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President's Daily Diary entry, 4/1/1965 (Item)
  • the America n Career Societ y Mr. Franci s J . Wilcox , Chairma n Boar d o f Directors , American Cance r Societ y Mr. Eddi e Alber t , Vic e Chr m o f AC S Crusad e
Folder, "V.P. Johnson's Trip - BENELUX Countries, November 4-9, 1963 [originally unfoldered]," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • : • America AMl!lmASSJBRUSSELS LIMITEDtl'1'ICIALUSE Cla~il/lcati,rn me .e e,~States 11 Pf.L ACTION DEPT777 INFO BRtmEIS 91 GENEVA40 LONOON'/2 PARIS 88 BONttso mm.mOURG ;1 RCJ.1E 68 • BRUSSEISAND LtIX ALSO Fell USEC. TRADEAC;Rm'.1ENTS • .Durlne
Folder, "NSAM # 285: Cooperation with the USSR on Outer Space Matters, 3/3/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • The White House Washi~gton, D. c. Dear Mr. President: Your National Security Action Memorandum No. 285, eridorsing our report on cooperation with the USSR on outer space matters, 9alled for further recom­ mendations appropriate to the Soviet attitude
  • Folder, "NSAM # 285: Cooperation with the USSR on Outer Space Matters, 3/3/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 3
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Kentucky Federation of Women's Clubs Annual Convention in Lexington, KY, 5/21/1964" (Item)
  • came back to take a longer look -- a woman's look .,._ at the problem of attacking p ove rty still existing in affluent America. This keeps my husband up late at night and consumes much of his day. It has brought to our door some of the best minds
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Ninth OAS Foreign Ministers Meeting; Cyprus; Mainland Southeast Asia, 7/28/1964, Volume 2, Tab 9," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • Rowan, Director WHITE HOUSE Douglas Cater George Reedy McGeorge Bundy Bromley Smith - SERVICE SET SECRET NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL RECORD OF ACTIONS NSC Action Z49Z. NINTH OAS FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING Noted a summary by Secretary of State
  • Latin America
Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • days of the New Deal and the National Youth Administration; that he was very cool, if not opposed, to some of the more way-out activities that had characterized OEO. G: Would this have been in Community Action? H: Primarily, yes. G: Let me just
  • First acquaintance with LBJ; appointment as Deputy Director to Shriver; reasons Boutin left; management survey; meeting with President; Community Action; criticism of 1967 bill; Shriver’s perception of role of OEO; opposition to Dominick amendment
Folder, "Civil Rights – Miscellaneous 1966," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • if it were possible for Bill Moyers at a press briefing to give the views of the President on the B.ond ca:se. It would seem that the basic point to be made is how this action by the Georgia legislature stifles the precious right to dis sent
Folder, "Gen AG 5-1, 1/1/66 - [PEST CONTROL]," WHCF AG, Box 8 (Item)
  • with restriction s contained i n the dono r ' s deed of gif t. GENERAL SERVICES ADMINI STRATION GSA DC 73.495 GSA FORM 7122 (7· 72) THE WHITE HOUSE OFFICE !J r;. REFERRAL . To: The Secretary of Agriculture Date: May 22, 1968 ACTION REQUESTED
Press release, "Excerpts from Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Dedication of the James Polk Birthplace Pineville, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, 5/20/1968" (Item)
  • with no memory at all: suddenly robbed of any sign or signal of your personal past. An affliction like that would plague not only your thoughts, but your action. T he simplest act might be beyond you; every per son you met woul d be a stranger. Few of us can
Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Paseo Del Rio Lighting Ceremonies, San Antonio, Texas, 4/1/1966" (Item)
  • , young NYA director had at La Villita paved the way for a President's action in creating a Job Corps. "What is past is prologue" not only in the lives of all of us, but in the life of a city. As we gaze out over this gently moving water, it is as though
Memo, Levinson and Wattenberg to LBJ, 6/7/67, 7.45 PM (Item)
  • this reaction from community in America: League of the the Jewish Monday there was sharp disillusion and dismay at the McClosky statement concerning "neutrality in word, thought, and deed. " The row -back by Secretary Rusk did not fully catch up
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Overflights of Cuba, 5/2/1964, Volume 2, Tab 2," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • ? (4) Are there any additional political actions which we c ould take in the immediate future to reduce the risk that Castro will try to shoot downaU -2 ? Director McCone, reading from a paper, made the following points in response to Secretary Rusk 1
Folder, "Yemen, President Sallal Correspondent," Special Head of State Correspondence Files, NSF, Box 60 (Item)
  • 190th Anniv P on 4th Anniv of Independence of Republic i -.i . .ti (\\ ~ ~ ' OUTGOING TELEGRAM Department INDICATE:D COLLECT 0 CHARGE TO of .State· LIMITED OFFICIAL { usi . '< 50 Origin'" ACTION: Amlllbaft7 TAIZ NEA Info, ss p
Oral history transcript, Theodore Berry, interview 1 (I), 2/15/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • of that a corporation was established and then we moved to formulate some proposals . In December of that year, 1964, I came to Washington with a briefcase full of proposals and presented them to the then-incipient Community Action division of OEO . I had no idea
  • Biographical information; work as a welfare department investigator; involvement in the War on Poverty and the Urban League, how Berry came to be the director of the Community Action program; early community-related programs; funding programs
Folder, "NSAM # 355: Indian Nuclear Weapons Problem, further to NSAM 351, 8/1/1966," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 9 (Item)
  • SECURITY ACTION MEMORANDUM NO. 355 TO: The Secretary of State SUBJECT: The Indian Nuclear Weapons Problem, further to NSAM 351 The President has a pproved the recommendations contained in the Secretary of State 1 s memorandum to the President of July 25
  • Folder, "NSAM # 355: Indian Nuclear Weapons Problem, further to NSAM 351, 8/1/1966," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 9
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Folder, "Ex PU 1 / FG 731 [Publications / President's Committee on Equal Employment Opportunity]," WHCF PU Subject Files, Box 23 (Item)
  • ", •........ Let us now join reason to faith, and action to experi­ ence, to transform our unity of interest into a unity of purpose. For the hour and the day and the time are here to achieve progress without strife, opinion to achieve change without hatred
Folder, "NSAM # 301: Intelligence Installations, Ref NSAM 300, 5/19/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 4 (Item)
  • are requested not later than December 29, 1964. Enclosure: Report in Response to National Security Action Memorandum No. JOO When separated from attach• ment this memo may be down• graded to Unclassified G/PM:JJWolf :ss Rm. 7320 - Ext. 3458 · ·- 1 SECRE'F
  • Folder, "NSAM # 301: Intelligence Installations, Ref NSAM 300, 5/19/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 4
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Folder, "NUCLEAR - Indian Nuclear Problem [2 of 2]," Files of Charles E. Johnson, NSF, Box 33 (Item)
  • would probably influence which would threaten a democratic b. and probably and enhance Soviet the other action It would greatly the Indians strains .. needs, Union. in India, Such drastic to develop its to look at once
Folder, "Korea - Vol. 2 , Cables, 7/64 - 8/65," Country Files, NSF, Box 254 (Item)
  • SINGL.E PRECEOE.NCE ACTION ,,0 .. COMMUN. Ptli.SERV~C ___.)IST: CJCS-1 DJS-3 SJCS-3 Jl-1 J3-8 J4-3 JS-2 NMCC-2SECDEF-5ASD/ISA-9 DIA-15 WH0USE-3 ~ CSA-2 CN0- 2 CSAF- 2 CM C-7 RIAR- 1 . f I LE- 1 ( 70) G/ D CL.ASSIFICATION "NPE
Folder, "NSAM # 283: U.S. Overseas Internal Defense Training Policy and Objectives, 2/13/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 3 (Item)
  • concludes that: 1. Guatemala meets FIDP Action List criteria for U.S. assistance. DECLAsslFmD £.0. 12356, Sec. 3.4 N.fJ By d~ .9 3 ' - ~iCR:KT .. 30) I NARA. Dare ;;> • J- ' l/ Enc·losure I CL ---- 2 2. Bolivia, Colombia
  • Folder, "NSAM # 283: U.S. Overseas Internal Defense Training Policy and Objectives, 2/13/1964," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 3
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Folder, "Ashmore, Harry S.," Name Files, WHCF, Box A-223 (Item)
  • Prompt action is essential. -----'L _____ Direct reply. Furn· h information ___ su·table acknowledgment propriate handling. _____ to If more than 4,8 hours' delay is encounter
Folder, "Portugal, Volume I, Cables 11/63-7/64," Country Files, NSF, Box 203 (Item)
  • , .. ,,, ~ It -3lr--~s~.~,::.wi:tt=:-,1-l-,..._---t&;t!e~e!'tr-ee,e-t! ( Gp 3) ~-z-----,;SN19"'-C;.TcA.a..t_ I Departmertt INCOMING TELEGRAM SSSBEiT• 43 Control : Action Rec'd: FE Info ss G SP L of State FROM: Canberra TO: Secretary NO: 17 421 November
Folder, "Iraq 8/1/65 - 1/20/69," Special Head of State Correspondence Files, NSF, Box 25 (Item)
  • ,strictions contained in the donor's deed of gift. Restriction ORIGIN/ ACTION I FE -eourI-DiiilTI:AfJ A-670 NEA CU INR ________ • P TO Department· of ~tat ·e 10 L i AG.A COM INT TA .XM .8 ·FROM TAA su-=uscT: AUi REF Arncmbassy 13
Press release, "Remarks of Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at the Beautification Luncheon, the White House, 4/17/1968" (Item)
  • changed this city just one iota, it has also changed all of us - ­ tobe catalysts for better neighborhoods, better cities, a better America. I know that all my lüe, wherever I am, I'm going to be working on just this kind of endeavor. My criteria
Folder, "NSAM # 276: Distribution of Foreign Aid Cuts, 12/26/1963," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 2 (Item)
  • among appropriation categories: ILJ. N 1 6 19 4 I ~ _.tSEGREJ:1.... attachment ) -2- Req_uest to Congress Development Loans and Grants Latin America $ 907 Development Loans and Grants Rest of World Military Assistance Total Available Reduction
  • Folder, "NSAM # 276: Distribution of Foreign Aid Cuts, 12/26/1963," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 2
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Folder, "[Briefing Papers for National Security Council Meeting, October 15, 1966]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • focus on the scope paper (attached at Tab C). The Secretary and Bill Bundy should have a list of things that remain to be done between now and October 24, the opening day of the Manila conference. There should be specific action assignments
Folder, "[November 18, 1967 - 4:30 p.m. Meeting with Congressional Leadership on Devaluation of the Pound]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • and international position. The devaluation of the pound now brought the requirements for fiscal action and th e tax increase into even sharper and more critical focus. CONFIDENTIAL --- -CONFIDEI\T llAL -2- Chairman Martin -- Stressed the great uncertainty
Folder, "Marsh, Charles E. - Special Writings [1950]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)
  • 'Ning too little tor hie prn•t job. Well , it look• today•• it America ie in good haad- cert.ainl7 bett r handa than ahould a W&llae• ban won at Cldcago or should a D.wq b&Te won two ,-.aN ago. What men do under atr&ia i• t .b e a.never tor ua all
Oral history transcript, Harold W. Horowitz, interview 1 (I), 2/23/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • you about some of the experts who came into this. H: Oh, I see, because that's interesting stuff I think. G: Well, Harrington had already written actively on the subject. H: Yes. Oh, his book [The Other America], everybody had to read
  • ; conflict over community action; work of drafting committee for the bill; education aspects; Congressman Phil Landrum; Sargent Shriver
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 48 (XLVIII), 6/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that there was legal authority to do this. And Bob Weaver, who was not yet the secretary of housing and urban development--he was the head of the Federal Housing Administration, but black--favored this course of action, I know he did, before he came into the government
Folder, "NSAM # 335: Preparation of Arms Control Program, 6/28/1965," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 7 (Item)
  • WITHDRAWAL SHEET (PRESIDENTIAL .LIBRARIES) FORM OF DOCUMENT CORRESPONDENTS OR TITL E DATE RESTRICTION FILE LOCATION National Security File, National Security Action Memorandums, NSAM 335 RESTRICTION CODES (A) Closed by Executive Order 12356
  • Folder, "NSAM # 335: Preparation of Arms Control Program, 6/28/1965," National Security Action Memorandums, NSF, Box 7
  • National Security Action Memorandums
Folder, "Yemen, Presidential Correspondence," Special Head of State Correspondence Files, NSF, Box 60 (Item)
  • Exempted from automatic decontrol. V MESSAGEFROMTIIE PRESIDENTOF YEMEN ''Mr. President: It gave me great pleasure note from Your Excellency United States I am pleased to receive the congratulatory and the fri~ndly of America on the occasion
[Folder title list], Meeting Notes Files, Box 1 (Item)
  • [Records of Actions, National Security Council Meetings, August 4, 11, 1964] [Incidents in the Gulf of Tonkin, August 1964 - Bromley Smith Memo of January 27, 1968] [September 9, 1964 - 11:00 a.m. Meeting with Foreign Policy Advisors on Vietnam] [December 1
Folder, "January 31, 1968 - 8:40 a.m. Pueblo 13 - Breakfast with Congressional Leaders & Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)
  • estimate the enemy has lost 3, 000 men killed in action in the last two days. This compares with about 300 allied losses, including 100 U.S. We know they are prepared for a major offensive at Khesanh. The President: We still face a big challenge at Khesanh
Folder, "August 8, 1967 - 1:25 p.m. Tuesday luncheon group," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • of action we should follow about additional requests for aid to India. Mr. Rostow said he was forwarding to the President a set of alternatives for his consideration. The President said it would appeal to him if some other nation would recognize
  • Congo (Democratic Republic)
Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 10, 15 July 1977," LBJ Library (Item)
  • civilian honor. At the January 10 ceremonies in lhe White House, President Ford introduced Mrs. John on as "one o America's great First Ladies." "She claimed her own place in the hearts and hi tory of the American people," he said. "In councils of power
Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • what happened. I went directly to Peru with the Peace Corps, and I stayed there until May of _1 964. 'lben I became the Latin America regional director of the Peace Corps until around April of . '66. But in February of 1964, . . . I think
  • Educational and professional background; work with the 1964 Task Force on Poverty under leadership of Sargent Shriver; concept of community action; Shriver’s management style in Peace Corps, task force and OEO; funding of Community Action Agency
Oral history transcript, Ann Oppenheimer Hamilton, interview 1 (I), 10/22/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , say, community action? H: I really don't recall the nature of those discussions. I remember that Moynihan, Eric Tolmach, who was around all the time, Wirtz, who was around only occasionally, were kind of the Labor Department's [representatives
  • Biographical information; War on Poverty Task Force; membership; Christopher Weeks; Adam Yarmolinsky; Sargent Shriver; structure and activities of task force Community Action; Job Corps; legislative submission
Folder, "Middle East Crisis May 12 - June 19, 1967, Volume 9, Appendix P," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 20 (Item)
  • --, '. ..' ....,. ... ..... . '\ .... ' ~ TGP SECRE'f/MOBIS • -v- British Concern To Speed U. N. Action To Forestall Unilateral Israeli Forcing of . the Strait of Tiran 62 U. S. - Israeli Exchanges and the Israeli Cab i net Decision Not To "Go It Alone" in the Middle East Crisis
Folder, "September 12, 1968 - 1:39 p.m. Tuesday luncheon with Foreign Policy Advisors," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 4 (Item)
  • during lunch on the status of the Paris talks today. The President: Fine, let's go on. Walt Rostow: Ambassador Bunker has a good report on Vietnam. shows action in land reform and other areas. The President: Huong has a good image with our press. before