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Telephone conversation # 7039, sound recording, LBJ and LISTER HILL, 3/8/1965, 4:24PM

LBJ ASKS HILL'S ADVICE ON SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; WALLACE'S ACTION IN UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA DESEGREGATION; KATZENBACH AS POSSIBLE FRIEND OF COURT IN MLK'S SUIT; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH MLK; PUBLIC SAFETY CONCERNS; LEROY COLLINS AS POSSIBLE…

Telephone conversation # 7040, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/8/1965, 5:36PM

RUSSELL ASKS LBJ'S APPROVAL OF STATEMENT HE IS ABOUT TO ISSUE ANNOUNCING INVESTIGATION OF WEAPONS BEING USED IN VIETNAM; LBJ REPORTS THAT MCNAMARA, WESTMORELAND HAVE ASSURED HIM WEAPONS ARE BEST AVAILABLE, DISCOURAGES RUSSELL FROM CONDUCTING…

Telephone conversation # 7041, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/8/1965, 5:45PM

LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA ABOUT RICHARD RUSSELL'S CONCERNS ABOUT ADEQUACY OF WEAPONS USED IN VIETNAM; MCNAMARA ASSURES LBJ THAT THERE IS NO SHORTAGE OF EQUIPMENT

Telephone conversation # 7043, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD KENNEDY, 3/8/1965, 9:10PM

KENNEDY ASKS ABOUT DISCUSSING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOR NEW ENGLAND IN SPEECH TOMORROW; LBJ DISCUSSES APPALACHIA PROGRAM, SUPPORT FOR NEW ENGLAND, ADVISES KENNEDY TO INTRODUCE BILL; IMMIGRATION BILL; LBJ DENIES REPORTS OF BREAK WITH…

Telephone conversation # 7044, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/8/1965, time unknown

MOYERS REPORTS ON SITUATION IN SELMA, ALABAMA; MLK'S MEETING UNDERWAY IN SELMA; GEORGE WALLACE CALL TO BUFORD ELLINGTON SAYING HE MAY CALL OUT NATIONAL GUARD; MOYERS' UPCOMING CALL FROM MLK; LBJ TELLS MOYERS TO TAKE FIRM LINE WITH MLK; COURT…

Telephone conversation # 7045, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/9/1965, 7:33AM

MOYERS REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH MLK ON EVENTS PLANNED FOR TODAY IN SELMA, ALABAMA; GEORGE WALLACE'S PROMISE TO MAINTAIN ORDER; QUESTION OF CALLING OUT NATIONAL GUARD; COURT PROCEEDINGS; MLK'S FEARS FOR HIS LIFE; CURRENT FEDERAL PRESENCE IN SELMA

Telephone conversation # 7047, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:00AM

SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; MLK, COURT ORDER TO ALLOW MARCH; GEORGE WALLACE; PICKETS AT JUSTICE DEPT, WH; ALTERNATIVE VOTING RIGHTS BILLS; POSSIBLE WH TALK WITH DIRKSEN, GERALD FORD, WILLIAM MCCULLOCH; LEGALITY OF USING FEDERAL TROOPS; MESSAGE TO…

Telephone conversation # 7048, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:00AM

DISCUSSION OF USE OF FEDERAL TROOPS IN SELMA, ALABAMA; BUFORD ELLINGTON'S MEDIATION WITH GEORGE WALLACE; LBJ PRAISES KATZENBACH'S WORK ON SELMA; POSSIBLE WH STATEMENT; RFK STATEMENT ON SELMA; GENERAL ANILINE & FILM CORP STOCK SALE; DON COOK

Telephone conversation # 7049, sound recording, LBJ and KENNETH ROYALL, 3/10/1965, 9:20AM

ROYALL REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH DON COOK ABOUT POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO UNIDENTIFIED POST (SECRETARY OF TREASURY?); DISCUSSION OF OTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATES: KERMIT GORDON, CRAWFORD GREENEWALT, EDGAR KAISER, DAVID ROCKEFELLER; GORDON'S ROLE IN 1963 TAX…

Telephone conversation # 7050, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 3/10/1965, 9:30AM

LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO SUCCEED DOUGLAS DILLON AS SECRETARY OF TREASURY; CRAWFORD GREENEWALT'S CONSERVATIVE POSITION ON SOCIAL SECURITY, GOVT ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS; UPCOMING ANTITRUST RULING ON DUPONT; EDGAR KAISER; KERMIT GORDON

Telephone conversation # 7051, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/10/1965, 9:40AM

LBJ GIVES MOYERS INSTRUCTION ON HANDLING PRESS; JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON; WALTER LIPPMANN'S COLUMN IN NEWSWEEK ON VIETNAM; LBJ TELLS MOYERS HIS PHILOSOPHY ON WHY INCREASE IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS IN CURRENT BILL SHOULD BE MADE RETROACTIVE; POVERTY…

Telephone conversation # 7052, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 3/10/1965, 10:01AM

DELOACH REPORTS ON BACKGROUND CHECKS ON PERSONNEL; WALTER JENKINS' EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES; DELOACH PRAISES MARVIN WATSON

Telephone conversation # 7054, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:32PM?

CONDITION OF JAMES REEB; STATUS OF COURT ACTION IN SELMA, ALABAMA; MLK DECISION TO DEDICATE MARCH TO REEB; WH MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS; HHH MEMO; POSSIBLE FEDERAL ACTION, ARREST OF AL LINGO, JIM CLARK; MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN AND VOTING RIGHTS BILL

Telephone conversation # 7055, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:32PM?

WASHINGTON RELIGIOUS LEADER'S CRITICAL REMARKS ON TV TONIGHT ABOUT LBJ'S HANDLING OF SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; WH MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS ABOUT JUSTICE DEPT ACTION, VOTING RIGHTS BILL; PROBLEMS INVOLVED IN USE OF FEDERAL MARSHALS; VIOLENCE IN…

Telephone conversation # 7056, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK?, 3/10/1965, 10:20PM?

COOK? REPORTS ON WALL STREET JOURNAL INQUIRY ABOUT COOK'S WITHDRAWAL AS CANDIDATE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY DUE TO HIS WIFE'S HEALTH, ADVERSE INFORMATION IN HIS BACKGROUND CHECK; PRESS LEAKS; KERMIT GORDON; VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; SELMA, ALABAMA; DUPONT…

Telephone conversation # 7057, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 3/11/1965, 9:16AM

NOMINATION OF SUCCESSOR TO DOUGLAS DILLON AS TREASURY SECRETARY; PRESS LEAKS; DON COOK; WRIGHT PATMAN AND FRB; JOHN LOEB; DAVID "KENDALL" (KENNEDY?); RUDOLPH PETERSON; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN; MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE; MONETARY…

Telephone conversation # 7058, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 3/11/1965, 9:16AM

FURTHER DISCUSSION OF PRESS LEAKS; JOHN CONNOR AS COMMERCE SECRETARY; CONNOR'S ACTIONS TO ENCOURAGE COMPANIES (TO CURB INVESTMENTS ABROAD?); HAROLD WILSON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO US; UK BUDGET; UK CRITICISM OF US SOUTHEAST ASIA AND VIETNAM POLICY

Telephone conversation # 7059, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/11/1965, 10:35AM

LBJ SUGGESTS KATZENBACH HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA, ALABAMA, SITUATION AND STATUS OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL; FEDERAL COURT PROCEEDINGS; LEGALITY OF USE OF FEDERAL TROOPS; LBJ'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; MIKE MANSFIELD'S NOTE CRITICIZING KATZENBACH

Telephone conversation # 7060, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/11/1965, 10:35AM

PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA, ALABAMA EVENTS, VOTING RIGHTS BILL; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CRITICISM OF KATZENBACH, ANGER AT CLOSING OF MONTANA VA HOSPITAL; CANCELLATION OF VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; KATZENBACH'S WORK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, HHH, ON 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS…

Telephone conversation # 7061, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 3/13/1965, 9:10AM

DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF KERMIT GORDON AS TREASURY SECRETARY TO SUCCEED DOUGLAS DILLON; GORDON EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FOREIGN ECONOMIC DUTIES; LBJ EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN GORDON; OTHER VACANCIES IN TREASURY; GORDON AGREES TO RECONSIDER…

Telephone conversation # 7062, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 3/13/1965, 9:20AM

VALENTI ASKS LBJ TO CONFIRM IF UNIDENTIFIED EVENT TODAY WILL BE HELD IN THE EAST ROOM; LBJ TELLS VALENTI HE WANTS TO HOLD EVENT IN EAST ROOM ONLY IF OTHER ROOM IS NOT AVAILABLE, ASKS VALENTI NOT TO ANNOUNCE LOCATION IN ADVANCE

Telephone conversation # 7064, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/13/1965, 9:22AM

LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO DEVELOP ANSWERS TO VIETNAM QUESTIONS, DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH KERMIT GORDON ABOUT APPOINTMENT AS TREASURY SECRETARY; GORDON'S CONCERNS ABOUT TAKING JOB; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA ENCOURAGE GORDON TO ACCEPT NOMINATION; SELMA SITUATION

Telephone conversation # 7065, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/13/1965, 9:22AM

QUESTION OF USING FEDERAL TROOPS IN SELMA; ADVANTAGES OF USING FBI PERSONNEL INSTEAD OF TROOPS, MARSHALS; EFFECT OF USE OF TROOPS ON PASSAGE OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LEAD TIME FOR ALERTING, TRANSPORTING TROOPS; KERMIT GORDON; LBJ PRAISES MARGARET…

Telephone conversation # 7066, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 3/13/1965, 4:41PM

BYRD PRAISES LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA SITUATION; LBJ ASKS BYRD'S ADVICE ON CANDIDATES FOR TREASURY SECRETARY; DON COOK; KERMIT GORDON; MONETARY CONCERNS; PRICE SUPPORTS; LUCI JOHNSON AS AZALEA QUEEN; KENNETH ROYALL; RICHARD RUSSELL'S HEALTH

Telephone conversation # 7067, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 3/15/1965, 9:05AM

GORDON ACCEPTS NOMINATION AS TREASURY SECRETARY; GORDON'S SUCCESSOR AS DIRECTOR OF B.O.B.; CHARLES HITCH; CHARLES SCHULTZE; JOHN MACY; DON PRICE; NEED TO CONSULT WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; JOSEPH BARR; SAM LOW; DOUGLAS DILLON AND IRS RULING ON…

Telephone conversation # 7068, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 3/15/1965, 9:05AM

ALBERT GORE'S INTEREST IN POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION OF CONFLICT OF INTEREST BY DOUGLAS DILLON IN HANDLING OF DUPONT CASE; RFK; LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR GORDON TO BE INVOLVED IN ALL GOVT FISCAL MATTERS; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS

Telephone conversation # 7069, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/16/1965, 10:03AM

DALEY PRAISES LBJ'S ADDRESS TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS LAST NIGHT ON VOTING RIGHTS

Telephone conversation # 7070, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/16/1965, 12:55PM

LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF DON COOK AS TREASURY SECRETARY; COOK'S EARLIER LEGAL ROLE WITH MGIC; DON COOK'S WIFE'S CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTMENT; DIRKSEN ADVISES LBJ NOT TO APPOINT COOK BECAUSE OF ADVERSE REACTION TO COOK'S ROLE IN…

Telephone conversation # 7071, sound recording, LBJ and TOM WATSON, 3/16/1965, 4:19PM

WATSON PRAISES VOTING RIGHTS SPEECH; LBJ OFFERS WATSON NOMINATION AS TREASURY SECRETARY; DAVID ROCKEFELLER AND LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT HIS VIEWS ON TIGHT MONEY, POSSIBLE CONFLICTS WITH NELSON ROCKEFELLER; BILL YOUNGMAN; REPUBLICAN REACTION TO LBJ'S…

Telephone conversation # 7072, sound recording, LBJ and ED HIGGINS, 3/16/1965, 4:30PM

HIGGINS PRAISES LBJ'S VOTING RIGHTS SPEECH LAST NIGHT; LBJ ASKS IF FORMER SEN. THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN LIKED SPEECH, REMINISCES ABOUT GREEN'S VIEWS THAT LBJ WOULD BE SENATE LEADER WHO COULD HOLD NORTH AND SOUTH TOGETHER

Telephone conversation # 7073, sound recording, LBJ and ED HIGGINS, 3/16/1965, 4:30PM

LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE WH DINNER IN HONOR OF FORMER SEN. THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN IF HIS HEALTH PERMITS; LBJ ASKS HIGGINS' ADVICE ABOUT POSSIBLE CANDIDATES FOR REPUBLICAN VACANCY ON FCC, POSSIBLY A WOMAN OR EDUCATOR; JOHN PASTORE

Telephone conversation # 7074, sound recording, LBJ and TOM WATSON, 3/17/1965, 4:31PM

WATSON REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH DAVID ROCKEFELLER ABOUT POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT AS TREASURY SECRETARY; ROCKEFELLER'S VIEWS ON MONETARY POLICY, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; POSSIBLE CONFLICT DUE TO NELSON ROCKEFELLER'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS; OTHER CANDIDATES

Telephone conversation # 7075, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/18/1965, 9:30AM

DIRKSEN REPORTS ON TALK WITH JOHN PASTORE ABOUT REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY; LBJ CAUTIONS DIRKSEN ON TALKING TO DEMOCRATS; TREASURY SECRETARY APPOINTMENT; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; DON COOK AND MGIC; APPOINTMENT OF WOMAN, EDUCATOR, ENGINEER TO FCC; VOTING RIGHTS…

Telephone conversation # 7076, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER?, 3/18/1965, 9:37AM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING YESTERDAY WITH LEADING BANKERS; GEORGE CHAMPION'S NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT POSSIBLE INCREASE IN PRIME LENDING RATE; LBJ ASKS HELLER? ABOUT POSSIBLE CANDIDATES FOR TREASURY SECRETARY

Telephone conversation # 7077, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 3/18/1965, 10:40AM

TRIP TO LBJ RANCH; BANKERS' MEETING YESTERDAY; TREASURY DEPT PRESS LEAKS; TREASURY SECRETARY CANDIDATES; ROBERT ROOSA; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; EUGENE BLACK; TOM WATSON; CARTER BURGESS; FRED KAPPEL; CRAWFORD GREENEWALT; HENRY "JOE" FOWLER; JOHN LOEB

Telephone conversation # 7078, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 3/18/1965, 1:00PM

LBJ ASKS BYRD'S OPINION OF DAVID Kennedy, David Matthew, 1905- ROCKEFELLER, HENRY FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY; ROCKEFELLER AND OIL INTERESTS, POSSIBLE CONFLICTS WITH NELSON ROCKEFELLER; WH MEETING WITH BYRD, JOHN WILLIAMS, WILBUR MILLS TODAY; GORE…

Telephone conversation # 7079, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 3/18/1965, 1:07PM

LBJ ASKS HHH TO READ AP ITEM 34 ON THE FARM BUREAU AND THEN MEET WITH WILLARD WIRTZ, ORVILLE FREEMAN, SPESSARD HOLLAND, FARM AND LABOR LEADERS TO RESOLVE CONFLICTS ON FARM LABOR POLICIES

Telephone conversation # 7080, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 3/18/1965, 1:27PM

LBJ ASKS MILLS TO ATTEND WH MEETING TODAY WITH HARRY BYRD, SR., JOHN WILLIAMS, JOHN BYRNES ABOUT TREASURY SECRETARY APPOINTMENT; LBJ ASKS MILLS' OPINION OF DAVID "KENDALL" (KENNEDY?), KERMIT GORDON AND HENRY "JOE" FOWLER; MILLS RECOMMENDS STUART…

Telephone conversation # 7082, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN WILLIAMS, 3/18/1965, 2:14PM

LBJ ASKS WILLIAMS TO MEET WITH HIM AND HARRY BYRD, SR., TODAY AT WH ABOUT TREASURY SECRETARY APPOINTMENT; WILLIAMS TELLS LBJ THAT SENATE IS ABOUT TO VOTE TO SEND VOTING RIGHTS BILL TO COMMITTEE