over the budget; Senator Harry Byrd; getting the budget under $100 billion; task forces; Negro voting rights
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/1/1964 (Item)
  • to the time when the "hope and optimism" represented by the successful Ranger Moon Mission, will supplant "the fear and hate, the bitterness and division, the poison and venom" which retard society's progress, the President said. Dr. Wm H. Pickering, director
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/22/1966 (Item)
  • , NYC Alan Barth, American Civil Liberties Union, Stoney Brook, L. I. Larry Baskir, Washington, D. C. Lowell R Beck, American Bar Assn. , Washington, DC Joan Beider, Vera Foundation, NYC Charles A. Bellows, Chicago, Ill James A. Belson, Hogan & Hartson
Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Yale Political Union, New Haven, Connecticut, 10/9/1967" (Item)
  • "NION, NEW HA VEN, CC~NECTICUT, OCTOBER 9, 1967 0 When 1 received the invitation from John J. 0 1Leary ...... a name no Democrat can reeist -- to corne and talk to the Yale Political Union about beautification, l was delighted to accept. Delighted
  • Press release, "Address of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Yale Political Union, New Haven, Connecticut, 10/9/1967"
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/22/1964 (Item)
  • Glynn to find out time of next appt Walter Jenkins fr mansion asks Dick Nelson bring 12 medallions fr mjdr's office for Mrs Johnson Walter Jenkins fr mansion Geo Reedy fr mansion Walter Jenkins fr mansion Geo Reedy fr mansion Harry McPherson Undersecy
Folder, "NSAM # 355: Indian Nuclear Weapons Problem, further to NSAM 351, 8/1/1966," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • tentatively assigned to these alternatives. Some disagreement does exist concerning the specific circumstances in which given actions might be taken, and it is generally agreed that these uncertainties cannot be resolved at this time. DECLASSIFIED E.O. 12958
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 2 (II), 7/2/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • that first meeting after you saw him as President of the United States. Perhaps some positions he indicated he held at that time, if he did so. C: Let me think about it a little while now and let's see what I can come up with. M: It's kind of hard
Oral history transcript, H.S. Hank Brown, interview 1 (I), 6/8/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • miles that I could get into . I guess in three months, every union meeting I just worked because I disliked Richard Nixon and I still do, if anything more so . the time about that fellow . He's only proven what I knew all I think he is a terrible
Oral history transcript, John Harllee, interview 1 (I), 3/24/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • of the Department of Transportation. Mc: Did you have anything to do with that controversy with the Maritime industry and the unions in the shipbuilding program that was proposed at the same time the department was being formed? LBJ Presidential Library http
  • of shipbuilding and sea-going unions; control of foreign steamship lines; containerization of shippers; inspections; origin/scope/work of FMC; White House support of commissioner; Robert J. Blackwell; transition from LBJ Administration to Nixon Administration
Oral history transcript, John A. Baker, interview 4 (IV), 6/12/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • to amount to anything at that time--the big unions were taking kind of a peripheral interest and raising Cain all the time. They were, of course, institutionally opposed to all importation of foreign farm workers, except that Roosevelt just made them take
Oral history transcript, John S. Foster, Jr., interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)
  • you first meet Lyndon Johnson and what were the circumstances? F: I first met him when coming to Washington to meet with the President for the first time with regard to his nomination of me as the director of Defense Research and Engineering. We met
Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 1 (I), 11/26/1968, by Dorothy Pierce McSweeny (Item)
  • . And during your Army service from 1964 to 1966 you were assigned to the White House beginning in February of 1965. Is this background information correct? J: That's correct. Actually I was Marvin Watson's assistant from the time I came to the White House
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/4/1968 (Item)
  • VH.TE HOUS E dat >ENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N e Marc h 4 , 1968 DIARY Monda Resident bega n hi s day at (Place)_Porterfield Hou se, Rame y Ai r Forc e Base , Puert o Ric o Da Time Telephon 11 In Ou tL 4:15a t 7:54a f0 e Activit oL D Th y y v
Oral history transcript, Paul Henry Nitze, interview 2 (II), 12/10/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • , except that I would like to ask you this same sort of question in regard to relations with Communist China, perhaps not in terms of relations, but developments over the same period of time since 1960. N: My mind was going back earlier than 1960. P
Oral history transcript, Vide G. (Mrs. E.L.) Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • to the U.S. House in the 79th Congress. He was an advocate of statehood for Alaska throughout his entire delegate days, and of course when Alaska was admitted to the Union in 1958, he was elected to the Senate and was re - e l e c t e d in 1960 and in 1966
Folder, "Politics - 1951," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)
  • , and this is important, GOP candidate Taft invade~ ;the Deep South. Until this year any politician would have said that it's a sheer w~ste of time, energy and .catn:P.aign funds for a Republican to campaign fa,r below the . Mason Dixon Line. Note. how timea have changed
Folder, "[Part 2 and Notes][removed from binder] 1941," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 15 (Item)
  • with the minjnn1m of repression; that the second is to ex,­ press and act proportionate values in the use of time and emphasis;: that such approach, of course, will encourage intellectual honesty, intellectual curios­ ity, kindness, clarity, and above all
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 34 (XXXIV), 9/19/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , and if this did blow up, and the union didn't settle or we had a major strike after the time period ran out, and it were necessary to get legislation through the Senate, as it turned out to be, that would have provided an additional cooling-off period and nostrike
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Draft Treaty on Non/Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, 3/27/1968, Volume 5, Tab 66," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • with the Soviet Union a desire to convey the feeling that the present draft was the te.>...-1: of the NPT and not simply a proposal sub ject to general amend.n1ents. At the same time, however, we did not wish to join the Soviet Union in an attempt to railroad
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/8/1966 (Item)
  • . Florence P. EDELMAN, John, President, National council of Senior Citizens, Washington, D. C. ELLIOTT, John, International President Amalgamated Transit Union, Washington, D. C ERLENBORN, Cong. John N. FALK, Adrien, Jr., Chairman, San Francisco Bay Area
Transcript, Background Press Briefing, 6/9/67, 5.05 PM (Item)
  • • of belligerence because it of how that But the ia a highly exi ■ t­ dangerous opens the way for one aide or the from time to time to claim a legal which are extremely bellicose for doing basis and become, indeed, a cause of war. The assertion
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/4/1968 (Item)
  • WWW //HITE HOUSE Date DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DIARY President began his day at (Place) Time Telephone 11 In Out Lo The Walt t 9:50a t Secretar Agent (include visited by) Malechek - LBJ Ranch Rostow - pl y Dean Rusk Clint Hill 10:06 t
Folder, "The U.S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency During the Johnson Administration-Part 2C - 2F," Arms Control and Disarmament Agency Administrative History (Item)
  • resolution, was preferable at that time. In addition, the President wanted to a v oid any too formal or binding arrangement, such as an executive agreement. The resolution would h a v e to be accept able to b o t h the United States and the Soviet Union
Oral history transcript, Jack T. Conway, interview 1 (I), 8/13/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • in Los Angeles and the East Los Angeles Community Union were others in time. very effective organizations. They were I confirmed in my own mind that my approach was better than the Alinsky approach. Nevertheless, when my son wanted to learn
Oral history transcript, Robert Lampman, interview 1 (I), 5/24/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • where he subjected this concept to some scrutiny down there. L: No, I don't. G: Right. L: Yes. Do you recall Heller--? Was this after he became president? Well, there was this time period between November 26 and the State of the Union Message
  • of draftees from disadvantaged backgrounds; income maintenance programs; campaign program proposal; January 1964 economic report on U.S. poverty; Sargent Shriver; community action; employment and poverty; labor union viewpoint; budget problems; Defense
Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1946" (Item)
  • plans to attend. 1/10 First assembly of the United Nations opens in London. 1/12 LBJ is apparently ill, and Welly Hopkins writes him: “By this time I trust that your scarlet fever experience has cleared away.” 1/14 Congress convenes. 1/19 Office
Telephone conversation # 1276, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 1/8/1964, 7:31PM (Item)
  • REACTIONS TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPUBLICANS; POSSIBILITY OF LBJ MEETING DE GAULLE IN MARTINIQUE; FRANCE; LBJ READS ARTICLE ON GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO WRITE A SPEECH; HARRY BYRD; LBJ'S SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 1278, sound recording, LBJ and TOMMY CORCORAN, 1/8/1964, 7:45PM (Item)
  • CORCORAN'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CORCORAN COMPARES LBJ WITH EISENHOWER, JFK, FDR; CORCORAN PRAISES LBJ'S STYLE; BARRY GOLDWATER; GARDINER SYMONDS; GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
Telephone conversation # 1281, sound recording, LBJ and TED SORENSEN, 1/8/1964, 8:00PM (Item)
  • NUMBER OF APPLAUSES IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; BARRY GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT; PRESS REACTION; LBJ COMPLIMENTS SORENSEN AS SPEECHWRITER FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
Telephone conversation # 2156, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 2/23/1964, 5:37AM (Item)
  • NEGOTIATIONS WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION ON WHEAT SHIPMENT TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES; CONTINENTAL GRAIN; IMPLICATIONS OF WHEAT SALES TO USSR ON BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS; UNION'S ANGER WITH FDR, JR., HHH, ORVILLE FREEMAN
Telephone conversation # 3355, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 5/6/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AT LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT RAILROAD NEGOTIATIONS, NEW YORK PLUMBERS UNION STRIKE PROTESTING HIRING PUERTO RICANS, NEGRO AT GEORGE MEANY'S HOME LOCAL UNION; COAL MINERS AND RESIDUAL OIL
Telephone conversation # 11707, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 4/10/1967, 5:25PM (Item)
  • MEANY REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH UNION LEADER MICHAEL FOX ABOUT LBJ'S REQUEST THAT UNION EXTEND RAILROAD STRIKE DEADLINE VOLUNTARILY; FOX TOLD MEANY THEY WILL CONSIDER THAT REQUEST AND REPORT BACK TO HIM LATER
Telephone conversation # 11317, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 1/7/1967, 10:55AM (Item)
  • "RE NIGHT BEST FOR TV STATE OF UNION ADDRESS"; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE DICTABELT DUE TO POOR SOUND QUALITY; STANTON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL; PAY RAISE FOR POSTAL WORKERS; PROPOSED POSTAL RATE INCREASE; SCHEDULING NIGHTTIME STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CONFLICTS WITH OTHER CONGRESSIONAL EVENTS; DISRUPTION TO TV PROGRAMS; TELEVISING PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11332, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/11/1967, 3:20PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "RE COMPLIMENT ON PRES.'S STATE OF UNION ADDRESS."; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • MCNAMARA RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF UNNAMED MAN ON LBJ'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ SAYS SPEECH WAS TOO LONG, COMPARES IT TO JFK'S 1963 SPEECH, COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICISM THAT LBJ ABANDONED NEGROES AND THE POOR IN SPEECH