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Telephone conversation # 650, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GRONOUSKI, 12/23/1963, 12:15PM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO CUT POST OFFICE BUDGET, SAYS HE WANTS TO APPOINT TYLER ABELL AS ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL, DISCUSSES ABELL'S BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATIONS; POSTAL UNIONS' PRESSURE FOR FEDERAL PAY RAISE; NEED FOR POST OFFICE TO OPERATE

Telephone conversation # 7983, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and MARVIN WATSON, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)

WATSON SAYS THAT LBJ HAS ASKED HIM TO CHECK WITH REEDY ABOUT PRESS RELEASE ON POSTAL RATE INCREASES AND CONSTRUCTION OF DALLAS POST OFFICE; REEDY ADVISES AGAINST WH PRESS RELEASE AND SUGGESTS THAT POST OFFICE DEPT ISSUE ROUTINE PRESS RELEASE

Telephone conversation # 10563, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/5/1966, 9:00AM (Item)

DAVID BRUCE'S REFUSAL OF UNNAMED POST (UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE?); OTHER CANDIDATES: EUGENE BLACK, DOUGLAS DILLON; PRESS CRITICISM OF LBJ'S FAILURE TO FILL STATE DEPT POSTS; DON PRICE; CONCERNS ABOUT AGE OF CANDIDATES; ELLSWORTH BUNKER; ROBERT

Telephone conversation # 1413, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 1/18/1964, time unknown (Item)

WASHINGTON POST; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION

Telephone conversation # 1502, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 1/23/1964, 5:10PM (Item)

ALBERT REPORTS ON BACKGROUND OF HUGH OWENS, NOMINEE FOR UNNAMED POST; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, CONGRESSIONAL ACTIVITIES

Telephone conversation # 2841, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and GEORGE REEDY, 4/2/1964, time unknown (Item)

MOYERS GIVES REEDY LBJ'S GUIDELINES FOR INFORMING PRESS, CARROLL KILPATRICK OF WASHINGTON POST, ABOUT APPOINTING HORACE BUSBY TO WH STAFF

Telephone conversation # 4347, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/27/1964, 12:50PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF NY POST INQUIRY ABOUT LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH SUPERINTENDENTS OF EDUCATION, PRESS HANDLING OF LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH SUCH GROUPS

Telephone conversation # 52, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH ALSOP, 11/25/1963, 10:40AM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF COMMISSION TO REVIEW FBI REPORT ON JFK ASSASSINATION; RECENT WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS LENGTHY DELIBERATIONS ON INVESTIGATION; ALSOP PRAISES LBJ'S RECENT DECISIONS

Telephone conversation # 275, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/4/1963, 11:15AM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF HEAD COUNT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION AND VOTES FOR BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN VOTES IN COMMITTEE; WASHINGTON POST STORY THIS MORNING ON THE BILL; MEETING OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS THIS AFTERNOON

Telephone conversation # 1687, sound recording, LBJ and WALKER STONE, 1/31/1964, 1:32PM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON FEDERAL BUDGET CUTS, DEFENSE SPENDING; COMMENTS ON NYT, WASHINGTON POST, NEED FOR SUPPORT OF THOMAS MANN IN PRESS; INFLUENCE OF PRESS ON FOREIGN POLICY; PANAMA; CUBA; FOREIGN AID; CYPRUS; INDONESIA; PRESS RELATIONS WITH WH

Telephone conversation # 1699, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GRONOUSKI, 1/31/1964, 6:45PM (Item)

APPOINTMENT OF FRED BELEN AS DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL, SUBSEQUENT APPOINTMENTS IN POST OFFICE DEPT; GRONOUSKI INSTRUCTS BELEN ON HOW TO PUBLICIZE HIS APPOINTMENT

Telephone conversation # 1410, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/17/1964, 7:40PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF RELEASE OF PRESS STORY ON DON REYNOLDS' TESTIMONY IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; WASHINGTON POST INQUIRY ON REYNOLDS; DIFFERING VIEWS OF SALINGER, REEDY ON HANDLING STORY; JENKINS DISCUSSES REYNOLDS' TESTIMONY ON ALBERT GEORGE

Telephone conversation # 1412, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 1/17/1964, 8:00PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF RELEASE OF PRESS STORY ON DON REYNOLDS' TESTIMONY IN SENATE BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; WASHINGTON POST INQUIRY ON REYNOLDS

Telephone conversation # 2113, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 2/19/1964, 11:32AM (Item)

SOCIAL EVENT FOR LATIN AMERICAN AMBASSADORS; OAS; PRESS STORIES ON US-LATIN AMERICA RELATIONS; INTERAMERICAN ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS COMMITTEE; GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS, CUBA; PANAMA; BOLIVIA; HONDURAS; PERU; ARGENTINA; BRAZIL; NYT; WASHINGTON POST

Telephone conversation # 1441, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 1/20/1964, time unknown (Item)

DISCUSSION OF FIGURES ON SALARY FOR UNIDENTIFIED POST; JENKINS REPORTS ON PRESS STORIES ON UNIDENTIFIED ISSUE (POSSIBLY BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION), ABE FORTAS CALL TO "MR. NOYES"

Telephone conversation # 1257, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/8/1964, 6:05PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ON LBJ POSSIBLY MEETING WITH DE GAULLE IN FRANCE OR MARTINIQUE; RUSSELL RECALLS WWII CASABLANCA MEETING BETWEEN DE GAULLE, CHURCHILL, AND FDR; TROUBLES OF PRESIDENCY; PRESS; SALE OF THE ELMS; GERALD SIEGEL; WASHINGTON POST; DEAN

Telephone conversation # 1989, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 2/9/1964, 9:16PM (Item)

JOHN CONNALLY; JOE KILGORE; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; DON YARBOROUGH, LEVERETT EDWARDS APPOINTMENT; JENKINS READS DOM BONAFEDE NY HERALD-TRIBUNE STORY, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; LLOYD HAND; JOHN GRONOUSKI, RALPH YARBOROUGH, TEXAS POST OFFICE

Telephone conversation # 2182, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 2/25/1964, 11:00AM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH WILLIAM CROCKETT ABOUT LATIN AMERICAN FOREIGN SERVICE POST FOR HHH'S ASSOCIATE; LBJ ADVISES HHH ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, FARM BILL, TAX BILL; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR TV APPEARANCES TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION

Telephone conversation # 3895, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 6/24/1964, 7:21PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS WHITE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL ON MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI, JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; WHITE REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH CARROLL KILPATRICK

Telephone conversation # 4936, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD SIEGEL, 8/14/1964, 6:46PM (Item)

"(WASH. POST)"; SIEGAL IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND; SEE REF #4809

Telephone conversation # 5257, sound recording, LBJ and GUS WORTHAM, 8/29/1964, 3:37PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS WORTHAM TO CONTACT JOHN JONES ABOUT HOUSTON CHRONICLE'S ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ, DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN TEXAS; PRESS STORIES THAT LBJ MIGHT NOT CARRY TEXAS; HOUSTON POST ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ

Telephone conversation # 5261, sound recording, LBJ and OVETA CULP HOBBY, 8/30/1964, 1:03PM (Item)

LBJ THANKS OVETA, WILLIAM HOBBY FOR HOUSTON POST EDITORIAL, PHOTOS OF LBJ, HHH; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORY THAT GEORGE REEDY RESIGNED AS PRESS SECRETARY; WILLIAM HOBBY CONGRATULATES HHH, COMPLIMENTS SPEECH; DISCUSSION OF SENDING PHOTOS TO OTHER

Telephone conversation # 5263, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/30/1964, 1:24PM (Item)

REEDY ASKS LBJ FOR HHH'S DEPARTURE TIME IN ORDER TO INFORM PRESS, REPORTS ON PRESS COMPLAINTS BECAUSE OF HANDLING OF EVENTS YESTERDAY, HOUSTON POST PHOTOS; DISCUSSION OF REASSIGNING PRESS SECRETARY'S DUTIES TO OTHER STAFF MEMBERS; REEDY'S

Telephone conversation # 5403, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN ANDERSEN, 9/1/1964, 10:12AM (Item)

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; LBJ DISCUSSES CATTLE PRICES, CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ABOUT FOOD PRICES; LBJ, SMATHERS THANK ANDERSEN FOR HIS RECENT EDITORIAL, ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ; HOUSTON POST, KANSAS CITY STAR ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ

Telephone conversation # 4812, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 8/7/1964, 4:17PM (Item)

SHRIVER REPORTS THAT ROBERT JONES HAS DECIDED TO VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL DESPITE POSSIBLE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES; LBJ RECOMMENDS THAT SHRIVER CONTACT WASHINGTON POST, STAR SUGGESTING THEY INTERVIEW CHARLES HALLECK ABOUT REPUBLICAN DELAYING TACTICS

Telephone conversation # 6288, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/8/1964, 10:49AM (Item)

KILDUFF COMPLAINS ABOUT DOUGLAS KIKER'S STORY ON LBJ, WH STAFF IN HOUSTON POST; ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S MEETING WITH COMMERCE SECRETARY YESTERDAY AND VISIT TODAY WITH HIS SISTER LUCIA ALEXANDER; PRESS COVERAGE OF LBJ'S CHECKUP YESTERDAY

Telephone conversation # 5648, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and LEONARD MARKS, 9/24/1964, 9:45AM? (Item)

MARKS DICTATES NOTE FOR ROBERTS TO GIVE LBJ INFORMING HIM THAT TOLEDO, OHIO, BLADE AND PITTSBURGH, PENNSYLVANIA, POST-GAZETTE WILL ENDORSE LBJ

Telephone conversation # 6422, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 11/19/1964, 9:21PM (Item)

JOHNSON FAMILY FINANCIAL MATTERS; DISCUSSION OF UNNAMED CANDIDATE FOR UNNAMED APPOINTMENT; GEORGE SMITH; POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING WOMAN OR EDUCATOR TO POST

Telephone conversation # 6870, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/24/1965, 9:28AM (Item)

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 # 7018, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "JIMMY" WECHSLER, 3/4/1965, 11:16AM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES US VIETNAM POLICY, HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH PRESS; WALTER LIPPMANN; DREW PEARSON; NYT STORY ON LBJ ADVISERS; CLARK CLIFFORD; DEAN ACHESON; JAMES ROWE; TOMMY CORCORAN; SATURDAY EVENING POST STORY; FDR COMMENT ON INFLUENCE OF CORCORAN, BEN

Telephone conversation # 7093, sound recording, LBJ and STUART SYMINGTON, 3/18/1965, 4:31PM (Item)

POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF HOWARD WOODS, NEGRO INDEPENDENT, TO REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY; NEED TO APPOINT NEGROES TO REGULATORY COMMISSIONS; SYMINGTON EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR WOODS; WOODS' PREVIOUS POST WITH PCEEO; SYMINGTON AND INTEGRATION OF AIR FORCE

Telephone conversation # 6722, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/12/1965, 10:40AM (Item)

LONG ASKS LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA POST OFFICE; LBJ SAYS HE WILL NOT SUPPORT FEDERAL FUNDS FOR SHREVEPORT, COMMENTS ON REMARKS MADE THERE ABOUT LBJ DURING CAMPAIGN; SHREVEPORT'S POSITION ON CIVIL RIGHTS; SHREVEPORT JOURNAL; BARKSDALE

Telephone conversation # 6723, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/12/1965, 10:40AM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO CONSTRUCTION OF POST OFFICE IN SHREVEPORT, LOUISIANA DUE TO REMARKS ABOUT LBJ DURING CAMPAIGN; SHREVEPORT'S OPPOSITION TO CIVIL RIGHTS; RECENT VOTE FOR LBJ IN MARSHALL, TEXAS; SHREVEPORT JOURNAL; BARKSDALE

Telephone conversation # 6755, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 1/29/1965, 2:25PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF EDWIN WEISL, JR., TO FEDERAL POST IN TREASURY OR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, POSSIBLY AS DELEGATE TO WORLD BANK; RFK AND WEISLS

Telephone conversation # 7401, sound recording, THOMAS MANN and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 4/30/1965, time unknown (Item)

UNIDENTIFIED MALE REPORTS ON CALL FROM WASHINGTON POST THAT ONE OF THEIR REPORTERS ABOARD THE USS BOXER HEARD A MESSAGE FROM TAPLEY BENNETT TO WESSIN Y WESSIN EXPRESSING US SUPPORT FOR HIS FORCES

Telephone conversation # 8861, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 9/14/1965, 7:21PM? (Item)

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT 1964 CAMPAIGN, POST OFFICE SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, JACK MILLER'S SPEECH CRITICIZING DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT; TELEPHONE OPERATOR REPORTS ON STATUS OF LBJ'S CALL TO ABE FORTAS; LBJ ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH

Telephone conversation # 8892, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/21/1965, 12:40PM (Item)

US DELEGATION TO UN; JAMES ROOSEVELT'S RESIGNATION FROM CONGRESS; GOLDBERG'S TALKS WITH JOSEPH KRAFT, MARY MCGRORY ABOUT RECENT COLUMNS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WASHINGTON POST'S ERRORS, EVANS-NOVAK COLUMN ON WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S RECENT SPEECH; BEN

Telephone conversation # 8614, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 8/23/1965, 3:11PM (Item)

NYT, WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE OF US INTERVENTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ MIMICS FULBRIGHT, DISCUSSES HIS NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT W. TAPLEY BENNETT; THOMAS DODD'S SPEECH DEFENDING US POLICY; TALMADGE DEFENDS BENNETT, DISCUSSES HIS BACKGROUND

Telephone conversation # 8615, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 8/23/1965, 3:11PM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S HEARINGS ON US INTERVENTION IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, ASKS TALMADGE TO DEFEND W. TAPLEY BENNETT TO SENATE COMMITTEE; NYT, WASHINGTON POST COVERAGE OF DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; THOMAS DODD'S SPEECH; COMMUNIST ROLE IN REVOLT

Telephone conversation # 8906, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/28/1965, 8:12PM (Item)

EMANUEL CELLER'S RECOMMENDATION OF EDWARD WEINFELD FOR US APPEALS COURT; APPOINTMENT OF WILFRED FEINBERG TO POST; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FRANCIS MORRISSEY APPOINTMENT; RFK'S REQUEST THAT LBJ APPOINT MORRISSEY, PARDON FRANK BOYKIN; DAVID BRESS