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Telephone conversation # 4727, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/5/1964, 2:54PM (Item)
  • "LEGISLATION - POVERTY BILL"; REUTHER IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • REUTHER CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS TONKIN GULF STATEMENT; DISCUSSION OF EFFORTS TO GET VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; LBJ COMPARES POVERTY BILL VOTE TO FDR'S DEFEAT ON SUPREME COURT-PACKING BILL; NEED FOR LIBERAL REPUBLICAN VOTES IN NEW YORK; UAW
  • Reuther, Walter, 1907-1970
  • Telephone conversation # 4727, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/5/1964, 2:54PM
  • WALTER REUTHER
Telephone conversation # 4726, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/5/1964, 2:50PM (Item)
  • OFFICE SECRETARY ANNOUNCES CALLS FROM SMATHERS, WALTER REUTHER; LBJ ASKS HER TO HAVE REUTHER HOLD; LBJ ASKS ABOUT CHANCES OF GETTING DON FUQUA'S VOTE ON POVERTY BILL; SMATHERS ADVISES LBJ TO CALL ROBERT SIKES, ASK FOR SIKES' HELP IN GETTING FUQUA'S
Telephone conversation # 4735, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/5/1964, 3:20PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF WALTER REUTHER'S LOBBYING EFFORTS ON POVERTY BILL, ESPECIALLY WITH JOHN LINDSAY, OTIS PIKE; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE PRESS ASSISTANCE IN GETTING VOTES; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH GEORGE MAHON, JOHN FLYNT
Telephone conversation # 4767, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/5/1964, 7:06PM (Item)
  • HEAD COUNT ON POVERTY BILL; RUSSELL TUTEN'S STATEMENT TO LBJ TONIGHT; WALTER REUTHER'S LOBBYING EFFORTS WITH JOHN LECINSKI; JOHN MCCORMACK'S, THOMAS "TIP" O'NEILL'S REACTIONS TO TONIGHT'S EVENT