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

Director Hoover, General Johnson, Secretary of the Army Reior, Mr. Marvin Watson, Mr. Abe Fortas, and Mr. George Christian. The President was reading the June 22, 1943, issue of the New York Times concerning President Roosevelt's actions in Detroit
Detroit (Mich.)
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1

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
Detroit (Mich.)
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

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 2 (II), 11/18/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

believe Paul Ylvisaker was the principal spokesman for the state of New Jersey at which there were also representatives from the city of Newark, I continued to play a coordinating role for the goods and services that were made available by the federal
Biographical information; McCone Commission; Watts riots; role of deputy attorney general; judicial appointments; Abe Fortas; Crime Commission; Crime Control Act; Newark riot; Detroit riots; contingency plans; MLK assassination; Washington D.C

Folder, "THE HARVEST OF AMERICAN RACISM: The Political Meaning of Violence in the Summer of 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 1 (Item)

of these relatives were killed . in the Detroit riot inc·reased tension and the poten tial for violence in Grand Rapids. - 28 Negroes in northern New Jersey towns have relatives in Newark; many work in Newark and live in the surrounding communities. Phone calls

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

said the very appointment of the President's Advisory Commission has deterrent factors. He said the help of news media will be of great assistance. He continued "We cannot do very much overnight. The information we already have gained from Detroit
Detroit (Mich.)

Folder, "Summary Analysis: December 20, 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Series 7, Box 3 (Item)

--- became extremely inct'ignant to find their double- parked cars being ticketed and towed away . News of this police action was rapi d ly transmitted by cab radio throughout the ghetto. The difference betwee n Newark and Detroit at th is point , however

Oral history transcript, Jerome P. Cavanagh, interview 1 (I), 3/22/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: JEROME P. CAVANAGH INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: Mr. Cavanagh's office in Detroit, Michigan Tape 1 of 3 F: Mr. Cavanagh, let's talk a little bit about how you came to get into politics in the first place, and become a national figure
Political background; LBJ's support of poverty program in Detroit; use of phrase "The Great Society" and how it began; role of Public Officials Advisory Committee; Detroit Freedom March with MLK in 1963; creation of HUD; Model City program; U.S

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

- l August 5, 1967 NOTES OF MEETING OF PRESIDENT WITH MEL ELFIN, NEWSWEEK: JOHN STEELE OF TIME: JACK SUTHERLAND OF U.S. NEWS, JULY 28, 1967 The President had a general discussion with these three magazine writers on the Detroit riot and civil

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

% involvement by non-Negroes in Detroit. There was a 5% involvement by non-Negroes in Newark. The Attorney General said that the Crime Control Act is the best thing the administration has to fight this problem now. He said we do need a gun control bill. National

Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 3 (III), 5/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Democratic Party dinner in New York. He came right from the airport to the dinner and delivered a rather flowery tribute to the President. That sort of stilled things for a while. But it wouldn't stay down, and I think the President r s response
LBJ’s response to the Detroit riots and race problem; McNamara’s move from Defense Dept. to the World Banks; Robert Kennedy’s and the “doves” in the Senate; assessment of LBJ and conclusion that he was a bitter man; Kennedy’s decision to run

Folder, "Simulmatics Media Study," Papers of Robert Shellow, Box 4 (Item)

- Mid + 1. Detroit A 2. .Milwaukee B - Late Mid 3, Cincinnati A - Early MW + + 4• Dayton C - Early MW + + 5. Tampa B - Early s + -(?) 6. Cleveland 7. New Orleans No Riot s 8. Pittsburg No Riot E 9. Newark A - Mid

Oral history transcript, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., interview 3 c (III), 12/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, are special cases in that the problems of jurisdiction, although complicated, are after all ultimately federal. that summer of '67? V: Yes. But what about a case like, say, the Detroit riots Does your division get involved in that kind of thing? Of course
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

Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

or the appointment of a new one. In a business way, though, I've bumped into him perhaps half a dozen times, not on Defense matters, but during the period that I was General Counsel of the Army and in charge of the civil works program. Do you know what the civil

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

that police had uncovered 'factories for the manufacture of Molotiv cocktails,' but the location of such places was not given. At a news conference at which the statement was released, Senate GOP leader Everett Dirksen refused to identify the locations

Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Johnson happened to be in Austin at that time and was gracious enough to come down to the meeting. So I've known Mrs. Johnson through the broadcasting field, and [I met] the President, as I recall, at a meeting in New York. senato~ He was then U.S
Biographical information; Business and Professional Women's Clubs; Sarah Hughes; Commission on Civil Disorders; Detroit riots; Kerner Commission Report; 1964 Democratic National Convention and campaign; Peden's Senate race; Doers Luncheon; Eartha

Oral history transcript, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

in June of 1965 to succeed Stephen Ailes. Earlier in 1965 you had been appointed Under Secretary of the Army and prior to that you were an attorney in New York and also active in Republican politics. R: Substantially correct. Is this information
; Detroit riots; Robert McNamara; Clark Clifford; cost effectiveness; role of service secretaries

Oral history transcript, Otto Kerner, interview 1 (I), 6/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

the kind of county that needs the program. K: That's right. The same thing would be true of New York and Los Angeles and Detroit, various others of these large industrial centers. M: That's interesting. You know Mr. Johnson's current critics, some

Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

school people, some of the welfare agencies and other groups from each of the towns--there was Detroit, New Haven, Chicago, and Pittsburgh. We had them in here and we sat down for several days with each one, a couple days at least with each one, and we

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 3 (III), 12/2/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. by no means unique in that attitude . Oral history is really fairly new, and we are just sort of relying on the intelligence of the future scholars to be well aware that that kind of circumstance does develop . And indeed I think perhaps the purpose
Biographical information; McCone Commission; Watts riots; role of deputy attorney general; judicial appointments; Abe Fortas; Crime Commission; Crime Control Act; Newark riot; Detroit riots; contingency plans; MLK assassination; Washington D.C

Oral history transcript, Donald M. Baker, interview 2 (II), 3/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

most people would have guessed that the city of Detroit was the last place that would have gone and yet it was one most violent. what went into keeping peace in New York. So I don' t really know I'd like to think that we influenced it, I don' t k

Oral history transcript, Samuel Yorty, interview 1 (I), 2/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that the riot was because we didn't cooperate in the poverty program, which he pointed out, that we had more money than most anybody else here but an effort was made to make it appear that Cavanagh had been very effective with federal money in Detroit

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/31/1967 (Monday) (Item)

d e d - - b y a b o u t 5:30. And L u c i w as le av in g f o r New Y o r k a l m o s t w i t h t e a r s i n h e r e y e s a s s h e s a i d g o o d b y e to l i t t l e L y n . I w e n t to m y r o o m f o r d e s k w o r k a n d t e l e p h o n
company; tea for ladies of the Texas delegation; Lyn Nugent makes appearance; LBJ stops in to say hello; Luci leaves for New York; Johnsons visit with the Abe Fortases & Oveta Culp Hobby; Detroit riots; Lady Bird reflections on leaving White House, Vietnam

Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

that I did in Of course, it does develop problems, but I've yet to find any govern- ment that doesn't present problems. M: The problems are just different is all. There was some thought apparently when this new D.C. government was set up
; initiative for ordinances or legislation in D.C. government; Cloud 9 concept; new D.C. government; urban problems; D.C.'s preparation for marches; April riots after MLK assassination; Brookings study; prevention of riots; gun legislation; Resurrection City

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

several years in the U.S. Attorne y's office, and I must say it was a thorough ly enjoyab le experie nce--the work there. But my boss there, who was David Acheson , United States Attorne y, was appointe d to a new position in the Treasury departm ent which

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a protracted period of tir_,;, but it seemed ltke a lengthy period of tin~e. I also recall that, at the time--i t seems to me that it w as prior to the response from Hanoi about the peace talks--and the Presidcnt got Cy Vance to come down from New York

Telephone conversation # 4305, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/22/1964, 9:26AM (Item)

HOOVER REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT WAGNER ABOUT NYC RIOTS, SUCCESSFUL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE DURING MLK VISIT TO GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI; LBJ ASKS ABOUT NEW YORK NEWS STORY BY JACK MALLON ON COMMUNIST, RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST SUPPORT

Telephone conversation # 13327, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/27/1968, 4:08PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINEES; LBJ SUGGESTS HHH CONSIDER JOSEPH ALIOTO IN ORDER TO CARRY CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, CITIES, ITALIAN VOTE; DALEY RECOMMENDS SARGENT SHRIVER; SELECTION OF NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN TO REPLACE JOHN BAILEY

Telephone conversation # 13342, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 8/29/1968, 7:12PM (Item)

LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WHAT HE FEELS IS POLITICALLY BIASED NEWS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, PARTICULARLY BY WALTER CRONKITE, CBS, NBC, SAYS INTERVIEWS ARE ONLY CONDUCTED WITH PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA

Telephone conversation # 3786, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE TAYLOR, 6/19/1964, 2:15PM (Item)

"SAN FRANCISCO"; TAYLOR IS IN NEW JERSEY, SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO HEAR

Telephone conversation # 4966, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCKEITHEN, 8/15/1964, 3:15PM (Item)

SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MEETING; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOUTH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; NEED FOR MODERATION, NOT RIOTS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO COOPERATE WITH GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, NEW JERSEY; IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION

Telephone conversation # 4968, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCKEITHEN, 8/15/1964, 3:15PM (Item)

SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MEETING; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOUTH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; NEED FOR MODERATION, NOT RIOTS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO COOPERATE WITH GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, NEW JERSEY; IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION

Telephone conversation # 4978, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/17/1964, 9:36AM (Item)

BOMBINGS, RACIAL TROUBLE IN CHICAGO SUBURBS; DALEY REPORTS ON ILLINOIS POLITICAL SITUATION, COMPARISON WITH 1960; DALEY'S LIAISON WORK WITH NEGRO COMMUNITY; BUSINESS' NEED TO CREATE NEW JOBS; VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN; WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE

Telephone conversation # 4904, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 8/13/1964, 10:40AM (Item)

OFFICE CONVERSATION ON RFK, HIS DECISION TO RUN FOR NEW YORK SENATE SEAT PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH KEN O'DONNELL AT TIME OF CALL

Telephone conversation # 4709, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 8/4/1964, 9:31PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS HUGHES ABOUT RIOTING IN NEW JERSEY; HUGHES REPORTS ON SITUATION, QUESTIONS SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR RINGLEADERS; LBJ OFFERS FEDERAL HELP; DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINATION, CAMPAIGN, BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ, DEFECTION OF LABOR VOTE DUE TO WHITE

Telephone conversation # 4712, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 8/4/1964, 9:40PM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH RICHARD HUGHES ON NEW JERSEY RIOTING, WITH PAUL JOHNSON ABOUT DISCOVERY OF BODIES OF MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI; LBJ ASKS ABOUT DETAILS OF DISCOVERY

Telephone conversation # 4333, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/24/1964, 5:56PM (Item)

MCNAMARA PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH (TO LABOR LEADERS?) THIS AFTERNOON; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH GOLDWATER, COMMENTS ON HIS DUTIES AS PRESIDENT, GOLDWATER'S COMMENTS ON CAMPAIGN, CONCERNS ABOUT RECENT RIOTS, REQUEST TO FLY ON NEW R-12 MILITARY

Telephone conversation # 7312, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/2/1965, 8:45AM (Item)

KATZENBACH REPORTS ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; GERALD FORD'S SUBSTITUTE BILL DRAFTED BY JOHN LINDSAY; POSSIBLE PROVISION TO INCLUDE NEW YORK PUERTO RICANS IN BILL; TIMING OF SENATE VOTE; PICKETING AT LBJ RANCH; VA HOSPITAL CLOSINGS STUDY; WISCONSIN

Telephone conversation # 8550, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/18/1965, 12:10PM (Item)

"SUMMARIZED"; "NEW YORK CITY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN

Telephone conversation # 10423, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/25/1966, 3:24PM (Item)

DALEY THANKS LBJ FOR HIS RECENT REMARKS IN INDIANAPOLIS ABOUT RIOTING, DISCUSSES HHH'S NOTE EXPLAINING INACCURATE PRESS REPORT OF HHH'S SPEECH IN NEW ORLEANS; DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING WEDDINGS OF LUCI JOHNSON AND OF DALEY'S DAUGHTER; AEC FACILITY

Telephone conversation # 12105, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN LINDSAY, 8/24/1967, 10:02AM (Item)

"LOCAL SHOREHAM HOTEL"; "TO MAYOR JOHN LINDSAY AT SHOREHAM HOTEL RELATIVE TO NEWS LEAK ABOUT WALTER WASHINGTON BEFORE APPOINTMENT IS DEFINITE..."; "THE PRES IN HIS BEDROOM EITHER EVENING OF AUG 23 OR MORNING OF AUG 24, 1967"; "MAYOR JOHN LINDSAY?"

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