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Telephone conversation # 4823, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/8/1964, 10:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SEATING OF MFDP AT CONVENTION; VANCE HARTKE, INDIANA POLITICS; HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL; RFK'S FUTURE; NEED FOR SENATE APPROVAL OF HOUSE POVERTY BILL AMENDMENTS ON LOYALTY OATH, EDITH GREEN'S FARM PROVISIONS; PRESS QUESTION ABOUT ADAM
Telephone conversation # 4838, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/9/1964, 8:44AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS REEDY WHAT TO TELL PRESS ABOUT HIS ACTIVITIES YESTERDAY, TODAY: CONSULTATIONS ON VIETNAM, CONGO, CYPRUS; DISCUSSIONS ON POVERTY BILL DURING HIS FLIGHT FROM DC TO TEXAS; ATTENDANCE AT BESS BEEMAN'S FUNERAL, THEN RETURN TO DC
Telephone conversation # 4839, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/9/1964, 8:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED FOR SENATE TO CONCUR ON HOUSE POVERTY BILL TO AVOID CONFERENCE; PHIL LANDRUM'S RE-ELECTION; STEEL PRICES; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RALPH YARBOROUGH; MEDICARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; DNC AND LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; VOTER REGISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 4840, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/9/1964, 8:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PROBLEM SEATING MFDP, IMPACT ON SOUTHERN STATES; SOUTHERN GOVERNORS' COOPERATION ON LOUISIANA SCHOOL DESEGREGATION, INVESTIGATION OF MURDERS IN MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RFK; GEORGE MEANY; DETROIT LABOR DAY
Telephone conversation # 4843, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 8/9/1964, 9:23AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES SHRIVER ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF MAURICE MITCHELL TO HEAD JOB CORPS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT NYA EXPERIENCE; LBJ'S PERSONAL LOBBYING; CONGRESS' SUCCESSFUL RECORD; ADAM YARMOLINSKY; PRESS AND WH STAFF
Telephone conversation # 4868, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/10/1964, 5:36PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 4880, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/11/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR PRESS; POSSIBLE QUESTIONS ABOUT ADAM YARMOLINSKY FOLLOWING EVANS & NOVAK COLUMN THIS AM; LBJ RECOUNTS HISTORY OF YARMOLINSKY'S ROLE IN POVERTY PROGRAM, SARGENT SHRIVER'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSMEN ABOUT YARMOLINSKY
Telephone conversation # 4881, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/11/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT ADAM YARMOLINSKY, HIS ROLE IN POVERTY PROGRAM, FOLLOWING EVANS & NOVAK COLUMN; POSSIBLE SPEECH BY HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON IN RESPONSE TO GOLDWATER'S DEFENSE SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 4913, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/13/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK BY ARMY JOURNAL ABOUT YOUTH REHABILITATION PROGRAM TO TRAIN MEN NOT PREVIOUSLY QUALIFIED FOR DRAFT; POSSIBLE EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS FOR POVERTY PROGRAM; MCNAMARA GIVES BRIEF SITUATION REPORT ON VIETNAM, CYPRUS, CONGO
Telephone conversation # 4667, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/4/1964, 11:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF POVERTY BILL; MCCORMACK ASKS LBJ TO CALL "CLARK" (THOMPSON?); LBJ'S MEETING WITH GEORGE MAHON; APPALACHIA BILL; PRESS STORIES ON TROUBLE PASSING BILL; LBJ'S FRUSTRATION WITH CONGRESS; NORTHERN DEMOCRATS' CONCERNS ABOUT GOVERNOR'S VETO
Telephone conversation # 4669, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 11:34AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS BRIEFING ITEMS; APPOINTMENTS OF US ATTORNEY IN OREGON, CONNECTICUT JUDGES, FDR III TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT FOUNDATION BOARD; UPI REQUEST TO PHOTOGRAPH NSC MEETING; TONKIN GULF ATTACK; DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES, POSSIBLE EFFECT ON POVERTY BILL
Telephone conversation # 4381, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 7/29/1964, 10:32AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LONG'S EFFORTS TO GET PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN MISSOURI; FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN'S POSITION ON CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; ESTHER PETERSON'S INVOLVEMENT WITH PAUL DOUGLAS' TRUTH-IN-LENDING BILL; APPOINTMENT OF ZEIGEL NEFF TO JUSTICE DEPT BOARD
Telephone conversation # 4735, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/5/1964, 3:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 4757, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/5/1964, 4:14PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER LBJ'S MEETING WITH PLANS FOR PROGRESS GROUP SHOULD BE ON THE RECORD; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT WHITE BACKLASH
Telephone conversation # 4802, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT JONES, 8/7/1964, 2:24PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT HHH'S PRESS LEAKS ABOUT EVENTS SURROUNDING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; JONES TELLS LBJ HIS CONSCIENCE DICTATES THAT HE VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL DESPITE POSSIBLE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES; LBJ THANKS JONES, ASSURES HIM OF HIS SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 6159, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/4/1964, 9:56AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENTS AND STRUCTURE OF WH STAFF; NEED FOR DEPUTY FOR BUNDY, BETTER PRESS RELATIONS; CANDIDATES FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS; RICHARD GOODWIN; JOHN BARTLOW MARTIN; HORACE BUSBY; JOSEPH CALIFANO; TOM FINNEY; LARRY O'BRIEN AND UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6358, sound recording, LBJ and KARL ROLVAAG, 11/16/1964, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ROLVAAG TELLS LBJ HE WILL APPOINT WALTER MONDALE TO FILL HHH'S SENATE SEAT; LBJ WARNS ABOUT TENDENCY OF LIBERALS TO LEAK TO PRESS, NOT WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH LEADERSHIP, DISCUSSES HHH'S EARLY MISTAKES; MINNESOTA POLITICS; OTHER CANDIDATES FOR SEAT
Telephone conversation # 6868, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/22/1965, 8:48AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TIMING OF POSSIBLE AIRSTRIKE IN VIETNAM IN LIGHT OF UK-USSR PROPOSAL; PRESS REPORTS OF MOVEMENT OF USSR ANTI-AIRCRAFT; MCNAMARA'S UPCOMING CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY; LBJ DISCUSSES TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION AS STATEMENT OF CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF US
Telephone conversation # 6870, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/24/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 6882, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH U THANT ABOUT HIS CRITICAL REMARKS TO PRESS ON VIETNAM, PROPOSAL THAT US HAVE BILATERAL TALKS WITH HANOI, ALLEGATION THAT US PEOPLE NOT FULLY INFORMED; US FOREIGN AID TO BURMA; DRAFT US ANSWER; ADLAI STEVENSON; TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 6886, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/25/1965, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ADVISES RUSK ON WHAT HE SHOULD SAY ABOUT US POLICY IN VIETNAM IN UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 7051, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/10/1965, 9:40AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ GIVES MOYERS INSTRUCTION ON HANDLING PRESS; JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON; WALTER LIPPMANN'S COLUMN IN NEWSWEEK ON VIETNAM; LBJ TELLS MOYERS HIS PHILOSOPHY ON WHY INCREASE IN SOCIAL SECURITY BENEFITS IN CURRENT BILL SHOULD BE MADE RETROACTIVE; POVERTY
Telephone conversation # 7059, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/11/1965, 10:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 relations
  • 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 # 7165, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 3/26/1965, 9:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WHITE REPORTS ON CALL TO ANTHONY LIUZZO, WIDOWER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ TELLS WHITE TO SUPPLY MORE ITEMS TO PRESS; HARRY MCPHERSON; NEED TO APPOINT CALIFORNIAN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR; STEWART UDALL
Telephone conversation # 7189, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/31/1965, 10:31AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT PRESS COVERAGE OF MEETING WITH IRS DISTRICT DIRECTORS, SUGGESTS EDITING LINE IN LBJ'S SPEECH ABOUT HAVING PAID HIS TAXES; ANNOUNCEMENTS ON FOOD FOR PEACE REPORT, CANADIAN AUTO PARTS AGREEMENT, PUBLIC WORKS BILL, MAXWELL TAYLOR VISIT
Telephone conversation # 7194, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/31/1965, 3:46PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • STORY ON MAXWELL TAYLOR'S RESIGNATION; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH TAYLOR; STORY ON US RESPONSE TO EMBASSY BOMBING; EARLE WHEELER'S PROPOSAL TO BOMB HAIPHONG; PRESS LEAKS; PAT COYNE OR RICHARD HELMS AS POSSIBLE CIA DIRECTOR; VETERANS HOSPITALS
Telephone conversation # 7140, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 3/23/1965, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH GEORGE WALLACE ON SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; LBJ READS HIS RECENT PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON US POLICY ON VIETNAM; LBJ'S COMMITMENT TO PEACE, HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE; LBJ ASKS FOR PEARSON'S REACTION TO VOTING RIGHTS SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 7160, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/25/1965, 11:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON SHOOTING OF VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ SUGGESTS LEROY COLLINS GO TO ALABAMA AS MEDIATOR; REPUBLICAN COMMENTS ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; UPCOMING PRESS STORY ON GERALD FORD; VETERANS HOSPITALS HEARINGS; TAX COURT APPOINTMENT; SAMUEL "JACK
Telephone conversation # 7573, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 5/4/1965, 1:01PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • VANCE TELLS LBJ HOW PROPOSED SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS WILL BE ALLOCATED; DISCUSSION OF TRANSMITTING LBJ'S MESSAGE ALONG WITH BILL; VANCE'S PRESS BACKGROUNDER ON BILL; LBJ ASKS FOR COPY OF BILL
Telephone conversation # 7577, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/4/1965, 4:49PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON HEARINGS IN HOUSE COMMITTEES ON SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL FOR VIETNAM MILITARY NEEDS; SENATE ACTION; OAS COMMISSION'S REQUEST FOR EXPANSION OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY ZONE IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; PRESS COVERAGE OF HEARINGS
Telephone conversation # 7799, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/21/1965, 1:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VANCE'S TALKS WITH IMBERT; LBJ INVITES MCNAMARA FAMILY FOR WEEKEND VISIT TO CAMP DAVID; LBJ'S LUNCH WITH PRESS TODAY; MENDEL RIVERS' BASE CLOSING PLAN; VIETNAM COUP; DECISION TO SEND TROOPS TO DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 8412, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/28/1965, 7:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GOLDBERG CONGRATULATES LBJ ON PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ABE FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; UN RESPONSE TO STATEMENT; GOLDBERG'S TALK WITH U THANT ON PEACE EFFORTS; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S RECENT REPORT; HOUSE REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B
Telephone conversation # 8567, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES CALL MARKS MADE ON TV CONTRACT FOR UNNAMED COLUMNIST; MARKS' PLANS FOR USIA CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE PROGRAMS ENACTED BY CONGRESS, LBJ; LBJ TELLS MARKS TO CUT USIA BUDGET; CUTS IN WH NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS; WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 8621, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/23/1965, 4:07PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS RIVERS' ADVICE ON NEW POLICY ON DRAFTING MARRIED MEN, READS PRESS STORY ON ISSUE; LANGUAGE OF NEW MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL PROVISION REQUIRING CONGRESSIONAL NOTIFICATION OF BASE CLOSINGS; MILITARY PAY BILL
Telephone conversation # 8658, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/27/1965, 10:56AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ITEMS FOR MOYERS' PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S BIRTHDAY MESSAGES AND GIFTS FROM FRIENDS, HEADS OF STATE; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; POSSIBLE CANCELLATION OF TRIP TO RANCH; STATEMENTS ABOUT DISABLED VETERANS' BILL; POSSIBLE VETO OF HIGHWAY BILL
Telephone conversation # 8668, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 8/28/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS LEGISLATION TO REMEDY BASIC PROBLEMS IN IMPOVERISHED AREAS AND TO PASS WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; REACTION OF PRESS TO LBJ'S RECENT STATEMENT ON WATTS, CIVIL DISORDERS
Telephone conversation # 8669, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 8/30/1965, 2:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS SCHULTZE TO PREPARE PRESS RELEASE, COME TO WH THIS AFTERNOON TO RESPOND TO UPCOMING REPUBLICAN PARTY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL BUDGET; DISCUSSION OF TASK FORCE REPORTS, POSSIBLE CUTS IN POVERTY PROGRAM, OTHER PROGRAMS; BRIEFING FOR BARRY
Telephone conversation # 8803, sound recording, LBJ and JIM WRIGHT, 9/1/1965, 9:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ENCOURAGES WRIGHT TO RUN FOR SENATE AGAINST JOHN TOWER; JOHN CONNALLY'S DECISION NOT TO RUN FOR SENATE; FDR'S SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN 1941 SENATE RACE; EFFECT OF WRIGHT'S POSITION ON TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HIM; TEXAS PRESS' VIEWS