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  • ALBERT REPORTS ON SCHEDULING VOTES ON FOREIGN AID, CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS, RULES COMMITTEE VOTES; DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR SIGNING CEREMONY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; ALBERT REPORTS ON DEBATE, REPUBLICAN VOTES ON FOREIGN AID BILL; OTTO PASSMAN
  • EDWARD KENNEDY, AIRPLANE ACCIDENT; ABE FORTAS; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS, LBJ RANCH; SENATE COMMITTEE ACTION ON FEDERAL PAY? BILL; HOUSE ACTION ON FOREIGN AID? BILL; WILLIAM NATCHER; OTTO PASSMAN; CROWDS GREETING LBJ IN CALIFORNIA
  • O'BRIEN GIVES PESSIMISTIC REPORT ON MEDICARE BILL IN HOUSE COMMITTEE; WILBUR MILLS; STRATEGIES FOR PASSING HOUSE SOCIAL SECURITY BILL, SENATE MEDICARE BILL; AMA, LABOR INFLUENCE; REQUEST BY GEORGE MAHON THAT LBJ CALL WILLIAM NATCHER ON FOREIGN AID
  • DILLON REPORTS ON HIS TESTIMONY TO SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT; HEAD COUNT ON EXCISE TAX BILL, POSITION OF HARRY BYRD, SR.
  • DILLON REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH RUSSELL LONG ABOUT SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE HEAD COUNT ON EXCISE TAX BILL, SUGGESTS THAT LBJ TALK TO VANCE HARTKE TO SECURE HIS VOTE; LOSS OF PAUL DOUGLAS' VOTE
  • MCNAMARA SUGGESTS CREIGHTON ABRAMS, HAROLD JOHNSON AS POSSIBLE ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF; RECOMMENDATIONS BY EARLE WHEELER; VIETNAM; MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS RECONNAISSANCE MISSION OVER LAOS; LBJ MENTIONS FIGHT ON FOREIGN AID BILL IN APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT FOR FEDERAL JUDGESHIP IN ARKANSAS; OREN HARRIS AS POSSIBLE CANDIDATE; MCCLELLAN SAYS REORGANIZATION BILL HAS BEEN REPORTED OUT OF HIS SENATE COMMITTEE
  • 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
  • ALBERT REPORTS EFFORTS TO CONTACT JUDGE HOWARD SMITH TO SCHEDULE HEARINGS ON POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
  • DISCUSSION OF TIP O'NEILL'S SCHEDULED DEPARTURE FROM WASHINGTON, DC NEXT WEEK EVEN IF RULES COMMITTEE HAS NOT COMPLETED ACTION ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST
  • IDA VOTE; POVERTY BILL; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ISSUE; LBJ'S NYA WORK WITH CATHOLICS; LBJ WANTS COMPROMISE LANGUAGE IN REPORT, NOT BILL; CLOSING DEFENSE FACILITIES; HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON FEDERAL PAY BILL; RESIGNATIONS OF FEDERAL
  • LBJ'S MEETING LAST NIGHT WITH HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE; NEED FOR ECONOMIC, MILITARY BUDGET SUPPLEMENTALS FOR VIETNAM; MEDICINE FOR CUBA; POSSIBLE LBJ RECORDING FOR JFK LIBRARY; RAID OF CUBA; AID TO LAOS, BURMA, CAMBODIA, INDONESIA; LBJ'S
  • ADJOURNMENT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POVERTY BILL; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HUGH CAREY; NEA CONCERN THAT AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WILL UNDERMINE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; JOKES FOR UPCOMING LBJ SPEECHES; BOB HOPE
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS HIS CONVERSATION WITH WILBUR MILLS ON HOUSE COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION OF MEDICARE BILL; BLUE CROSS; WILBUR COHEN; SOCIAL SECURITY; QUESTION OF IRREVOCABLE ELECTION OF CASH OR MEDICARE BENEFITS BY RETIREES; LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT
  • SHRIVER REPORTS STATUS OF POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE; ABSENTEEISM IN HOUSE EDUCATION AND LABOR COMMITTEE; WASHINGTON STAR COLUMN ON POVERTY BILL, SUPPORT IN BUSINESS COMMUNITY; JAMES ROOSEVELT; CARL PERKINS; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; PHIL LANDRUM
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE SMATHERS ON INTEREST EQUALIZATION TAX BILL, EVERETT DIRKSEN'S DESIRE TO AMEND BILL; DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR RULE FROM HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, HOWARD SMITH IF SENATE AMENDS BILL; O'BRIEN TO CALL JOHN
  • LBJ READS HIS NOTE URGING HOUSE TO INVOKE 7-DAY RULE TO BRING POVERTY BILL OUT OF RULES COMMITTEE, READS MEMO ON INTEREST EQUALIZATION TAX BILL, DISCUSSES SENATE POVERTY BILL, OTHER BILLS; LBJ PRAISES O'BRIEN, OFFERS TO HOST WH PARTY FOR O'BRIEN'S
  • LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN ABOUT REPORT FROM CARL ALBERT THAT TIP O'NEILL WILL LEAVE WASHINGTON, DC BEFORE IMPORTANT VOTE IN RULES COMMITTEE ON POVERTY BILL, SAYS KARL MUNDT WILL VOTE FOR CLOTURE ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; O'BRIEN MENTIONS REPORT BY STEELWORKERS
  • DISCUSSION OF CURRENT HEAD COUNT ON MASS TRANSIT BILL; PAT MCNAMARA HAS SCHEDULED SENATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON POVERTY BILL; TIP O'NEILL, HOUSE RULE FOR POVERTY BILL
  • NEED FOR CUT IN FOREIGN AID SO OTTO PASSMAN CAN SAVE FACE; LBJ REVIEWS WORLD AFFAIRS, VALUE OF FOREIGN AID, PASSMAN'S ROLE; GERALD FORD; BUSINESS COUNCIL; LBJ TO MEET WITH HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE; PROPOSAL BY JAMIE WHITTEN FOR CONTINGENCY AID
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES MCCORMACK ON VOTE FOR MASS TRANSIT BILL IN HOUSE, GIVES MCCORMACK REPORT ON SARGENT SHRIVER AND HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON POVERTY BILL
  • LBJ GIVES MCCORMACK REPORT ON SARGENT SHRIVER, HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON POVERTY BILL; JUDGE HOWARD SMITH; CHARLES HALLECK; PHIL LANDRUM; LBJ'S TRIP TO MICHIGAN AND MINNESOTA
  • 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
  • CELLER RECOMMENDS LEONARD APPEL FOR MARITIME COMMISSION APPOINTMENT; CELLER'S TRIP TO GENEVA REPRESENTING US ON INTERGOVERNMENTAL COMMITTEE ON EUROPEAN MIGRATION; MICHAEL FEIGHAN'S OPPOSITION TO IMMIGRATION BILL
  • MCCORMACK REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH ADAM CLAYTON POWELL ON POVERTY BILL; PUCINSKI REPORTS ON PROGRESS ON POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE COMMITTEE; HUGH CAREY AMENDMENT; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ISSUE
  • TRANSPORTATION BILL DEFEATED IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL OPPOSED BILL; MASSACHUSETTS NAVY YARD CLOSING, UNEMPLOYMENT; MEETING WITH RFK, HHH, MIKE MANSFIELD ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT, SENATE CLOTURE, EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL; CLOSURE OF MASSACHUSETTS NAVY YARD; IMPACT ON RAILROADS; PRESS STORIES ON DEFEAT OF BILL
  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; JOHN YOUNG; TIP O'NEILL, HALE BOGGS; RAILROAD, TRUCKING VERSUS PORT INTERESTS; POSSIBILITY OF PASSING NEW BILL; CLOSING OF WATERTOWN, SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS DEFENSE FACILITIES; ROBERT
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON SENATE FEDERAL PAY BILL HEARINGS, MEETING WITH JOHN MCCORMACK ON PAY BILL IN HOUSE; KENNETH KEATING; WILLIAM DOHERTY; INACCURATE HEAD COUNTS; JOHN YOUNG; DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, DIFFICULTY PASSING
  • LBJ WORRIES ABOUT DELAYS ON POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE; HOWARD SMITH'S OPPOSITION TO YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES SECTION OF POVERTY BILL; PHIL LANDRUM; SENATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON BILL; TIMING OF POVERTY BILL, CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE; LISTER HILL
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO INVESTIGATE DECISION TO REFIT USS ALBEMARLE AS HELICOPTER ESCORT FOR VIETNAM USING PRIVATE YARD INSTEAD OF CHARLESTON NAVY YARD; POSSIBILITY THAT FUTURE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN MENDEL RIVERS WILL VOTE FOR POVERTY
  • DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED COMPROMISE LANGUAGE ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL PENDING IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE; NEGOTIATIONS WITH CONGRESS, CATTLE INDUSTRY, IMPORTING COUNTRIES; FORMAL VERSUS INFORMAL VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS; PRESS HANDLING OF ISSUE; CARL
  • JOHNSTON REPORTS THAT FEDERAL PAY BILL HAS BEEN REPORTED OUT OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE, INCLUDING 60 POSITIONS FOR LBJ TO FILL, SENATE PROVISION ON CABINET SALARIES, COMPROMISE ON JUDICIAL SALARIES, INCREASED FUNDING FOR STAFFS OF FORMER PRESIDENTS
  • ADMINISTRATION POLICY ON GIVING BUDGET ESTIMATE INFORMATION TO CONGRESSIONAL APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES; SPESSARD HOLLAND'S REQUEST FOR USDA BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR COTTON RESEARCH; HEW REQUEST FOR HILL-BURTON APPROPRIATION FOR COMMUNITY HOSPITALS
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON MEETING WITH ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, GEORGE SMATHERS, RUSSELL LONG, MIKE MANSFIELD, HHH ON MEDICARE BILL, MEETING WITH ANDREW BIEMILLER; POVERTY BILL, PLANNED SPEECH BY GOLDWATER, HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ACTION, FARM GRANT IN SENATE
  • FREEMAN PRAISES CABINET MEETING YESTERDAY, REPORTS ON STATUS OF FOOD STAMP BILL IN HOUSE AGRICULTURE, RULES COMMITTEES; DISCUSSION OF WILBUR MILLS, STRATEGY FOR HANDLING MEAT IMPORT BILL IN HOUSE; FREEMAN'S SPEECH ON INCREASE IN AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO GET VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; RULES COMMITTEE VOTE TO SEND IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL TO CONFERENCE; RETURN OF TENNESSEE DELEGATION FOR POVERTY BILL VOTE; LABOR'S LOBBYING EFFORTS; O'BRIEN PRAISES LBJ'S STATEMENT ON TONKIN
  • LBJ ASKS SMATHERS ABOUT ACTION TODAY IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON MEDICARE PROVISIONS OF SOCIAL SECURITY BILL; SMATHERS TELLS LBJ HE WILL MAKE INQUIRIES AND CALL LBJ BACK