516–6

Conversation No. 516-6

Date: June 10, 1971
Time: 12:29 pm - 12:56 pm
Location: Oval Office

Alexander P. Butterfield met with Stephen B. Bull

President’s schedule

The President entered at 12:30 pm

Bull left at an unknown time before 12:31 pm

-Background on upcoming meeting
-Everett D. Collier
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Collier, Philip G. Warner, Herbert G. Klein, and White House photographer entered at 12:31 pm

Greetings

The White House photographer left at unknown time before 12:56 pm

Backgrounds Conv. No. 516-5 (cont.)
-Education
-University of Texas
-Sam Houston State University
-Work experience
-Attorney General experience
-Crawford Morton
-Howard Freedmore role
-Freedmore background
-Jesse F. Jones
-Benefits of legal background
-John B. Connally as an example
-Qualifications
-Legal training
-Leadership
-Railroad executives
-Problems with railroad leadership
-Advantages and disadvantages of legal training

Butterfield left at 12:35 pm


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Texas
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-Louie Welch
-Chief of police in Houston
-Perception of President in Texas
-Welfare position
-Position on demonstrators
-Welfare position
-Sympathy in rural Texas
Conv. No. 516-6 (cont.)

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Manolo Sanchez entered at unknown time after 12:31 pm

Sanchez left at unknown time before 12:51 pm


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-Polls
-Houston
-President’s efficiency
-Outcome
-Connally efficiency
-Connally role
-Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library
-Johnson
-Performance as President
-Hubert H. Humphrey as Vice President
-Handling of war
-Performance in Congress
-Respect for Johnson
-Demographics

Bull entered at unknown time after 12:31 pm
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President’s schedule

Bull left at unknown time before 12:56 pm

Texas
-Demographics
-Black population Conv. No. 516-6 (cont.)
-Houston University
-Basketball team
-Effect of Texas Southern University
-Demonstrations
-Handling by authorities
-Houston versus Los Angeles
-Problems
-Economics
-Problems in United States’ cities
-Houston versus New York City
-Houston city planning
-Natural growth problems
-Pollution
-Air and water
-Racial strife
-Crime
-Surrounding country
-Texas “spirit”
-Compared to the East
-Need for vitality
-Prevention of problems
-Chicago problems
-Accomplishments
-Astrodome
-Transportation
-John A. Volpe view
-Mass transit
-Prior planning
-Problems of New York and Cleveland
-Los Angeles
-Dallas/Fort Worth
-Benefits
-Age
-Federal versus local government role
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-Money problems
-Voting on taxes
-Pollution control
-Steps to rectify problem
-Source
-Municipal sewage
-Air pollution
-Motor vehicle Conv. No. 516-6 (cont.)

Autographs
-Unknown female
-Unknown male
-Dated on Presidential stationery

Gifts
-Cuff links
-For wives and families

Texas

Collier, Warner, and Klein left at 12:56 pm