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May 7th, 1965
On this day in 1965, President Johnson signed a resolution appropriating funds for military requirements in Viet-Nam.
“It is not the money but it is the message that matters, and that message is simple. I think that message is honest and clear: we will do whatever must be done to insure the safety of South Viet-Nam from aggression. We will use our power with restraint, and we will use it with all the wisdom that we can command. But we will use it.”
May 7th, 1965
Meeting in the Oval Officecredit: Frank Wolfe
On this day in 1965, President Johnson had a telephone conversation with Senator Birch Bayh.
The two men discussed Senator Edward Kennedy’s poll tax amendment to the Voting Rights Bill; Senator Robert Kennedy’s lobbying tactics; certain constitutional questions; Nicholas Katzenbach’s concern that the Kennedy amendment would jeopardize the bill; Robert Kennedy’s request that Katzenbach be appointed Attorney General; and the future of the Democratic Party.