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  • (Continued) a fterw a rd , but Bob J a ck so n w as at m y hand the w hole s t a y .., I told them h.ow d elig h ted I w as to b e h e r e on th is im p ortant day in the life of P a d re '■ Islan d . iv- ■ Its d ed ica tio n into the N ational P ark s y
  • /loh/oh 21 was my particular concern and its urban renewal program which was some of my concern. Bob Wagner, who was Mayor of New York then, called me and said that he understood that Jack Kennedy wanted to see me; that he was interested in talking
  • of the President to testify on behalf of the Civil Rights Bill. And my reply to Marris at that time was that I would respond to any request that the President made on me, that I hoped he would explain to the President that it meant that I could not be re-elected
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 6 M: Did he discuss with you his hopes for the city government? F: Oh yes. He many many times discussed the hopes at the first meeting that I had on the 24th, discussed them again when we were
  • Appointment as Deputy Mayor; LBJ's hopes for city government; work with D.C. Council; relationship with Congress; difficulties from serving unrepresented constituency; high percentage of disadvantaged people in D.C.; budget process; program budget
  • . It was intended to be a healing meeting--a meeting that sought to reassure through this group the Negroes and other minorities of the country that this should not be a cause for violence or a loss of hope . B: It did include representatives from beyond just
  • was that; "I'm going to have this show tomorrow night, and I hope you'll be watching, and I think I'll have something of interest for you." And that was about the upshot of it. F: He didn't £;,7e any real intir;1:1tion of \ihG.l: he'd hav,;? T: iole 11, he
  • March 31 speech, the process of drafting it, and speech-writer Harry McPherson; radios in the White House cars; calling people to forewarn them of the speech’s contents; White House activity following the speech; LBJ’ hopes that the speech could
  • after the Detroit situation, the Attorney General wrote each of the fifty governors indicating the bases for the request for federal troops and the procedure that would be used in requesting them. that this has had some educational value. We hope