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  • Stassen. 1/9 Truman delivers the State of the Union Message. [?] is appointed to the committee to escort Truman to the chamber. 1/11-1/12 LBJ, Estes Kefauver, Lester Hunt and John Stennis conducted hearings in New York City, checking on the cost
  • , former defense secretary who left the government on 10/8, but said this decision might be “reconsidered” in view of Wilson’s statements to a New York Herald Tribune reporter on 12/30 disclaiming responsibility for holding down military spending. Wilson
  • of delegates to the Blanco County convention on Tuesday. 5/6 In conversations with Earl Mazo of the New York Herald Tribune, LBJ discloses that he was threatened with death or maiming by an anonymous telephone caller after his speech Thursday night
  • in Washington for a visit. 3/29 1100 employees of the New York Stock Exchange go out on strike. 3/30 LBJ writes J. Ed Johnson concerning the reaction to his 3/25/48 radio speech: “I have been amazed by the immediate and overwhelming reaction to MY radio
  • Morse and Langer, who voted with the Democrats. LBJ accused Knowland of not informing him about plans for the night session. The next day, The New York Times publishes a statement made by Knowland characterizing yesterday’s vote to adjourn the Senate
  • : governor’s race, Ray Roberts and Slagle race, and Goodfellow AFB; with Mr. Dreyfuss of New York Times re: inaccurate story of VP supporting Slagle; with Henry Gonzales; with Lew Deschler re: National Indignation Congress petitions. 1/31 Meets with Sen
  • of exhaustion the entire day's campaigning in Pennin dedicated service to his co'!,lntry." In sylvania, New Jersey and New York the months since the Bobby, Baker. case without knowing what was afoot, But was first aired, the· President has made between 6 and 7
  • of exhaustion the entire day's campaigning in Pennin dedicated service to his co'!,lntry." In sylvania, New Jersey and New York the months since the Bobby, Baker. case without knowing what was afoot, But was first aired, the· President has made between 6 and 7
  • . UN General Assembly convenes at prewar World’s Fair Grounds at Flushing Meadow, New York. Late October CTJ in Alabama with Aunt Effie, who is desperately ill. 10/28 Truman names David Lilienthal, then chairman of the TVA, to head the new Atomic
  • in the 1954 Senate race. 2/14 LBJ, Speaker Rayburn and Stephen Mitchell attend a reception hosted by Averell Harriman in honor of Adlai Stevenson, in New York. LBJ then makes a short speech at the Eastern States Jefferson-Jackson Day dinner. LBJ, Rayburn
  • -American communities). Dr. Garcia contacts reporters from the Corpus Christi Caller and cables Texas senators, congressmen, military officials, Drew Pearson and Walter Winchell regarding this discrimination. The next day The New York Times carries a front
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