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Telephone conversation # 5408, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/1/1964, 11:24AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING; RESPONSE TO RECENT CHARGES BY DON REYNOLDS, JOHN WILLIAMS IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S MEETING WITH LBJ, ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ, HHH
Telephone conversation # 5413, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/1/1964, 7:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INQUIRES ABOUT ALLEGATIONS MADE BY DON REYNOLDS THAT MATTHEW MCCLOSKEY MADE ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOBBY BAKER IN 1960 CAMPAIGN; LBJ REQUESTS THAT FBI RE-INTERVIEW REYNOLDS; PRESS STORY THAT LBJ WILL NOT BE ON BALLOT IN IOWA
Telephone conversation # 5422, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/2/1964, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS ON DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, PRESS HANDLING OF ISSUE; GEORGE REEDY; FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE ON ISSUE; POLITICAL NATURE OF CHARGES BY REPUBLICANS; DON REYNOLDS; MATTHEW MCCLOSKEY; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 4823, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/8/1964, 10:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SEATING OF MFDP AT CONVENTION; VANCE HARTKE, INDIANA POLITICS; HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL; RFK'S FUTURE; NEED FOR SENATE APPROVAL OF HOUSE POVERTY BILL AMENDMENTS ON LOYALTY OATH, EDITH GREEN'S FARM PROVISIONS; PRESS QUESTION ABOUT ADAM
Telephone conversation # 4839, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/9/1964, 8:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED FOR SENATE TO CONCUR ON HOUSE POVERTY BILL TO AVOID CONFERENCE; PHIL LANDRUM'S RE-ELECTION; STEEL PRICES; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RALPH YARBOROUGH; MEDICARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; DNC AND LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; VOTER REGISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 4843, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 8/9/1964, 9:23AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES SHRIVER ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF MAURICE MITCHELL TO HEAD JOB CORPS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT NYA EXPERIENCE; LBJ'S PERSONAL LOBBYING; CONGRESS' SUCCESSFUL RECORD; ADAM YARMOLINSKY; PRESS AND WH STAFF
Telephone conversation # 4868, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/10/1964, 5:36PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON EFFORT TO SCHEDULE SENATE VOTE ON POVERTY BILL TONIGHT; MANSFIELD'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH DIRKSEN, GOLDWATER; JOHN TOWER'S, JACOB JAVITS' WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT ADVERSE EFFECT OF DELAY, PRESS STORIES ON ADAM
Telephone conversation # 4880, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/11/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR PRESS; POSSIBLE QUESTIONS ABOUT ADAM YARMOLINSKY FOLLOWING EVANS & NOVAK COLUMN THIS AM; LBJ RECOUNTS HISTORY OF YARMOLINSKY'S ROLE IN POVERTY PROGRAM, SARGENT SHRIVER'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSMEN ABOUT YARMOLINSKY
Telephone conversation # 4881, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/11/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT ADAM YARMOLINSKY, HIS ROLE IN POVERTY PROGRAM, FOLLOWING EVANS & NOVAK COLUMN; POSSIBLE SPEECH BY HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON IN RESPONSE TO GOLDWATER'S DEFENSE SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 4907, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/13/1964, 11:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S MEETING THIS AFTERNOON WITH COLLEGE EDUCATORS, REQUESTS FOR PHOTO COVERAGE OF MEETING; LBJ SUGGESTS REVISIONS IN ERIC GOLDMAN'S DRAFT SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 4633, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/3/1964, 10:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF INVITING JACQUELINE KENNEDY TO ATTEND JFK MEMORIAL AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; BRIEFING FOR MEMBERS OF ARMED SERVICES, FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEES ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK; POLITICAL EFFECTS OF INCIDENT; PRESS, PUBLIC STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 4667, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/4/1964, 11:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 4669, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 11:34AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS BRIEFING ITEMS; APPOINTMENTS OF US ATTORNEY IN OREGON, CONNECTICUT JUDGES, FDR III TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT FOUNDATION BOARD; UPI REQUEST TO PHOTOGRAPH NSC MEETING; TONKIN GULF ATTACK; DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES, POSSIBLE EFFECT ON POVERTY BILL
Telephone conversation # 4682, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 8/4/1964, 5:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INVITES MAHON TO WH, ASKS IF HE SPOKE WITH ANYONE ABOUT TONKIN GULF ATTACK BECAUSE PRESS STORIES INDICATE LEAK CAME FROM CONGRESSIONAL SOURCE; MAHON DISCUSSES SPESSARD HOLLAND, CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR COTTON RESEARCH
Telephone conversation # 4692, sound recording, LBJ and OLIN JOHNSTON, 8/4/1964, 6:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JOHNSTON TELLS LBJ THAT FEDERAL PAY BILL HAS PASSED BOTH HOUSES OF CONGRESS; DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING SIGNING CEREMONY; JOHNSTON TELLS LBJ HE HAS TOLD PRESS HE WILL VOTE FOR LBJ, EMPHASIZES IMPORTANCE OF VOTERS' FEAR OF WAR AS CAMPAIGN ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 4701, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/4/1964, 8:47PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS WHITE IF HE HAS INFORMED FBI THEY MAY ISSUE PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BODIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS HAVE BEEN FOUND; WHITE REPORTS ON CALLS TO THEIR FAMILIES; LBJ ASKS HIM TO CALL OGDEN REID, WILLIAM RYAN, ASKS WHITE TO REVIEW
Telephone conversation # 4381, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 7/29/1964, 10:32AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LONG'S EFFORTS TO GET PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN MISSOURI; FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN'S POSITION ON CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; ESTHER PETERSON'S INVOLVEMENT WITH PAUL DOUGLAS' TRUTH-IN-LENDING BILL; APPOINTMENT OF ZEIGEL NEFF TO JUSTICE DEPT BOARD
Telephone conversation # 4735, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/5/1964, 3:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF WALTER REUTHER'S LOBBYING EFFORTS ON POVERTY BILL, ESPECIALLY WITH JOHN LINDSAY, OTIS PIKE; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE PRESS ASSISTANCE IN GETTING VOTES; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATIONS WITH GEORGE MAHON, JOHN FLYNT
Telephone conversation # 4757, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/5/1964, 4:14PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER LBJ'S MEETING WITH PLANS FOR PROGRESS GROUP SHOULD BE ON THE RECORD; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT WHITE BACKLASH
Telephone conversation # 4777, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 8/6/1964, 1:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS BY HHH ON TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, STATEMENT INFERRING US MIGHT HAVE PROVOKED ATTACKS, US-USSR COMMUNICATIONS ON VIETNAM; HENRY FORD II'S VIEWS ON HHH AS POSSIBLE VP NOMINEE; RFK'S NOTE TO OTHER CABINET MEMBERS ON VP
Telephone conversation # 4778, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 8/6/1964, 1:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RESULTS OF ROPER POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR RFK FOR VP NOMINATION WHICH WILL APPEAR IN LIFE MAGAZINE; HHH'S PRESS LEAKS; LBJ ADVISES HHH BUILD SUPPORT WITH PARTY LEADERS LIKE RICHARD DALEY; WHITE BACKLASH AGAINST LBJ; REPUBLICAN BACKLASH AGAINST
Telephone conversation # 4802, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT JONES, 8/7/1964, 2:24PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT HHH'S PRESS LEAKS ABOUT EVENTS SURROUNDING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; JONES TELLS LBJ HIS CONSCIENCE DICTATES THAT HE VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL DESPITE POSSIBLE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES; LBJ THANKS JONES, ASSURES HIM OF HIS SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 5193, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/25/1964, 7:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS EASTLAND FOR HELP IN GETTING ACCEPTANCE OF COMPROMISE ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION AND MFDP, REPORTS ON HIS CALL TO RICHARD RUSSELL ON ISSUE; PRESS REPORTS ON EASTLAND'S, GOV. PAUL JOHNSON'S COMMUNICATIONS WITH LBJ; SOUTHERN SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 5197, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/25/1964, 8:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • EFFORTS TO GET SOUTHERN DELEGATIONS TO ACCEPT COMPROMISE ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION; HHH, PRESS LEAKS; LBJ'S TALKS WITH RICHARD RUSSELL, JAMES EASTLAND, CARL SANDERS; MFDP'S REQUEST FOR ROLL CALL; PAUL JOHNSON; "BULL" CONNOR; EDITH GREEN
Telephone conversation # 5219, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/26/1964, 12:41PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ FOR RESPONSE TO PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT STORY THAT WH THEATER WILL BE CONVERTED INTO TV STUDIO, ABOUT MIKE MANSFIELD'S ALLEGED STATEMENT THAT LBJ WILL GO TO ATLANTIC CITY TOMORROW MORNING, AND ABOUT TELEGRAM FROM EUGENE MCCARTHY TO LBJ
Telephone conversation # 5029, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK LAUSCHE, 8/19/1964, 12:17PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LAUSCHE ASKS LBJ ABOUT STATUS OF LOUIS SELTZER'S REQUEST THAT LBJ OPEN "PARADE OF PROGRESS" IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, BY PRESSING BUTTON FROM WASHINGTON, DC OR LBJ RANCH; LAUSCHE ENCOURAGES LBJ TO AGREE TO DO IT
Telephone conversation # 5078, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 8/21/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON, MANSFIELD DISCUSS PRESS STORY THAT MRS. JOHNSON INADVERTENTLY KEPT CEREMONIAL KEY TO CITY OF BILLINGS, MONTANA, WHICH THEY WOULD LIKE BACK; MRS. JOHNSON'S PLANS TO ATTEND ALLEN ELLENDER'S LUNCH WHICH LBJ SAYS HE MAY ALSO
Telephone conversation # 5087, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/21/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH MIKE MANSFIELD ABOUT CHARLES ENGELHARD'S MEMBERSHIP ON US DELEGATION TO ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CEREMONY, REPORTS THAT DRAFT OF DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM CIRCULATED BY JOSEPH CLARK IS EARLY DRAFT, NOT CURRENT TEXT; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 5094, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 8/21/1964, 1:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS RIBICOFF TO JOIN CLINTON ANDERSON IN ASSISTING MIKE MANSFIELD AS FLOOR LEADER AND PRESS SPOKESMAN AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; ABC'S REQUEST THAT RIBICOFF STAND IN FOR HHH SHOULD HHH BE SELECTED AS VP NOMINEE; RIBICOFF PRAISES LBJ
Telephone conversation # 6139, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS DODD, 11/3/1964, 11:27PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DODD TELLS LBJ ABOUT TREMENDOUS VICTORY IN CONNECTICUT; LBJ CONGRATULATES DODD ON HIS VICTORY, ASKS HIM TO MAKE SURE PRESS REPORTS THAT VOTE IS NOT SIMPLY ANTI-GOLDWATER BUT DEMOCRATIC MANDATE, REFERS TO THEIR PAST SERVICE AS NYA ADMINISTRATORS
Telephone conversation # 6159, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/4/1964, 9:56AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENTS AND STRUCTURE OF WH STAFF; NEED FOR DEPUTY FOR BUNDY, BETTER PRESS RELATIONS; CANDIDATES FOR VARIOUS POSITIONS; RICHARD GOODWIN; JOHN BARTLOW MARTIN; HORACE BUSBY; JOSEPH CALIFANO; TOM FINNEY; LARRY O'BRIEN AND UPCOMING LEGISLATIVE
Telephone conversation # 6275, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/6/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY SUGGESTS COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT TALENT HUNT; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE; DOUGLAS DILLON; POSSIBLE CHANGES IN WH STAFF; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS AT RANCH; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOM FINNEY; VISITS BY FOREIGN MINISTERS, HAROLD
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6331, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 11/11/1964, 8:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANKS SANDERS FOR HELP IN WHISTLESTOP CAMPAIGN, REISSUES INVITATION TO RANCH; PRESS STORY ABOUT LBJ'S INVITATION TO RICHARD RUSSELL, SANDERS, OTHERS FOR 11/22/64 HUNTING TRIP; POLITICAL EFFECTS OF TRIP; BASE CLOSINGS IN GEORGIA
Telephone conversation # 5837, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 10/3/1964, 8:48PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WAGNER REPORTS ON RALLY TOMORROW AGAINST CLOSING OF BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; LBJ SAYS THAT DOD IS STUDYING ALL BASE CLOSINGS, WILL ANNOUNCE DECISION NEXT YEAR; COMPARISON OF MCNAMARA WITH ROBERT MOSES; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; RFK
Telephone conversation # 5634, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/21/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ARRANGEMENTS FOR CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST TOMORROW; LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN TO STOP PRESS LEAKS FROM DNC, CITES TODAY'S MARQUIS CHILDS COLUMN AS EXAMPLE
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 # 6340, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/12/1964, 8:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • VISIT BY MEXICO'S PRESIDENT DIAZ ORDAZ TO RANCH; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS EFFORT TO HAVE CARL SANDERS RECONSIDER INVITATION TO HUNTING TRIP AT RANCH; PRESS STORY IMPLYING INVITATION WAS SLIGHT TO SANDERS; GEORGIA POLITICS; BASE CLOSINGS IN GEORGIA; RALPH
Telephone conversation # 6345, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH MCGILL, 11/12/1964, 10:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MISUNDERSTANDING IN PRESS ABOUT INVITATION TO RICHARD RUSSELL, CARL SANDERS, OTHERS TO HUNTING TRIP AT RANCH; GEORGIA POLITICS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CALL TO SANDERS TO RECONSIDER INVITATION; MCGILL OFFERS TO ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE SANDERS TO ACCEPT
Telephone conversation # 6346, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 11/12/1964, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS ON CALLS TO RICHARD RUSSELL, RALPH MCGILL ABOUT MISUNDERSTANDING ON INVITATION TO HUNTING TRIP AT RANCH, ASKS SANDERS TO NOT REPEAT INFORMATION ON BASE CLOSINGS, TO IGNORE PRESS STORIES AND RECONSIDER INVITATION TO RANCH; GEORGIA