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Telephone conversation # 2525, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/17/1964, 12:49PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT REEDY'S HEALTH; REEDY CRITIQUES DRAFT OF LBJ'S SPEECH FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY DINNER; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION IN SENATE RULES COMMITTEE; STEWART ALSOP COLUMN, OTHER UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES; RFK; "TEXAS MAFIA" VS. "IRISH MAFIA" ON WH
Telephone conversation # 2553, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM GAUD, 3/18/1964, 7:06PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON PRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL HANDLING OF FOREIGN AID MESSAGE, ASKS WHY DAVID BELL IS OUT OF TOWN WHEN MESSAGE IS COMING UP; LBJ INSTRUCTS GAUD TO HAVE CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS MAKE SPEECHES IN SUPPORT OF MESSAGE
Telephone conversation # 2557, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM GAUD, 3/19/1964, 10:11AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GAUD REPORTS ON PRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL HANDLING OF FOREIGN AID MESSAGE, EFFORTS TO HAVE CONGRESSMEN MAKE SPEECHES IN SUPPORT OF BILL; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S OPPOSITION
Telephone conversation # 2409, sound recording, LBJ and ANTHONY CELEBREZZE, 3/9/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CELEBREZZE REPORTS ON HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE; SUGGESTION THAT LBJ MEET WITH NEGRO NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSN AND AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSN; HEW LEAKS TO PRESS ON MEDICARE AND POVERTY PROGRAM; AP STORY ON LOWERING DRAFT AGE TO 17; WILBUR MILLS
Telephone conversation # 2411, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 3/9/1964, 3:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 2446, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 3/10/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS LBJ'S ADVICE ON HER PROPOSED TRIP TO MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA SPACE FACILITIES; CIVIL RIGHTS; JOHN STENNIS' RECOMMENDATIONS; REQUEST THAT SHE BE HONORARY CHAIRMAN OF BANQUET SPONSORED BY CAPITAL PRESS CLUB; RFK; HARRY TRUMAN'S
Telephone conversation # 2127, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 2/19/1964, 5:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED TO PASS FARM BILL IN SENATE, COMPLAINS ABOUT SENATE OPERATIONS; HHH; ALLEN ELLENDER'S OPPOSITION TO COTTON PROVISIONS OF FARM BILL; TAX BILL; TIMING OF FARM BILL AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; STORIES IN PRESS
Telephone conversation # 2128, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 2/19/1964, 5:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED TO PASS FARM BILL IN SENATE, COMPLAINS ABOUT SENATE OPERATIONS; HHH; ALLEN ELLENDER'S OPPOSITION TO COTTON PROVISIONS OF FARM BILL; TAX BILL; TIMING OF FARM BILL AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; STORIES IN PRESS
Telephone conversation # 2149, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/20/1964, 5:28PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS LEAK TO MARY MCGRORY, POSSIBLY FROM JUSTICE DEPT, FOR STORY ON SENATE STRATEGY ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; HHH; EVERETT DIRKSEN; RICHARD RUSSELL; RFK
Telephone conversation # 2206, sound recording, LBJ and ADLAI STEVENSON, 2/26/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PANAMA SITUATION, QUESTION OF NEGOTIATIONS ON RE-WRITING PANAMA CANAL TREATY; LBJ AND STEVENSON ASSERT DIFFERING VIEWS ON POSSIBLE PRESS, CONGRESSIONAL, PUBLIC REACTION TO RE-WRITING TREATY
Telephone conversation # 2673, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/27/1964, 8:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY REPORTS THAT US AIR FORCE PILOTS SHOT DOWN OVER EAST GERMANY HAVE BEEN RELEASED, SENATE HAS REJECTED WAYNE MORSE'S MOTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; DISCUSSION OF RESPONSE TO PRESS ON BOTH MATTERS
Telephone conversation # 2678, sound recording, LBJ and SHERMAN BIRDWELL, 3/27/1964, 3:11PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS BIRDWELL HE HAS SIGNED RESOLUTION PROVIDING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR EX-SERVICEMEN AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES; BIRDWELL ADVISES LBJ TO ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE
Telephone conversation # 2697, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/28/1964, 3:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK ABOUT HIS PRESS RESPONSE TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF US POLICY ON PANAMA, CUBA, CHINA; RUSK REPORTS ON RUMORS REGARDING USSR AND CHINA, RELEASE OF US PILOTS SHOT DOWN OVER EAST GERMANY; DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF WOMEN
Telephone conversation # 2707, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD KENNEDY, 3/30/1964, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES KENNEDY ON HIS "MEET THE PRESS" APPEARANCE YESTERDAY, EXPRESSES DESIRE FOR UNITY WITH KENNEDY FAMILY, INTENTION TO ENACT JFK'S PROGRAM
Telephone conversation # 2964, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 4/9/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; POSSIBLE NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION; REACTIONS OF OREN HARRIS, JOHN PASTORE, PHIL HART; PRESS STORIES ON REPUBLICAN ACTION IN HOUSE; H. R. GROSS; CEA EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC EFFECTS
Telephone conversation # 2982, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/10/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REQUESTS FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING FOR REPUBLICAN GOVS.; FOREIGN POLICY, CIA BRIEFINGS FOR MAJOR CANDIDATES, FORMER PRESIDENTS; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON AFRICA, COMMUNISTS; MLF MEETING THIS AFTERNOON; DOUGLAS DILLON
Telephone conversation # 3031, sound recording, LBJ and OLIN JOHNSTON, 4/14/1964, 6:12PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON APPOINTING ROBERT HEMPHILL, CHARLES SIMONS TO JUDICIARY IN SOUTH CAROLINA; STROM THURMOND; WILLIAM DOHERTY; FEDERAL PAY BILL
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 # 2301, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/2/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GOLDWATER CHARGES, AIR FORCE, NAVY DISPUTE ON MISSILE RELIABILITY; US POLICY IN VIETNAM, PRESS COVERAGE, CONGRESSIONAL REACTION; LBJ'S SPEECH IN LA; WALT ROSTOW; MCGEORGE BUNDY; SUPPORT FOR KHANH REGIME; HENRY CABOT LODGE, PAY INCREASE FOR SOLDIERS
Telephone conversation # 2307, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 3/2/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ PRAISES BALL'S APPEARANCE ON "MEET THE PRESS"; PANAMA; GREECE; TURKEY; UN RESOLUTION ON CYPRUS; LBJ WANTS SOMEONE IN STATE DEPT TO BRIEF SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 2320, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 3/2/1964, 8:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON APPOINTING WILL MITCHELL TO CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION; RICHARD RUSSELL'S TV APPEARANCE; LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE; PANAMA; CYPRUS; US ECONOMY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH HAROLD WILSON OF UK; LBJ READS VIETNAM STATEMENT PREPARED BY ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 2342, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 3/3/1964, 5:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JENKINS GIVES FURTHER REPORT ON COST OF PROPOSED HEW FACILITIES TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, AND WEST VIRGINIA OR POSSIBLY NORTH CAROLINA; ELMER STAATS, ROBERT BYRD; STATEMENT TO PRESS ON COURT OF CLAIMS VACANCY
Telephone conversation # 2587, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/21/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMMENTS ON TV STORY ABOUT HIS MEETING WITH RUSSELL, CARL VINSON YESTERDAY; LBJ'S STATEMENT ON PANAMA; PRESS STORIES CRITICAL OF PANAMA POLICY
Telephone conversation # 2588, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 3/21/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS AND DEFENDS HIS STATEMENT ON PANAMA, REFERS TO HIS MEETING WITH BARBARA WARD EARLIER, HIS CALL TO NEWSPAPER PUBLISHER IN MACON, GEORGIA; RUSSELL COMMENTS ON POPULAR OPINION, PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION ON PANAMA; UN; OAS
Telephone conversation # 2631, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 3/24/1964, 10:28AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS STORY ON FEDERAL BUDGET; DISCUSSION OF CRITICAL SPEECHES BY FRANK BOW ON HOUSE FLOOR REGARDING BUDGET, POSSIBLE REBUTTAL SPEECHES BY CARL ALBERT AND OTHERS, PUBLICITY FOR BUDGET SAVINGS CREATED BY HOLDING APPROPRIATED FUNDS
Telephone conversation # 3059, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/18/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PROPOSED COMMENTS FOR LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY ON UPCOMING FOREIGN AFFAIRS SPEECH AT AP LUNCHEON IN NYC, 4/20/64; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; TREATY RIGHTS IN NICARAGUA; PANAMA; CHINA
Telephone conversation # 3089, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/21/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY ASKS IF JOHN MCCONE SHOULD BE AT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP BRIEFING TOMORROW; NSC MEETING TOMORROW; PLUTONIUM REACTORS; INFORMATION FOR PRESS ON LUNCH MEETING TODAY; CUTBACK IN URANIUM PRODUCTION; VIETNAM, LAOS
Telephone conversation # 3116, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 4/23/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT POLICY OF NOTIFYING MEMBERS OF CONGRESS REGARDING FEDERAL PROJECTS AWARDED IN THEIR DISTRICTS; PRESS CONFERENCE QUESTION ABOUT FRED BLACK BRIBERY TRIAL; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT CHARGES OF CORRUPTION IN GOVT
Telephone conversation # 2853, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/4/1964, 12:34PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE MEETING WITH MCNAMARA LATER TODAY; BRIEF MENTION OF LBJ'S "PROBLEM" WITH CURTIS LEMAY; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT DOD MEAT PURCHASES TO BE SHIPPED OVERSEAS; DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL BASE CLOSINGS
Telephone conversation # 2903, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/8/1964, 11:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH UNIDENTIFIED MALE (CURTIS LEMAY?); UPCOMING MILITARY EXERCISES; SHOOTDOWN OF US AIRPLANE OVER EAST GERMANY; HANDLING REACTION TO BASE CLOSINGS IN MASSACHUSETTS; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 4109, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 7/1/1964, 5:37PM? (Item)
  • Press relations
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES ALBERT MITCHELL, MARVIN JONES, WILLIAM BATTEN, THURMAN ARNOLD TO NATIONAL FOOD MARKETING COMMISSION; SIGNING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; PRESS COVERAGE OF HOUSE VOTE ON MOTION BY OTTO PASSMAN TO RECOMMIT FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Telephone conversation # 4113, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 7/1/1964, 6:05PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES MAHON, ROONEY, ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; ROLE OF OTTO PASSMAN; LBJ ASKS ROONEY TO ARRANGE ADEQUATE PRESS COVERAGE
Telephone conversation # 4116, sound recording, LBJ and CLARE BOOTHE LUCE, 7/2/1964, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LUCE EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT LBJ'S SIGNING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL ON JULY 4; LBJ EXPLAINS BACKGROUND, TIMING OF PASSAGE OF BILL, SIGNING CEREMONY, PRESS DISTORTIONS; LUCE ASKS LADY BIRD JOHNSON FOR AN INTERVIEW, SAYS SHE WILL ATTEND BOTH CONVENTIONS
Telephone conversation # 3767, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/18/1964, 11:11AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • POSSIBLE SUCCESSORS TO HENRY CABOT LODGE; MAXWELL TAYLOR; U. ALEXIS JOHNSON; CRITICISM FROM LEFT WING, RIGHT WING; IMPORTANCE OF US DEFENDING VIETNAM, US OBJECTIVES; CRITICISM IN PRESS; RFK; DANGERS TO NGUYEN KHANH REGIME, US BEING OUSTED FROM
Telephone conversation # 3521, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; ROBERT MCNAMARA; USSR, CHINA SPLIT; PRESS STORIES; EFFECTIVENESS OF BOMBING; COMPARISON WITH KOREA; QUESTION OF US WITHDRAWAL; DISCUSSION OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH OVER VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 3542, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 5/28/1964, 1:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR HOUSE RULE ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ READS PRESS STORY ON REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON POVERTY BILL; NEED FOR STATEMENT BY SARGENT SHRIVER ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECHES AT JOHNSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL, AT UT
Telephone conversation # 3610, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/2/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WITH ISRAEL'S PRIME MINISTER LEVI ESHKOL; UPCOMING CALL WITH ROBERT ANDERSON REGARDING CHARLES DE GAULLE; FRANCE; HONOLULU MEETING ON VIETNAM; COMMENT BY MELVIN LAIRD ON PLANS FOR INVASION OF NORTH VIETNAM, PRESS REACTION
Telephone conversation # 3614, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/2/1964, 4:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • STATEMENT BY MELVIN LAIRD ABOUT US CONTINGENCY PLANS TO INVADE NORTH VIETNAM, RUSK'S POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO PRESS; PROGRESS OF VIETNAM TALKS IN HONOLULU; FOUR POSSIBLE POLICIES IN VIETNAM; ROBERT MCNAMARA; HENRY CABOT LODGE
Telephone conversation # 3651, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/9/1964, 12:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT, ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON OTHER CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO INFORM; US POLICY ON VIETNAM; VIEWS OF DE GAULLE; FRANCE; CANADA'S BLAIR SEABORN MISSION TO NORTH VIETNAM; BOURKE HICKENLOOPER; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3652, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/9/1964, 12:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEED TO CONSULT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON LAOS, VIETNAM POLICY; PROBLEM OF PRESS LEAKS; VOTES ON SENATE AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL PRIOR TO CLOTURE VOTE