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  • QUESTION OF CARL SANDERS RUNNING AGAINST RICHARD RUSSELL IN GEORGIA SENATE RACE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH SANDERS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF SANDERS TO JUDICIAL POST; TALMADGE COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON KEEPING HIS WEIGHT DOWN
  • LBJ DISCUSSES FEDERAL BUDGET; SPACE PROGRAM, USDA EXPENDITURES; EXPECTED DECREASES IN FOOD PRICES; HOUSING COSTS; EFFORTS TO CUT PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITURES, DOD AND POST OFFICE CONSTRUCTION; NEED TO RETAIN INVESTMENT CREDIT, HOLD DOWN WAGE INCREASES
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF BILL SLAYTON TO UNNAMED POST; LBJ INVITES DALEY TO VISIT HIM IN WASHINGTON, DC, ASKS DALEY TO INFLUENCE JEROME CAVANAGH TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN AGAINST GEORGE ROMNEY, NOT FOR THE SENATE AGAINST G. MENNEN WILLIAMS
  • BUNDY CALLS FROM ANCHORAGE, ALASKA, EN ROUTE BACK FROM VIETNAM, TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE REASSIGNMENT OF PHILIP CHADBOURNE FROM VIETNAM TO ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC POST
  • WEINBERG'S IDEAS FOR STATE DEPT POSTS: ELISHA GRAY II, FRANKLIN MURPHY, FRED EATON, TOM GATES, WALTER THAYER; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STEEL PRICE INCREASE, AIRLINE STRIKE; WEINBERG SUGGESTS SELECTIVE ECONOMIC CONTROLS AS USED IN KOREAN WAR; CHARLES
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH GEORGE MEANY ON AIRLINE STRIKE, PROMOTING JAMES REYNOLDS TO LABOR UNDERSECRETARY, MOVING JOHN HENNING? TO OTHER POST; P. L. SIEMILLER; COST OF SETTLEMENT; LBJ'S LUNCHEON WITH NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS; TED DEALEY'S REMARKS
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON APPOINTMENT OF EITHER JOHN MCCLOY OR "DEAN" (ARTHUR DEAN?) TO UNNAMED POST; LBJ ALSO ASKS ABOUT OSCAR COX; POSSIBLE VETO OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE BILL
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF HENRY MCGEE AS ACTING POSTMASTER IN CHICAGO; O'BRIEN SAYS PAUL DOUGLAS, RICHARD DALEY, DEMOCRATIC AND POST OFFICE OFFICIALS RECOMMENDED MCGEE WHO IS A NEGRO; LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN TO GET DIRKSEN'S VOTE ON HOUSING BILL
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK ON APPOINTMENT OF DAVID BRUCE OR ELLSWORTH BUNKER TO UNNAMED POST, ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, IRAN, NGUYEN CAO KY; RFK, SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE AIRLINE STRIKE BILL AND CONSEQUENCES OF 30, 60 OR 90-DAY
  • NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE
  • LUCI'S WEDDING; AIRLINE STRIKE; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT LOUIS NOVY, ASKS WEINBERG FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CANDIDATES TO FILL VARIOUS STATE DEPT POSTS; FRED EATON; QUALIFICATIONS LBJ IS SEEKING; LBJ'S IRRITATION WITH STEEL COMPANIES ABOUT STEEL PRICE
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF WEINBERG'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATE DEPT JOBS; FRED EATON; WEINBERG PROMISES TO GIVE LBJ A LIST OF CANDIDATES; ROBERT ANDERSON; JOHN LOEB'S WORK IN 1964 CAMPAIGN; WEINBERG THINKS DOUGLAS DILLON WILL ACCEPT POST; LUCI'S
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALKS WITH CHET HOLIFIELD, CLINTON ANDERSON, JOHN PASTORE ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF SAMUEL NABRIT TO AEC; PRESS LEAKS ABOUT APPOINTMENT; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT; HOLIFIELD'S SUPPORT FOR WILFRID JOHNSON FOR POST; REAPPOINTMENT OF GERALD TAPE
  • MONDALE EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT OF LEE LOEVINGER TO FEDERAL JUDGESHIP; LBJ DISCUSSES POLICY ON APPOINTMENTS TO WASHINGTON, DC CIRCUIT COURT, DISCUSSES OTHER POSSIBLE JUDICIAL POSTS, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LOEVINGER, MONDALE, HHH, ORVILLE
  • POSSIBLE COMMITTEE TO STUDY VIETNAM SITUATION; ROBERT WEAVER'S RESIGNATION FROM HUD AND POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF EDGAR KAISER AS HIS REPLACEMENT; CRITICISM IF NEGRO IS NOT APPOINTED TO POST; WHITNEY YOUNG; DALEY RECOMMENDS CLIFFORD CAMBELL
  • LBJ ASKS YARBOROUGH'S OPINION OF CANDIDATES FOR AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC POST, KARL ROLVAAG AS AMBASSADOR TO ICELAND; YARBOROUGH'S TEXAS TRIP, VISIT WITH WALTER HALL; YARBOROUGH'S RECORD OF SUPPORTING LBJ; AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY
  • ROGOVIN DISCUSSES POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF PAUL TREUSCH OR MOXLEY FEATHERSTON TO TAX COURT; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS TO APPOINT SOMEONE WHO WILL SUPPORT TAXPAYERS; DIFFICULTY IN GETTING HIGHLY QUALIFIED CANDIDATES TO ACCEPT GOVT POST; ROGOVIN PRAISES RAMSEY
  • LBJ ASKS FOR INFORMATION ON PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES IN HIGHWAY TRUST FUNDS BECAUSE OF TODAY'S WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL; CARLOCK SAYS HE WOULD NOT PUT THEM IN HIGHWAY TRUST FUNDS ALTHOUGH IT IS LEGAL TO DO SO, AS IT IS WITH SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST
  • FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS, FRB, BUSINESS LEADERS ON TAX INCREASE PROPOSED BY LBJ IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; WASHINGTON POST'S CRITICISM; PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES; FOWLER SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMITTEE TO STUDY REFORM OF BUDGETARY
  • LBJ INVITES GRAHAM AND HIS WIFE TO WH TO DISCUSS GRAHAM'S RECENT TRIP TO VIETNAM; GRAHAM DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO TEXAS AND BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA; LBJ SUGGESTS GRAHAM READ JOHN STEINBECK'S STORY IN WASHINGTON POST ON STEINBECK'S TRIP TO VIETNAM
  • LBJ ASKS COHEN TO GET TREASURY DEPT ESTIMATES OF FEDERAL REVENUE; DISCUSSION OF APPRAISAL OF WASHINGTON POST TV STATIONS IN PHILIP GRAHAM'S ESTATE; LBJ ASKS FOR FCC FIGURES ON REVENUE, SALES PRICE OF ALL STATIONS TO COMPARE WITH JOHNSON FAMILY
  • APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR "TEX" GOLDSCHMIDT TO UN POST; LBJ INVITES GOLDBERG TO WH MEETING ON VARIOUS MATTERS INCLUDING VIETNAM, JOKES ABOUT J. FRANK DOBIE'S INABILITY TO SLEEP WHEN HE STAYED IN LINCOLN BEDROOM; GOLDBERG'S MEETING WITH ISRAELIS
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES GOLDBERG ON UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOTE REJECTING RESOLUTION TO EXPEL NATIONALIST CHINA AND SEAT COMMUNIST CHINA IN UN; CHIANG KAI-SHEK'S THREAT TO WITHDRAW FROM UN; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR "TEX" GOLDSCHMIDT TO UN POST
  • APPOINTMENT OF LOUIS HECTOR OR JOHN CROWN TO UNNAMED POST; POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR TO WILLARD WIRTZ IF LBJ ACCEPTS WIRTZ' RESIGNATION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE ON WH STAFF BEING OFFERED LUCRATIVE JOBS, SAYS STAFF SHOULD NOT TALK
  • SMATHERS DISCUSSES RICHARD NIXON'S REQUEST TO BUY SMATHERS' HOUSE, NIXON'S PLAN TO OFFER UN POST TO HHH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HHH, PROBLEMS OF PRESIDENCY, HIS REGRET ABOUT NOT REPLACING JFK APPOINTEES, OFFERS ADVICE TO NIXON; DNC'S
  • RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; LBJ ADVISES NIXON TO KEEP CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS AT VA, GSA, FBI, CIA; J. EDGAR HOOVER; CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH; NIXON'S FRIENDSHIP WITH BEBE REBOZO; SALE OF SMATHERS' HOUSE TO NIXON; SMATHERS' PERSONAL
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH GEORGE SMATHERS ABOUT RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; HHH'S ROLE AS HEAD OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY; LBJ ASKS TO MEET WITH HHH ABOUT HHH'S FUTURE, OFFERS HIS ASSISTANCE TO HHH
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH HHH ABOUT RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; LBJ SAYS IDEA DID NOT APPEAL TO HHH BUT THAT HE WILL CONSIDER IT AND WILL MEET WITH LBJ TOMORROW
  • "RUSK CAME IN TODAY"; "RE SESSIONS AMBASSADORIAL POST"; SHORTHAND NOTES ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 7/3/68; CONTENT INDICATES DATE IS 7/10/68; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DIRKSEN IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • "PORTIONS OF 2 BS"; "AT THE UN IN NYC (RE PRES'S VISIT WITH CY VANCE---THE POST ARTICLES BY KRAFT, MURRAY MARDER AND EVANS-NOVAK ON THE VP'S VIETNAM SPEECH
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WASHINGTON POST'S CALL FOR PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, SUGGESTS FBI MAKE FULL REPORT ON ITS INVESTIGATION AND SAYS TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL HOLD COURT OF INQUIRY; LBJ ASKS HOOVER TO TALK TO PRESS
  • JENKINS' PROPOSED PRESS STATEMENT ON BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, DON REYNOLDS' CHARGES; ADVERSE PRESS REACTION TO LBJ'S STATEMENT; HANDLING STORIES ON INVESTIGATION; WASHINGTON POST; DREW PEARSON; BILL WHITE, ROWLAND EVANS; SARAH MCCLENDON; HELEN
  • MYER FELDMAN, RFK SENATE RACE; TALMADGE AND GEORGIA CAMPAIGN; WASHINGTON POST REJECTION OF JACK ANDERSON GOLDWATER STORY; LOUIS HARRIS REMARKS ON LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; GOVT WASTE, PEACE ISSUES; MCNAMARA'S UNPOPULARITY; NEGRO VOTE IN SOUTH; CUBAN MISSILE
  • GERALD SIEGEL'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION FROM WASHINGTON POST TO TAKE UNNAMED FEDERAL JOB; LBJ JOKES THAT PHILIP GRAHAM SHOULD HAVE HIRED HIM; APPOINTMENT OF WASHINGTON, DC, POLICE CHIEF; WALTER TOBRINER'S FAILURE TO CONSULT WH; BOBBY BAKER; RFK
  • MLK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY FOR GREAT SOCIETY BILLS; IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHTS; MLK ASKS LBJ TO APPOINT NEGRO TO CABINET; LBJ'S PLAN TO MAKE HUD A CABINET POST, APPOINT [ROBERT] WEAVER; APPOINTMENTS OF NEGROES
  • SEARCH FOR BARGE CARRYING CHLORINE MISSING IN LOUISIANA AFTER HURRICANE BETSY; INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT; CHINA'S REACTION; FOOD AID TO INDIA; PACIFICATION EFFORT AGAINST VIET CONG; US TROOP STRENGTH; AIRCRAFT LOSSES; BOMBING CAMPAIGN; WASHINGTON POST
  • LBJ ASKS HARTKE TO WITHDRAW MINORITY REPORT OPPOSING LEGISLATION TO PERMIT RETIRED MILITARY OFFICER WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO ACCEPT CIVILIAN POST AS HEAD OF FAA; GEORGE MARSHALL PRECEDENT; LBJ DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF MCKEE TO SST PROGRAM
  • HEATH REPORTS ON TALKS WITH BRANIFF OFFICIALS ABOUT AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ TELLS HEATH TO SPEAK TO WILLIAM CROCKETT ABOUT AVAILABLE AMBASSADORSHIPS; POSTS HEATH MIGHT ACCEPT; HEATH'S PREFERENCE FOR SPAIN, CANADA; LBJ'S PREFERENCE