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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 # 5879, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/14/1964, 8:02PM (Item)
  • New York
  • LBJ REPORTS ON EXTENT OF KNOWLEDGE OF WALTER JENKINS' ARREST ON MORALS CHARGE; DISCUSSION OF WH REACTION TO ARREST; JENKINS' RESIGNATION; COVERAGE OF JENKINS' ARREST, HOSPITALIZATION BY NYT, WASHINGTON POST, OTHER PAPERS; JENKINS' 1959 ARREST
Telephone conversation # 2528, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 3/18/1964, 8:09AM (Item)
  • New York
  • 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 # 5452, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NELSON, 9/3/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS NELSON FOR REPORT ON NEW GALLUP POLL ON INCREASE IN REPUBLICAN FRONTLASH DEFECTION TO DEMOCRATS AND DECREASE IN DEMOCRATIC BACKLASH DEFECTION TO REPUBLICANS; LBJ TELLS NELSON TO TELL GERALD SIEGEL AT WASHINGTON POST ABOUT FINDINGS
Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ BRIEFLY INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION TO LISTEN TO NEWS BROADCAST THAT IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; PREVIOUSLY OPENED ON TAPE K66.03, PNO 1; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • UNNAMED POST
Telephone conversation # 5246, sound recording, LBJ and OVETA CULP HOBBY, 8/28/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • New Jersey
  • VALENTI TELLS HOBBY THAT HOUSTON POST STORY THAT GEORGE REEDY RESIGNED IS FALSE, ASKS WHEN POST WILL ENDORSE LBJ; HOBBY ASKS IF SHE CAN SEND PHOTOGRAPHERS TO RANCH TO TAKE COLOR PHOTOS OF LBJ AND HHH, CONGRATULATES HHH AND LBJ; LBJ INVITES HOBBY
Telephone conversation # 1533, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GRONOUSKI, 1/25/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • GRONOUSKI RECOMMENDS FRED BELEN FOR APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL; LBJ STRESSES IMPORTANCE IN UPCOMING ELECTION OF LBJ DESIGNATING HIS OWN APPOINTEES, ASKS GRONOUSKI TO CONSIDER MARVIN WATSON FOR POSITION IN POST OFFICE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 4210, sound recording, LBJ and SPESSARD HOLLAND, 7/10/1964, 12:50PM (Item)
  • HOLLAND THANKS LBJ FOR BIRTHDAY MESSAGE, PRAISES APPOINTMENT OF LEROY COLLINS TO COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE, RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF LINTON COLLINS TO COURT OF CLAIMS; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LINTON COLLINS, DISCUSSES OTHER POSSIBLE POSTS
Telephone conversation # 5257, sound recording, LBJ and GUS WORTHAM, 8/29/1964, 3:37PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WORTHAM TO CONTACT JOHN JONES ABOUT HOUSTON CHRONICLE'S ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ, DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN TEXAS; PRESS STORIES THAT LBJ MIGHT NOT CARRY TEXAS; HOUSTON POST ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ
Telephone conversation # 5261, sound recording, LBJ and OVETA CULP HOBBY, 8/30/1964, 1:03PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS OVETA, WILLIAM HOBBY FOR HOUSTON POST EDITORIAL, PHOTOS OF LBJ, HHH; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORY THAT GEORGE REEDY RESIGNED AS PRESS SECRETARY; WILLIAM HOBBY CONGRATULATES HHH, COMPLIMENTS SPEECH; DISCUSSION OF SENDING PHOTOS TO OTHER
Telephone conversation # 5403, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN ANDERSEN, 9/1/1964, 10:12AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; LBJ DISCUSSES CATTLE PRICES, CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT FOOD PRICES; LBJ, SMATHERS THANK ANDERSEN FOR HIS RECENT EDITORIAL, ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; HOUSTON POST, KANSAS CITY STAR ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ
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 # 4812, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 8/7/1964, 4:17PM (Item)
  • SHRIVER REPORTS THAT ROBERT JONES HAS DECIDED TO VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL DESPITE POSSIBLE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES; LBJ RECOMMENDS THAT SHRIVER CONTACT WASHINGTON POST, STAR SUGGESTING THEY INTERVIEW CHARLES HALLECK ABOUT REPUBLICAN DELAYING TACTICS
Telephone conversation # 6172, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID MCDONALD, 11/4/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
  • LBJ AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANK MCDONALD FOR HIS SUPPORT; LBJ ASKS MCDONALD TO INVESTIGATE REPORT THAT STEELWORKERS INVOLVED IN FIGHT WITH GOLDWATER SUPPORTERS IN HOUSTON WILL LOSE THEIR POSTS IN LOCAL UNION; OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE SENATE
Telephone conversation # 6302, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 11/9/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • ANDERSON RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF JOHN KELLY AS INTERIOR UNDERSECRETARY AND THAT POST-APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM BE CONSOLIDATED AND BASED ON APOLLO PROGRAM; AIR FORCE WORK ON MANNED ORBITING LAB; ALASKA ELECTION RESULTS; ERNEST GRUENING; ANTONIO TAYLOR
Telephone conversation # 5648, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and LEONARD MARKS, 9/24/1964, 9:45AM? (Item)
  • MARKS DICTATES NOTE FOR ROBERTS TO GIVE LBJ INFORMING HIM THAT TOLEDO, OHIO, BLADE AND PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, POST-GAZETTE WILL ENDORSE LBJ
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 # 6722, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/12/1965, 10:40AM (Item)
  • LONG ASKS LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA POST OFFICE; LBJ SAYS HE WILL NOT SUPPORT FEDERAL FUNDS FOR SHREVEPORT, COMMENTS ON REMARKS MADE THERE ABOUT LBJ DURING CAMPAIGN; SHREVEPORT'S POSITION ON CIVIL RIGHTS; SHREVEPORT JOURNAL; BARKSDALE
Telephone conversation # 6723, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/12/1965, 10:40AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO CONSTRUCTION OF POST OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA DUE TO REMARKS ABOUT LBJ DURING CAMPAIGN; SHREVEPORT'S OPPOSITION TO CIVIL RIGHTS; RECENT VOTE FOR LBJ IN MARSHALL, TEXAS; SHREVEPORT JOURNAL; BARKSDALE
Telephone conversation # 8892, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/21/1965, 12:40PM (Item)
  • US DELEGATION TO UN; JAMES ROOSEVELT'S RESIGNATION FROM CONGRESS; GOLDBERG'S TALKS WITH JOSEPH KRAFT, MARY MCGRORY ABOUT RECENT COLUMNS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WASHINGTON POST'S ERRORS, EVANS-NOVAK COLUMN ON WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S RECENT SPEECH; BEN
Telephone conversation # 9038, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • OBJECTIONS IN SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO APPOINTMENTS OF JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT, WILFRED FEINBERG TO APPEALS COURT; RECESS APPOINTMENTS; ROMAN HRUSKA'S DEFENSE OF DAVID BRESS; PRESS LEAKS BY JOHN WILLIAMS; CARL CURTIS; JUDICIAL POST
Telephone conversation # 9894, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 3/17/1966, 8:35AM (Item)
  • QUESTION OF CARL SANDERS RUNNING AGAINST RICHARD RUSSELL IN GEORGIA SENATE RACE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH SANDERS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF SANDERS TO JUDICIAL POST; TALMADGE COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON KEEPING HIS WEIGHT DOWN
Telephone conversation # 9839, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/5/1966, 9:34AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF BILL SLAYTON TO UNNAMED POST; LBJ INVITES DALEY TO VISIT HIM IN WASHINGTON, DC, ASKS DALEY TO INFLUENCE JEROME CAVANAGH TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN AGAINST GEORGE ROMNEY, NOT FOR THE SENATE AGAINST G. MENNEN WILLIAMS
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 # 10574, sound recording, LBJ and SIDNEY WEINBERG, 8/5/1966, 1:12PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF WEINBERG'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATE DEPT JOBS; FRED EATON; WEINBERG PROMISES TO GIVE LBJ A LIST OF CANDIDATES; ROBERT ANDERSON; JOHN LOEB'S WORK IN 1964 CAMPAIGN; WEINBERG THINKS DOUGLAS DILLON WILL ACCEPT POST; LUCI'S
Telephone conversation # 12706, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER MONDALE, 2/7/1968, 7:54AM (Item)
  • MONDALE EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT OF LEE LOEVINGER TO FEDERAL JUDGESHIP; LBJ DISCUSSES POLICY ON APPOINTMENTS TO WASHINGTON, DC CIRCUIT COURT, DISCUSSES OTHER POSSIBLE JUDICIAL POSTS, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LOEVINGER, MONDALE, HHH, ORVILLE
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 # 13749, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 3:33PM (Item)
  • SMATHERS DISCUSSES RICHARD NIXON'S REQUEST TO BUY SMATHERS' HOUSE, NIXON'S PLAN TO OFFER UN POST TO HHH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HHH, PROBLEMS OF PRESIDENCY, HIS REGRET ABOUT NOT REPLACING JFK APPOINTEES, OFFERS ADVICE TO NIXON; DNC'S
Telephone conversation # 13512, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/3/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • "PORTIONS OF 2 BS"; "AT THE UN IN NYC (RE PRES'S VISIT WITH CY VANCE---THE POST ARTICLES BY KRAFT, MURRAY MARDER AND EVANS-NOVAK ON THE VP'S VIETNAM SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 5852, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • MYER FELDMAN, RFK SENATE RACE; TALMADGE AND GEORGIA CAMPAIGN; WASHINGTON POST REJECTION OF JACK ANDERSON GOLDWATER STORY; LOUIS HARRIS REMARKS ON LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; GOVT WASTE, PEACE ISSUES; MCNAMARA'S UNPOPULARITY; NEGRO VOTE IN SOUTH; CUBAN MISSILE
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 # 12709, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN YOUNG, 2/7/1968, 10:21AM (Item)
  • "FROM PAUL G. 2-8-68"; "ABOUT A MAN WHOSE GIVING CONG. TROUBLE--WANTED A POST OFFICE JOB BUT WAS TURNED DOWN-PRES. J AFRAID THIS MAN GOING TO RUN AGAINST THE CONGRESSMAN..." DATE, TIME, "LISTENED TO YB" ON ENVELOPE; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CALL HAS
Telephone conversation # 13513, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 10/3/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • "PORTIONS OF 2 BS"; "AT THE UN IN NYC (RE PRES'S VISIT WITH CY VANCE---THE POST ARTICLES BY KRAFT, MURRAY MARDER AND EVANS-NOVAK ON THE VP'S VIETNAM SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 13112, transcript, LBJ and MIKE MONRONEY, 6/5/1968, 12:00PM (Item)
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