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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
Collection, Papers of Virginia Durr (entire collection) (Item)
  • .,. ' ' . ' Dear Virginia: Thanks for writing me and telling me so frankly the "lay of the land" as you see it in Alabama. Your personal appraisal and that Bob Duke piece you sent along are helpful in sizing up our strengths and weaknesses. I sure hope things work
Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • . On the state of the Nation, he said: is going to hell. " 11 1 just don't think this country MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON August 12, 1967 11:00 a. m. MEMORANDUM FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM: Bob Fleming Attached are notes on your conversation
  • Fleming, Bob
Folder, "[Papers for] November 14, 1968 Special Cabinet Room Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • , and that the attached would be forthcoming this evening. Honorable Ramsey Clark, Justice Honorable Wilbur Cohen, HEW Honorable Charles Zwick, BOB Honorable Arthur M. Okun, CEA Joe Califano Larry Levinson Bob Hardesty Attachment ,. .,n- tf . ~ ' .. ,., ..._t;.s
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/11/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • and I m ade a point of sittin g down on the so fa w ith Bob M cN am ara and te llin g h im a b it about the S ch ool of P u b lic S e r v ic e and the L ib ra ry and that when it opened I hoped that w e w ould h a v e a big s o r t of co n cla v e on g r
  • Civil Rights Act of 1968 & gives speech; Lady Bird visits with Pat & Luci; Pat Nugent leaves for Vietnam; LBJ & departing Cabinet members gives speeches at reception; Lady Bird asks Bob McNamara to speak at LBJ Library; small dinner party
Folder, "March 12-18, 1965 [Selma Situation]," President’s Appointment File [Diary Backup], Box 15 (Item)
  • . ) 6:00 (Jack Horner and Bob Hoke, both of the Washington Star) {OFF THE REC O R D} {T hey will bring the original portrait of the President that was on the front page of the Star's Inaugural edition for the President 's autograph. ) MONDAY, MARCH 15
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/5/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • aw ard s fo r e x c e lle n c e in d e sig n or lan d scap in g to a b u s in e s s e sta b lish m e n t, a n e ig h b o rhood, a public b u ild in g. I think, I hope, h e ’ll give them so m e en co u ra g em en t, son® pat on the head. A t any r
Oral history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 2 (II), 10/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , but when it happened I remember President Johnson said to me when I told him that I wanted to do it-­ F: Did you talk to him. personally? H: Yes. I said, "I hope you feel all right about my going. you say? How do you feel about it?" He smiled
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, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 6 (VI), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • so felt, I b.e 1 i eve, that I was trying to vote my convictions. I'm neither far right nor left and because of that, sometime my vote has been looked at as being objective. At least I hope so. F: Do you think you got more mail because of the fact
Folder, "Civil Rights – St. Augustine, Fla.," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • of the Quadricentennial Celebration scheduled for 1965 . Stated simply, the Federal Government is a partner to the celebration which hopes to attract visitors from other countries as well as from the United States. Besides the Quadri­ centennial Commission, several
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/24/1966 (Thursday) (Item)
  • a n d A r th u r an d h e r f a th e r a n d D aphn e an d th e Bob B e n ja m in s and t h e i r tw o c h ild r e n . Six of u s p ile d in to th e T h u n d e r b ir d w ith h i m d r iv in g , tw o in a b u c k e t s e a t in f r o n t, and w e
Folder, "Civil Rights – Miscellaneous 1964," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • 100 days. The list has been compiled rather hastily, but I hope it serves your purpose. If not, I trust you will let me know. Sincerely yours, Richard L. Callaghan Assistant Administrator for Legislative Affairs Enclosure MAJOR NASA ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Folder, "Ex HU 2/ST 5, 11/22/63- 8/23/65 [EQUALITY OF RACES / CALIFORNIA]," WHCF HU, Box 25 (Item)
  • between the races. Through these and related activities, CRS would hope to address itself to at least three immediate general needs in Los Angeles: (1) conciliation of the current crisis in the Watts community to secure the peace and order which has been
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/11/1968 (Monday) (Item)
  • . And then M r. W est c a m e up an d Bob K nudson took the p i c t u r e of the t h r e e of u s w ith the b l u e p r i n t s of the W hite H ou se so th a t sh e can f it in into a n y of th e f a m ily r o o m s h e r own f u r n i t u r e o r th in g s th
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/16/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • r ly , s m ilin g lad y put out h er hand and sa id 1^ ^ M EMO RANDUM c TH E W H I T E H O U S E WASHINGTON T u e s d a y , June 16, 1964 Page 3 I'm M r s . C h a r le s M a r s h ." II Tl Thank g o o d n e s s I didn’ t fa in t. I hope m y
Folder, "Civil Rights – Miscellaneous 1965," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • assurances that the White House will release this important message, and then I will give you permission to use them. In addition, I have drafted two letters which I would hope the President would send to Messrs. Tweed and Segal and Seymour and Marshall
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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/15/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • in g up on the s ta g e ju st a s e v e r y b o d y b eh in d it g e t s into th e ir p o s itio n w e a r e d o w n s ta ir s and out on the N o rth P o r t i c o - c a lm and s e r e n e - - I hope it lo o k s that w ay, a s the b ig b la c k c a r w
Folder, "1968 Task Force on Civil Rights," Task Force Reports, Box 26 (Item)
  • General authority to sue for injunctive relief against States or units of local government that are in violation of the law, it is hoped that employment dis­ crimination in this area can be substantially eliminated. Costs. Estimates of the cost of giving
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 12/17/1968 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • hoped t h a t he co u ld c o m e in a n d s e e everybody fo r ju st a m in u te. B u t w h e n I saw h i m , I to ld h e sh o u ld not tr y . So I w e n t b a c k in to th e Yellow R o om j u s t s a y in g t h a t I w a s going to a c c e p t th e r
Folder, "Interim Report - Office of Investigations [Weapons, Fires (1 of 2)]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)
  • JAMESFORMA~ IN NE\'!YORK: : :· James Forman: •Your hand-vicked· Chairman, tlie al.lcned hope or· Blacl~ . America in the ·calculated conspiracy to destroy the · ... black ideology symbolized by the Atlanta Project has • descended to the level of callin3
Folder, "Black National Movement - FBI Report - File #1," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 14 (Item)
Folder, "Liaison - FBI - Miscellaneous Reports [1964 - 1967]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)
Folder, "Liaison - FBI - Miscellaneous Reports [Oct. - Dec. 1967]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 3 (Item)
Folder, "Disturbances - Spring 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • to die to correct what he termed the "police brutality situation in Harlem.". Other sources have attributed the riots and unrest to "young punks" without a stake in the past or much hope in the future and members of various teen-~ge gangs who rule various
Folder, "Homicide," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 79 (Item)
  • EVANS, 24/N, of 3859 Cadillac. Fatal gunshot wound to the head while looting Bob's Market at 4100 Pennsylvania. Shot by the following Detroit Police Officers: Sgt. Robert Porte; Patr. Lloyd Hewitt Norman Salo & Chester Kotowicz. Homicide File #7168
Folder, "FBI - Disturbances and Racial Disturbances," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • to correct what he termed the "police brutality situation in Harlem." Other sources have attributed the riots and unrest to ''young punks" without a stake in the past or much hope in the future and members of various teen-~3e gangs uho rule various neigbbol
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 # 6326, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • WALTER JENKINS CASE; DISCUSSION OF CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURT VACANCIES, POTENTIAL CANDIDATES; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S HOPE FOR COURT APPOINTMENT; FBI REPORTS ON MLK; DINNER HONORING MLK'S RECEIPT OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE; CONSOLIDATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 7168, sound recording, LBJ and ANTHONY LIUZZO, 3/26/1965, 2:55PM (Item)
  • LIUZZO THANKS LBJ FOR HIS STATEMENT ON ARREST OF SUSPECTS IN MURDER OF HIS WIFE, VIOLA LIUZZO, AND FOR HIS SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION; LBJ EXPRESSES HIS AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SYMPATHY AND HOPE THAT MRS. LIUZZO WILL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN
Telephone conversation # 22, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID MCDONALD, 11/23/1963, 4:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE IS MEETING WITH ARTHUR GOLDBERG; MCDONALD EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS; MCDONALD SAYS HE HOPES CONGRESS WILL PASS CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AS TRIBUTE TO JFK; GOLDBERG, MCDONALD DISCUSS PAST SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 3971, transcript, JUANITA ROBERTS and JAMES FARMER, 6/23/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • . ...... _:·· "·'' " ,. Hello, lb·•· Roberts. Ja ~:;;:·'l'c···~·-· Two of &Mm 1N~• our •taff melllMra, aa4 I'm oa the way down to Mia•ie•lppi aow••• ta look at CM abuacloa peraoullr. Aad I'd hoped &o be able to cbat wl&Ja &be Pn•ldeat .n.t AL Y••· lie'• left a mnU., llan
Folder, "April 5, 1968 - 11:10 a.m. President's meeting with Negro leaders after death of Martin Luther King," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • : I hope my Department will not be required to enter this situation. We will not unless called upon. We will see to it that law and order will be maintained. I knew Dr. King. I had deep respect for him. White leaders respected Dr. King
Record copy, Transcript of Recorded Remarks of Radio Broadcast on Civil Rights, 4/11/60 (Item)
  • hope it meets with the approval of all states. of the people in all of the fifty
Folder, "March 13, 1965, #38, Backup Material For the President’s Press Conferences, Press Office Files, Box 71 (Item)
  • a place to register in Selma. a f'ollows MORE [4 of 5] ­ 0 - 1 (THE FOLLCMING IS ON THE RECORD: ) THE PRESIDENT: I should like to observe that the 15 minutes is about up, but at 9:00 o'clock, in Mr. Reedy's office on Monday morning, we plan, and hope
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/25/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • 1964 Sat urday, July 25~ Was an easy and pleasant day. About noon I W(·nt ove r to Lyndon's office, hoping I could snare him, a nd walked right into an informal press conference. Lyndon in his rockin;; chair, some 25 or 30 news paper peopl e
Published remarks, Remarks of Lyndon B. Johnson at the Civil Rights Symposium, 12/12/72 (Item)
  • and Senator Mansfield and Senator Scott and Congressman Ford. And I hope they will all reason with you. I speak from experience. No one in this room has said more ugly things about me than Clarence Mitchell, but there's no man in this room that I respect more
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • length panel w i l l be a v a ila b le in about two w eek s and he p r o m is e d to send it o v e r to m e to lo o k a t. I t ’ s a fa it a c c o m p li and I can only hope that t h e r e 's enough m o n e y in the t r e a s u r y o f the h i s t o r i
Folder, "Civil Rights Boycotts – Alabama and Mississippi," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • of the boycott. The hope is for a series of meetings with this composition to grow from this first session as specific plans are mad~ for implementation of the ad. 3. Dr. King and t he SCLC staff with five ~ six of the key Alabama plant managers. Such a meeting