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Adler, James (Item)

LBJ Connection: Department of Labor, 1962-1963; Department of Commerce on Appalachia; Member, Task Force of the War on Poverty, 1964-1965

Cahn, Edgar (Item)

LBJ Connection: Attorney; With spouse, Co-author of "The War on Poverty: A Civilian Perspective," The Yale Law Journal

Cahn, Jean Camper (Item)

LBJ Connection: Attorney; With spouse, Co-author of "The War on Poverty: A Civilian Perspective," The Yale Law Journal

Capron, William M. (Item)

LBJ Connection: Government official; worked on the War in Poverty

Merrick, Samuel V. (Item)

LBJ Connection: Special Assistant to the Secretary of Labor for Legislation, 1962-1968; Involved in the War on Poverty programs

Hamilton, Ann Oppenheimer (Item)

LBJ Connection: Economist and government official with the Peace Corps, 1961-1964; Adviser to the War on Poverty Task Force, Bureau of the Budget, 1964

Berry, Theodore (Item)

LBJ Connection: Member, National Board of the NAACP, 1963; Director, Economic Opportunity Community Action Program, 1965; Chairman, Community Action Program of the War on Poverty, 1965-1969

Carter, Hodding, Jr. (Item)

LBJ Connection: Newspaper editor, Delta Democrat-Times, Greenville, Mississippi; Active in the civil rights movement and the War on Poverty

Sundquist, James L. (James Lloyd), 1915- (Item)

LBJ Connection: Deputy Under Secretary of Agriculture, 1963-1965; Member, Government Studies Senior Staff, Brookings Institution; Member, War on Poverty Task Force

Weeks, Christopher (Item)

LBJ Connection: Senior examiner, Bureau of the Budget; involved with Peace Corps and War on Poverty, 1960s; Deputy Director, Job Corps, Office of Economic Opportunity

Telephone conversation # 1455, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 1/22/1964, 12:00PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
FEDERAL BUDGET AND POVERTY PROGRAM, YOUTH EMPLOYMENT, MANPOWER TRAINING; LBJ REQUESTS ROUGH ESTIMATE OF PROPOSED EXPENDITURES FOR POVERTY PROGRAM FOR MEETING TOMORROW

Telephone conversation # 1643, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 1/29/1964, time unknown (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
DISCUSSION OF FUNDING FOR WAR ON POVERTY

Telephone conversation # 3542, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 5/28/1964, 1:10PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR HOUSE RULE ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ READS PRESS STORY ON REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON POVERTY BILL; NEED FOR STATEMENT BY SARGENT SHRIVER ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECHES AT JOHNSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL, AT UT

Telephone conversation # 3215, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 4/30/1964, 7:38PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
LBJ WORRIES ABOUT DELAYS ON POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE; HOWARD SMITH'S OPPOSITION TO YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES SECTION OF POVERTY BILL; PHIL LANDRUM; SENATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON BILL; TIMING OF POVERTY BILL, CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE; LISTER HILL

Telephone conversation # 4956, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/15/1964, 2:35PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
DISCUSSION OF SIGNING (POVERTY?) BILL; ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF SARGENT SHRIVER TO HEAD POVERTY PROGRAM; MOYERS RELAYS PRESS COMMENTS ON LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE; APPOINTMENTS OF SHRIVER'S DEPUTY, OTHER POVERTY PROGRAM APPOINTMENTS

Telephone conversation # 4723, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/5/1964, 2:30PM (Item)

"LEGISLATION - POVERTY BILL"
Welfare and War on Poverty
O'BRIEN REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO GET VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; RULES COMMITTEE VOTE TO SEND IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL TO CONFERENCE; RETURN OF TENNESSEE DELEGATION FOR POVERTY BILL VOTE; LABOR'S LOBBYING EFFORTS; O'BRIEN PRAISES LBJ'S STATEMENT ON TONKIN

Telephone conversation # 4725, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT JONES, 8/5/1964, 2:45PM (Item)

"LEGISLATION - POVERTY BILL"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Welfare and War on Poverty
LBJ DISCUSSES GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT TO POVERTY BILL, EDUCATIONAL ASPECTS OF BILL; JONES PROMISES TO DO ALL HE CAN FOR BILL; GEORGE WALLACE; LBJ COMPARES POVERTY BILL VOTE TO FDR'S DEFEAT ON SUPREME COURT-PACKING BILL, GUARANTEES HIS SUPPORT

Telephone conversation # 4727, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/5/1964, 2:54PM (Item)

"LEGISLATION - POVERTY BILL"; REUTHER IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
Welfare and War on Poverty
REUTHER CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS TONKIN GULF STATEMENT; DISCUSSION OF EFFORTS TO GET VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; LBJ COMPARES POVERTY BILL VOTE TO FDR'S DEFEAT ON SUPREME COURT-PACKING BILL; NEED FOR LIBERAL REPUBLICAN VOTES IN NEW YORK; UAW

Telephone conversation # 4736, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCMILLAN, 8/5/1964, 3:25PM (Item)

"VIETNAM & LEGISLATION (POVERTY)"
Welfare and War on Poverty
DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S TRIP TODAY TO SYRACUSE, NEW YORK; LBJ ASKS MCMILLAN FOR HIS SUPPORT ON POVERTY BILL; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT TO POVERTY BILL

Telephone conversation # 10904, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 10/1/1966, 10:03AM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL WORKERS STRIKE AT GENERAL ELECTRIC; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF POVERTY APPROPRIATIONS, POSSIBLE RESHUFFLING OF POVERTY PROGRAMS; BACKLASH ON POVERTY; LACK OF SUPPORT FROM GOVS. EXCEPT NELSON ROCKEFELLER

Telephone conversation # 3678, sound recording, LBJ and ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, 6/11/1964, time unknown (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
POWELL SAYS HE WILL WORK WITH NYC MAYOR ROBERT WAGNER IN MANAGING WAR ON POVERTY FUNDS ALLOCATED FOR HARLEM; DAVE HACKETT; DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULE FOR PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL

Lampman, Robert James, 1920-1997 (Item)

as a naval air navigator in the Pacific during World War II, he returned to the University of Wisconsin in Madison where he received a doctorate in labor economics. Lampman taught at the University of Washington for 10 years, and in 1958 he was appointed
LBJ Connection: Member, Council of Economic Advisers; involved in the War on Poverty, 1961-1966

Goldfarb, Ronald (Item)

LBJ Connection: Attorney; Special Assistant, Organized Crime Section, Department of Justice, 1961-1964; Consultant, War on Poverty Task Force, 1964; Director, Brookings Institution, program on courts and administration of Justice, 1966-1967; member

Horowitz, Harold William, 1923-2000 (Item)

LBJ Connection: Associate General Counsel, Department of Health, Education and Welfare, 1961-1964; member, War on Poverty Task Force, 1964, and National Advisory Committee to Legal Services Program, Office of Economic Opportunity, 1965-1973

Kelly, William P. (Item)

LBJ Connection: Director of Contracts and Logistics, Peace Corps, 1961-1963; Associate Assistant Administrator for Procurement Policy, Agency for International Development, 1963-1964; member, War on Poverty, Task Force, 1964-1965; Assistant Director

McCarthy, George (Item)

LBJ Connection: Staff director, Survey division, 1961-1964, Engineering Services Division, 1964, Office of Civil Defense; Member, War on Poverty Task Force, 1964-1965; Assistant Director for Congressional Relations, Office of Economic Opportunity

Telephone conversation # 1807, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/1/1964, 2:25PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
SHRIVER ASKS LBJ TO DELAY ANNOUNCEMENT TO PRESS OF SHRIVER'S APPOINTMENT TO HEAD POVERTY PROGRAM; LBJ WANTS TO GO AHEAD WITH ANNOUNCEMENT

Telephone conversation # 1517, sound recording, LBJ and LIZ CARPENTER, 1/24/1964, 11:55AM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
LBJ APPARENTLY ANSWERS QUESTION CONCERNING ALLEGED STATEMENT ON FEDERAL AID TO RELIGIOUS GROUPS UNDER POVERTY PROGRAM

Telephone conversation # 1992, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/10/1964, 10:30AM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
O'BRIEN RECOMMENDS PHIL LANDRUM TO CHAIR HOUSE SUBCOMMITTEE ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ CANCELS CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST

Telephone conversation # 2172, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR COHEN, 2/24/1964, 6:40PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
LBJ CAUTIONS COHEN ABOUT LEAKS TO PRESS ON POVERTY PROGRAM

Telephone conversation # 2671, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 3/26/1964, 12:55PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENTS OF JACK CONWAY, ADAM YARMOLINSKY, OTHERS, TO POVERTY PROGRAM AND POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL OPPOSITION TO YARMOLINSKY

Telephone conversation # 3123, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 4/23/1964, 6:03PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
HAROLD COOLEY, POVERTY BILL, COTTON-WHEAT FARM BILL; SARGENT SHRIVER; BOB POAGE

Telephone conversation # 4172, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/7/1964, 12:04PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
PROSPECT FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON UNIDENTIFIED LEGISLATION (POVERTY BILL?)

Telephone conversation # 4173, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/7/1964, 12:04PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
PROSPECT FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON UNIDENTIFIED LEGISLATION (POVERTY BILL?)

Telephone conversation # 3425, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 5/13/1964, 3:30PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
LBJ ASKS ALBERT TO CONTACT JOHN MCCORMACK ON POVERTY BILL, AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ISSUE

Telephone conversation # 3507, sound recording, LBJ and ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, 5/26/1964, 12:05PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
LBJ CONGRATULATES POWELL ON PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE EDUCATION AND WELFARE COMMITTEE

Telephone conversation # 3691, sound recording, LBJ and HALE BOGGS, 6/11/1964, 4:21PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
BOGGS REPORTS HOUSE PASSAGE OF FEDERAL PAY BILL; IMPENDING DEPARTURE OF TIP O'NEILL FROM DC BEFORE VOTE ON POVERTY BILL

Telephone conversation # 3394, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 5/11/1964, 2:36PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ABSENTEEISM; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; POVERTY BILL

Telephone conversation # 3168, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 4/28/1964, 7:05PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF RAILROAD REPAIRS AFTER ALASKA EARTHQUAKE; APPALACHIA POVERTY BILL

Telephone conversation # 4869, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/10/1964, 5:44PM (Item)

Welfare and War on Poverty
O'BRIEN REPORTS THAT AGREEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED WITH SENATE REPUBLICANS FOR ONE-HOUR DEBATE LIMITATION, SENATE VOTE ON POVERTY BILL TOMORROW MORNING

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