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  • LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO CALL MIKE MANSFIELD, JOHN MCCORMACK TO SET UP WH MEETINGS TOMORROW ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND VIETNAM WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP AND WITH HOUSE AND SENATE ARMED SERVICES, FOREIGN RELATIONS, AND APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES
  • HHH REPORTS ON HIS AND MIKE MANSFIELD'S MEETINGS WITH ALLEN ELLENDER AND WAYNE MORSE ON PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR SENATE HANDLING OF SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS BILL; LBJ THANKS HHH, ADVISES HIM ON HANDLING BILL; MICHAEL FEIGHAN
  • BALL, MANN GIVE OPTIMISTIC REPORT ON CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; COMMUNICATIONS BREAKDOWN WITH US EMBASSY; FOOD SHORTAGES; ARRIVAL OF ADDITIONAL MARINES; OAS MEETINGS; LBJ EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORTS; SUMMARY FOR MIKE
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; THOMAS MANN'S TALKS; GUZMAN'S VIEWS ON US POSITION; ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S OAS STATEMENT; UN POSITION; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CONCERNS ABOUT SIZE OF US TROOP CONTINGENT; POSSIBLE REPLACEMENTS FOR US
  • RUSK'S PRESS CONFERENCE; JOHN STENNIS', RICHARD RUSSELL'S CRITICAL VIETNAM STATEMENTS; GERALD FORD'S PRESS LEAK ON MIKE MANSFIELD'S VIEWS, CALLING UP RESERVES; INDIA, PAKISTAN FOREIGN AID; KOMER MEMO ON PAKISTAN; POSSIBLE VIETNAM POLL; RUSSELL'S
  • RUSK'S PRESS CONFERENCE; JOHN STENNIS', RICHARD RUSSELL'S CRITICAL VIETNAM STATEMENTS; GERALD FORD'S PRESS LEAK ON MIKE MANSFIELD'S VIEWS, CALLING UP RESERVES; INDIA, PAKISTAN FOREIGN AID; KOMER MEMO ON PAKISTAN; POSSIBLE VIETNAM POLL; RUSSELL'S
  • LBJ ASKS LONG TO PERSUADE MIKE MANSFIELD NOT TO DELAY VOTE ON HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION BILL, DISCUSSES TACTICS OF BILLBOARD LOBBY; LONG TELLS LBJ HE HAS RESPONDED TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S SPEECH ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ THANKS LONG
  • MIKE MANSFIELD'S, GEORGE AIKEN'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; POSSIBLE NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON INCREASED US FORCES OR REPEAL OF TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; VIEWS OF UNNAMED PERSON ON FAILURE OF BOMBING PAUSE, VIETNAM POLICY; NEED TO RESPOND TO VIET CONG
  • RUSK'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; RUSK SUGGESTS INVITING DEAN ACHESON TO WH MEETING TOMORROW; WAYNE FREDERICKS AND AID POST; FOREIGN AID FOR AFRICA; RESIGNATION OF ITALIAN CABINET; MIKE MANSFIELD'S SPEECH ON NATO; ABBA SCHWARTZ; FRANCES KNIGHT
  • RUSK SAYS HE APPROVES OF MIKE MANSFIELD'S REPLY TO GROMYKO'S STATEMENT ABOUT USSR'S POSITION ON PEACE IN VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS RUSK FOR ANALYSIS OF GROMYKO'S STATEMENT, USSR RESPONSE TO US OFFENSIVE; RUSK SAYS USSR FEARS LOSING NORTH VIETNAM TO CHINA
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SENATE VOTE ON WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; MIKE MANSFIELD; FARRIS BRYANT
  • CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON ROBERT WEAVER AS HUD SECRETARY; LBJ DISCUSSES BACKGROUND OF APPOINTMENT, REASONS FOR DELAY; MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION TO WEAVER DUE TO HIS HANDLING OF RENT SUPPLEMENT REGULATIONS; ROBERT WOOD'S VIEWS ON HUD ORGANIZATION
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM PORTER AS HEAD OF PACIFICATION IN VIETNAM; NEED TO PROVIDE LEGAL RESPONSE TO CRITICAL REPORTS BY MIKE MANSFIELD, JAMES GAVIN, GEORGE KENNAN; TELEVISED SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT MIKE MANSFIELD, RICHARD RUSSELL, STUART SYMINGTON, OTHERS PLAN TO OFFER RESOLUTION IN SENATE TODAY PROPOSING REDUCTION OF US TROOPS IN EUROPE; LBJ DISCUSSES TALKS WITH BRITISH, GERMANS, FRENCH, SOVIETS TO REDUCE OVERALL TROOP
  • LBJ QUESTIONS LEGALITY OF USE OF USIA FILM ON JFK BY CANDIDATE (JAMES BUCKLEY?) IN WISCONSIN OR MINNESOTA; MIKE MANSFIELD'S PROPOSED SENATE RESOLUTION ON REDUCTION OF US TROOPS IN NATO; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA TELL RICHARD RUSSELL OF ONGOING
  • POSSIBLE INVESTMENT CREDIT SUSPENSION; BUSINESS VIEWS ON SUSPENSION OR TAX INCREASE; WILBUR MILLS' ATTITUDE; LBJ DISCUSSES NEGOTIATIONS WITH UK, GERMANY, USSR ON TROOP CUTS IN EUROPE, COMPLAINS ABOUT MIKE MANSFIELD'S PROPOSAL FOR TROOP REDUCTION
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MIKE MANSFIELD'S PROPOSAL ON EUROPEAN TROOP REDUCTIONS, ITS EFFECT ON NEGOTIATIONS; NEED TO SHOW STRENGTH IN DEALING WITH COMMUNISTS; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CONCERNS; LONG COMPLAINS ABOUT CABINET OFFICERS
  • "9-13-66" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LBJ TELLS UNIDENTIFIED PERSON TO PUT MIKE MANSFIELD, OTHERS IN "LITTLE OFFICE"
  • "9-13-66" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; LBJ IS MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, MIKE MANSFIELD, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AT TIME OF CALL AND USES SPEAKERPHONE TO TALK TO O'BRIEN
  • "9-13-66" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; RUSK ON HOLD 2:05; LBJ IS MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, MIKE MANSFIELD, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ FIRST SAYS GOODBYE TO THEM, THEN ASKS SOMEONE TO ASK THEM TO WAIT
  • KATZENBACH TELLS LBJ THAT ABE FORTAS IS IN QUEBEC, BUT LBJ TELLS KATZENBACH THAT FORTAS IS AT WH FOR BRIEFING BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG; KATZENBACH'S EFFORTS TO CONTACT EVERETT DIRKSEN, JOHN MCCORMACK, AND MIKE MANSFIELD ON UNNAMED SUBJECT
  • KATZENBACH DISCUSSES TALKS WITH MIKE MANSFIELD, EVERETT DIRKSEN, ABE FORTAS ABOUT GRAND JURY HEARINGS ON BOBBY BAKER, HIS PLAN TO TALK WITH JOHN MCCORMACK TOMORROW, TELLS LBJ THAT FORTAS OPPOSES GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS OF BAKER ON MISAPPROPRIATION
  • LBJ READS MEMO EVALUATING ROBERT WEAVER AS POSSIBLE HUD SECRETARY; LBJ'S PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT WEAVER, WILKINS, OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL'S, MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION TO WEAVER, ALBERT THOMAS' SUPPORT FOR HIM; ROGER WILKINS
  • FOWLER REPORTS ON TALKS WITH GEORGE SMATHERS AND MIKE MANSFIELD ON GETTING DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR TAX BILL, READS LIST OF SENATORS SUPPORTING MEASURE AND OF SENATORS WHO MIGHT SUPPORT TAX BILL IF ASKED
  • LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO MIKE MANSFIELD AND EVERETT DIRKSEN, SPEAKS TO OTHERS IN HIS OFFICE WHILE ON HOLD
  • LBJ TELLS DIRKSEN DATE AND TIME OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; DIRKSEN TELLS LBJ THAT HE AND MIKE MANSFIELD HAVE MET ON COMMITTEE SCHEDULES AND HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S CALL ABOUT RAMSEY CLARK'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, TOM CLARK'S RETIREMENT FROM SUPREME COURT; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S, MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPINION ON SITUATION; POSSIBILITY OF NAMING RAMSEY CLARK ACTING ATTORNEY
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL WORKERS STRIKE AT GENERAL ELECTRIC; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CALL FOR WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM WAR; LBJ ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE RESERVE CALL-UP FOR VIETNAM, RECOMMENDS MCNAMARA READ JOHN
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK IF RICHARD NIXON SHOULD TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ENCOURAGE SOUTH VIETNAM TO JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS; QUESTION OF NIXON, MIKE MANSFIELD, OTHERS GOING TO SAIGON OR PARIS; TRANSITION ARRANGEMENTS; NYT STORY ON RESUMING ARMS TALKS WITH USSR
  • LONG SAYS HE THINKS HE WILL DEFEAT EDWARD KENNEDY FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP BY CLOSE MARGIN; DISCUSSION OF VOTES OF VARIOUS SENATORS; MIKE MANSFIELD'S POSSIBLE ABSTENTION; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S POLITICAL DEBT TO RFK, ANIMOSITY TOWARDS LBJ; WILLIAM
  • POSSIBLE SPEECH BY LBJ AT AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; CALLS FOR VIETNAM BOMBING HALT BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG, MIKE MANSFIELD; ENEMY SHELLING OF DANANG; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' VIEWS ON NEED FOR BOMBING; VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS
  • IRWIN EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE WITH MIKE MANSFIELD'S DECISION TO POSTPONE ACTION ON EQUAL TIME BILL TO PERMIT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT GET INVOLVED BECAUSE OF FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS INTERESTS; IRWIN DISCUSSES HHH'S ELECTION PROSPECTS
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT HHH'S POLITICAL TRIPS; HHH ASKS KENNEDY AND HART TO MEET WITH MIKE MANSFIELD ON POSSIBLE COMPROMISE ON POLL TAX AMENDMENT TO VOTING RIGHTS BILL; HART RELAYS JOE RAUH'S OBJECTIONS TO MEETING OF KENNEDY, HART, AND MANSFIELD
  • LBJ READS ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE TO FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL PROVISION ON EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES OF SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; MIKE MANSFIELD AND SINE DIE SENATE ADJOURNMENT; MCNAMARA'S CONCERNS ABOUT MILITARY ASSISTANCE CUTS; OTTO
  • POVERTY BILL; O'BRIEN GIVES CONGRESS' VIEW ON ROLE OF OEO DIRECTOR VERSUS CABINET DEPTS; PHIL LANDRUM; JAMES ROOSEVELT; LABOR OPINION ON BILL, MIKE MANSFIELD'S CONCERNS ON PASSAGE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; YOUTH EMPLOYMENT; CARL ELLIOTT; LABOR, GEORGE
  • JCS MEETING ON 2 PLANS FOR MORE US FORCES IN VIETNAM; POSSIBLE EISENHOWER BRIEFING; NUMBERS OF TROOPS IN EACH PLAN; EXTENSION OF TAYLOR'S APPOINTMENT; MIKE MANSFIELD'S, GEORGE AIKEN'S VIEWS; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; DETERIORATING VIETNAM SITUATION
  • and ):have the blood of these boys on my conscience. I hope that each of you will support tne in this move so that we will have just one voice in foreign affairs at this very critical time. SERVICE SET I am 10/31/68 7 MANSFIELD: Mr. President: Mike
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS PARTICIPATING IN CALL ARE LESLIE ARENDS, HALE BOGGS, EVERETT DIRKSEN, THOMAS KUCHEL, JOHN MCCORMACK, MIKE MANSFIELD; JIM JONES IS MEETING WITH LBJ; TIME FROM DAILY
  • "9/8/66 B.1 11:11A MANSFIELD[,] 5:45P MEANY" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT
  • LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO CALL SENATORS FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, KUCHEL, AND HICKENLOOPER AND TELL THEM HE HAS APPOINTED BILL MOYERS AS WH PRESS SECRETARY
  • BUNDY ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO SENATORS FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN, KUCHEL, AND HICKENLOOPER AND TELLS HER TO HAVE THEM HOLD FOR HIM