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Telephone conversation # 6320, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/11/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT CLOSING DEFENSE FACILITIES IN EL PASO, ORLANDO, NEW ENGLAND; POLITICAL, ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF CLOSING PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD; POSSIBLE USE OF DEFENSE CONTRACTS TO EASE EFFECTS AS IN SOUTH BEND LITTON PROJECT; EDMUND MUSKIE
Telephone conversation # 5542, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/9/1964, 10:34AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION OF FIGURES ON 43-MONTH COMPARISON OF TIME LOST FROM STRIKES; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF UAW-CHRYSLER SETTLEMENT; LBJ PRAISES WIRTZ' RECENT TV APPEARANCE; NEW POLL ON BACKLASH, FRONTLASH ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 5930, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/20/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING EDWIN WEISL, SR., AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ INTERRUPTS MCNAMARA TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS DURING CALL
Telephone conversation # 5472, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/3/1964, 6:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ON ANNOUNCEMENT THAT NICHOLAS KATZENBACH WILL SERVE AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL FOLLOWING RFK'S RESIGNATION; QUESTION OF NEED TO NAME PERMANENT APPOINTEE; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; JOHN BYRNES; POSSIBLE STEEL PRICE INCREASE
Telephone conversation # 7109, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 3/18/1965, 5:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS ANDERSON HE HAS NOMINATED HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY; FOWLER REMINISCES ABOUT WORKING WITH ANDERSON ON TAX BILL; ANDERSON ASKS IF HE CAN VISIT WITH LBJ ABOUT NEW MEXICO APPOINTMENTS AND EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S CHOICE
Telephone conversation # 8813, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/2/1965, 1:24PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE SELECTED STEEL PRICE INCREASES TO AVOID STRIKE; INFLATIONARY EFFECT OF STEEL PRICE INCREASE, INCREASE IN AUTO PRICES; CLARK CLIFFORD'S ROLE IN STEEL TALKS; DALLAS MORNING NEWS PURCHASE OF DALLAS SUBURBAN PAPERS; IMMIGRATION
Telephone conversation # 9332, sound recording, LBJ and WARREN MAGNUSON, 12/24/1965, 5:08PM (Item)
  • CHRISTMAS GREETINGS; MAGNUSON EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSED HALT IN HYDROELECTRIC PROJECTS ALREADY UNDERWAY BECAUSE OF BUDGETARY CONCERNS, DISCUSSES ECONOMIC EFFECT OF HALT, ALTERNATIVE BUDGET CUTS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS DESIRE TO AVOID NEW TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 10106, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1966, 8:26AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES IMPACT OF VIETNAM SPENDING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, GREAT SOCIETY; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED DEFICIT, LACK OF LIBERAL SUPPORT FOR NEW PROGRAMS, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, ECONOMY AND UPCOMING
Telephone conversation # 9861, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/9/1966, 12:58PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S TALKS WITH CONGRESSIONAL, LABOR LEADERS ABOUT MINIMUM WAGE BILL; TIMING AND RATE OF PROPOSED INCREASE; GEORGE MEANY'S SUPPORT FOR NEW PROPOSAL; ECONOMIC, POLITICAL EFFECTS OF INCREASE; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR REPEAL OF TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B; OTHER LABOR
Telephone conversation # 10718, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/7/1966, 11:10AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF VIETNAM RESOLUTION UNDER CONSIDERATION AT NEW YORK STATE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH INVOLVEMENT OF HHH'S SUPPORTERS IN MATTER, ASKS WEISL'S ADVICE ABOUT LOWERING INTEREST RATES
Telephone conversation # 10757, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/12/1966, 8:35PM (Item)
  • VETO OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE BILL; GOLDBERG DISCUSSES PROPOSED SIGNING CEREMONY IN NYC FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL; NEW YORK POLITICS; LBJ PRAISES JEWISH CEREMONY AT CORRINE BOGGS' WEDDING, ASKS GOLDBERG TO BE HIS LABOR LIAISON; UN
Telephone conversation # 10553, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ LISTENS TO TV NEWS AT TIMES DURING CONVERSATION; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 9402, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/2/1966, 12:56PM (Item)
  • LBJ OFFERS DIRKSEN NEW YEAR'S, BIRTHDAY GREETINGS; INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF BETHLEHEM STEEL PRICE INCREASE; WAR-PROFITEERING; LBJ DISCUSSES ESTIMATES OF COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR IN FEDERAL BUDGET REQUEST; DIRKSEN ADVISES LBJ TO USE LOWER ESTIMATE; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 2528, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 3/18/1964, 8:09AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 9193, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 11/29/1965, 9:35AM (Item)
  • FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH LONG, BUSINESSMEN IN NEW ORLEANS; LBJ TELLS LONG OF HIS MEETING WITH ALBERT GORE ON GORE'S CONCERNS ABOUT LONG SERVING AS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MAJORITY WHIP; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN AND INTEREST RATES; INCREASED FEDERAL BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 10552, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION AT TIMES TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING