Secret White House Tapes

Conversation with THEODORE MCKELDIN, August 18, 1967

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  • THEODORE MCKELDIN
August 18, 1967
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MCKELDIN EXPRESSES HIS REGRETS BUT SAYS HE CANNOT ACCEPT APPOINTMENT TO HEAD WASHINGTON, DC GOVT BECAUSE OF HIS HEALTH AND AGE, MENTIONS PAST RIOTING IN BALTIMORE, SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT A YOUNGER MAN SUCH AS MAYOR OF DETROIT OR MILWAUKEE