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  • National politics
  • SANDERS REVIEWS HIS UPCOMING SPEECH FOR DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON CIVIL RIGHTS, EMPHASIZING NEED FOR DEMOCRATS TO OBEY LAW, FEDERAL GOVT NOT TO USE COERCION IN IMPLEMENTING LAW; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT LANGUAGE ON COERCION
  • National politics
  • DISCUSSION OF SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS' CONCERNS; SANDERS' UPCOMING APPEARANCE BEFORE DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM COMMITTEE
  • National politics
  • DISCUSSION OF DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM COMMITTEE MEMBERSHIP; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DISSENSION AMONG DEMOCRATS, RFK'S STATEMENTS ABOUT PLATFORM PLANK ON UNIDENTIFIED ISSUE (LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT?)
  • National politics
  • DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM COMMITTEE HEARINGS IN WASHINGTON, DC; LBJ ASKS MCCORMACK TO BE PERMANENT CHAIRMAN; ALABAMA, MISSISSIPPI DELEGATIONS; VP NOMINATION; CARL ALBERT FOR PLATFORM COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN; CONVENTION PARLIAMENTARIAN; LEW DESCHLER; 1960
  • National politics
  • CLEMENT BRIEFS LBJ ON LBJ'S MEETING TOMORROW WITH GOVS. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, SAYS BOTH DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS WILL EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LBJ THANKS CLEMENT FOR ARRANGING MEETING
  • National politics
  • NYT STORY ON LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT OF RFK IN NEW YORK SENATE RACE; O'DONNELL'S TALK WITH STEPHEN SMITH; HANDLING QUESTION OF SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION OR MFDP AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; COMPOSITION OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; PRESS STORY
  • National politics
  • PRESS STORY ON SEATING CONTESTED DELEGATIONS AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, NEED TO KEEP ISSUE IN CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE TO AVOID FLOOR FIGHT; QUESTION OF NOT SEATING ALABAMA DELEGATION BECAUSE LBJ IS NOT ON BALLOT IN ALABAMA; MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP
  • National politics
  • ALBERT REPORTS THAT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION PLATFORM COMMITTEE WILL BEGIN HEARINGS TOMORROW; DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT ISSUE; OKLAHOMA COURT RULINGS
  • National politics
  • BAILEY GIVES LBJ OPTIMISTIC REPORT ON DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION ACTIVITIES LAST NIGHT; LBJ EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT OVER CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE FIGHT ABOUT SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP, ASKS ABOUT ROLL CALL ON POSSIBLE MINORITY REPORT; EDITH
  • National politics
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN; PRESS LEAKS FROM CRIME COMMISSION; KATZENBACH DEFENDS COMMISSION; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DISSENT IN CONGRESS; NEW HARRIS POLL; WILLIAM MANCHESTER
  • National politics
  • SEATING OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; MFDP; PLATFORM COMMITTEE; 1944 TEXAS STATE CONVENTION; CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE PROCEDURES; EFFECT OF MURDER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS ON ISSUE; RIOTS IN CHICAGO SUBURBS; PRESS AND JOHN
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • LBJ THANKS DEAN FOR AGREEING TO SERVE ON NATIONAL CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS TO SUPPORT COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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