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Telephone conversation # 5069, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/21/1964, 11:21AM

MCCONE TELLS LBJ THAT HE WILL BE IN CALIFORNIA IF LBJ NEEDS HIM; MCCONE WILL RETURN WHEN MAXWELL TAYLOR RETURNS, WISHES LBJ GOOD LUCK AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION NEXT WEEK

Telephone conversation # 5070, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/21/1964, 11:32AM

OFFICE CONVERSATION ON DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; WAGNER ASKS LBJ ABOUT SELECTION OF ED WEISL, SR., AS NEW YORK NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN; WAGNER'S STATEMENT ON RFK; RFK'S ANNOUNCEMENT AS NEW YORK SENATE CANDIDATE, WITHDRAWAL AS MASSACHUSETTS…

Telephone conversation # 5071, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 8/21/1964, 11:41AM

LBJ ASKS FELDMAN ABOUT ADVISABILITY OF HAVING SIGNING CEREMONY FOR IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL, ASKS FELDMAN TO CHECK WITH USDA, STATE DEPT, AND ASKS FELDMAN TO ASSIST MANSFIELD AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION

Telephone conversation # 5072, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/21/1964, time unknown

LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO DEAN RUSK WHO IS ON ANOTHER CALL TO ADLAI STEVENSON; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION

Telephone conversation # 5077, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 11:51AM

DISCUSSION OF COMPOSITION OF US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY; CHARLES ENGELHARD?; QUESTION OF HAVING SIGNING CEREMONY FOR IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL

Telephone conversation # 5078, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 8/21/1964, 11:55AM

LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON, MANSFIELD DISCUSS PRESS STORY THAT MRS. JOHNSON INADVERTENTLY KEPT CEREMONIAL KEY TO CITY OF BILLINGS, MONTANA, WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE BACK; MRS. JOHNSON'S PLANS TO ATTEND ALLEN ELLENDER'S LUNCH WHICH LBJ SAYS HE MAY ALSO…

Telephone conversation # 5079, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 12:00PM

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN; DISCUSSION OF CHARLES ENGELHARD HEADING US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY

Telephone conversation # 5080, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 8/21/1964, 12:10PM

VALENTI ANSWERS TELEPHONE, ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY TO HAVE ANDERSON HOLD FOR LBJ; ANDERSON ON HOLD THROUGHOUT THIS RECORDING

Telephone conversation # 5081, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 8/21/1964, 12:10PM

ANDERSON REPORTS GEORGE HUMPHREY IS ADMIRER OF LBJ'S BUT FEELS HE MUST SUPPORT GOLDWATER; ANDERSON ASKS LBJ TO CALL JOHN LOEB ABOUT JOINING CITIZENS COMMITTEE FOR LBJ; LBJ'S HECTIC SCHEDULE; DIVISION IN JEWISH COMMUNITY; SIDNEY WEINBERG; RECENT POLLS

Telephone conversation # 5083, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN LOEB, 8/21/1964, time unknown

OFFICE SECRETARY TELLS LBJ HE HAS A CALL FROM JOHN LOEB; LBJ ASKS HER TO TELL LOEB HE IS IN A MEETING AND WILL CALL BACK, ASKS SECRETARY TO PLACE CALLS TO CLINTON ANDERSON, ABE RIBICOFF AND SPESSARD HOLLAND; SECRETARY DELIVERS MESSAGE TO LOEB

Telephone conversation # 5087, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 12:55PM

RUSK REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH MIKE MANSFIELD ABOUT CHARLES ENGELHARD'S MEMBERSHIP ON US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY, REPORTS THAT DRAFT OF DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM CIRCULATED BY JOSEPH CLARK IS EARLY DRAFT, NOT CURRENT TEXT; PRESS…

Telephone conversation # 5088, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/21/1964, 1:00PM

DISCUSSION OF UNIDENTIFIED PERSON DOING PRIVATE SERVICE FOR GOVT

Telephone conversation # 5089, sound recording, LBJ and FREDERICK KAPPEL, 8/21/1964, 1:16PM

OFFICE SECRETARY ANNOUNCES THAT "MR. MCNEELY" OF AT&T IS ON THE TELEPHONE; LBJ ASKS TO SPEAK WITH KAPPEL INSTEAD; LBJ ASKS KAPPEL TO HELP HIM GET WILLIAM "BEV" MURPHY TO JOIN COMMITTEE OF INDEPENDENTS FOR LBJ

Telephone conversation # 5091, sound recording, LBJ and SPESSARD HOLLAND, 8/21/1964, 1:33PM

HOLLAND ASKS ABOUT POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING UNNAMED PERSON (LINTON COLLINS?) TO CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS INSTEAD OF COURT OF CLAIMS; LBJ SAYS HE HAD PLANNED TO APPOINT UNNAMED WOMAN TO COURT OF CLAIMS BUT WILL TRY TO APPOINT HOLLAND'S CANDIDATE…

Telephone conversation # 5092, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN LOEB, 8/21/1964, 1:39PM

LBJ APOLOGIZES FOR DELAY IN TALKING WITH LOEB; DISCUSSION OF COMMITTEE OF INDEPENDENTS FOR LBJ; LBJ ASKS LOEB TO MAKE SURE ROBERT ANDERSON IS MEMBER OF COMMITTEE, READS LATEST RESULTS OF LATEST GALLUP POLL

Telephone conversation # 5094, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 8/21/1964, 1:45PM

LBJ ASKS RIBICOFF TO JOIN CLINTON ANDERSON IN ASSISTING MIKE MANSFIELD AS FLOOR LEADER AND PRESS SPOKESMAN AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; ABC'S REQUEST THAT RIBICOFF STAND IN FOR HHH SHOULD HHH BE SELECTED AS VP NOMINEE; RIBICOFF PRAISES LBJ

Telephone conversation # 5095, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 8/21/1964, 1:45PM

DISCUSSION OF NEED TO ORGANIZE ANTI-GOLDWATER FORCES; JOHN LOEB

Telephone conversation # 5096, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 8/21/1964, 1:55PM

LBJ ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY TO CALL ALLEN ELLENDER ABOUT LBJ ATTENDING ELLENDER'S LUNCH; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON TO ASSIST MIKE MANSFIELD AS FLOOR LEADER AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLATFORM PLANK, LEGISLATION; JOSEPH…

Telephone conversation # 5097, sound recording, LBJ and FREDERICK KAPPEL, 8/21/1964, 3:07PM

DISCUSSION OF KAPPEL'S EFFORTS TO PERSUADE WILLIAM "BEV" MURPHY TO JOIN COMMITTEE OF INDEPENDENTS FOR LBJ; POSSIBILITY THAT SIDNEY WEINBERG OR JACK CONNOR COULD PERSUADE HIM; MURPHY'S CONCERNS ABOUT BACKING HUGH SCOTT, WILLIAM SCRANTON, BUT NOT…

Telephone conversation # 5099, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/21/1964, 3:50PM?

POSSIBLE MEETING WITH REUTHER ON TUESDAY; LABOR SUPPORT FOR LBJ; REUTHER'S INABILITY TO ATTEND POVERTY BILL SIGNING BECAUSE OF UAW NEGOTIATIONS; SEATING MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA DELEGATIONS; MFDP; LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLATFORM PLANK; JOE RAUH; MLK

Telephone conversation # 5100, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/21/1964, 6:05PM

HANDLING LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLATFORM PLANK; WALTER REUTHER, RICHARD DALEY, WILLIAM DAWSON ON ISSUE; TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT OF LBJ'S CHOICE FOR VP NOMINEE; DRAFTING LBJ'S ACCEPTANCE SPEECH; CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF PICTURE OF JFK IN HALL; RECENT…

Telephone conversation # 5101, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 6:40PM

RUSK SAYS CHARLES ENGELHARD APPOINTMENT TO HEAD US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION HAS BEEN CLEARED, ASKS IF MIKE MANSFIELD SHOULD NOTIFY HIM; LBJ ASKS FOR MEETING WITH G. MENNEN WILLIAMS; RUSK RECOMMENDS WILLIAMS AS PEACE CORPS…

Telephone conversation # 5102, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/21/1964, time unknown

LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO MIKE MANSFIELD WHO IS ON ANOTHER CALL; LBJ TELLS OPERATOR NOT TO CUT INTO THAT CALL, CALL HIM BACK LATER; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN, RECENT POLLS, LADY BIRD, LUCI, LYNDA JOHNSON CAMPAIGN TRIPS

Telephone conversation # 5103, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/21/1964, 6:55PM

DISCUSSION OF WHO SHOULD NOTIFY CHARLES ENGELHARD THAT HE WILL HEAD US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY

Telephone conversation # 5104, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 6:58PM?

RUSK REPORTS THAT MIKE MANSFIELD PREFERS THAT RUSK OR LBJ NOTIFY CHARLES ENGELHARD THAT HE WILL HEAD US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY

Telephone conversation # 5106, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES ENGELHARD, 8/21/1964, 7:35PM

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT RECENT POLL ON WHITE BACKLASH; LBJ ASKS ENGELHARD TO HEAD DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY; ENGLEHARD IS AT DOUGLAS DILLON'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION; LBJ PRAISES DILLON, REMINISCES ABOUT ENGLEHARD'S HELP IN 1960

Telephone conversation # 5107, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/21/1964, 8:30PM

JOE RAUH'S, PRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SMALL SIZE OF ROOM FOR CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA DELEGATIONS; MFDP; HHH; JAMES ROWE ON MIKE MANSFIELD AS POSSIBLE VP NOMINEE; DOUGLAS WYNN ON MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION TAKING OATH…

Telephone conversation # 5111, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN STEINBECK, 8/21/1964, 8:45PM

STEINBECK TELLS LBJ HE IS WORRIED; DISCUSSION OF STEINBECK ATTENDING DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; LBJ ASKS STEINBECK'S ASSISTANCE WITH SPEECHES, READS SPEECH DRAFT ON PEACE, INVITES STEINBECK TO WH; VALENTI DISCUSSES TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS WITH STEINBECK

Telephone conversation # 5112, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/21/1964, 8:56PM

ARRANGEMENTS FOR REUTHER'S MEETING AT WH; LBJ ASKS REUTHER TO WORK WITH JOE RAUH IN SETTLING CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING MISSISSIPPI, MFDP DELEGATION; SIZE OF ROOM FOR CREDENTIALS HEARINGS; ADVERSE EFFECT OF CONTROVERSY ON POLITICAL SITUATION, NEGROES

Telephone conversation # 5113, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/21/1964, 8:56PM

JOE RAUH AND CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING MISSISSIPPI, MFDP DELEGATION, SIZE OF ROOM FOR CREDENTIALS HEARINGS; PRESS COVERAGE OF CONTROVERSY; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE; POLL ON RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; POLLS REFLECTING WHITE BACKLASH, REPUBLICAN "FRONTLASH"

Telephone conversation # 5114, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/21/1964, 9:20PM

LBJ REPORTS ON CALL TO SPESSARD HOLLAND ABOUT LINTON COLLINS' APPOINTMENT TO COURT OF CLAIMS, ASKS SMATHERS TO ASSIST MIKE MANSFIELD AT CONVENTION; IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL; JOHN CONNALLY; FARRIS BRYANT'S WISH TO NOMINATE SMATHERS FOR VP; MARTIN…

Telephone conversation # 5115, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/21/1964, 10:00PM

LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLATFORM PLANK; SEATING MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA DELEGATIONS; MFDP; DOUGLASS CATER'S TALK WITH ANTHONY LEWIS ON REAPPORTIONMENT; EFFECT OF REAPPORTIONMENT ON CARL ALBERT'S DISTRICT; CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION; CLARK KERR;…

Telephone conversation # 5116, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ?, 8/22/1964, time unknown

"BILL" (WIRTZ?) DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO SETTLE CONTROVERSY OVER LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLATFORM PLANK, ADVISES THAT SOMEONE DISCUSS ISSUE WITH RICHARD DALEY

Telephone conversation # 5117, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/22/1964, 11:00AM

PROPOSED SETTLEMENT ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA DELEGATIONS; MFDP; FUTURE DEMOCRATIC PARTY POLICY ON MINORITY PARTICIPATION IN DELEGATE SELECTION; DELEGATES' PLEDGE TO SUPPORT NOMINEE; GEORGE WALLACE; JOE RAUH; APPOINTMENTS OF NEGROES, PHILIP…

Telephone conversation # 5120, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SPARKMAN, 8/22/1964, 12:00PM

SPARKMAN APPEALS TO LBJ TO HAVE REGULAR ALABAMA DELEGATION SEATED AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; QUESTION OF ELECTORS NOT HAVING PLEDGED TO SUPPORT NOMINEE; GEORGE WALLACE'S POLITICAL TACTICS; SPARKMAN DISCUSSES PAST CONVENTIONS; MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION;…

Telephone conversation # 5121, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/22/1964, 12:02PM

EASTLAND REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH UNNAMED PERSON (GOV. PAUL JOHNSON?) ON PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT ALLAN SHIVERS IN 1952 ELECTION

Telephone conversation # 5122, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/22/1964, 12:02PM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SEATING OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; GOV. PAUL JOHNSON'S COOPERATION WITH INVESTIGATION OF MURDER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; RICHARD DALEY'S VIEW THAT DELEGATES SHOULD PLEDGE TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC…