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Oral history transcript, Sid Davis, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1990, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • my colleagues on this press plane. We had a fellow at KDKA-Pittsburgh named Mike Levine [?] who was a police reporter. Runyon character. He came out of the newspaper business. He was a Damon He didn't have to obey any State Department rules about
  • Coverage of 1959 Khrushchev visit; Khrushchev's dislike of the press; Mesta Machine Tool Company tour; JFK's choice of LBJ as VP; reflections on JFK's trip to Texas in 1963 and the days following the assassination; experience as a witness to LBJ's
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • the night, and Johnson was going to see some people in Pittsburgh the following day. He was going to make a speech in Clarksville, West Virginia the following night. So he called us all to his room--all the press party--and he said, "Now,1I he said, "when
  • as vice president; space program; LBJ relations with Eisenhower; LBJ and Robert Kennedy; JFK assassination; role of White House press; Walter Jenkins' resignation; Bobby Baker; presidential press secretaries; Nixon-Johnson relationship
Oral history transcript, Charles Roberts, interview 1 (I), 1/14/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh ROBERTS -- I -- 4 There was a local reporter riding on the White House press bus. The only discussion I remember about possible crowd hostility
  • ; the Kennedy staff that stayed to work for LBJ; LBJ’s relationship with the press compared to that of previous presidents; (dis)advantages of getting close to the president; LBJ’s relationship with Phil and Kay Graham; Great Society speech; type of access press
Folder, "Dr. King, Inves. of his Murder April 1968," Papers of Ramsey Clark, Box 66 (Item)
  • ." CLARKDISCUSSEDPROGRESS OF THE INVESTIGATION ONTHE RADIO­ TELEVISIONINTERVIEW PROGRAM "MEETTHE PRESS," ON NBC. ..:>R342PES 4/7 1 :ug~NMtrlf~gt JAMESEARL RAY Stephen J. Pollak Assistant Attorney General Civil Rights Divif.i>n Fred M. Vinson, Jr. Assistant Attorney
Oral history transcript, Robert C. Weaver, interview 1 (I), 11/19/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • at the University of Pittsburgh and later at Harvard, got this notion called the tipping theory, and it read very, very, very impressive. The only trouble with it is, it's like the theory that there is a time when if your temperature gets to be a certain amount
Telephone conversation # 11209, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 11:46AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MOYERS RELAYS ABE FORTAS' VIEWS ON WH PRESS STATEMENT ABOUT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ AND WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AND MANIPULATION OF SOURCES BY THE PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11204, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON ADVERSE PORTRAYAL OF LBJ IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ DISCUSSES RESIGNATIONS OF WH STAFF; POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE; ROWLAND EVANS' STORY ON GEORGE MEANY'S MEETING WITH LBJ; MARVIN WATSON; PRESS SOURCES
Telephone conversation # 4314, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/23/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES LACK OF PRESS COVERAGE OF YESTERDAY'S CABINET MEETING, WAYS TO IMPROVE COVERAGE, COVERAGE OF PEACE CORPS EVENT TODAY; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INACCURATE PRESS STORIES ON WARREN COMMISSION REPORT, NORTH VIETNAM, PENTAGON PROJECTS, CUBA, NYC
Telephone conversation # 5611, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/19/1964, 1:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT LBJ ATTENDING FUNERAL OF J. FRANK DOBIE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT LABELING HIS APPEARANCES AS POLITICAL OR OFFICIAL; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF DELIVERY OF WARREN COMMISSION REPORT ON JFK ASSASSINATION TO PRESS, TO LBJ
Telephone conversation # 11241, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 12/31/1966, 8:23AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO QUESTIONS FROM PRESS ON WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION AT LBJ'S UPCOMING PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 11203, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON LBJ'S RECOLLECTIONS OF EVENTS FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION, HARRY TRUMAN'S SWEARING IN AFTER FDR'S DEATH; WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ SAYS HE HAS NOT SPOKEN TO ANYONE ABOUT EVENTS, DISCUSSES PRESS SOURCES, POSSIBLE RESPONSE
Telephone conversation # 13409, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 9/7/1968, 10:14AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • INVESTIGATION OF CHICAGO RIOTS DURING DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE; BUGGING BY PRESS; COMMUNIST ROLE IN VIETNAM PROTESTS; RAMSEY CLARK'S VIEWS OF RIOTS; ALLEGATIONS OF POLICE BRUTALITY; POSSIBLE USE OF OEO FUNDS
Telephone conversation # 25, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/23/1963, 5:52PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY DISCUSSES SCHEDULING LBJ'S PRIVATE MEETINGS WITH FOREIGN LEADERS WHO ARE ATTENDING FUNERAL SERVICES FOR JFK; NOTIFYING PRESS OF THE MEETINGS
Telephone conversation # 36, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/24/1963, 5:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY DISCUSSES JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S PLANS TO RECEIVE HEADS OF STATE AFTER JFK'S BURIAL AND PLANS FOR LBJ TO MEET WITH THEM AT THE STATE DEPT; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF BOTH MEETINGS; CONFLICT WITH STATE DEPT OVER LBJ'S SCHEDULE FOR 11/26/1963
Telephone conversation # 83, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID SARNOFF, 11/27/1963, 2:13PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ THANKS SARNOFF FOR HIS SUPPORT AND FOR THE ASSISTANCE PROVIDED BY SARNOFF'S COLLEAGUES; LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANKS SARNOFF, PRAISES PRESS COVERAGE OF JFK ASSASSINATION AND FUNERAL
Telephone conversation # 159, sound recording, LBJ and LESLIE ARENDS, 11/29/1963, 6:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ SAYS HE HAS TRIED TO CONTACT SOMEONE (CHARLES HALLECK?) BEFORE MAKING ANNOUNCEMENT, ASKS ARENDS TO TRY TO CONTACT THAT PERSON, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 255, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 12/3/1963, 10:02AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK APOLOGIZES FOR UNFAVORABLE STORY IN US NEWS & WORLD REPORT ABOUT LBJ RECEIVING FOREIGN DIGNITARIES FOLLOWING JFK'S FUNERAL, SAYS HE WILL REFUTE IT AT TODAY'S PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ SAYS THERE WILL BE MORE SUCH STORIES BECAUSE THE HONEYMOON IS OVER
Telephone conversation # 528, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 12/18/1963, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT CONNALLY'S HEALTH, TEASES HIM ABOUT CHRISTMAS PRESENT; CONNALLY COMPLAINS TO LBJ ABOUT MEAT IMPORTS, THEN DISCUSSES TEXAS POLITICS WITH JENKINS, COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS STORIES OF LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH RALPH YARBOROUGH; UPCOMING TEXAS
Telephone conversation # 1907, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REMODELING LBJ'S OFFICE; FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 11/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS
Telephone conversation # 1909, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 1/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS CONFIDENCE
Telephone conversation # 2244, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 2/29/1964, 9:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS LEAK ABOUT ALLEGED ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT ON LBJ BY CUBAN PLANE DURING HIS TRIP TO MIAMI; SMATHERS AND MIAMI HERALD; FBI; STORIES ABOUT ALLEGED HOUSING SCANDAL; HHH; SYDNEY HERLONG; FARM BILL; BEEF EXPORT BILL; SPESSARD HOLLAND, AGRICULTURE
Telephone conversation # 2595, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 3/21/1964, 3:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS TRANSCRIPT OF QUESTIONS AND HIS ANSWERS CONCERNING PANAMA, RESIGNATION OF PIERRE SALINGER, WARREN COMMISSION, CUBA FROM HIS PRESS CONFERENCE EARLIER TODAY
Telephone conversation # 5820, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 10/2/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS FELDMAN TO CHECK ON PRESS LEAK OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S TESTIMONY TO WARREN COMMISSION AND ON GOVT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ESPIONAGE INDICTMENT OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV; FELDMAN REPORTS ON POSSIBLE NEW ETHICS CHARGES AGAINST WILLIAM MILLER
Telephone conversation # 5821, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 10/2/1964, 5:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FELDMAN GIVES LBJ REPORT ON GOVT'S MOTION TO DISMISS ESPIONAGE INDICTMENT OF ALEKSANDR SOKOLOV, LEAK OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S TESTIMONY TO WARREN COMMISSION; LBJ ASKS FOR STATEMENTS FOR POSSIBLE USE IN PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW
Telephone conversation # 6359, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/16/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY TELLS LBJ HE RETURNED TO WASHINGTON EARLY BECAUSE OF UPCOMING RELEASE OF WARREN COMMISSION TESTIMONY; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SCHEDULE, PLANS TO RETURN TO RANCH, PROBLEMS WITH INFORMING PRESS OF TRAVEL PLANS; DOUG KIKER'S STORY ON ST. LOUIS CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5486, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/4/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY REPORTS THAT UPI AUSTIN QUOTES FRANK ERWIN SAYING THAT THERE WAS A PLOT TO ASSASSINATE LBJ ON FINAL DAY OF CONVENTION IN ATLANTIC CITY; LBJ TELLS REEDY HE KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT IT; PRESS INQUIRY ABOUT LBJ'S LABOR DAY SPEECH MARKING OPENING
Telephone conversation # 10653, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, time unknown (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ROBERTS DISCUSSES PRESS STORY ABOUT REPORT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S UPCOMING BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION AND BIBLE DISAPPEARED; ROBERTS RELAYS LBJ'S REQUEST THAT FORTAS EXAMINE MISSAL
Telephone conversation # 10666, sound recording, ABE FORTAS and SARAH HUGHES, 8/29/1966, 1:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FORTAS REVIEWS QUESTION OF BOOK USED BY LBJ IN TAKING OATH OF OFFICE AS RAISED IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK, LARRY O'BRIEN'S RECOLLECTIONS; HUGHES DESCRIBES "CATHOLIC BIBLE"; FORTAS SAYS BOOK IS IN WH CUSTODY, IS NOT KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN; PRESS LEAKS FROM CRIME COMMISSION; KATZENBACH DEFENDS COMMISSION; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DISSENT IN CONGRESS; NEW HARRIS POLL; WILLIAM MANCHESTER
Telephone conversation # 11206, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 11207, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REMINISCENCES ABOUT HIS WORK ON 1940 CONGRESSIONAL RACES; WH CONTRIBUTIONS TO 1962 RACES; FUND-RAISING IN 1966 ELECTION; LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY OF DNC, CONGRESSIONAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEES; RESPONSE TO PRESS ON NEWSWEEK ARTICLE, WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S
Telephone conversation # 11205, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS SOURCES; ROWLAND EVANS, ROBERT NOVAK COLUMN ON POLITICAL EFFECT OF WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK, WH RECORDS OF EVENTS AFTER JFK ASSASSINATION; WIRETAP FEUD BETWEEN RFK, J. EDGAR HOOVER; WH PRESS LEAKS; MARVIN WATSON; STORIES ABOUT LBJ RANCH ROAD
Telephone conversation # 44, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 11/25/1963, 10:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WASHINGTON POST'S CALL FOR PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, SUGGESTS FBI MAKE FULL REPORT ON ITS INVESTIGATION AND SAYS TEXAS ATTORNEY GENERAL WILL HOLD COURT OF INQUIRY; LBJ ASKS HOOVER TO TALK TO PRESS
Telephone conversation # 196, sound recording, LBJ and LUCIA ALEXANDER, 11/30/1963, 3:16PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RENOVATION OF JOHNSON FAMILY HOME IN JOHNSON CITY; LBJ SAYS A.W. MOURSUND HAS RECEIVED INQUIRIES ABOUT SECRET SERVICE RENTING ALEXANDER'S HOUSE (IN JOHNSON CITY?); ALEXANDER ASKS LBJ'S ADVICE ABOUT TALKING TO PRESS; ALEXANDER'S TALK WITH JFK ON 11
Telephone conversation # 10652, sound recording, LBJ and JUANITA ROBERTS, 8/29/1966, 8:39AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TERRITO, ROBERTS DESCRIBE CATHOLIC MISSAL ON WHICH LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION; DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MISSAL AND BIBLE; PRESS STORY THAT MISSAL WAS KENNEDY FAMILY BIBLE; LBJ REQUESTS ABE FORTAS LOOK AT MISSAL
Telephone conversation # 10657, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FEHMER READS RESPONSE TO ACCOUNT IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK THAT LBJ TOOK OATH OF OFFICE ON KENNEDY BIBLE, OTHERS REVISE IT; MOYERS SUGGESTS CHRISTIAN DEFER PRESS QUESTIONS; RICHARD GOODWIN'S ACCOUNT OF KENNEDYS' CONCERNS ABOUT BOOK; LOOK MAGAZINE
Telephone conversation # 11612, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 3/2/1967, 9:22PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONNALLY DISCUSSES INFORMATION HE HAS LEARNED FROM PRESS ABOUT JIM GARRISON INVESTIGATION, FIDEL CASTRO'S ALLEGED INVOLVEMENT IN JFK ASSASSINATION, CIA'S AND RFK'S ALLEGED EFFORTS TO KILL CASTRO; LBJ DISCUSSES ALLEGATIONS, RFK'S SENATE SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 11113, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/5/1966, 10:46AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY ON STATE DEPT; LBJ'S ADVICE ON PREPARING FOR WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S HEARINGS; PURCHASES FOR UK AND TRILATERAL NEGOTIATIONS; NEED FOR MULTILATERAL FOOD AID FOR INDIA; U THANT AND VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; WILLIAM MANCHESTER BOOK ON JFK
Telephone conversation # 11150, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/17/1966, 10:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ANALYSIS OF WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK ON JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS, MISHANDLING OF WH MATERIAL; ATTORNEY GENERAL APPOINTMENT; RFK; ASSIGNMENT OF BAREFOOT SANDERS, LARRY LEVINSON TO WORK ON ANALYSIS; JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S
Telephone conversation # 11159, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KINTNER, 12/20/1966, 7:57AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BILL MOYERS' RESIGNATION AND HIS ALLEGED INFLUENCE ON APPOINTMENTS IN FEDERAL GOVT; BACKGROUND OF JFK'S TRIP TO TEXAS; LBJ DISCUSSES LOYALTY, DILIGENCE OF WH STAFF MEMBERS, CABINET OFFICERS; NEGATIVE PUBLICITY ABOUT MOYERS' RESIGNATION; RFK'S PRESS