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  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH LARRY O'BRIEN AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ URGES ELLENDER TO GET FARM BILL PASSED IN SENATE; COTTON PRICES; ORVILLE FREEMAN; FOREIGN AID; CYPRUS; ELLENDER'S RECENT TRIP TO AFRICA; MIKE MANSFIELD; TIMING OF FARM BILL AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE
  • LBJ URGES ELLENDER TO GET FARM BILL PASSED IN SENATE; COTTON PRICES; ORVILLE FREEMAN; FOREIGN AID; CYPRUS; ELLENDER'S RECENT TRIP TO AFRICA; MIKE MANSFIELD; TIMING OF FARM BILL AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE
  • LBJ ASKS MCCARTHY TO WORK FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AND TAX BILL IN SENATE; PAUL DOUGLAS; RICHARD RUSSELL; HARRY BYRD, SR.; RUSSELL LONG; EVERETT DIRKSEN; ALBERT GORE
  • HEALTH OF MRS. MILLS; CONFERENCE ON TAX BILL; MILLS LISTS HOUSE OBJECTIONS TO SENATE VERSION OF TAX BILL; HARRY BYRD; TIMING OF PASSING TAX BILL AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
  • FARM BILL IN HOUSE, COTTON AND WHEAT SECTIONS; LBJ INSTRUCTS FELDMAN TO CONTACT TEXTILE LOBBY FOR NEEDED VOTES; POSSIBLE TIMING CONFLICTS WITH CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE; UPI PRESS STORY ON FARM BILL
  • FARM BILL; ALLEN ELLENDER'S OPPOSITION TO COTTON PROVISIONS; TIMING OF FARM, TAX, AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS IN SENATE; CLARENCE MITCHELL; JIM EASTLAND; SENATE DELAY CAUSED BY HHH ATTENDING CALIFORNIA DEMOCRATIC FUND-RAISING DINNER; BOBBY BAKER
  • FREEMAN DISCUSSES TIMING OF FARM, TAX AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS IN SENATE AND ASKS IF HE MAY PROCEED WITH HIS SCHEDULED TRIP TO OECD MEETING IN PARIS; DISCUSSION OF SENATE SUPPORT FOR FARM BILL
  • LBJ IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH BILL MOYERS? AT TIME OF CALL
  • ALBERT IS MEETING WITH JOHN MCCORMACK, GEORGE MAHON AT TIME OF CALL
  • CALL PRECEDED BY LBJ ASKING TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO MYER FELDMAN WHO IS UNAVAILABLE, THEN RALPH DUNGAN; CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP OR IN DAILY DIARY; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS
  • LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ABOUT TIMING OF SIGNING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; NEED TO HAVE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP AT CEREMONY BEFORE THEY LEAVE FOR CONVENTION; CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE VIOLENCE AFTER SIGNING; NEED FOR SUPPORT OF LEROY COLLINS
  • LBJ GIVES REEDY GUIDANCE ON WHAT TO TELL PRESS ABOUT CABINET MEETING ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING; CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY RFK ABOUT POSSIBLE VIOLENCE AFTER SIGNING
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING, ANNOUNCEMENT OF LEROY COLLINS APPOINTMENT; RFK'S CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE VIOLENCE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PLANS FOR ENFORCEMENT; FUNDS FOR COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE; BILLY GRAHAM, OTHERS, AS POSSIBLE
  • 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
  • DISCUSSION OF CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY RFK ABOUT TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING, NEED TO HAVE REPUBLICANS, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS PRESENT AT CEREMONY
  • "LEGISLATION"; LBJ IS MEETING WITH RFK, LUTHER HODGES AT TIME OF CALL; RFK'S VOICE AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • "1ST PART MISSING"; LBJ SPEAKS WITH JACK VALENTI BEFORE SPEAKING WITH MCCORMACK, DESCHLER; DESCHLER IS MEETING WITH MCCORMACK AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: SST ANNOUNCEMENTS; GEORGE WALLACE, MARYLAND PRIMARY; LBJ'S ROANOKE, VIRGINIA TRIP; PRESS INQUIRIES ON POSSIBLE TRIP TO CHICAGO, ABSENCE OF RICHARD DALEY AT TIME OF TRIP; EFFECT OF WALLACE VOTE ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
  • BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; BURKE IS MEETING WITH MCCORMACK AT TIME OF CALL
  • SLIP LISTS THIS AS TWO CALLS, ONE WITH MCCORMACK AT 4:25P AND ANOTHER WITH PUCINSKI AT 4:28P; DAILY DIARY LISTS ONLY ONE CALL WITH MCCORMACK; PUCINSKI IS MEETING WITH MCCORMACK AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ WORRIES ABOUT DELAYS ON POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE; HOWARD SMITH'S OPPOSITION TO YOUTH OPPORTUNITIES SECTION OF POVERTY BILL; PHIL LANDRUM; SENATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON BILL; TIMING OF POVERTY BILL, CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE; LISTER HILL
  • LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN IF ROBERT "FATS" EVERETT WILL RETURN TO VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL; LOBBYING EFFORTS OF NAM, FARM BUREAU AGAINST BILL; GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT; HEAD COUNT; POSSIBLE EFFECT OF TONKIN GULF ATTACKS ON VOTE; TIMING OF LBJ'S ADDRESS
  • "LEGISLATION & STEEL PRICE INCREASE - PROPOSED"; TRANSCRIPT INCORRECTLY LISTS TIME AS 2:13P
  • CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; EFFECT OF ISSUE ON NORTHERN, URBAN STATES; SMATHERS' SPEECH AT PLATFORM COMMITTEE ON LATIN AMERICA, THOMAS MANN; CIVIL RIGHTS PLATFORM LANGUAGE; BILL SUSPENDING FCC EQUAL TIME RULE FOR DEBATES
  • POSSIBLE SOUTHERN WALKOUT IF MFDP SEATED, ADVERSE TV COVERAGE; SMATHERS ASKS LBJ TO THANK SPESSARD HOLLAND FOR HIS VOTE ON BILL TO SUSPEND FCC EQUAL TIME RULE FOR DEBATES; APPOINTMENT OF LINTON COLLINS; MARTIN ANDERSEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT ORLANDO AFB
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "DOROTHY-THIS WAS JUST AN EXPERIMENT...RFK/LBJ VISIT YESTERDAY"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OVAL OFFICE MEETING; PREVIOUSLY MISFILED; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; POOR SOUND QUALITY
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; GERALD FORD'S SUBSTITUTE BILL DRAFTED BY JOHN LINDSAY; POSSIBLE PROVISION TO INCLUDE NEW YORK PUERTO RICANS IN BILL; TIMING OF SENATE VOTE; PICKETING AT LBJ RANCH; VA HOSPITAL CLOSINGS STUDY; WISCONSIN
  • QUESTION OF USING FEDERAL TROOPS IN SELMA; ADVANTAGES OF USING FBI PERSONNEL INSTEAD OF TROOPS, MARSHALS; EFFECT OF USE OF TROOPS ON PASSAGE OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LEAD TIME FOR ALERTING, TRANSPORTING TROOPS; KERMIT GORDON; LBJ PRAISES MARGARET
  • HENRY "JOE" FOWLER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; DOUGLAS ON HOLD 0:39
  • "SUMMARIZED"; HENRY "JOE" FOWLER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • HHH IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND KENNEDY IS MEETING WITH PHIL HART
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; RECORDING OF CALL IS CUT OFF BY RECORDING OF FOLLOWING CALL
  • "SUMMARIZED"; MANSFIELD ON HOLD 1:20; MANSFIELD IS MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN IN DIRKSEN'S OFFICE AT TIME OF CALL
  • "CHICAGO"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; DALEY IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • "(RET. HIS CALL-NYC)"; GOLDBERG ON HOLD 0:30, DIFFICULT TO HEAR; TELETYPE AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING