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  • National politics
  • LONG GIVES MESSAGE FROM LOUISIANA GOV.-ELECT, ASSURING LBJ THAT DEMOCRATIC STATE COMMITTEE WILL DEFEAT LEANDER PEREZ' MOTION AND WILL PUT LBJ'S NAME ON BALLOT IN LOUISIANA; LONG'S APPEARANCE ON FACE THE NATION
  • National politics
  • DISCUSSION OF INVITING JACQUELINE KENNEDY TO ATTEND JFK MEMORIAL AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; BRIEFING FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED SERVICES, FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEES ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK; POLITICAL EFFECTS OF INCIDENT; PRESS, PUBLIC STATEMENT
  • 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
  • DREW PEARSON'S COLUMN ON CHOICE OF HALE BOGGS, NOT EDMUND MUSKIE, TO HEAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM COMMITTEE; LBJ DISCUSSES HOW CONVENTION ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE, NEGOTIATIONS ON VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK; FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING FOR CONGRESSIONAL
  • 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
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  • National politics
  • ON COMMITTEE
  • skills of knitting together, mobilizing, organizing, winding your way through a complex set of human and political interactions that he had mastered." "He knew what was happening in most of the committees everyday. He knew what progress was being
  • A (National Security)-SANITIZED and B (Federal Records)-SANITIZED
  • LBJ DISCUSSES VOTE IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH NEW OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE FOR CIA, FBI, INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES, SUGGESTS HOOVER MAKE EFFORTS TO STOP ESTABLISHMENT OF COMMITTEE; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS
  • National politics
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH GEORGE BROWN ABOUT ROGER BLOUGH, STEEL INDUSTRY'S DECISION TO ADJUST PRICES; CONGRESSIONAL CONCERNS ABOUT PRICES; COMMITTEE TO STUDY STEEL IMPORTS; POSSIBLE STOCKPILE RELEASE, MEETING WITH INDUSTRY LEADERS; NYC TRANSIT
  • 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
  • MCNAMARA'S RESPONSE TO MELVIN LAIRD ON COSTS OF PRESIDENTIAL AIRCRAFT, YACHTS; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES; LBJ SUGGESTS WESTMORELAND, LODGE TESTIFY AT CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEES, THEN LEAK TESTIMONY; RFK; LBJ'S UPCOMING
  • National politics
  • LOSS OF US PLANE TO SAM; EFFORTS TO LOCATE MOBILE SAM SITES; BATTLE AT DUCCO; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY TO HOUSE COMMITTEE; CONCERNS ABOUT COSTS OF WAR; WH CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS ON VIETNAM; PASSAGE OF HUD BILL; EFFORTS TO REACH OUT TO RFK, KENNEDY
  • 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
  • STATUS OF BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, AIRLINE LABOR DISPUTE; DIRKSEN'S CALL FOR BIPARTISAN VIETNAM MEETING; RICHARD HELMS AS REPLACEMENT FOR WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; CIA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; BOMBING PROGRAM; PEACE
  • National politics
  • LONG RECOMMENDS ROBERT LANDRY AS POSSIBLE FPC APPOINTEE; MIKE MANATOS' MEMO ON VANCE HARTKE, VIEWS OF OTHER SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON TAX BILL; ELIOT JANEWAY'S INFLUENCE ON HARTKE; SUSPENSION OF TELEPHONE, AUTO EXCISE TAX REDUCTIONS
  • 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
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE ACTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL, TELLS BEIRNE STRIKE IS NOT NATIONAL EMERGENCY; RFK'S, JOSEPH CLARK'S SUPPORT FOR ROBERT GRIFFIN'S 60-DAY PLAN; ADMINISTRATION'S PREFERENCE FOR WAYNE MORSE'S PROPOSAL
  • National politics
  • RANDOLPH REPORTS THAT HEARINGS IN SENATE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE HAVE CLOSED; LBJ'S MEETING WITH NATIONAL ASSN OF COUNTIES, INVITATION TO ADDRESS THEIR CONVENTION; LBJ SUGGESTS RANDOLPH ORGANIZE MEETING OF FEDERAL AND LOCAL OFFICIALS IN WEST VIRGINIA
  • A (National Security)-SANITIZED
  • National politics
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS TESTIMONY ABOUT 8/4/64 TONKIN GULF ATTACK AT SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; CRITICISM BY ALBERT GORE, SR., WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, EUGENE MCCARTHY; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS; U THANT'S PEACE PROPOSAL; EARLE WHEELER'S HEALTH
  • 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'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
  • National politics
  • BENNETT DISCUSSES EDITORIAL ON FDIC APPOINTMENT, SAYS HE, EVERETT DIRKSEN WANT LBJ TO APPOINT KAY RANDALL; LBJ SAYS HE IS NOT REQUIRED TO APPOINT REPUBLICAN, JFK WOULD HAVE APPOINTED JOSEPH BARR; POSSIBLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS; ERHARD
  • National politics
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT REEDY'S HEALTH; REEDY CRITIQUES DRAFT OF LBJ'S SPEECH FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY DINNER; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION IN SENATE RULES COMMITTEE; STEWART ALSOP COLUMN, OTHER UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES; RFK; "TEXAS MAFIA" VS. "IRISH MAFIA" ON WH
  • 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
  • United Nations
  • LBJ PRAISES BALL'S APPEARANCE ON "MEET THE PRESS"; PANAMA; GREECE; TURKEY; UN RESOLUTION ON CYPRUS; LBJ WANTS SOMEONE IN STATE DEPT TO BRIEF SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON VIETNAM
  • National politics
  • PRESS STORY ON MEETING YESTERDAY ON MEDICARE BILL; RIBICOFF AMENDMENT; KING-ANDERSON BILL; LABOR'S POSITION ON MEDICARE; APPALACHIA BILL AND RULES COMMITTEE; NEED FOR JUSTICE DEPT RECOMMENDATION ON LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT LEGISLATION
  • National politics
  • ANDERSON'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CAMPAIGN MANAGER: NEWTON MINOW, GEORGE MCGOVERN, MIKE MONRONEY, EDWARD LONG, GEORGE KILLION, EDWIN PAULEY; LBJ SUGGESTS REGIONAL COMMITTEE CHAIRED BY JAMES FARLEY; LIFE MAGAZINE STORY ON LBJ'S FINANCES; NUCLEAR
  • National politics
  • FREEMAN REPORTS ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ACTION ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL; PUBLIC RELATIONS EFFORTS WITH CATTLE INDUSTRY; BILL'S EFFECT ON GATT NEGOTIATIONS; GEORGE BALL; FREEMAN'S TRIP TO GEORGIA TOBACCO MARKETS; NEED TO STRESS AGRICULTURAL
  • "RE PLATFORM COMMITTEE AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBLES"
  • National politics
  • National politics
  • GORE TELLS LBJ ABOUT HIS STATEMENT ON MEDICARE ISSUE, REPORTS ON ACTION IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON BILL, SENATE ADJOURNMENT; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLY RECALLING CONGRESS FOLLOWING ELECTION TO PASS BILL; TENNESSEE POLITICAL SITUATION; NEGRO VOTE
  • Natural resources and national parks
  • LBJ DISCUSSES CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ACTION ON MEDICARE PROVISION OF SOCIAL SECURITY BILL; CONGRESSIONAL RECESS OR ADJOURNMENT; WILSON GIVES PESSIMISTIC REPORT ON PASSAGE OF APPALACHIA BILL, VOTE ON APPROPRIATION FOR APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION
  • National politics
  • ALBERT REPORTS ON TALKS WITH HOUSE REPUBLICANS ON SENATE MEDICARE AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY BILL; RULES COMMITTEE HEARING; QUESTION OF INSTRUCTING HOUSE CONFEREES; WILBUR MILLS' OPPOSITION; BOB KERR, JR.'S REQUEST THAT LBJ CALL BYRON BOONE, DEAN
  • National politics
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON CONVERSATIONS WITH DIRKSEN, (JOSEPH?) CLARK, MANSFIELD ON RESPONSE TO CARL CURTIS' SPEECH ABOUT JUSTICE DEPT REPORT ON BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; DISCUSSION OF MAKING FBI REPORTS AVAILABLE TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE; DON
  • National politics
  • LBJ RELAYS JOSEPH ALSOP'S REPORT OF DISCUSSION AT ROWLAND EVANS' HOUSE LAST NIGHT, SUGGESTING LBJ USED JOHN MCCONE'S BRIEFING TO SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE AS MEANS OF BLAMING JFK FOR VIETNAM SITUATION; LBJ'S LOYALTY TO JFK AS VP
  • United Nations
  • MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE, ARMED SERVICES MEMBERS; RICHARD RUSSELL'S CRITICISM; STENNIS' CRITICISM OF EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES; QUESTION OF CALLING UP RESERVES; CHANGE IN POLICY ON DRAFTING MARRIED MEN; POSSIBLE BOMBING
  • A (National Security)-SANITIZED
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US ECONOMY, FEDERAL DEFICIT, INCREASED VIETNAM SPENDING; EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROPOSED CIVILIAN, MILITARY PAY RAISES; EFFECT OF RAISES ON WAGE GUIDELINES FOR OTHER WORKERS; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PROPOSED NEW SENATE WATCHDOG COMMITTEE
  • National politics
  • STRATEGY FOR HANDLING TAX BILL IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, SENATE VOTE ON CONFERENCE REPORT; HARTKE AMENDMENT ON TELEPHONE EXCISE TAXES; PROUTY AMENDMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY; CONCERNS ABOUT NEED FOR MORE FUNDS FOR VIETNAM; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT HANDLING
  • National politics
  • US ISOLATIONISM; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S SUPPORT FOR INCLUDING VIET CONG IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; SENATE PLAN TO ASK THAT PRESIDENT SEEK SENATE APPROVAL BEFORE ESCALATING WAR; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE