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Telephone conversation # 2346, sound recording, LBJ and WALT ROSTOW, 3/4/1964, 6:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ROSTOW ABOUT NEWS LEAKS CONTRIBUTING TO CHALMERS ROBERTS STORY ON NORTH VIETNAM; ROSTOW RELATES SUMMARY OF ADMINISTRATION POLICY ON VIETNAM THAT HE HAS TOLD OTHERS; ELIE ABEL STORY; LBJ'S CALIFORNIA SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 2350, sound recording, LBJ and JACK VALENTI, 3/4/1964, 8:50PM (Item)
  • VALENTI RECOMMENDS THAT LBJ ANNOUNCE NEW APPOINTMENTS OF WOMEN TONIGHT AT FIRST ELEANOR ROOSEVELT AWARDS CEREMONY
Telephone conversation # 4231, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 7/14/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AT AEC; REPUBLICAN CONVENTION KEYNOTE SPEECH LAST NIGHT; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON FOR PUBLIC OPINION POLL IN NEW MEXICO
Telephone conversation # 4602, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES FARLEY, 8/1/1964, 10:02AM (Item)
  • FARLEY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS STATEMENT ON VP NOMINATION; RFK'S POSSIBLE NEW YORK SENATE RACE; STATEMENT BY FARLEY AT HERSHEY CONFERENCE; DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION, CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; ROBERT WOODRUFF'S POLITICAL LEANINGS
Telephone conversation # 4977, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/17/1964, 9:22AM (Item)
  • WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE; FEAR THAT CIVIL RIGHTS WILL AFFECT JOBS, HOUSING; INFORMAL NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR GOLDWATER; PROPOSED TAXI FARE INCREASE IN NYC; LYNDA JOHNSON'S VISIT TO NYC, TV SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 5244, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/28/1964, 8:28AM (Item)
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 5245, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 8/28/1964, 10:17AM (Item)
  • New Jersey
Telephone conversation # 5275, sound recording, LBJ and RHEA HOWARD, 8/31/1964, 8:42AM (Item)
  • HOWARD CONGRATULATES LBJ ON CONVENTION, ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, HHH AS VP NOMINEE; MRS. JOHNSON THANKS HOWARD FOR SUPPORT; LBJ, HOWARD DISCUSS TEXAS POLITICAL SITUATION, DALLAS MORNING NEWS SUPPORT FOR LBJ, PRESS ENDORSEMENTS, JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY IN SAN
Telephone conversation # 4685, sound recording, LBJ and LOUIS SELTZER, 8/4/1964, 5:21PM (Item)
  • SELTZER ASKS LBJ TO MAKE STATEMENT BY TELEPHONE DURING DEDICATION OF CLEVELAND'S NEW PUBLIC HALL ON AUGUST 28; LBJ ASKS SELTZER TO SEND DETAILS TO HIS APPOINTMENTS SECRETARY; SELTZER PRAISES LBJ FOR HIS ACTIONS AS PRESIDENT
Telephone conversation # 4718, sound recording, LBJ and AVERELL HARRIMAN, 8/4/1964, 11:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ APOLOGIZES FOR LATENESS OF CALL; HARRIMAN SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO DISCUSS RFK'S FUTURE, DEMOCRATIC PARTY SITUATION IN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK; LBJ WILL SET UP MEETING; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO SYRACUSE, STATEMENT ON TONKIN GULF ATTACKS
Telephone conversation # 4333, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/24/1964, 5:56PM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH (TO LABOR LEADERS?) THIS AFTERNOON; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH GOLDWATER, COMMENTS ON HIS DUTIES AS PRESIDENT, GOLDWATER'S COMMENTS ON CAMPAIGN, CONCERNS ABOUT RECENT RIOTS, REQUEST TO FLY ON NEW R-12 MILITARY
Telephone conversation # 4727, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/5/1964, 2:54PM (Item)
  • REUTHER CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS TONKIN GULF STATEMENT; DISCUSSION OF EFFORTS TO GET VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; LBJ COMPARES POVERTY BILL VOTE TO FDR'S DEFEAT ON SUPREME COURT-PACKING BILL; NEED FOR LIBERAL REPUBLICAN VOTES IN NEW YORK; UAW
Telephone conversation # 6150, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 11/4/1964, 2:24AM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS O'BRIEN FOR HIS CAMPAIGN WORK; POSSIBLE DEMOCRATIC GAINS IN CONGRESS; VOTE AS MANDATE FOR LBJ; NEW YORK VOTE; PIERRE SALINGER'S DEFEAT; DEFEAT OF BRUCE ALGER, ED FOREMAN IN TEXAS; HUGH SCOTT'S, JOHN WILLIAMS' VICTORIES; LBJ THANKS ELVA
Telephone conversation # 6314, sound recording, LBJ and PORT OF HOUSTON ANNIVERSARY SPEECH, 11/10/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ ADDRESSES BY TELEPHONE THE CEREMONY MARKING 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF OPENING OF PORT OF HOUSTON, MENTIONS HIS PAST RESIDENCE IN HOUSTON, AND PUSHES BUTTON TO START CONSTRUCTION OF NEW EXPANSION OF PORT
Telephone conversation # 5855, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 10:38AM (Item)
  • CAMPAIGN; PUBLICITY FOR LBJ'S EFFORTS TO CUT GOVT WASTE; JOHN CONNALLY; MARVIN WATSON; ADVANCE WORK FOR UPCOMING TRIPS; PHOENIX TRIP; SCIENTISTS, LAWYERS, WOMEN FOR LBJ; ABE (FORTAS?); LBJ CRITICIZES NEWSPAPER ADS, PRAISES BUSBY FOR NEW ORLEANS
Telephone conversation # 5889, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/15/1964, 1:13AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5672, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS?, 9/24/1964, 4:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT CLICKING ON TELEPHONE LINE; MOYERS? REPORTS ON NEW SPEECHWRITERS WHO WILL BE WORKING ON TRIAL BASIS FOR NEXT TEN DAYS; DURING CONVERSATION SERGEANT IN LBJ'S OFFICE TELLS LBJ THAT TIME IS "QUARTER TO FIVE"
Telephone conversation # 5811, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 10/2/1964, 2:32PM (Item)
  • LBJ INQUIRES ABOUT MOYER'S HEALTH; DISCUSSION OF SPEECH DRAFTS, NEW CAMPAIGN TV AD PREPARED BY RICHARD GOODWIN; MOYERS REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH SARGENT SHRIVER ABOUT POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FOR EMMET RIORDAN IN POVERTY PROGRAM
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 # 5593, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/18/1964, 11:46AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA GIVES LBJ REPORT ON PT BOATS' ATTACK ON US DESTROYERS IN TONKIN GULF, DISCUSSES POSSIBLE RETALIATORY ACTION, NEED TO MAKE PRESS STATEMENT; LBJ CAUTIONS ABOUT ACTING HASTILY WITHOUT ADEQUATE PROOF OF ATTACK; ANNOUNCEMENT OF NEW WEAPONS
Telephone conversation # 6440, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/21/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • REQUEST THAT LUCI JOHNSON READ SPEECH ON BEHALF OF LBJ AT JEWISH ORGANIZATION IN NEW YORK NEXT WEEK; NEED TO APPROVE CONTENT OF SPEECH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS MOYERS TO CALL LUCI, ASKS ABOUT HIS SON'S HEALTH, EXPRESSES SYMPATHY ABOUT MOYERS' COLD
Telephone conversation # 5962, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 10/24/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • NEGATIVE TEXAS NEWSPAPER AD STATING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT WILL CAUSE WHITES TO LOSE JOBS TO NEGROES; UK'S NEW ECONOMIC PROGRAM, BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CRISIS; VIETNAM; WEATHER AGREEMENT WITH USSR; LBJ'S SPEECH ON 10/28/64; TONIGHT'S TV PROGRAM ON YOUTH
Telephone conversation # 5974, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 10/27/1964, 1:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO DEVELOP STATEMENT FOR LBJ TO USE IN CAMPAIGN ABOUT MESSAGE FROM NEW USSR LEADER ALEXSEI KOSYGIN WHICH WAS RELAYED BY FOY KOHLER; DISCUSSION OF BEST CITY IN WHICH TO USE THE STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 5979, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD GOODWIN, 10/27/1964, 2:59PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS GOODWIN TO HAVE JAMES ROWE ASK JOCK WHITNEY TO GIVE LBJ A FAIR SHAKE; DAVID DUBINSKY'S REQUEST FOR TAPE; NEED FOR NEW CAMPAIGN STATEMENTS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT GENERATING PUBLICITY AS CONGRESSIONAL SECRETARY, JOKES ABOUT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON FAVORABLE EDITORIAL IN NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS ON VIETNAM; MANSFIELD'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; SENATE CRITICISM OF WAR; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S USE OF CRITICISM
Telephone conversation # 7692, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 5/14/1965, 9:51PM (Item)
  • NEGOTIATION OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF DOMINICAN CRISIS; TRIP TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PUERTO RICO, BY THOMAS MANN, CYRUS VANCE, JACK VAUGHN, MCGEORGE BUNDY; PROPOSED MEETINGS WITH GUZMAN, CAAMANO, OAS, JUAN BOSCH; NEW ORDERS FOR US FORCES; STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 8508, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/4/1965, 6:58PM (Item)
  • MANSFIELD TELLS LBJ CONFERENCE REPORT ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL HAS PASSED; LBJ CONGRATULATES MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN; DIRKSEN SUGGESTS LBJ COMPLIMENT EMANUEL CELLER; BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; LBJ ACCEPTS DIRKSEN'S INVITATION TO COME TO CAPITOL HILL
Telephone conversation # 8835, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 9/3/1965, 4:40PM (Item)
  • CALIFANO REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON PROGRESS IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; LABOR'S CONCERN ABOUT PRESS LEAK OF SETTLEMENT DETAILS; QUESTION OF ANNOUNCING SETTLEMENT IN TIME TO MAKE EVENING NEWS; GOODWIN'S WORK ON DRAFT STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 10211, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY FORD II, 6/3/1966, 1:30PM (Item)
  • FORD'S CONCERN ABOUT SHORT LENGTH OF TIME IN WHICH AUTO INDUSTRY WILL BE REQUIRED TO MEET NEW STANDARDS IN PROPOSED TRAFFIC SAFETY BILL; LBJ'S ALLEGED RECENT CRITICISM OF FORD MOTOR COMPANY; LBJ RELAYS CALIFANO'S VIEWS ON ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION
Telephone conversation # 9653, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 2/21/1966, 11:56AM (Item)
  • LUCE DESCRIBES HEDLEY DONOVAN EDITORIAL ON VIETNAM IN NEW ISSUE OF LIFE MAGAZINE; LBJ TELLS LUCE THAT CRISIS IN CONFIDENCE IN LEADERSHIP ON VIETNAM POLICY IS DEVELOPING, CITES SENATE OPPOSITION, DISSENT IN PRESS; POSSIBLE TROOP INCREASES; RFK; JAMES
Telephone conversation # 10423, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/25/1966, 3:24PM (Item)
  • DALEY THANKS LBJ FOR HIS RECENT REMARKS IN INDIANAPOLIS ABOUT RIOTING, DISCUSSES HHH'S NOTE EXPLAINING INACCURATE PRESS REPORT OF HHH'S SPEECH IN NEW ORLEANS; DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING WEDDINGS OF LUCI JOHNSON AND OF DALEY'S DAUGHTER; AEC FACILITY
Telephone conversation # 9351, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/31/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • INVITATION TO RUSK TO MEETING IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA; PRESS INQUIRY ON WH CLEARANCE OF RICHARD RUSSELL'S RECENT SPEECH; PRESS COVERAGE OF VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; POSSIBLE LBJ PRESS CONFERENCE; WH STAFF'S PRESS CONTACTS; JACK ANDERSON COLUMNS; NEW YEAR'S
Telephone conversation # 11409, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/25/1967, 8:22PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS BOBBY BAKER CASE WAS POLITICALLY MOTIVATED; LBJ READS NEW HARRIS POLL SHOWING DROP IN RFK'S POPULARITY FOLLOWING WILLIAM MANCHESTER BOOK CONTROVERSY; LBJ'S STANDINGS IN POLL; RFK'S UPCOMING TRIP TO EUROPE
Telephone conversation # 11305, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 1/4/1967, 11:20AM (Item)
  • SMATHERS' EVALUATION OF MIAMI MAYOR ROBERT HIGH FOR POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT; DISCUSSION OF DEMOCRATIC LOSSES IN RECENT ELECTIONS; SMATHERS' RESIGNATION AS SECRETARY OF SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE, HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE; ROBERT BYRD AS NEW SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 13835, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 12/31/1968, 3:02PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; MANDATORY INCREASES FOR MEDICAID, HIGHWAYS, FEDERAL PAY, CRIME CONTROL, SOCIAL SECURITY; DOD BUDGET CUTS; CHINESE NUCLEAR TEST; SENTINEL PROGRAM; NEW YEAR'S WISHES; LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD TO WORK ON STATE OF UNION
Telephone conversation # 13411, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM S. WHITE, 9/9/1968, 12:24PM (Item)
  • "TO MARY RATHER"; "WM. S. WHITE FROM NEW ORLEANS" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 13436, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 9/30/1968, 8:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ REVIEWS HIS TALK WITH HHH ABOUT HHH'S SALT LAKE CITY SPEECH ON POSSIBLE BOMBING HALT AND CONDITIONS ENEMY MUST MEET TO CONTINUE SUCH A HALT; LONGSHOREMEN'S STRIKE; NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN PEACE TALKS; REPORTS OF INCREASED SOUTH VIETNAMESE
Record copy, Speech of Senator Johnson, 1/3/53 (Item)
  • Speech of Senator Lyndon B. Johnson January 3, 1953 /C COfY (D-Tex.) {®A) Mr. President: We are on the threshhold of a New Year and a new Congress. We have a new Commander-in-Chief will arrive and soon a new administration to take over
Folder, "11/2/1947, Burnet, Texas - News Release on Soil Conservation Movement," Statements Files, Box 6 (Item)
  • BURNET,Texas, November 2, 1947 -----of at least 154 civic minded citizens south central The unanimous opinion of counties all over central and Texas is that the soil conservation movement has been given a new lease on life. The opinion
  • Folder, "11/2/1947, Burnet, Texas - News Release on Soil Conservation Movement," Statements Files, Box 6
Record copy, Statement by Senator Johnson at the Senate Democratic Conference, 1/2/53 (Item)
  • of those with whom I disagree. We must frankly face the fact that the Democratic Party, as well as the Nation, is stepping out into new and untried courses. Twenty years of Democratic administrations have come to an end. New issues are arising and new