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  • RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; OPPOSITION TO RFK FROM REFORM MOVEMENT; WHITE BACKLASH AND LABOR OPPOSITION TO LBJ, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNSKILLED WORKERS; INFORMAL POLL OF NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS; REPORT BY JAMES PECK ON CALIFORNIA LABOR DEFECTIONS
  • WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE; FEAR THAT CIVIL RIGHTS WILL AFFECT JOBS, HOUSING; INFORMAL NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR GOLDWATER; PROPOSED TAXI FARE INCREASE IN NYC; LYNDA JOHNSON'S VISIT TO NYC, TV SPEECH
  • NEW IDEAS FROM JUSTICE DEPT FOR LBJ'S AGENDA FOR NEXT 4 YEARS; POSSIBLE USE OF CLOSED DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS FOR CONSERVATION, RECREATION; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT AUSTIN SLUM CLEARANCE PROJECT; DON REYNOLDS' CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "NEW YORK CITY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • LBJ ASKS WILKINS TO LOBBY FOR SENATE PASSAGE OF RENT SUBSIDY PROVISION OF HOUSING BILL; APPOINTMENT OF HUD, HEW SECRETARIES, UN AMBASSADOR, NEW YORK JUDGESHIPS; ROBERT WEAVER; BERL BERNHARD; JOHN GARDNER; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE BALL; RFK; CONSTANCE
  • 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
  • SCHULTZE DISCUSSES BILL TO BUY LAND IN AREAS UNDER CONSIDERATION FOR NEW NATIONAL PARKS TO PREVENT LAND SPECULATION; POSSIBLE VETO OF INSURANCE BILL; NEED TO HOLD DOWN FEDERAL EXPENDITURES UNTIL NOVEMBER; FNMA; EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
  • LBJ REPORTS ON CALL FROM NELSON ROCKEFELLER REQUESTING FEDERAL DISASTER AID FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY NYC TRANSIT STRIKE, TELLS WIRTZ TO CONTACT OEP, SMALL BUSINESS AND VETERANS ADMINISTRATIONS, CONGRESSMEN ABOUT POSSIBLE AID; NEW YORK STATE POLITICS
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • take. One thing _we have had going for us in our second century is · abundance. Nothing in the world's experience has matched Ainerica 1 s r .• . growth since the Civil War. Between. Appomatox and 1900, we hewed out of the wilderness enough new
  • and Frances L ew ine, whom I think are p ra ctica lly twins; M a rie Smith of the Post; Isabelle Shelton of the Star; Eleanor P o llock of the Philadelphia Bulletin; and Nan Robertson, who w rote such good color s to rie s in the New Y o rk T im es about
  • 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
  • for our new "special impact" economic development program; adds $40 billion for our community action programs; adds $35 million for a new day care program; adds $25 million for Small Business Loans; adds $3 billion for migrant programs; adds $2 million
  • in the past three years. Our goal is to assure that every man has a decent job at a decent wage. There is much :work ahead to fulfill this aimo The President looked to the three great domestic problems: Crime, Housing, and Training for new skills
  • then, the only p o s s ib le new a s p e c t o f the speech w a s som e s ta tis tic s on how our cou n try is turning into an urban s o c ie ty ; that the annual g ro w th o f the m a j o r c it ie s in this co u n try is 8% g r e a t e r than the gro w th
  • -Cleveland Hotel for speech at YWCA convention; Lady Bird refers to "War on Poverty"; reception for Cleveland women-doers; back to D.C. via car; dinner at a Howard Johnson's; LBJ to New York
  • r e and:ajcciBix a r c h i t e c t u r e . I ’ve h a r d l y w o r k e d a s h a r d on a s p e e c h a n d i t w a s the l o n g e s t one I th in k I‘v e e v e r d e l i v e r e d . I spoke of the new c o n s e r v a t i o n w h ich m e a n s f
  • e r too . And M a r i e - - a t l a s t L yndon is a c h ie v in g one of h i s a m b itio n s - - h e 's g e ttin g M a r i e tau g h t to sw im . And th e n B e r n i c e B u r g c a m e a n d gave m e a new h a i r - d o , and u n d e r the d r
  • s e s and word p i c t u r e s and l i t t l e m em ories f o r th e New York p a r ty th a n k y o u s. And th e n Bob Knudsen came i n and to o k a p i c t u r e o f L iz and B ess, and A shton and me a t work i n o u r f a m i l i a r h u d d le
  • they had so g e n e r o u sly fu rn ish ed for the W hite H o u s e --th e Afci»4«" p o rtr a it, the gift o f M r. H irsh h orn , a new Dune an . f e ch a ir . We had r e fr e sh m e n ts and I w as back u p sta ir s in about th ir ty -fiv e m in u tes
  • , oddly u n c e r t a i n a f t e r th a t b o u t w ith w h a t e v e r i t w a s in New Y o r k T u e s d a y m o rn in g . I a m not u s e d to b ein g s ic k , a n d it annoys and e m b a r r a s s e s m e. I l e f t a t n e a r l y 3:00, a n d w e n
  • on civil rights, unemployment, school drop-outs, rat eradication, housing, and police brutality in New York City; Lady Bird reads draft speech for Democratic Convention