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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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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
Telephone conversation # 7569, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 5/4/1965, 12:20PM (Item)
  • HHH REPORTS ON HIS AND MIKE MANSFIELD'S MEETINGS WITH ALLEN ELLENDER AND WAYNE MORSE ON PROPOSED SCHEDULE FOR SENATE HANDLING OF SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS BILL; LBJ THANKS HHH, ADVISES HIM ON HANDLING BILL; MICHAEL FEIGHAN
Telephone conversation # 8501, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/2/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
  • RUSK'S PRESS CONFERENCE; JOHN STENNIS', RICHARD RUSSELL'S CRITICAL VIETNAM STATEMENTS; GERALD FORD'S PRESS LEAK ON MIKE MANSFIELD'S VIEWS, CALLING UP RESERVES; INDIA, PAKISTAN FOREIGN AID; KOMER MEMO ON PAKISTAN; POSSIBLE VIETNAM POLL; RUSSELL'S
Telephone conversation # 8502, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/2/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
  • RUSK'S PRESS CONFERENCE; JOHN STENNIS', RICHARD RUSSELL'S CRITICAL VIETNAM STATEMENTS; GERALD FORD'S PRESS LEAK ON MIKE MANSFIELD'S VIEWS, CALLING UP RESERVES; INDIA, PAKISTAN FOREIGN AID; KOMER MEMO ON PAKISTAN; POSSIBLE VIETNAM POLL; RUSSELL'S
Telephone conversation # 8873, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 9/15/1965, 6:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS LONG TO PERSUADE MIKE MANSFIELD NOT TO DELAY VOTE ON HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION BILL, DISCUSSES TACTICS OF BILLBOARD LOBBY; LONG TELLS LBJ HE HAS RESPONDED TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S SPEECH ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ THANKS LONG
Telephone conversation # 9891, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/15/1966, 4:35PM (Item)
  • RUSK'S CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; RUSK SUGGESTS INVITING DEAN ACHESON TO WH MEETING TOMORROW; WAYNE FREDERICKS AND AID POST; FOREIGN AID FOR AFRICA; RESIGNATION OF ITALIAN CABINET; MIKE MANSFIELD'S SPEECH ON NATO; ABBA SCHWARTZ; FRANCES KNIGHT
Telephone conversation # 9811, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 3/1/1966, 7:15PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SENATE VOTE ON WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; MIKE MANSFIELD; FARRIS BRYANT
Telephone conversation # 9505, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM PROXMIRE, 1/17/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
  • CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON ROBERT WEAVER AS HUD SECRETARY; LBJ DISCUSSES BACKGROUND OF APPOINTMENT, REASONS FOR DELAY; MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION TO WEAVER DUE TO HIS HANDLING OF RENT SUPPLEMENT REGULATIONS; ROBERT WOOD'S VIEWS ON HUD ORGANIZATION
Telephone conversation # 9631, sound recording, LBJ and U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, 2/11/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM PORTER AS HEAD OF PACIFICATION IN VIETNAM; NEED TO PROVIDE LEGAL RESPONSE TO CRITICAL REPORTS BY MIKE MANSFIELD, JAMES GAVIN, GEORGE KENNAN; TELEVISED SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 10669, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/31/1966, 10:00AM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT MIKE MANSFIELD, RICHARD RUSSELL, STUART SYMINGTON, OTHERS PLAN TO OFFER RESOLUTION IN SENATE TODAY PROPOSING REDUCTION OF US TROOPS IN EUROPE; LBJ DISCUSSES TALKS WITH BRITISH, GERMANS, FRENCH, SOVIETS TO REDUCE OVERALL TROOP
Telephone conversation # 10672, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/31/1966, 10:10AM (Item)
  • LBJ QUESTIONS LEGALITY OF USE OF USIA FILM ON JFK BY CANDIDATE (JAMES BUCKLEY?) IN WISCONSIN OR MINNESOTA; MIKE MANSFIELD'S PROPOSED SENATE RESOLUTION ON REDUCTION OF US TROOPS IN NATO; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA TELL RICHARD RUSSELL OF ONGOING
Telephone conversation # 10702, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 9/1/1966, 10:27AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE INVESTMENT CREDIT SUSPENSION; BUSINESS VIEWS ON SUSPENSION OR TAX INCREASE; WILBUR MILLS' ATTITUDE; LBJ DISCUSSES NEGOTIATIONS WITH UK, GERMANY, USSR ON TROOP CUTS IN EUROPE, COMPLAINS ABOUT MIKE MANSFIELD'S PROPOSAL FOR TROOP REDUCTION
Telephone conversation # 10764, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/13/1966, 6:50PM (Item)
  • "9-13-66" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; LBJ IS MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, MIKE MANSFIELD, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AT TIME OF CALL AND USES SPEAKERPHONE TO TALK TO O'BRIEN
Telephone conversation # 12844, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 3/24/1968, 4:24PM (Item)
  • FOWLER REPORTS ON TALKS WITH GEORGE SMATHERS AND MIKE MANSFIELD ON GETTING DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR TAX BILL, READS LIST OF SENATORS SUPPORTING MEASURE AND OF SENATORS WHO MIGHT SUPPORT TAX BILL IF ASKED
Telephone conversation # 10903, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/1/1966, 9:53AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL WORKERS STRIKE AT GENERAL ELECTRIC; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CALL FOR WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM WAR; LBJ ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE RESERVE CALL-UP FOR VIETNAM, RECOMMENDS MCNAMARA READ JOHN
Telephone conversation # 13531, sound recording, LBJ and DONALD IRWIN, 10/10/1968, 5:55PM (Item)
  • IRWIN EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE WITH MIKE MANSFIELD'S DECISION TO POSTPONE ACTION ON EQUAL TIME BILL TO PERMIT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT GET INVOLVED BECAUSE OF FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS INTERESTS; IRWIN DISCUSSES HHH'S ELECTION PROSPECTS
Telephone conversation # 7625, sound recording, HUBERT HUMPHREY and EDWARD KENNEDY, 5/11/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT HHH'S POLITICAL TRIPS; HHH ASKS KENNEDY AND HART TO MEET WITH MIKE MANSFIELD ON POSSIBLE COMPROMISE ON POLL TAX AMENDMENT TO VOTING RIGHTS BILL; HART RELAYS JOE RAUH'S OBJECTIONS TO MEETING OF KENNEDY, HART, AND MANSFIELD
Telephone conversation # 607, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/20/1963, 7:24PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE TO FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL PROVISION ON EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES OF SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; MIKE MANSFIELD AND SINE DIE SENATE ADJOURNMENT; MCNAMARA'S CONCERNS ABOUT MILITARY ASSISTANCE CUTS; OTTO
Telephone conversation # 2478, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 1:31PM (Item)
  • POVERTY BILL; O'BRIEN GIVES CONGRESS' VIEW ON ROLE OF OEO DIRECTOR VERSUS CABINET DEPTS; PHIL LANDRUM; JAMES ROOSEVELT; LABOR OPINION ON BILL, MIKE MANSFIELD'S CONCERNS ON PASSAGE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; YOUTH EMPLOYMENT; CARL ELLIOTT; LABOR, GEORGE
Telephone conversation # 4127, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/2/1964, 1:16PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF INVITEES, ARRANGEMENTS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; CARL ALBERT'S CONCERNS ABOUT MANSFIELD, SENATE AMENDMENT (TO FOOD STAMP BILL?) ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA; US MEAT IMPORTS, EXPORTS; WAYNE MORSE AND FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS
Telephone conversation # 4868, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/10/1964, 5:36PM (Item)
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON EFFORT TO SCHEDULE SENATE VOTE ON POVERTY BILL TONIGHT; MANSFIELD'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH DIRKSEN, GOLDWATER; JOHN TOWER'S, JACOB JAVITS' WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT ADVERSE EFFECT OF DELAY, PRESS STORIES ON ADAM
Telephone conversation # 4345, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/27/1964, 12:35PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF DIRKSEN'S PROPOSED JOINT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON ETHICS IN FEDERAL GOVT AS OUTGROWTH OF BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION TO RESOLUTION; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN JUDICIARY; RFK'S SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 7151, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 3/25/1965, 10:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MANSFIELD'S LETTER ABOUT LBJ'S MESSAGES TO CONGRESS ON LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM; DRAFT MESSAGE FOR BILL ON ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS, ARA EXTENSION, BUSINESS LOANS, HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE LOANS; STRATEGY OF COMBINING ARA WITH PUBLIC WORKS
Telephone conversation # 7830, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/26/1965, 11:26AM (Item)
  • PUBLICITY FOR WITHDRAWAL OF US TROOPS FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ARRIVAL OF AUSTRALIAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA, RUSK TO MEET WITH FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD ABOUT SENATE HANDLING OF FOREIGN AID AUTHORIZATION BILL, DISCUSSES VICTORY IN HOUSE