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Telephone conversation # 11329, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 1/9/1967, 7:34PM

LBJ ASKS MARTIN FOR HIS AND FRB'S SUPPORT FOR 6% TAX SURCHARGE HE WILL PROPOSE IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, SAYS HE IS PROPOSING TAX INCREASE DESPITE OPPOSITION AND ASKS MARTIN NOT TO LEAD LBJ ON "SNIPE HUNT"

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Telephone conversation # 11330, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 1/10/1967, 5:05PM

ALBERT, FORD OFFICIALLY INFORM LBJ THAT CONGRESS IS IN SESSION; LBJ JOKES WITH GERALD FORD ABOUT INCREASE IN REPUBLICAN MEMBERSHIP; JOHN FOGARTY'S DEATH; HALE BOGGS' HEALTH; UPCOMING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; LBJ DISCUSSES THEME AND LENGTH OF…

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Telephone conversation # 11331, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH KEENAN, 1/11/1967, 12:36PM

KEENAN ASKS ABOUT PROPOSAL TO COMBINE COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS; LBJ DISCUSSES TRANSFER OF COMMERCE DEPT FUNCTIONS TO TRANSPORTATION DEPT; JOHN CONNOR'S RESIGNATION; KEENAN EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT MERGER WILL WEAKEN LABOR DEPT; LBJ DISCUSSES MERITS OF…

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Telephone conversation # 11332, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/11/1967, 3:20PM

MCNAMARA RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF UNNAMED MAN ON LBJ'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ SAYS SPEECH WAS TOO LONG, COMPARES IT TO JFK'S 1963 SPEECH, COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICISM THAT LBJ ABANDONED NEGROES AND THE POOR IN SPEECH

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Telephone conversation # 11333, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/11/1967, 3:45PM

LBJ OFFERS PLANE FOR EARL WARREN'S USE ON LATIN AMERICAN TRIP; UNNAMED MAN'S CONTRACT; NYT DECISION TO CANCEL SERIES ON WARREN REPORT; LBJ DISCUSSES KENNEDY MACHINE'S VINDICTIVENESS; APPOINTMENTS TO KENNEDY CENTER BOARD; ARTHUR SCHLESINGER'S…

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Telephone conversation # 11336, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE SECRETARY, 1/11/1967, 4:12PM

OFFICE SECRETARY TELLS LBJ THAT BILL MOYERS WOULD LIKE LBJ TO CALL HIM

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Telephone conversation # 11339, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 1/11/1967, 4:22PM

LONG COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS LAST NIGHT, RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF MISSOURIANS, AND PRAISES LBJ'S COMMENTS IN ADDRESS ON WIRETAPS AND BUGS

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Telephone conversation # 11340, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/11/1967, 5:25PM

FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS, FRB, BUSINESS LEADERS ON TAX INCREASE PROPOSED BY LBJ IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; WASHINGTON POST'S CRITICISM; PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES; FOWLER SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMITTEE TO STUDY REFORM OF BUDGETARY…

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Telephone conversation # 11341, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/11/1967, 5:25PM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF TAX INCREASE PROPOSED BY LBJ IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; COMPARISON OF CURRENT ECONOMY WITH CONDITIONS DURING WWII AND KOREAN WAR; WILBUR MILLS' ADVICE ON BUDGET MESSAGE; FOWLER DISCUSSES TAX TABLES SHOWING EFFECT OF…

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Telephone conversation # 11342, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 1/11/1967, 7:12PM

MCCORMACK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; TESTIMONY ABOUT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS IN BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; LBJ DISCUSSES RFK, BOB KERR, WIRETAPS, HIS ASSOCIATION WITH BAKER; RFK'S FEUD WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HOUSE VOTE ON 21-DAY…

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Telephone conversation # 11343, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/11/1967, 8:27PM

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SUPPORT FOR INCREASE IN SPENDING ON GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS, EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT SUPPORT FOR HIS PROGRAM IN CONGRESS; VOTE ON 21-DAY RULE; MLK'S, RALPH ABERNATHY'S CRITICISM OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL

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Telephone conversation # 11344, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/12/1967, 10:09AM

SCHEDULING LBJ'S MEETING WITH MCNAMARA, DEAN RUSK, WALT ROSTOW ON ABM; MCNAMARA'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; MENDEL RIVERS AND NUCLEAR FRIGATE; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT JCS, PRESS LEAKS; ROWLAND EVANS STORY; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH JOSEPH KRAFT; JOSEPH…

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Telephone conversation # 11345, sound recording, LBJ and SPESSARD HOLLAND, 1/12/1967, 1:16PM

HOLLAND DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RULING BY HHH ON UNNAMED SENATE MATTER (SENATE CLOTURE RULE 22?) IN CONTRADICTION TO LBJ, IMPLICATIONS OF RULING ON SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS, CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES INVOLVED; LBJ THANKS HOLLAND, SAYS HE IS MEETING WITH JOHN MCCONE

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Telephone conversation # 11346, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH W. BARR, 1/12/1967, 7:00PM

BARR DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RESPONSE BY HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AND CHARLES SCHULTZE TO JOHN WILLIAMS' CRITICISM OF ADMINISTRATION'S FEDERAL BUDGET FIGURES; LBJ ADVISES BARR NOT TO ISSUE STATEMENT, REFERS TO HIS EXPERIENCE AS SENATE MAJORITY LEADER WITH…

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Telephone conversation # 11348, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/12/1967, 7:18PM

FOWLER DISCUSSES TREASURY DEPT POLICY ON USE OF "KEL-KIT" DEVICE USED BY (WAYNE?) BROMLEY; LBJ QUESTIONS USE OF DEVICE; FBI POLICY ON USE OF DEVICE

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Telephone conversation # 11349, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/12/1967, 7:18PM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF TREASURY DEPT POLICY ON USE OF "KEL-KIT" DEVICE USED BY (WAYNE?) BROMLEY

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Telephone conversation # 11350, sound recording, LBJ and EARLE CLEMENTS, 1/13/1967, 11:43AM

LBJ ASKS IF CLEMENTS OBJECTS TO APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED PERSON (BERT COMBS?) TO APPELLATE COURT; CLEMENTS SAYS HE WILL NOT ENDORSE PERSON BUT WILL NOT OBJECT TO APPOINTMENT, JOKES THAT HIS ENDORSEMENT WOULD BE EQUIVALENT OF LBJ ENDORSING FRANKIE…

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Telephone conversation # 11352, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNOR, 1/14/1967, 8:37AM

LBJ DISCUSSES TIMING OF ANNOUNCEMENT (OF CONNOR'S RESIGNATION?), SCHEDULING MEETING OF CONNOR WITH JOE CALIFANO AND CHARLES SCHULTZE TO DISCUSS BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS' VIEWS ON UNNAMED MATTER (MERGER OF LABOR AND COMMERCE DEPTS?)

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Telephone conversation # 11353, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HELMS, 1/14/1967, 10:55AM

LBJ DISCUSSES FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES IN VIETNAM RESULTING FROM US BOMBING, ASKS HELMS FOR REPORT ON CIVILIAN CASUALTIES AND FOR REPORT ON CIVILIANS KILLED IN SOUTH VIETNAM BY VIET CONG AND NORTH VIETNAMESE

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Telephone conversation # 11354, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/14/1967, 11:20AM

MCNAMARA PRAISES NYT ARTICLE BY ADOLPH BERLE ABOUT LBJ, SAYS HE WANTED TO BE SURE LBJ READ IT; LBJ TELLS MCNAMARA HE HAS SEEN IT AND THANKS HIM FOR CALL

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Telephone conversation # 11355, sound recording, LBJ and ALAN BOYD, 1/14/1967, 11:50AM

BOYD DISCUSSES PROPOSED MERGER OF COMMERCE, LABOR DEPTS, PROBLEMS THAT WILL BE FACED BY ACTING SECRETARIES; LBJ EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT MERGER, DISCUSSES OPPOSITION TO IT, HIS CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTEES; LBJ PRAISES BOYD'S MEETING WITH LADY BIRD…

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Telephone conversation # 11356, sound recording, LBJ and LANE KIRKLAND, 1/14/1967, 3:30PM

LBJ DISCUSSES VACANCIES IN COMMERCE DEPT, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF ACTING SECRETARY WHILE PROPOSED MERGER OF COMMERCE AND LABOR DEPTS IS BEING CONSIDERED; KIRKLAND SAYS HE THINKS AFL-CIO WILL SUPPORT MERGER; LBJ PRAISES JAMES REYNOLDS

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Telephone conversation # 11357, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM S. WHITE, 1/14/1967, 4:17PM

DISCUSSION OF TRAVEL PLANS FOR WHITE AND HIS WIFE TO VISIT LBJ AT CAMP DAVID

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Telephone conversation # 11358, sound recording, LBJ and BILLY GRAHAM, 1/16/1967, 10:35AM

LBJ INVITES GRAHAM AND HIS WIFE TO WH TO DISCUSS GRAHAM'S RECENT TRIP TO VIETNAM; GRAHAM DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING TRIP TO TEXAS AND BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA; LBJ SUGGESTS GRAHAM READ JOHN STEINBECK'S STORY IN WASHINGTON POST ON STEINBECK'S TRIP TO VIETNAM

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Telephone conversation # 11359, sound recording, LBJ and FRANCIS SPELLMAN, 1/16/1967, 11:31AM

LBJ INVITES CARDINAL SPELLMAN TO WH TO DISCUSS SPELLMAN'S RECENT TRIP TO VIETNAM; SPELLMAN SAYS HE BELIEVES WE ARE DOING A GREAT JOB AND THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE POPE PAUL VI IS AGAINST SPELLMAN'S RECENT STATEMENT

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Telephone conversation # 11360, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/16/1967, 4:19PM

FOWLER'S MEETING WITH WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN; PRESS STORIES MARTIN MAY NOT BE REAPPOINTED TO FRB; REPUBLICAN ATTACK ON DEFENSE EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES; RUSSELL LONG'S STATEMENT; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON TAXES; BUSINESS VIEWS ON…

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Telephone conversation # 11361, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/16/1967, 4:19PM

RUMORS THAT WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN MAY NOT BE REAPPOINTED TO FRB; LANGUAGE ABOUT FRB IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS AND IN 9/8/66 MESSAGE ON FISCAL POLICY; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; DISCUSSION OF EFFECT OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE ON INDIVIDUALS,…

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Telephone conversation # 11362, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 1/16/1967, 5:20PM

CLIFFORD THANKS LBJ FOR HIS RECENT LETTER, PRAISES THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, DISCUSSES BUSINESS' REACTIONS TO PROPOSED TAX INCREASE; LBJ INVITES CLIFFORD TO WH TO DISCUSS UNNAMED APPOINTMENT

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Telephone conversation # 11363, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/16/1967, 6:17PM

LESTER MADDOX'S REQUEST TO MEET WITH LBJ ON HIGHWAY FUNDS; RUSSELL PRAISES MADDOX'S ACTIONS AS GOV.; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO HOLD DOWN SPENDING; DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUTHORIZATIONS, EXPENDITURES; HOUSING, HIGHWAY FUNDS; COPPER SHORTAGE; US ECONOMY IN WARTIMES

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Telephone conversation # 11364, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/17/1967, 9:29AM

MCNAMARA ASKS LBJ'S APPROVAL FOR RELEASE OF CONSTRUCTION FUNDS BEFORE HE TESTIFIES ON HILL; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO WAIT ON ANNOUNCEMENT; DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED BASE CLOSINGS INCLUDING CLOSINGS IN GEORGIA AND IN AUSTIN, TEXAS; REQUIREMENT TO NOTIFY…

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Telephone conversation # 11365, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/17/1967, 5:00PM

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH "DOUG" (DILLON?) ABOUT RUMOR THAT "DOUG" WILL ACCEPT POSITION IN FRB

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Telephone conversation # 11366, sound recording, LBJ and FLORENCE MAHONEY, 1/18/1967, 9:02AM

MAHONEY RELAYS FOREIGN REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, ASKS LBJ TO MEET WILLIAM BAGGS, HARRY ASHMORE WHO RECENTLY MET WITH HO CHI MINH AND OTHERS IN NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ SAYS THEY SHOULD MEET WITH DEAN RUSK AS HARRISON SALISBURY AND OTHERS HAVE

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Telephone conversation # 11367, sound recording, LBJ and ALAN BOYD, 1/18/1967, 11:31AM

LBJ TELLS BOYD THAT ADDITIONAL HIGHWAY ALLOCATION FUNDS MAY HAVE TO BE WITHHELD IF US ECONOMY DOES NOT COOL OFF, DISCUSSES FUNDING DURING PREVIOUS ADMINISTRATIONS; LBJ ASKS IF TREASURY CAN SELL PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES OR BORROW FROM HIGHWAY TRUST…

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Telephone conversation # 11368, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 1/18/1967, 11:37AM

LBJ DISCUSSES WIRTZ' RECENT LETTER, SAYS HE DOES NOT WANT WIRTZ TO RESIGN; PRESS STORIES ABOUT WIRTZ' POSSIBLE RESIGNATION; JOHN CONNOR'S UPCOMING RESIGNATION; PROPOSED MERGER OF LABOR, COMMERCE DEPTS; LBJ EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN WIRTZ' ABILITIES

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Telephone conversation # 11369, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/18/1967, 6:25PM

EDWIN REISCHAUER; LBJ READS DRAFT LETTER FROM RUSK TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT ABOUT OUTER SPACE TREATY, SCHEDULING RUSK'S TESTIMONY ON CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; LBJ'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION

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Telephone conversation # 11371, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 1/18/1967, time unknown

TELEPHONE OPERATOR REPORTS ON HER EFFORTS TO PLACE CALL TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT

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Telephone conversation # 11372, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/18/1967, 7:14PM

MCNAMARA SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO TALK TO LBJ TOMORROW ON A NON-PRESSING MATTER

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Telephone conversation # 11373, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 1/18/1967, 7:15PM

LBJ READS DRAFT LETTER FROM DEAN RUSK TO FULBRIGHT ABOUT OUTER SPACE TREATY, SCHEDULING RUSK'S TESTIMONY ON CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; LBJ JOKES ABOUT HIS DIFFICULTY IN GETTING LETTER CLEARED BY RUSK, MENTIONS IMPROVEMENTS IN FOREIGN SERVICE…

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Telephone conversation # 11374, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/18/1967, 7:21PM

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON CONGRESSIONAL CLEARANCE OF PROPOSED BASE CLOSINGS; JOHN MCCORMACK'S CONCERNS ABOUT CLOSING OF BOSTON NAVAL DISTRICT OFFICE; ANNOUNCEMENT OF RELEASE OF CONSTRUCTION FUNDS; LBJ ASKS RELEASE BE DELAYED UNTIL HE CAN NOTIFY HOUSING…

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Telephone conversation # 11375, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 1/18/1967, 8:44PM

LBJ'S MEETING WITH WH STAFF; LONG REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH ROBERT DOCKING; KANSAS POLITICS; LONG SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE WIRETAPPING BILL IN SENATE; LBJ SAYS CABINET OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BILLS, TELLS LONG TO TALK TO RAMSEY CLARK

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