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Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN, REQUEST FOR FUNDS; POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ BY HEARST NEWSPAPERS; OTHER PRESS ENDORSEMENTS; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CANDIDATES FOR JUSTICE DEPT POSTS; RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 2528, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 3/18/1964, 8:09AM (Item)
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  • LBJ'S COLD; 3/15 TV APPEARANCE; REPUBLICAN CONTENDERS, HENRY CABOT LODGE; SATURDAY EVENING POST; STEWART ALSOP COLUMN ON WH STAFF; GALLUP POLL; POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN WOMAN FOR EXPORT-IMPORT BANK APPOINTMENT; KEITH FUNSTON; HUGH OWENS; SEC; MARIANNE
Telephone conversation # 2124, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 2/19/1964, 1:25PM? (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF WOMEN TO GOVT POSTS; MRS. CLAIRE GIANNINI HOFFMAN AS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE TO EXPORT-IMPORT BANK; INDIA EDWARDS APPOINTMENT IN LABOR DEPT; PUBLICITY FOR NEW LATIN AMERICAN AMBASSADORS COVEY OLIVER AND W. TAPLEY BENNETT
Telephone conversation # 11653, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/25/1967, 11:10AM (Item)
  • JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON CIA IN INDIA; DISCUSSION OF NEWS PROGRAMMING ON EDUCATIONAL TV, POSSIBLE COMPETITION WITH NETWORK TV, USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ALLEGEDLY SLANTED COVERAGE; MILTON EISENHOWER AS HEAD OF PUBLIC TV
Telephone conversation # 294, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 12/5/1963, 2:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS DUNGAN TO INQUIRE INTO BACKGROUND OF MIKE MANSFIELD'S SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED MAN TO UNNAMED POST, ASKS DUNGAN'S OPINION OF APPOINTMENT OF BURKE KNAPP OR THOMAS MANN TO ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS POSTS
Telephone conversation # 13015, sound recording, LBJ and HAROLD LINDER, 5/22/1968, 10:30AM (Item)
  • "FROM THE BEDROOM 5/22/68 WEDNESDAY"; "(IN PUERTO RICO)"; "RE APMT. TO AN AMBASSADORIAL POST"; "TAX CUT MATTERS ALSO"; "$4 B TO $6 B"; LINDER IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • LBJ PRAISES LINDER, ASKS ABOUT LINDER'S WISH TO ACCEPT AMBASSADORSHIP; POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTMENT TO POST IN CANADA, THE NETHERLANDS, OR DENMARK; CONGRESSIONAL IMPASSE ON TAX BILL; CALL FOR $6 BILLION SPENDING CUT; LINDER'S SUCCESSOR AT EXPORT
Telephone conversation # 662, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT HUTCHINSON, 12/23/1963, 1:20PM (Item)
  • HUTCHINSON ASKS IF ICC CAN ISSUE REPORT ON PARCEL POST RATES BY FIRST OF FEBRUARY; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SUBMIT FEDERAL BUDGET ON JANUARY 21, SO HE WANTS REPORT BY THE NIGHT OF JANUARY 20
Telephone conversation # 5284, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 8/31/1964, 12:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS DUNGAN THAT LAUREN SOTH HAS AGREED TO ACCEPT CHAIRMANSHIP OF NATIONAL FOOD MARKETING COMMISSION, DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR; DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF (MARY?) "JONES" TO UNNAMED POST (FTC?); ABE FORTAS
Telephone conversation # 4905, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/13/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON STATE DEPT ACQUIESCENCE ON COFFEE BILL; DISCUSSION OF FPC VACANCY, DIRKSEN'S CANDIDATE TO FILL POST; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE POLITICAL CRITICISM HE MIGHT FACE IN FILLING POSITION
Telephone conversation # 6422, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 11/19/1964, 9:21PM (Item)
  • JOHNSON FAMILY FINANCIAL MATTERS; DISCUSSION OF UNNAMED CANDIDATE FOR UNNAMED APPOINTMENT; GEORGE SMITH; POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING WOMAN OR EDUCATOR TO POST
Telephone conversation # 6870, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/24/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS WILLIAM CAHILL DECLINED WASHINGTON, DC, JUDGESHIP; OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; PRESS STORY ON POST OFFICE CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING; SENATE PROBE OF BANK FAILURES; VOTING RIGHTS BILL; EDWARD LONG'S MAIL COVER INVESTIGATION; IMMIGRATION BILL
Telephone conversation # 7049, sound recording, LBJ and KENNETH ROYALL, 3/10/1965, 9:20AM (Item)
  • ROYALL REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH DON COOK ABOUT POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO UNIDENTIFIED POST (SECRETARY OF TREASURY?); DISCUSSION OF OTHER POSSIBLE CANDIDATES: KERMIT GORDON, CRAWFORD GREENEWALT, EDGAR KAISER, DAVID ROCKEFELLER; GORDON'S ROLE IN 1963
Telephone conversation # 7166, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 3/26/1965, 9:27AM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS WHITE TO CALL STEWART UDALL ABOUT NEED TO APPOINT CALIFORNIANS TO FEDERAL POSTS, POSSIBLY AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR; LBJ'S PERSONAL INTERVENTION IN INTERTIE DECISION; ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA FEUD
Telephone conversation # 7093, sound recording, LBJ and STUART SYMINGTON, 3/18/1965, 4:31PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF HOWARD WOODS, NEGRO INDEPENDENT, TO REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY; NEED TO APPOINT NEGROES TO REGULATORY COMMISSIONS; SYMINGTON EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR WOODS; WOODS' PREVIOUS POST WITH PCEEO; SYMINGTON AND INTEGRATION OF AIR FORCE
Telephone conversation # 7145, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/24/1965, 3:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS LODGE TO FILL REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY, DISCUSSION OF DUTIES OF POST; PUBLIC SERVICE COMPONENT OF TV; COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE BOARD; UK TV SYSTEM; SUCCESSOR TO MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; NEED FOR CIVILIAN APPOINTEE; ALEXIS
Telephone conversation # 6755, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 1/29/1965, 2:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF EDWIN WEISL, JR., TO FEDERAL POST IN TREASURY OR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, POSSIBLY AS DELEGATE TO WORLD BANK; RFK AND WEISLS
Telephone conversation # 9112, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 11/8/1965, 9:11AM (Item)
  • USIA APPOINTMENT FOR MITCHELL WOLFSON; HOWARD WOODS' REQUEST TO MAKE INSPECTION TRIP OF USIA POSTS; MARKS ASKS TO GO TO VIETNAM TO PERSUADE USIA PERSONNEL TO EXTEND TOURS OF DUTY; BARRY ZORTHIAN'S REQUEST TO RETURN TO US; TRAVEL TO VIETNAM BY US
Telephone conversation # 8102, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 6/4/1965, 10:36AM (Item)
  • HOOVER DISCUSSES SITUATION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; JOSE MORA'S AND OAS' ROLE IN NEGOTIATIONS; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ ASKS HOOVER TO INVESTIGATE PRESS LEAKS TO WASHINGTON POST, NYT; ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOOVER TO MEET WITH LBJ
Telephone conversation # 10126, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 5/15/1966, 9:51AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WHITE ABOUT FPC PROGRESS ON PENDING CASES SO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CHANGES ON FPC CAN BE MADE; DISCUSSION OF COAL PRICE INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES WASHINGTON POST STORY ABOUT WILLIAM CROCKETT'S PURCHASE OF STOCK FROM NORMAN WINSTON
Telephone conversation # 9886, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/14/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • RUSK DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH PALMER TO HEAD STATE DEPT BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS DESPITE CONGRESSIONAL, LABOR AND NEGRO COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR WAYNE FREDERICKS; LBJ SUGGESTS FREDERICKS BE OFFERED POST WITH AID, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 10015, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 4/5/1966, 9:28AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES FEDERAL BUDGET; SPACE PROGRAM, USDA EXPENDITURES; EXPECTED DECREASES IN FOOD PRICES; HOUSING COSTS; EFFORTS TO CUT PUBLIC WORKS EXPENDITURES, DOD AND POST OFFICE CONSTRUCTION; NEED TO RETAIN INVESTMENT CREDIT, HOLD DOWN WAGE INCREASES
Telephone conversation # 10580, sound recording, LBJ and SIDNEY WEINBERG, 8/5/1966, 5:55PM (Item)
  • WEINBERG'S IDEAS FOR STATE DEPT POSTS: ELISHA GRAY II, FRANKLIN MURPHY, FRED EATON, TOM GATES, WALTER THAYER; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STEEL PRICE INCREASE, AIRLINE STRIKE; WEINBERG SUGGESTS SELECTIVE ECONOMIC CONTROLS AS USED IN KOREAN WAR; CHARLES
Telephone conversation # 10600, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/9/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH GEORGE MEANY ON AIRLINE STRIKE, PROMOTING JAMES REYNOLDS TO LABOR UNDERSECRETARY, MOVING JOHN HENNING? TO OTHER POST; P. L. SIEMILLER; COST OF SETTLEMENT; LBJ'S LUNCHEON WITH NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS; TED DEALEY'S REMARKS
Telephone conversation # 10747, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 9/12/1966, 2:14PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON APPOINTMENT OF EITHER JOHN MCCLOY OR "DEAN" (ARTHUR DEAN?) TO UNNAMED POST; LBJ ALSO ASKS ABOUT OSCAR COX; POSSIBLE VETO OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE BILL
Telephone conversation # 10526, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 8/2/1966, 3:43PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEAN RUSK ON APPOINTMENT OF DAVID BRUCE OR ELLSWORTH BUNKER TO UNNAMED POST, ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS, IRAN, NGUYEN CAO KY; RFK, SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE AIRLINE STRIKE BILL AND CONSEQUENCES OF 30, 60 OR 90-DAY
Telephone conversation # 10572, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/5/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 10573, sound recording, LBJ and SIDNEY WEINBERG, 8/5/1966, 1:12PM (Item)
  • LUCI'S WEDDING; AIRLINE STRIKE; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT LOUIS NOVY, ASKS WEINBERG FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CANDIDATES TO FILL VARIOUS STATE DEPT POSTS; FRED EATON; QUALIFICATIONS LBJ IS SEEKING; LBJ'S IRRITATION WITH STEEL COMPANIES ABOUT STEEL PRICE
Telephone conversation # 10245, sound recording, LBJ and GLENN SEABORG, 6/18/1966, 10:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALKS WITH CHET HOLIFIELD, CLINTON ANDERSON, JOHN PASTORE ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF SAMUEL NABRIT TO AEC; PRESS LEAKS ABOUT APPOINTMENT; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT; HOLIFIELD'S SUPPORT FOR WILFRID JOHNSON FOR POST; REAPPOINTMENT OF GERALD TAPE
Telephone conversation # 12713, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/12/1968, 8:30AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE COMMITTEE TO STUDY VIETNAM SITUATION; ROBERT WEAVER'S RESIGNATION FROM HUD AND POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF EDGAR KAISER AS HIS REPLACEMENT; CRITICISM IF NEGRO IS NOT APPOINTED TO POST; WHITNEY YOUNG; DALEY RECOMMENDS CLIFFORD CAMBELL
Telephone conversation # 11618, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 3/7/1967, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS YARBOROUGH'S OPINION OF CANDIDATES FOR AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC POST, KARL ROLVAAG AS AMBASSADOR TO ICELAND; YARBOROUGH'S TEXAS TRIP, VISIT WITH WALTER HALL; YARBOROUGH'S RECORD OF SUPPORTING LBJ; AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 11340, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/11/1967, 5:25PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 10805, sound recording, LBJ and SHELDON COHEN, 9/19/1966, 1:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS COHEN TO GET TREASURY DEPT ESTIMATES OF FEDERAL REVENUE; DISCUSSION OF APPRAISAL OF WASHINGTON POST TV STATIONS IN PHILIP GRAHAM'S ESTATE; LBJ ASKS FOR FCC FIGURES ON REVENUE, SALES PRICE OF ALL STATIONS TO COMPARE WITH JOHNSON FAMILY
Telephone conversation # 13593, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 10/24/1968, 11:00AM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF LOUIS HECTOR OR JOHN CROWN TO UNNAMED POST; POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR TO WILLARD WIRTZ IF LBJ ACCEPTS WIRTZ' RESIGNATION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE ON WH STAFF BEING OFFERED LUCRATIVE JOBS, SAYS STAFF SHOULD NOT TALK
Telephone conversation # 6736, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 1/15/1965, 12:06PM (Item)
  • MLK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY FOR GREAT SOCIETY BILLS; IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHTS; MLK ASKS LBJ TO APPOINT NEGRO TO CABINET; LBJ'S PLAN TO MAKE HUD A CABINET POST, APPOINT [ROBERT] WEAVER; APPOINTMENTS OF NEGROES
Telephone conversation # 8851, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/12/1965, 9:26AM? (Item)
  • SEARCH FOR BARGE CARRYING CHLORINE MISSING IN LOUISIANA AFTER HURRICANE BETSY; INDIA-PAKISTAN CONFLICT; CHINA'S REACTION; FOOD AID TO INDIA; PACIFICATION EFFORT AGAINST VIET CONG; US TROOP STRENGTH; AIRCRAFT LOSSES; BOMBING CAMPAIGN; WASHINGTON POST
Telephone conversation # 7837, sound recording, LBJ and VANCE HARTKE, 5/27/1965, 6:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS HARTKE TO WITHDRAW MINORITY REPORT OPPOSING LEGISLATION TO PERMIT RETIRED MILITARY OFFICER WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO ACCEPT CIVILIAN POST AS HEAD OF FAA; GEORGE MARSHALL PRECEDENT; LBJ DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF MCKEE TO SST PROGRAM
Telephone conversation # 10587, sound recording, LBJ and W. W. HEATH, 8/8/1966, 9:25AM (Item)
  • HEATH REPORTS ON TALKS WITH BRANIFF OFFICIALS ABOUT AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ TELLS HEATH TO SPEAK TO WILLIAM CROCKETT ABOUT AVAILABLE AMBASSADORSHIPS; POSTS HEATH MIGHT ACCEPT; HEATH'S PREFERENCE FOR SPAIN, CANADA; LBJ'S PREFERENCE