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Folder, "Civil Rights – Miscellaneous 1966," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

if it were possible for Bill Moyers at a press briefing to give the views of the President on the B.ond ca:se. It would seem that the basic point to be made is how this action by the Georgia legislature stifles the precious right to dis sent

Folder, "Mississippi Summer Project Voter Registration," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

IN SUBMISSION OF DRAFT REPLY IS ENCOUNTERED, PLEASE ·TELEPHONE OFFICE OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL. Date M f 181 l.964 FROM THE SPECIAL COUNSEL ACTION: Comment _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ Draft reply For your information------For necessary action

Folder, "Civil Rights – Mississippi," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

of office he also has absolute control . Under this view, it becomes important to know the purpose of the proposed action . The evil which such action is intended to counter must be one which prevents the accomplishment of a purpose, policy, or respons i

Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 1, 3/18/65 - 3/24/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / ALABAMA]," WHCF HU, Box 24 (Item)

. AM ERICA A PROCLAMAT ION *-3/.~S WHER.EAS9 On 1'..,~ arch 17, 1965, the United States District Court m idd l e district entered an order in the case of Williams et al, Plaintiff, United States of America, P l aintiff -- Intervenor v. Wallace et al

Folder, "Black Liberation Front - FBI Reports, March 22, 1966," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 13 (Item)

, defended ot- protected our rights as American citizens. We seek solutions to our problems, solutions that will preserved, defended. or protected our rights as America,n ci,tizens. We seek solut:tons to our problems., solutions tha:t will preserve our people

Collection, Papers of Virginia Durr (entire collection) (Item)

cha.n1e• can be made in the Civil Right ■ Conuni■ don legi ■ lation thi• year. It i■ difficult to aecure Conareaaion&l action on any aspect of thi• problem. We have to do the best that we can with But I hope that ■ omeday we can go forward what i

Folder, "Epton, William Leo, Jr.," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 8 (Item)

) in New York City (NYC). A euitable pretext by an SA of the FBI August 14, 1967. A characterization of the PLP appears in the appcndtx atached hereto. C. Legal Action The New York Court of Appeals upheld the conviction of the subject for advocating

Folder, "Civil Rights Boycotts – Alabama and Mississippi," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

with local and national union leaders- particularly the Steelworkers. No further action is to be taken by CRS on this suggestion at this time. Time Priorities It was agreed to proceed with more specific explorations of the feasibility of meetings 1 and 2

Folder, "Ex SP 2-3/1965/HU 2-7/Pro/K [SPECIAL MESSAGE / 1965 / VOTING RIGHTS]," WHCF SP, Box 68 (Item)

you for your exprea•ion of eupport, and for writing . Your sentiment• are• source of •trength to me. Sincerely , t Mr. 1. K. Keaalel' Divtaion :Vice Pree1dent and General Manager Aero•pace Sy1teme Diviaion XR dio Co!'Poration of America Burlington

Folder, "Homicide," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 79 (Item)

Telephone conversation # 3649, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 6/9/1964, 12:44PM (Item)

FEDERAL DEBT CEILING LEGISLATION; RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON POVERTY BILL; RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL CONFERENCE REPORT FOLLOWING SENATE PASSAGE; JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT; LBJ INFORMS ALBERT OF RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT

Telephone conversation # 7054, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:32PM? (Item)

CONDITION OF JAMES REEB; STATUS OF COURT ACTION IN SELMA, ALABAMA; MLK DECISION TO DEDICATE MARCH TO REEB; WH MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS; HHH MEMO; POSSIBLE FEDERAL ACTION, ARREST OF AL LINGO, JIM CLARK; MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN AND VOTING RIGHTS BILL

Telephone conversation # 12807, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/12/1968, 5:36PM (Item)

NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON GOLD COVER BILL BEFORE ACTION ON TAX BILL, EXPENDITURE CUTS; SENATE PLAN TO ADD TAX SURCHARGE TO EXCISE TAX BILL; NEED TO WORK WITH WILBUR MILLS; DIFFICULTY OF CUTTING SPENDING; RESERVE CALL-UP; REACTION TO RUSK'S

Telephone conversation # 12848, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 3/24/1968, 5:19PM (Item)

LBJ MENTIONS HIS MANY PROBLEMS, REVIEWS CRITICISM OF HIS ADMINISTRATION AND HENRY "JOE" FOWLER'S CONCERNS ABOUT NATION'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, ASKS MILLS' VIEWS ON SENATE ACTION ON TAX BILL, SPENDING CUTS; MILLS RECOMMENDS SENATE ACTION NOW

Telephone conversation # 190, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 11/30/1963, 1:30PM (Item)

LBJ SAYS HE HOPES HOUSE WILL REPORT TAX BILL TO SENATE BEFORE CONGRESS ADJOURNS; DOD BUDGET; BUDGET "GIMMICKS"; HOWARD SMITH'S OBSTRUCTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; ROY WILKINS' VIEWS; LBJ'S CONCERN THAT LACK OF ACTION ON BILL WILL LEAD TO CIVIL UNREST

Telephone conversation # 2000, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/10/1964, 11:06AM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH RUSSELL LONG ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON TAX BILL; HOUSE ACTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; MIKE MANSFIELD; JOHN WILLIAMS; HARRY BYRD

Telephone conversation # 2952, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 4/9/1964, 4:34PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY ON IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; EFFECT OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL ON POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION

Telephone conversation # 4137, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 7/2/1964, 2:29PM (Item)

LBJ CONGRATULATES ALBERT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; ALBERT DESCRIBES HOUSE ACTION ON BILL; LBJ ASKS ALBERT TO THANK VAUGHAN GARY FOR HIS WORK ON (FOREIGN AID?) BILL; DISCUSSION OF PENDING LEGISLATION, JUDGE HOWARD SMITH

Telephone conversation # 3821, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 6/23/1964, 12:45PM (Item)

REQUESTS FROM WILLIAM RYAN, OGDEN REID THAT LBJ MEET WITH PARENTS OF ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; LBJ'S MEETINGS ON CYPRUS CRISIS; RESIGNATION OF HENRY CABOT LODGE AS US AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; LBJ STRESSES NEED FOR ACTION ON OUTSTANDING BILLS

Telephone conversation # 3859, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/23/1964, 6:22PM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH GEN. JACKSON GRAHAM ABOUT KASKASKIA RIVER NAVIGATION PROJECT; LBJ ASKS FOR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR EXCISE TAX BILL; DIRKSEN'S ACTIONS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL

Telephone conversation # 3456, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 5/14/1964, 8:30PM (Item)

ADJOURNMENT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POVERTY BILL; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HUGH CAREY; NEA CONCERN THAT AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WILL UNDERMINE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; JOKES FOR UPCOMING LBJ SPEECHES; BOB HOPE

Telephone conversation # 5804, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT GORE, SR., 10/2/1964, 11:25AM (Item)

GORE TELLS LBJ ABOUT HIS STATEMENT ON MEDICARE ISSUE, REPORTS ON ACTION IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON BILL, SENATE ADJOURNMENT; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLY RECALLING CONGRESS FOLLOWING ELECTION TO PASS BILL; TENNESSEE POLITICAL SITUATION; NEGRO VOTE

Telephone conversation # 5530, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS DEWEY, 9/8/1964, 5:05PM (Item)

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

Telephone conversation # 5556, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/9/1964, 5:30PM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS THAT HE HAS ASKED J. EDGAR HOOVER FOR COMPILATION OF FBI REPORTS ON URBAN RIOTS FOR USE BY LBJ, POSSIBLE USE BY SMALL GROUP INCLUDING KATZENBACH, FOR FORMULATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION; LBJ EXPRESSES COMPLETE CONFIDENCE

Telephone conversation # 5433, sound recording, LBJ and THEODORE MCKELDIN, 9/2/1964, 6:30PM (Item)

LBJ TELLS BALTIMORE MAYOR MCKELDIN HE HAS RECEIVED WIRE FROM MCKELDIN AND MARYLAND GOV. MILLARD TAWES CONCERNING POSSIBLE RIOTING IN BALTIMORE, HAS REFERRED IT TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AND FBI FOR ACTION

Telephone conversation # 5435, sound recording, LBJ and MILLARD TAWES, 9/2/1964, 6:55PM (Item)

LBJ TELLS MARYLAND GOV. TAWES HE HAS RECEIVED WIRE FROM TAWES AND BALTIMORE MAYOR MCKELDIN CONCERNING POSSIBLE RIOTING IN BALTIMORE, HAS REFERRED IT TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AND FBI FOR ACTION

Telephone conversation # 7029, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/8/1965, 8:10AM (Item)

SITUATION IN SELMA, ALABAMA; ACTIONS OF SHERIFF, STATE TROOPERS YESTERDAY; MLK; POSSIBLE COURT ORDER TO ALLOW MARCH; INJURIES TO MARCHERS, FBI AGENT; LISTER HILL; LBJ SUGGESTS BUFORD ELLINGTON MEET WITH GEORGE WALLACE; JOHN LEWIS; JACK ROSENTHAL

Telephone conversation # 7039, sound recording, LBJ and LISTER HILL, 3/8/1965, 4:24PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS HILL'S ADVICE ON SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; WALLACE'S ACTION IN UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA DESEGREGATION; KATZENBACH AS POSSIBLE FRIEND OF COURT IN MLK'S SUIT; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH MLK; PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS; LEROY COLLINS AS POSSIBLE

Telephone conversation # 7094, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE WALLACE, 3/18/1965, 4:33PM (Item)

WALLACE REPORTS ON INFLUX OF PROTESTERS TO ALABAMA, THEIR INFLAMMATORY ACTIONS, INABILITY OF ALABAMA FORCES TO MAINTAIN ORDER DURING SELMA MARCH; POSSIBLE NEED FOR FEDERAL HELP; LBJ ENCOURAGES WALLACE TO AVOID FURTHER POSTPONEMENT, CALL UP NATIONAL

Telephone conversation # 9675, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 2/25/1966, 4:02PM (Item)

EVERETT DIRKSEN; LACK OF SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ACTION ON TAX BILL; TESTIMONY ON TELEPHONE EXCISE TAXES; JOHN WILLIAMS' PROVISION PROHIBITING TAX DEDUCTION FOR ADS IN POLITICAL PROGRAMS; VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS; APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW BRIMMER

Telephone conversation # 10601, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE PICKLE, 8/9/1966, 9:05PM (Item)

ACTION IN HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; NEED FOR CONGRESS TO MAKE FINDING THAT STRIKE ADVERSELY AFFECTS INTERSTATE COMMERCE BUT IS NOT NATIONAL EMERGENCY; PICKLE RELAYS POSITION OF JOHN BELL WILLIAMS, OTHERS ON BILL; GEORGE MEANY

Telephone conversation # 10610, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE PICKLE, 8/12/1966, 10:17AM (Item)

PICKLE REPORTS ON ACTION IN HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; JOHN BELL WILLIAMS' AND JOHN DINGELL'S SUBSTITUTE BILLS WITH PROVISIONS CONCERNING STRIKE BEING NATIONAL EMERGENCY; POLITICAL REASONS FOR VOTES; HEAD COUNT; NYT INQUIRY ABOUT WH

Telephone conversation # 10572, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/5/1966, 1:00PM (Item)

NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE

Telephone conversation # 11139, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 12/14/1966, 11:42AM (Item)

EDMUND MUSKIE'S WORK ON UNNAMED BILL (DEMONSTRATION CITIES?); DOUBLING OF SPENDING ON POVERTY PROGRAMS BY LBJ ADMINISTRATION; FEDERAL DEFICIT; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE, SPENDING CUTS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT SARGENT SHRIVER'S, RFK'S ACTIONS; AEC FACILITY

Telephone conversation # 11157, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/19/1966, 9:25AM (Item)

UK VIEWS ON US BOMBING OF VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO GIVE PRESS EXAMPLES OF HORRIBLE ENEMY ACTIONS TO COUNTER CRITICISM OF US; MESSAGE TO KURT KIESINGER; MARQUIS CHILDS AND RUMOR CLARK CLIFFORD WILL REPLACE RUSK; RFK, CRITICISM OF LBJ AT GOVS

Telephone conversation # 11023, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/9/1966, 1:01PM (Item)

MINNESOTA ELECTION; LBJ'S VIEWS ON DISAPPOINTING ELECTION RESULTS; PUBLIC RESPONSE TO ACTIONS OF LIBERALS, LABOR, CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; WYOMING, IDAHO, MAINE ELECTIONS; KARL ROLVAAG; LBJ READS CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR ARTICLE; PROGRESSIVE

Folder, "Civil Rights – Alabama," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

Rights Act. Othe~· Alabama State officials have submitted· the necessary forms 'a nd have undertaken ·action leading to com pliance with the Act,, including education and health programs. All avenues of persuasion and· negotiation have been explored

Reading copy of statement about meeting with George Wallace, 3/13/65 (Item)

abhorred brutality and regretted any incidents in which any American citizen met with violence. As the Governor had indicated his desire to take actions to remedy the existing situation in Alabama which causes people to demonstrate, I suggested to him

Telephone conversation # 355, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/9/1963, 1:15PM (Item)

BILL GREEN'S ILLNESS; HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION; ASSIGNMENT OF JOHN YOUNG TO RULES COMMITTEE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION BILLS; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION COMPARED WITH EISENHOWER'S RECORD; OTTO

Telephone conversation # 7055, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:32PM? (Item)

WASHINGTON RELIGIOUS LEADER'S CRITICAL REMARKS ON TV TONIGHT ABOUT LBJ'S HANDLING OF SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; WH MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS ABOUT JUSTICE DEPT ACTION, VOTING RIGHTS BILL; PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN USE OF FEDERAL MARSHALS; VIOLENCE