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  • technical inconvenience. In political terms, on the other hand, the consequences of denial could be very serious. we do have an agreement, made in 1959 in good faith. we are already publicly associated with this particular program, by virtue of the agreement
  • of the kk ghetto. Upon arrival at Cit¥ llall, the state and city officials attempted to devise a sxx statement ~ c for the press. At this point one of the leaders of the Plainfield Negro community came into the room aaax in which they were meeting
  • associations with Governor Price Daniel and with President Johnson. In the spring of 1965 you joined the White House staff as Special Counsel to the President and served in that position until the spring of 1967. Could we begin by your telling me a little
  • Biographical information; working for Price Daniel; Jacobsen’s personal political philosophy; 1940’s and 1950’s political climate in Texas; LBJ’s reputation as a congressman; LBJ’s early advisers and associates; law suit involving the 1948 election
  • of March 8, 1962. Reports from United States diplomatic missions in the countries which they visited, as well as coverage by the press, indicate that the Steinbecks and Mr. Albee enjoyed singular success as cultural envoys of the United States
  • in 1858, when there was apprehension of an attack by the United States army. There was a general migration south from Salt Lake City, and Cannon was appointed by Brigham Young to take the press and printing materials of the Deseret News to Fillmore
  • in development. -- -describes supplemental and supportive programs aimed at meeting our most pressing urban needs, proposed for the immediate study of the new Secretary and including demo:q.stration projects in metropolitan planning. These programs are predicated
  • and (2) the Rusk press conference. We ::.·eplied tnat there-'.cou°id-be·.-no ·que·stion a11d assured him that what we had proposed wa~ fully authorized ·and still stands. We added that Lau misconstrued the Honolulu communique. We said the U. S. does
  • personality. In fact, he gives the impression of a man who has been picked as a figurehead, and used by activists in the backgroundo However, he firmly states the Alg~rian Government position, but without fervor. I pressed him hard I. 1 • DECLASSIFIED
  • the accident about Our records 1 s reaction sensitive Public the press during in deciding was the attitude and the presence of Defense the President• in effect One of the factors was accutely 5: the President It Rusk and Secre­ do
  • ·,and at times amazingly exuberant. There was no hint of a negative demonstration, no anti-American piacards, and no hostile gestures or_ words. Even Djakarta's outspoken press, which usually finds some point to criticize in every event, was exceptionally
  • exuberant. There was no hint of a negative demonstration, no anti-American piacards, and no hostile gestures or_ words. Even Djakarta's outspoken press, which usually finds some point to criticize in every event, was exceptionally friendly. While the crowds
  • to a collective force is that .it is alli~nce-wide in its responsibilities, embraces . both SAC and theater fo.r ces, and operates in a way that associates in some way, if only in a final report to NAC, all NATO members in its activity. · GROUP 3 Downgraded at 12
  • First duties and associates in Vietnam; III ARVN Corps; the problem of counterintelligence duty in Hawaii; early buildup of the Vietnam War; background of the war; the Oriental soldier; return to Vietnam in 1967; briefing preparation for McNamara
  • Johnson saying something about General LeMay. C: Well, it actually dates back to an earlier time than the presidency; it goes back to when he was the vice president. G: That's fine. C: I had been associated with the Vice President about four or five
  • issues, problems and questions associated with de-escalation of the war in Vietnam. In addition to this report, type film summary of SIGMAI-b6 iv a classified, is available documentary­ upon request. SIGMA I-66 VIDEO TAPE SUMMARY {Off-stage voice
  • Weaver, Nabrit, a whole lot of people like that, Roy Wilkins, Whitney Young, Martin Luther King. It sends out no press releases. Now, he was so impressed that he thought what you do was to have the President here. So then I was responsible for working
  • Biographical information; problems of blacks in colleges in the 1940s; appointment to FTC; association with LBJ after U.S. judgeship appointment; meetings and activities following assassination of MLK and related disturbances; work on Federal Jury
  • -known journalists later on: Neil Sheehan from the New York Times, who was by then chief of the Associated Press in Saigon, and many of the very famous journalists who became well-known after the coup of Mr. Diem, [David] Halberstam, and so forth. G: D
  • to question Mr. Johnson's credibility on any issue from the time I first knew him until he left the White House--not once! He was telling the truth. I don't know what they meant by the credibility gap, because what he was saying to the press, to the public
  • of attention in the press; they proposed programs which--most of which have now become the law. I don't remember specifically what they were, but they were pretty active. B: They were generally on the liberal side. Bo: That's correct. Most of them. B
  • rights, but not only that. We are beginning to come back today to some of the views that he had, that we have very serious economic and social problems in this society, some of which we don't know how to deal with, but all of which are pressing
  • Press relations
  • ; Chuck Robb's audio tape from Vietnam; Johnson property to National Park Service; tea & tours for Ambassadors' wives; reception for Washington interns; upcoming Howard K. Smith show; Johnsons to Mike Monroneys; LBJ gives speech to Negro Bar Association
  • Press relations
  • ; Abe Fortas' Supreme Court nomination; Lynda Robb tells stories about her family; New York Times interview on LBJ Library; tea with American Association of Nurserymen; reception for Junior Army Navy Guild Organization members; Clark Cliffords to dinner
  • on a racist appeal just four years ago. Up until that time the Watts area was represented by a veteran white assemblyman. Earlier the press carried the fact that Councilman Billy Mills had . been threatened by the rioters. The rioters had no love for I "upper
  • [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh I answered an interviewer a while back and I got quoted in the press that I would have to say, "No," if the President asked for a personal record. I said
  • First association with LBJ; Hobart Taylor, Jr.; 1965 Civil Rights Act; Richard Scammon; Andrew Brimmer; promotion of civil servants into appointed posts; referrals; special surveys; Congressional intervention; right of privacy issue; mailout
  • the departmental reception was dispensed with as the government grew. P: Can you tell me what your duties were at the CIA? F: Yes. Well, naturally, you would associate the work here with the graphic arts. And it would be, of course, of a classified nature
  • , is that the late Roy Miller, a man who was at one time the publisher of this newspaper and who was the representative in Washington for the Port of Corpus Christi, the Intercoastal Canal Association and a number of other things, had been active as a legislative
  • his telephone and went on strike for a few days. G: There was another occasion I guess where the President had to be flown to the Mayo Clinic I think with gallstones. T: Something. G: And didn't want it known to the press. Do you recall
  • Biographical information; association with Everett Looney; LBJ as a Congressman; relationship with LBJ; 1948 Senate race; investigation of voting irregularities in Alice, TX; collecting affidavits from Mexican-Americans to challenge voting
  • we're doing, of course, is just trying to fill in pieces here and there in the affair. We have your book on Alaska and its coming to statehood, and so I thought we'd just emphasize your association with Johnson in this. When did you first meet him? G
  • worthy of note that my boy was endorsed by the District of Columbia Bar Association. And I say he was, in my book, eminently qualified. He'd gone to St. Albans here in Washington, he'd gone to Williams College in Massachusetts, graduated, went
  • with a plan, I don't think very much would have happened that anybody would have wanted to be associated with. On the other hand, we did have work sessions. up. They had ample opportunity to pass advisory resolutions. advisory resolutions. F: We did break
  • : http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 25 influenced. I felt fairly confident that because of my past associations that I would possibly that I would be received with favor by the people in the White House, but I was not in any sense a White
  • accommodations section of it, I think it is called. B: Did he ever explain to you his reasoning for pressing it? S: No, he didn't. I believe that Lyndon Johnson had a sincere conviction that what he was doing was in the best interest of the country
  • , and my insistence upon good quality work from students had a good effect. To this day, I'm afraid, it is a source of dismay to my associates sometimes. I'll bounce materials back that came to me for signing and say, "Look, this can be better written
  • problems. Even though these people were not political associates of Senator Stennis or of the Stennis wing of the party, many were recognized community and state leaders of substance. I can't speak for what the Senator, how he may have reacted
  • right. G: Was that how dire it was? O: Yes, we were through. The last three weeks of the campaign would have been whatever the press reported. While Nixon had a tremendous media package in place for the last three weeks. He had started his media
  • to the Johnson home or associate with them socially that you know of? R: Not that I remember. Mrs. Johnson I guess could tell you. If they wanted to have a little cocktail party on a Sunday or a Saturday afternoon and invite some of the Texas congressmen
  • them from this capricious and unwise action. The second phase, if the first phase didn't succeed, was to go to the foreign press and complain 16 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library
  • was still sufficiently junior upon the House Committee on Foreign Affairs that I was not often called to the White House for briefings upon any of those matters. My active participation and association with Mr. Johnson and the people in the White House