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  • both McCarthy and Bobby Kennedy on the ballot. I have asked Bailey and Criswe ll at DNC to talk to the State Chairman and National Committeeman and our friends and get their recommendations on these Primaries. I do not want to say I am or I am
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
  • know in either party that I thought in 1964 was best equipped to be President. 11 He said his recommendation of Humphrey had cost him dearly from Robert Kennedy and Eugene McCarthy, both of w horn wanted the nomination. Other comments
  • Kennedy, Robert F. (Robert Francis), 1925-1968
  • ) ,..,.,.,,,""""'~ ~-~-tr NL..J a8~1~f' FILE LOCATION Me~ting Notes File, Box 3 RESTRICTION CODES GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION -:~ I ' THE WHITE HOUSE WASHINGTON June 11, 1968 FOR JUANITA ROBERTS Juanita ­ For the Diary. WGBowdler ~IB®N1"I:> - h. II I
  • Roberts, Juanita
  • frequently when people think something big is about to happen. He noted that President Kennedy's poll went up 10 points immediately after the Bay of Pigs then plunged 12 points when the crisis was over. More .. Roberts and Elfin -2­ The President also
  • spent $9. 5 billion on poverty in his last year, Kennedy $12. 5 billion, and Johnson $28 billion. Manpower training cost from 3 to 4 to 12 billion in the same period. ) The President: It is not right to say that we are not moving fast enough because
  • they told Kennedy where to go with that proposal in 1962.
  • Robert, Juanita
  • Senator Robert Byrd Postmaster General Larry O'Brien Barefoot Sanders Mike Manatos George Christian Jim Jones MEETING CONVENED: ,Cabinet Room at 6:16 p.m. MEETING ADJOURNED: 7:00 p. m. The President opened the meeting discussing the excise
  • MEMORANDUM FOR THE RECORD SUBJECT: China Experts Meeting with the President, February 2, 1968 (Sponsored by the National Committee on United States­ China Relations) PARTICIPANTS: The President, Professors Edwin O. Reischauer, Harvard, Robert A. Scalapino
  • . It is unfortunate we are there, but throughout history we have had to face this situation where aggressors try to capture their enemies. Eisenhower told Kennedy this would be his biggest problem. Kennedy attempted to solve the South­ east Asian situation
  • not be anticipated. lb traced development of the democratic process in Vietnam, said when Geno Ky took second-place on the Thieu­ 1
  • at Commonwealth meetlngs-- Slr Robert Menzles. Before he went to one of theae meetlna•. Mende• had a•lr.ed what could I •&yon your behalf. I outlined our vlewa. In fact. he went even further in defendlna our poaltion that I had •uggeated. There really la
  • Long Senator Robert Byrd Speaker McCormack Congressman Carl Albert Congressman Hale Boggs Postmaster General Larry 0 1 Brien Barefoot San ders Mike Manatos Jim Jones The President opened the meeting and read from the agenda (a copy of which
  • ; 3.) bring about a "true revolution" by utilizing the private sector of Vietnam such as the Tenant Farmers Union. Robert Murphy and Justice .A.be Fortas agrees with Lodge. sho?ld expl~re Fortas believes we the greater use of smaller military units
  • , when public sentiment for effective gun control was high following the assassinations of Martin Luther King and Senator Robert Kennedy:, it appeared that we might even get the only . really effective control -- licensing and registration
  • ~· MEETING OF THE PRESIDENT WITH HUGH SIDEY OF TIME MAGAZINE FEBRUARY 8, 1967 This was a general discussion on American involvement in Vietnam. The President said that President Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson had done everything possible
  • had seen Leon Keyserling on television, and it was the the meanest thing he had ever seen directed against Bobby Kennedy. The President said he feels there has been a dramatic shift in public opinion on the war, that a lot of people are really
  • ~ '. .. .. ... , ·Nrr1~ Q;~1·uc. "t ·. 1 ~... .Jv--1-~;. ....~- • . i·1 . ·J . · · ;BY~-,t·LA.R.·~LDm:i:J:C.'iQt " .>j . .\ ·: ·! · .. ~ . .... . i ;.A•. GENERAL . } . ·.·' i .... ~-1. I DISCUSSED THE KENNEDY S?EECH THIS MORNING WITH SENIOR
  • Kennedy, Edward M. (Edward Moore), 1932-2009
  • Smith Rep. W. R. Hull Rep. Bob Casey Senator Ralph Yarborough Senator Jennings Randolph Senator Harrison Williams Senator Claiborne Pell Senator Edward Kennedy Senator Alan Bible Senator Lister Hill Senator John Stennis .mno; MEMORANDUM
  • " for action a• contraated with the "Kennedy tone". Johnson definitely feel• that we place too much emphaeie on aocial re!orrna; he ha• very little tolerance with our 1pending ao much time being "do-gooders": and he baa no tolerance whatsoever with bickering
  • . I will be happy just to keep doing what is right and lose the election. There has been a panic in the last three weeks. It was caused by Ted Kennedy's report on corruption and the ARVN and the GVN being no good. And now a release that Westmoreland
  • unattractive they are. Senator Edward Kennedy says the Vietnamese goverrunent steals about 50% of each dollar. He is about to release a report outlining corruption in Vietnam. To what do you attribute the confession by Captain Bucher, General Wheeler? General
  • Vietnam frc es. The President: There are ..two or three dangers in this: (1) We comply with the Senator Kennedy demand. (2) We create doubt about the fact we are doubtful. (3) We were charged with handpicking. (4) It might harden public position
  • proposition • .Kennedy and McCarthy.aren't coming up with much. "Let's try so:::lething like this." Ma Bu.."'1.d.y: That's OK. RuskY Whether or not this is a step toward peace is up to Hanoi. M. Bundy: President is not about to escalate like you say
  • hangover Kennedy columnist is sniping about Johnson cutting off Great Society programs. The only man that helps me survive is Jim Webb. He is trying to reduce funds in his agency. Orville Freeman is a soldier - -he's trying. Meeting ended at 11 a. m
  • time to question you on them. I thought Senator Stennis handled himself very we1l yesterday. Did anyone talk with him before he went on the air? General Wheeler: General Brown talked with Senator Stennis. The President: A senator (Senator Ted Kennedy
  • Club in Detroit on Monday. Rusk said he "is going to remind them that 1967 was a helluva year for international agreements and he is going to point out the progress in the Kennedy Round, the Latin solidarity, the Asian Development Bank beginning
  • some military disaster - that'll be it. They'd rather negotiate with Kennedy, McCarthy or Humphrey. General Taylor: I 1 d go back to the 20th right now. The President: Let 1 s set predicate - we can't pop it all at once. Secretary Clifford: The bombing
  • Dirksen, at 72, from Chicago, can stand up and be my defender the way he has been. SECRETARY RUSK: He has a little stronger chemical than others. in his system THE PRESIDENT: Quoted parts of the James McGregor Burns book on Kennedy's quotes about
  • past meetings produced more than we expected. 3.~ Lb) l5')lt,) ,, A discussion of trade hearings followed. Secretary Rusk: There have been several assaults on. the Hill concerning the Kennedy Round. We need to see all of these proposed changes
  • prominent in the news. The President asked if anybody had heard from Senator Ted Kennedy on the refugee study. Walt Ro stow said he had not. Secretary McNamara said he saw a preliminary report from the field. Based on the questions asked, it appears
  • it not been for this policy of gradualism. SECRETARY RUSK: There may be a point to that. If back under President Kennedy we had recommended and approved putting in 100, 000 men it might have saved things. THE PRESIDENT: What is the situation on the Pueblo
  • Vietnamese statement in Paris. It says again that the United States is the aggressor. "U Thant, DeGaulle, Senator Kennedy and Fulbright say you should stop bombing." They want world opinion to sway us. The sooner we show we will do what is right, the better
  • . The President: Summarize it. Secretary Rusk: Recommend you wait to hear from Bunker. I take the long view. President Kennedy said we would make a battle there to save South Vietnam. That set us on course. After the Tonkin Gulf, you put in troops to keep South
  • with the members of Congress today. I pointed out that there had been 11 aircraft incidents under President Truman; 33 under President Eisenhower; 7 under President Kennedy; and 11 under President Johnsono I told them not to get panicky about the Pueblo situation
  • •uTHE SECURITY AND FREEDOM OF BERLIN, A COMMITMENT WHICH WAS DEMONSTRATED IN 19481 WHICH · ~AS BEEN REITERATED BY PRESIDENTS EISENHOWER AND KENNEDY AND WHICH ' IS AS ' FIRM AND EXPLICIT TODAY AS rr WAS WHEN IT " WAS MADE· . TH SHOULD BE KNOWN IN BERLIN
  • The President said he was astounded to find that there were several groups of people who were working to get Congressmen who are in agreement with our policies to make a reassessment. In this case, Senator Teddy Kennedy had approached Congressman O'Neal
  • : I saw where Senator Kennedy pointed out that the South Vietnamese voted not to call up 18 year olds. General Wheeler: I met last night with this unnamed group chaired by Nick Katzenbach and Paul Nitze. We are pressing for the South Vietnamese
  • yoa all want, we'll 10 on Tueaday evea.ina ow: time, but 1would10 Moaday. McNAMARA What do w• ••Y to the preaa? THE PllESIDENT We doa•t need to dlaclo•• every piece o1 •trat•&Y to th• pr•••· I would aay to Maaafield. Kennedy, Tul• briaht that we
  • to::owi~g ~he . Bay o= ?ig3 ?re~id~nt Kennedy s-~ ~D a Foreign I~~ellige~~a THE .__..,-4C..,.,~ --·~-\,,,.4-·· c~rcu:""r1stances --~ c.••'"-' Page ? ') _..; 14 :..cvis~::-:_,• Boa.re. and D.::. Ki2.l.:.z..n ·.1as the head of it . =~=. ci