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  • DOUGLAS ON HOLD 0:30; OFFICE SECRETARY APOLOGIZES TO DOUGLAS FOR KEEPING HIM ON HOLD
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT DOUGLAS' CAMPAIGN; DOUGLAS DISCUSSES NEGATIVE EFFECT OF WHITE BACKLASH, SYMPATHY VOTE FOR CHARLES PERCY; LBJ ASKS HOW HE CAN HELP; DOUGLAS DISCUSSES SIGNING CEREMONY FOR INDIANA DUNES BILL, PROPOSED ATOMIC ENERGY FACILITY; CAMPAIGN
  • Douglas, Paul H. (Paul Howard), 1892-1976
  • Telephone conversation # 10960, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 10/16/1966, 8:35PM
  • PAUL DOUGLAS
  • Wynn, Douglas
  • Telephone conversation # 5209, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS WYNN, 8/25/1964, 9:33PM?
  • DOUGLAS WYNN
  • VALENTI REPORTS DOUGLAS WYNN HAS CALLED ASKING FOR PROTECTION FOR FELLOW MISSISSIPPI DELEGATE FRED BERGER WHO IS RECEIVING DEATH THREATS FROM KKK; LBJ TELLS VALENTI TO CALL DEKE DELOACH AND LBJ WILL DISCUSS MISSISSIPPI SITUATION WITH NICHOLAS
  • 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
  • JENKINS UPDATES LBJ ON DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, REPORTS THAT DAVID LAWRENCE IS MEETING WITH EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN, ROBERT WAGNER, FRANK SMITH, RICHARD DALEY, OTHERS; LBJ SUGGESTS "JOHN" (CONNALLY?) JOIN MEETING; MISSISSIPPI DELEGATE DOUGLAS WYNN
  • GOV. PAUL JOHNSON'S REACTION TO COMPROMISE ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; EASTLAND TELLS LBJ HE WISHES LBJ HAD GIVEN HIM ADVANCE WARNING ON COMPROMISE LANGUAGE; LBJ'S CALL TO RICHARD RUSSELL; GOV. PAUL JOHNSON AND ROSS BARNETT; DOUGLAS
  • JENKINS REPORTS THAT ARKANSAS, FLORIDA, GEORGIA, VIRGINIA, LOUISIANA DELEGATIONS WILL NOT WALK OUT IN PROTEST OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP COMPROMISE; LBJ ASKS TO SPEAK TO DOUGLAS WYNN, ASKS JENKINS TO CALL EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN; VP NOMINATION
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, SEEING REPORTERS TALK TO ONLY EDITH GREEN AND JOE RAUH, TELLS MOYERS TO GET DOUGLAS WYNN, JOHN CONNALLY, CARL SANDERS ON TV
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT RECENT POLL ON WHITE BACKLASH; LBJ ASKS ENGELHARD TO HEAD DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY; ENGLEHARD IS AT DOUGLAS DILLON'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION; LBJ PRAISES DILLON, REMINISCES ABOUT ENGLEHARD'S HELP IN 1960
  • JOE RAUH'S, PRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SMALL SIZE OF ROOM FOR CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA DELEGATIONS; MFDP; HHH; JAMES ROWE ON MIKE MANSFIELD AS POSSIBLE VP NOMINEE; DOUGLAS WYNN ON MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION TAKING OATH
  • LBJ JOKES ABOUT HIS LANDSLIDE; CANDIDATES FOR WISCONSIN, TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURTS; OPPOSITION TO DAVID RABINOVITZ; JOHN REYNOLDS; JAMES DOYLE; BEN CONNALLY; LEON JAWORSKI; DOUGLAS WYNN; CLAUDE CLAYTON; JOHN CROOKER; DUB
  • DALEY'S CONCERNS ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS DEMONSTRATIONS CONCERNING HOUSING IN CHICAGO, SUBURBAN ILLINOIS AREAS; POSSIBILITY OF RACE RIOTS, VIOLENCE; EFFECT ON CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; PAUL DOUGLAS' POSSIBLE DEFEAT; MLK AND UPCOMING MEETING OF RELIGIOUS
  • MARGARET CHASE SMITH ADS FOR GOLDWATER; EFFORT TO PURGE DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSMEN WHO SUPPORTED GOLDWATER; HHH'S REPLACEMENT AS SENATE WHIP; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DISCUSSES ACCURACY OF HER ELECTION PREDICTIONS; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION; DOUGLAS DILLON
  • 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
  • LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO WILLARD WIRTZ; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT EFFECTS OF LABOR, CIVIL RIGHTS ISSUES ON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN AND JEWISH SUPPORT FOR LBJ; OPERATOR TELLS LBJ THAT WIRTZ IS NOT IN HIS OFFICE OR AT HOME
  • PATMAN TELLS LBJ HE WILL SIGN HOUSE DISCHARGE PETITION ON WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; LBJ COMPARES DISCHARGE PETITION TO VOTING RIGHTS BILL, DISCUSSES RIGHT OF CONGRESSMEN TO VOTE ON A BILL, COMPARES PATMAN'S DECISION WITH HIS STAND ON BONUS BILL
  • LBJ READS LIST OF CONGRESSMEN WHO HAVE NOT YET SIGNED WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION, DISCUSSES POTENTIAL SIGNERS; LBJ TEASES O'BRIEN ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE AT CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT AS POSTMASTER GENERAL
  • LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO CALL CONGRESSMEN LISTED IN O'BRIEN'S MEMO ABOUT SIGNING WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION, COMPARES DISCHARGE PETITION TO VOTING RIGHTS BILL, DISCUSSES CONGRESSMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE ON BILLS; JOHN MCMILLAN'S BLOCKAGE
  • WATSON REPORTS ON STATUS OF WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION; DISCUSSION OF EFFORTS TO GET JACK BROOKS, MARTHA GRIFFITHS, HALE BOGGS, LINDLEY BECKWORTH, LEONOR SULLIVAN, JOHN DINGELL TO SIGN PETITION
  • GRAHAM CONGRATULATES LBJ ON SIGNING OF WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION; LBJ DISCUSSES OPPOSITION TO FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF BILL, PRAISES AL FRIENDLY'S WORK ON BILL; LBJ'S STATEMENT EMPHASIZING HIS PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH WASHINGTON, DC
  • LBJ THANKS SHIPLEY FOR ADDING FINAL SIGNATURE TO WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION, TELLS SHIPLEY HE IS FREE TO TELL HIS CONSTITUENTS THAT LBJ CALLED HIM, THEN AT SHIPLEY'S SUGGESTION LBJ GREETS YOUNG VISITOR IN SHIPLEY'S OFFICE
  • MORSE CONGRATULATES LBJ ON STEEL SETTLEMENT, ENCOURAGES LBJ TO REST; WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; HIGHER EDUCATION BILL; LBJ TALKS ABOUT HIS EFFORTS TO PASS STUDENT LOAN BILL AS SENATOR; SIGNING CEREMONY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION BILL; MORSE'S BULL
  • LBJ ASKS CARTER'S HELP ON OBTAINING SIGNATURES ON DISCHARGE PETITION FOR WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE RIOTS IN WASHINGTON, DC IF SITUATION DOES NOT IMPROVE; POSSIBLE SIGNATURES OF MEMBERS OF TEXAS DELEGATION
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON TALK WITH ANDREW BIEMILLER ABOUT PLAN FOR PAT MCNAMARA TO ASK FOR IMMEDIATE DISPOSAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION BILL BEFORE WORK BEGINS ON REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B OF TAFT-HARTLEY ACT; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES; HOME RULE DISCHARGE
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS LEGISLATION TO REMEDY BASIC PROBLEMS IN IMPOVERISHED AREAS AND TO PASS WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; REACTION OF PRESS TO LBJ'S RECENT STATEMENT ON WATTS, CIVIL DISORDERS
  • LBJ DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF VOTER REGISTRATION, VOTING; DEFEAT OF REPEAL OF 14-B OF TAFT-HARTLEY ACT, RENT SUPPLEMENTS, WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE, MINIMUM WAGE BILLS; LBJ ENCOURAGES WILKINS TO WORK WITH NICHOLAS KATZENBACH; WILKINS' LA ORGANIZATION
  • LBJ'S GALL BLADDER SURGERY; APPOINTMENT OF HUD SECRETARY; NEGRO VOTE IN YESTERDAY'S ELECTIONS IN NYC, CLEVELAND, PHILADELPHIA; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS FAITH IN ELECTORATE, IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHTS; JOHN CONNALLY; DC HOME RULE BILL; VOTER REGISTRATION
  • "VOICES ON THIS RECORD RALPH DUNGAN; WALTER JENKINS - JUANITA ROBERTS; J. ROBERTS - ASHTON GONELLA; PRESIDENT, LEE WHITE, & 3 WOMEN FROM MCCOMB, MISS. RE BOMBING OF THEIR HOMES"; POOR SOUND QUALITY
  • SHRIVER TELLS LBJ ABOUT FAVORABLE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON POVERTY AUTHORIZATION BILL, INCLUDING REPEAL OF GOVERNORS' VETO PROVISION; LBJ CONGRATULATES SHRIVER; STATUS OF POVERTY APPROPRIATIONS BILL; WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION
  • MORSE CONGRATULATES LBJ ON STEEL SETTLEMENT, ENCOURAGES LBJ TO REST; WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; HIGHER EDUCATION BILL; LBJ TALKS ABOUT HIS EFFORTS TO PASS STUDENT LOAN BILL AS SENATOR; SIGNING CEREMONY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION BILL; MORSE'S BULL
  • 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
  • LBJ ASKS KEOGH TO SIGN HOUSE DISCHARGE PETITION FOR WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; ROSTENKOWSKI'S CONCERNS ABOUT LBJ'S LETTER TO HOUSE SPEAKER ON IMMIGRATION BILL; APPOINTMENTS OF JOHN GRONOUSKI AS AMBASSADOR TO POLAND, LARRY O'BRIEN AS POSTMASTER
  • CONTROL OF OVERSEAS TRAVEL; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF CARL SANDERS TO CIRCUIT COURT; GEORGIA POLITICS; WH CIVIL RIGHTS CONFERENCE; DC HOME RULE; WALTER, BENNETTA WASHINGTON; ARREST IN VERNON DAHMER MURDER; KKK; SOUTHERN VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS