JL |
JUDICIAL - LEGAL MATTERS |
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(open 9/5/74) |
Boxes 1-2 |
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Riots; wiretapping; gun control;
demonstrations at the White House; Safe Streets Act, 1968; Convention
of Foreign Arbitral Awards; National Council on Crime and Delinquency;
legality of Vietnam war. 9.5". |
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JL 1 |
AMNESTIES - CLEMENCY -
PARDONS |
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(open 9/5/74) |
Boxes 2-6 |
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Pardon procedure in military
cases; commutation of sentences for group arrested at White House sit-in,
1965; publicity on use of presidential pardons; requests for amnesty,
clemency, and pardon. 13.5". |
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JL 1-1 |
APPROVED - DISAPPROVED
APPLICATIONS |
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(open 9/5/74) |
Boxes 7-21 |
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Entire series is closed. Reports
to the President from the Attorney General proposing approval or denial
of requests for clemency, amnesty, and pardons. The merits of each case
are discussed. Arranged in chronological order. The entire file consists
of Executive material. There is no General. |
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JL 2 |
CIVIL MATTERS |
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(open 9/5/74) |
Boxes 21-24 |
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Individuals' claim against
the government; litigation over Nebraska Law LB 764; Littell v. Udall,
a suit involving negligent operation of the Presidential helicopter; civil
suit of John R. Dunning; Indian Claims Commission; automobile injury lawsuits;
representation of federal regulatory agencies in court proceedings; HUAC;
investigation of civil strife; Atlantic Coast Live Railroad Company, et
al. v. Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen; Convention of International Judicial
Assistance Recommended for Submission to Senate; Fair Labor Standards
Act Amendment of 1966; claims concerning the award of government contracts;
claims against the government as a result of riots in Washington, D. C.,
April 1968. 16". |
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JL 2-1 |
ANTI-TRUST CASES |
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(open 6/73) |
Box 24 |
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Anti-trust cases against:
National General Corporation; GE's purchase of Landers, Frary and Clark
Co.; Times Mirror Co.; Hazel-Atlas Glass Division of Continental Can Co.;
Schlitz Brewery; & E. W. Scripps Co.; list of individual and corporate
defendants in all anti-trust cases pending 7/1/64. Paper by James S. Gordon,
"An Experiment in Preventive Antitrust: Judicial Regulation of the Motion
Picture Exhibition Market under the Paramount Decrees." Anti-trust case
against Norwich Pharmacal Co.; San Francisco Examiner & Chronicle;
International Circulation Distributors; Seaboard Airline-Atlantic Coast
Line; Norfolk & Western Nickel Plat-Wabash; North Pacific-Great Northern-Burlington;
PA-NY Central; Union-Rock Island; list of anti-trust actions against bread
and milk companies; list of anti-trust cases pending on 6/30/68; Tucson
case before the Supreme Court. 3". |
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JL 3 |
CRIMINAL MATTERS |
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(open 12/72) |
Boxes 25-33 |
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Crimes, criminals, prisoners,
warrants of extradition, crime and delinquency prevention programs, law
enforcement statistics, federal fight against organized crime and racketeering,
complaints about Joseph Valachi's auto-biography, Washington, D. C. crime
report, a national police academy, Commission on Causes and Prevention
of Violence, gun control, and capital punishment. 44". |
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JL 3/Kennedy, Robert F. |
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ASSASSINATION OF ROBERT
F. KENNEDY |
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(open 9/5/74) |
Boxes 33-34 |
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Letters and telegrams from
the public expressing reactions to the shooting of Senator Robert F. Kennedy;
foreign reactions to the assassination; mail counts; Commission on the
Causes and Prevention of Violence; column by Harry Golden; identifying
potential assassins. 7". |
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JL 3/King |
ASSASSINATION OF DR. MARTIN
LUTHER KING |
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(open 12/72) |
Boxes 35-37 |
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Requests for providing State
Funeral and burial in Arlington National Cemetery, National Day of Mourning,
legal holiday, flying flag at half staff, lying in state, burial in Georgia,
provision of government air transportation, notes of sympathy, and other
matters pertaining to the death and internment of Dr. King. 10". |
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JL 3/CO |
EXTRADITION - HIJACKING/COUNTRY |
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(open 5/29/74) |
Box 37 |
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North Korean seizure of Pueblo;
attempt to secure the release of Southeast Airline pilot's wife who was
detained in Cuba; seizure of North American tuna vessel by Panamanian
officials. 1". |
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JL 3/FG 1 |
PRESIDENTIAL ASSASSINATIONS |
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(open 5/29/74) |
Box 37 |
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Newspaper clipping on reported
plot to assassinate President Johnson; report on the assassination of
President John F. Kennedy. .5". |
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JL 3/FG 2/Kennedy, John
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ASSASSINATION OF PRESIDENT
JOHN F. KENNEDY |
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(open 5/29/74) |
Box 37 |
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Cross references and letters
from the general public regarding the assassination of President John
F. Kennedy. .5". |
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JL 3/FO 2/CO |
CRIMINAL MATTERS/DIPLOMATIC-CONSULAR
RELATIONS/COUNTRIES |
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(open 5/29/74) |
Box 37 |
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Telegram from Prime Minister
Hayato Ikeda regarding the attack on Ambassador Reischauer. 1 item. |
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JL 3/MC National Conference
on Crime Control - State Dept. 3/28-29 |
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MEETINGS AND CONFERENCES
- National Conference on Crime Control - State Dept. 3/28-29 |
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(open 5/29/74) |
Box 37 |
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Data relating to the First
National Conference on Crime Control and President's appearance at the
conference. .5". |
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JL 4 |
DECISIONS - OPINIONS -
INTERPRETATIONS |
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(processed 5/29/74) |
Box 37 |
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Reorganization of the Office
of Economic Opportunity; opinions involving subsidized wage scales on
subsidized U.S. flag ships; use of marshals, troops, and other federal
personnel for law enforcement in Mississippi; Report of the Commission
on International Rules of Judicial Procedure; the Spee-Flo Manufacturing
Corporation v. Binks Manufacturing Company. .5". |
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JL 4-1 |
ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINIONS |
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(open 5/29/74) |
Box 37 |
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Opinion of the Attorney General
on the "Exemption of Resident Aliens from Military Service Pursuant to
Treaties - Bar to Eligibility for Citizenship"; Vacancy in the position
of Chief Justice; opinions on the legality of serving on various boards
and commissions; Attorney General's opinion on Compensation for removal
of highway billboards; NS "Savannah" - Executive agreements waiving sovereign
immunity and limitation of shipowner's liability; receiving legislation
from Congress during the President's absence. .5". |
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JL 4-2 |
COMPTROLLER GENERAL |
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(open 5/29/74) |
Box 37 |
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Includes only two documents,
cross references to UT 2-1 and FI 2. 2 items |
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JL 4-3 |
JUDICIAL DECISIONS |
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(open 5/29/74) |
Boxes 37-38 |
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Armour and Company v. United
States and Freeman; Grand Jury report on accident involving the Robert
F. Kennedy Funeral Train; United States v. William Wallace Barron, et
al.; University Committee to End the War in Viet Nam et al. v. Lester
Gunn, Sheriff of Bell County, Texas; lawsuit involving Texas Southern
University; Jack Ruby v. the State of Texas. 1.5". |
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JL 5 |
JUVENILE DELINQUENCY |
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(open 9/5/74) |
Box 38 |
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Juvenile Delinquency Bill,
1967-1968; National Council on Crime and Delinquency; Great Society and
youth programs; District of Columbia crime; President's messages on juvenile
delinquency; Haryou-Act, Inc.; National District Attorneys Association;
President's Committee on Juvenile Delinquency. 3.5". |
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JL 6 |
LAW ENFORCEMENT - POLICE
MATTERS |
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(open 12/72) |
Boxes 39-41 |
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Law enforcement assistance,
police training, reports on Law Enforcement Assistance Program authorized
by Congress in 1965, acts of bravery and complaints of police inadequacies.
9.5". |
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JL 6/MC |
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS'
CONFERENCES |
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(open 9/5/74) |
Box 41 |
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Racial violence in urban centers,
suggestions for White House Conference on Law Enforcement, 1964. 6 items. |
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JL 6-1 |
SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION
FOR FORMER PRESIDENTS, PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES AND THEIR FAMILIES |
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(open 9/5/74) |
Box 41 |
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Secret Service protection
for First Lady traveling on commercial airlines; Secret Service protection
for Gov. Nelson Rockefeller, Richard M. Nixon, Lester Maddox, George McGovern,
the Chief Justice, and the Kennedy family; Secret Service protection for
widows and minor children of former presidents. 1". |
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JL 7 |
LAWYERS - LEGAL AID |
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(open 12/72) |
Box 42 |
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Recommendations on appointments
and recruitment of government attorneys; the President's meeting with
the National Bar Association 10/14/66; report of OEO on legal services
program for 1966. 3.5". |
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JL 8 |
MISSING PERSONS |
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(open 9/5/74) |
Box 42 |
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Disappearance and murder of
three civil rights workers in Mississippi and documents regarding other
missing persons (see also HU 2/ST 24). 1". |
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JL 9 |
WAR CLAIMS - ALIEN PROPERTY |
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(open 9/5/74) |
Box 42 |
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Hawes family and Matagorda
Island; Jewish Restitution Successor Organization; transferring jurisdiction
over certain blocked assets from the Attorney General to the Secretary
of the Treasury; General Aniline & Film Corporation; claims agreement
with Yugoslavia; claims of shareholders of general dyestuff corporation;
Austrian assets. 2.5". |
