The LBJ Library: President Lyndon Johnson & Governor Nelson Rockefeller (1/07/1966)

Source:LBJ Library- President Lyndon B Johnson (Democrat, Texas) talking to Governor Nelson Rockefeller (Republican, New York) in 1966.

"Telephone Conversation between President Johnson and Nelson Rockefeller. 

Citation No.: 9458

January 7, 1966

Time: 1:01 PM

Speakers: President Johnson and Nelson Rockefeller

General Topic: Business; Congressional Relations; Disasters; Federal Budget; Housing; Labor; Legislation; National Politics; Press Relations; Public Relations; Transportation; Urban Affairs; Veterans; Welfare

Topics: Rockefeller Asks LBJ To Declare NYC Disaster Area, Requests Small Business Loans, Veterans Loan Guarantees, OEO Help For Those Affected By Transit Strike; LBJ Suggests Other Methods Be Studied Before Issuing Disaster Declaration; Strike Negotiations; RFK" 

Source:The LBJ Library

Governor Nelson Rockefeller (Republican, New York) trying to get President Lyndon Johnson (Democrat, Texas) to give him some public assistance from the Federal level, to deal with some small business issues and problems that were going on in New York City. Perhaps having to deal with riots or other social unrest the city was going through in the mid and late 1960s. Which was a rough time for New York during this period with high crime and high poverty and other issues dealing with social unrest in a city of roughly eight-million people that was crucial to the whole State of New York.

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