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Folder, "1965 Task Force on Los Angeles Riots," Task Force Reports, Box 10 (Item)
  • August 13 and noon of August 27, the Office of the Chief of Police rec~ived 17,864 letters and telegrams, more than 99.3 per cent of them commendatory. - 22 ,.. The prevalent attitude in the white community is to condemn ~7 • i' the lawlessness
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 9/12/65 - 3/20/66 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)
  • -- not moving. ?articipating dentists.· in :·:ron~ places. ?To tra.11sportation available. S~o~tage of· dant~sts. In trou8le Health Centars Project -- unable to gat star~~ since .Au~.st 1965. R~sistanca from loctl madical fra~arnity, and loca·1 health
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 8/24/65-9/11/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)
  • a number of telegrams to you both dur­ ing and after the riot demanding a disaster proclamation. Brown, with Collins' help, held firm, with the net result that a disaster request from the Governor never came in. Collins made some progress bringing the local
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)
  • elements in th e community , E~forts by the mayor_ to reach a_ " political solution" to the riot b y n egotiati ng with a militant civil rights leader on the scene was ineffec t ive because t he rioting crowd was m~i n ly beh~ on drinking and letti ng off
Folder, "July 29, 1967 - 11:05 a.m. President and Cyrus Vance, Vice President," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • showed the President the telegram of the incident rates, and how his decision had been made based on that chart. The President then read a poll which had been handed to him by Marvin \Y-atson~ showing that 79% of the American people say that the greatest
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • and said that Vance should go. At 11 :23 the President read a telegram to Governor Romney which had been drafted. CBNFIDl&DI'I'IA-L M!rflMG NOi ES COP'.fRl~Hif 0 Poelicctic11 Re"""~' ht P.eRni11ion of Capyng ~~ Ibnmn• Jahft'SOTl [1 of 2
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)
  • . This wire had been sent at 10:46 a.m. At 11:02 a.m. this morning, I instructed the Secretary of Defense, Mr. McNamara, to initiate the movement of the troops which the Governor had requested. At the same time, I advised the Governor by telegram