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  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; ROBERT MCNAMARA IS MEETING WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; MCNAMARA, CALIFANO ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • "3-13-68"; "RE GOLD BILL & LEGISLATION"; "SUMMARIZED"; "FROM BEDROOM MARCH 13, 1968" AND "LISTENED TO-YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • RUSSELL LONG IS MEETING WITH HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AT TIME OF CALL; FOWLER IS LISTED ON SLIP BUT DOES NOT SPEAK ON THIS RECORDING; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • 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
  • ASIAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; LBJ THANKS DOUGLAS FOR HIS ACTION YESTERDAY (ON TAX BILL?), DISCUSSES FISCAL IRRESPONSIBILITY OF RECENT BILLS; GEORGE MEANY'S SUGGESTION ON TIMING, RATE OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES IN PENDING BILL; EFFECT OF BILL ON ELECTIONS
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ IS MEETING WITH WALT ROSTOW AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • . That is not the answer. We are in Vietnam to honor a commitment which preceded President Johnson and which was later authorized by the Congress. He is following exactly the right course. The President finds himself pressured in the Congress, and at times beleaguered