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  • office that morning and insulted everyone in here by his action and then tried to illegally block the door to the mayor's office. And we had moved him aside, Captain Royal and I had moved him aside. He then found an incident that afternoon
  • of this department but headed up this legislation, but I do recall that in a discussion I had with this doctor--Holman, something of that sort-M: [J. Herbert] Hollomon was in the Commerce Department. K: Hollomon, yes; it was Dr. Hollomon. I know that when I
  • Relationship with LBJ beginning with HR days; Senate; VP; Presidency; development of federal and state programs regarding UE compensation, etc.; JFK relationship with governors; establishment of Office of Emergency Planning; J. Herbert Holloman
  • there's some evidence of a little organized looting, so a criminal element may take advantage of it in that way. B: Well, for example, in the Washington riot of April '68, a recent book, Ten Blocks from the White House, attempts to indicate
  • Urban disorders; Pentagon demonstration; floating federal force; Detroit riots; Control Center-Communication Centers; riots in Chicago; Baltimore riot; Ten Blocks from the White House; Daniel Walker Report: “Rights in Conflict;” Bobby Baker’s case
  • . attempting to mediate political problems in Cyprus; Cyrus Vance visiting Cyprus to help settle the conflict; military threats from Turkey; why Cyrus Vance and the State Dept. were effective in handling the crisis; Cypriots buying weapons from Soviet block
  • , for exampl~, .the -W hite House sit-in cases of college students who sat in at the White House and blocked the tourist line, and ultimat ely were taken out and arrested . I also prosecu ted cases involvin g the Capitol itself. I had planned to spend
  • relations. B: ~{no are the leaders of those three groups you just outlined? Are they the obvious ones--McClellan, Dirksen, and Hart? c: \~ell, Se;J.ator Eastland is the chairman of the committee--is the leader of that southern block on judicial
  • that we--I think it's a good question as to whether we might not have tried to do it sooner. P: Has this been an effective means to bring back negotiations? R: It apparently took away the major stumbling block to negotiations. negotiators Our became
  • moved as bride and groom; and they died there. We sold it only four or five years ago; it is two blocks from the Franciscan monastery. F: Was it an integrated neighborhood? W: Yes, there were about six Negro families in a community of about 2
  • dmm there, for eXiJ.'J':ple--George Christ-ior " indic ; ···"~d to you e::.rl ;. gr:.' - dOHn \Q just lived a block apart. the White House to help work on the ane! I had not been involved on helping llith the He and I, as I I knew :~1.ics ffi
  • handled it from a police standpoint, et cetera. Governor Romney didn't march in that march and was severely criticized for it. So when the Selma thing took place, it was sort of a spon- taneous march here in Detroit. I went up a few blocks from City