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  • to order a s econd time by a member and .ordered to desi s t by the Chai r , with hear ty appl aus e f r om t he audience . At t h e Committ ee meeting I k ept t he Committ ee from providing for a preferential primary which would have had the effe ct
  • . Scholar~ It He was elected from a district in Houston where the labor unions and liberal elements elected him time after time. They now have Bob Eckhardt. M: Again, this is a question that is sensitive, and it's the kind of question that comes up
  • Wirtz as LBJ’s primary mentor; LBJ’s relationship to Herman Brown and Alvin Wirtz; LBJ’s political style of compromise and how he exercised influence; unions; Brown and Root’s campaign contributions; Lady Bird’s ability to accommodate LBJ’s schedule
  • directly to me by the Under Secretary to work through. M: Did you have any contact with railroad companies, or railroad unions at this time during the formation? L: Very little. I wasn't involved in any of the discussions with interested people
  • between railroad and Executive branch of federal government; Transportation policy; obsolescence of some railroad passenger service; overcapacity; railroad unions; feather-bedding; nationalization of railroad industry
  • with our Allies we actively develop areas of peaceful cooperation with the nations of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union. He has asked the Secretary of State to examine and propose to him specific actions the Government might take. These actions
  • . should be prepared to pay for such agreements. security optimum c. How far it is in the U.S. interest to go in meeting Indian concerns, what form such action mi'~t take, and what the timing might be. d. Whether need to be pursued. there are other
  • surprise he opened up the initial interview with a suggestion that the Mine Workers International Union and he needed a new general counsel, and would I consider it? It was a long far cry from anything, that I'd ever anticipated up to that time. F: You
  • Early personal history in Texas; Justice Department experience; Texas Legislature service; Mine Workers International Union background; LBJ and John L. Lewis; first contacts with LBJ; recollection of Sam Ealy Johnson; LBJ’s job with Kleburg and NYA
  • the guidelines busted too badly. The guidelines had plenty of holes in them by this time. I think he was deeply involved. I think, just looking at his diaries and the best of my recollection, he was calling me all the time. And he knew this was a dicey problem
  • assignment that he had at that time? B: Mainly it was because he was Minority Leader and later Majority Leader. M: Right. This was in connection with various items of interest to the National Farmers Union, I assume. B: That is correct. M: Was he
  • Biographical information; contacts with LBJ; operation of the Agriculture Department; Southern Policy Commission; National Farmers Union; National Commission on Food and Fiber; Agriculture Act of 1964 (E.O. 11307); Outreach Program; Rural Community
  • oman from trade union rank s, Esther Peterson, As s istant Secr e tary of Labor, to be bis Consume r Advisor. We are proud to have her here today and always, to protect our interest as the nation 1s largest consumers. For if you, your g ove rnment ~nd
  • with Peace Corps workers, Minister Sangster, sugar cane union leaders, bauxite union leaders, prominent local Jamaicans and members of American colony. Vice President speaks. 1:30 Depart luncheon for observation of bauxite works and sugar estates which
  • arranged a joint session of their unions' top people. That was, incidentally, the first time there had been a formal joint session between the AFL-CIO and the UAW. I was invited to speak to the joint session. It was heartwarming. These fellows were
  • Polish Union of North America Hon Joseph Gozecki Mayor of Homtramck Mich Attendance Joint Chiefs of Staff Meeting: Helen Janowski Pres Union of Polish WomenMaj. Gen. Chester V. Clifton Hon Edward Lyack Mayor of Chisoppee Mass Gen. Earle G. Wheeler
  • up that high . Mjdr congratulated the President on his State of the Union speech saying that it was very good and the ending was particularly good. "Thank you, thank you ma'am. " and onto the Oval Office Vice President-elect Hubert Humphrey Jack
  • , particularly among professional people. 3. Attempts to throw off sense of subordination from Soviet Union. (For instance, Romania wants to maintain independence; also similar evidence in Czechoslovakia.) There is some continuing move, and some concern about
  • transcript series. DATE: 1/10/69 TIME: 5:11 PM CALLER: Richard Nixon Pages of Transcript: 3 pages Barbara Cline Archivist ·. • S:llpm - Friday January 10, 1969 A - Dick, we are trying to finish off our State of the Union and I thought it would
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE AND STATEMENT HE WANTS NIXON TO ISSUE IN SUPPORT OF LBJ'S REMARKS IN THE MESSAGE ON THE SURTAX
  • Grande Valley. 6/20 LBJ speaks in Waco. 6/22 Germany invades the Soviet Union. 6/23 Amarillo 6/24 Cuero and Fort Worth; FDR promises all possible aid to Soviet Union, orders Treasury to release 40 million in Soviet credits which had been frozen
  • for some of the unions. I've been the same way all my life. They tried to unionize me too many times. G: Were they ever successful? W: No, never was. G: Never were. How did you avoid that? W: Well, the worst deal I ever got into I guess over
  • Stevenson's sheep so Stevenson would have time to debate LBJ; LBJ using helicopters in his 1948 Senate campaign; Homer Thornberry's 1948 campaign; Harry Truman campaigning in San Antonio in 1948; LBJ's and Winters' opinion of the Taft-Hartley Act of 1947
  • Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh McCully -- I -- 2 Jerry told him when labor was for Johnson, he [McCully] was for Johnson, which I say was not exactly true, because I was for Johnson at times when labor wasn't for him
  • and by other folks when we were still in Washington. And, basically, we've always talked about Lyndon Johnson because that's what it's all about at the Lyndon Johnson Library but Mike has said a time or two, well, he would like have in his file something about
  • demandfreedomfrom arbitrary power. - Forthe first century westruggledto holdtogetherthe --- first continentalunion of democracyin the history of man. - Onehundredyearsago, in 1865,followinga terrible test of - - bloodandfire, the compactof union wasfinally
  • Reading copy, Annual Message to the Congress on the State of the Union, 1/4/65
  • for some time trying to get into the radio field; in the meantime married a young lady whose family lived in the same community--actually she lived over in Hollis, Oklahoma--Inda Scott, I-N-O-A. By the way, we've been married thirty-one years now, have
  • was not during the. Middle Eas~ war Soviet Union, at .. ~he same :.; engaged in.. ·any ·hostile action Ja~t ·June;,. the ..USS Liberty...•. time-; .is not.too amaous t~ .see .... ·;whatsoever and had a right to was believed to be an Egyp- . Red China, make -any
  • Datr November 3, 1966 PRES!DEMT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DAtLY D!AKY The President began his day at (Place) The Entry ! -^ . Time Te!ephone or t Activtty In Out L o LD "lZ:Q$) -/^.yi^ To [ HR """ " """"I AND ! two j HR White House Day Thursday
  • become a highly unpopular subject with the American public. present Another one is that when you're dealing with foreign aid at the time~ you necessarily are dealing with the lesser developed countries; so that the normal supporters of foreign aid
  • Aunt Effie dies on New Year’s night. 1/3 80th Congress convenes, controlled by Republicans for first time in fourteen years. Joseph Martin elected speaker of the House. Proceedings televised for first time. 1/4 Stag party for E.H. Perry at Driskill
  • a War Department and a Navy Department. President Truman remarked one time that we could never go through another war with the archaic organization we had in the Second World War. Even though we finally won, it was despite the organization that we had
  • before, with all these journalistic heavyweights going around the country with the leader of the Soviet Union and covering the President of the United States at the same time. green to say the least, and I knew I was. I was It was fascinating
  • perceived in Washington at that time. Some of us who followed the triangular relationship, U.S.-Soviet-Chinese, were much more sensitive and aware of it than most people in the government were. The American specialists on the Soviet Union were quite
  • countries; the role of the reporter in a war; the issue of infiltration; putting information together when no source knew or would tell the whole story; the role of the Soviet Union in the Vietnam War when Nikita Khrushchev was succeeded by Alexei Kosygin
  • practice o f State o f Union Message o n _ teleprompter . w / Jac k Valent i ,__ _. 8:30p _ Reported Upstairs __- 2 d Floo r o f Mansio n „ 8:32 p — .{ Hous .. — _ President at this time signed two Official copies (one for Senate, one
  • -- I -- 1 0 come out here and supervise these boys and help them develop some Well, the unions get a little bit uncertain about that . skills ." They were having a hell of a hard time, too, at that time . But it worked . G: How did it work? Did
  • his publication had set aside no specific budget but planned to buy time in "every state of the Union," whatever the cost. FIELD TAKES OVER WJJD Chicago through acquisition of the controling stock July 24. Formal FCC approval however was granted July
  • contributed to the White House with love and generosity. And then I sent them o ff on a to u r with Jim Ketchum and spent more time at my desk, th i s time plowing deep in to the middle drawer, carefully taking out very private things, such as the memo I
  • , there is some evidence of admix­ ture with Malayan and Caucasoid strains. The only important minority group at the present time is the approximately 600,000 Koreans. There are also much smaller groups of Chinese and Caucasian residents. Religion Buddhism
  • ~~~~~~-J {)fe,, (\ #§. report #6 report: 7) \~/02 \\ L-~ {X;HO \ :r:e HSA:M 364 Tab B "Relations with the Soviet Union and Eas't Ettropean Bloc Countr i es IR the Industr ial and Copyright Fields" Secret 7 pp rJ.;
  • with the President a leather folder containing the President's state of the Union msg 1967 and a booklet "Trend Line Analysis -- Study of Voting Statistics in Six States, " Sanders- p l ^^^ ^ n^ October 31, 1967 The White House Tuesday Day i Activity (inc!ude
  • Capitol STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS - live television coverage Depart Arrive Capitol South Grounds Jan 14, 1969 The White House Tues The President returned to the second floor-followed by members of his f amilv- Mrs. Johnson , Lynda and Luci
  • into the Farley Sgt Glynn mansion and Notes on visit to xxxx Mrs. Harry Byrd's funeral: 10:07 Helicopter from South Lawn to Winchester, Va. , a rriving at 9:37 local time. Accompanied by Price Daniel, Dr. Burkley, Paul Glynn, G. Reedy, Rufus Youngblood, Com
  • at (Place) Time Telephon —- ,. In Ou tL Th | ~ 1:12p 1: 1 9 p Th 1:19p t Genera —'. J 1:34p j I t 1:34p t 1:35p | t Monda y y (includ e visite d by ) tur e e ; -Powel Cong I th tak Bil I Harr | ,! i j yo i Walt Rostow (pl ) " e
  • o Walter P. Reuther, President of the International Union, UAW, Detroit, Michigan, for the term expiring May 22, 1966, replacin g Jack T. Conway, who has been appointed to a full-time position with the Office of Economic Opportunity The National
  • there is a Women's Pavilion at Hemisfair, and delighted this facility will have a strong purpose in future years. Here on this platform are many women I have known whose lives have e x panded with the exciting challenges and opportunities oî our times. Women