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Oral history transcript, Robert E. Jordan III, interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • Counsel and then Acting Special Assistant for Civil Functions; General Counsel and Special Assistant for Civil Functions. Interviewer ~--±D~o~r~o~t~h~y,,__P...__i~e~r~c~e.__~~__.'--~~~--Position or relationship to narrator __ __ H_i_s_t_o_ry..a.-_P_r_o~J
  • games and the Mayor of Selma; J. Edgar Hoover and the Yarmouth Castle case; Secret Service-FBI merger issue; anecdote of LBJ's political acumen; Jim Wright an issue of constitutionality; dealing with civil disturbances; the M-16 rifle investigation
Folder, "Civil Rights – Watts, Los Angeles Riots," Office Files of Lee White, Box 6 (Item)
  • ] - 4 _politicians and indicated that had they exercised real leadership in the community the riots could have been averted. III. General Observations 1. Police Chief Parker seems to be adored like Edgar Hoover by the whites in power but hated by many
Telephone conversation # 12001, transcript, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 7/14/1967, 12:22PM (Item)
  • . Hughes: Well, we've had 4 tests already, I just left the conference, one of these on the board is Judge Whipple ••• and they've agreed with me to call in the grand jury and indict these violaters••• .L BJ: Well you just let Ramsey Clark or Mr. Hoover
  • Hughes, Richard J. (Richard Joseph), 1909-