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

will get there as members of the various boards and committees signing the ad. CRS will decide how this is to be convened. We need an immediate follow-through on this, for SCLC is . ~ ing pressed to either show progress or begin to implement s age 2

Folder, "Civil Rights – Miscellaneous 1964," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

assassination -- to reassure a nervous world that "the gove nment in Washington lives", and to acquaint millions abroad with the new leader of America and the free world. Minutes after the bullets struck John Kennedy, USIA threw all its resources into this task

Folder, "Civil Rights – Miscellaneous 1965," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

. Davidson Sommers • David Stahl • John W. Wade • Member of Executive Committee of the Board of Directors Honorable Lee White Counsel to the President The White House Washington, D. C. Dear Lee: Enclosed is a press release which I feel very strongly should

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, "Civil Rights – Miscellaneous 1963," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

may wish to discuss this matter in my absence. The following cities may conceivably be selected as the pllot city: St. Louis, . Providence, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Detroit, °Los Angeles, Chicago, and Cleveland. . : ,. ' .,. '' ! • I '. l ". I

Folder, "Civil Rights – St. Augustine, Fla.," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

the institution of a school desegregation suit, the Board of Education adopted a policy of free transfer . However , only six Negro children have transferred to previously all white schools . The automobile of the parents of one of these children was burned

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

report on Gov. Johnson's afternoon press confer ence; Johnson had sent two plainclothesmen into the area to assist the FBI in the search. Gov. Johnson had not called President Johnson or the Justice Depa1 tment, but he was working with the FBI. 1 7:30

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

ti f r . I ·! Although the Department anticipates that, when pressed, Alabama will comply, consideration is being given to means of easinG undue· hardships which may a.ris·e if the ·Department programs were terminated in the State. The following

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

as to what the press should be told following any meeting. Nick and I agreed that we should make an effort to limit the meeting to Mrs . .. Chaney and Farmer, but if that were impossible, the meeting should be held in any event. I will be glad to call Farmer

Folder, "Civil Rights – Watts, Los Angeles Riots," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)

on a racist appeal just four years ago. Up until that time the Watts area was represented by a veteran white assemblyman. Earlier the press carried the fact that Councilman Billy Mills had . been threatened by the rioters. The rioters had no love for I "upper