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  • DALEY THANKS LBJ FOR AEC FACILITY IN ILLINOIS, SUGGESTS LBJ RENAME "GREAT SOCIETY"; LBJ'S DISPLEASURE WITH OTTO KERNER, HAROLD HUGHES, SARGENT SHRIVER; DALEY COMPLAINS ABOUT URBAN RENEWAL FUNDING; DEMONSTRATION CITIES AUTHORIZATION
  • PRESS STORIES ABOUT DISCONTENT AMONG DEMOCRATIC OFFICIALS ABOUT LBJ, CIVIL RIGHTS, GREAT SOCIETY; RFK'S INFLUENCE ON JOHN KING, HAROLD HUGHES, WARREN HEARNES; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT CRITICISM BY SOME DEMOCRATIC GOVS. FOLLOWING MEETING LAST
  • ALBERT REPORTS ON BACKGROUND OF HUGH OWENS, NOMINEE FOR UNNAMED POST; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, CONGRESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
  • LBJ ASKS MONRONEY'S OPINION ON SEC APPOINTMENT FOR HUGH OWENS OR TOM FINNEY; DISCUSSION OF CLARK CLIFFORD'S ABILITY TO SPOT ABLE MEN; LBJ EXPRESSES WISH TO HELP OKLAHOMA; MONRONEY ASKS LBJ TO CONSIDER APPOINTING BUD WILKINSON TO A FEDERAL POST
  • 2:40 OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE REEDY, HUGH SIDEY AT TIME OF CALL; JOHNSTON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • SELMA, ALABAMA DEMONSTRATIONS DESPITE COURT ORDER; MLK; CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS JUDGESHIPS; RALPH YARBOROUGH; T. WHITFIELD DAVIDSON; RFK AND GUSTAVE ROSENBERG APPOINTMENT; SAM RAYBURN AND SARAH HUGHES APPOINTMENT; CONSTITUTIONALITY OF EDUCATION BILL
  • CLARK REPORTS ON TALKS WITH RALPH YARBOROUGH ABOUT UPCOMING JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS CANDIDATES: JACK ROBERTS, SARAH HUGHES, BEN CONNALLY, IRVING GOLDBERG, THAD HUTCHESON, DUB SINGLETON, ERNEST MORGAN; AGE FACTOR IN COURT
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF RALPH YARBOROUGH'S VIEWS ON TEXAS JUDICIAL AND US ATTORNEY APPOINTMENTS; SARAH HUGHES' DESIRE TO BE APPOINTED TO CIRCUIT COURT; POSSIBLE CANDIDATES: HENRY WADE, BAREFOOT SANDERS, IRVING GOLDBERG, JACK ROBERTS
  • RESIGNATION OF CHIEF JUSTICE EARL WARREN AND APPOINTMENT OF ABE FORTAS AS HIS SUCCESSOR; LBJ DISCUSSES CANDIDATES TO REPLACE FORTAS: RAMSEY CLARK, CLARK CLIFFORD, THOMAS KUCHEL, RICHARD HUGHES, CYRUS VANCE, HOMER THORNBERRY, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER
  • RICHARD HUGHES, JAMES ROWE AS DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL; RFK AND POLL QUESTIONING WARREN COMMISSION REPORT; LEE RANKIN; POSSIBILITY OSWALD WANTED TO SHOOT LBJ AND THAT JFK'S CLOTHES MAY SHOW BULLET DIRECTION; RFK'S HANDLING OF JFK ASSASSINATION
  • HUGH SCOTT'S ALLEGATION THAT LBJ'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF VIETNAM BOMBING HALT WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED; CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MEETING WITH HHH ABOUT RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH AS UN AMBASSADOR; SMATHER'S PERSONAL PROBLEMS
  • DOCKWORKERS STRIKE; WAGNER, WEISL RECOMMEND GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; RFK'S ALLEGED OPPOSITION; NEW YORK PATRONAGE; AGE LIMIT FOR JUDICIAL APPOINTEES; SAM RAYBURN'S ROLE IN SARAH HUGHES' APPOINTMENT; NEED FOR SENATORIAL CONSENT
  • APPOINTMENT OF GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; AGE FACTOR; NEED TO OBTAIN RFK'S APPROVAL; WILLIAM VANDEN HEUVEL AS NEW YORK POVERTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR; NEWSWEEK STORY ON KENNEDYS' REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; SARAH HUGHES
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