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Telephone conversation # 4291, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/21/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE REEDY, LEE WHITE AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON HOLD FOR HOOVER; ONLY OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDING HOOVER CALL RECORDED; HOOVER IS NOT RECORDED ON THIS RECORDING
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 4291, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/21/1964, 12:40PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
Telephone conversation # 4820, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 8/8/1964, 9:58AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS HOOVER PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON MURDER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI, NEED FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, OBEDIENCE TO LAWS; HOOVER RECOMMENDS STATEMENT OPPOSING RIOTING; LBJ PRAISES FBI WORK IN MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA; GULF OIL
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 4820, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 8/8/1964, 9:58AM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
Telephone conversation # 5555, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 9/9/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS HOOVER FOR COMPILATION OF FBI REPORTS ON URBAN RIOTS FOR REPORT TO BE EDITED BY THOMAS DEWEY; HOOVER REPORTS HIS POLITICAL OBSERVATIONS FROM TRIPS TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, NYC, INCLUDING SHIFT OF JEWISH SUPPORT FROM GOLDWATER TO LBJ
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 5555, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 9/9/1964, 5:25PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
Telephone conversation # 4295, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/21/1964, 1:06PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LBJ'S CONVERSATION WITH RFK; DISCUSSION OF ADVISABILITY OF HOOVER HIMSELF GOING TO NYC TO HANDLE INVESTIGATION OF RIOTS IN HARLEM; LBJ READS PORTIONS OF SEVERAL TELEGRAMS RECEIVED FROM PUBLIC REGARDING RIOTS
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 4295, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/21/1964, 1:06PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
Telephone conversation # 4305, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/22/1964, 9:26AM (Item)
  • HOOVER REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT WAGNER ABOUT NYC RIOTS, SUCCESSFUL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE DURING MLK VISIT TO GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI; LBJ ASKS ABOUT NEW YORK NEWS STORY BY JACK MALLON ON COMMUNIST, RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST SUPPORT
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 4305, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/22/1964, 9:26AM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
Telephone conversation # 4292, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/21/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON NYC RIOTS, ASKS HOOVER TO CONTACT NYC OFFICIALS ABOUT NEED FOR FBI TO INVESTIGATE THERE AS IN SOUTH; HOOVER OFFERS TO GO TO NYC; NEED TO PROVIDE FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR MLK AT UPCOMING SPEECH IN GREENWOOD
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 4292, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/21/1964, 12:40PM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
Telephone conversation # 12005, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/25/1967, 10:33AM (Item)
  • HOOVER REPORTS THAT MLK WILL GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING ON RIOTS; DROP IN VIOLENCE IN DETROIT; FEDERAL RESPONSE TO SITUATION; RIOTING IN CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND; OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF SIMON MCHUGH TO SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD
  • Hoover, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1895-1972
  • Telephone conversation # 12005, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/25/1967, 10:33AM
  • J. EDGAR HOOVER
Telephone conversation # 4294, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 7/21/1964, 1:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBILITY OF J. EDGAR HOOVER GOING TO NYC TO HANDLE INVESTIGATION OF HARLEM RIOTS; RFK COMPARES NYC SITUATION WITH GEORGIA INCIDENT RATHER THAN MISSISSIPPI INCIDENT, QUESTIONS NEED FOR HOOVER HIMSELF TO GO TO NYC
Telephone conversation # 5530, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS DEWEY, 9/8/1964, 5:05PM (Item)
  • DEWEY REPORTS ON MEETING WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER, OFFERS TO EDIT HOOVER'S REPORT ON RIOTS AND MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FEDERAL ACTION; FBI; DEWEY'S EXPERIENCE WITH HARLEM RIOTS, WISH TO KEEP HIS WORK ON REPORT SECRET; WALTER JENKINS AS WH LIAISON
Telephone conversation # 4288, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 7/21/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL PROTECTION FOR MLK AT UPCOMING SPEECH IN GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI; RELATIONS BETWEEN J. EDGAR HOOVER, RFK, JUSTICE DEPT; NYC RIOTS, NEED FOR FBI INVESTIGATION, COMPARISON WITH SITUATION IN SOUTH; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 5556, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/9/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS THAT HE HAS ASKED J. EDGAR HOOVER FOR COMPILATION OF FBI REPORTS ON URBAN RIOTS FOR USE BY LBJ, POSSIBLE USE BY SMALL GROUP INCLUDING KATZENBACH, FOR FORMULATION OF RECOMMENDATIONS FOR ACTION; LBJ EXPRESSES COMPLETE CONFIDENCE
Telephone conversation # 13345, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 8/29/1968, 8:57PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION OF RIOTS AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO, EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT RIOTS IN OTHER CITIES; DELOACH SAYS FBI IS INVESTIGATING SEVERAL CASES, MENTIONS J. EDGAR HOOVER'S UPCOMING TESTIMONY
Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 3 (III), 6/26/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of your spring--"rhat s07C.e of them aren It. crises, al \'le But tell De ,.]hatever you could call -k.t10\.J about s and the d2cisio'l not to run again. T: Well, I recall, Joe, that after the President made the decision that he television
  • impatience; MLK and Resurrection City; Ramsey Clark and his relationship with LBJ; wire-tapping; J. Edgar Hoover; Robert Kennedy’s assassination; getting Secret Service protection for Presidential candidates; the Commission on Violence; Lloyd Cutler
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
Oral history transcript, Katherine Graham Peden, interview 1 (I), 11/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , in a sense, incendiary on a national basis? P: Yes. F: That we were teetering a bit? P: Yes, J. Edgar Hoover, one of the first witnesses, said that they were unable to find any area of conspiracy in the civil disorders of Detroit and Newark
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-
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 10 p.m. Detroit crisis - President's activities from 10 p.m. to 12:30 a.m.," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • the Those involved in the activities \Vere: Secretary 1:\.1cNamara Attorney Generai Clark. FBI Director Hoover General Johnson Secretay of the Army Rezor lvir . Mr. Mr. Mr. Mr. lvla1·vin Watson· Abe Fortas Gear ge Christian Harry McPherson Joe
Folder, "July 24, 1967 - 11:15 a.m. Detroit Riots - Clark, McNamara, Christopher, Fortas, Wilkins, Doar," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • McNamara Warren Christopher Abe Fortas Larry Levinson George Christian Roger Wilkins John Doar Tom Johnson The meeting began at 11: 15 a. m. 12 :20 p. m. The meeting ended at ~ :. ,. :: !:> ·.:. :: J TG !: c A'l .. :,,;!j .. 1.:.1
Oral history transcript, Frank F. Mankiewicz, interview 3 (III), 5/5/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)
  • , I think, in his mind that "neutrality!' wasn't going to work. Then, I think, the firing of Secretary McNamara was a profoundly important thing to hiJ!}. a, sense~ And that worked out very badly. RFK really kept that secret, in :r: 1:.'eme)J}ber
Oral history transcript, Fred M. Vinson, Jr., interview 3 c (III), 12/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • . Hoover testified before the Commission on Disorders to the effect that to date--at that time--we had no such evidence, and I think it's safe to say we still have no such evidence. I think you need to distinguish between conspiracies to foment disorders
Oral history transcript, Thomas W. Fletcher, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • this idea of program budget come from? Did you bring this with you? F: Well, no, the whole concept of program budgeting goes back many years. the Hoover Commission started it back in the late '40s. agencies picked it up. Actually A number of the federal
Oral history transcript, Stanley R. Resor, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)