Lady Bird describes riding in the motorcade in Dallas, Texas, with JFK, Jacqueline Kennedy, Governor John Connally, and Nellie Connally; hearing shots fired; feeling the car accelerate and arriving at [Parkland] Hospital; Lady Bird discusses the…
HOOVER UPDATES LBJ ON INVESTIGATION OF LEE HARVEY OSWALD AND ASSASSINATION OF JFK; OSWALD'S PURCHASES OF GUNS USED IN KILLING JFK AND J.D. TIPPIT, CONTACTS WITH SOVIET EMBASSY IN MEXICO CITY
LBJ THANKS MEANY FOR HIS PREVIOUS WORK WITH JFK ADMINISTRATION AND ASKS FOR HIS CONTINUED SUPPORT; MEANY SAYS HE IS IN STATE OF SHOCK BUT EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN LBJ
LBJ ASKS ALBERT'S ADVICE ABOUT ADDRESSING JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS AS HARRY TRUMAN DID AFTER FDR'S DEATH; ALBERT SAYS LBJ SHOULD ADDRESS CONGRESS; DISCUSSION OF CONGRESSIONAL SCHEDULE, NEED TO PASS CONTINUING RESOLUTION BEFORE ADJOURNMENT
LBJ ASKS KAPPEL FOR HIS SUPPORT AND ADVICE, SAYS HE WILL ADDRESS JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS AND WILL TRY TO PASS TAX BILL THIS YEAR; KAPPEL TELLS LBJ THAT BUSINESS COUNCIL WILL SOON MEET IN WASHINGTON, DC, SUGGESTS LBJ MEET WITH GROUP THEN
LBJ ASKS WEISL FOR SUPPORT; BIRTH OF WEISL'S GRANDDAUGHTER, ANGELA; STOCK MARKET REACTION TO JFK'S DEATH; WEISL SAYS PASSAGE OF FOREIGN AID, TAX BILLS WILL HELP BUSINESS CONFIDENCE; LBJ ASKS WEISL TO TALK TO RFK, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT JFK…
LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH DWIGHT EISENHOWER; ANDERSON EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT, SYMPATHY FOR LBJ; LBJ ASKS TO MEET WITH ANDERSON TOMORROW, DISCUSSES UPCOMING SPEECH BEFORE JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS; MRS. ANDERSON EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ
LBJ EXTENDS HIS AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S CONDOLENCES TO TIPPIT AND HER CHILDREN ON DEATH OF HER HUSBAND, J.D. TIPPIT, SAYS TIPPIT'S BRAVERY IS INSPIRATION TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS; TIPPIT ASKS LBJ TO EXTEND HER CONDOLENCES TO JACQUELINE KENNEDY
STATUS OF TAX BILL IN SENATE; EFFORTS TO ENLIST COOPERATION OF HARRY BYRD, SR.; BYRD'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT ABANDON JFK'S PROGRAM IN ORDER TO PASS TAX BILL; SMATHERS' CONVERSATION WITH HHH ABOUT HHH AS POSSIBLE VP…
CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF STATUS OF TAX BILL IN SENATE; ABRAHAM RIBICOFF'S POSITION ON BILL; LBJ ASKS ABOUT FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON BILL, CONGRESSIONAL RECESS FOR UPCOMING HOLIDAYS, AND HIS POSSIBLE ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS
