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Telephone conversation # 498, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 12/14/1963, 1:40PM

LBJ PRAISES JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S SPEECH ON POVERTY, SAYS HE HAS ASKED FOR A COPY OF IT, EXPRESSES HIS INTEREST IN POVERTY PROGRAM AND BELIEF IN GOVT FOR THE PEOPLE

Telephone conversation # 499, sound recording, LBJ and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 12/14/1963, 6:50PM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS EFFORTS TO TALK WITH MEXICAN MINISTER EUGENE D'ANZORENA, ASKS UNIDENTIFIED MALE TO HAVE D'ANZORENA RETURN LBJ'S CALL

Telephone conversation # 502, sound recording, LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/16/1963, 9:49AM

O'BRIEN ASKS IF LBJ WANTS TO HOLD CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST BEFORE LEAVING FOR UN TOMORROW; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS STORIES ON FOREIGN AID; OTTO PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT GERALD FORD'S VIEWS ON BILL

Telephone conversation # 503, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/16/1963, 9:50AM

LBJ ASKS MCCORMACK TO CONFIRM IN WRITING OTTO PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT ON CONFERENCE REPORT ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; MCCORMACK GIVES LBJ DETAILS OF PASSMAN'S AGREEMENT, SAYS HE WILL MEET WITH PASSMAN TODAY

Telephone conversation # 504, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN OAKES, 12/16/1963, 9:57AM

PHOTOS OF LBJ WITH OAKES' CHILDREN; LBJ THANKS OAKES FOR EDITORIAL, GIVES HIM BACKGROUND ON US-LATIN AMERICAN POLICY, APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MANN AS COORDINATOR OF LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS; LBJ'S SPEECH ON ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS; DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 506, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD GRIFFIN, 12/16/1963, 10:15AM

LBJ THANKS GRIFFIN FOR EDITORIAL, GIVES HIM BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON US-LATIN AMERICAN POLICY, APPOINTMENT OF THOMAS MANN AS COODINATOR OF LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS, OPPOSITION TO MANN'S APPOINTMENT

Telephone conversation # 507, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 12/16/1963, 11:53AM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS DECISION TO APPOINT THOMAS MANN AS COORDINATOR OF LATIN AMERICAN AFFAIRS, US-LATIN AMERICAN POLICY; DISCUSSION OF AFL-CIO PROJECTS IN MEXICO

Telephone conversation # 509, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/16/1963, 4:00PM

UNIDENTIFIED PERSON'S SUPPORT FOR ROVER PROGRAM; GORDON REPORTS ON STATUS OF "LUXURY AUTO THING," FEDERAL AGENCIES' VOLUNTARY REDUCTIONS OF EXPENDITURES, APPROPRIATIONS, JOBS

Telephone conversation # 510, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE FUBINI, 12/16/1963, 4:25PM

LBJ ASKS FUBINI'S VIEWS ON ROVER PROJECT; FUBINI SAYS HE CANNOT OFFER A DEFINITIVE OPINION AT THIS TIME BUT SAYS HE BELIEVES HAROLD BROWN AND ROBERT MCNAMARA ARE NOT IMPRESSED WITH PROJECT; LBJ ASKS FUBINI TO CONTACT BROWN, MCNAMARA IMMEDIATELY ABOUT…

Telephone conversation # 511, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE FUBINI, 12/16/1963, 5:02PM?

FUBINI CALLS LBJ WITH MORE INFORMATION (ON ROVER PROJECT) BUT LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT TAKE HIS CALL AT THIS TIME; OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS FUBINI IF LBJ CAN RETURN CALL LATER

Telephone conversation # 513, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 12/17/1963, 4:38PM

DUNGAN REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH EDMUND MUSKIE ON APPOINTMENT FOR FRANK COFFIN; DUNGAN SUGGESTS COFFIN BE NAMED AMBASSADOR TO EL SALVADOR; LBJ DISCOUNTS MUSKIE'S CONCERNS IF COFFIN IS NOT APPOINTED, EXPRESSES LACK OF CONFIDENCE IN COFFIN; LBJ'S UN…

Telephone conversation # 514, sound recording, LBJ and HOMER THORNBERRY, 12/17/1963, 5:51PM

LBJ INVITES THORNBERRY TO WH FOR A SWIM; THORNBERRY SAYS HE WILL COME TO WH BUT NOT FOR A SWIM BECAUSE HE HAS A COLD

Telephone conversation # 515, sound recording, LBJ and HOMER THORNBERRY, 12/17/1963, time unknown

LBJ ASKS FEHMER TO GET HOMER THORNBERRY BACK ON THE TELEPHONE; FEHMER RECONNECTS THORNBERRY BUT LBJ THEN TELLS FEHMER TO ARRANGE FOR A CAR TO PICK UP THORNBERRY; FEHMER TELLS THORNBERRY SHE WILL GET CAR FOR HIM

Telephone conversation # 518, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/17/1963, 6:00PM

FREEMAN CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS SPEECH AT UN, DISCUSSES HIS WORK ON USDA BUDGET, EFFORTS TO CONSOLIDATE SMALL RESEARCH LABS; LBJ ASKS FREEMAN TO RESOLVE IMPASSE ON GEORGIA PEANUT RESEARCH LAB THAT IS HOLDING UP PASSAGE OF AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS…

Telephone conversation # 519, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 12/17/1963, 6:05PM

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LBJ'S ATTENDANCE AT OPENING OF BOBBY BAKER'S CLUB; LBJ ASKS BALL ABOUT STATUS OF ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO OAS, DISCUSSES NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS REACTION TO LBJ'S SPEECH TODAY AT UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Telephone conversation # 522, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 12/17/1963, 7:25PM

WIRTZ REPORTS THAT POTENTIAL RAILROAD AND AIRLINE STRIKES HAVE BEEN SETTLED; LBJ CONGRATULATES WIRTZ; DISCUSSION OF PRESS HANDLING OF SETTLEMENTS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPRENTICE TRAINING REGULATIONS

Telephone conversation # 523, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 12/17/1963, time unknown

LBJ DISCUSSES LETTER FROM SAM HOUSTON TO HIS GRANDFATHER BAINES WITH GEORGE BROWN WHILE WAITING FOR CALL TO UNIDENTIFIED MALE TO BE PLACED; TELEPHONE OPERATOR REPORTS THAT UNIDENTIFIED MALE HAS LEFT THE WH, LBJ ASKS HER TO CALL HIM AT HOME

Telephone conversation # 524, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 12/17/1963, 7:30PM

LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS LBJ TO COME HOME; LBJ ASKS HER TO COME SWIMMING WITH HIM; MRS. JOHNSON DECLINES; LBJ SAYS HE WILL COME HOME

Telephone conversation # 525, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GRONOUSKI, 12/18/1963, 10:50AM

GRONOUSKI ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF DAVID BUNN AS ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL FOR FACILITIES AND ABOUT PROBLEMS IN DALLAS REGION; LBJ SAYS HE WILL TRY TO MEET WITH GRONOUSKI TOMORROW

Telephone conversation # 526, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/18/1963, 11:15AM

LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR MCNAMARA FOLLOWING REPORT OF NARROW ESCAPE FROM AIR CRASH; MCNAMARA REASSURES LBJ THAT HE IS OKAY AND SAYS NATO MINISTERS MEETING WENT WELL; LBJ SAYS HE WILL CALL MCNAMARA'S WIFE, CONGRATULATES HIM ON SUCCESSFUL TRIP

Telephone conversation # 527, sound recording, LBJ and MARJORIE MCNAMARA, 12/18/1963, 11:21AM

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CALL TO ROBERT MCNAMARA FOLLOWING REPORT OF NEAR ESCAPE FROM AIR CRASH IN PARIS, SAYS MCNAMARA IS FINE; MRS. MCNAMARA URGES LBJ TO GET SOME REST; MCNAMARAS' VACATION PLANS

Telephone conversation # 530, sound recording, LBJ and HOUSTON HARTE, 12/18/1963, 3:10PM

LBJ PRAISES STORY IN ONE OF HARTE'S PAPERS; HARTE ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH JACK FLYNN, PRESIDENT OF NEW YORK DAILY NEWS; LBJ SAYS HE WILL MEET FLYNN, COMPLAINS ABOUT TED LEWIS' COLUMNS, SAYS HE WANTS TO MEET LEWIS ALSO; FURTHER DISTRIBUTION OF STORY ON…

Telephone conversation # 531, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 12/18/1963, time unknown

TELEPHONE OPERATOR REPORTS ON EFFORTS TO REACH UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE WHO IS AT A PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF CALL TO A. PHILIP RANDOLPH

Telephone conversation # 533, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/18/1963, 4:05PM

FREEMAN REPORTS ON MEETING WITH FARM BUREAU ON PRICE SUPPORTS FOR WHEAT, COTTON, DAIRY; LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CATTLE; PROPOSED VOLUNTARY PROGRAM ON BEEF IMPORTS FROM AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND; FREEMAN'S MEETINGS ON AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS BILL

Telephone conversation # 534, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 12/18/1963, 4:20PM

LBJ RELAYS DAVID LAWRENCE'S CONCERNS ABOUT PROBLEMS WITH ANSWERING WH MAIL, ISSUES INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT HANDLING MAIL; CARL HAYDEN'S REQUEST FOR MEETING ON CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT; APPOINTEE TO PATENT OFFICE; CAROL AGGER'S VIEWS ON IRS COUNSEL…

Telephone conversation # 535, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 12/18/1963, 4:23PM

DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING COCKTAIL PARTY FOR DNC IN JANUARY; POSSIBLE CONFLICTS BECAUSE OF LBJ'S TRIP TO LBJ RANCH AND STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE

Telephone conversation # 537, sound recording, LBJ and DARRELL SCHNEIDER, 12/18/1963, 4:40PM

LBJ DISCUSSES FURNISHINGS FOR HIS NEW PLANE, NEED FOR DALE MEEKS TO PRACTICE LANDINGS IN NEW PLANE, SAYS HE WANTS PLANE READY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Telephone conversation # 549, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 12/18/1963, 5:06PM

LBJ SAYS TED SORENSEN HAS ASKED TO RESIGN IN ORDER TO WRITE BOOK ABOUT JFK; LBJ PRAISES SORENSEN, ASKS WEISL TO GET JOB FOR SORENSEN WITH MOTION PICTURE ASSOCIATION SO SORENSEN CAN CONTINUE TO WORK FOR LBJ AS SPEECHWRITER; LEHMAN PRAISES LBJ

Telephone conversation # 550, sound recording, LBJ and ANNA ROSENBERG HOFFMAN, 12/18/1963, 5:20PM

HOFFMAN REQUESTS MEETING WITH LBJ TO DISCUSS IDEAS ON EMPLOYMENT SITUATION; LBJ TELLS HOFFMAN TO TALK TO JUANITA ROBERTS ABOUT SCHEDULING MEETING

Telephone conversation # 551, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT THOMAS, 12/18/1963, 5:40PM

LBJ TEASES THOMAS ABOUT NOT ATTENDING MEETING TODAY, ASKS IF HE SHOULD CUT BUDGET OR LET CONGRESS CUT IT, DISCUSSES FAA BUDGET; THOMAS DISCUSSES LBJ'S POPULARITY, SAYS HE WILL WORK WITH LBJ ON BUDGET, ASKS ABOUT JACK VALENTI, ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ…

Telephone conversation # 552, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 12/18/1963, 6:42PM

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LYNDA AND LUCI; DISCUSSION WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON ABOUT LYNDA'S PLANS FOR SCHOOL NEXT YEAR; EXPECTED PICKETING AT LYNDA'S DORMITORY ON DECEMBER 19 [PROTESTING SEGREGATION OF DORMITORY]; LYNDA'S TRAVEL PLANS; VISITORS AT LBJ…

Telephone conversation # 553, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 12/18/1963, 6:49PM

LBJ ASKS REEDY ABOUT INFORMATION JESSE KELLAM GAVE REEDY ABOUT PICKETING AT LYNDA'S DORM AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; REEDY SAYS KELLAM SAID ONLY THAT PICKETING WILL BE TOMORROW AFTERNOON; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF INFORMATION

Telephone conversation # 554, sound recording, LBJ and A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, 12/18/1963, 6:50PM

LBJ CONGRATULATES RANDOLPH ON SLEEPING CAR PORTERS UNION SETTLEMENT; RANDOLPH SAYS HE RECEIVED GREAT COOPERATION FROM LABOR DEPT, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH AT THE UN

Telephone conversation # 555, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 12/18/1963, time unknown

PICKETING AT LYNDA'S DORM [PROTESTING SEGREGATION OF DORMITORY]; DISCUSSION OF LYNDA'S PLANS FOR DAY OF PICKETING; ANNOUNCEMENT LYNDA WILL ATTEND SCHOOL IN DC DURING SPRING TERM AND LIVE AT THE WHITE HOUSE

Telephone conversation # 556, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 12/18/1963, 7:21PM

LBJ ASKS ABOUT FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; HHH SAYS LEGISLATIVE APPROPRIATIONS CONFERENCE REPORT PASSED, DISCUSSES RICHARD RUSSELL AND AGRICULTURE APPROPRIATIONS; NEED FOR LETTER FROM LBJ OPPOSING MUNDT AMENDMENT; CULTURAL CENTER BILL; THOMAS…

Telephone conversation # 558, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/18/1963, 8:10PM

BUNDY SAYS HE WILL HAVE A LETTER FOR LBJ IN THE MORNING (OPPOSING KARL MUNDT AMENDMENT?)

Telephone conversation # 559, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/19/1963, 9:30AM

MANSFIELD SUGGESTS LBJ COMPLIMENT JOSEPH CLARK AT SIGNING OF MANPOWER BILL TODAY BECAUSE OF CLARK'S WORK ON THE BILL, ASKS IF LBJ APPROVES OF APPOINTMENT OF RALPH YARBOROUGH TO SPECIAL SENATE COMMITTEE ON AGING; LBJ APPROVES APPOINTMENT

Telephone conversation # 560, sound recording, LBJ and STEWART UDALL, 12/19/1963, 9:40AM

LBJ DISCUSSES CUTS THAT DEAN RUSK AND ROBERT MCNAMARA HAVE MADE IN STATE AND DOD BUDGETS, ASKS UDALL TO MAKE CUTS IN INTERIOR DEPT BUDGET IN ORDER TO GET CONGRESS TO PASS TAX BILL