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  • LBJ READS MEMO ON ECONOMIC EFFECT OF TIMING AND RATE OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES IN PENDING BILL, TELLS MEANY HE WILL TALK TO WILLARD WIRTZ ABOUT PROPOSAL, THEN JOHN MCCORMACK; MEANY SAYS LABOR SUPPORTS NEW PROPOSAL
  • BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH NELSON ROCKEFELLER AT TIME OF CALL
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE AT TIMES DURING CALL; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • TIMING OF BUDGET CUTS WITH PASSAGE OF APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; SCHULTZE DISCUSSES SPECIFIC CUTS; POSSIBLE VETOES OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE BILL, MILITARY CONSTRUCTION BILL; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT DROP IN APPROVAL RATINGS ON HANDLING OF ECONOMY
  • CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; FOWLER IS MEETING WITH "FRED" (DEMING?) AT TIME OF CALL
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; FOWLER IS MEETING WITH "FRED" (DEMING?) AT TIME OF CALL
  • O'BRIEN'S TALK WITH WILBUR MILLS ON NOT ALLOWING EXEMPTIONS TO INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION; POSSIBLE EXCLUSION ON ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION FOR HOUSING INDUSTRY; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT BUSINESS, FEDERAL OFFICIALS; TIMING OF ACTION ON BILL; GARDNER
  • "INAUDIBLE"; 1:46 OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT AIRLINE STRIKE BILL PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; MANSFIELD IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • DAVID GINSBURG, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, AND LARRY O'BRIEN ARE MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ AND OTHERS ARE APPARENTLY ON SPEAKERPHONE
  • GOLDBERG'S DENIAL OF PRESS LEAK; TIMING OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM POL TARGETS; MILITARY FRUSTRATION ABOUT TARGET LIMITS; NORTH VIETNAMESE COMMENTS ON US OPPOSITION TO WAR; NEED FOR SUFFICIENT MILITARY FORCES; POSSIBLE EMERGENCY MEASURES IF WAR
  • "FROM BEDROOM 3-8-68"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • "3-13-68"; "RE BANKING & MONEY MATTERS"; "SUMMARIZED"; "FROM BEDROOM MARCH 13, 1968" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • "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; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "FR BEDROOM 3/20/68"; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS THIS AS CALL WITH CHARLES ZWICK ON 3/19/68, 10:11A; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES CALLER IS GEORGE MAHON ON 3/18/68; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • "FR BEDROOM 3/20/68"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; RECORDING IS APPARENTLY INTERRUPTED AT TIMES AT BEGINNING OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "FROM KENNY, 3-26-68"; "RE TAX BILL"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS
  • "FROM KENNY, 3-26-68"; "RE TAX BILL"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; BRIEF FRAGMENT ONLY OF CONVERSATION, REPEATING ENDING OF REF #12844; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • "FROM KENNY, 3-26-68"; "RE TAX BILL"; AFTER BRIEF INTERRUPTION RECORDING CONTINUES FROM 3 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • "SEN. RANDOLPH, W VA"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; TICKER TAPE MACHINE AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
  • FOWLER DISCUSSES DEFEAT OF REPUBLICAN MOTION IN HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE ON BILL TO INCREASE FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT, BEGINS TO REPORT ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH JOHN BYRNES BUT LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT TALK AT THIS TIME BECAUSE HE IS IN A MEETING
  • DISCUSSION OF TIME ARTICLE ON MEMO TO WILBUR MILLS ON THE ECONOMY; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT MAKE FEDERAL SPENDING CUTS UNTIL APPROPRIATIONS BILLS ARE PASSED; FOWLER REPORTS THAT FRB STAFFER DAN BRILL WILL TESTIFY BEFORE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE
  • LBJ IS MEETING WITH JAKE JACOBSEN AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ ASKS MILLS' ADVICE ABOUT TIMING OF TAX BILL IF ECONOMIC SITUATION MAKES ONE NECESSARY, SUGGESTS BILL BE PROPOSED AFTER CONGRESS ADJOURNS BUT BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; MILLS DISCUSSES NEED TO TIE TAX BILL TO CURRENT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS
  • MANSFIELD CALLS TO CONFIRM DATE, TIME OF SENATE LUNCH FOR LBJ; LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD TO APPEAL TO SENATORS TO STOP ADDING AMENDMENTS TO INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION BILL, DISCUSSES OPPOSITION FROM WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, VANCE HARTKE, EUGENE MCCARTHY
  • "#2"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMER STAATS, KERMIT GORDON, MYER FELDMAN AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • "1-BLUE 2-RED"; "(TRANSCRIBED)"; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ECONOMIC ADVISERS AT TIME OF CALL; MOYERS ANSWERS TELEPHONE AND SPEAKS WITH SORENSEN BEFORE LBJ COMES ON THE LINE; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "(TRANSCRIBED)"; DIRKSEN ON HOLD 0:35; BILL MOYERS IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND INITIALLY ANSWERS THE CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993; RECORDING IS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED
  • "#2"; "(RE BURKE KNAPP)"; "NOT TRANSCRIBED-BEGAN BUT FADED-SEN. H"; "SEN. H" IS CROSSED THROUGH; ANDERSON ON HOLD 0:50; LBJ IS MEETING WITH HARRY BYRD, SR., AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; CONVERSATION MOSTLY WITH MILLS; MILLS IS MEETING WITH O'BRIEN AT TIME OF CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH HUGH SIDEY, REEDY; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "(JACK VALENTI ON CALL)"; VALENTI IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; VALENTI SPEAKS TO POWELL FIRST, TRANSFERS CALL TO LBJ; SPEED VARIES ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; RE-RECORDED TO MAKE SPEED CONSISTENT
  • REUTHER IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JACK VALENTI, BILL MOYERS AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ SPEAKS WITH THEM DURING CALL ABOUT SCHEDULING MEETING
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "(RET. HIS CALL)"; DAVID ALBERT IS MEETING WITH HIS FATHER CARL ALBERT AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • BILL MOYERS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; MOYERS ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY TO FIND OUT IF DWIGHT EISENHOWER IS IN WASHINGTON, DC TODAY; GOLDWATER ON HOLD 1:15
  • "SUMMARIZED"; LBJ TELLS BOOZER HE WILL TAKE CALL FROM HALE BOGGS, GERALD FORD IN A MINUTE BECAUSE HE IS ON TELEPHONE WITH ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN; BOOZER RELAYS INFORMATION TO TELEPHONE OPERATOR; FORD IS MEETING WITH BOGGS AT TIME OF CALL, ON HOLD 2:00
  • "CONFERENCE CALL RE ALUMINUM"; LBJ COMPLAINS TO UNIDENTIFIED MALE ABOUT STATIC ON TELEPHONE LINE, ON HOLD 0:42 WHILE LINE IS SWITCHED; MOYERS IS MEETING WITH JOHN POMFRET AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONTINUES ON NEXT 3 RECORDINGS