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Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • disorders in general. On the question of Urban problems, the President said the Government has a rich background in that field, thanks to task forces and socio­ logical studies. He said he concluded that Congressional Committees don't show much sign
Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 2 (II), 10/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • : Where were you at the time of the assassination? H: I was in Lakeland, Florida. I had just concluded a speech at the noon meeting of the Kiwanis Club of Lakeland, and strangely enough I was talking about national unity. I had · returned to my room
  • of 1958; JFK-LBJ transition; Hays-Moyers relationship; Moyers evaluated; relationship with LBJ hurts Hays in Arkansas; SCOPE (Southern Committee on Political Ethics).
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 9/12/65 - 3/20/66 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)
  • Sunday. The purpose of the trip is Bob McNamara's Supersonic Transport Committee Meeting scheduled for Saturday morning. However, there are other matters I have on my mind, some of which I am sure will be of interest to you, and therefore hope to see you
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • : Graduate of MIT, Harvard Law School; active duty with the Army from 1961-63, served as a staff director of the President's Committee on Equal Opportunity in the Armed Forces; Assistant United States Attorney in the District of Columbia; Deputy General
  • Biographical information; prosecuting White House sit-in demonstrators; Frank Reeves; Howard Reed; Ralph Roberts, clerk of the House, and the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party; David Dellinger and the March on the Pentagon; "Murphy" confidence
Folder, "Conot Profiles - Work Copy with Comments [1 of 2]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)
  • THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDERS 1016 16TH WASHINGTON, STREET, D. C. N.W. 20036 December 20, 1967 Bob: I asked Chick to have a few team people read the revised version of your paper (i.e., the version that the Commission
  • Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)
Folder, "History I. A Short Narrative History," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • . Buses were burned, demonstrators were beaten and · jailed, and civil rights workers were abducted and murdered. Members of civil rights organizations, - 2 - attempting to operate within the framework of the nation's · laws, were jailed
  • Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)
Folder, "Conot Profiles - Work Copy with Comments [2 of 2]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)
  • •, and ooneequently, its discussion and recommendations are concerned 0~ ' " :.! ~ ~11 ~ I r , l • l-l \. ~ 1 iJ:,,1 with ff~tters affecting the police (and au port.i.ag organization• such •• th• National Guard.) it i s explo•ive polioe-ghetto s i ne
  • Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)
Folder, "March 13, 1965, #38, Backup Material For the President’s Press Conferences, Press Office Files, Box 71 (Item)
  • on the President' s Press Confer ences March 13, 1965 #38 RESTR ICTION CODES (Al Closed by Executive Order 12356 governing access to national security information. (6) Closed by statute or by the agency which originated the document. (Cl Closed in accordance
Folder, "FBI - Disturbances and Racial Disturbances," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • , Ohio, Beginning June 22, 1966 C 7 6/27/66 A Collection Title Federal Records NACCO (Kerner Commission) Folder Title FBI Box Number E84 Restriction Codes (A) Closed by Executive Order 13292 governing access to national security Information. (Bl
  • A-National Security
  • Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)
Folder, "Civil Rights – Mississippi," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • ", a campaign piece published by the Democratic National Committee. This is a fine pamphlet and the fact that it would be used to "smear" President Johnson is one of the real ironies of our present struggle. 'Gov. Collins In attempting to evaluate
Folder, "Disturbances - Spring 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • a former leader of the Nation of Islal!l, of Malcolm x. Little, a black supremist hate group, whohas a very large follo,ving of Negroes in securing what_ they consider to be their full rights which includes overcoming the white race. The Progressive Labor
  • Records of the National Advisory Commission on Civil Disorders (Kerner Commission)
Telephone conversation # 2463, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 3/10/1964, 6:55PM (Item)
  • REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE VOTE OPPOSING WHEAT-COTTON FARM BILL; NORTHERN DEMOCRATS' SUPPORT FOR BILL; DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, PAUL DOUGLAS, EVERETT DIRKSEN; HOWARD SMITH, HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; HAROLD COOLEY; REACTION TO SEC APPOINTMENT; CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 275, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/4/1963, 11:15AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DISCUSSION OF HEAD COUNT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION AND VOTES FOR BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN VOTES IN COMMITTEE; WASHINGTON POST STORY THIS MORNING ON THE BILL; MEETING OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS THIS AFTERNOON
Telephone conversation # 7019, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/4/1965, 11:39AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • PRESS STORIES ON SENATE RULES COMMITTEE INVESTIGATION OF BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBLE J. EDGAR HOOVER MEETING WITH COMMITTEE; JUSTICE DEPT REPORT ON DON REYNOLDS, TFX, AND LBJ'S ALLEGED USE OF COUNTERPART FUNDS ON HONG KONG TRIP AS VP; BOBBY BAKER GRAND
Telephone conversation # 6307, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 11/9/1964, 12:20PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • POSSIBLE CHANGES IN HOUSE RULES, PURGE OF MEMBERS WHO BACKED GOLDWATER; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL PRECEDENT; WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE VACANCIES AND EFFECT ON MEDICARE, OIL DEPLETION ALLOWANCE; DC HOME RULE; TAFT-HARTLEY AMENDMENT; OKLAHOMA ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 9038, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • OBJECTIONS IN SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO APPOINTMENTS OF JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT, WILFRED FEINBERG TO APPEALS COURT; RECESS APPOINTMENTS; ROMAN HRUSKA'S DEFENSE OF DAVID BRESS; PRESS LEAKS BY JOHN WILLIAMS; CARL CURTIS; JUDICIAL POST
Telephone conversation # 10601, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE PICKLE, 8/9/1966, 9:05PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • 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)
  • National politics
  • 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 # 8667, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 8/28/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION; OBJECTION TO PETITION BY COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, HOUSE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PHILOSOPHY AS SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TO PERMIT VOTES ON BILLS, CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC REACTION WHEN BILLS ARE BOTTLED UP
Telephone conversation # 85, sound recording, LBJ and ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, 11/27/1963, 2:22PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • POWELL DISCUSSES STATUS OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, NDEA, IMPACTED AREAS BILL AND LISTER HILL'S OPPOSITION TO COMPROMISE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES BILL; POWELL PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS
Telephone conversation # 262, sound recording, LBJ and HOMER THORNBERRY, 12/3/1963, 3:22PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; QUESTION OF USING DISCHARGE PETITION TO ADVANCE BILL; TEXAS CONGRESSMEN'S POSITION ON PETITION; POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN SIGNATURES; STRATEGY OF HAVING CARL ALBERT INTRODUCE PETITION
Telephone conversation # 191, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/30/1963, 2:05PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ'S TALK WITH FRANK IKARD ABOUT WITNESSES AT SENATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON TAX BILL; SMATHERS DISCUSSES ALBERT GORE, SR.'S OPPOSITION TO TAX BILL, STRATEGY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, DIVISION AMONG SOUTHERN SENATORS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; FEDERAL BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 1248, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 1/8/1964, 3:27PM (Item)
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • GEORGE MEANY'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET; LBJ TELLS REPUBLICAN JOKE; ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS, FLOOD CONTROL, HEW, TAX CUTS, FEDERAL PAY RAISE; WALTER REUTHER'S SUGGESTION ABOUT INDIANA STUDEBAKER PLANT; DAVID LAWRENCE'S COMMITTEE ON DISCRIMINATION
Telephone conversation # 2409, sound recording, LBJ and ANTHONY CELEBREZZE, 3/9/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • CELEBREZZE REPORTS ON HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE; SUGGESTION THAT LBJ MEET WITH NEGRO NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSN AND AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSN; HEW LEAKS TO PRESS ON MEDICARE AND POVERTY PROGRAM; AP STORY ON LOWERING DRAFT AGE TO 17; WILBUR MILLS
Telephone conversation # 4144, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR DEAN, 7/3/1964, 11:29AM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS DEAN FOR AGREEING TO SERVE ON NATIONAL CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS TO SUPPORT COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
Telephone conversation # 3810, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES HALLECK, 6/22/1964, 6:24PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • APPOINTMENT OF HAMER BUDGE TO SEC; HALLECK COMPLAINS OF LBJ PRESSING HIM TO PASS LEGISLATION, NEED FOR RECESS FOR REPUBLICAN CONVENTION; PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, TAX BILL; LBJ ASKS HALLECK TO VOTE POVERTY BILL OUT OF HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 3851, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/23/1964, 4:59PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • GEORGE AIKEN AND HENRY CABOT LODGE'S RETURN FROM VIETNAM TO HELP WILLIAM SCRANTON'S CAMPAIGN; LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD TO TALK TO VANCE HARTKE ABOUT COMMITTEE VOTE ON EXCISE TAX BILL; STATUS OF SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER
Telephone conversation # 4220, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 7/13/1964, 3:22PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • SHOOTING IN GEORGIA, CARL SANDERS' STATEMENT, BODY FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI; FBI CHECKS ON APPOINTEES TO CIVIL RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE; RFK ASKS LBJ TO INSTRUCT FBI TO KEEP HIM INFORMED; NARCOTICS MEETING; POVERTY BILL; RECALL OF CONGRESS IN 1960
Telephone conversation # 5003, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/17/1964, 6:14PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • SEATING OF MFDP OR REGULAR MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION; ROY WILKINS; LOUISVILLE COURIER-JOURNAL'S SUGGESTION BOTH DELEGATIONS BE SEATED; 1944 TEXAS CONVENTION; CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; KEN O'DONNELL'S SUGGESTION; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 5018, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/18/1964, 1:02PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LYNDA JOHNSON'S NYC TRIP; LBJ ASKS WAGNER'S ADVICE ON UPCOMING MEETING WITH RFK; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; LABOR, WHITE BACKLASH; OLIVER QUAYLE POLL; CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI DELEGATIONS, HANDLING ISSUE IN CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 5019, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/18/1964, 1:02PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DISCUSSION OF CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, HANDLING ISSUE IN CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; POSSIBLE EFFECT ON SOUTHERN VOTE OF DECISION TO SEAT MFDP; RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; RFK'S POSSIBLE WITHDRAWAL AS MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATE
Telephone conversation # 4299, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 7/21/1964, 8:00PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • RFK REPORTS TWO LAWYERS FROM LAWYERS' COMMITTEE FOR CIVIL RIGHTS ARE MISSING IN MISSISSIPPI; NEED FOR OUTSIDE LAWYERS TO HELP NEGROES IN SOUTH; REQUEST FROM BARRY GOLDWATER FOR MEETING WITH LBJ; EFFECT OF CIVIL RIGHTS ON SOUTHERN VOTE; CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5130, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/22/1964, 6:21PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • EASTLAND READS E. K. COLLINS' STATEMENT TO CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE ON POSITION OF REGULAR MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION; MFDP; JOE RAUH; LBJ SUGGESTS WORDING FOR STATEMENT; CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION: MIKE MANSFIELD, HHH, EUGENE MCCARTHY; CATHOLIC AS VP
Telephone conversation # 5133, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/23/1964, 3:35PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ REPORTS ON CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE VOTE ON ALABAMA DELEGATION, DISCUSSES EFFECT ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP, ABE FORTAS' VIEWS ON MISSISSIPPI SITUATION; EASTLAND OFFERS TO CALL GOV. PAUL JOHNSON; LBJ HUMOROUSLY THREATENS TO CUT FARM
Telephone conversation # 5136, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/23/1964, 3:58PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 5146, sound recording, LBJ and PALMER HOYT, 8/24/1964, 12:56PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DISCUSSION OF HOW TO HANDLE UNIDENTIFIED COLORADO MEMBERS OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; LBJ SUGGESTS GETTING THEM TO VOTE TO SEAT MFDP, BUT NOT SIGN MINORITY REPORT; LBJ DISCUSSES POLITICAL IMPACT OF ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 5152, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/24/1964, 1:11PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBILITY OF DOUGLAS WYNN RESIGNING FROM REGULAR MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, BEING REPLACED BY MEMBER OF MFDP; HEAD COUNT OF VOTES ON MFDP ISSUE IN CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; ALABAMA DELEGATION; MLK; NEED FOR POSITIVE PRESS STORIES
Telephone conversation # 5157, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/24/1964, 4:31PM? (Item)
  • National politics
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION OF SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; PRICE DANIEL'S VIEWS; EDITH GREEN'S HEAD COUNT SHOWING SUPPORT FOR MINORITY REPORT ON MFDP ISSUE; KEN O'DONNELL
Telephone conversation # 5181, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/25/1964, 2:31PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION THAT REGULAR MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION BE SEATED BUT MFDP MEMBERS AARON HENRY, EDWIN KING BE SEATED AS AT-LARGE DELEGATES AS SHOW OF CONSCIENCE, RECOGNITION OF RIGHT TO VOTE; ADOPTION OF NEW OPEN PARTY RULES
Telephone conversation # 5184, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 8/25/1964, 4:32PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SOUTHERN OBJECTIONS TO MISSISSIPPI COMPROMISE; MFDP; CIVIL RIGHTS AND VOTING RIGHTS IN MISSISSIPPI, SOUTH; RECENT POLLS; SANDERS SUGGESTS ALL DELEGATES BE REQUIRED TO TAKE LOYALTY OATH; ORGANIZATION OF CITIZENS' COMMITTEE