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Telephone conversation # 8666, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 8/27/1965, 2:41PM

LBJ THANKS AIKEN FOR BIRTHDAY GIFTS; LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO RANCH; LBJ ASKS FOR AIKEN'S HELP ON FARM BILL; WORLD COTTON PRICES, US OVERPRODUCTION OF COMMODITIES; WINSTON PROUTY'S OBJECTION TO APPOINTMENT OF TEXAN TO ICC; LYNDA JOHNSON'S VISIT WITH…

Telephone conversation # 8667, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 8/28/1965, 4:15PM

WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION; OBJECTION TO PETITION BY COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, HOUSE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PHILOSOPHY AS SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TO PERMIT VOTES ON BILLS, CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC REACTION WHEN BILLS ARE BOTTLED UP

Telephone conversation # 8668, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 8/28/1965, 4:15PM

LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS LEGISLATION TO REMEDY BASIC PROBLEMS IN IMPOVERISHED AREAS AND TO PASS WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; REACTION OF PRESS TO LBJ'S RECENT STATEMENT ON WATTS, CIVIL DISORDERS

Telephone conversation # 8669, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 8/30/1965, 2:31PM

LBJ ASKS SCHULTZE TO PREPARE PRESS RELEASE, COME TO WH THIS AFTERNOON TO RESPOND TO UPCOMING REPUBLICAN PARTY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL BUDGET; DISCUSSION OF TASK FORCE REPORTS, POSSIBLE CUTS IN POVERTY PROGRAM, OTHER PROGRAMS; BRIEFING FOR BARRY…

Telephone conversation # 8671, sound recording, LBJ and VICKI MCCAMMON, 8/30/1965, time unknown

LBJ ASKS MCCAMMON TO COME IN THE OFFICE WHILE HE IS WITH HIS DOCTORS

Telephone conversation # 8674, sound recording, LBJ and BARRY GOLDWATER, 8/30/1965, 2:58PM

LBJ ASKS ABOUT GOLDWATER'S HEALTH, ASKS HIM TO COME TO WH FOR DRINK, MILITARY BRIEFING; STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; POSSIBLE EFFECT OF STEEL PRICE INCREASE ON ECONOMY; MILITARY, CIVILIAN PAY BILLS; WAYNE ASPINALL'S WORK ON CENTRAL ARIZONA PROJECT,…

Telephone conversation # 8675, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 8/30/1965, 3:37PM

LBJ ASKS MORSE TO PUT BILL MOYERS' PRESS STATEMENTS ON STEEL NEGOTIATIONS IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD; MORSE TELLS LBJ HE WILL DO SO

Telephone conversation # 8676, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/30/1965, 3:44PM

LBJ ASKS IF FORTAS IS ENJOYING VACATION; LBJ'S MEETING WITH ARTHUR GOLDBERG; STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; POSSIBLE PROBLEM WITH DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT AS US ATTORNEY FOR WASHINGTON, DC DUE TO SERVICE AS LAWYER FOR SERV-U, BOBBY BAKER; DREW PEARSON'S…

Telephone conversation # 8678, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 8/30/1965, 3:59PM

LUCE ASKS LBJ TO ADDRESS LAW CONFERENCE (CONFERENCE ON WORLD PEACE THROUGH LAW?) DURING WEEK OF SEPTEMBER 13; LBJ ASKS LUCE TO COME TO WASHINGTON, DC AND VISIT WITH HIM THIS WEEK

Telephone conversation # 8679, sound recording, LBJ and LUTHER HODGES, 8/30/1965, 4:45PM

LBJ INVITES HODGES AND HIS WIFE TO SPEND THE NIGHT IN THE WH; HODGES TELLS LBJ HE IS COMING TO WASHINGTON, DC ALONE ON THIS TRIP BUT ASKS IF THEY CAN VISIT WH IN SEPTEMBER; LBJ ASKS HODGES TO MEET WITH HIM ON IMPORT-EXPORT SITUATION

Telephone conversation # 8681, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/31/1965, 10:31AM

REEDY REPORTS ON STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, DISCUSSES CURRENT POSITION OF LABOR AND STEEL COMPANIES, ASKS IF JOHN CONNOR, WILLARD WIRTZ SHOULD RECOMMEND STEEL COMPANIES RAISE THEIR OFFER, POSSIBLY ALLOW STEEL PRICE INCREASE; LBJ SAYS THEY SHOULD NOT AT THIS…

Telephone conversation # 8683, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/31/1965, 6:05PM

LBJ DISCUSSES AP STORY ABOUT POSSIBLE TRIP BY HHH WITH ASTRONAUTS GORDON COOPER AND CHARLES CONRAD; HHH SAYS NO ONE IN HIS OFFICE LEAKED STORY; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS, TELLS HHH TO GET RID OF HIS PRESS OFFICER AND STAY OUT OF PRESS

Telephone conversation # 8684, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE KEOGH, 8/31/1965, 8:30PM

LBJ ASKS KEOGH TO SIGN HOUSE DISCHARGE PETITION FOR WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; ROSTENKOWSKI'S CONCERNS ABOUT LBJ'S LETTER TO HOUSE SPEAKER ON IMMIGRATION BILL; APPOINTMENTS OF JOHN GRONOUSKI AS AMBASSADOR TO POLAND, LARRY O'BRIEN AS POSTMASTER…

Telephone conversation # 8801, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 9/1/1965, 8:45AM

CANDIDATES FOR HUD SECRETARY: ROBERT WEAVER; LAURANCE ROCKEFELLER; ROBERT WAGNER; RICHARD DALEY; URBAN RENEWAL PROBLEMS; WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; LBJ'S POPULARITY, WEAKNESSES; TANK SALES TO ISRAEL; LBJ'S PLANS TO SEND OTHERS ON DIPLOMATIC…

Telephone conversation # 8802, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 9/1/1965, 8:45AM

RIBICOFF DISCUSSES HIS OVERSEAS TRAVEL PLANS, INCLUDING ATTENDANCE AT GATT CONFERENCE IN GENEVA, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND, PLANS TO RETURN FOR CONNECTICUT ELECTIONS; LBJ ASKS RIBICOFF TO ATTEND OVERSEAS MEETINGS AS HIS…

Telephone conversation # 8803, sound recording, LBJ and JIM WRIGHT, 9/1/1965, 9:25AM

LBJ ENCOURAGES WRIGHT TO RUN FOR SENATE AGAINST JOHN TOWER; JOHN CONNALLY'S DECISION NOT TO RUN FOR SENATE; FDR'S SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN 1941 SENATE RACE; EFFECT OF WRIGHT'S POSITION ON TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HIM; TEXAS PRESS' VIEWS…

Telephone conversation # 8804, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 9/1/1965, 11:00AM

LBJ AND MANSFIELD DISCUSS LANGUAGE OF MANSFIELD'S UPCOMING SPEECH ON PEACE IN VIETNAM; LBJ'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM AS OUTLINED IN HIS JOHNS HOPKINS' SPEECH; DEGAULLE'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; ARRANGEMENTS FOR LBJ'S DINNER TONIGHT WITH INOUYES AND MANSFIELDS

Telephone conversation # 8806, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/1/1965, 12:40PM

APPOINTMENTS OF TYLER ABELL, EDWIN WEISL, JR; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT AS US ATTORNEY FOR WASHINGTON, DC; JEWISH SUPPORT FOR BRESS; RFK'S UPCOMING LATIN AMERICA TRIP; USE OF USIA FILMS TO PUBLICIZE US DOMESTIC…

Telephone conversation # 8807, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/1/1965, 12:40PM

USIA COVERAGE OF RFK'S, OTHER CONGRESSIONAL AND OFFICIAL TRIPS TO LATIN AMERICA; WASHINGTON STAR STORY QUOTING LEONARD MARKS' SONS AT MARKS' SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT WH; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT AS US ATTORNEY FOR…

Telephone conversation # 8809, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 9/1/1965, 1:11PM

LONG TELLS LBJ THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO BRING HIM A CHAMPIONSHIP MISSOURI COUNTRY HAM; LBJ INVITES LONG TO BRING HAM TO WH

Telephone conversation # 8810, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 9/1/1965, 4:06PM

DISCUSSION OF NARROW VICTORY THAT DAY ON UNIDENTIFIED MATTER (HOUSE PUBLIC WORKS SUBCOMMITTEE VOTE ON DICKEY-LINCOLN SCHOOL POWER PROJECT IN MAINE?)

Telephone conversation # 8811, sound recording, LBJ and WRIGHT PATMAN, 9/1/1965, 5:45PM

PATMAN TELLS LBJ HE WILL SIGN HOUSE DISCHARGE PETITION ON WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; LBJ COMPARES DISCHARGE PETITION TO VOTING RIGHTS BILL, DISCUSSES RIGHT OF CONGRESSMEN TO VOTE ON A BILL, COMPARES PATMAN'S DECISION WITH HIS STAND ON BONUS BILL

Telephone conversation # 8813, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/2/1965, 1:24PM

LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE SELECTED STEEL PRICE INCREASES TO AVOID STRIKE; INFLATIONARY EFFECT OF STEEL PRICE INCREASE, INCREASE IN AUTO PRICES; CLARK CLIFFORD'S ROLE IN STEEL TALKS; DALLAS MORNING NEWS PURCHASE OF DALLAS SUBURBAN PAPERS; IMMIGRATION…

Telephone conversation # 8817, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown

LBJ READS LIST OF CONGRESSMEN WHO HAVE NOT YET SIGNED WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION, DISCUSSES POTENTIAL SIGNERS; LBJ TEASES O'BRIEN ABOUT HIS APPEARANCE AT CONFIRMATION HEARING FOR HIS APPOINTMENT AS POSTMASTER GENERAL

Telephone conversation # 8818, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown

LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO CALL CONGRESSMEN LISTED IN O'BRIEN'S MEMO ABOUT SIGNING WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION, COMPARES DISCHARGE PETITION TO VOTING RIGHTS BILL, DISCUSSES CONGRESSMEN'S RIGHT TO VOTE ON BILLS; JOHN MCMILLAN'S BLOCKAGE OF…

Telephone conversation # 8819, sound recording, LBJ and MARVIN WATSON, 9/2/1965, 5:40PM

WATSON REPORTS ON STATUS OF WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION; DISCUSSION OF EFFORTS TO GET JACK BROOKS, MARTHA GRIFFITHS, HALE BOGGS, LINDLEY BECKWORTH, LEONOR SULLIVAN, JOHN DINGELL TO SIGN PETITION

Telephone conversation # 8821, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANATOS, 9/2/1965, 5:55PM

LBJ ASKS MANATOS FOR UPDATE ON SENATE ACTIVITIES; MANATOS TELLS LBJ SENATE WILL PASS HIGHER EDUCATION BILL TONIGHT, DISCUSSES JACK MILLER'S AMENDMENT ON COLLEGE AID; LBJ ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION BILL

Telephone conversation # 8822, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 9/2/1965, 7:50PM

SHRIVER TELLS LBJ ABOUT FAVORABLE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON POVERTY AUTHORIZATION BILL, INCLUDING REPEAL OF GOVERNORS' VETO PROVISION; LBJ CONGRATULATES SHRIVER; STATUS OF POVERTY APPROPRIATIONS BILL; WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION

Telephone conversation # 8823, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 9/3/1965, 12:22AM

CALIFANO REPORTS ON STATUS OF STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, POSSIBLE STEEL PRICE INCREASE; ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S SUGGESTION THAT NEGOTIATORS BREAK FOR TONIGHT AND MEET AGAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER TO LET WH PRESS GO FOR THE NIGHT

Telephone conversation # 8824, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/3/1965, 12:55AM

WIRTZ TELLS CALIFANO ABOUT LACK OF PROGRESS IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, RECOMMENDS THEY BREAK FOR THE NIGHT AND RETURN AT 8:00A; CALIFANO GIVES CALL TO LBJ WHO AGREES WITH WIRTZ BUT RECOMMENDS NEGOTIATORS REPORT TO LBJ ON THEIR PROGRESS NO LATER THAN…

Telephone conversation # 8825, sound recording, LBJ and KATHARINE GRAHAM, 9/3/1965, 12:42PM

GRAHAM CONGRATULATES LBJ ON SIGNING OF WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION; LBJ DISCUSSES OPPOSITION TO FINANCIAL PROVISIONS OF BILL, PRAISES AL FRIENDLY'S WORK ON BILL; LBJ'S STATEMENT EMPHASIZING HIS PERSONAL CONNECTION WITH WASHINGTON, DC

Telephone conversation # 8826, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SHIPLEY, 9/3/1965, 12:56PM

LBJ THANKS SHIPLEY FOR ADDING FINAL SIGNATURE TO WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION, TELLS SHIPLEY HE IS FREE TO TELL HIS CONSTITUENTS THAT LBJ CALLED HIM, THEN AT SHIPLEY'S SUGGESTION LBJ GREETS YOUNG VISITOR IN SHIPLEY'S OFFICE

Telephone conversation # 8831, sound recording, LBJ and W.P. "BILL" STEVEN, 9/3/1965, 4:20PM

LBJ EXPRESSES SYMPATHY TO STEVEN ABOUT HIS DISMISSAL AS EDITOR OF HOUSTON CHRONICLE, INVITES STEVEN TO MEET WITH HIM ABOUT POSSIBLY WORKING AT WH; MOYERS ENCOURAGES STEVEN TO CONSIDER WH JOB; LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO LBJ RANCH, POSSIBLE MEETING THERE

Telephone conversation # 8832, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT SARNOFF, 9/3/1965, 4:22PM

LBJ CONGRATULATES SARNOFF ON HIS SELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF RCA, PRAISES NBC AND THE RCA TV SETS HE USES; MOYERS ALSO CONGRATULATES SARNOFF, PRAISES RAY SCHERER

Telephone conversation # 8833, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/3/1965, 4:25PM

WIRTZ GIVES LBJ AN OPTIMISTIC REPORT ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS INDUSTRY NEGOTIATORS ARE MEETING WITH THEIR PRINCIPALS, AND HE WILL REPORT BACK TO LBJ BETWEEN 5:15P AND 5:30P

Telephone conversation # 8834, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KINTNER, 9/3/1965, 4:35PM

LBJ CONGRATULATES KINTNER ON HIS SELECTION AS NBC CHAIRMAN, INVITES KINTNER AND HIS WIFE TO WH, PRAISES NBC NEWS, RAY SCHERER AND JOHN CHANCELLOR, ASKS KINTNER TO EXTEND LBJ'S GREETINGS TO DAVID SARNOFF; SARNOFF'S WORK ON IMMIGRATION BILL

Telephone conversation # 8835, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 9/3/1965, 4:40PM

CALIFANO REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON PROGRESS IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; LABOR'S CONCERN ABOUT PRESS LEAK OF SETTLEMENT DETAILS; QUESTION OF ANNOUNCING SETTLEMENT IN TIME TO MAKE EVENING NEWS; GOODWIN'S WORK ON DRAFT STATEMENT ON…

Telephone conversation # 8836, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/3/1965, 5:01PM

GOLDBERG CONGRATULATES LBJ ON STEEL SETTLEMENT, JOKINGLY SUGGESTS LBJ COME TO UN TO SETTLE KASHMIR CRISIS, STRESSES NEED TO AVOID LEAK OF DETAILS OF STEEL SETTLEMENT; LBJ ASKS GOLDBERG TO REVIEW DRAFT STATEMENT; UN SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON KASHMIR

Telephone conversation # 8837, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/3/1965, 5:05PM

WIRTZ TELLS LBJ THAT STEEL NEGOTIATORS HAVE REACHED A SETTLEMENT, SUGGESTS HE BRING NEGOTIATORS OVER TO MEET WITH LBJ