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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 # 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
  • NAMING RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; CHARLES HORSKY; SUPREME COURT LAW AND ORDER CASES; STOKELY CARMICHAEL; TV SHOWS ON BLACK POWER, RIOTS, POLICE IN CLEVELAND, CHICAGO; THURGOOD MARSHALL; CLARK CLIFFORD'S DECLINING
Telephone conversation # 10410, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/15/1966, 9:15PM (Item)
  • FUND-RAISING TO PAY OFF DNC DEBT; RFK'S CLAIM FOR PART OF MONEY RAISED IN NEW YORK; LBJ'S NEGATIVE VIEWS OF DNC; PRESS STORIES THAT PRESIDENT'S CLUB INFLUENCES DOJ ACTION IN ANTITRUST CASES; ANHEUSER-BUSCH CASE; GANGS AND CHICAGO RIOTS; MLK; THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 11146, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 12/17/1966, 9:48AM (Item)
  • "CHICAGO"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DALEY IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; DALEY IS DISCONNECTED AND LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO CALL DALEY BACK BUT CALL IS NOT RECORDED
  • LBJ DISCUSSES DIFFICULTY GETTING APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEMONSTRATION CITIES IN NEW CONGRESS; DALEY SUGGESTS MONEY BE SPENT ON PROJECTS, NOT PLANNING; MLK'S TESTIMONY AT RIBICOFF HEARINGS; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET, DEFICIT, US ECONOMY; LBJ'S
Telephone conversation # 818, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/30/1963, 1:25PM (Item)
  • "#25"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; ALBERT IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • ALBERT DISCUSSES PRECEDENTS FOR SIGNING PUBLIC WORKS APPROPRIATION BILL DESPITE UNCONSTITUTIONAL PROVISION, IMPORTANCE OF BILL FOR ALL MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, POSSIBILITY NEW BILL WILL BE WORSE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; CHARLES HALLECK'S RECENT STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 4904, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 8/13/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON RFK, HIS DECISION TO RUN FOR NEW YORK SENATE SEAT PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH KEN O'DONNELL AT TIME OF CALL
Telephone conversation # 5857, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 10/10/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • "F (LBJ)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH BILL MOYERS PRECEDES CALL
  • PRESS GUIDANCE FOR FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; HECKLING OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; LBJ'S NEW ORLEANS SPEECH; DAVID RABINOVITZ WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP; HARRIS POLL; NIXON'S STATEMENTS; WHISTLESTOP PRESS COVERAGE; LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5866, sound recording, LADY BIRD JOHNSON and ANTONIO TAYLOR, 10/10/1964, 7:44PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ DOES NOT SPEAK IN THIS RECORDING; TAYLORS ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON COMMENTS ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; TAYLORS CAMPAIGNING FOR LBJ; NEW MEXICO POLITICS; JOSEPH MONTOYA; DIANA MACARTHUR'S CAMPAIGN RALLY WITH HHH; FAMILY MATTERS; CLINTON ANDERSON; CAMPAIGN VISIT BY BETHINE CHURCH, YMELDA DIXON
Telephone conversation # 6611, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/14/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LBJ SETS GOAL OF 100% VOTING; WAYS TO IMPROVE VOTER REGISTRATION; POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; HENRY REUSS' CHARGE OF DELAY IN CIVIL RIGHTS PROSECUTIONS; SUPREME COURT DECISION AFFIRMING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT; JOHN CONNOR; NEW
Telephone conversation # 6612, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/14/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • NEW IDEAS FROM JUSTICE DEPT FOR LBJ'S AGENDA FOR NEXT 4 YEARS; POSSIBLE USE OF CLOSED DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS FOR CONSERVATION, RECREATION; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT AUSTIN SLUM CLEARANCE PROJECT; DON REYNOLDS' CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 10616, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 8/16/1966, 4:59PM (Item)
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • ANDERSON DISCUSSES LOCATION OF UPCOMING SPEECH BY LBJ IN NEW MEXICO; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON'S ADVICE ON INTEREST RATE INCREASE; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN'S ILLNESS; FRB'S THEORY ON MONETARY RESTRAINT; FEDERAL CONTROL OF CREDIT AND MONEY SUPPLY; TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 11558, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 2/20/1967, 9:40AM (Item)
  • SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AND TIME AS 2/18/1967, 10:39A; DATE AND TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
  • LBJ DISCUSSES SENATORS' COMPLAINTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA PATRONAGE; RFK AND TERRY SANFORD; WOODROW WILSON JONES; JAMES COLEMAN; HOMER THORNBERRY, JOHN WISDOM AND SCHOOL DESEGREGATION RULING; COLONIAL PIPELINE INVESTIGATION IN NEW JERSEY AND IMPACT
Telephone conversation # 2439, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/9/1964, 9:25PM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LBJ TALKED TO MOYERS AT 9:30A AND 9:25P ON 3/9/64; SLIP LISTS CALL AT 9:30, BUT CONTEXT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES THAT THIS CALL WAS IN THE EVENING; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - C
  • DRAFT OF POVERTY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, NEED TO CONSULT HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, PHIL LANDRUM SPONSORING POVERTY BILL; WH SPEECHWRITERS; NEWSWEEK STORY ON RFK, NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP; PAUL CORBIN; WH PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 9429, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/5/1966, 4:55PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 12812, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 10:49PM (Item)
  • "JUANITA"; "FROM BEDROOM 3-14-68"; "TRANSCRIBED BY CAROL CURRIE (1 COPY)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH RFK ABOUT RFK'S FUTURE, VIETNAM COMMISSION; LBJ SUGGESTS RFK MEET WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON VIETNAM; RFK'S CRITICISM OF LACK OF SPENDING ON CITIES, KERNER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH EDWARD
Telephone conversation # 12001, transcript, LBJ and RICHARD HUGHES, 7/14/1967, 12:22PM (Item)
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • DISCUSSION OF RIOTS IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY; LBJ OFFERS FEDERAL ASSISTANCE; HUGHES REPORTS HE IS SEEKING INDICTMENTS OF VIOLATERS OF THE LAW; LBJ ASKS FOR FULL REPORT ON SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 1538, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/25/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS; STORY ON POLL TAX AMENDMENT; BARRY GOLDWATER; PRESS AND BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; CYRUS VANCE; NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK POLITICS; CHARLES BUCKLEY; ROBERT WAGNER; ROBERT MEYNER; TED SORENSEN'S RESIGNATION TO WRITE BOOK
Telephone conversation # 4976, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/17/1964, 9:22AM (Item)
  • RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; OPPOSITION TO RFK FROM REFORM MOVEMENT; WHITE BACKLASH AND LABOR OPPOSITION TO LBJ, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNSKILLED WORKERS; INFORMAL POLL OF NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS; REPORT BY JAMES PECK ON CALIFORNIA LABOR DEFECTIONS
Telephone conversation # 4305, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/22/1964, 9:26AM (Item)
  • HOOVER REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT WAGNER ABOUT NYC RIOTS, SUCCESSFUL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE DURING MLK VISIT TO GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI; LBJ ASKS ABOUT NEW YORK NEWS STORY BY JACK MALLON ON COMMUNIST, RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 5920, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH KEENAN, 10/20/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • DELAWARE CAMPAIGN; POSSIBLE APPEARANCE THERE BY LBJ; NEW REPUBLICAN ALLEGATIONS ABOUT WALTER JENKINS, BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBILITY THAT WALTER JENKINS WAS FRAMED; NEW YORK LABOR COMMITTEE FOR GOLDWATER; NEED FOR INCREASED LABOR INVOLVEMENT AT CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5968, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 10/26/1964, 11:45PM (Item)
  • "NYC"; LBJ PUTS RFK ON HOLD DURING CONVERSATION TO CHECK ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR TRIP TO NEW YORK
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TRIP TO SOUTH CAROLINA, GEORGIA, FLORIDA, EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT CARRYING THEM; RFK ASKS LBJ TO HAVE MOTORCADE THROUGH LONG ISLAND ON UPCOMING TRIP TO NEW YORK; LBJ'S DELAWARE TRIP; EFFORTS TO DEFEAT JOHN WILLIAMS; NEGRO VOTE
Telephone conversation # 8639, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 2:50PM (Item)
  • CONCERNS ABOUT BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; IMMIGRATION BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; NEW JUDGESHIPS, FEDERAL REGISTRARS FOR WASHINGTON, DC; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS' APPOINTMENT; AMENDMENT ON IMMIGRATION CEILING FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Telephone conversation # 9843, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK W. ERWIN, 3/7/1966, 10:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ SUGGESTS LANGUAGE FOR LABOR DEPT PRESS BRIEFING TOMORROW ON DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; LBJ SAYS TO BALANCE THIS NEWS BY STRESSING CONTINUING HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT FOR NEGROES, YOUTH, WOMEN AND NEED TO CONTINUE TO CREATE JOBS FOR NEW WORKERS
Telephone conversation # 10612, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/12/1966, 12:30PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA'S VACATION PLANS; CYRUS VANCE; LBJ'S DESIRE TO GET NEW IDEAS IN GOVT, FOREIGN POLICY, STATE DEPT; PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH COMMUNIST CHINA; TOMMY CORCORAN'S PLANTING NEW DEAL MEN IN DEPTS; PRESS REPORT ON CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 10918, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/3/1966, 5:57PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS CLARK HE IS NOW ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL; REAPPOINTMENT OF EDWARD RE TO FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OR TO DISTRICT COURT; APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY TRAVIA TO NEW YORK JUDGESHIP; RFK'S VIEWS ON TRAVIA AND ON HANDLING NEW YORK PATRONAGE
Telephone conversation # 13327, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/27/1968, 4:08PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINEES; LBJ SUGGESTS HHH CONSIDER JOSEPH ALIOTO IN ORDER TO CARRY CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, CITIES, ITALIAN VOTE; DALEY RECOMMENDS SARGENT SHRIVER; SELECTION OF NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN TO REPLACE JOHN BAILEY
Telephone conversation # 4215, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/10/1964, 8:42PM (Item)
  • REEDY SAYS HE TALKED TO FRANK CORMIER WHO IS CORRECTING AP PRESS STORY ABOUT ASSIGNMENT OF NEW PERMANENT FBI UNIT IN MISSISSIPPI
Telephone conversation # 7031, sound recording, LBJ and BUFORD ELLINGTON, 3/8/1965, 8:29AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ELLINGTON IF HE LIKES HIS NEW JOB
Telephone conversation # 282, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/4/1963, 6:00PM (Item)
  • ALBERT GIVES NEW HEAD COUNT OF DEMOCRATIC SIGNATURES FOR HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION, DISCUSSES EFFORTS TO GET REPUBLICAN SUPPORT; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETINGS WITH LABOR, BUSINESS, WOMEN ON ISSUE, RELAYS LABOR'S HEAD COUNT
Telephone conversation # 336, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/7/1963, 5:03PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH RICHARD RUSSELL ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, DOD BUDGET; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CLOSING NAVY YARDS IN BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK; UPCOMING MEETING ON DOD BUDGET; OPPOSITION TO CANCELLATION OF DYNASOAR
Telephone conversation # 201, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT STOREY, 12/1/1963, 1:05PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION AND OF TEXAS STATE INVESTIGATION OF ASSASSINATION; STOREY MENTIONS DALLAS MORNING NEWS STORY ON COMMISSION, MENTIONS HIS WORK ON WORLD PEACE THROUGH LAW AND OFFERS HELP ON CIVIL
Telephone conversation # 221, sound recording, LBJ and G. MENNEN WILLIAMS, 12/2/1963, 9:51AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WILLIAMS TO CONTACT JUANITA ROBERTS TO SET UP MEETING WITH LBJ, DISCUSSES NEED FOR NEW PROGRAMS, LACK OF PROGRESS ON CIVIL RIGHTS AND TAX BILLS, NEED TO WORK TOGETHER; WILLIAMS EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LBJ'S RECENT VISIT WITH AUBREY
Telephone conversation # 1906, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 2/6/1964, 12:15PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 2479, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 2:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES O'BRIEN FOR SWIM, TO DINNER WHEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; TONIGHT'S WH CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; BRUCE ALGER; CIVIL RIGHTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE, WISCONSIN PRIMARIES; PAUL CORBIN; MARY MCGRORY
Telephone conversation # 2437, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/9/1964, 8:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS VISIT WITH JOHN MCCORMACK AND CARL ALBERT LAST NIGHT; FARM, FOOD STAMP, CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS; WINNING SUPPORT FROM NORTHERN DEMOCRATS; ADLAI STEVENSON; JONATHAN BINGHAM'S CANDIDACY AGAINST NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN CHARLES BUCKLEY
Telephone conversation # 4135, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/2/1964, 2:26PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR NAMES OF NEGRO LEADERS INVITED TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING CEREMONY IN ORDER TO INVITE THEM TO OFF-THE-RECORD MEETING AFTERWARDS TO DISCUSS COOPERATION IN IMPLEMENTING NEW LAW
Telephone conversation # 3786, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE TAYLOR, 6/19/1964, 2:15PM (Item)
  • "SAN FRANCISCO"; TAYLOR IS IN NEW JERSEY, SOMETIMES DIFFICULT TO HEAR
Telephone conversation # 4214, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/10/1964, 8:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS REEDY TO CORRECT AP 131 PRESS STORY ABOUT PERMANENT ASSIGNMENT OF NEW FBI UNIT TO MISSISSIPPI
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 # 4924, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 8/14/1964, 3:29PM (Item)
  • NYT STORY ON LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT OF RFK IN NEW YORK SENATE RACE; O'DONNELL'S TALK WITH STEPHEN SMITH; HANDLING QUESTION OF SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION OR MFDP AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; COMPOSITION OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; PRESS STORY