ACTIONS REQUESTED OR SUGGESTED CABINET MEETING, FEBRUARY 25, 1965

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• Document Creation Date: December 12, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 20, 2002
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• Publication Date: February 26, 1965
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REFERRAL TO NSC NOT REQUIRED
February 26, 1965
FOR THE CABINET
AND.AGENCY HEADS
FROM HORACE BUSBY, SPECIAL ASSISTANT TO THE PRESIDENT
ABOUT ACTIONS REQUESTED OR SUGGESTED
CABINET MEETING, FEBRUARY 25, 1965
For your records, this is a summary of the requests and suggestions
for Department and Agency Heads action made during the Cabinet meeting
on Thursday, February 25, 1965-
1. Requests for Pending Reports
The following reports, requested at previous meetings of
the Cabinet, are pending:
a. Due March 15: Status of legislative reports, including
estimates of when Congressional action can be completed.
Route reports to Larry O'Brien with copy to The Vice President.
b. Due April 30: Review of recommendations on user charges.
Route to the Bureau of the Budget.
c. Current Status: The Budget Director is to be kept
continuously informed of progress toward accomplishing the
closing and consolidation of installations contemplated in the
budget.
2. New Requests for Meetings
a. White House Correspondence: On Wednesday, March 3
at the White House there will be a meeting of representatives
from each department and agency regarding handling of mail
referrals from the Executive Office. The name of your
designated, representative should be sent to my office by
Monday, March 1 (Advise Mrs King, Code 145-664). You
will be advised of the hour and place of meeting.
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b. Congressional Executive Relations: The meeting of
Legislative Assistants with the Budget Director and the
Attorney General will be scheduled and announced by Mr. Gordon.
3. New Requests for Reports
a. Interagency Committees
(1) By March 5 : A completedlist of all interagency
committees which your department chairs or participates
in. This is to include any, informally created committees
as well as those established by statute or Presidential
order. File to my office at the White House.
(2) By April-3& Reports on each interagency committee,
offering, either justificat.on for continuance or recommendation
for termination. This is the report requested by the
Bureau of the Budget.
b. Comments on Bureau of the Budget Draft Circular on
Government Commercial-Industrial Activities : If questions
or issues exist regarding proposed new policy statement,
confer with the Bureau of the Budget to resolve questions by
March 5 or shortly thereafter.
4. Other Requests and Suggestions
a. Liaison with Governors: The President designated Office
of Emergency Planning Director, Governor Buford Ellington, to
serve as liaison with the Governors of the 50 States. He will be
available to assist all Department and Agency Heads on such
matters.
b. Liaison with Mayors: The President designated Vice
President Humphrey to serve as liaison with Mayors. He will
be available to assist all Department add Agency Heads on such
matters.
c. See the USA: The President suggests that the speech of
Secretary Udall on travel in the United States might be
profitably read by all concerned with support of the effort to
encourage travel in this country by Americans and foreign
visitors. Copies may be obtained from Secretary Udall's office.
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d. On Relations with.the Public, by Mail or in Person:
The President asked Civil Service Commission Chairman
John Macy to survey the present policies and practices
throughout the government and to make recommendations
to the Cabinet for improvements.
e. On Interagency Committees: In addition to requests f~# Cpl
for reports on this subject, the President urged compliance 6S" /
with these two policies:
-- That statutory creation of interagency committees
be discouraged and resisted.
-- That in creating such committees it be the practice
to specify at the time of creation a time for termination.
f. On Urban Problems: The President expressed the hope
that where appropriate, speeches and statements by officials
of the government will include emphasis upon the efforts now
being made legislatively to meet the needs and problems of
the Nation's urban areas.
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