LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CALL TO ROBERT MCNAMARA FOLLOWING REPORT OF NEAR ESCAPE FROM AIR CRASH IN PARIS, SAYS MCNAMARA IS FINE; MRS. MCNAMARA URGES LBJ TO GET SOME REST; MCNAMARAS' VACATION PLANS
LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONNALLY'S HEALTH, TEASES HIM ABOUT CHRISTMAS PRESENT; CONNALLY COMPLAINS TO LBJ ABOUT MEAT IMPORTS, THEN DISCUSSES TEXAS POLITICS WITH JENKINS, COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS STORIES OF LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH RALPH YARBOROUGH; UPCOMING TEXAS…
LBJ PRAISES STORY IN ONE OF HARTE'S PAPERS; HARTE ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH JACK FLYNN, PRESIDENT OF NEW YORK DAILY NEWS; LBJ SAYS HE WILL MEET FLYNN, COMPLAINS ABOUT TED LEWIS' COLUMNS, SAYS HE WANTS TO MEET LEWIS ALSO; FURTHER DISTRIBUTION OF STORY ON…
FREEMAN REPORTS ON MEETING WITH FARM BUREAU ON PRICE SUPPORTS FOR WHEAT, COTTON, DAIRY; LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CATTLE; PROPOSED VOLUNTARY PROGRAM ON BEEF IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND; FREEMAN'S MEETINGS ON AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL
LBJ RELAYS DAVID LAWRENCE'S CONCERNS ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH ANSWERING WH MAIL, ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT HANDLING MAIL; CARL HAYDEN'S REQUEST FOR MEETING ON CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT; APPOINTEE TO PATENT OFFICE; CAROL AGGER'S VIEWS ON IRS COUNSEL…
TELEPHONE OPERATOR RELAYS CALL FROM NBC FOR JACK VALENTI; FEHMER TELLS CALLER THAT VALENTI IS NOT IN THE OFFICE AND SHE DOES NOT KNOW WHEN HE WILL BE IN
TWO TELEPHONE OPERATORS DISCUSS CALL FROM STUART LONG; WH TELEPHONE OPERATOR ASKS FEHMER TO RELAY MESSAGE TO JACK VALENTI THAT STUART LONG HAS ALREADY SPOKEN TO SOMEONE ELSE AND VALENTI DOES NOT NEED TO CALL LONG
LBJ SAYS TED SORENSEN HAS ASKED TO RESIGN IN ORDER TO WRITE BOOK ABOUT JFK; LBJ PRAISES SORENSEN, ASKS WEISL TO GET JOB FOR SORENSEN WITH MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION SO SORENSEN CAN CONTINUE TO WORK FOR LBJ AS SPEECHWRITER; LEHMAN PRAISES LBJ
LBJ TEASES THOMAS ABOUT NOT ATTENDING MEETING TODAY, ASKS IF HE SHOULD CUT BUDGET OR LET CONGRESS CUT IT, DISCUSSES FAA BUDGET; THOMAS DISCUSSES LBJ'S POPULARITY, SAYS HE WILL WORK WITH LBJ ON BUDGET, ASKS ABOUT JACK VALENTI, ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ…
OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LYNDA AND LUCI; DISCUSSION WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON ABOUT LYNDA'S PLANS FOR SCHOOL NEXT YEAR; EXPECTED PICKETING AT LYNDA'S DORMITORY ON DECEMBER 19 [PROTESTING SEGREGATION OF DORMITORY]; LYNDA'S TRAVEL PLANS; VISITORS AT LBJ…
LBJ ASKS REEDY ABOUT INFORMATION JESSE KELLAM GAVE REEDY ABOUT PICKETING AT LYNDA'S DORM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; REEDY SAYS KELLAM SAID ONLY THAT PICKETING WILL BE TOMORROW AFTERNOON; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF INFORMATION
LBJ CONGRATULATES RANDOLPH ON SLEEPING CAR PORTERS UNION SETTLEMENT; RANDOLPH SAYS HE RECEIVED GREAT COOPERATION FROM LABOR DEPT, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH AT THE UN
PICKETING AT LYNDA'S DORM [PROTESTING SEGREGATION OF DORMITORY]; DISCUSSION OF LYNDA'S PLANS FOR DAY OF PICKETING; ANNOUNCEMENT LYNDA WILL ATTEND SCHOOL IN DC DURING SPRING TERM AND LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE
LBJ ASKS ABOUT FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; HHH SAYS LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT PASSED, DISCUSSES RICHARD RUSSELL AND AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS; NEED FOR LETTER FROM LBJ OPPOSING MUNDT AMENDMENT; CULTURAL CENTER BILL; THOMAS…
