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  • "CHICAGO"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DALEY IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; DALEY IS DISCONNECTED AND LBJ ASKS OPERATOR TO CALL DALEY BACK BUT CALL IS NOT RECORDED
  • LBJ DISCUSSES DIFFICULTY GETTING APPROPRIATIONS FOR DEMONSTRATION CITIES IN NEW CONGRESS; DALEY SUGGESTS MONEY BE SPENT ON PROJECTS, NOT PLANNING; MLK'S TESTIMONY AT RIBICOFF HEARINGS; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET, DEFICIT, US ECONOMY; LBJ'S
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LBJ SETS GOAL OF 100% VOTING; WAYS TO IMPROVE VOTER REGISTRATION; POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; HENRY REUSS' CHARGE OF DELAY IN CIVIL RIGHTS PROSECUTIONS; SUPREME COURT DECISION AFFIRMING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT; JOHN CONNOR; NEW
  • "FROM BEDROOM 3-8-68"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ'S 3/6/68 MEETING WITH FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, HICKENLOOPER, AIKEN, SPARKMAN; SENATE DEBATE ON VIETNAM YESTERDAY; LBJ'S TALK WITH RICHARD RUSSELL; AUGUST 1964 TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; NEED FOR MORE TROOPS; DOD BUDGET; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; RESERVE
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LBJ TALKED TO MOYERS AT 9:30A AND 9:25P ON 3/9/64; SLIP LISTS CALL AT 9:30, BUT CONTEXT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES THAT THIS CALL WAS IN THE EVENING; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - C
  • DRAFT OF POVERTY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, NEED TO CONSULT HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, PHIL LANDRUM SPONSORING POVERTY BILL; WH SPEECHWRITERS; NEWSWEEK STORY ON RFK, NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP; PAUL CORBIN; WH PRESS LEAKS
  • "NYC TRIP"; "(NOT A CLEAR BELT) VM 7/28/64"; VALENTI TALKS TO OPERATOR AT BEGINNING OF CALL; SLIP LISTS TIME OF CALL AS 4:22P, DAILY DIARY AS 6:15P; CONTEXT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES TIME AS 6:15P
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  • "JUANITA"; "FROM BEDROOM 3-14-68"; "TRANSCRIBED BY CAROL CURRIE (1 COPY)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • DALEY'S TALK WITH RFK ABOUT RFK'S FUTURE, VIETNAM COMMISSION; LBJ SUGGESTS RFK MEET WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON VIETNAM; RFK'S CRITICISM OF LACK OF SPENDING ON CITIES, KERNER COMMISSION RECOMMENDATIONS; NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY; LBJ'S MEETING WITH EDWARD
  • LBJ ASKS FOR LABOR'S ASSISTANCE IN OBTAINING VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL, ESPECIALLY WITH REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN FROM BUFFALO, NEW YORK, AND FROM NEW JERSEY; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S RECENT STATEMENT ON VP NOMINATION; HHH
  • CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS RESULTS; INCREASE IN DEMOCRATIC MAJORITY IN HOUSE; REPUBLICAN VICTORY IN ALABAMA; SENATE RACES IN NEVADA, CALIFORNIA, NEW MEXICO, NEW YORK, MARYLAND, HAWAII; NEED TO IMPROVE LBJ'S PUBLIC IMAGE; HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, 21-DAY
  • RFK TELLS LBJ HE IS BACK IN WASHINGTON, DC, WORKING; LBJ REPORTS HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, NEW PROGRAMS; EDWARD KENNEDY'S RECOVERY AND RE-ELECTION; LBJ ASKS RFK IF HE LIKES HIS NEW JOB, COMMENTS THAT HE HAD BEEN HAPPIEST IN THE SENATE
  • KENNEDY ASKS ABOUT DISCUSSING REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION FOR NEW ENGLAND IN SPEECH TOMORROW; LBJ DISCUSSES APPALACHIA PROGRAM, SUPPORT FOR NEW ENGLAND, ADVISES KENNEDY TO INTRODUCE BILL; IMMIGRATION BILL; LBJ DENIES REPORTS OF BREAK
  • NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY POLITICS; LBJ TEASES DUBINSKY ABOUT JOHN LINDSAY'S ELECTION; MINIMUM WAGE BILL SIGNING CEREMONY IN NYC OR IN THE SOUTH; NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE AND EFFECT ON 1968 ELECTION; LIBERAL PARTY SUPPORT FOR FDR, JR., NOT FRANK
  • DISCUSSION OF NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE; LBJ ASKS FOR LIBERAL PARTY SUPPORT OF FRANK O'CONNOR, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT ELECTION OF REPUBLICANS JOHN LINDSAY, NELSON ROCKEFELLER; RAMIFICATIONS OF NEW YORK ELECTION ON 1968 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH RICHARD RUSSELL ON MILITARY ASSISTANCE PROGRAM, DOD BUDGET; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF CLOSING NAVY YARDS IN BOSTON, PHILADELPHIA, SAN FRANCISCO, NEW YORK; UPCOMING MEETING ON DOD BUDGET; OPPOSITION TO CANCELLATION OF DYNASOAR
  • LBJ INVITES O'BRIEN FOR SWIM, TO DINNER WHEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; TONIGHT'S WH CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; BRUCE ALGER; CIVIL RIGHTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE, WISCONSIN PRIMARIES; PAUL CORBIN; MARY MCGRORY
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS VISIT WITH JOHN MCCORMACK AND CARL ALBERT LAST NIGHT; FARM, FOOD STAMP, CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS; WINNING SUPPORT FROM NORTHERN DEMOCRATS; ADLAI STEVENSON; JONATHAN BINGHAM'S CANDIDACY AGAINST NEW YORK CONGRESSMAN CHARLES BUCKLEY
  • RECEPTION FOR WOMEN IN GOVT; LBJ'S APPEARANCE AT OPENING DAY BASEBALL GAME; JOHN CONNALLY; FRANK THOMPSON, VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE IN NEW JERSEY, ELSEWHERE; KEN O'DONNELL; VOTE ON FARM BILL, O. C. FISHER
  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL OPPOSED BILL; POSSIBILITY OF PASSING NEW BILL; RAILROAD, TRUCKING VERSUS PORT INTERESTS; JOHN YOUNG; RE-ELECTION CAMPAIGN BY HARRIS IN ARKANSAS
  • MANSFIELD REPORTS ON VOTES FOR MEDICARE AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY BILL, ASKS LBJ TO ASK CARL HAYDEN FOR HIS VOTE; LBJ TELLS MANSFIELD TO TALK WITH DIRKSEN ABOUT NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOLDWATER
  • STATUS OF MEDICARE AMENDMENT TO SENATE SOCIAL SECURITY BILL; HEAD COUNT; CARL HAYDEN'S VOTE; HERBERT WALTERS; BOBBY BAKER CASE, FBI INVESTIGATION; JOSEPH CLARK'S REQUEST TO HEAD PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR LBJ GROUP; MATTHEW MCCLOSKEY; NEW YORK
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ROBERT WAGNER; POVERTY PROGRAM IN NEW YORK; LBJ ASKS REUTHER'S AID IN GETTING VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO BILL, LABOR'S LOBBYING EFFORTS; FARMERS' UNION; UAW NEGOTIATIONS; RFK; RECENT POLL ON LBJ, VP
  • DISCUSSION OF DIFFICULTIES IN PASSING POVERTY BILL CAUSED BY DOD LETTER INFORMING HUGH CAREY, NEW YORK DELEGATION, THAT JOBS WILL BE ELIMINATED AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; LBJ DESCRIBES OTHER PROBLEMS IN PASSING BILL; EFFECT OF LETTER ON RULES COMMITTEE
  • DISCUSSION OF DIFFICULTIES IN PASSING POVERTY BILL CAUSED BY DOD LETTER INFORMING HUGH CAREY, NEW YORK DELEGATION, THAT 500 JOBS WILL BE ELIMINATED AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD
  • DISCUSSION OF DIFFICULTIES IN PASSING POVERTY BILL CAUSED BY DOD LETTER INFORMING NEW YORK DELEGATION OF ELIMINATION OF JOBS AT BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; EFFECT OF JOB LOSS ON HUGH CAREY'S RE-ELECTION; LBJ EMPHASIZES HIS PERSONAL INTEREST IN POVERTY BILL
  • DISCUSSION OF LARRY O'BRIEN'S DESIRE FOR NEW JOB, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT AS DNC CHAIRMAN; O'BRIEN'S SUCCESS AS WH CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON; DALEY PRAISES JOHN BAILEY'S LOYALTY; ILLINOIS ELECTION RESULTS; RE-ELECTION OF OTTO KERNER; ROLAND LIBONATI'S
  • MATTHEW MCCLOSKY'S HEARING; PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS; DEFEAT OF GENEVIEVE BLATT IN SENATE RACE; DEMOCRATIC LOSS OF JEWISH, ITALIAN VOTE; LBJ'S ELECTION BET WITH FRANK SMITH; LARRY O'BRIEN'S WISH FOR NEW JOB, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO DNC; REORGANIZATION
  • ROSE CONGRATULATES LBJ ON NOMINATION, VP SELECTION, DISCUSSES POLL ON HHH-WILLIAM MILLER, RFK NEW YORK SENATE RACE, ASKS LBJ'S LEGAL VOTING ADDRESS; DISCUSSION OF SENATE VICTORY OF MEDICARE AMENDMENT; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON HANDLING PUBLICITY ON BOBBY
  • ALBERT GIVES PESSIMISTIC REPORT ON HOUSE VOTE ON SENATE MEDICARE AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY BILL, OPTIMISTIC REPORT ON SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN OKLAHOMA; SENATE RACE BETWEEN FRED HARRIS, BUD WILKINSON; EFFECT OF NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CIVIL
  • 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
  • DISCUSSION OF LEONARD FARBSTEIN'S CRITICISM OF OEO, WILLIAM HADDAD; FARBSTEIN'S DEFEAT OF HADDAD IN 1964 NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL RACE; LBJ ASKS ALBERT TO LOOK INTO ED EDMONDSON'S ALLEGED CRITICISM OF BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT
  • 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
  • POWELL REPORTS ON UNNAMED BILL (MINIMUM WAGE?); POSSIBLE LOSS OF DEMOCRATIC SEATS IN UPCOMING ELECTIONS; NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY'S NOMINATION OF FDR, JR. FOR GOV.; APPOINTMENT OF HOWARD GAMSER; CARL ALBERT'S HEALTH; POWELL'S REMARKS TO RFK PRAISING
  • POSSIBLE NYC SIGNING CEREMONY FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL; INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF BILL; COMPLICATIONS DUE TO NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE; LIBERAL PARTY AND FDR, JR.; CANDIDATES FOR US DELEGATION TO UN; PRESS STORY ON LBJ'S MEETING WITH JEWISH WAR
  • 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
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ LISTENS TO TV NEWS AT TIMES DURING CONVERSATION; FORTAS IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR AT TIMES
  • FEDERAL BUDGET; REORGANIZING POVERTY PROGRAM; EFFECT OF RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; LBJ READS LIST OF REPUBLICAN VOTES ON PAST DOMESTIC LEGISLATION; FUNDING FOR NEW AND EXISTING DOMESTIC PROGRAMS; PROPORTION OF PRESIDENT'S PARTY IN CONGRESS
  • NEW YORK, ILLINOIS POVERTY BILL VOTES; CHARGE OF UNDUE WH INFLUENCE; LBJ'S COLD; GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT; CONCERNS ABOUT POLITICAL EFFECT OF POVERTY PROGRAM; LIFE MAGAZINE ARTICLES; RFK; ROPER POLL; WHITE BACKLASH; REPUBLICAN BACKLASH; SYRACUSE
  • RECORDING OF THIS CALL INTERRUPTS RECORDING OF REF #8821; SHRIVER ON HOLD 0:50; SHRIVER ASKS ROBERTS IF HE CAN GIVE LBJ GOOD NEWS; BOOZER? TELLS UNIDENTIFIED MALE THAT SHRIVER WANTS TO SPEAK WITH LBJ
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION AT TIMES TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
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