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- obvious that Johnson had told him he wanted it approved. But Daley was an exception. Mayor Wagner in New York would sometimes talk to the President, but more often with Vice President Humphrey. Or Paul Screvane would talk to Humphrey. But only Chicago
- ; outreach to encourage grant submission; congressmen, such as Carl Perkins and Adam Clayton Powell, getting involved in grant applications; mayors' involvement in CAP; problems with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley; White House involvement in CAP
- accessible and other times when he was at work on some new strategy when he was not so accessible. Generally, when I saw him--and I never had to see him with any kind of daily urgency--I would submit a request through George Reedy or through Bill Moyers
- for ESEA; Morse-Green rivalry; the Quie amendment; Congressman Fino objects to busing; reorganizing HEW; Keppel, Mayor Daley, and the Chicago quarrel with HEW; Henry Loomis and the Voice of America press conference; Wilbur Cohen evaluated; the heart-cancer
- "IN CHICAGO
- HEINEMAN DECLINES APPOINTMENT (AS HEW SECRETARY) BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENTS TO NEW COMPANY; LBJ DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVES UNTIL HEINEMAN IS AVAILABLE; APPOINTMENT OF WILBUR COHEN AS ACTING SECRETARY; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MANAGEMENT STYLE AS PRESIDENT
- as well as any--we knew Ed I went to Chicago as Levi at the Universit y of Chicago. H: Who was the contact there? M: I can't recall. I guess Ed Levi had been on various task forces- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org
- the ranch country; Gwen Gibson of the New Y ork H erald Tribune; and M ary Packinham of the Chicago Tribune; and M u riel Dobbins of the B altim ore Sun, Karen K le in felter, the best thing that happene d to the Dallas N ew s in years; and Norm a Ekdahl
- "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
- WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
- ENVELOPE INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 9/9/1968; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL ON 9/6/1968; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND; TAISHOFF IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT
- TAISHOFF'S HEALTH; LBJ ASKS TAISHOFF'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO FCC, DISCUSSES CANDIDATES: JOSEPH BORKIN, JOHN CRISWELL, REX LEE; QUESTION OF LBJ FILLING VARIOUS VACANCIES, NOT NEW PRESIDENT; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
- formerly called services, su.c h as those for libraries and audiovisual aids. In addition, the new division included the program of grants-in-aid authorized the year before in Public Laws 815 and 87l;.--the program to help build nnd operate schools
- to the comm\lllity - - t aaching and e?lriching the lives of the people of all ages. . In visiting some of the claesroorns of the se three stateo, I will be glirnpsing classrooms in every state where we are attacldng old problerns in new ways
- Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh -----~---- DEPAR'n1ENT OF EALTH, EDUCATION AiID WELF ARE Was hing ton, D.C. . Inte rvie w of I FRANCIS KEPPEL . I I by John Sing erho ff New York City Jcl.y 18, 1968
Folder, "[Papers for] November 14, 1968 Special Cabinet Room Meeting," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3
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- playgrounds for our children and grandchildren. .. We are still losing thousands of acres daily to new suburbs and industries -- and once never r~claimed~ tl~ey are lost, they are almost In the next few years, we should double the size
- n io n h a l l , th e r e w a s a n o th e r new e x p e r i e n c e too. D avid u. M acD onald, in in tro d u c in g Lyndon, pled g ed t h a t "the Union s h a ll do a l l of the d o w n - t o - e a r t h w o r k that is p o s s ible,-t o e le c
- LBJ & Lady Bird 5-state tour; Lady Bird describes Chicago; stop at Cline High School, South Bend, IN; LBJ speech; stop at Peru, IN; LBJ speech & Lady Bird remarks at National Convention of League of Women Voters, Pittsburgh, PA; LBJ addresses United
- Chicago, Illinois
- i- ·t S0 t '.1 is po int . f·./ . ;-1 r• . · c· 0 U~ o· 0i:.r '~ ,J~ · (-- .o' ,_ ' ( i - a nd in -se rvice tra in i ng pro- by th is g 1·oup tha.t } g r am s focus on new r. ·1 ay~3 of organizing for 1ns ·truc·tion
Telephone conversation # 1620, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, 1/29/1964, 11:55AM
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- LBJ ASKS GALBRAITH TO COME TO WH TO DISCUSS ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS IN SETTING UP NEW POVERTY PROGRAM WITH EXISTING CABINET DEPTS; GALBRAITH DISCUSSES LESSONS LEARNED FROM FDR NEW DEAL PROGRAMS, PEACE CORPS; NEED FOR STRONG DIRECTOR LIKE SARGENT
- SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MEETING; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOUTH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; NEED FOR MODERATION, NOT RIOTS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO COOPERATE WITH GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, NEW JERSEY; IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
- SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MEETING; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOUTH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; NEED FOR MODERATION, NOT RIOTS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO COOPERATE WITH GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, NEW JERSEY; IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
- LBJ ASKS ABOUT EDWARD KENNEDY'S CONDITION, MENTIONS HIS RECENT MEETING WITH AVERELL HARRIMAN; DISCUSSION OF QUESTION OF RFK RUNNING FOR SENATE IN NEW YORK; SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION IN ST. HELENA PARISH, LOUISIANA
- RFK; CANDIDATES FOR CABINET APPOINTMENTS; "DON" (COOK) FOR TREASURY OR JUSTICE; TOM WATSON OR FRANK STANTON FOR HEW OR COMMERCE; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ABOUT WALTER JENKINS
- LBJ ASKS MEANY TO LOBBY JENNINGS RANDOLPH, RALPH YARBOROUGH, LISTER HILL FOR SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF HOUSE EDUCATION BILL WITHOUT AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO AVOID NEED TO GET NEW HOUSE RULE; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S AMENDMENT TO CHANGE FUNDS' ALLOCATION
- LBJ PRAISES COHEN, DISCUSSES APPOINTING HIM UNDERSECRETARY OF HEW; REPLACEMENT FOR COHEN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY; NEED FOR BETTER ADMINISTRATION AT HEW BECAUSE OF ENACTMENT OF NEW PROGRAMS; HENRY LOOMIS; IVAN NESTINGEN; PAT MCNAMARA'S CONFLICTS
Telephone conversation # 7323, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/7/1965, 9:17AM
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- JOE RAUH'S CANDIDATE FOR WASHINGTON, DC COURT; NEED FOR MERIT APPOINTMENTS, APPOINTEES FROM CALIFORNIA, EXCELLENCE IN JUSTICE DEPT; VOTING RIGHTS BILL, INCLUSION OF NEW YORK PUERTO RICANS; POLL TAX AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION; LBJ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
- "SUMMARIZED"; "NEW YORK CITY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
- RIBICOFF PRAISES LBJ; LBJ ASKS RIBICOFF TO HELP JOHN GARDNER; RIBICOFF DISCUSSES NEED TO REORGANIZE FEDERAL GOVT IN LIGHT OF NEW PROGRAMS, COMPLAINS ABOUT CONFUSION IN POVERTY PROGRAM; LBJ SUGGESTS RIBICOFF MEET WITH SARGENT SHRIVER OR CHARLES
- LBJ ASKS PAUL DOUGLAS' ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SCHUMAN TO TELL DOUGLAS THAT PLANS WILL PROCEED FOR NEW VA FACILITIES FOR HINES, ILLINOIS TO BE OPERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL; LBJ PRAISES DOUGLAS' WORK ON VETERANS
- DAVID BRESS' CONFIRMATION; POSSIBLE PUBLIC WORKS BILL VETO; EDMUND MUSKIE'S VIEWS, NEW ENGLAND PROJECT; HOUSE VOTE ON TEACHER CORPS; FULBRIGHT AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; POSSIBLE VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA ON LBJ'S HEALTH; CIVILIAN PAY
Telephone conversation # 8326, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/9/1965, 2:00PM
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- ANNOUNCING APPOINTMENT OF CONSTANCE MOTLEY TO COURT OF APPEALS WITHOUT LEAKING APPOINTMENT OF THURGOOD MARSHALL; APPOINTMENTS OF ANTHONY CELEBREZZE TO CIRCUIT COURT AND OF NEW HEW SECRETARY; LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO PREPARE STATEMENT ON VOTING RIGHTS
- MCNAMARA DISCUSSES IMPACT OF VIETNAM SPENDING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, GREAT SOCIETY; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED DEFICIT, LACK OF LIBERAL SUPPORT FOR NEW PROGRAMS, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, ECONOMY AND UPCOMING
- LBJ DISCUSSES ANNOUNCEMENT OF DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, NEED TO EMPHASIZE HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES, YOUTH AND CREATION OF JOBS FOR NEW WORKERS; CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATION; NEED FOR MORE VOCATIONAL TRAINING; POSSIBILITY OF HIRING WOMEN, RETIREES
- JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON CIA IN INDIA; DISCUSSION OF NEWS PROGRAMMING ON EDUCATIONAL TV, POSSIBLE COMPETITION WITH NETWORK TV, USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ALLEGEDLY SLANTED COVERAGE; MILTON EISENHOWER AS HEAD OF PUBLIC TV
- FEDERAL BUDGET; REORGANIZING POVERTY PROGRAM; EFFECT OF RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; LBJ READS LIST OF REPUBLICAN VOTES ON PAST DOMESTIC LEGISLATION; FUNDING FOR NEW AND EXISTING DOMESTIC PROGRAMS; PROPORTION OF PRESIDENT'S PARTY IN CONGRESS
- NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; PEARSON'S PROMISE TO LECTURE AT UT; PALESTINIAN ATTACK ON EL AL AIRCRAFT, ISRAELI RESPONSE; PHANTOM JET SALE; COMMUNIST TENDENCY TO CREATE CRISES DURING US ELECTIONS, TRANSITIONS; APOLLO 8; PUEBLO; US ACCOMPLISHMENTS; LBJ'S
- because we have not learned proper evaluation techniques, nor do we have personnel trained to do the evaluation job. Henceforth, with our new techniques and with our newly trained personnel, we have the resources to evaluate our programs. Therefore
- MIXUP IN SCHEDULING MEETING WITH LBJ; LEVI ESHKOL VISIT, ORTHODOX JEWISH SCHOOLS IN ISRAEL; FLORIDA POLL; DREW O'KEEFE AS POSSIBLE NEW IRS COMMISSIONER; CLOTURE VOTE ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION, VIOLENCE IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
Telephone conversation # 9193, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 11/29/1965, 9:35AM
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- FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH LONG, BUSINESSMEN IN NEW ORLEANS; LBJ TELLS LONG OF HIS MEETING WITH ALBERT GORE ON GORE'S CONCERNS ABOUT LONG SERVING AS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MAJORITY WHIP; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN AND INTEREST RATES; INCREASED FEDERAL BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 10128, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 5/18/1966, 10:23PM
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- RELEASE OF FEDERAL REVENUE ESTIMATES, EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; POSSIBLE VETOES OF FEDERAL PAY INCREASE, HEW BILLS; SENATORS WHO WILL SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION CUTS IN HEW BILL; NEW IRS WITHHOLDING RULES; FEDERAL REVENUE FIGURES; FEDERAL DEBT
- ■I' 1965 T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th . W as lik e a cam p aign d ay. I had w anted to spend at le a s t one day s e e in g PR O JEC T HEADSTART in o p era tio n . We ch o se New J e r s e y b e c a u s e it w as c lo s e and I could s e
- New Jersey
- Lady Bird visits Project Head Start in Newark and Lambertville, New Jersey; airplane filled with press; press conference in the classroom; Lady Bird to Governor's mansion; Lady Bird makes speech in Morven; Lady Bird is interviewed on plane by Los
- New Jersey
- g day going over the p lan s for the new ; ' ad d ition feg -tha fine tooth com b - - d ecid ing m y bedroom w indow s on the ■ n o rth m u st sin k further for v iew and pr o p o r tio n , ■ although I’d g iv e up another ’ b o o k sh e lf
- Lady Bird is spending nights in each room at LBJ Ranch "to test them;" guests arrive via plane; discussions about new addition to house and rearranging the house; lunch; continue discussions; interview with Daniel Green of the "National Observer
- for two major new directions in Federal edu cation pr ograms. ·o ne of these directions can be sugge sted by the word "consolidation "-· some kind of pi.:lling together of existing programs so that th ey relate better to each other; so that t hey have
- a lly , attack on the m a s s iv e problem b e fo r e her,-. We had a rranged to m e e t he r in New Y o rk , we liked her; I«d asked her to come down and be our speaker fo r this luncheon. • 9' F ro m the Cabinet,/! had M a rg ie M cN a m a ra , because
- en t. And a s the New Y ork T im e s sa id , . "The golden w h ite sp len d or of C arn egie H all sounded m o re lik e a Union h a ll. ''^,^ . / "^ u n io n s. \ the au d ien ce of th e 50 yea r or so stru g g le of the la b o r ; ^ - ; L
- New York
- LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; coffee with houseguests; Lady Bird to New York City to Carnegie Hall for Stokowski concert for International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; article about event in New York Times; David Dubinsky & Louis Stulberg give
- New York City