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Folder, "July 29, 1967 - 11:05 a.m. President and Cyrus Vance, Vice President," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

:05. It ended at 11 :40 -.-c·- • ' I ' l •• ~ • ... ..' •.. ! '; j:::. I I~ :\ 1j ·• ...:: / 1 • :". 1 • . :: i·~ I NG. MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT WITH SECRETARY VANCE IN THE PRESIDENT'S OFFICE, JULY 29, 1967 The President read the legal

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

and said that Vance should go. At 11 :23 the President read a telegram to Governor Romney which had been drafted. CBNFIDl&DI'I'IA-L M!rflMG NOi ES COP'.fRl~Hif 0 Poelicctic11 Re"""~' ht P.eRni11ion of Capyng ~~ Ibnmn• Jahft'SOTl [1 of 2

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 6:07 p.m. Congressional leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

The President opened the meeting by reading to the leadership a UPI ticker item. The article concerned a GOP policy stand. The ticker item fallows: "Republican Party leaders called big city rioting a national crisis today. They demanded a full investi gation

Folder, "August 2, 1967 - 12:09 p.m. Cabinet Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

] MEET1l>1G ~~o:re&-eOPf~ Pt>bllcotion ltequ1rii GeNFIDEN 'I IAL Perm1n1on of Copyrlglit Hetldec . W. lhomas JohllsOn - 4 - The Vice President said the re we re 52 cities which we re potentially about to explode. The re we re 10 last night with high

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 10 p.m. Detroit crisis - President's activities from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Christian. The Presiden t was reading the J une 22, 1943, issue of the New York Tin-ies concerning President Roose v elt 1 s actions in Detroit. The Presid~nt read aloud excerpts of. an articl e entitled 1 'Rayburn assails Roosevelt critics. 11 The President

Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

if he and General Thieu won but did not govern wisely. The President read Ambassador Bunker's comments on the election campaign, saying that Ky naturally was taking advantage of his incumbency but was seeming to heed our warnings. The President read

Folder, "July 29, 1967 - 11:30 a.m. National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Johns6n 0 The President then introduced Secretary Vance to the group. Secretary Vance made the following report: 1. Detroit is now close to normal. 2. The re we re only a few incidents last night. 3. Traffic has returned to normal. 4. Most

Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 10:35 a.m. McNamara, Fortas, Christian," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

by Governor Romney for Federal troops. The President read the wire and passed it to Secretary McNamara and Mr. Fortas. The President then called Mr. Wright in the White House Message Center to ask if the actual wire from Governor Romney had yet been received

Folder, "April 5, 1968 - 11:10 a.m. President's meeting with Negro leaders after death of Martin Luther King," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)

for your support as responsible Negro leaders. (The President read Associated Press item on Stokely Carmichal.) UNDER SECRETARY KATZENBACH: The loss of this leader is so tragic. We must see what we can do to further Dr. King's objective. SECRETARY CLIFFORD

Folder, "[June 26, 1968 Meeting with Equity Managers)," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

could have imagined the businessmen crying out: "please raise my taxes and hurry up"? He read parts of a very encouraging report on the peace talks, indicating a marked change in Hanoi's attitudes. (Another note on that was brought to him during