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  • · -~·- . •.:. ,' ~ . -Yi..J.r ·­ No-vrore !;o-r~;=l~{,.& 7)0tv1ES71G • ScG·r101.J Quality of Life When America celebrated her first hundred years, the fireworks that lit the skies revealed a nation confident it had been blessed by Providence. .i I .I The great
  • -- II -- 28 economists agreed--that tax cuts and tax increases should be used for stabilization purposes: try to fight inflation. tax cuts in recession~ tax increases to That's the basic theoretical analysis ·and research relating past tax actions
  • specifically for a party, although I carefully voted consistently. Only after I joined this administration did I take on a label, which I still have. I would now regard myself as a Democrat with a little bit of independence. I have kept that position now
  • HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON UNNAMED BILL (PARTICIPATION SALES?); RICHARD BOLLING'S OPPOSITION TO BILL; SCHEDULING PROBLEMS DUE TO PAT MCNAMARA'S FUNERAL; FRESHMEN REVOLT ON SITUS PICKETING BILL; DEMOCRATIC STUDY GROUP; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FUND
  • Latin America
  • POSSIBLE US ACTION IN RESPONSE TO VENEZUELA'S INCREASE IN RESIDUAL OIL PRICE; POSSIBLE INCREASE IN US COAL PRODUCTION OR BARTER ARRANGEMENTS WITH OTHER OIL PRODUCERS; PAN AMERICAN SULPHUR COMPANY PRICE INCREASE; LBJ'S IDEAS FOR DESIGN OF LBJ STATE
  • Latin America
  • FOWLER REPORTS ON HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ACTION TODAY ON UNNAMED BILL (TAX BILL?), SCHEDULING OF RULES COMMITTEE, HOUSE FLOOR VOTES, SENATE HEARINGS; WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON FOREIGN INVESTORS TAX BILL; HEARINGS ON COPPER BILL
  • Latin America
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT BILL RESTORING INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, DISCUSSES DIRKSEN'S VIEWS ON HEARINGS, ECONOMIC NEED FOR FAST ACTION OF BILL; WILBUR MILLS' REQUEST THAT SENATE HEARINGS WAIT UNTIL AFTER HOUSE PASSAGE; DEBT LIMIT BILL
  • Latin America
  • LESTER MADDOX'S REQUEST TO MEET WITH LBJ ON HIGHWAY FUNDS; RUSSELL PRAISES MADDOX'S ACTIONS AS GOV.; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO HOLD DOWN SPENDING; DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUTHORIZATIONS, EXPENDITURES; HOUSING, HIGHWAY FUNDS; COPPER SHORTAGE; US ECONOMY
  • Walt Rostow Joe Califano Ernest Goldstein Art Okun Ed Fried Senator Mansfield Senator Long Senator Anderson Speaker McCormack Representative Boggs Representative Ullman Secretary Fowler -- Discussed actions to be taken in defense of the dollar during
  • briefly in my Message . . You will serve as the Executive Committee, determining policy and developing guidelines for action . . Eight of you will be Regional Representatives, responsible for the effective operation of the programs in each of the major
  • it, Walter Heller and Dave Bell got the President to send a memo or a directive to the Department of Agriculture saying that no actions would be taken with respect to price supports or related matters without first having them run by the council
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; POSSIBLE NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION; REACTIONS OF OREN HARRIS, JOHN PASTORE, PHIL HART; PRESS STORIES ON REPUBLICAN ACTION IN HOUSE; H. R. GROSS; CEA EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC EFFECTS
  • FEDERAL DEBT CEILING LEGISLATION; RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON POVERTY BILL; RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL CONFERENCE REPORT FOLLOWING SENATE PASSAGE; JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT; LBJ INFORMS ALBERT OF RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES SIZE OF SUPPLEMENTAL DEFENSE BUDGET REQUEST FOR VIETNAM AND INCREASE IN SIZE OF 1967 DEFENSE NEEDS, SAYS INCREASED MILITARY ACTION MUST BE ACCOMPANIED BY DIPLOMATIC AND POLITICAL ACTIONS; UPCOMING MEETING OF LBJ AND ADVISERS
  • NEED FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION ON GOLD COVER BILL BEFORE ACTION ON TAX BILL, EXPENDITURE CUTS; SENATE PLAN TO ADD TAX SURCHARGE TO EXCISE TAX BILL; NEED TO WORK WITH WILBUR MILLS; DIFFICULTY OF CUTTING SPENDING; RESERVE CALL-UP; REACTION TO RUSK'S
  • LBJ MENTIONS HIS MANY PROBLEMS, REVIEWS CRITICISM OF HIS ADMINISTRATION AND HENRY "JOE" FOWLER'S CONCERNS ABOUT NATION'S ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, ASKS MILLS' VIEWS ON SENATE ACTION ON TAX BILL, SPENDING CUTS; MILLS RECOMMENDS SENATE ACTION NOW
  • LBJ THANKS FUNSTON FOR CLOSING THE STOCK EXCHANGE FOLLOWING JFK'S ASSASSINATION AND FOR THE WAY HE HANDLED THE EXCHANGE TODAY; FUNSTON SAYS STOCK MARKET ACTION TODAY REFLECTS PUBLIC CONFIDENCE IN LBJ; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SUPPORT TAX BILL AND GOVT
  • LBJ THANKS CHANDLER FOR HIS NOTE AND SUPPORT; CHANDLER PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS; LBJ SAYS HE WAS PLEASED BY STOCK MARKET'S ACTION YESTERDAY; CHANDLER ASKS ABOUT REPORTS OF LBJ HAVING HEART PROBLEMS FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ SAYS HE
  • DILLON REPORTS ON TALK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT TAX BILL, SAYS DIRKSEN SUPPORTS FAST ACTION AND BELIEVES ONLY ALBERT GORE, SR., WILL DELAY IT IN COMMITTEE; NEED FOR SENATE QUORUM NEXT WEEK TO GET BILL OUT; DISCUSSION OF SENATORS LBJ MAY NEED
  • ECONOMIC NEWS ON THIRD QUARTER 1963 GNP; DISCUSSION OF WHEN TO RELEASE INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ACTIONS ON TAX BILL; HENRY "JOE" FOWLER; LUTHER HODGES
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH GEN. JACKSON GRAHAM ABOUT KASKASKIA RIVER NAVIGATION PROJECT; LBJ ASKS FOR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR EXCISE TAX BILL; DIRKSEN'S ACTIONS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF ACTION BY HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ON POVERTY BILL; JUDGE HOWARD SMITH; REPUBLICAN TACTICS AGAINST POVERTY BILL; CHARLES HALLECK; HAMER BUDGE APPOINTMENT TO SEC
  • BERNIE SISK'S OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF HAMER BUDGE TO SEC, FPC APPOINTMENT; SISK WANTS PROJECT FUNDED; SCHEDULE OF LEGISLATIVE ACTION FOR REMAINDER OF CONGRESSIONAL SESSION
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON VOTE IN SENATE ON EXCISE TAX BILL; FEDERAL DEBT CEILING BILL; SENATE AGREEMENT TO HOUSE AMENDMENTS TO MASS TRANSIT BILL; CHARLES HALLECK AND HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON POVERTY BILL, FOREIGN AID BILL, HAMER BUDGE APPOINTMENT
  • 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
  • ACTION ON BILL SUSPENDING FCC EQUAL TIME RULE TO ALLOW PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES; ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS, ARA BILLS; SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR CANDIDATES; CHARLES ENGELHARD; ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO WESTERN
  • FURTHER DISCUSSION OF PRESS LEAKS; JOHN CONNOR AS COMMERCE SECRETARY; CONNOR'S ACTIONS TO ENCOURAGE COMPANIES (TO CURB INVESTMENTS ABROAD?); HAROLD WILSON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO US; UK BUDGET; UK CRITICISM OF US SOUTHEAST ASIA AND VIETNAM POLICY
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES JONES ON ACTION IN HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE ON THE APPALACHIA BILL, ADVISES HIM TO GET A RULE ON THE BILL AS SOON AS POSSIBLE; JONES COMMENDS JOHN SWEENEY FOR HIS WORK ON THE BILL
  • SIZE OF FEDERAL BUDGET, DEFICIT AND POSSIBLE NEED FOR MONETARY ACTION, POSTPONEMENT OF EXCISE TAX REDUCTION; COST OF GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS, VIETNAM WAR; TAX REVENUE ESTIMATES; NEED TO WORK WITH WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN ON INTEREST RATES; MEETING
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO GET WILLIS ROBERTSON TO REPORT UNNAMED BILL (PARTICIPATION SALES BILL?) FROM SENATE COMMITTEE; HOWARD SMITH'S LACK OF ACTION ON HOUSE BILL; MORTGAGE BANKERS' OPPOSITION; ROBERTSON'S PRESS STATEMENT; NEED TO PASS BILL THIS WEEK
  • MANSFIELD REPORTS THAT WILLIS ROBERTSON'S COMMITTEE HAS REPORTED OUT "ASSETS BILL" (PARTICIPATION SALES BILL?) AND THAT SENATE WILL NOT WAIT FOR ACTION ON HOUSE BILL BUT WILL TAKE UP SENATE BILL NEXT WEEK; LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR HIS HELP
  • POSSIBLE VETO OF MILITARY, CIVILIAN PAY BILLS; APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; RUSSELL SUGGESTS LBJ IMPOUND FUNDS; IMPACTED AREAS SCHOOL AID; SCHOOL LUNCH PROGRAM; REA; INFLATION; COMMUNITY ACTION; MIDTERM ELECTIONS; DROP IN LBJ'S APPROVAL RATING; JOB CORPS
  • LBJ THANKS COWLES FOR LETTER PROPOSING INCOME TAX SURTAX, DISCUSSES ECONOMIC SITUATION, FEDERAL BUDGET, DIFFICULTY IN ENACTING TAX BILL, RECENT VIETNAM MILITARY ACTIONS; COWLES ASKS IF MORE TROOPS WILL BE SENT TO VIETNAM AND IF US WILL SUPPORT UK
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN; LACK OF SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ACTION ON TAX BILL; TESTIMONY ON TELEPHONE EXCISE TAXES; JOHN WILLIAMS' PROVISION PROHIBITING TAX DEDUCTION FOR ADS IN POLITICAL PROGRAMS; VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS; APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW BRIMMER
  • ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; LBJ THANKS DOUGLAS FOR HIS ACTION YESTERDAY (ON TAX BILL?), DISCUSSES FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY OF RECENT BILLS; GEORGE MEANY'S SUGGESTION ON TIMING, RATE OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES IN PENDING BILL; EFFECT OF BILL ON ELECTIONS
  • 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
  • MANSFIELD'S TALK WITH UNNAMED MAN ABOUT STATE OR JUSTICE DEPT APPOINTMENT; LBJ ASKS FOR SENATE ACTION ON BANKING BILL, DISCUSSES SALE OF FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK BOARD DEBENTURES; OTHER CANDIDATES FOR JOBS; SOL LINOWITZ; GALE MCGEE'S VOTE ON UNNAMED
  • O'BRIEN'S TALK WITH WILBUR MILLS ON NOT ALLOWING EXEMPTIONS TO INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION; POSSIBLE EXCLUSION ON ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION FOR HOUSING INDUSTRY; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT BUSINESS, FEDERAL OFFICIALS; TIMING OF ACTION ON BILL; GARDNER
  • DIRKSEN DISCUSSES SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE ACTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL, ASKS LBJ'S VIEWS ON MATTER; LBJ DISCUSSES STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS, CONCERNS ABOUT ROBERT GRIFFIN'S RESOLUTION, PREFERENCE FOR WAYNE MORSE'S; LEGALITY CONCERNS ABOUT GRIFFIN PLAN