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Telephone conversation # 4333, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/24/1964, 5:56PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH (TO LABOR LEADERS?) THIS AFTERNOON; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH GOLDWATER, COMMENTS ON HIS DUTIES AS PRESIDENT, GOLDWATER'S COMMENTS ON CAMPAIGN, CONCERNS ABOUT RECENT RIOTS, REQUEST TO FLY ON NEW R-12 MILITARY
Telephone conversation # 4727, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/5/1964, 2:54PM (Item)
  • REUTHER CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS TONKIN GULF STATEMENT; DISCUSSION OF EFFORTS TO GET VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; LBJ COMPARES POVERTY BILL VOTE TO FDR'S DEFEAT ON SUPREME COURT-PACKING BILL; NEED FOR LIBERAL REPUBLICAN VOTES IN NEW YORK; UAW
Telephone conversation # 6150, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 11/4/1964, 2:24AM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS O'BRIEN FOR HIS CAMPAIGN WORK; POSSIBLE DEMOCRATIC GAINS IN CONGRESS; VOTE AS MANDATE FOR LBJ; NEW YORK VOTE; PIERRE SALINGER'S DEFEAT; DEFEAT OF BRUCE ALGER, ED FOREMAN IN TEXAS; HUGH SCOTT'S, JOHN WILLIAMS' VICTORIES; LBJ THANKS ELVA
Telephone conversation # 6314, sound recording, LBJ and PORT OF HOUSTON ANNIVERSARY SPEECH, 11/10/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ ADDRESSES BY TELEPHONE THE CEREMONY MARKING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPENING OF PORT OF HOUSTON, MENTIONS HIS PAST RESIDENCE IN HOUSTON, AND PUSHES BUTTON TO START CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EXPANSION OF PORT
Telephone conversation # 5855, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • CAMPAIGN; PUBLICITY FOR LBJ'S EFFORTS TO CUT GOVT WASTE; JOHN CONNALLY; MARVIN WATSON; ADVANCE WORK FOR UPCOMING TRIPS; PHOENIX TRIP; SCIENTISTS, LAWYERS, WOMEN FOR LBJ; ABE (FORTAS?); LBJ CRITICIZES NEWSPAPER ADS, PRAISES BUSBY FOR NEW ORLEANS
Telephone conversation # 5889, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/15/1964, 1:13AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5672, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS?, 9/24/1964, 4:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT CLICKING ON TELEPHONE LINE; MOYERS? REPORTS ON NEW SPEECHWRITERS WHO WILL BE WORKING ON TRIAL BASIS FOR NEXT TEN DAYS; DURING CONVERSATION SERGEANT IN LBJ'S OFFICE TELLS LBJ THAT TIME IS "QUARTER TO FIVE"
Telephone conversation # 5811, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 10/2/1964, 2:32PM (Item)
  • LBJ INQUIRES ABOUT MOYER'S HEALTH; DISCUSSION OF SPEECH DRAFTS, NEW CAMPAIGN TV AD PREPARED BY RICHARD GOODWIN; MOYERS REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH SARGENT SHRIVER ABOUT POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FOR EMMET RIORDAN IN POVERTY PROGRAM
Telephone conversation # 5542, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/9/1964, 10:34AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION OF FIGURES ON 43-MONTH COMPARISON OF TIME LOST FROM STRIKES; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF UAW-CHRYSLER SETTLEMENT; LBJ PRAISES WIRTZ' RECENT TV APPEARANCE; NEW POLL ON BACKLASH, FRONTLASH ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 5593, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 11:46AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA GIVES LBJ REPORT ON PT BOATS' ATTACK ON US DESTROYERS IN TONKIN GULF, DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTION, NEED TO MAKE PRESS STATEMENT; LBJ CAUTIONS ABOUT ACTING HASTILY WITHOUT ADEQUATE PROOF OF ATTACK; ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW WEAPONS
Telephone conversation # 6440, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/21/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • REQUEST THAT LUCI JOHNSON READ SPEECH ON BEHALF OF LBJ AT JEWISH ORGANIZATION IN NEW YORK NEXT WEEK; NEED TO APPROVE CONTENT OF SPEECH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS MOYERS TO CALL LUCI, ASKS ABOUT HIS SON'S HEALTH, EXPRESSES SYMPATHY ABOUT MOYERS' COLD
Telephone conversation # 5962, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 10/24/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • NEGATIVE TEXAS NEWSPAPER AD STATING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT WILL CAUSE WHITES TO LOSE JOBS TO NEGROES; UK'S NEW ECONOMIC PROGRAM, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CRISIS; VIETNAM; WEATHER AGREEMENT WITH USSR; LBJ'S SPEECH ON 10/28/64; TONIGHT'S TV PROGRAM ON YOUTH
Telephone conversation # 5974, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 10/27/1964, 1:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO DEVELOP STATEMENT FOR LBJ TO USE IN CAMPAIGN ABOUT MESSAGE FROM NEW USSR LEADER ALEXSEI KOSYGIN WHICH WAS RELAYED BY FOY KOHLER; DISCUSSION OF BEST CITY IN WHICH TO USE THE STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 5979, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD GOODWIN, 10/27/1964, 2:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS GOODWIN TO HAVE JAMES ROWE ASK JOCK WHITNEY TO GIVE LBJ A FAIR SHAKE; DAVID DUBINSKY'S REQUEST FOR TAPE; NEED FOR NEW CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT GENERATING PUBLICITY AS CONGRESSIONAL SECRETARY, JOKES ABOUT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 5450, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/3/1964, 11:39AM (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT REPORTS THAT LBJ WILL ADDRESS POLISH-AMERICAN ALLIANCE IN CHICAGO; LBJ DISCUSSES POLICY OF NOT ANNOUNCING APPEARANCES IN ADVANCE, ASKS ABOUT REACTION TO GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON FAVORABLE EDITORIAL IN NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS ON VIETNAM; MANSFIELD'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; SENATE CRITICISM OF WAR; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S USE OF CRITICISM
Telephone conversation # 7692, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 9:51PM (Item)
  • NEGOTIATION OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF DOMINICAN CRISIS; TRIP TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO, BY THOMAS MANN, CYRUS VANCE, JACK VAUGHN, MCGEORGE BUNDY; PROPOSED MEETINGS WITH GUZMAN, CAAMANO, OAS, JUAN BOSCH; NEW ORDERS FOR US FORCES; STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 8508, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/4/1965, 6:58PM (Item)
  • MANSFIELD TELLS LBJ CONFERENCE REPORT ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL HAS PASSED; LBJ CONGRATULATES MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN; DIRKSEN SUGGESTS LBJ COMPLIMENT EMANUEL CELLER; BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; LBJ ACCEPTS DIRKSEN'S INVITATION TO COME TO CAPITOL HILL
Telephone conversation # 8835, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 9/3/1965, 4:40PM (Item)
  • CALIFANO REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON PROGRESS IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; LABOR'S CONCERN ABOUT PRESS LEAK OF SETTLEMENT DETAILS; QUESTION OF ANNOUNCING SETTLEMENT IN TIME TO MAKE EVENING NEWS; GOODWIN'S WORK ON DRAFT STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 10211, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY FORD II, 6/3/1966, 1:30PM (Item)
  • FORD'S CONCERN ABOUT SHORT LENGTH OF TIME IN WHICH AUTO INDUSTRY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MEET NEW STANDARDS IN PROPOSED TRAFFIC SAFETY BILL; LBJ'S ALLEGED RECENT CRITICISM OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY; LBJ RELAYS CALIFANO'S VIEWS ON ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION
Telephone conversation # 9653, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 11:56AM (Item)
  • LUCE DESCRIBES HEDLEY DONOVAN EDITORIAL ON VIETNAM IN NEW ISSUE OF LIFE MAGAZINE; LBJ TELLS LUCE THAT CRISIS IN CONFIDENCE IN LEADERSHIP ON VIETNAM POLICY IS DEVELOPING, CITES SENATE OPPOSITION, DISSENT IN PRESS; POSSIBLE TROOP INCREASES; RFK; JAMES
Telephone conversation # 10423, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/25/1966, 3:24PM (Item)
  • DALEY THANKS LBJ FOR HIS RECENT REMARKS IN INDIANAPOLIS ABOUT RIOTING, DISCUSSES HHH'S NOTE EXPLAINING INACCURATE PRESS REPORT OF HHH'S SPEECH IN NEW ORLEANS; DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING WEDDINGS OF LUCI JOHNSON AND OF DALEY'S DAUGHTER; AEC FACILITY
Telephone conversation # 9351, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/31/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • INVITATION TO RUSK TO MEETING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA; PRESS INQUIRY ON WH CLEARANCE OF RICHARD RUSSELL'S RECENT SPEECH; PRESS COVERAGE OF VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; POSSIBLE LBJ PRESS CONFERENCE; WH STAFF'S PRESS CONTACTS; JACK ANDERSON COLUMNS; NEW YEAR'S
Telephone conversation # 11409, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/25/1967, 8:22PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS BOBBY BAKER CASE WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED; LBJ READS NEW HARRIS POLL SHOWING DROP IN RFK'S POPULARITY FOLLOWING WILLIAM MANCHESTER BOOK CONTROVERSY; LBJ'S STANDINGS IN POLL; RFK'S UPCOMING TRIP TO EUROPE
Telephone conversation # 11305, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 1/4/1967, 11:20AM (Item)
  • SMATHERS' EVALUATION OF MIAMI MAYOR ROBERT HIGH FOR POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT; DISCUSSION OF DEMOCRATIC LOSSES IN RECENT ELECTIONS; SMATHERS' RESIGNATION AS SECRETARY OF SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE, HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE; ROBERT BYRD AS NEW SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 13835, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 12/31/1968, 3:02PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; MANDATORY INCREASES FOR MEDICAID, HIGHWAYS, FEDERAL PAY, CRIME CONTROL, SOCIAL SECURITY; DOD BUDGET CUTS; CHINESE NUCLEAR TEST; SENTINEL PROGRAM; NEW YEAR'S WISHES; LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD TO WORK ON STATE OF UNION
Telephone conversation # 13411, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM S. WHITE, 9/9/1968, 12:24PM (Item)
  • "TO MARY RATHER"; "WM. S. WHITE FROM NEW ORLEANS" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 13436, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 9/30/1968, 8:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ REVIEWS HIS TALK WITH HHH ABOUT HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON POSSIBLE BOMBING HALT AND CONDITIONS ENEMY MUST MEET TO CONTINUE SUCH A HALT; LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PEACE TALKS; REPORTS OF INCREASED SOUTH VIETNAMESE
Telephone conversation # 103, sound recording, LBJ and GOULD LINCOLN, 11/27/1963, 5:10PM (Item)
  • LINCOLN PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ DISCUSSES REACTION OF ROBERT ANDERSON AND OTHER BUSINESSMEN TO SPEECH, REMINISCES ABOUT NEWS STORY LINCOLN WROTE IN 1932 ABOUT LBJ'S ELECTION TO LITTLE
Telephone conversation # 5243, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/28/1964, 1:31AM (Item)
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 5868, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • MARIE FEHMER ATTENDING CHURCH TOMORROW; POLLS; JENKINS REPORTS ON CALLS; CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES; NEW MEXICO; MARY LASKER, SWEARING-IN OF KENNEDY CENTER TRUSTEES; RFK'S REQUEST FOR LBJ'S HELP; DNC; MCNAMARA PRESS APPEARANCES; GOLDWATER AND JOHN BIRCH
Telephone conversation # 5885, sound recording, LBJ and MILDRED STEGALL, 10/14/1964, 9:36PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 7330, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 4/8/1965, 5:58PM (Item)
  • EISENHOWER PRAISES LBJ'S JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT, SUGGESTS US STUDY WAYS TO IMPROVE SUPPORT BY VIETNAMESE POPULACE OF SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; LBJ DISCUSSES FOREIGN REACTION TO SPEECH; EISENHOWER DISCUSSES NEED FOR NEW ASIAN
Telephone conversation # 6720, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/11/1965, 10:21AM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; AGE FACTOR; NEED TO OBTAIN RFK'S APPROVAL; WILLIAM VANDEN HEUVEL AS NEW YORK POVERTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR; NEWSWEEK STORY ON KENNEDYS' REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; SARAH HUGHES
Telephone conversation # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • HHH'S STATEMENTS ON ARMS TALKS, VIETNAM; EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH KOREAN WAR NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ ASKS RUSK, BUNDY, HHH TO TALK WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN; DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGATIVE SPEECHES; LATEST NEWS FROM VIETNAM; UN; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 9015, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 10/5/1965, 6:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS THAT HE WILL HAVE GALL BLADDER SURGERY, WILL NAME NEW YORK STATE JUDGE JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT; RFK DISCUSSES PAPAL NUNCIO'S CONCERNS ABOUT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CURRENT SITUATION THERE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH POPE
Telephone conversation # 12826, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 3/20/1968, 8:44AM (Item)
  • CLIFFORD REPORTS ON CALL FROM MCGEORGE BUNDY ABOUT RFK, VIETNAM, BUNDY'S OFFER OF ASSISTANCE TO LBJ; JOHN LINDSAY'S CALL FOR WAR RESISTANCE; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH; NEED FOR NEW PEACE PLAN BALANCED WITH MILITARY EFFORT; PERCEPTION OF LBJ AS WAR
Telephone conversation # 13909, transcript, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 1/10/1969, 5:11 PM (Item)
  • good and I want you to look good. I am not going to recommend a bunch of new programs. going to review what we have done in a relatively brief address. hope I can say we have a surplus of between 2 and 3 billion. from an 8 billion deficit. I am I
Telephone conversation # 13552, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/16/1968, 4:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONTINUES READING SPEECH FOR AL SMITH DINNER; CLIFFORD PRAISES SPEECH, URGES LBJ TO ATTEND DINNER; RUSSELL LONG'S INTEREST IN MAKING FORT POLK, LOUISIANA, PERMANENT ARMY TRAINING BASE; NEW GALLUP POLL FAVORABLE TO HHH; LBJ'S RESERVATIONS ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 12916, transcript, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 4/10/1968, 4:06PM (Item)
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