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Telephone conversation # 4340, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 7/25/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • PEARSON CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS RECENT MEETING WITH BARRY GOLDWATER, ASKS FOR BACKGROUND BRIEFING; LBJ DESCRIBES THE MEETING; BRIEF DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINATION
  • Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 4340, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 7/25/1964, 12:45PM
  • DREW PEARSON
Telephone conversation # 7823, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 5/24/1965, 12:25PM (Item)
  • PEARSON'S FARM; FERTILIZER FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S BEAUTIFICATION PROGRAM; DAIRY FARMING; LBJ TELLS PEARSON THAT JACK ANDERSON'S STORY YESTERDAY ON LBJ'S DIFFERENCES WITH SENATE LEADERSHIP IS INCORRECT; STATUS OF CURRENT BILLS; LEGISLATIVE
  • Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7823, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 5/24/1965, 12:25PM
  • DREW PEARSON
Telephone conversation # 5510, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 9/5/1964, 6:42PM (Item)
  • GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON MISFITS IN ARMY; WILLIAM MILLER'S ATTACK ON HHH; GOLDWATER'S OPPOSITION TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; GEORGIA VERDICT IN L.A. PENN CASE; POLLS; PEARSON'S BRAIN TRUST IDEA, MYER FELDMAN, TYLER ABELL, LEONARD MARKS; LBJ'S DETROIT
  • Pearson, Drew, 1897-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 5510, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 9/5/1964, 6:42PM
  • DREW PEARSON
Telephone conversation # 4253, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/16/1964, 7:03PM (Item)
  • LBJ IS MEETING WITH DREW PEARSON AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ'S DEPARTURE FOR LBJ RANCH; REEDY ADVISES LBJ TO GIVE DREW PEARSON POSITIVE FIGURES ON GNP, EMPLOYMENT; REEDY SAYS BARRY GOLDWATER IN EFFECT IS SET TO RUN AGAINST PROSPERITY
Telephone conversation # 805, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/30/1963, 1:03PM (Item)
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN REPORT THAT SENATE HAS COMPLETED ITS BUSINESS; LBJ TEASES THEM ABOUT SENATE ADJOURNING LAST WEEK WITHOUT TELLING HIM, INVITES THEM TO LBJ RANCH; RECENT DREW PEARSON COLUMN; LBJ'S TALK WITH WALLACE BENNETT
Telephone conversation # 4268, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 7/17/1964, 6:26PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS MOYERS TO TALK TO (DREW?) "PEARSON" ABOUT KKK, GET HIS VIEWS FOR PROPOSED STATEMENT BY LBJ; DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR A MORE BALANCED STATEMENT THAN GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON EXTREMISM
Telephone conversation # 5214, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/25/1964, 10:00PM (Item)
  • REEDY TELLS LBJ THAT RALPH MCGILL REPORTS DREW PEARSON WILL RUN COLUMN SAYING LBJ ORDERED FIRING OF LEONARD REINSCH AS TV MANAGER OF DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; LBJ DENIES STORY, SAYS HE THINKS REINSCH HAS DONE GOOD JOB; DISCUSSION OF RIOTING
Telephone conversation # 5971, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 10/27/1964, 1:45PM (Item)
  • DELOACH REPORTS ON WALTER JENKINS' CONCERNS ABOUT HIS FBI STATEMENTS, HIS SURGERY TODAY; LBJ RELAYS INFORMATION FROM DREW PEARSON ABOUT INCIDENT; INVESTIGATION OF UNFOUNDED RUMORS ABOUT OTHER STAFF MEMBERS; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR J. EDGAR HOOVER
Telephone conversation # 5989, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 10/31/1964, 10:35AM (Item)
  • RUMORS OF REPUBLICAN "BOMBSHELL" REPORT ON UNNAMED CABINET OFFICER; NAVY DEPT INVESTIGATION; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; DREW PEARSON TIP THAT JENKINS WAS FRAMED; NEED FOR SECURITY RECHECKS; EISENHOWER'S, JFK'S POLICY ON INVESTIGATIONS OF CABINET
Telephone conversation # 5991, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/31/1964, 3:28PM (Item)
  • FORTAS REPORTS ON UNFOUNDED RUMOR FROM FLORIDA RECEIVED BY DREW PEARSON; POSSIBLE LIBEL ACTION IF STORY IS RUN; RUMOR THAT REPUBLICANS WILL MAKE "BOMBSHELL" REPORT TODAY; LBJ ASKS SOMEONE TO CONTACT LES CARPENTER ABOUT SOURCE OF RUMOR
Telephone conversation # 8862, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/14/1965, 7:30PM (Item)
  • CRITICISM OF DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT AS WASHINGTON, DC US ATTORNEY BECAUSE OF PAST SERVICE AS LAWYER FOR SERV-U CORP, BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST; CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO BRESS; WH RESPONSE TO PRESS
Telephone conversation # 8639, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 2:50PM (Item)
  • CONCERNS ABOUT BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; IMMIGRATION BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; NEW JUDGESHIPS, FEDERAL REGISTRARS FOR WASHINGTON, DC; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS' APPOINTMENT; AMENDMENT ON IMMIGRATION CEILING FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Telephone conversation # 8306, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 7/7/1965, 1:25PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS DUBINSKY ABOUT DREW PEARSON STORY REPORTING ALEX ROSE WAS OFFENDED THAT LBJ DID NOT CALL HIM ABOUT JOHN LINDSAY AND NYC MAYORAL RACE; DUBINSKY REASSURES LBJ HE ACTED CORRECTLY; LBJ THANKS DUBINSKY FOR HIS ACTIONS AT RECENT CONVENTION
Telephone conversation # 10060, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/29/1966, 12:59PM (Item)
  • DEVELOPMENT OF LBJ RANCH HISTORIC SITE; KATZENBACH'S SPEECH TO SOUTH CAROLINA LAW STUDENTS ON SCHOOL DESEGREGATION; DREW PEARSON'S STORY ABOUT LBJ'S DIRECT PHONE LINES TO J. EDGAR HOOVER, OTHERS; QUESTION OF WH RESPONSE TO RFK'S RECENT STATEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 10148, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 5/31/1966, 11:55AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF MARGARET CHASE SMITH'S OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF LLOYD LAFOUNTAIN AS US ATTORNEY IN MAINE; LAFOUNTAIN'S WORK FOR SMITH'S OPPONENT IN 1954 CAMPAIGN AND JOSEPH MCCARTHY'S ROLE IN CAMPAIGN; DREW PEARSON COLUMN ABOUT SMITH'S OPPOSITION
Telephone conversation # 10207, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 6/3/1966, 12:55AM (Item)
  • MUSKIE DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH DREW PEARSON ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF LLOYD LAFOUNTAIN AS US ATTORNEY IN MAINE AND MARGARET CHASE SMITH'S OPPOSITION; LBJ THANKS MUSKIE, MENTIONS PLANS TO ATTEND LYNDA JOHNSON'S GRADUATION FROM UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TOMORROW
Telephone conversation # 10218, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 6/8/1966, 3:00PM (Item)
  • MUSKIE TELLS LBJ THAT DREW PEARSON REPORTED THAT MARGARET CHASE SMITH HAS WITHDRAWN HER OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF LLOYD LAFOUNTAIN AS US ATTORNEY IN MAINE; LBJ TELLS MUSKIE HE WILL SEND UP APPOINTMENT
Telephone conversation # 9914, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/26/1966, 4:30PM (Item)
  • HENRY FOWLER'S DAUGHTER'S WEDDING; JACK ANDERSON, DREW PEARSON STORY ON FBI INVESTIGATION OF DOCUMENTS STOLEN FROM THOMAS DODD'S OFFICE; 1964 VP SELECTION; ALLEGED IMPROPRIETIES BY DODD; JAMES HOFFA; FRANCES KNIGHT, PASSPORT OFFICE POLICIES
Telephone conversation # 10002, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/1/1966, 5:25PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS KATZENBACH FOR INVITATION; JACK ANDERSON'S TALK WITH WALTER JENKINS ABOUT DREW PEARSON STORY ON WH ASSISTANCE TO THOMAS DODD; DODD INVESTIGATION, RFK'S ROLE AND LEAKS FROM DODD'S STAFF; LBJ'S POLICY FORBIDDING WH INVOLVEMENT IN GOVT
Telephone conversation # 12702, sound recording, LBJ and JACK HORNER, 2/5/1968, 8:34AM (Item)
  • HORNER ASKS ABOUT SOUTH KOREAN PRESS REPORT ON PANMUNJON TALKS ON USS PUEBLO; LBJ SAYS PRESS IS LYING, COMPLAINS ABOUT MARVIN KALB, DREW PEARSON COLUMN ON WILLIAM WESTMORELAND; TET OFFENSIVE; SOUTH KOREAN TROOPS IN VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 13732, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 11/13/1968, 11:30AM (Item)
  • YARBOROUGH THANKS LBJ FOR SPEAKING AT HOUSTON RALLY FOR HHH, DISCUSSES PLIGHT OF TEXAS COTTON FARMERS WEST OF PECOS, SAYS HE CANNOT REACH ORVILLE FREEMAN OR JIM JONES; LBJ SAYS JIM JONES IS OFF FOR HIS WEDDING, TRANSFERS YARBOROUGH TO DEVIER PEARSON
Telephone conversation # 13402, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/2/1968, 3:57PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF UNHAPPINESS OF UNIDENTIFIED MALE WITH DIVISIONS WITHIN DEMOCRATIC PARTY; MARKS ASKS ABOUT LBJ'S VISIT TO LBJ RANCH, WISHES HIM A HAPPY BIRTHDAY; TODAY'S DREW PEARSON COLUMN ON CHOICE OF HALE BOGGS TO HEAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM
Telephone conversation # 13403, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/2/1968, 3:57PM (Item)
  • DREW PEARSON'S COLUMN ON CHOICE OF HALE BOGGS, NOT EDMUND MUSKIE, TO HEAD DEMOCRATIC PARTY PLATFORM COMMITTEE; LBJ DISCUSSES HOW CONVENTION ARRANGEMENTS WERE MADE, NEGOTIATIONS ON VIETNAM PLATFORM PLANK; FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFING FOR CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 8806, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/1/1965, 12:40PM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENTS OF TYLER ABELL, EDWIN WEISL, JR; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT AS US ATTORNEY FOR WASHINGTON, DC; JEWISH SUPPORT FOR BRESS; RFK'S UPCOMING LATIN AMERICA TRIP; USE OF USIA FILMS TO PUBLICIZE US DOMESTIC
Telephone conversation # 8807, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 9/1/1965, 12:40PM (Item)
  • USIA COVERAGE OF RFK'S, OTHER CONGRESSIONAL AND OFFICIAL TRIPS TO LATIN AMERICA; WASHINGTON STAR STORY QUOTING LEONARD MARKS' SONS AT MARKS' SWEARING-IN CEREMONY AT WH; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT AS US ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 8863, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/14/1965, 7:40PM (Item)
  • PEARSON
Telephone conversation # 9878, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE AIKEN, 3/10/1966, 10:34PM (Item)
  • MIX-UP IN HANDLING OF SIHANOUK'S INVITATION TO CONGRESS TO VISIT CAMBODIA; WITHDRAWAL OF INVITATION; STUART SYMINGTON'S VIEWS; TAX BILL; PROUTY AMENDMENT ON SOCIAL SECURITY; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT INFLATION; DREW PEARSON STORY; ABBA SCHWARTZ
Telephone conversation # 10016, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 4/5/1966, 4:38PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED PERSON (J. R. PARTEN?); BROOKS HAYS' CANDIDACY FOR GOV. OF ARKANSAS; CONCERN ABOUT PROPOSAL FOR VICE PRESIDENTIAL HOUSE; DREW PEARSON AND THOMAS DODD INVESTIGATION; SUPPLEMENTAL RENT BILL; LBJ'S HEALTH; INDIAN FOOD
Telephone conversation # 11556, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 2/20/1967, 9:40AM (Item)
  • JIM GARRISON INVESTIGATION OF JFK ASSASSINATION; HALE BOGGS' COMMENTS; DREW PEARSON'S REPORT OF CIA'S ROLE IN EFFORTS TO ASSASSINATE FIDEL CASTRO; ALLEGED WIRETAPS OF JIMMY HOFFA'S LAWYERS; CLARK REPORTS ON MIDWEST ATTITUDES ON VIETNAM, CIA, CRIME
Telephone conversation # 13207, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 7/13/1968, 10:25AM (Item)
  • MARKS REPORTS ON TALK WITH "DREW" (PEARSON) ABOUT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS FOR DAVID BRESS, HOMER THORNBERRY, ABE FORTAS; FCC RULINGS; AT&T INVOLVEMENT IN MARYLAND SENATE RACE; PHOTOS OF LBJ IN US EMBASSIES; USIA DISTRIBUTION OF BOOKS; PRESS REVIEWS
Telephone conversation # 12810, sound recording and transcript, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 5:00PM (Item)
  • , and I went for Ridgeway from the other side. Ridgeway came in and had lunch with us. They all concluded that there was no alternative really better thai;i this one. I told him though that Drew Pearson was very upset••• one of the columnists•• and he