Telephone conversation # 11305, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 1/4/1967, 11:20AM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 11305, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 1/4/1967, 11:20AM

Duration: (min: sec):

15:25

Reference No.:

11305

Description:

SMATHERS' EVALUATION OF MIAMI MAYOR ROBERT HIGH FOR POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT; DISCUSSION OF DEMOCRATIC LOSSES IN RECENT ELECTIONS; SMATHERS' RESIGNATION AS SECRETARY OF SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE, HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE; ROBERT BYRD AS NEW SECRETARY

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Smathers, George A. (George Armistead), 1913-2007

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 2

Speaker 2:

GEORGE SMATHERS

Other Speaker(s):

OFFICE CONVERSATION

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Appointments and nominations; Condolences and greetings; Congressional relations; Elections; National politics; Pre-Presidential; LBJ speeches and statements; Texas politics; Urban affairs

Archivist's General Note:

"JACKSONVILLE, FLA. (RET. PRES.'S CALL)"; "REGARDING A MAN NAMED HIGH (SP.?) FOR AN APPOINTMENT"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; SMATHERS ON HOLD 3:05; POOR SOUND QUALITY; SMATHERS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-11305

Date:

1967-01-04

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Citation

Telephone conversation # 11305, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 1/4/1967, 11:20AM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed April 16, 2024, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-11305