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Telephone conversation # 9683, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/28/1966, 8:53AM

SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; O'BRIEN'S COMPARISON OF RFK, JFK; POSITIVE REACTION TO O'BRIEN'S VIETNAM SPEECH; LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO TALK TO DIRKSEN, MANSFIELD ON PASSING VIETNAM BILLS, HANDLING WAYNE MORSE AMENDMENT; TAX…

Telephone conversation # 9684, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/28/1966, 9:32AM

LONG REPORTS ON FOREIGN AID BILL IN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SUGGESTS HHH, MCNAMARA MEET INFORMALLY WITH SENATORS; LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY OF POLICY ON VP TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF HHH'S ASIAN TRIP; RFK

Telephone conversation # 9686, sound recording, LBJ and STUART SYMINGTON, 2/28/1966, 1:47PM

SYMINGTON REPORTS ON EFFORT TO VOTE OUT FOREIGN AID BILL IN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE THIS MORNING; FULBRIGHT'S REQUEST THAT HHH, MCNAMARA MEET WITH COMMITTEE; WAYNE MORSE'S COMMENTS; LOW ATTENDANCE AT ANTIWAR DEMONSTRATION AT UNIVERSITY OF…

Telephone conversation # 9802, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 3/1/1966, 9:42AM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH RICHARD RUSSELL ON HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION, EXPRESSES HIS CONCERN THAT MOTION TO TABLE AMENDMENT MIGHT IMPLY DILUTION OF RESOLUTION AND UNDERMINE HIS AUTHORITY AS…

Telephone conversation # 9803, sound recording, LBJ and GALE MCGEE, 3/1/1966, 12:49PM

LBJ DISCUSSES HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION, ASKS MCGEE TO MAKE STATEMENT THAT MOTION TO TABLE AMENDMENT DOES NOT IMPLY DILUTION OF LBJ'S AUTHORITY IN VIETNAM; CONCERNS OF US OFFICERS IN VIETNAM ABOUT SENATE…

Telephone conversation # 9805, sound recording, LBJ and ERNEST MCFARLAND, 3/1/1966, 1:55PM?

OFFICE SECRETARY ANNOUNCES CALL FROM ERNEST MCFARLAND; LBJ TELLS SECRETARY HE CANNOT TAKE CALL NOW, SUGGESTS MCFARLAND SPEAK WITH MARVIN WATSON OR JACK VALENTI

Telephone conversation # 9806, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 3/1/1966, 2:40PM

SENATE HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ DISCUSSES ADVANTAGE OF TABLING MORSE'S AMENDMENT, SUGGESTS LONG MAKE STATEMENT THAT TABLING THE AMENDMENT LEAVES RESOLUTION AND LBJ'S AUTHORITY IN VIETNAM UNDILUTED

Telephone conversation # 9807, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 3/1/1966, 2:40PM

SENATE HANDLING OF WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT REAFFIRMING HIS AUTHORITY, WANTS STATEMENT MADE PRIOR TO VOTE TO TABLE AMENDMENT, READS JOHN MCCORMACK'S STATEMENT TODAY SUPPORTING VIETNAM…

Telephone conversation # 9808, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/1/1966, 6:45PM

MCNAMARA CONGRATULATES LBJ ON VOTES IN HOUSE AND SENATE TODAY ON VIETNAM MILITARY AUTHORIZATION BILL; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S VOTE; MCNAMARA DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE MEMBERS TODAY ON US MATERIEL POSITION IN VIETNAM

Telephone conversation # 9810, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 3/1/1966, 7:15PM

LBJ ASKS SMATHERS' ADVICE ON APPOINTMENT FOR FARRIS BRYANT; BRYANT'S CIVIL RIGHTS RECORD; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, SENATE VOTE ON WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; POSSIBLE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR BRYANT; RFK, EDWARD KENNEDY'S…

Telephone conversation # 9811, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 3/1/1966, 7:15PM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SENATE VOTE ON WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; MIKE MANSFIELD; FARRIS BRYANT

Telephone conversation # 9812, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 3/2/1966, 6:05PM

HHH REPORTS ON MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON FOREIGN AID PROGRAM, HHH'S RECENT TRIP, VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, VIET CONG, COMMUNISTS' ROLE IN WAR; COMMENTS BY WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, ALBERT GORE, SR., JOSEPH CLARK, EUGENE…

Telephone conversation # 9813, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 3/2/1966, 6:05PM

HHH'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE MEMBERS ON VIETNAM; ROLE OF USSR IN PEACE EFFORTS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S INFLUENCE WITH COMMITTEE; HHH RELAYS FULBRIGHT'S PERSONAL REMARKS ABOUT WAR; QUESTIONS ABOUT VIET CONG ROLE

Telephone conversation # 9815, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN BRADEMAS, 3/2/1966, 7:25PM

LBJ WISHES BRADEMAS HAPPY BIRTHDAY, PRAISES HIS WORK AS CONGRESSMAN

Telephone conversation # 9816, sound recording, LBJ and CORNELIUS GALLAGHER, 3/2/1966, 7:27PM

LBJ WISHES GALLAGHER HAPPY BIRTHDAY, TRIES UNSUCCESSFULLY TO GET COURTENAY VALENTI TO TALK WITH GALLAGHER

Telephone conversation # 9825, sound recording, LBJ and MARGARET CHASE SMITH, 3/2/1966, 7:50PM

POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF STANLEY TUPPER TO US-CANADIAN COMMISSION; SMITH TELLS LBJ SHE SUPPORTS APPOINTMENT; LBJ THANKS SMITH FOR SUPPORT ON VIETNAM; SMITH VOICES HER SUPPORT OF LBJ TO LADY BIRD JOHNSON, DISCUSSES BILL FOR PREFERENTIAL PRESIDENTIAL…

Telephone conversation # 9828, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 3/2/1966, time unknown

LBJ ASKS SOMEONE TO BRING SOMETHING IN AT BEGINNING OF RECORDING

Telephone conversation # 9829, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/4/1966, 8:44AM

MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE YESTERDAY; NEED FOR SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR WH, CONGRESSIONAL STAFFS; FULBRIGHT'S QUESTIONS ABOUT CHINESE AGGRESSION IN VIETNAM; FULBRIGHT'S, LBJ'S EVALUATION OF MCNAMARA; MARJORIE MCNAMARA

Telephone conversation # 9830, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/4/1966, 9:02AM

LAST NIGHT'S CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; LBJ ASKS AIKEN'S ADVICE ON APPOINTMENT OF REPUBLICAN STANLEY TUPPER TO US-CANADIAN COMMISSION; TUPPER'S DESIRE TO GET OUT OF POLITICS; LBJ ASKS AIKEN TO RECOMMEND NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS FOR OTHER APPOINTMENTS

Telephone conversation # 9831, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/4/1966, 9:02AM

APPOINTMENTS FOR NEW ENGLAND REPUBLICANS; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; INCREASED PUBLIC SUPPORT FOR HAWK POSITION; LODGE'S REPORT ON PROGRESS, MORALE IN VIETNAM; USSR AND BOMBING PAUSE; AIKEN'S TRIP TO CAMBODIA

Telephone conversation # 9832, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/4/1966, 1:40PM

LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S REMARKS ABOUT VIETNAM POLICY AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE ACTION ON SENSE-OF-CONGRESS RESOLUTION IN SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE

Telephone conversation # 9836, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES WATSON, 3/4/1966, 2:29PM

WATSON EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LBJ ASKS WATSON WHAT HE THINKS OF APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW BRIMMER TO FRB; WATSON ASKS IF LBJ CAN SWEAR HIM IN AS CUSTOMS COURT JUDGE; LBJ DISCUSSES CONCERNS ABOUT BREAKING PRECEDENT FOR SWEARING IN JUDGES AT WH

Telephone conversation # 9838, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/5/1966, 9:34AM

DALEY APPARENTLY CALLS TO DISCUSS VIETNAM SITUATION BUT ONLY LBJ'S PORTION OF CONVERSATION IS AUDIBLE; EFFORTS TO NEGOTIATE PEACE SETTLEMENT; VANCE HARTKE'S OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY; IMPROVED MILITARY SITUATION; BILL SLAYTON

Telephone conversation # 9839, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/5/1966, 9:34AM

POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF BILL SLAYTON TO UNNAMED POST; LBJ INVITES DALEY TO VISIT HIM IN WASHINGTON, DC, ASKS DALEY TO INFLUENCE JEROME CAVANAGH TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN AGAINST GEORGE ROMNEY, NOT FOR THE SENATE AGAINST G. MENNEN WILLIAMS

Telephone conversation # 9840, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/7/1966, 9:25AM

MCNAMARA'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONIES; ENEMY CASUALTIES IN VIETNAM; NEED TO SPEED UP US TROOP DEPLOYMENTS, INCREASE AUSTRALIAN, KOREAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM; FULBRIGHT'S TV APPEARANCE YESTERDAY; POSSIBLE RESERVE CALL-UP; NEED FOR BETTER PUBLICITY ON…

Telephone conversation # 9841, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 3/7/1966, 9:30AM

REUTHER'S HAND INJURY; LBJ DISCUSSES WORLD SITUATION, DEGAULLE, VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; REUTHER ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ ON LABOR PROBLEMS, MICHIGAN POLITICAL SITUATION; DEFEAT OF TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B REPEAL; TRANSFER OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE TO DOJ

Telephone conversation # 9842, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 3/7/1966, 9:30AM

LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PHILIP HART'S COMPLAINT ABOUT TRANSFER OF COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE TO DOJ FROM COMMERCE DEPT

Telephone conversation # 9843, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK W. ERWIN, 3/7/1966, 10:30AM

LBJ SUGGESTS LANGUAGE FOR LABOR DEPT PRESS BRIEFING TOMORROW ON DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; LBJ SAYS TO BALANCE THIS NEWS BY STRESSING CONTINUING HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT FOR NEGROES, YOUTH, WOMEN AND NEED TO CONTINUE TO CREATE JOBS FOR NEW WORKERS

Telephone conversation # 9844, sound recording, LBJ and LAWSON KNOTT, 3/7/1966, 10:34AM

LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT RISING PRICES, DISCUSSES PRICE INCREASES FOR TIRES AND SYNTHETIC RUBBER, ASKS KNOTT TO EXPLORE WAYS FOR FEDERAL GOVT TO LOWER RUBBER PRICES CITING USDA'S SUCCESSFUL EFFORTS TO LOWER AGRICULTURAL COMMODITY PRICES

Telephone conversation # 9845, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/7/1966, 12:15PM

LBJ DISCUSSES ANNOUNCEMENT OF DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, NEED TO EMPHASIZE HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES, YOUTH AND CREATION OF JOBS FOR NEW WORKERS; CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATION; NEED FOR MORE VOCATIONAL TRAINING; POSSIBILITY OF HIRING WOMEN, RETIREES

Telephone conversation # 9846, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 3/7/1966, 12:40PM

FOWLER READS PROPOSED STATEMENT HE AND GARDNER ACKLEY DRAFTED ON INCREASE IN INTEREST RATES; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DROP IN STOCK MARKET; WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLES PREDICTING END OF INFLATIONARY TREND; VOTES ON RIBICOFF AMENDMENT TO TAX BILL

Telephone conversation # 9848, sound recording, LBJ and WRIGHT PATMAN, 3/7/1966, 1:59PM

LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT INTEREST RATES INCREASES, EFFECT ON WAGES AND PROFITS; NEED FOR BANKERS TO FOLLOW GUIDELINES; LBJ SUGGESTS PATMAN PROPOSE RESOLUTION TO INVESTIGATE INTEREST RATE INCREASES AND ASK HENRY "JOE" FOWLER FOR REPORT ON RATE…

Telephone conversation # 9849, sound recording, LBJ and U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, 3/7/1966, 2:55PM

LBJ ASKS JOHNSON TO DRAFT LETTERS TO ABBA SCHWARTZ ACCEPTING HIS RESIGNATION AND TO AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER THANKING HIM FOR TROOPS FOR VIETNAM; NEED FOR MORE KOREAN, PHILIPPINE TROOPS; CANDIDATES FOR ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICAN…

Telephone conversation # 9850, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/7/1966, 3:00PM

ABBA SCHWARTZ' RESIGNATION; NEED FOR MORE AUSTRALIAN, KOREAN TROOPS FOR VIETNAM; JOSEPH PALMER OR WAYNE FREDERICKS AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR AFRICAN AFFAIRS; NEED TO APPOINT NEGROES IN STATE DEPT; FRANKLIN WILLIAMS; FULBRIGHT'S CHINA STUDY

Telephone conversation # 9851, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/7/1966, 3:00PM

FULBRIGHT'S CHINA STUDY; SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE'S QUESTION ABOUT LOYALTY OF SOME PROPOSED WITNESSES; JOHN FAIRBANKS; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR SECURITY CLEARANCES FOR CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE STAFFS

Telephone conversation # 9852, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 3/8/1966, 10:58AM

PRESS STORY ON ABBA SCHWARTZ' RESIGNATION AS HEAD OF BUREAU OF SECURITY, CONSULAR AFFAIRS DUE TO STATE DEPT REORGANIZATION; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF SCHWARTZ AS ASSISTANT ON REFUGEES; QUESTION OF RELEASING LETTER ACCEPTING RESIGNATION AT WH OR STATE…

Telephone conversation # 9853, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 3/8/1966, 12:44PM

ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON TIMING, RATE OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES IN PENDING BILL; POSITION OF DAVID DUBINSKY, JACOB POTOFSKY; CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF INCREASE IN 1967; LBJ INVITES POWELL TO ANDREW BRIMMER'S SWEARING-IN; POVERTY…

Telephone conversation # 9854, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 3/8/1966, 4:40PM

FOWLER REPORTS RICHARD RUSSELL MAY VOTE FOR RIBICOFF AMENDMENT TO TAX BILL, WORRIES OTHERS MAY FOLLOW; LBJ SUGGESTS FOWLER CALL RUSSELL LONG; SENATE PASSAGE OF PROUTY AMENDMENT EXPANDING ELIGIBILITY FOR SOCIAL SECURITY; ANDREW BRIMMER'S SWEARING-IN