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Telephone conversation # 12005, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/25/1967, 10:33AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • HOOVER REPORTS THAT MLK WILL GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING ON RIOTS; DROP IN VIOLENCE IN DETROIT; FEDERAL RESPONSE TO SITUATION; RIOTING IN CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND; OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF SIMON MCHUGH TO SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD
Telephone conversation # 9349, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/31/1965, 9:44AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • POVERTY PROGRAM, DOD BUDGET; INACCURATE PRESS STORY ON LBJ'S TALK WITH CANADA'S LESTER PEARSON; ARRANGEMENTS FOR WH PRESS CORPS TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC; LBJ CAUTIONS MOYERS ABOUT WH STAFF TALKING TO PRESS ABOUT BUDGET, VIETNAM PEACE MOVES; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 1538, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/25/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS; STORY ON POLL TAX AMENDMENT; BARRY GOLDWATER; PRESS AND BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; CYRUS VANCE; NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK POLITICS; CHARLES BUCKLEY; ROBERT WAGNER; ROBERT MEYNER; TED SORENSEN'S RESIGNATION TO WRITE BOOK
Telephone conversation # 1601, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 1/28/1964, 6:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES HHH ON INTERVIEWS, PRESS STORY ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AND TAX BILL; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR PRESS PUBLICITY FOR DEMOCRATIC POLICIES AND PROGRAMS; REPUBLICAN POLITICS; CYPRUS SITUATION; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 2213, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 2/26/1964, 2:29PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF A-11 RECONNAISSANCE AIRCRAFT, CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS FROM SENATORS; OXCART; RUSSELL MENTIONS HIS SENATE SPEECH TODAY PRAISING LBJ'S POSITION ON 1957 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 3323, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 5/2/1964, 2:14PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF SOURCE OF PRESS STORY ON HHH'S MEETING WITH LBJ ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; JOKES ABOUT PRESS STORIES ON LBJ AND HIS DOGS; HHH REPORTS ON MEETINGS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL?, PLANS TO MEET WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 3201, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 4/30/1964, 12:11PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; LBJ INSTRUCTS HHH NOT TO QUOTE HIM TO PRESS, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR HOUSE BILL
Telephone conversation # 5027, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/19/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY REVIEWS PRESS STATEMENT ON RELEASE OF AUDIT OF JOHNSON FAMILY FINANCES; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT DEFEAT OF BILL SUSPENDING FCC EQUAL TIME RULE TO ALLOW PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES; NORRIS COTTON
Telephone conversation # 6471, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SIGMA DELTA CHI ARTICLE CRITICIZING WH PRESS RELATIONS; PRESS COVERAGE OF RICHARD RUSSELL VISIT; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSELL ON PROJECT 100,000 FOR DRAFT REJECTEES, CONGO CRISIS; CRITICISM OF RUSSELL'S USE OF GOVT PLANE TO RETURN FOR MEETING
Telephone conversation # 12506, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE CHRISTIAN, 12/11/1967, time unknown (Item)
  • "FROM MACHINE AT RANCH 12-11-67"; "PRES. J. & GEORGE CHRISTIAN RE WHAT TO TELL PRESS ABOUT PENDING SOCIAL SEC. LEG."; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON CONFERENCE REPORT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BILL FOR CHRISTIAN'S PRESS BRIEFING; PRESS LEAKS; LBJ'S ACTIVITIES; ANNOUNCEMENT OF VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS, UPCOMING VISIT BY LEVI ESHKOL; LBJ'S VISIT TO KILLEEN, TEXAS
Telephone conversation # 2409, sound recording, LBJ and ANTHONY CELEBREZZE, 3/9/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CELEBREZZE REPORTS ON HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE; SUGGESTION THAT LBJ MEET WITH NEGRO NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSN AND AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSN; HEW LEAKS TO PRESS ON MEDICARE AND POVERTY PROGRAM; AP STORY ON LOWERING DRAFT AGE TO 17; WILBUR MILLS
Telephone conversation # 2411, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 3/9/1964, 3:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FARM BILL IN HOUSE, COTTON AND WHEAT SECTIONS; LBJ INSTRUCTS FELDMAN TO CONTACT TEXTILE LOBBY FOR NEEDED VOTES; POSSIBLE TIMING CONFLICTS WITH CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE; UPI PRESS STORY ON FARM BILL
Telephone conversation # 2127, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 2/19/1964, 5:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED TO PASS FARM BILL IN SENATE, COMPLAINS ABOUT SENATE OPERATIONS; HHH; ALLEN ELLENDER'S OPPOSITION TO COTTON PROVISIONS OF FARM BILL; TAX BILL; TIMING OF FARM BILL AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; STORIES IN PRESS
Telephone conversation # 2128, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 2/19/1964, 5:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED TO PASS FARM BILL IN SENATE, COMPLAINS ABOUT SENATE OPERATIONS; HHH; ALLEN ELLENDER'S OPPOSITION TO COTTON PROVISIONS OF FARM BILL; TAX BILL; TIMING OF FARM BILL AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; STORIES IN PRESS
Telephone conversation # 2149, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/20/1964, 5:28PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS LEAK TO MARY MCGRORY, POSSIBLY FROM JUSTICE DEPT, FOR STORY ON SENATE STRATEGY ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; HHH; EVERETT DIRKSEN; RICHARD RUSSELL; RFK
Telephone conversation # 2673, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/27/1964, 8:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY REPORTS THAT US AIR FORCE PILOTS SHOT DOWN OVER EAST GERMANY HAVE BEEN RELEASED, SENATE HAS REJECTED WAYNE MORSE'S MOTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; DISCUSSION OF RESPONSE TO PRESS ON BOTH MATTERS
Telephone conversation # 3031, sound recording, LBJ and OLIN JOHNSTON, 4/14/1964, 6:12PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON APPOINTING ROBERT HEMPHILL, CHARLES SIMONS TO JUDICIARY IN SOUTH CAROLINA; STROM THURMOND; WILLIAM DOHERTY; FEDERAL PAY BILL
Telephone conversation # 4109, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 7/1/1964, 5:37PM? (Item)
  • Press relations
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES ALBERT MITCHELL, MARVIN JONES, WILLIAM BATTEN, THURMAN ARNOLD TO NATIONAL FOOD MARKETING COMMISSION; SIGNING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; PRESS COVERAGE OF HOUSE VOTE ON MOTION BY OTTO PASSMAN TO RECOMMIT FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Telephone conversation # 4116, sound recording, LBJ and CLARE BOOTHE LUCE, 7/2/1964, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LUCE EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT LBJ'S SIGNING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL ON JULY 4; LBJ EXPLAINS BACKGROUND, TIMING OF PASSAGE OF BILL, SIGNING CEREMONY, PRESS DISTORTIONS; LUCE ASKS LADY BIRD JOHNSON FOR AN INTERVIEW, SAYS SHE WILL ATTEND BOTH CONVENTIONS
Telephone conversation # 3652, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/9/1964, 12:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEED TO CONSULT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON LAOS, VIETNAM POLICY; PROBLEM OF PRESS LEAKS; VOTES ON SENATE AMENDMENTS TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL PRIOR TO CLOTURE VOTE
Telephone conversation # 3183, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/29/1964, 11:32AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, POSSIBLE QUESTION ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; HHH; PRESS STORIES, DIRKSEN'S REMARKS ABOUT LBJ PULLING HIS DOG'S EARS; QUESTION OF SENATE CLOTURE VOTE ON JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT OR ENTIRE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 3186, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 4/29/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FULBRIGHT'S UPCOMING TRIP TO EUROPE, GREECE; CYPRUS; UK TRADE WITH CUBA; LBJ'S MEETING WITH R. A. BUTLER; FULBRIGHT'S CONCERN RICHARD RUSSELL, PRESS WILL SEE HIS TRIP AS WAY TO AVOID CIVIL RIGHTS BILL CLOTURE VOTE; FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 3301, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/1/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • POSSIBLE TOPICS AT PRESS BRIEFING: APPOINTMENT OF JOHN P. MCCONNELL AS AIR FORCE VICE CHIEF OF STAFF: BALTIMORE SUN STORY ON LBJ "DRESSING DOWN" HHH ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; A. W. MOURSUND, DOVE HUNTING; APPROVAL OF BILL ON CHAMIZAL TREATY WITH MEXICO
Telephone conversation # 4823, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/8/1964, 10:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SEATING OF MFDP AT CONVENTION; VANCE HARTKE, INDIANA POLITICS; HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL; RFK'S FUTURE; NEED FOR SENATE APPROVAL OF HOUSE POVERTY BILL AMENDMENTS ON LOYALTY OATH, EDITH GREEN'S FARM PROVISIONS; PRESS QUESTION ABOUT ADAM
Telephone conversation # 4839, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/9/1964, 8:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED FOR SENATE TO CONCUR ON HOUSE POVERTY BILL TO AVOID CONFERENCE; PHIL LANDRUM'S RE-ELECTION; STEEL PRICES; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RALPH YARBOROUGH; MEDICARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; DNC AND LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; VOTER REGISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 4757, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/5/1964, 4:14PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER LBJ'S MEETING WITH PLANS FOR PROGRESS GROUP SHOULD BE ON THE RECORD; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT WHITE BACKLASH
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6870, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/24/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS WILLIAM CAHILL DECLINED WASHINGTON, DC, JUDGESHIP; OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; PRESS STORY ON POST OFFICE CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING; SENATE PROBE OF BANK FAILURES; VOTING RIGHTS BILL; EDWARD LONG'S MAIL COVER INVESTIGATION; IMMIGRATION BILL
Telephone conversation # 7059, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/11/1965, 10:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ SUGGESTS KATZENBACH HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA, ALABAMA, SITUATION AND STATUS OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL; FEDERAL COURT PROCEEDINGS; LEGALITY OF USE OF FEDERAL TROOPS; LBJ'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; MIKE MANSFIELD'S NOTE CRITICIZING KATZENBACH
Telephone conversation # 7060, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/11/1965, 10:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA, ALABAMA EVENTS, VOTING RIGHTS BILL; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CRITICISM OF KATZENBACH, ANGER AT CLOSING OF MONTANA VA HOSPITAL; CANCELLATION OF VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; KATZENBACH'S WORK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, HHH, ON 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 7165, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 3/26/1965, 9:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WHITE REPORTS ON CALL TO ANTHONY LIUZZO, WIDOWER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ TELLS WHITE TO SUPPLY MORE ITEMS TO PRESS; HARRY MCPHERSON; NEED TO APPOINT CALIFORNIAN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR; STEWART UDALL
Telephone conversation # 7160, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/25/1965, 11:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON SHOOTING OF VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ SUGGESTS LEROY COLLINS GO TO ALABAMA AS MEDIATOR; REPUBLICAN COMMENTS ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; UPCOMING PRESS STORY ON GERALD FORD; VETERANS HOSPITALS HEARINGS; TAX COURT APPOINTMENT; SAMUEL "JACK
Telephone conversation # 8668, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 8/28/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS LEGISLATION TO REMEDY BASIC PROBLEMS IN IMPOVERISHED AREAS AND TO PASS WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; REACTION OF PRESS TO LBJ'S RECENT STATEMENT ON WATTS, CIVIL DISORDERS
Telephone conversation # 8803, sound recording, LBJ and JIM WRIGHT, 9/1/1965, 9:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ENCOURAGES WRIGHT TO RUN FOR SENATE AGAINST JOHN TOWER; JOHN CONNALLY'S DECISION NOT TO RUN FOR SENATE; FDR'S SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN 1941 SENATE RACE; EFFECT OF WRIGHT'S POSITION ON TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HIM; TEXAS PRESS' VIEWS
Telephone conversation # 10572, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/5/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 11637, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 3/13/1967, 6:48PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT FOR JOHN REED; CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT OF REPUBLICAN AS ASSISTANT TO FARRIS BRYANT; PRESS STORY ON SENATE DEMOCRATS' CONCERNS ABOUT ASSOCIATION WITH LBJ; MAINE POLITICS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT 1957 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 11404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN; PRESS LEAKS FROM CRIME COMMISSION; KATZENBACH DEFENDS COMMISSION; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DISSENT IN CONGRESS; NEW HARRIS POLL; WILLIAM MANCHESTER
Telephone conversation # 2023, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 2/10/1964, 8:42PM (Item)
  • Press relations
Telephone conversation # 4117, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 7/2/1964, 11:19AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RFK REPORTS ON TRIP TO POLAND, MISQUOTES IN NEWSWEEK ARTICLE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS EFFORTS TO DIVIDE LBJ, RFK; RFK EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE VIOLENCE IF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNED ON EVE OF JULY 4 WEEKEND; LBJ GIVES REASONS FOR TIMING
Telephone conversation # 4468, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 7/24/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ALMOST INAUDIBLE RECORDING OF LBJ, BARRY GOLDWATER DISCUSSING IMPLEMENTATION OF 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, RIOTING, EXTREMISTS GROUPS, UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION, LBJ'S EARLIER PRESS CONFERENCE, PLANS FOR PROGRESS, GOLDWATER'S VIEWS ON CIVIL