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Folder, "[June 26, 1968 Meeting with Equity Managers)," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)

during the New Deal. He said he thought that perhaps. the most significant development in the past generatioJJ was the new social conscious ness of business. Who could have imagined their leaving their own work behind to get into cities efforts? Who

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

), then the r1.ot coverage in the surrounding area (incl\ltling, for example, Newark ncwspeperf distributed in P'la1nf1eld) > encl finally the content o'£ national cove·r age (£or example Time, Life, Newstreek, the New York TimEu~, the Associated Press

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

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)

. The police crack down; massive firebombing follows. With a major p·o lice effort in the late morning to re- . e stablish control of the streets , violence entered a new and ominous phase . An elite riot squad, equipped with bayonetted r ifles, was brought

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

appreciation to all of the members for their accepting his request that they serve on this Commission. The President then reviewed his statement with the members. That statement follows: "This morning I have welcomed the members of the Commission on Civil

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

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, "Civil Rights – Watts, Los Angeles Riots," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

with m.atiagement and other assistance aimed at giving the beneficiary a fair cha.nee to compete. There is no precedent in existing law for non-interest bearing working capital loans to domestic, private businesses. They have not been provided in New York, where

Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 11/22/63- 8/23/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)

of 4] TO: Honorable LeRoy Collins Under Secretary of Commerce Sheraton West Hotel Los Angeles, Califonnia The agreement on a new community action agency for Los Angeles and Los Angeles County outlined in your telegram to me meets the requirements

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

anticipation of Negro violenc e l ed to heavy- handed uses of official for ce that provoked violence which might not have othe~wi~e occurred , The news media , for their part , sometimes shared in c r e atine a c limate in which viol ence could be expected

Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 8/24/65-9/11/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)

conclusions drawn from it. II. NARRATION OF MISSION After receiving the assignment the afternoon of August 17, the next morning I conferred with Mr. Joe C~lifano and Mr. Lee White in the White House. There the nature of the mission was established. Two major

Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 9/12/65 - 3/20/66 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)

... maybe Ramsey Clark who was out here before or someone else. As an example, the city and county and state are willing to do a lot of things but they need to be worked into existing measures The morning papers carry a statement that the City of Beverley

Folder, "1965 Task Force on Los Angeles Riots," Task Force Reports, Box 10 (Item)

to be among the oldest in the City, but there has been a considerable amount of new construction. Over three-quarters of the housing ·in the cur-few area was built before 1939; about three-fifths of the housing in Watts was in this category. This lower age

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

Folder, "Watts," Office Files of Joseph A. Califano, Box 58 (Item)

. Head Start la the only real breakthrough. There au.·~\ . "er hopeful signs on the horizon - • new faellltl•• planned and the gr:owlng role of Skill Trauuag Centers.. But Negro patience grew thin long ago. u Futuree , u a. . promt1,ee .a re no longer

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

~blication car tFUGtiTEP Ruqolrsr Perm1ss1on of Copyr1gnr t=4e!der. W. Thomes Jola1110" 60NFIDE:MTIA L - 9 Of 12, 148 Community Action Program workers, only 6 have been booked. Of 35, 000 ghetto workers in New York only 4 have been picked up