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Telephone conversation # 259, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID MCDONALD, 12/3/1963, 12:10PM

MCDONALD REPORTS ON UNITED STEELWORKERS' PROGRESS ON GETTING SUPPORT FOR HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION, SAYS ALBERT THOMAS IS KEY TO GETTING TEXAS DELEGATION'S SUPPORT; MCDONALD TELLS MLK ABOUT STEELWORKERS' WORK ON BILL; TOMORROW'S…

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Telephone conversation # 260, sound recording, LBJ and CHET HOLIFIELD, 12/3/1963, 12:25PM

LBJ WISHES HOLIFIELD A HAPPY BIRTHDAY; HOLIFIELD THANKS LBJ, SAYS HE, CLINTON ANDERSON, JOHN PASTORE, AND MELVIN PRICE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH LBJ ABOUT ATOMIC ENERGY PROGRAM; LBJ SAYS HE WILL ARRANGE MEETING

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Telephone conversation # 261, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/3/1963, 3:00PM

ALBERT'S MEETING WITH CHARLES HALLECK LAST NIGHT AND HALLECK'S OPPOSITION TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY OF USING DISCHARGE PETITION FOR BILL; QUESTION OF LEADERSHIP SIGNING PETITION; ALBERT SUGGESTS TAKING HEAD COUNT ON PETITION

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Telephone conversation # 262, sound recording, LBJ and HOMER THORNBERRY, 12/3/1963, 3:22PM

LBJ ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; QUESTION OF USING DISCHARGE PETITION TO ADVANCE BILL; TEXAS CONGRESSMEN'S POSITION ON PETITION; POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN SIGNATURES; STRATEGY OF HAVING CARL ALBERT INTRODUCE PETITION

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Telephone conversation # 264, sound recording, LBJ and HOMER THORNBERRY, 12/3/1963, 5:32PM

LBJ INVITES THORNBERRY FOR A DRINK AND SWIM

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Telephone conversation # 265, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/3/1963, 5:56PM

ALBERT STARTS TO GIVE LBJ THE HEAD COUNT ALBERT HAS TAKEN ON THE HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION; LBJ SUGGESTS ALBERT COME TO WH TO DISCUSS BILL

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Telephone conversation # 266, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 12/3/1963, 6:11PM

DILLON REPORTS ON TALK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT TAX BILL, SAYS DIRKSEN SUPPORTS FAST ACTION AND BELIEVES ONLY ALBERT GORE, SR., WILL DELAY IT IN COMMITTEE; NEED FOR SENATE QUORUM NEXT WEEK TO GET BILL OUT; DISCUSSION OF SENATORS LBJ MAY NEED TO…

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Telephone conversation # 269, sound recording, LBJ and LUTHER HODGES, 12/4/1963, 9:35AM

DISCUSSION OF CRITICAL PRESS STORY; HODGES SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH KERMIT GORDON ABOUT POSSIBLE SLOW DOWN IN SOME FEDERAL EXPENDITURES UNTIL TAX BILL TAKES EFFECT; LBJ ASKS IF EXPENDITURES FOR ROADS IN KENTUCKY, WEST VIRGINIA CAN BE INCREASED

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Telephone conversation # 271, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/4/1963, 9:50AM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALKS WITH LUTHER HODGES, EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET, SUGGESTS GORDON CONSIDER SLOWING DOWN HIGHWAY, MARITIME EXPENDITURES; FUNDS FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, POVERTY, HEW, USIA, AGRICULTURE; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF…

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Telephone conversation # 272, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN ACHESON, 12/4/1963, 9:57AM

ACHESON PRAISES LBJ'S APPOINTMENT OF WARREN COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK'S ASSASSINATION; LBJ INVITES ACHESON TO LUNCH TOMORROW; ACHESON SAYS HE HAS TENTATIVE APPOINTMENT WITH DEAN RUSK BUT WILL DEFER IT TO MEET WITH LBJ

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Telephone conversation # 273, sound recording, LBJ and LLOYD HAND, 12/4/1963, 10:01AM

LBJ SAYS HE HAS ASKED ROY WILKINS TO TALK WITH HAND ABOUT ENCOURAGING COOPERATION BETWEEN NEGROES AND MEXICAN-AMERICANS IN LOS ANGELES, DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF HISPANIC AS WH AIDE, ASKS HAND TO CHECK OUT DAN LUEVANO AS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE

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Telephone conversation # 274, sound recording, LBJ and BERNARD BARUCH, 12/4/1963, 11:10AM

LBJ THANKS BARUCH FOR HIS RECENT MESSAGE, INVITES BARUCH TO WH FOR VISIT; BARUCH DISCUSSES HIS HEALTH AND TRAVEL PLANS, OFFERS TO BE OF ASSISTANCE TO LBJ, SAYS HE HAS REVIEWED HIS YEARS OF CORRESPONDENCE WITH LBJ; ARRANGEMENTS FOR BARUCH'S VISIT

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Telephone conversation # 275, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/4/1963, 11:15AM

DISCUSSION OF HEAD COUNT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION AND VOTES FOR BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN VOTES IN COMMITTEE; WASHINGTON POST STORY THIS MORNING ON THE BILL; MEETING OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS THIS AFTERNOON

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Telephone conversation # 276, sound recording, LBJ and HOMER THORNBERRY, 12/4/1963, 1:05PM

LBJ JOKES ABOUT NOT BEING ABLE TO REACH THORNBERRY, SAYS HE WILL ATTEND TEXAS DELEGATION LUNCH TODAY AS HE HAS IN THE PAST

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Telephone conversation # 277, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 12/4/1963, 2:20PM

LBJ ASKS DUNGAN TO GET CLEARANCES FROM CHARLES HALLECK, EVERETT DIRKSEN FOR APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM MACOMBER; DUNGAN ASKS IF HE SHOULD ASK BOURKE HICKENLOOPER ALSO; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS SUGGESTIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS AND OAS

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Telephone conversation # 278, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS CORCORAN, 12/4/1963, 2:30PM

LBJ ASKS CORCORAN'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTEES FOR ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS AND AS US AMBASSADOR TO OAS; LBJ SAYS APPOINTEES SHOULD BE SPANISH-SPEAKING, YOUNG AND DYNAMIC LIKE FRANK STANTON; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CUBA AND VIETNAM

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Telephone conversation # 279, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 12/4/1963, 2:50PM

LBJ ASKS VALENTI TO COME TO WH BEFORE HE GOES TO AIRPORT, SAYS HE WANTS VALENTI TO WORK OUTSIDE LBJ'S OFFICE FOR THE NEXT FEW DAYS, TELLS VALENTI TO WRAP UP VALENTI'S TRUSTEESHIP

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Telephone conversation # 280, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/4/1963, 2:55PM

RUSK SUGGESTS LBJ MEET TOMORROW WITH UNNAMED MAN (DANIEL FOLEY, NATIONAL COMMANDER OF THE AMERICAN LEGION?) WHO HAS BEEN MAKING SPEECHES IN SUPPORT OF LBJ; LBJ SAYS HE MUST CONSULT HIS SCHEDULE, THEN TELLS RUSK HE CAN MEET FOLEY

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Telephone conversation # 281, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 12/4/1963, 4:15PM

LBJ INVITES BYRD TO WH FOR MEETING

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Telephone conversation # 282, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/4/1963, 6:00PM

ALBERT GIVES NEW HEAD COUNT OF DEMOCRATIC SIGNATURES FOR HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION, DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO GET REPUBLICAN SUPPORT; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETINGS WITH LABOR, BUSINESS, WOMEN ON ISSUE, RELAYS LABOR'S HEAD COUNT

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Telephone conversation # 283, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/4/1963, 6:08PM

O'BRIEN REPORTS ON HOUSE VOTING ON COTTON BILL; LBJ DISCUSSES HEAD COUNT HE RECEIVED FROM CARL ALBERT ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION, NEED FOR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT; WILLIAM MCCULLOCH'S SPEECH OPPOSING PETITION BUT PAST PLEDGE OF SUPPORT FOR…

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Telephone conversation # 285, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 12/4/1963, 6:25PM

CLIFFORD DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH RFK, SAYS RFK WILL REMAIN AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLIFFORD ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ PERSONALLY ABOUT RFK; LBJ PUTS CLIFFORD ON HOLD WHILE HE CONSULTS HIS SCHEDULE, THEN SAYS HE CAN MEET AT 12:30 TOMORROW

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Telephone conversation # 287, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/4/1963, 6:30PM

O'BRIEN REPORTS ON FINAL PASSAGE OF COTTON BILL IN HOUSE; LBJ PRAISES O'BRIEN, SAYS CONGRESS NEEDS TO WORK ON CONFERENCE REPORT ON EDUCATION (VOCATIONAL EDUCATION?) BILL; O'BRIEN DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO WORK WITH EDITH GREEN

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Telephone conversation # 288, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/5/1963, 9:38AM

FREEMAN PRAISES LBJ'S REMARKS TO BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL YESTERDAY

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Telephone conversation # 289, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT THOMAS, 12/5/1963, 11:11AM

LBJ DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF DONALD HORNIG TO SUCCEED JEROME WIESNER AS PRESIDENT'S SCIENCE ADVISOR, READS MEMO RECOMMENDING HORNIG; THOMAS SAYS HE SUPPORTS APPOINTMENT; DISCUSSION OF NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION BUDGET

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Telephone conversation # 290, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE POTOFSKY, 12/5/1963, 11:36AM

LBJ INVITES POTOFSKY TO WH FOR VISIT; POTOFSKY PRAISES LBJ'S REMARKS TO THE BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL YESTERDAY; LBJ JOKES ABOUT LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S HIGH REGARD FOR POTOFSKY; POTOFSKY SAYS HE WOULD LIKE LBJ TO SPEAK AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS UNION

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Telephone conversation # 291, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 12/5/1963, 1:15PM

ANDERSON RELAYS OVERWHELMING PRAISE OF LBJ FROM BUSINESS LEADERS WHO ATTENDED BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL MEETING YESTERDAY

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Telephone conversation # 293, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 12/5/1963, 2:14PM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH BYRD ON FEDERAL BUDGET; BYRD GREETS ANDERSON; ANDERSON DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT TAKEOVER OF OIL INDUSTRY IN LATIN AMERICA, RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF BURKE KNAPP; FRB…

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Telephone conversation # 294, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 12/5/1963, 2:50PM

LBJ ASKS DUNGAN TO INQUIRE INTO BACKGROUND OF MIKE MANSFIELD'S SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED MAN TO UNNAMED POST, ASKS DUNGAN'S OPINION OF APPOINTMENT OF BURKE KNAPP OR THOMAS MANN TO ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS POSTS

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Telephone conversation # 296, sound recording, LBJ and HOMER THORNBERRY, 12/5/1963, 5:26PM

LBJ INVITES THORNBERRY OVER TO WH FOR A SWIM

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Telephone conversation # 297, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM PROXMIRE, 12/5/1963, 5:31PM

LBJ THANKS PROXMIRE FOR HIS RECENT STATEMENT AND FOR PUTTING ARTICLE LBJ WROTE IN 1958 IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

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Telephone conversation # 298, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/5/1963, 5:36PM

LBJ THANKS MCCORMACK FOR STATEMENTS IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD AND BOSTON GLOBE; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT; REPUBLICAN STRATEGY; NEED TO PASS EDUCATION, APPROPRIATION BILLS BEFORE ADJOURNMENT; INTEREST EQUALIZATION, FOREIGN AID…

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Telephone conversation # 299, sound recording, LBJ and OLIN JOHNSTON, 12/5/1963, 5:41PM

LBJ THANKS JOHNSTON FOR ARTICLE IN THE CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

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Telephone conversation # 300, sound recording, LBJ and OLIN JOHNSTON, 12/5/1963, 5:45PM

FEHMER TELLS LBJ THAT OLIN JOHNSTON WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK WITH LBJ AGAIN; LBJ ASKS FEHMER TO TAKE MESSAGE BECAUSE HE IS IN ANOTHER MEETING; JOHNSTON ASKS IF HE CAN MEET WITH LBJ EARLY TOMORROW MORNING; DISCUSSION OF WHERE TO CONTACT JOHNSTON

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Telephone conversation # 303, sound recording, LBJ and MEL PRICE, 12/5/1963, 6:20PM

LBJ THANKS PRICE FOR ARTICLE PRICE INSERTED IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD

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Telephone conversation # 304, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 12/5/1963, 6:40PM

CONNALLY TEASES VALENTI ABOUT RECENT PRESS RELEASE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONNALLY'S HEALTH; CONNALLY DESCRIBES HIS INJURIES; LBJ DISCUSSES RECORD STOCK MARKET HIGH, HIS RECENT MEETING WITH BUSINESS LEADERS; UPCOMING SPECIAL ELECTION IN TEXAS 10TH DISTRICT

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Telephone conversation # 308, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 12/6/1963, 10:05AM

STEVENSON DISCUSSES ADVANTAGES OF LBJ ADDRESSING UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY BEFORE ITS ADJOURNMENT; LBJ SAYS HE WILL LET STEVENSON KNOW TOMORROW IF HE WILL MAKE SPEECH, ASKS STEVENSON TO DRAFT IT; STEVENSON SAYS LBJ SHOULD NOT LEAVE THE COUNTRY

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Telephone conversation # 309, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 12/6/1963, time unknown

ALMOST INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT UPI STORY THAT LBJ WILL LET STATE DEPT RUN ITSELF

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Telephone conversation # 310, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 12/6/1963, 11:11AM

SALINGER DISCUSSES PRESS BRIEFING ON LBJ'S 10:00A MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK, GEORGE BALL, ROBERT MCNAMARA, LIVINGSTON MERCHANT, OTHERS; LBJ ASKS THAT MORE SUBSTANCE BE ADDED TO BRIEFING; BALTIMORE SUN'S FAVORABLE STORY ON LBJ'S SPEECH AT STATE DEPT…

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Telephone conversation # 312, sound recording, LBJ and EDITH LEHMAN, 12/6/1963, 2:40PM

MRS. HERBERT LEHMAN THANKS LBJ FOR HIS CONDOLENCES, TRIES TO PERSUADE HIM NOT TO ATTEND HER HUSBAND'S FUNERAL BECAUSE OF RISK IT ENTAILS; LBJ SAYS HE WILL ATTEND FUNERAL, REMINISCES ABOUT LEHMAN'S CALL FOR PRAYER IN SENATE AFTER LBJ'S HEART ATTACK

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