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Telephone conversation # 10817, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/21/1966, 11:41AM (Item)

LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN'S OPINION OF APPOINTMENT OF RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; POSSIBLE CONFLICT WITH TOM CLARK ON SUPREME COURT; LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN'S HELP WITH SENATE PASSAGE OF INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION BILL

Telephone conversation # 10825, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/22/1966, 5:00PM (Item)

DIRKSEN SAYS HE AND REPUBLICANS WILL SUPPORT RAMSEY CLARK APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH TOM CLARK ON SUPREME COURT; REPUBLICAN MEETING ON ECONOMY, INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION BILL; EXEMPTIONS FOR FARM, POLLUTION

Telephone conversation # 1870, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 2/4/1964, 9:37AM (Item)

AEC APPOINTMENT AND POTENTIAL CANDIDATES, RICHARD DOAN AND BILL WEBSTER; CLARK GOODMAN'S EVALUATION OF AEC CANDIDATES; TAX BILL IN SENATE, EXCISE TAX, ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, DANIEL BREWSTER, EDWIN MECHEM

Telephone conversation # 1892, sound recording, LBJ and BURKE MARSHALL, 2/5/1964, 11:06AM (Item)

MARSHALL REPORTS ON INTEGRATION OF TWO SCHOOLS IN NOTASULGA AND SHORTER, ALABAMA; GEORGE WALLACE; JUDGE FRANK JOHNSON; SHERIFF ? CLARK; INCIDENT INVOLVING CAMERAMAN ON SCHOOL BUS GOING TO NOTASULGA; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL?

Telephone conversation # 1906, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 2/6/1964, 12:15PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ON CONTROVERSIAL USIA FILM ON CIVIL RIGHTS MARCH, RECOMMENDATIONS BY RFK, AVERELL HARRIMAN; CLARK MOLLENHOFF; CARL ROWAN; WILKINS REPORTS ON DISCUSSION WITH CARL ALBERT, CHARLES HALLECK ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN HOUSE; SENATE

Telephone conversation # 4894, sound recording, LBJ and JACK BROOKS, 8/11/1964, 6:26PM (Item)

BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD AT TIME OF CALL

Telephone conversation # 4667, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/4/1964, 11:17AM (Item)

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 # 4674, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/4/1964, 12:10PM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON COMPLAINTS ABOUT HAVING POVERTY BILL VOTE ON FRIDAY; "CLARK" (THOMPSON'S) COMPLAINT ABOUT LBJ'S TREATMENT OF HIM; JAKE PICKLE; LBJ, MCCORMACK COMPLAIN ABOUT CONGRESS; LBJ MIMICS GEORGE MAHON; RUSSELL TUTEN'S VOTE; MCCORMACK'S WISH

Telephone conversation # 5115, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/21/1964, 10:00PM (Item)

LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLATFORM PLANK; SEATING MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA DELEGATIONS; MFDP; DOUGLASS CATER'S TALK WITH ANTHONY LEWIS ON REAPPORTIONMENT; EFFECT OF REAPPORTIONMENT ON CARL ALBERT'S DISTRICT; CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION; CLARK KERR

Telephone conversation # 5671, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 9/24/1964, 2:30PM (Item)

RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ IS MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD, JACK VALENTI, JOHN CONNALLY AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY WITH VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL

Telephone conversation # 8327, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 7/9/1965, 2:15PM (Item)

OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS CHARLES SCHULTZE AND ABE FORTAS TO HOLD FOR LBJ, THEN ASKS LBJ IF HE STILL WANTS TO SPEAK TO RAMSEY CLARK AND TELLS LBJ THAT SCHULTZE AND FORTAS ARE HOLDING

Telephone conversation # 8340, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 7/15/1965, 2:40PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS WILKINS TO LOBBY FOR SENATE PASSAGE OF RENT SUBSIDY PROVISION OF HOUSING BILL; APPOINTMENT OF HUD, HEW SECRETARIES, UN AMBASSADOR, NEW YORK JUDGESHIPS; ROBERT WEAVER; BERL BERNHARD; JOHN GARDNER; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE BALL; RFK; CONSTANCE

Telephone conversation # 9610, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/2/1966, 5:29PM (Item)

VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS IN BURMA, UN; LBJ'S MEETING WITH B. K. NEHRU ON EMERGENCY FOOD AID TO INDIA; NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION, AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF CLARK CLIFFORD; CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY BY FULBRIGHT

Telephone conversation # 12833, sound recording, LBJ and MENDEL RIVERS, 3/22/1968, 5:00PM (Item)

BRIEF PORTION OF CALL CONCERNING EXTENSION OF EARLE WHEELER AS CHAIRMAN OF JCS FOR ONE YEAR; RIVERS DISCUSSES HIS HIGH REGARD FOR CLARK CLIFFORD AS SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, DAMAGE DONE BY ROBERT MCNAMARA, SUPPORT FOR EARLE WHEELER

Telephone conversation # 11618, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 3/7/1967, 5:50PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS YARBOROUGH'S OPINION OF CANDIDATES FOR AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC POST, KARL ROLVAAG AS AMBASSADOR TO ICELAND; YARBOROUGH'S TEXAS TRIP, VISIT WITH WALTER HALL; YARBOROUGH'S RECORD OF SUPPORTING LBJ; AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY

Telephone conversation # 11375, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 1/18/1967, 8:44PM (Item)

LBJ'S MEETING WITH WH STAFF; LONG REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH ROBERT DOCKING; KANSAS POLITICS; LONG SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO HANDLE WIRETAPPING BILL IN SENATE; LBJ SAYS CABINET OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR BILLS, TELLS LONG TO TALK TO RAMSEY CLARK

Telephone conversation # 11390, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GARDNER, 1/21/1967, 1:16PM (Item)

GARDNER DISCUSSES FIRING OF CLARK KERR, RAMIFICATIONS OF RONALD REAGAN'S ACTIONS AGAINST UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF KERR TO FEDERAL JOB; REAGAN'S USE OF UNIVERSITY AS POLITICAL ISSUE; STUDENT PROTESTS; CONGRESSIONAL MESSAGES

Telephone conversation # 11206, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)

NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ, WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DISTRACTION OF MANCHESTER CONTROVERSY; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION; ANTIWAR PROTESTS; POVERTY BUDGET; PRESS STORIES ON CLARK CLIFFORD; LBJ'S MEETING WITH DEMOCRATIC

Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM (Item)

TOM CLARK AND WIRETAP CASE; NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S APPOINTMENT AS UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; STOKELY CARMICHAEL AND DEFEAT OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; JUSTICE DEPT VACANCIES; THURGOOD MARSHALL'S APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE RECORD; PRESS

Telephone conversation # 10837, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 9/24/1966, 4:15PM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF US ECONOMY, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, GERMAN OFFSET PAYMENTS; UPCOMING ERHARD VISIT; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INCREASED POVERTY APPROPRIATIONS, ASKS FOWLER'S REACTION TO APPOINTMENT OF RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL TO SUCCEED

Telephone conversation # 11153, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/17/1966, 2:50PM (Item)

RALPH BUNCHE'S RESIGNATION, OTHER UN MATTER (VIETNAM CEASEFIRE?); RAMSEY CLARK'S DECISION TO APPEAL HOUSTON BANK MERGER TO SUPREME COURT; BANK MERGER LAW; QUESTION OF BASING APPEAL ON MERITS OR PROCEDURAL ASPECTS; QUESTION OF DEAN RUSK COMING TO LBJ

Telephone conversation # 13520, sound recording, LBJ and CARL HAYDEN, 10/7/1968, 12:37PM (Item)

HAYDEN ASKS ABOUT ARIZONA VACANCY ON 6TH CIRCUIT COURT; LBJ SUGGESTS HAYDEN CONSULT RAMSEY CLARK, JAMES EASTLAND, REPUBLICANS ON JUDICIARY COMMITTEE; HAYDEN THANKS LBJ FOR FLOWERS; LBJ SAYS HE IS SENDING UP SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL

Telephone conversation # 6264, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MONRONEY, 11/6/1964, 11:35AM (Item)

POSSIBLE APPOINTEES: CLARK CLIFFORD, TOM FINNEY; CLIFFORD'S ROLE AS ADVISER TO JFK; CANDIDATES FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP, INCLUDING MONRONEY, RUSSELL LONG, GEORGE SMATHERS; MONRONEY'S RECORD ON CIVIL RIGHTS, MEDICARE; APPOINTMENT OF BUD WILKINSON

Telephone conversation # 7054, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:32PM? (Item)

CONDITION OF JAMES REEB; STATUS OF COURT ACTION IN SELMA, ALABAMA; MLK DECISION TO DEDICATE MARCH TO REEB; WH MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS; HHH MEMO; POSSIBLE FEDERAL ACTION, ARREST OF AL LINGO, JIM CLARK; MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN AND VOTING RIGHTS BILL

Telephone conversation # 6741, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/22/1965, 11:15AM (Item)

LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTMENT; NICHOLAS KATZENBACH; CLARK CLIFFORD; ABE FORTAS' BACKGROUND, LONGTIME ROLE AS ADVISER TO LBJ, HIS ROLE IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; MCNAMARA TESTIMONY ON AUTHORIZATION BILLS; FEDERAL PAY

Telephone conversation # 8352, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 7/19/1965, 6:07PM (Item)

COLD WAR GI BILL; LBJ ASKS RUSSELL'S ADVICE ON UN AMBASSADOR APPOINTMENT, VARIOUS CANDIDATES; ARTHUR GOLDBERG; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE BALL; ABE FORTAS APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; INDIA-PAKISTAN AID

Telephone conversation # 9649, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/20/1966, 10:10AM? (Item)

RFK'S RECENT STATEMENT SUGGESTING VIET CONG BE INCLUDED IN SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; CLARK CLIFFORD'S VIEWS ON POSSIBLE NEW CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON VIETNAM; PRESIDENTIAL WAR POWERS; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON LIMITING US OBJECTIVES IN VIETNAM, PESSIMISM

Telephone conversation # 12610, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/24/1968, 9:18AM (Item)

QUESTION OF WHETHER MCNAMARA, PAUL NITZE OR CLARK CLIFFORD SHOULD TESTIFY AT SENATE ARMED SERVICES, APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES; LBJ SAYS MCNAMARA SHOULD TESTIFY BUT RELAYS RICHARD RUSSELL'S CONCERNS; JOHN MCCLELLAN AND F-111B; CAPTURE OF USS PUEBLO

Telephone conversation # 12812, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 10:49PM (Item)

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 # 12813, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 10:49PM (Item)

LBJ CONTINUES TO DISCUSS DALEY'S POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO RFK ON COMMISSION TO STUDY VIETNAM POLICY; HAWKS' CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; GOLD CRISIS; EFFECT OF US POLITICAL DIVISIVENESS ON PEACE EFFORTS; POSSIBLE RFK MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD

Telephone conversation # 13119, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/19/1968, 5:41PM (Item)

DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON ABM MATTER, ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE JUDGESHIP FOR THOMAS KUCHEL; LBJ DISCUSSES POLITICAL PROBLEMS WITH APPOINTING REPUBLICANS, HIS RECORD OF APPOINTING REPUBLICANS; POSSIBLE AMBASSADORSHIP FOR EDSON