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Folder, "August 2, 1967 - 12:09 p.m. Cabinet Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • ] MEET1l>1G ~~o:re&-eOPf~ Pt>bllcotion ltequ1rii GeNFIDEN 'I IAL Perm1n1on of Copyrlglit Hetldec . W. lhomas JohllsOn - 4 - The Vice President said the re we re 52 cities which we re potentially about to explode. The re we re 10 last night with high
Folder, "Conot Profiles - Work Copy with Comments [1 of 2]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)
  • THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMISSION ON CIVIL DISORDERS 1016 16TH WASHINGTON, STREET, D. C. N.W. 20036 December 20, 1967 Bob: I asked Chick to have a few team people read the revised version of your paper (i.e., the version that the Commission
Folder, "[July-August 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • if he and General Thieu won but did not govern wisely. The President read Ambassador Bunker's comments on the election campaign, saying that Ky naturally was taking advantage of his incumbency but was seeming to heed our warnings. The President read
Folder, "[January-March 1968 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • military people feel it can be handled. The President said he had been assured by the Joint Chiefs that Khe Sanh could be defended. 3. On Korea, the President read Clark Clifford's statement to the Congressional leaders a day or two before, outlining
Folder, "History I. A Short Narrative History," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • , relying on a previous experience when, after withdrawal of their units, the crowd had dispersed, decided to send no more patrol cars into the vicinity. · This time the maneuver did not work. tawdry night spots patrons joined the throng. Haphazard looting
Folder, "[September 1967 Meetings with Correspondents]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • available to the press. He read the papers, he said, and noted that Gov. fttnney had explained his Vietnam views by saying he 1d been "brain-washed" in Saigon. 'lhe President observed that an;y man "brain-washed" by diplomats and generals might have problems
Folder, "Conot Profiles - Work Copy with Comments [2 of 2]," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 85 (Item)
  • the state's Commissioner a za phone call received Boczner night. At abourti-"dawn on Sunday, Community Affairs ~nee ~ a result, the city ,J v-N~~ telephoned to request ·~ation. night requesting to Plainfield of from a member of him
Folder, "Disturbances - Spring 1967," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • no. outside organizations connected with the rioting and that, the rioting and vandalism had the appearance of "mischief at Halloween. in fact, night"· STATE OF ILLINOIS Dixmoor (Chicago), Illinois August 15, 1964, through Aur;ust 18, 1964 This racial
Folder, "FBI - Disturbances and Racial Disturbances," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 84 (Item)
  • organizations connected with-the rioting and that, the rioting and vandalism had the appearance of "mischief at Halloween. in fact, night"· STATE OF ILLINOIS DiA,noor (Chicago), Illinois August 15, 1964, through Aur;ust 18, 1964 . . This racial.disturbance
Folder, "Homicide," Records of the NACCD (Kerner Commission), Embargoed Series, Box 79 (Item)
Folder, "Volume I, Narative History Part IV [2 of 2]," Department of Transportation Administrative History, Box 2 (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 4979, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/17/1964, 9:36AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS FROM REPORT BY JAMES PECK ON LABOR DEFECTIONS TO GOLDWATER, WHITE BACKLASH; GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; CHICAGO SUN-TIMES POLL; BUSINESS' NEED TO CREATE JOBS; EFFECTS OF TAX CUT; MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; 1948
Telephone conversation # 4289, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL SCREVANE, 7/21/1964, 12:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS FBI WILL INVESTIGATE VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL LAW IN NYC DURING RIOTS IN HARLEM JUST AS FBI DID IN SOUTH; LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 5832, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 10/3/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • DALEY DISCUSSES PREPARATIONS FOR LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO CHICAGO; SUPPORT FOR LBJ VERSUS SUPPORT FOR JFK IN 1960; LBJ READS REPORT BY JOHN B. MARTIN ON ILLINOIS POLITICAL SITUATION; OTTO KERNER, CHARLES PERCY GUBERNATORIAL RACE; WHITE BACKLASH; BOBBY
Telephone conversation # 6601, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 12/2/1964, 7:20PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 8817, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • LBJ READS LIST OF CONGRESSMEN WHO HAVE NOT YET SIGNED WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION, DISCUSSES POTENTIAL SIGNERS; LBJ TEASES O'BRIEN ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE AT CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT AS POSTMASTER GENERAL
Telephone conversation # 8890, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/19/1965, 11:08PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS JOSEPH KRAFT COLUMN CRITICIZING GOLDBERG, UN ROLE IN INDIA-PAKISTAN KASHMIR CRISIS, JAMES ROOSEVELT'S APPOINTMENT TO UN DELEGATION, ARTICLE 19 SETTLEMENT; LBJ PRAISES PRESS COVERAGE GOLDBERG HAS RECEIVED
Telephone conversation # 9151, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 10:30PM (Item)
  • MOYERS READS JOE SWIDLER'S CABLE SUMMARIZING FPC ACTION ON NORTHEAST US POWER FAILURE, ASKS ABOUT RELEASING CABLE TO PRESS; MOYERS GIVES STATUS REPORT ON POWER RESTORATION, INVESTIGATION; PRESS HANDLING OF LBJ'S VISIT TO JOHN CONNALLY'S RANCH
Telephone conversation # 9127, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/9/1965, 5:40PM (Item)
  • CALIFANO READS DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON NORTHEAST US POWER FAILURE; LBJ TELLS CALIFANO TO HALT TRANSPORTATION INTO AFFECTED AREA, DISCUSSES EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE CAUSE OF FAILURE; UPCOMING TRIP TO RANCH BY RUSK, MCNAMARA
Telephone conversation # 9430, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/5/1966, 4:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS MEMO EVALUATING ROBERT WEAVER AS POSSIBLE HUD SECRETARY; LBJ'S PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT WEAVER, WILKINS, OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL'S, MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION TO WEAVER, ALBERT THOMAS' SUPPORT FOR HIM; ROGER WILKINS
Telephone conversation # 12009, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN LINDSAY, 7/27/1967, 5:02PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS LINDSAY TO BE VICE CHAIRMAN OF COMMISSION TO STUDY CIVIL DISORDERS IN WAKE OF DETROIT RIOTS, READS FROM HIS STATEMENT ON FORMING COMMISSION, DISCUSSES APPOINTING OTTO KERNER TO CHAIR COMMISSION AND POSSIBLE OTHER MEMBERS
Telephone conversation # 11211, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 12/26/1966, 12:37PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS LIST OF HUD PROJECTS FOR CHICAGO THAT ARE ABOUT TO BE APPROVED, INCLUDING PROJECTS FOR NEIGHBORHOOD FACILITIES, BEAUTIFICATION, MASS TRANSIT, COLLEGE HOUSING, URBAN RENEWAL; LBJ SUGGESTS DALEY SEND LIST OF OTHER PENDING PROJECTS FOR LBJ'S
Telephone conversation # 11036, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 11/12/1966, 9:21AM (Item)
  • FEDERAL BUDGET; REORGANIZING POVERTY PROGRAM; EFFECT OF RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; LBJ READS LIST OF REPUBLICAN VOTES ON PAST DOMESTIC LEGISLATION; FUNDING FOR NEW AND EXISTING DOMESTIC PROGRAMS; PROPORTION OF PRESIDENT'S PARTY IN CONGRESS
Telephone conversation # 13595, sound recording, LBJ and HALE BOGGS, 10/24/1968, 12:50PM (Item)
  • BOGGS READS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT PRESIDENT'S COMMISSION ON VIOLENCE WILL INVESTIGATE MAJOR COMMUNICATION MEDIA'S USE OF VIOLENCE IN TV AND MOVIES; LBJ SUGGESTS CALLING COMMISSION "EISENHOWER COMMISSION" AFTER CHAIRMAN MILTON EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 13809, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 12/16/1968, 10:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS DRAFT LETTER TO LEADERS OF HOUSE AND SENATE CONVEYING TREASURY'S PROPOSED TAX REFORMS, SAYS NEXT ADMINISTRATION SHOULD ENACT REFORMS; REPORT OF PAUL DOUGLAS' COMMISSION; RICHARD NIXON'S CHANGING VIEWS ON SURTAX EXTENSION; 1970 FEDERAL
Telephone conversation # 13321, sound recording, LBJ and MARVIN WATSON, 8/26/1968, 10:39AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PART OF SPEECH ON VIETNAM BOMBING HE WILL MAKE AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; PLANS FOR LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO ATTEND CONVENTION; POSSIBLE NEED FOR FEDERAL TROOPS TO CONTROL DEMONSTRATORS; EFFORTS TO DRAFT LBJ OR EDWARD KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 13324, sound recording, JIM JONES? and HORACE BUSBY, 8/27/1968, time unknown (Item)
  • BUSBY READS DRAFT SPEECH FOR LBJ TO DELIVER AT THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, RECOMMENDS LBJ DELIVER THE SPEECH TONIGHT
Telephone conversation # 13344, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/29/1968, 7:31PM (Item)
  • LBJ PRAISES DALEY FOR HIS WORK AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; DALEY SAYS HE IS SORRY LBJ DID NOT ATTEND CONVENTION; LBJ DENOUNCES PRESS COVERAGE OF RIOTING, CONVENTION; LBJ TELLS DALEY TO READ PRESS REPORT OF LIZ CARPENTER'S SPEECH TO DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 12815, transcript, MARVIN WATSON and RICHARD DALEY, 3/14/1968, 12:35PM (Item)
  • : Very good! WATSON: I wanted to report that I understand the meeting was scheduled this morning at 11:00 with Mr. Clifford. However, I read :· on a tickertape, #AP 43's our nUinber, a report out of the Los Angeles which says "Senator Robert F
  • WATSON REPORTS THAT MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD WAS SCHEDULED FOR 11:00A, THEN READS PRESS REPORT THAT RFK WILL ANNOUNCE HE IS CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT TODAY; WATSON NOTES ANNOUNCEMENT WAS MADE BEFORE 11:00A MEETING; DALEY THANKS WATSON FOR HIS CALL
Telephone conversation # 12822, transcript, MARVIN WATSON and RICHARD DALEY, 3/18/1968, 5:15PM (Item)
  • been reading about this coznmission from Kennedy. about it. We've started reading DALEY: Oh, yes. WATSON: I want to tell you what we know about it. Mel Elfrin, of Newsweek magazine, tells us he got his original tip from a freind of Ted
Telephone conversation # 4292, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/21/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON NYC RIOTS, ASKS HOOVER TO CONTACT NYC OFFICIALS ABOUT NEED FOR FBI TO INVESTIGATE THERE AS IN SOUTH; HOOVER OFFERS TO GO TO NYC; NEED TO PROVIDE FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR MLK AT UPCOMING SPEECH IN GREENWOOD
Telephone conversation # 9045, sound recording, LBJ and HALE BOGGS, 10/22/1965, 8:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT CARL ALBERT'S HEALTH, JOKES THAT ALBERT IS ALLERGIC TO FORD; BOGGS, FORD TELL LBJ CONGRESS IS ABOUT TO ADJOURN; LBJ JOKINGLY READS LIST OF MAJOR ITEMS CONGRESS DID NOT PASS, THANKS THEM FOR ACTS THEY DID PASS; FORD WISHES LBJ GOOD
Telephone conversation # 10011, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 4/3/1966, 9:22AM (Item)
  • WIRTZ READS PROPOSED WH STATEMENT AND CABLE FROM LBJ ON ENDING BLFE UNION RAILROAD STRIKE, REVIEWS COURT ACTION; LBJ QUESTIONS NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION; COMPARISON WITH NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM; JOHN MCCORMACK'S
Telephone conversation # 12819, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 3/17/1968, 3:40PM (Item)
  • FOWLER READS COMMUNIQUE ON GOLD CRISIS FROM GOVS. OF EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANKS; MARTIN REPORTS ON UK ECONOMIC PROBLEMS, CLOSURE OF LONDON GOLD MARKET; LBJ ASKS MARTIN ABOUT UK BUDGET; FOWLER, LBJ DISCUSS CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON UNNAMED MATTER (TAX BILL?)
Telephone conversation # 13354, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 8/31/1968, 9:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT ON EASTERN EUROPE; ANATOLY DOBRYNIN'S MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK; NIXON ASKS ABOUT CURRENT SITUATION IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, POLAND AND POSSIBLE COMMUNIST INVOLVEMENT IN CHICAGO RIOTS; PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
Folder, "April 5, 1968 - 11:10 a.m. President's meeting with Negro leaders after death of Martin Luther King," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 3 (Item)
  • for your support as responsible Negro leaders. (The President read Associated Press item on Stokely Carmichal.) UNDER SECRETARY KATZENBACH: The loss of this leader is so tragic. We must see what we can do to further Dr. King's objective. SECRETARY CLIFFORD
Folder, "[June 26, 1968 Meeting with Equity Managers)," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • could have imagined the businessmen crying out: "please raise my taxes and hurry up"? He read parts of a very encouraging report on the peace talks, indicating a marked change in Hanoi's attitudes. (Another note on that was brought to him during
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/17/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Bird & LBJ discuss statement; Lady Bird visits with guests before going to Capitol for State of the Union message; teleprompter malfunctions; LBJ does not read the "I will not run" statement; visit in Speaker's office; buffet dinner at White House
Folder, "1964 Task Force on Metropolitan and Urban Problems," Task Force Reports, Box 2 (Item)
  • more progress in public safety than is popularly recognized. Those who now characterize our cities as exception­ ally prone to violence have simply not read our history. We no longer have quarters which police refuse to enter; we may expect
Folder, "Volume I - Narrative History, Part III [2 of 2]," Department of Transportation Administrative History, Box 2 (Item)