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  • LBJ THANKS BAILEY FOR HIS SERVICE TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAYS HE IS DISTRESSED ABOUT BAILEY'S RESIGNATION AS DNC CHAIRMAN; LARRY O'BRIEN'S APPOINTMENT AS NEW DNC CHAIRMAN, HHH'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER; PRESS REPORTS OF DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT CONVENTION
  • DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATING TACTICS AT VIETNAM PEACE TALKS IN PARIS; LBJ ASKS FOR NEW PROPOSALS; PEACE EFFORTS BY POPE PAUL, GOVT OF NORWAY; LBJ SUGGESTS MEETING WITH ADVISERS AT CAMP DAVID TO PROBE FOR IDEAS FOR PROPOSALS
  • "TO MARY RATHER"; "WM. S. WHITE FROM NEW ORLEANS" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • LBJ REVIEWS HIS TALK WITH HHH ABOUT HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON POSSIBLE BOMBING HALT AND CONDITIONS ENEMY MUST MEET TO CONTINUE SUCH A HALT; LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PEACE TALKS; REPORTS OF INCREASED SOUTH VIETNAMESE
  • tasks of the Presidency make a long day's work, and that must come first. These last two days on the train and the stops we have made have given me a chance to look at the South from a new perspective. I am refreshed by what I have seen. The South
  • FOR REL&ASE A.T 6 PoMo Friday, October 91 1964 SP£ECR rrr ?tlS . LINDOW JOHNSON At depot in New lrleans PRito;NDSi What a wandertul, fabulous way to end four unforgettable d~o And, I see you have brou!?ht to the depot just the person I wanted
  • Press release, "Speech by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at Depot in New Orleans, 10/9/1964"
  • ask a question or two while I've got you. What did you think about New Hampshire? DALEY: Well I think it was a warning to us. I don't think it is going to let anyone phoh-phoh it or - you know - it's something that no one expected to happen
  • WATSON TELLS DALEY THAT LBJ IS IN A MEETING AND WILL CALL DALEY BACK LATER, THEN ASKS DALEY'S VIEWS OF OUTCOME OF NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATIC PRIMARY AND RUMORS THAT RFK WILL ENTER PRESIDENTIAL RACE; DALEY SAYS THAT IS WHAT HE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT
  • DRAFT OF POVERTY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, NEED TO CONSULT HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, PHIL LANDRUM SPONSORING POVERTY BILL; WH SPEECHWRITERS; NEWSWEEK STORY ON RFK, NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP; PAUL CORBIN; WH PRESS LEAKS
  • NEW YORK, ILLINOIS POVERTY BILL VOTES; CHARGE OF UNDUE WH INFLUENCE; LBJ'S COLD; GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT; CONCERNS ABOUT POLITICAL EFFECT OF POVERTY PROGRAM; LIFE MAGAZINE ARTICLES; RFK; ROPER POLL; WHITE BACKLASH; REPUBLICAN BACKLASH; SYRACUSE
  • MARIE FEHMER ATTENDING CHURCH TOMORROW; POLLS; JENKINS REPORTS ON CALLS; CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES; NEW MEXICO; MARY LASKER, SWEARING-IN OF KENNEDY CENTER TRUSTEES; RFK'S REQUEST FOR LBJ'S HELP; DNC; MCNAMARA PRESS APPEARANCES; GOLDWATER AND JOHN BIRCH
  • MOYERS GIVES LBJ REPORT ON ELECTION RETURNS, HEAVY TURNOUT; POLLSTER'S ANALYSES OF RETURNS; KANSAS; NEW YORK; RFK SENATE RACE; GEORGIA; HEAVY NEGRO TURNOUT IN SOUTH; RETURNS IN REPUBLICAN SAN ANTONIO PRECINCT; MOYERS' VISIT WITH WALTER JENKINS
  • LBJ, RFK AND KEN O'DONNELL? DISCUSS CAMPAIGN FINANCES, FINANCING OF RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN; DISCUSSION OF CAMPAIGN APPEARANCES, CONGRESSIONAL RACES, CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING; ROBERTS TELLS LBJ THAT DICK NELSON HAS BROUGHT POLLS; LBJ READS POLLS
  • RECORDING OF THIS CALL INTERRUPTS RECORDING OF REF #8821; SHRIVER ON HOLD 0:50; SHRIVER ASKS ROBERTS IF HE CAN GIVE LBJ GOOD NEWS; BOOZER? TELLS UNIDENTIFIED MALE THAT SHRIVER WANTS TO SPEAK WITH LBJ
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION AT TIMES TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • FUND-RAISING TO PAY OFF DNC DEBT; RFK'S CLAIM FOR PART OF MONEY RAISED IN NEW YORK; LBJ'S NEGATIVE VIEWS OF DNC; PRESS STORIES THAT PRESIDENT'S CLUB INFLUENCES DOJ ACTION IN ANTITRUST CASES; ANHEUSER-BUSCH CASE; GANGS AND CHICAGO RIOTS; MLK; THOMAS
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH RFK ABOUT RFK'S FUTURE, VIETNAM COMMISSION; LBJ SUGGESTS RFK MEET WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON VIETNAM; RFK'S CRITICISM OF LACK OF SPENDING ON CITIES, KERNER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH EDWARD
  • CLIFFORD REPORTS ON CALL FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY ABOUT RFK, VIETNAM, BUNDY'S OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO LBJ; JOHN LINDSAY'S CALL FOR WAR RESISTANCE; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH; NEED FOR NEW PEACE PLAN BALANCED WITH MILITARY EFFORT; PERCEPTION OF LBJ AS WAR
  • LBJ DISCUSSES DIFFICULTY GETTING APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEMONSTRATION CITIES IN NEW CONGRESS; DALEY SUGGESTS MONEY BE SPENT ON PROJECTS, NOT PLANNING; MLK'S TESTIMONY AT RIBICOFF HEARINGS; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET, DEFICIT, US ECONOMY; LBJ'S
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO CONTINUE BOMBING NORTH VIETNAM, POSSIBLE NEW ENEMY OFFENSIVE, CANDIDATE HHH'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT EFFECT OF PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN ON VIETNAM; RICHARD HUGHES' CONCERNS ABOUT VIETNAM; SOVIET PRESSURE ON VIETNAM
  • 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
  • LBJ CONTINUES READING SPEECH FOR AL SMITH DINNER; CLIFFORD PRAISES SPEECH, URGES LBJ TO ATTEND DINNER; RUSSELL LONG'S INTEREST IN MAKING FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; NEW GALLUP POLL FAVORABLE TO HHH; LBJ'S RESERVATIONS ABOUT
  • . But -- because this is the beginning of a four - day trip that will take me down the railroad track 1, 682 miles to New Orleans, I would like to tell you some of the reasons 1 am going. For me , this trip has been a source of both anxiety and anticipation
  • and a beacon of the new South. A while back the President asked me to make a tour of Appalachia, the Southern highlands. There once again, as in the dimly remembered days of the depression, I heard the cries of hungry babies. I sat down with women who couldn't
  • .. -...;.:· . ·-· This is the President's telephone call from Governor Nelson Rockef. eller in New York at 9:35pn , June 1, 1968. B. • AU. he•ldeat. tlUa la Mela-. Saf• l cloa1 l lmow ..... ~er lt wnld be coa'NILl•a& witll ,_. tau I waa& te M '"''"' lnllll fl'oa mr poba& ol view •• I
  • the Chester blacksmith who came out to inspect the first locomotive to come here and then announced he'd seen everythin g and was ready to die. I've seen a lot, but 1 want to go on seeing more. I am enjoying seeing the prog ressive new South. Especially, I
  • on Wall Street. Actually the iron pattern ot the new Republican party was set by the solid men many years ago. Stassen contorming, they hase commended the br ight lad to the Republicans as safe and .sound. Contrast this w1 th Truman and his silly wooiD
  • state legislators see the new opportunities in education and vote their needed support. For all these reasons the President is proud of you and I came here to say to you that to this democratic President and his wife, the South is a respected, valued
  • t he olcl a nd the new South are so vividly joine d . I understand Ahoskie began as a railr oad town and I was advised the best thing I could do fo r it was to bring in a trainload of passengers . I've done my best. I ' m so rry we can 't stay long
  • Newspapers, Inc. 6 East 92nd Street New York 28, New York Dear M.r. Karsh: Senator Pepper left by train yesterday to attend the Sheriff's Convention in Florida, and did not get an OPPortunity to see your letter. He was uncertain as to the time of his return
  • to Kefauver in New Hampshire. I also agree with this course, generally. I have this doubt. In 1958, you had to go to the UN, et al, to keep the world from regarding Eisenhower as a lame-duck, impotent President. I think it possible that making yourself
  • lutr.dou. He ta tile odae• way U yn want Mm lO be. B • J p11 I haY•n't knowa that. l dllak lal1hly of him. Some of the people ta New York • J he doen•t P"· He It.ten• polltelr, bat doe1a•t 1lve. A - That la tru becau•• he could llOI • J aaftldnl to tbem
  • income of only $186 a y ear to this new time in which Georgia 1s per capita income exceeds $1800. Just since 1960, it has gone up $255 and that 's $ 23 more than the national average. I think 1 can speak truly and proudly of the advances in the economy
  • on Georgia for bats made of Georg ia hardwood. Savannah itself is typical of the American melting pot. It grew from the English under Ogl ethorpe, Salzbugers under Baron von Reck, a colony of wealthy and cultivated Jews, a body of New England Puritans, French
  • and women home to the towns and cities of this state with a new thrust of ideas. We hope that you will put into the business and political community of Florida and your zest and intelligence. Surely a nation and a state which masters all the intricacies
  • asked him to re-examine I have had him working on this =-- he came up with this idea: that in the Zl to 30 year old bracket, you have got 48% for Kennedy. Then I had him get another by re-examining his own polls and gettingDe1K new on~about