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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/4/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ^ % it a fte r a ll th ese y e a r s Lyndon knew and Worked w ith FDR, we only have about two or th ree au tograp hed p ic tu r e s of h im , and how m uch we tr e a su r e them . I w an ted to be read y to le a v e on tim e for m y own sa k e , and b e c a u
  • & speeches; LBJ works hard with little rest; Johnsons to Democratic fundraiser that night; Lynda Robb relays news that Martin Luther King has been shot & died; LBJ calls Coretta Scott King & makes televised speech; evening plans cancelled & Hawaii trip
Telephone conversation # 157, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, 11/29/1963, 5:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, THEN ASKS COOPER TO SERVE ON IT; COOPER ACCEPTS APPOINTMENT
Telephone conversation # 170, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH ALSOP, 11/29/1963, 7:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; ALSOP EXPRESSES APPROVAL OF LBJ'S DECISION
Telephone conversation # 171, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 11/29/1963, 7:03PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, DISCUSSES MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION; EASTLAND SAYS HE THINKS LBJ SHOULD APPOINT JOHN HARLAN INSTEAD OF EARL WARREN
Telephone conversation # 184, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/29/1963, 8:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; RUSSELL SAYS HE CANNOT SERVE ON IT WITH EARL WARREN; LBJ INSISTS RUSSELL MUST SERVE; MOURSUND ENCOURAGES HIM TO SERVE; RUSSELL RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTS
Telephone conversation # 2595, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 3/21/1964, 3:35PM (Item)
  • 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 # 6417, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/19/1964, 2:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS CABLE FROM UK PRIME MINISTER HAROLD WILSON ABOUT UK MONETARY CRISIS, DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RESPONSE; POSSIBLE NEED FOR UK TO RAISE DISCOUNT RATE OR SEEK IMF LOAN; FRB ROLE IN RAISING US RATE; J. EDGAR HOOVER STATEMENT ON WARREN COMMISSION
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 # 61, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/26/1963, 1:11PM (Item)
  • LBJ IS APPARENTLY READING DRAFT OF HIS SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS, DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS TAX AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS; WALTER REUTHER'S AND HHH'S MEETING WITH SCANDINAVIAN LEADERS
Telephone conversation # 10657, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/29/1966, 9:30AM (Item)
  • 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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/8/1968 (Saturday) (Item)
  • LBJ & Lady Bird read newspapers; to St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City, for Robert Kennedy funeral; the Johnsons pay respects to the Kennedy family; lunch on plane back to Washington; Lady Bird reads newspapers and takes nap; mourners killed
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 7/23/1965 (Friday) (Item)
  • , then reads Louis Auchinclass book, Brownstone Front; LBJ meets with foreign policy advisers about Vietnam; Poverty Bill passes; Adlai Stevenson; Arthur Schlesinger book