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- was a Negro. Picketing the construction site of a new city conven tion hall, to protest lack of Negro membership in building ' - trades unions, produ_c ed no results. When the Reverend Fred Shuttlesworth, who had led the Negroes in the Birmingham march
- . )l.Yl''t \~ -~ e turning point was reached in the summer of 1963. ~ ~ -Yl·~-(, ("(,") The most massive demonstrations the South had seen .,_'-' 4 . ~ Cur~ . ""' - l.e - , ~t~le;('I-began in Birmingham, Alabama. The white response was a series
- will do so. .... S.., U.S. Sllfli•t,s BtmJs R11,tJMly tm tb, Pdpoll SMmt,s Pl1111 I 75 NEW BRUNSWICK All during the weekend that violence sputtered, · flared, subsided, then flared again in Plainfield, in New Brunswick, less than 10 miles away
- , THROUGH AUGUST31, 1964, AND YOUTHDISTURBANCES SEPTEMBER 4, 1964 1 THROUGH SEPTEUBER7, 1964 STA'£E OF NEW YORK New York City July 17 2 1964, through July 31, 1964 • Following the shooting of fifteen-year-old James :>owell, a Negro, in New York City
- map across the room. Curvin 10 & 11 p. 40 - Last paragraph. The carloads of police officers were not reinforcements; they were officers reporting in for a new shift. Melchior 8 p. 41 - First full paragraph. The molotov cocktails were thrown just
- . To New Grace Hosp._ Shot in front of 19218 Livernois. JOHNSONis a private guard. 1:26 AM 7/25 (Prsnr) ??/N. Shot r,un pellets upper portion of RONALDPOWh""LL, To DGF (CB). Refused to halt body & face, also rt hip. at Lycaste .& Goethe on orders
- 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
- HOOVER REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT WAGNER ABOUT NYC RIOTS, SUCCESSFUL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE DURING MLK VISIT TO GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI; LBJ ASKS ABOUT NEW YORK NEWS STORY BY JACK MALLON ON COMMUNIST, RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST SUPPORT
- OFFICE CONVERSATION ON DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; WAGNER ASKS LBJ ABOUT SELECTION OF ED WEISL, SR., AS NEW YORK NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN; WAGNER'S STATEMENT ON RFK; RFK'S ANNOUNCEMENT AS NEW YORK SENATE CANDIDATE, WITHDRAWAL AS MASSACHUSETTS
Telephone conversation # 8639, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 2:50PM
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- CONCERNS ABOUT BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; IMMIGRATION BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; NEW JUDGESHIPS, FEDERAL REGISTRARS FOR WASHINGTON, DC; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS' APPOINTMENT; AMENDMENT ON IMMIGRATION CEILING FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE
- NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY POLITICS; LBJ TEASES DUBINSKY ABOUT JOHN LINDSAY'S ELECTION; MINIMUM WAGE BILL SIGNING CEREMONY IN NYC OR IN THE SOUTH; NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE AND EFFECT ON 1968 ELECTION; LIBERAL PARTY SUPPORT FOR FDR, JR., NOT FRANK
- DISCUSSION OF NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE; LBJ ASKS FOR LIBERAL PARTY SUPPORT OF FRANK O'CONNOR, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT ELECTION OF REPUBLICANS JOHN LINDSAY, NELSON ROCKEFELLER; RAMIFICATIONS OF NEW YORK ELECTION ON 1968 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
- DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINEES; LBJ SUGGESTS HHH CONSIDER JOSEPH ALIOTO IN ORDER TO CARRY CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, CITIES, ITALIAN VOTE; DALEY RECOMMENDS SARGENT SHRIVER; SELECTION OF NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN TO REPLACE JOHN BAILEY
- LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WHAT HE FEELS IS POLITICALLY BIASED NEWS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, PARTICULARLY BY WALTER CRONKITE, CBS, NBC, SAYS INTERVIEWS ARE ONLY CONDUCTED WITH PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA
- DISCUSSION OF QUESTION AT REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT LBJ'S CONVERSATION WITH NYC MAYOR ROBERT WAGNER, TOPICS INCLUDING RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; REQUESTS FOR PRESS CONFERENCE WITH LBJ; LBJ CRITICIZES REEDY'S HANDLING OF PRESS BRIEFING; WH PRESS
- 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
- BOMBINGS, RACIAL TROUBLE IN CHICAGO SUBURBS; DALEY REPORTS ON ILLINOIS POLITICAL SITUATION, COMPARISON WITH 1960; DALEY'S LIAISON WORK WITH NEGRO COMMUNITY; BUSINESS' NEED TO CREATE NEW JOBS; VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN; WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE
- LYNDA JOHNSON'S NYC TRIP; LBJ ASKS WAGNER'S ADVICE ON UPCOMING MEETING WITH RFK; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; LABOR, WHITE BACKLASH; OLIVER QUAYLE POLL; CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI DELEGATIONS, HANDLING ISSUE IN CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
- DISCUSSION OF CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, HANDLING ISSUE IN CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; POSSIBLE EFFECT ON SOUTHERN VOTE OF DECISION TO SEAT MFDP; RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; RFK'S POSSIBLE WITHDRAWAL AS MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATE
- DISCUSSION OF RFK RUNNING FOR SENATE IN NEW YORK; WAGNER'S RECENT MEETING WITH LBJ; MEETING BETWEEN LBJ, WAGNER IN NYC TOMORROW; IMPLEMENTATION OF POVERTY BILL IN NYC
- WAGNER REPORTS ON FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN'S MEETING WITH GOLDWATER; SPELLMAN'S SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LABOR OPPOSITION TO RFK'S RUNNING FOR NEW YORK SENATE SEAT; WAGNER'S INABILITY TO REACH RFK WHILE HE IS ON CRUISE
- LBJ'S MEETING WITH ROBERT WAGNER; POVERTY PROGRAM IN NEW YORK; LBJ ASKS REUTHER'S AID IN GETTING VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO BILL, LABOR'S LOBBYING EFFORTS; FARMERS' UNION; UAW NEGOTIATIONS; RFK; RECENT POLL ON LBJ, VP
- LBJ ASKS VAN ARSDALE'S HELP IN GETTING NEW YORK VOTES ON POVERTY BILL TOMORROW; VAN ARSDALE REPORTS HE HAS MET WITH JOHN LINDSAY ABOUT BILL, SAYS HIS ORGANIZATION IS CONCENTRATING ITS EFFORTS ON NYC CONGRESSMEN
- 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
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM
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- CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
- WAGNER REPORTS ON RALLY TOMORROW AGAINST CLOSING OF BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; LBJ SAYS THAT DOD IS STUDYING ALL BASE CLOSINGS, WILL ANNOUNCE DECISION NEXT YEAR; COMPARISON OF MCNAMARA WITH ROBERT MOSES; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; RFK
- DISCUSSION OF LARRY O'BRIEN'S DESIRE FOR NEW JOB, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT AS DNC CHAIRMAN; O'BRIEN'S SUCCESS AS WH CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON; DALEY PRAISES JOHN BAILEY'S LOYALTY; ILLINOIS ELECTION RESULTS; RE-ELECTION OF OTTO KERNER; ROLAND LIBONATI'S
- MATTHEW MCCLOSKY'S HEARING; PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS; DEFEAT OF GENEVIEVE BLATT IN SENATE RACE; DEMOCRATIC LOSS OF JEWISH, ITALIAN VOTE; LBJ'S ELECTION BET WITH FRANK SMITH; LARRY O'BRIEN'S WISH FOR NEW JOB, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO DNC; REORGANIZATION
- DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF NEW WASHINGTON, DC, POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CRIME IN WASHINGTON AND ABOUT WALTER TOBRINER'S FAILURE TO NOTIFY WH ABOUT APPOINTMENT
- MOYERS' MEETING WITH NEW CONGRESSMEN; POSSIBLE RAISES FOR SOME WH STAFF; HISTORY OF POSITION OF WH LIAISON TO WASHINGTON, DC COMMISSIONERS; ROGER STEVENS' LETTER SOLICITING FUNDS IN LBJ'S NAME; ORGANIZATION OF TOP WH STAFF; MCGEORGE BUNDY; DOUGLASS
- WAGNER READS LBJ PRESS STORY ON FIGHT OVER LEADERSHIP OF NEW YORK STATE SENATE BETWEEN WAGNER AND RFK FORCES; ALLEGED SUPPORT FOR STANLEY STEINGUT BY EDWIN WEISL, SR.; LBJ TELLS WAGNER HE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSULT WITH HIM ON NYC PATRONAGE; WILLIAM
- WAGNER REPORTS ON HEAVY VOTING IN NYC, UPSTATE NEW YORK, HARLEM; LBJ THANKS WAGNER FOR SUPPORT
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 DISCUSSES HIS OVERSEAS TRAVEL PLANS, INCLUDING ATTENDANCE AT GATT CONFERENCE IN GENEVA, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND, PLANS TO RETURN FOR CONNECTICUT ELECTIONS; LBJ ASKS RIBICOFF TO ATTEND OVERSEAS MEETINGS AS HIS
- MOYERS TELLS LBJ THAT MERRIMAN SMITH REPORTS AP WIRES ARE GOING OUT DUE TO NORTHEAST POWER FAILURE, RELAYS CONCERNS NEW POWER FAILURE MAY OCCUR IF POWER IS RESTORED AT PEAK HOUR; LBJ ASKS REPORT BE RELAYED TO HORNIG, DISCUSSES CALL TO NELSON
- ELLINGTON GIVES LBJ STATUS REPORT ON POWER FAILURE IN NORTHEAST US AND IN MONTREAL AND TORONTO, CANADA; ELLINGTON TELLS LBJ THAT AIRPLANES ROUTED FOR NYC ARE LANDING IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
- 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
- UNTRUE PRESS STORY THAT LBJ PRESSURED ROBERT WAGNER TO RUN FOR 4TH TERM AS NYC MAYOR; JOHN MCNAUGHTON STATEMENT ON THAILAND; PRESS STORY THAT ASTRONAUTS WILL NOT VISIT LBJ RANCH; NEW YORK POLL; PLANS FOR HOUSTON SPACE CENTER TRIP; COMPLAINTS BY WH
- DALEY THANKS LBJ FOR HIS RECENT REMARKS IN INDIANAPOLIS ABOUT RIOTING, DISCUSSES HHH'S NOTE EXPLAINING INACCURATE PRESS REPORT OF HHH'S SPEECH IN NEW ORLEANS; DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING WEDDINGS OF LUCI JOHNSON AND OF DALEY'S DAUGHTER; AEC FACILITY