LBJ presents Enrico Fermi Award to Robert Oppenheimer; Lady Bird comments about courage and charity; dinner at The Elms with Drew and Luvie Pearson, Arthur and Dorothy Goldberg, and Tyler and Bess Abell ; Lady Bird comments on Justice Arthur…
MCCORMACK DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF COTTON BILL; DALEY SAYS ILLINOIS CONGRESSMEN WILL NOT SUPPORT BILL UNLESS SOUTHERNERS AGREE TO PASS CIVIL RIGHTS, TAX BILLS; HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION; LBJ EMPHASIZES COTTON BILL'S HELP TO TEXTILE…
RUSK APOLOGIZES FOR UNFAVORABLE STORY IN US NEWS & WORLD REPORT ABOUT LBJ RECEIVING FOREIGN DIGNITARIES FOLLOWING JFK'S FUNERAL, SAYS HE WILL REFUTE IT AT TODAY'S PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ SAYS THERE WILL BE MORE SUCH STORIES BECAUSE THE HONEYMOON IS OVER
OFFICE SECRETARY ANNOUNCES CALL FROM DAVID MCDONALD; LBJ ASKS IF HE CAN CALL MCDONALD BACK LATER; OFFICE SECRETARY CONVEYS LBJ'S REQUEST TO TELEPHONE OPERATOR
MCDONALD REPORTS ON UNITED STEELWORKERS' PROGRESS ON GETTING SUPPORT FOR HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION, SAYS ALBERT THOMAS IS KEY TO GETTING TEXAS DELEGATION'S SUPPORT; MCDONALD TELLS MLK ABOUT STEELWORKERS' WORK ON BILL; TOMORROW'S…
LBJ WISHES HOLIFIELD A HAPPY BIRTHDAY; HOLIFIELD THANKS LBJ, SAYS HE, CLINTON ANDERSON, JOHN PASTORE, AND MELVIN PRICE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH LBJ ABOUT ATOMIC ENERGY PROGRAM; LBJ SAYS HE WILL ARRANGE MEETING
ALBERT'S MEETING WITH CHARLES HALLECK LAST NIGHT AND HALLECK'S OPPOSITION TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY OF USING DISCHARGE PETITION FOR BILL; QUESTION OF LEADERSHIP SIGNING PETITION; ALBERT SUGGESTS TAKING HEAD COUNT ON PETITION
LBJ ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; QUESTION OF USING DISCHARGE PETITION TO ADVANCE BILL; TEXAS CONGRESSMEN'S POSITION ON PETITION; POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN SIGNATURES; STRATEGY OF HAVING CARL ALBERT INTRODUCE PETITION
ALBERT STARTS TO GIVE LBJ THE HEAD COUNT ALBERT HAS TAKEN ON THE HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION; LBJ SUGGESTS ALBERT COME TO WH TO DISCUSS BILL
DILLON REPORTS ON TALK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT TAX BILL, SAYS DIRKSEN SUPPORTS FAST ACTION AND BELIEVES ONLY ALBERT GORE, SR., WILL DELAY IT IN COMMITTEE; NEED FOR SENATE QUORUM NEXT WEEK TO GET BILL OUT; DISCUSSION OF SENATORS LBJ MAY NEED TO…
"DOLORES" ASKS TO SPEAK TO JACK VALENTI, THEN TELLS VALENTI THAT SHE HAS THE REPORT FROM KERMIT GORDON THAT VALENTI REQUESTED AND THAT "BRUCE" [THOMAS?] WILL BRING REPORT TO VALENTI
