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Telephone conversation # 12001, transcript, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 7/14/1967, 12:22PM (Item)
  • . Hughes: Well, we've had 4 tests already, I just left the conference, one of these on the board is Judge Whipple ••• and they've agreed with me to call in the grand jury and indict these violaters••• .L BJ: Well you just let Ramsey Clark or Mr. Hoover
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • Tom Kelly Lem Johns 25-27 Recommends changes in the authority structure of the Secret Service 25-27 Mr. Hoover 27,28,29 Personal meetings with the President 29,30 Civil Works Program 30,36 Secretary Reser 31 Standby problems 32 Under
  • games and the Mayor of Selma; J. Edgar Hoover and the Yarmouth Castle case; Secret Service-FBI merger issue; anecdote of LBJ's political acumen; Jim Wright an issue of constitutionality; dealing with civil disturbances; the M-16 rifle investigation
Folder, "Civil Rights – Watts, Los Angeles Riots," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • ] - 4 _politicians and indicated that had they exercised real leadership in the community the riots could have been averted. III. General Observations 1. Police Chief Parker seems to be adored like Edgar Hoover by the whites in power but hated by many