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  • LBJ TELLS JENKINS TO CALL EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN; JENKINS REPORTS CALIFORNIA DELEGATION CANNOT ENTER CONVENTION HALL DUE TO MFDP DEMONSTRATION OUTSIDE; DISSATISFACTION OF YOUNG MEMBERS OF MFDP WITH MISSISSIPPI RULING, MLK; ILLEGAL ENTRY OF MFDP
  • Jenkins, Walter (Walter Wilson), 1918-1985
  • Telephone conversation # 5210, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/25/1964, 9:33PM
  • WALTER JENKINS
  • LBJ WANTS TO KNOW WHERE MOYERS, JENKINS ARE AT ALL TIMES; REQUESTS STATEMENT ON KKK'S INVOLVEMENT IN CIVIL DISORDERS IN SOUTH, APPEAL TO NEGROES FOR RESTRAINT UNTIL CIVIL RIGHTS ACT IS IMPLEMENTED; LBJ COMMENTS ON SPEECH BY BARRY GOLDWATER
  • DEWEY REPORTS ON MEETING WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER, OFFERS TO EDIT HOOVER'S REPORT ON RIOTS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FEDERAL ACTION; FBI; DEWEY'S EXPERIENCE WITH HARLEM RIOTS, WISH TO KEEP HIS WORK ON REPORT SECRET; WALTER JENKINS AS WH LIAISON
  • PROCEDURES FOR RELAYING REQUESTS FOR FEDERAL AID TO HANDLE WATTS RIOTS; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR STATE, LOCAL FORCES TO TRY TO CONTROL RIOTS FIRST; DELAY IN DEPLOYING TROOPS; QUESTION OF SENDING FEDERAL OFFICIAL TO LA; OTIS CHANDLER; ABSENCE OF DEPT
  • PROCEDURES FOR RELAYING REQUESTS FOR FEDERAL AID TO HANDLE WATTS RIOTS; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR STATE, LOCAL FORCES TO TRY TO CONTROL RIOTS FIRST; DELAY IN DEPLOYING TROOPS; QUESTION OF SENDING FEDERAL OFFICIAL TO LA; OTIS CHANDLER; ABSENCE OF DEPT
  • STATUS OF INTEREST RATE CONTROL BILL; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT BILL, LEGISLATIVE BACKLOG, ECONOMY; POSSIBLE NEED FOR TAX BILL; FOWLER SUGGESTS LBJ MEET WITH WILBUR MILLS ALONE; BILL TO EXEMPT COMBAT PAY FROM TAXES; RIOTS, CALL FOR AID FOR CITIES BY RFK
  • Service involvement in concerted support to Ca.J.ifornia :f"or the· Watts area of' Los Angeles County: l. Developing Home Health Aides in Watts, Los Angeles County, California We propose to extend health services delivered to the Watts area by providing
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  • and everyone here wants to support you and give you any aid. Jim Jones tells me that you've submitted a report, you've done a good job, I want you to set an example. I'm absolutely positive the people of this country do not want to violate the law Gov
  • fields, and at the subprofes­ sional level in mental hospitals, schools, child care aides, recreation, social work, and probation. 5. The funds would come in part from existing Federal programs like OEO but substantial new funds would be needed. Note
  • of 231,000 pounds of USDA-donated food was distributed in Los Angeles to aid victims during the recent rioting there. · After the Watts district was declared a disaster area, I immediately made foods available to local authorities from stocks already on hand
  • , D.C. 20506 ()llll()l~'ill~li"" August 23, 1965 MEMORANDUM FOR HONORABLE JOSEPH A. CALIFANO, JR. SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT This is in response to your request for suggestions as to what OEO might do to aid the areas that were the center
  • to think Federal aid ought to go through Governors rather than to cities. The President said few governors had experience on police problems, but that was the House decision. The President said he'd asked for 50 bills concerning cities and had gotten 36