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Telephone conversation # 2367, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/6/1964, 7:20PM (Item)
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS SENATE PASSAGE OF FARM BILL BUT NOT FOOD STAMPS; ALLEN ELLENDER'S OPPOSITION; MIKE MANSFIELD; HHH; LBJ'S DISAPPOINTMENT IN LEADERSHIP BREAKFASTS; AL RAINS; IDA BILL; MASS TRANSIT; RFK, CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; COFFEE AGREEMENT; PENDING
Telephone conversation # 2120, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 2/19/1964, 12:35PM (Item)
  • DILLON REPORTS ON COMPLETION OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON TAX BILL; LBJ ASKS WHEN REPORT WILL GO TO FLOOR IN HOUSE AND SENATE, ADVISES DILLON TO CONSULT WITH MIKE MANSFIELD ON TIMING OF SENATE VOTE; DISCUSSION OF WILBUR MILLS, DELAY IN WRITING HOUSE
Telephone conversation # 3070, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 4/20/1964, 7:29PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST TOMORROW; BARRY GOLDWATER STATEMENT ON CUTBACK IN URANIUM PRODUCTION; LBJ SUGGESTS JOHN MCCORMACK, MIKE MANSFIELD ISSUE STATEMENTS ON LBJ'S FOREIGN POLICY SPEECH, VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 4106, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 7/1/1964, 4:59PM (Item)
  • EXCISE TAX BILL; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, CITES FOOD STAMP BILL, JACK MILLER AMENDMENT ON IMPORTED MEAT; NEED FOR COORDINATION BETWEEN CARL ALBERT, MIKE MANSFIELD; NEGOTIATIONS ON CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
Telephone conversation # 4118, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 7/2/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • CARL CURTIS, MIKE MANSFIELD AMENDMENTS ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA; IMPORT AGREEMENTS WITH AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, IRELAND; INCREASED US EXPORTS; ALBERT MITCHELL APPOINTMENT TO NATIONAL FOOD MARKETING COMMISSION; SAM RAYBURN VOTE ON TAFT-HARTLEY ACT
Telephone conversation # 4126, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 7/2/1964, 12:56PM (Item)
  • HANDLING OF CARL CURTIS, MIKE MANSFIELD AMENDMENTS ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA, INCREASE IN US EXPORTS; TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING; STATUS OF REMAINING BILLS: FEDERAL PAY, HOUSING, POVERTY BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Telephone conversation # 4177, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 7/7/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • FREEMAN ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH NATIONAL FOOD MARKETING COMMISSION, STRESSES NEED FOR BASIC RESEARCH ON PESTICIDES; FISH KILLED IN LOUISIANA DUE TO RUNOFF FROM SUGAR CANE FIELDS; DISCUSSIONS WITH MIKE MANSFIELD, CARL ALBERT ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL
Telephone conversation # 3762, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 6/17/1964, 6:58PM (Item)
  • RESTON'S STORY ON RFK OFFERING TO GO TO VIETNAM; US INVOLVEMENT IN VIETNAM: OPINIONS OF RESTON, LBJ, MIKE MANSFIELD, FRANK CHURCH, ERNEST GRUENING, WAYNE MORSE; LBJ REFLECTS ON ACTIONS AND ADVICE OF DWIGHT EISENHOWER; DE GAULLE ON NEUTRALIZATION
Telephone conversation # 3520, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • VIEWS ON VIETNAM, LAOS; SENATE TESTIMONY BY ROBERT MCNAMARA; LBJ DESCRIBES ADVICE HE RECEIVES, US CASUALTIES, REPUBLICAN TACTICS; HENRY CABOT LODGE; DIEM COUP; LUCIUS CLAY, OMAR BRADLEY AS ADVISERS; FEAR OF CHINESE INTERVENTION; MIKE MANSFIELD MEMO
Telephone conversation # 3436, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 5/13/1964, 4:28PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR VOTE COUNT ON IDA BILL; LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN TO CALL LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, GEORGE AIKEN, HHH, PHILIP HART, WARREN MAGNUSON TO THANK THEM FOR WORK ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AT REQUEST OF RFK; LBJ WILL CALL EVERETT DIRKSEN, MIKE MANSFIELD
Telephone conversation # 3443, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/13/1964, 5:17PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S GEORGIA TRIP; LYNDA BIRD JOHNSON'S SPEECH ON RUSSELL; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, LEADERSHIP PROBLEMS, HHH, MIKE MANSFIELD, SENATE REPUBLICAN EFFORTS TO RAISE BAKER ISSUE DAILY, EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE QUESTION OF WALTER JENKINS TESTIFYING; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 4222, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/13/1964, 5:53PM (Item)
  • "RE DR (NAVY) AT THE CAPITOL - RE RETIREMENT"; RECORDING SKIPS AT BEGINNING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MIKE MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE; OFFICE SECRETARY BRIEFLY INTERRUPTS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 4223, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/13/1964, 6:02PM (Item)
  • "RE DR (NAVY) AT THE CAPITOL - RE RETIREMENT"; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MIKE MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE
Telephone conversation # 3663, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/9/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HIS MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS ON LAOS, VIETNAM; CONCERNS OF LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, GEORGE MAHON ABOUT PUBLIC OPINION; LBJ READS LETTER FROM MIKE MANSFIELD ON VIETNAM, LAOS; HENRY CABOT LODGE; CRITICAL PROVINCE PROGRAM; LBJ'S 1961
Telephone conversation # 3750, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/16/1964, 9:55AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO HENRY CABOT LODGE AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM: MAXWELL TAYLOR, ROSWELL GILPATRIC, GEORGE BALL; OBJECTIONS TO GILPATRIC BECAUSE OF TFX ISSUE; CONCERNS ABOUT US POLICY IN VIETNAM; ADVICE FROM MIKE MANSFIELD, RICHARD RUSSELL, CARL
Telephone conversation # 3148, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 4/28/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • WAYNE HAYS DESCRIBES MEETING WITH OHIO GOV. JAMES RHODES ON APPALACHIAN PROGRAM; 1964 OHIO CAMPAIGN; FEDERAL PAY BILL TACTICS, 20-DAY RULE; WARREN MAGNUSON; MIKE MANSFIELD; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP; LOSS OF GOVT OFFICIALS DUE TO LOW PAY; CHARLES
Telephone conversation # 3154, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 4/28/1964, 5:50PM (Item)
  • TRANSPORTATION BILL DEFEATED IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL OPPOSED BILL; MASSACHUSETTS NAVY YARD CLOSING, UNEMPLOYMENT; MEETING WITH RFK, HHH, MIKE MANSFIELD ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT, SENATE CLOTURE, EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 4700, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/4/1964, 8:38PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MIXUP IN ARRANGEMENTS FOR MEETING ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, BRIEFS MAHON ON MEETING, US RETALIATORY ACTION, POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION; OPPOSITION TO POVERTY BILL IN MAHON'S DISTRICT, TEXAS DELEGATION'S
Telephone conversation # 4309, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/22/1964, 7:53PM (Item)
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON MEETING WITH ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, GEORGE SMATHERS, RUSSELL LONG, MIKE MANSFIELD, HHH ON MEDICARE BILL, MEETING WITH ANDREW BIEMILLER; POVERTY BILL, PLANNED SPEECH BY GOLDWATER, HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ACTION, FARM GRANT IN SENATE
Telephone conversation # 5130, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/22/1964, 6:21PM (Item)
  • EASTLAND READS E. K. COLLINS' STATEMENT TO CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE ON POSITION OF REGULAR MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION; MFDP; JOE RAUH; LBJ SUGGESTS WORDING FOR STATEMENT; CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION: MIKE MANSFIELD, HHH, EUGENE MCCARTHY; CATHOLIC AS VP
Telephone conversation # 5154, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SHUMAN, 8/24/1964, 4:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS SHUMAN'S ADVICE ON VP NOMINATION FROM PERSPECTIVE OF FARMERS, MIDWEST; SHUMAN EVALUATES APPEAL OF CANDIDATES: EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN, EUGENE MCCARTHY, MIKE MANSFIELD, HHH; ORVILLE FREEMAN; RFK; LBJ ASKS SHUMAN TO MEET WITH HIM ON FARM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 5219, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/26/1964, 12:41PM (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ FOR RESPONSE TO PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT STORY THAT WH THEATER WILL BE CONVERTED INTO TV STUDIO, ABOUT MIKE MANSFIELD'S ALLEGED STATEMENT THAT LBJ WILL GO TO ATLANTIC CITY TOMORROW MORNING, AND ABOUT TELEGRAM FROM EUGENE MCCARTHY TO LBJ
Telephone conversation # 5036, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/19/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER UNCERTAIN; CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP, DAILY DIARY OR WH OPS LOGS; TRANSCRIPT LISTS TIME AS 5:30P; RECORDED IN MANSION ON DICTABELT BEFORE CALL WITH MIKE MANSFIELD AT 5:31P
Telephone conversation # 5064, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 8/21/1964, 10:46AM (Item)
  • SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; JACK CONWAY AS LIAISON WITH JOE RAUH; RFK, LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLATFORM PLANK, PENDING BILLS; CREDENTIALS FIGHT STRATEGY; VP CANDIDATES: HHH, MIKE MANSFIELD; HHH AS MAJORITY LEADER; CATHOLIC AS VP
Telephone conversation # 5070, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/21/1964, 11:32AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MIKE MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5072, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/21/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL AND TAKES PLACE DURING CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MIKE MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5079, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MIKE MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5087, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH MIKE MANSFIELD ABOUT CHARLES ENGELHARD'S MEMBERSHIP ON US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY, REPORTS THAT DRAFT OF DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM CIRCULATED BY JOSEPH CLARK IS EARLY DRAFT, NOT CURRENT TEXT; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 5094, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 8/21/1964, 1:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS RIBICOFF TO JOIN CLINTON ANDERSON IN ASSISTING MIKE MANSFIELD AS FLOOR LEADER AND PRESS SPOKESMAN AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; ABC'S REQUEST THAT RIBICOFF STAND IN FOR HHH SHOULD HHH BE SELECTED AS VP NOMINEE; RIBICOFF PRAISES LBJ
Telephone conversation # 5096, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 8/21/1964, 1:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY TO CALL ALLEN ELLENDER ABOUT LBJ ATTENDING ELLENDER'S LUNCH; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON TO ASSIST MIKE MANSFIELD AS FLOOR LEADER AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; DISCUSSION OF LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLATFORM PLANK, LEGISLATION; JOSEPH
Telephone conversation # 5101, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • RUSK SAYS CHARLES ENGELHARD APPOINTMENT TO HEAD US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION HAS BEEN CLEARED, ASKS IF MIKE MANSFIELD SHOULD NOTIFY HIM; LBJ ASKS FOR MEETING WITH G. MENNEN WILLIAMS; RUSK RECOMMENDS WILLIAMS AS PEACE CORPS
Telephone conversation # 5104, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 6:58PM? (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS THAT MIKE MANSFIELD PREFERS THAT RUSK OR LBJ NOTIFY CHARLES ENGELHARD THAT HE WILL HEAD US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY
Telephone conversation # 5107, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/21/1964, 8:30PM (Item)
  • JOE RAUH'S, PRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SMALL SIZE OF ROOM FOR CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA DELEGATIONS; MFDP; HHH; JAMES ROWE ON MIKE MANSFIELD AS POSSIBLE VP NOMINEE; DOUGLAS WYNN ON MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION TAKING OATH
Telephone conversation # 5114, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/21/1964, 9:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON CALL TO SPESSARD HOLLAND ABOUT LINTON COLLINS' APPOINTMENT TO COURT OF CLAIMS, ASKS SMATHERS TO ASSIST MIKE MANSFIELD AT CONVENTION; IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL; JOHN CONNALLY; FARRIS BRYANT'S WISH TO NOMINATE SMATHERS FOR VP; MARTIN
Telephone conversation # 7027, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/6/1965, 12:05PM (Item)
  • RUSSELL'S HEALTH; MILITARY AID BILL; FULBRIGHT'S DECISION TO SEPARATE MILITARY AND ECONOMIC AID; MIKE MANSFIELD AND CLOSING OF VA HOSPITAL IN MONTANA; LOWERING STANDARDS FOR MILITARY RECRUITS, DRAFTEES; LBJ, RUSSELL EXPRESS DISMAY OVER VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 7028, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/6/1965, 2:32PM (Item)
  • DECISION TO SEND MARINES TO DANANG; LBJ READS PART OF MCGEORGE BUNDY MEMO ON POSSIBLE PEACE TALKS, UK VIEWS ON VIETNAM; NYT STORY ON POSSIBLE NEGOTIATIONS BASED ON RUSK'S PRESS BRIEFING; PSYCHOLOGICAL IMPACT OF SENDING MARINES; MIKE MANSFIELD
Telephone conversation # 7059, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/11/1965, 10:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ SUGGESTS KATZENBACH HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA, ALABAMA, SITUATION AND STATUS OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL; FEDERAL COURT PROCEEDINGS; LEGALITY OF USE OF FEDERAL TROOPS; LBJ'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; MIKE MANSFIELD'S NOTE CRITICIZING KATZENBACH
Telephone conversation # 7060, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/11/1965, 10:35AM (Item)
  • PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA, ALABAMA EVENTS, VOTING RIGHTS BILL; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CRITICISM OF KATZENBACH, ANGER AT CLOSING OF MONTANA VA HOSPITAL; CANCELLATION OF VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; KATZENBACH'S WORK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, HHH, ON 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 6746, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 1/28/1965, 4:00PM? (Item)
  • LBJ'S SCHEDULE; RECOMMENDATIONS IN PRESIDENTIAL DISABILITY MESSAGE ON APPOINTMENT OF VP, ELECTORAL COLLEGE REFORM; LEGISLATION REQUIRING CLOSING OF SOME VA HOSPITALS; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CONCERNS ABOUT CLOSING OF MILES CITY, MONTANA, VA HOSPITAL
Telephone conversation # 6747, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 1/28/1965, 4:10PM? (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CLOSING OF VA HOSPITAL IN MILES CITY, MONTANA; MIKE MANSFIELD'S, OLIN "TIGER" TEAGUE'S POSITION ON ISSUE; PRESS LEAKS; CLOSING OF OTHER VA HOSPITALS; PUBLIC, PRESS PROTESTS ABOUT CLOSINGS