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  • have gone straight out to the Watts area and listened and let · the peopl~ know that someone (in this in~tance, their President) wanted to know what was hurting them and cared about them. I did do this -- the night before I left
  • . {signed) Sargent Shriver Director, OEO [1 of 7] ­ 8:20 - M on Aug 23 Mr. Califano: "' ) /9, _. 1 Original plus one copy has been delivered at 8:20 a. m., Monday, Aug 23 to Jack Conway and was read to Jack Conway by John Perry last night
  • and that is because you persuaded me that it was the thing to do. I did not realize when we discussed the matter last August that you were committing me to 100 days and nights of work - - but it turned out that way. The report makes specific and important
  • "h-'i th whor:i I uas in the) ·fight was l re~line Especially since th9 I th9 s3.r.;e Nr. Willis I _to whom I referred earlier as a r...e!Tlber of President Kennedy's panel. Ev~n· ?:1ore especially since I had to sit up ver-;1 iate one night
  • for those events before doing something about the rising crime rate in Arnerica. That 11 something 11 doesn' t mean the -~ unfettered use of the night-stick, or the unchained abuse of the Supreme Court. It means much more work than that -- more money
  • Lady Bird discusses rugs for White House; Voting Rights Message; seating arrangements at Capitol for speech; LBJ's experiences at Cotulla; Lady Bird reads Cotulla part of speech; response from Democrats vs. Republicans; back to White House to visit