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- equipment, does
not have seats.
It does, however, have handrails.
The test train will
depart Philadelphia
at 9:19 a.m.; travel to New Brunswick at normal
speed and make two high-speed test runs from New Brunswick back to
Trenton.
The train will stop twice
- Folder, "Volume I, Documentary Supplements, News Releases," Department of Transportation Administrative History, Box 3
- bis
Committee.
Senator McClellan told Alan Boyd and me that he will hold
the hearings himself on the Department
of Transportation
bill and will "expedite" the matter.
His first question
concerned what functions if any the new Department would
take from
- of S. 3010 as amended, is to centr~lize in one new
Cabinet-level department the responsibility for leadership in the
development, direction, and coordination of the principal transporta
tion policies, functionsJ .and operations of the Federal
-
to the· total
transportation
picture
in North
America
and to the role
of air transport.
- 3 What I will
--That
ask
of you
you be aware
of
--that
you be aware.of
new technology;
of
--and
that
your actions
today
is
quite
the
desires
- beset
the advantageous
are steps
for the new Depart
that can and should be
taken immediately:
1.
Maritime
I am today issuing
Labor Management
difficult
manning,
• - have hampered
the Secretary
program
order
Commission
to aid in resolving
- to the same effect could be included in
Section 3 either as a part of or as a new subsection following
Sub~ection (d), with the succeeding Subsections to be renum•
bered as required.
In either event, Section 8(1) should be
amended to insert the following
- .
Ervin
Non-coinm.ittal.
Gruening
Okay.
Muskie
Sounds pretty go6d, but warns that Scn~tors will bo conce1·ned ahout rol
of cc1·tain existing agencies such as FA.A, after trans!e1· to new Dopt,.2/:
All the way with us
I
•Ribicoff
Harris
Open mind
- "LBJ RANCH"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 3:41P
- LBJ REVIEWS HIS ACTIVITIES FOR PRESS BRIEFING; POSSIBLE PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW; PRESS STORIES ABOUT SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL SESSION; RUMORS THAT HAROLD WILSON HAS REQUESTED MEETING WITH LBJ; INVITATION TO LBJ TO INAUGURATE NEW WHARF FOR PORT
- "CAB"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
- LBJ PRAISES MURPHY, ASKS HIM TO ENCOURAGE US AIRLINES TO PROMOTE US TRAVEL BY US CITIZENS, FOREIGNERS; ADVERSE IMPACT OF FOREIGN TRAVEL ON BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; PROPOSED UK CHARTER SERVICE TO US; NEED TO INCREASE US CHARTER FLIGHTS, DEVISE NEW TRAVEL
- shall
be renumbered and a new Section~
inserted
as follows,
"THE'tNATIONAL
OFFICEOF TRANSPORTATION
SERVICE"
"Section 5(a).
There is hereby established
within the Department a
\
N3tional Office of Transportation
Service at the head of'cy'hich shall
-
contractors
an active
areas
counties.,
rate
all
and Philadelphia.
worked in cooperation
2) a low employment
cities.
the Order by bringing
supervision
target
that
-
San Francisco.,
The Cleveland
access
major
maintain
special
of Labor
- DCT and
of the
Part
is
the
Development
the
of New Conununi ties
Federal
response
Act· of 1968.
New Cornmuni ties
provides
for
developers
a revolving
fund
Act necessitates
the
cooperation
ments,
the
Department
18,· 1968
- SLIP LISTS CALL AS 7/29/66, 4:03P; CONTEXT OF CALL INDICATES CALL IS IN AFTERNOON OF 7/28/66; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALLS WITH CALIFANO IN MANSION AT 3:30P, 5:05P, 5:25P, 5:42P, 6:12P; CONTEXT INDICATES CALL IS PROBABLY AT 3:30P
- CALIFANO RELAYS LATEST NEWS ON NEGOTIATIONS TO END AIRLINE STRIKE BY INTERNATIONAL ASSN OF MACHINISTS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT CARRIERS' UNHAPPINESS WITH LATEST OFFER; STATUS OF BILL TO END STRIKE IN SENATE COMMITTEE; RFK'S VIEWS; ECONOMIC
- . Equal opportunity
programs
f. Organization
for emergency preparedness
3. New administrative
elements
a. Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation
, b. Urban Mass Transit Administration
1.
B.
Programs of the Department of Transportation
1. Highway
- .
Faithfully yours.
/!2!/JI
Contents
Pog•
vii
Foreword---------------------------------------------··---··--------·Organization,Department of Transportation -----------------------------
Chapter I THE NEW DEPARTMENT
- this outline
could be prepared
very easily.
Therefore,
I patterned my draft
'more along the lines of the Budget outline, which contains a
number of new proposals.
I have also added a few proposals
of
my own.
If there is to be no Transportation
Message,
I would
- the key determinant of the leyel of consumer demand·for
transit
(and more important than price).
While th~ purchase of new
equipment through mass transit grants may help achieve service
·improvementsin these area~, it wilLnot do so automatically
-
considerably
Secretary
easier
in
to the new Depart
made the transition
than it might otherwise
have
been.
Besides
personnel
and personnel
from Mr. Boyd's Bureau at Commerce, functions
were transferred
to the Department
~Agency, Coast Guard
-
to say,
demands upon the Secretary's
would deal directly
active
Will
Guard Daily Morgan File) ..
newness and the importance
Administration,
and Management" and
and Under Secretary
the "heaviest
"external
documents,
was alsq
of Foreign
- in the co.i;r.itment or e.n 1~.ct-e~sing nu::iber of personnel tor this
pUX1)ose. Bo~"l 1:.w· e.nd :-:Ewhave created new offices
.,
intercover:l:lCntp.l
rclo.tions.
with responsibility
for
As DOT encoui·a.gos J:10rccOJnprchcnsiveti·3..""Ls-
porta:~io:i
- 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
- MCNAMARA'S VACATION PLANS; CYRUS VANCE; LBJ'S DESIRE TO GET NEW IDEAS IN GOVT, FOREIGN POLICY, STATE DEPT; PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH COMMUNIST CHINA; TOMMY CORCORAN'S PLANTING NEW DEAL MEN IN DEPTS; PRESS REPORT ON CAMBODIA
- MAGNUSON TELLS LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; MAGNUSON'S MEETING WITH PAUL HALL ABOUT HALL'S POSITION ON MARITIME ADMINSTRATION'S ROLE IN NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT; LBJ READS STATEMENT ON MARITIME ADVISORY COMMITTEE REPORT; ROLE OF NEW TRANSPORTATION SECRETARY
- "B.2"; "THANKING J.M ROACH, GENERAL MOTORS, FOR COOPERATION FROM HIM, HIS ASSOCIATES AND BOARD MEMBERS IN MATTER OF HOLDING DOWN PRICES ON NEW AUTOMOBILES"; "J.M. ROACH 9/26/68 4:40P" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS
- LBJ THANKS ROCHE AND HIS ASSOCIATES AT GM FOR HOLDING DOWN PRICES ON NEW AUTOMOBILES DURING CRITICAL TIME FOR US ECONOMY
- "B.4"; "THANKING HIM FOR COOPERATION FROM HIM, HIS ASSOCIATES AND BOARD MEMBERS IN MATTER OF HOLDING DOWN PRICES ON NEW AUTOMOBILES"; "HENRY FORD 9/26/68 4:50PM" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT
- LBJ THANKS FORD AND HIS ASSOCIATES AT FORD MOTOR COMPANY FOR HOLDING DOWN PRICES ON NEW AUTOMOBILES, PRAISES LEO BEEBE'S WORK ON FINDING JOBS FOR THE POOR
- DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, JOHN YOUNG'S VOTE; LBJ INSTRUCTS FELDMAN TO CALL OREN HARRIS, TRUCKING INTERESTS, ON NEW TRANSPORTATION BILL
- VALENTI DISCUSSES BIRCH BAYH'S CONTACTS WITH LITTON INDUSTRIES ABOUT THEIR TAKING OVER INDIANA STUDEBAKER FACILITY; GILPATRIC SAYS CONTRACT FOR ARMY TRUCKS WILL CONTINUE WITH LITTON; DISCUSSION OF NEW CONTRACT OUT FOR BID FOR MORE TRUCKS
- VALENTI DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH BIRCH BAYH ABOUT LITTON INDUSTRIES' POSSIBLE TAKEOVER OF INDIANA STUDEBAKER PLANT, RELAYS BAYH'S SUGGESTION THAT ARMY REVISE SPECIFICATIONS FOR NEW ARMY TRUCK; GILPATRIC SUGGESTS CYRUS VANCE CALL BAYH DIRECTLY
- CONSOLIDATING WH PHOTOGRAPHERS' LABS; YOICHI OKAMOTO; INDONESIA; SUKARNO; FOREIGN AID BILL; NAJEEB HALABY AND SST BOARD; EDWARD MURROW SUCCESSOR AT USIA; NEW SPEECHWRITERS; TED SORENSEN RESIGNATION; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER; JOHN B. MARTIN; ADAM
- DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL CONCERNS ABOUT REPUBLICANS COMBINING NEGATIVE PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR BY CONTINENTAL GRAIN AND LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION RESISTANCE; REPORTS OF SABOTAGE OF FIRST SHIPMENT; NEW YORK LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION
- PRESS STORY ON NEW YORK CENTRAL LABOR STRIKE; RAILROAD DISPUTE SETTLEMENT; CHARLES LUNA; LBJ'S MEETING WITH RAILROAD UNION LEADERS THIS MORNING
- PROPOSED DISCUSSION ON REDUCING AUTO PRICES WITH FREDERIC DONNER AT ERHARD DINNER; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS; US NEWS & WORLD REPORT INTERVIEW WITH HELLER; LABOR STATISTICS; TAX CUTS; APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR OKUN TO CEA; BUILDING TRADE UNIONS WAGE SETTLEMENTS
- WIRTZ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AT LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT RAILROAD NEGOTIATIONS, NEW YORK PLUMBERS UNION STRIKE PROTESTING HIRING PUERTO RICANS, NEGRO AT GEORGE MEANY'S HOME LOCAL UNION; COAL MINERS AND RESIDUAL OIL
- 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
- DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL OPPOSED BILL; POSSIBILITY OF PASSING NEW BILL; RAILROAD, TRUCKING VERSUS PORT INTERESTS; JOHN YOUNG; RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN BY HARRIS IN ARKANSAS
- 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
- LBJ ADDRESSES BY TELEPHONE THE CEREMONY MARKING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPENING OF PORT OF HOUSTON, MENTIONS HIS PAST RESIDENCE IN HOUSTON, AND PUSHES BUTTON TO START CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EXPANSION OF PORT
- LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON ROBERT ANDERSON'S PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS; MANN ADVISES LBJ TO MEET WITH CONGRESS ON NEW SEA-LEVEL CANAL BEFORE STARTING TALKS WITH NICARAGUA, COLOMBIA, PANAMA; NEED TO IMPROVE SOCIAL CONDITIONS IN PANAMA; OBSOLESCENCE OF PRESENT
- MANN DISCUSSES NEED TO PROMOTE FAVORABLE PUBLICITY IN ORDER TO GET SENATE MAJORITY FOR NEW PANAMA CANAL TREATY, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT REACHING AGREEMENT WITH PANAMA ON SOVEREIGNTY AND PERPETUITY ISSUES
- LBJ ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION OF FIGURES ON 43-MONTH COMPARISON OF TIME LOST FROM STRIKES; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF UAW-CHRYSLER SETTLEMENT; LBJ PRAISES WIRTZ' RECENT TV APPEARANCE; NEW POLL ON BACKLASH, FRONTLASH ISSUE
