Conversation Details
President Johnson and House Minority Leader (and future president) Gerald R. "Jerry" Ford Jr. [R–Michigan] discussed highway funding. Johnson noted that it was "a governmental policy that I don't think is partisan," even though it had been criticized by a Republican House member. The President then asked that Ford reach out to him more often, as other Republican leaders often did.
Date:
February 7, 1967
Topic:
Highways, Bipartisanship
Location
Mansion
Conversation
WH6702-02-11519-11520
Conversation Participants
Presidential Daily Diary Excerpt
![Presidential Daily Diary, 2/7/1967](https://d29j0x7vue4ie8.cloudfront.net/s3fs-public/2021-04/1967_0207_11519_11520_ford_DD.jpg)