LBJ on the Foreign Aid budget

LBJ on the Foreign Aid budget

President Johnson complains to Jack Brooks, a Democratic congressman from Texas, about Representative Otto Passman's (Democrat, Louisiana) ability to shape the Foreign Aid budget, by appropriating 25 percent less for President Johnson than for President Kennedy.

Date:  Dec 20, 1963
Participants:  Lyndon Johnson, Jack Brooks
Conversation Number:  K6312-13-05