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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 # 3627, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 6/4/1964, 6:15PM (Item)
  • PROPOSED DISCUSSION ON REDUCING AUTO PRICES WITH FREDERIC DONNER AT ERHARD DINNER; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS; US NEWS & WORLD REPORT INTERVIEW WITH HELLER; LABOR STATISTICS; TAX CUTS; APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR OKUN TO CEA; BUILDING TRADE UNIONS WAGE SETTLEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 3758, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/17/1964, 6:36PM (Item)
  • PRESS STORY ABOUT RFK RIDING TO AIRPORT WITH LBJ IN NYC; JACK ROSENTHAL'S CALL TO REEDY RELAYING INQUIRY FROM DOM BONAFEDE ABOUT "JAMES H. ROWE" BEING REGISTERED AS LOBBYIST FOR HAITI SUGAR ORGANIZATION; JIM ROWE; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, JOCK
Telephone conversation # 3930, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 6/26/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • USE OF CAMP DAVID BY WH STAFF; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ON JIM ROWE AS SUGAR LOBBYIST FOR HAITI, DUVALIER; ROWE'S RESPONSE TO JOCK WHITNEY; LETTER TO NORTH DAKOTA GOV. WILLIAM GUY; PLANS FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN TRIP; CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Telephone conversation # 3355, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 5/6/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AT LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT RAILROAD NEGOTIATIONS, NEW YORK PLUMBERS UNION STRIKE PROTESTING HIRING PUERTO RICANS, NEGRO AT GEORGE MEANY'S HOME LOCAL UNION; COAL MINERS AND RESIDUAL OIL
Telephone conversation # 3175, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 4/28/1964, 7:18PM (Item)
  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; JOHN YOUNG; TIP O'NEILL, HALE BOGGS; RAILROAD, TRUCKING VERSUS PORT INTERESTS; POSSIBILITY OF PASSING NEW BILL; CLOSING OF WATERTOWN, SPRINGFIELD MASSACHUSETTS DEFENSE FACILITIES; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 3176, sound recording, LBJ and OREN HARRIS, 4/28/1964, 7:29PM (Item)
  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL OPPOSED BILL; POSSIBILITY OF PASSING NEW BILL; RAILROAD, TRUCKING VERSUS PORT INTERESTS; JOHN YOUNG; RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN BY HARRIS IN ARKANSAS
Telephone conversation # 4602, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES FARLEY, 8/1/1964, 10:02AM (Item)
  • FARLEY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS STATEMENT ON VP NOMINATION; RFK'S POSSIBLE NEW YORK SENATE RACE; STATEMENT BY FARLEY AT HERSHEY CONFERENCE; DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION, CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; ROBERT WOODRUFF'S POLITICAL LEANINGS
Telephone conversation # 4978, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/17/1964, 9:36AM (Item)
  • BOMBINGS, RACIAL TROUBLE IN CHICAGO SUBURBS; DALEY REPORTS ON ILLINOIS POLITICAL SITUATION, COMPARISON WITH 1960; DALEY'S LIAISON WORK WITH NEGRO COMMUNITY; BUSINESS' NEED TO CREATE NEW JOBS; VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN; WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 4624, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/1/1964, 7:06PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ROBERT WAGNER; POVERTY PROGRAM IN NEW YORK; LBJ ASKS REUTHER'S AID IN GETTING VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO BILL, LABOR'S LOBBYING EFFORTS; FARMERS' UNION; UAW NEGOTIATIONS; RFK; RECENT POLL ON LBJ, VP
Telephone conversation # 4709, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 8/4/1964, 9:31PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS HUGHES ABOUT RIOTING IN NEW JERSEY; HUGHES REPORTS ON SITUATION, QUESTIONS SOURCE OF FUNDING FOR RINGLEADERS; LBJ OFFERS FEDERAL HELP; DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINATION, CAMPAIGN, BUSINESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ, DEFECTION OF LABOR VOTE DUE TO WHITE
Telephone conversation # 4319, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 7/23/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT BUSINESS; DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS PRESS STORIES ON SUPPORT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AMONG LABOR GROUPS, FOR RFK AS VP NOMINEE, POSSIBLE STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING ISSUE; PRESS LEAK TO MARY MCGRORY
Telephone conversation # 5026, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/18/1964, 6:35PM (Item)
  • HOUSE REJECTION OF CONFERENCE REPORT ON COFFEE AGREEMENT; BALL REPORTS ON STATUS OF CYPRUS NEGOTIATIONS; GREECE; TURKEY; DEAN ACHESON; IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL; AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND'S REACTION TO BILL
Telephone conversation # 6291, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/8/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO BRING ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO RANCH TOMORROW; POSTPONEMENT OF MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH OIL INTERESTS ON APPALACHIAN COAL; MCNAMARA'S MEETING TOMORROW WITH MAINE AND NEW HAMPSHIRE DELEGATIONS ON CLOSING OF DEFENSE FACILITIES
Telephone conversation # 6314, sound recording, LBJ and PORT OF HOUSTON ANNIVERSARY SPEECH, 11/10/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ ADDRESSES BY TELEPHONE THE CEREMONY MARKING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPENING OF PORT OF HOUSTON, MENTIONS HIS PAST RESIDENCE IN HOUSTON, AND PUSHES BUTTON TO START CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EXPANSION OF PORT
Telephone conversation # 6336, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • RFK; CANDIDATES FOR CABINET APPOINTMENTS; "DON" (COOK) FOR TREASURY OR JUSTICE; TOM WATSON OR FRANK STANTON FOR HEW OR COMMERCE; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ABOUT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6391, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/18/1964, 9:25AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO VACANCIES IN HEW, TREASURY, REPUBLICAN VACANCIES ON FPC; FRANCES MCGOVERN; JAMES SWIDLER; DISCUSSION OF POLICY OF REQUESTING RESIGNATIONS OF APPOINTEES AT BEGINNING OF NEW ADMINISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 5542, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/9/1964, 10:34AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION OF FIGURES ON 43-MONTH COMPARISON OF TIME LOST FROM STRIKES; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF UAW-CHRYSLER SETTLEMENT; LBJ PRAISES WIRTZ' RECENT TV APPEARANCE; NEW POLL ON BACKLASH, FRONTLASH ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 5567, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/10/1964, 11:59AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA RECOMMENDS LBJ FORMALLY REQUEST RUSK, MCNAMARA, MCGEORGE BUNDY PREPARE RECOMMENDATIONS ON NEW FOREIGN POLICY INITIATIVES FOR LBJ'S CONSIDERATION EARLY NEXT YEAR, REPORTS ON HIS CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF UAW-CHRYSLER SETTLEMENT
Telephone conversation # 5962, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 10/24/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • NEGATIVE TEXAS NEWSPAPER AD STATING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT WILL CAUSE WHITES TO LOSE JOBS TO NEGROES; UK'S NEW ECONOMIC PROGRAM, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CRISIS; VIETNAM; WEATHER AGREEMENT WITH USSR; LBJ'S SPEECH ON 10/28/64; TONIGHT'S TV PROGRAM ON YOUTH
Telephone conversation # 5472, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/3/1964, 6:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ON ANNOUNCEMENT THAT NICHOLAS KATZENBACH WILL SERVE AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL FOLLOWING RFK'S RESIGNATION; QUESTION OF NEED TO NAME PERMANENT APPOINTEE; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; JOHN BYRNES; POSSIBLE STEEL PRICE INCREASE
Telephone conversation # 5502, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 9/5/1964, 3:32PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ONGOING STRIKE AT DETROIT NEWS, DETROIT FREE PRESS; RESULTS OF OHIO POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR LBJ AND OF MAINE POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR EDMUND MUSKIE, MARGARET CHASE SMITH; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ
Telephone conversation # 5511, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/7/1964, 11:04AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WIRTZ FOR REPORT ON NEGOTIATIONS ON DETROIT NEWS, DETROIT FREE PRESS NEWSPAPER STRIKE, ASKS WIRTZ TO ASSIST IN SETTLING STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 7324, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/7/1965, 9:17AM (Item)
  • VOTING RIGHTS BILL; APPOINTMENT OF HEADS OF TAX, ANTITRUST DIVISIONS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON ANTITRUST; LLOYD CUTLER AS POSSIBLE CIA DIRECTOR; EFFECT OF RESIDUAL OIL IMPORTS ON COAL INDUSTRY; POWER COMPANIES' INFLUENCE IN NEW ENGLAND; STEWART UDALL'S
Telephone conversation # 7343, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and ABE FORTAS, 4/17/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • FORTAS DICTATES LETTER FROM LBJ TO TREASURY SECRETARY CONCERNING NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER REDEFINING ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS OR ENTERTAINMENT BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS AND EXPRESSING NEED FOR IRS REGULATIONS CONCERNING DEDUCTIONS
Telephone conversation # 7346, sound recording, MARIE FEHMER and ABE FORTAS, 4/17/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • FORTAS DICTATES LETTER FROM LBJ TO TREASURY SECRETARY CONCERNING NEW EXECUTIVE ORDER REDEFINING ETHICAL STANDARDS FOR ACCEPTANCE OF GIFTS OR ENTERTAINMENT BY EXECUTIVE BRANCH OFFICIALS AND EXPRESSING NEED FOR IRS REGULATIONS CONCERNING DEDUCTIONS
Telephone conversation # 7109, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 3/18/1965, 5:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS ANDERSON HE HAS NOMINATED HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY; FOWLER REMINISCES ABOUT WORKING WITH ANDERSON ON TAX BILL; ANDERSON ASKS IF HE CAN VISIT WITH LBJ ABOUT NEW MEXICO APPOINTMENTS AND EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S CHOICE
Telephone conversation # 7119, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM RENCHARD, 3/18/1965, 6:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS RENCHARD HE ENJOYED MEETING WITH HIM AT WH YESTERDAY, DISCUSSES HIS NOMINATION OF HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY AND NEED FOR NEW IDEAS FOR MONETARY POLICY, EXPRESSES WISH TO HAVE REGULAR MEETINGS WITH FINANCIAL LEADERS
Telephone conversation # 6825, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIE DAY TAYLOR, 2/12/1965, 11:27AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS TAYLOR TO TELL GEORGE REEDY TO PROLONG PRESS BRIEFING IN ORDER TO ANNOUNCE NEWS FROM WILLARD WIRTZ ON DOCK STRIKE SETTLEMENT
Telephone conversation # 8550, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/18/1965, 12:10PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "NEW YORK CITY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 8576, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/19/1965, 7:13PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; WIRTZ ON HOLD 1:30; NEWS REPORT OF BILL MOYERS' PRESS BRIEFING ON RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LBJ, EISENHOWER AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; INAUDIBLE OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL
Telephone conversation # 8813, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/2/1965, 1:24PM (Item)
  • 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 # 8834, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KINTNER, 9/3/1965, 4:35PM (Item)
  • 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 (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 9332, sound recording, LBJ and WARREN MAGNUSON, 12/24/1965, 5:08PM (Item)
  • CHRISTMAS GREETINGS; MAGNUSON EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED HALT IN HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY BECAUSE OF BUDGETARY CONCERNS, DISCUSSES ECONOMIC EFFECT OF HALT, ALTERNATIVE BUDGET CUTS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS DESIRE TO AVOID NEW TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 8303, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 7/2/1965, 11:02AM (Item)
  • EISENHOWER ASKS LBJ'S HELP IN HAVING WRIGHT PATMAN HOLD HEARINGS ON BANK MERGER BILL; LBJ ASKS EISENHOWER'S ADVICE ON VIETNAM; POSSIBLE INCREASE IN GROUND TROOPS, CALL-UP OF RESERVES, NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION; AIR CAMPAIGN, INCREASED
Telephone conversation # 9003, sound recording, LBJ and DARRELL SCHNEIDER, 10/1/1965, 3:00PM (Item)
  • SCHNEIDER DISCUSSES PROPOSAL FOR LEASING NEW BEECH AIRPLANE, TAX ADVANTAGES OF LEASE, PERFORMANCE SPECIFICATIONS OF KING AIR VERSUS QUEEN AIR AIRPLANE
Telephone conversation # 8347, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN?, 7/16/1965, 7:30PM? (Item)
  • ALMOST INAUDIBLE CONVERSATION ABOUT USDA PRESS LEAK TO CHARLES BAILEY OF MINNEAPOLIS TRIBUNE ABOUT RECENT ACQUISITION OF ADDITIONAL LAND AT LBJ RANCH; LBJ DISCUSSES LAND LEASES AT RANCH, COMPLAINS ABOUT LEAK, READS FROM NEWS STORY
Telephone conversation # 10106, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1966, 8:26AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES IMPACT OF VIETNAM SPENDING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, GREAT SOCIETY; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED DEFICIT, LACK OF LIBERAL SUPPORT FOR NEW PROGRAMS, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, ECONOMY AND UPCOMING
Telephone conversation # 10115, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 5/12/1966, 11:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES US ECONOMY, FEDERAL DEFICIT, INCREASED VIETNAM SPENDING; EFFECTIVE DATES OF PROPOSED CIVILIAN, MILITARY PAY RAISES; EFFECT OF RAISES ON WAGE GUIDELINES FOR OTHER WORKERS; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PROPOSED NEW SENATE WATCHDOG COMMITTEE