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  • of Asia. including China. Action on such a list awaits .s creening and clearance of the new consultants whose name• :have just arrived here from State. I propose that we get John Gardner and Mac: BUlldy to go over those lists to assure they are well
  • ~e." And na.i do you expect somebody to be galvanized and m~-e the wera accepted by all exist it l find o:r things find:tnga when these parties.concerned? by the then Attorn~y Kennedy. i teelf Cc.mmi5sion defend into action P..ndalso
  • FOR THE PRESIDENT Subject: Arms for Jordan and Israel The attached memorandum (concurred in by Rusk and McNamara) sets out alternative courses of action for dea ling with the priority arms problem in the Middle East. We have deliberately given you these various
  • ; served some in New Orleans; I served Some in the Atlantic and some in the Pacific. My last tour of duty was at Kwajalain in the Pacific; I was there when the Japanese surrender took place. And as quick as I could get passage, I carne back to America
  • OFFICE PR t~ ~'1,.,-./~ REFERRAL To: The Secretary Attn: of State Benjamin 7J ti~ Date: April 27, _1967 Read ACTION REQUESTED -____ ---- Draft reply for: President's signature. Undersigned's signature. NOTE __ Memorandum reply. for use
  • Interstate Commerce Commission (Reorganization Plan #3) Immigration Interior Department Internal Revenue Service Intellectuals International Air International Education Interama xKennedy Playground Korea (Pueblo} Latin America Lead and Zinc Legislation (Misc
  • the White House and the presidential campaigns and conventions from 1956 through 1968. In 1965 Mr. Johnson appointed you director of the Voice of America, succeeding Henry Loomis. In 1967 you resigned and returned to NBC in your present position as national
  • Chancellor’s career history; getting to know LBJ. Mrs. Johnson’s effect on LBJ; European view of LBJ; Relationship of LBJ with the Kennedys. Chancellor’s appointment to the Voice of America and the following aspects of VOA: national radio
  • entered the field of action. "l. newsmen, President Barrientos but not £or publication at 10:00 a. m. , October 9, told a group of until further notice~ that Che Guevara ls dead. 2. No further confirmation or details as yet. " Presencla, October 9
  • ' representatives. B: These questions are kind of for the record. During these years, before 1960, were you active in politics? J: Not at all. In no way. B: You list yourself as a Democrat. J: I'm a Democrat; I was born as a Democrat. I enjoy telling my
  • that was preempted by the Bay of Pigs; the White House conference on health; how Jones came to lead Economic Opportunity Atlanta Incorporated; the Community Action Agency in Atlanta; being offered a regional OEO job; Jones' work as chair of the National Advisory
  • of January 31, transmitting a copy of you nightletter to speaker McCormack aDCi · Congre:=YCellar. .. ~ • f ··· . ·"" . ·f Paul M. Popple A••iatant to the Pre•ldent · _....-t 'f Mr. Lionel Howard Chairman ~Poli.tic al .Action Committee c
  • . I have no doubt that you have considered all the possibilities I list below in the form of gradually increasing pressure on North Korea. They seem to contain, up to a point at least, a useful course of action short of open conflict which may change
  • progressing chronologically and my inserting questions every now and then when it's necessary, which isn't very often. F: All right. In April of 1968 Mrs. Johnson took thirty-eight foreign correspondents from Western European countries on a Discover America
  • by the county chairman of the Republican Party that, "We appreciate your fairness and your objectivity." On the other hand, I've had a number of Democratic leaders accuse us of leaning over backwards and the result being unfair treatment te the Democratic
  • , early June. S: That was in 1928? G: Yeah. S: 1928. Well, I don't have any recollection of that. G: How about Lyndon Johnson attending the Democratic National Convention in Houston that year? Do you remember that? S: What year? G: 1928. S
  • , that you did on his stand on the issue of the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Delegation seating in 1964. I thought it was an unusual issue for you to be advising him on, and I wanted to know if you remembered anything about it. Do you remember
  • ,.et-Namto be allowed to CUl-de that we lthei:- Olfft country in their o~ way." ••It is agai.Mt this objective should measure all our actions at the conference table. We will have succeeded if -weattain it--otherwise 1 we have lost. £• Cessation
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  • vigorously. I hope that it will seek to protect the legitimate interests of our people -- not only for the benefit of American citizens but for the benefit of Latin-America itself. (more) The future of Latin-America depends upon stable capital investment
  • ) (one way only) Becauae of Floor achedullDa in HOllae Democratic the Houae will By out to Chicaao commercially. Mamber• of cc: ~k Valenti Col. Mike Cook Secret S.rrice ... I • Tide wU1 ........,_ 1aMar la wltlcll ,- receipt el ,-u eaclN
  • when you did take over as postmaster. One of your first actions was an announcement that you were committed to the policy of President Kennedy's executive order recognizing the postal unions. Do you remember that? O: The assistant postmaster general
  • ://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Reedy -- XVII -- 3 after a convention in order to indicate an appearance of action
  • Allen Dulles' 1960 visit to the LBJ Ranch; LBJ's visit with JFK in Hyannis Port following the 1960 Democratic National Convention; LBJ's attempts to identify with farmers on the campaign trail; Congress' inability to make progress in the session
  • they couldn't do much more than that. I pointed out that the Federal Republic of Germany might be excused for thinking that there were seventeen million Germans hostage in the German Democratic Republic, and nonetheless the West Germans sent us all kinds
  • ~ TO ~E FRC~ COVEY OLIVER ON CCUNTERIMSURGENCY. OEVELO?t-!E!lTS I~J LATIN AMERICA WILL GIVE YOU SOME SAT I SF.ACT rou. AS 10\7 KNOW,. WE AND T?E U~TIMOS H.1\VE OUR UPS AND DCt,JNS IN THE CDUtJrERtNSURGENCY BUSINESS. BU! I WANT TO CALL TO YO!JR ATT~NT
  • that? And you Johnson as Minority Leader getting involved in I think the Democratic liberals were the opponents in that. S: Oh, I can remember Hickenlooper's role in that, but maybe I was looking at it from a different optic. M: Right. Hickenlooper
  • a favorable vote, even out of his Ways and Means com­ mittee, for an early tax increase at this time. With the congressional elections of 1966 looming, his committee members, including key Democrats and probably including himself, would not favor putting
  • four or five years until January '69, was deputy director of the Democratic National Committee. He was deputy chairman in charge of minorities and so on. He is about fifty-five years old.He is one of the most intelligent men in the United States.I'd say
  • , CBS, were the biggest cable operator in North America, but not in the United States. I went to Canada because I was sure that the government here would not allow us to go into the business, and that's the way it turned out. They blocked the door as far
  • problems at the 1968 Democratic National Convention; LBJ’s actions in regard to Vietnam; Stanton’s 1965 trip to Vietnam; criticism about press coverage of Vietnam; different Presidents’ reactions to press coverage the repeal of the Communications Act
  • ..... .... 8-- ••l•taa& .w.::::.....::===-=:..=.a11-==--- l•• of . jl/jf February I 14, -l966 ' Dear Sam: I have apoken wlth the offlclal• at the Immigration and Naturalization Ser•lce. • . They tell me that the proper cour•• of action for you
  • histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 4 friendly, but the Democrats were staying in line fairly well. And it seemed that there was a possibility that this could be done, but there just w eren't enough votes to quite move it and hadn't
  • [For interviews 1, 2, and 3] LBJ as a liberal-conservative; LBJ record up to 1960; Democratic Advisory Committee; 1960 and 1964 conventions and elections; Freeman’s personal interest in the Vice-Presidency; JFK problems in Minnesota; LBJ
  • beautification 2. Maritime policy 3. Interventions in regulatory actions a. Inter-American freight case b. Washington and Old Dominion Railroad 4. Investigation of automobile insurance 5. The District of Columbia highway problem 6. The Department and new
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Garcia -- I -- 13 distribute here. It was a publicity action, publicity [inaudible] from Chicago, the Democratic national headquarters somewhere up there. They sent me about three stacks of like newspapers about this high
  • of the Ku Klux Kl .a n; th.~t form.er m-e.mbe·rs of this or-gari:i.z:~ ti.on were observed p~,s.si.r~g out NSRP ~ppl.ic;t tlo11s ~nd li ter~.ture during the meetin~ and that numerous klans~en of the Uriited Klans of America : Inco, Knights of .the Ku Klux
  • the greatest under- standing of timing this action to meet my next action over here. He knew how and what time to do these things and he could do it. But after I say all of that, I go back to tell you the basic thing that made Johnson was the fact that he
  • Biographical information; Judge Ben B. Lindsey; Harold Ickes; Alvin Wirtz; FDR; LBJ techniques; Harry Truman; tidelands; civil rights; 1960 Democratic convention; Chapman's health; national lawyer's group for Johnson-Humphrey in 1964; conservation
  • on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ASHMORE -- I -- 2 which became increasingly close as the years wore on, as I was very active in Democratic politics as an editor of a Democratic newspaper. F: Did the Gazette
  • Biographical information; first meeting with LBJ; Democratic political campaigns leading to 1956 Convention; Central High School integration; 1960 Democratic Convention and Kennedy-Johnson nomination; relations with LBJ as VP; ghost writing for Lady
  • . I'm sure we will stretch the law a little further. Generally I em very peaceful in my actions• but I'm getting increasingly hurt and embaru.aed over our country's position this matter. in Occasionally I've heard McNamara's name mentioned as a vice­
  • File unit description: The executive file consists mainly of recommendations of Democratic or Republican nominees for the Vice Presidency in 1964 and 1968, and a small amount of material on presidential candidates. The general file consists
  • off the conservation pictures, which ended up serving the Discover America program very well. We were discovering America long before there was a program on it. F: Were you conscious of the dollar-drain in this? C: We became conscious of it; we
  • 40 trips; Discover America; LBJ’s trip to Senegal while VP; Cadillac diplomacy; JFK approved LBJ’s approach on trips; Ayub Khan told LBJ that Russians would be testing JFK in international area; Ayub Khan’s visit to the LBJ Ranch; camel-driver
  • aggression (He spoke particularly of Burma, Nepal and Thailand}. C. In the meantime India can make a significant contribution by maintaining its unity by making a major developmental effort under a democratic govern­ ment. The very fact that India exists
  • of Aaerica in not worried They are mixed with water and made radio 3000 per hour winging over North America. and will Ocean. over millions In case of a war, Russia will atomic dust. always Dill bounce it. They are experimenting 19,0. it will We
  • leave it up to you, but see if you can't work it out." That was quite a job. I called Mr. Johnson and went up to see him. He agreed to handle the leadership of the matter on the Democratic side and suggested that I see Walter Jenkins, his 2 LBJ
  • Commission; the 1964 Democratic National Convention; allegations of microphone on Nixon’s plane; calls made from Spiro Agnew’s plane; Anna Chennault. DeLoach’s relationship with Walter Jenkins, Marvin Watson. Jenkins’ departure from the White House staff