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Telephone conversation # 2154, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1964, 10:37PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL CONCERNS ABOUT REPUBLICANS COMBINING NEGATIVE PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR BY CONTINENTAL GRAIN AND LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION RESISTANCE; REPORTS OF SABOTAGE OF FIRST SHIPMENT; NEW YORK LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Telephone conversation # 2155, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 2/23/1964, 5:37AM (Item)
  • NEGOTIATIONS WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION ON WHEAT SHIPMENT TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES; CONTINENTAL GRAIN; WILLARD WIRTZ'S MEETINGS WITH LABOR LEADERS IN MIAMI; GEORGE MEANY AND JAMES REYNOLDS' NEGOTIATIONS; BARRY GOLDWATER, CHARLES HALLECK
Telephone conversation # 2157, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/23/1964, 9:27AM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION ON WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES, GEORGE MEANY'S ASSISTANCE IN NEGOTIATIONS
Telephone conversation # 2158, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/23/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION ON WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES, TELLS LBJ GEORGE MEANY HAS APPROVED AGREEMENT; LBJ CONGRATULATES WIRTZ ON SETTLEMENT
Telephone conversation # 2174, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/24/1964, 6:45PM? (Item)
  • BUNDY READS LBJ DRAFT LETTER TO UK PRIME MINISTER ALEC DOUGLAS HOME ABOUT UK BANK INTEREST RATES; PROPOSAL FOR WILLARD WIRTZ TO CALL GEORGE MEANY ON LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE OVER WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR
Telephone conversation # 2185, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES REYNOLDS, 2/25/1964, 11:06AM (Item)
  • REYNOLDS REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS ON LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE CONCERNING WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR; LANE KIRKLAND; GEORGE MEANY; WILLARD WIRTZ; CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS COVERAGE
Telephone conversation # 2189, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS JOHNSON, 2/25/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE ABOUT US WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR; GEORGE MEANY; LBJ'S DESIRE TO KEEP JFK'S AGREEMENTS; CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS COVERAGE OF DISPUTE; LABOR DEPT, COMMERCE DEPT POSITIONS; NICHOLAS JOHNSON'S AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION
Telephone conversation # 2348, sound recording, LBJ and ANDREW BIEMILLER, 3/4/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES BIEMILLER AND GEORGE MEANY TO FLY WITH HIM TO MRS. ROBERT WAGNER'S FUNERAL; LBJ PRAISES LABOR'S SETTLEMENT OF LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE OVER US GRAIN SHIPMENTS TO USSR, PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR LABOR
Telephone conversation # 2643, sound recording, LBJ and STEWART UDALL, 3/25/1964, 1:31PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF UNIDENTIFIED PROJECT IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; OSCAR CHAPMAN; EFFECT OF PROJECT ON STUART SYMINGTON, EDWARD LONG, UNION MEMBERS WHO MAY BE DISPLACED; GEORGE MEANY
Telephone conversation # 3104, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 4/22/1964, 4:40PM (Item)
  • RFK REPORTS ON PROPOSED RAILROAD MERGERS: BALTIMORE & OHIO, CHESAPEAKE & OHIO; WESTERN PACIFIC, SANTA FE; PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL; BARRETT PRETTYMAN, JR.; UNION OPPOSITION TO MERGERS
Telephone conversation # 3113, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 4/23/1964, 12:01PM (Item)
  • PRESS STORY ON NEW YORK CENTRAL LABOR STRIKE; RAILROAD DISPUTE SETTLEMENT; CHARLES LUNA; LBJ'S MEETING WITH RAILROAD UNION LEADERS THIS MORNING
Telephone conversation # 3627, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 6/4/1964, 6:15PM (Item)
  • PROPOSED DISCUSSION ON REDUCING AUTO PRICES WITH FREDERIC DONNER AT ERHARD DINNER; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS; US NEWS & WORLD REPORT INTERVIEW WITH HELLER; LABOR STATISTICS; TAX CUTS; APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR OKUN TO CEA; BUILDING TRADE UNIONS WAGE SETTLEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 3196, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/29/1964, 6:32PM (Item)
  • AGREEMENT WITH UK SHIPPING COMPANY TO STOP TRADING WITH CUBA IN EXCHANGE FOR AGREEMENT WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION; GEORGE MEANY; WILLARD WIRTZ
Telephone conversation # 4605, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/1/1964, 11:26AM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON SETTLEMENT BY RAILROAD NON-OPERATING EMPLOYEES THROUGH PRESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY BOARD, BOARD INCLUDES A WOMAN; REQUEST BY LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION, SHIPPING INDUSTRY FOR LBJ TO APPOINT MEDIATION BOARD, APPOINT WAYNE MORSE CHAIRMAN
Telephone conversation # 4608, sound recording, LARRY O'BRIEN? and UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, 8/1/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • O'BRIEN? ASKS UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE TO HAVE HENRY HALL WILSON CHECK LIST OF REPUBLICAN VOTES (ON POVERTY BILL?) WHICH MIGHT BE INFLUENCED BY MACHINISTS' UNION
Telephone conversation # 5267, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 8/30/1964, 4:55PM (Item)
  • INFORMING PRESS OF HHH'S DEPARTURE TIME FROM RANCH; EVENTS TOMORROW: SIGNING FOOD STAMP BILL, LBJ'S TELEPHONE CALL TO PLASTERERS' UNION; QUESTION OF HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW; GEORGE REEDY'S RESIGNATION, PLANS TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC
Telephone conversation # 5276, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 8/31/1964, 9:19AM (Item)
  • KILDUFF ASKS LBJ ABOUT RELEASE OF STATEMENT ON SIGNING FOOD STAMP BILL; DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC, AND FOR RELEASE OF LBJ'S TELEPHONE REMARKS TO PLASTERERS' UNION
Telephone conversation # 4624, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/1/1964, 7:06PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ROBERT WAGNER; POVERTY PROGRAM IN NEW YORK; LBJ ASKS REUTHER'S AID IN GETTING VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO BILL, LABOR'S LOBBYING EFFORTS; FARMERS' UNION; UAW NEGOTIATIONS; RFK; RECENT POLL ON LBJ, VP
Telephone conversation # 6172, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID MCDONALD, 11/4/1964, 12:32PM (Item)
  • LBJ AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANK MCDONALD FOR HIS SUPPORT; LBJ ASKS MCDONALD TO INVESTIGATE REPORT THAT STEELWORKERS INVOLVED IN FIGHT WITH GOLDWATER SUPPORTERS IN HOUSTON WILL LOSE THEIR POSTS IN LOCAL UNION; OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE SENATE
Telephone conversation # 6707, sound recording, LBJ and OLIN JOHNSTON, 1/5/1965, 4:55PM (Item)
  • JOHNSTON CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH LAST NIGHT, SAYS HE WILL BE HAVING SURGERY BUT WILL GET PROXY FOR VOTES; LBJ EXPRESSES SYMPATHY AND SUPPORT FOR JOHNSTON
Telephone conversation # 5963, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 10/24/1964, 7:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS KNIGHT'S OPINION OF UAW SETTLEMENT IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH GM PRIOR TO ISSUING STATEMENT URGING UNION MEMBERS TO ACCEPT PROPOSAL; KNIGHT MENTIONS THAT IT IS HIS BIRTHDAY; LBJ INVITES KNIGHT TO PLAY GOLF WITH HIM FOLLOWING THE ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 5449, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/3/1964, 11:36AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT COMMUNISTS HAVE DROPPED CHAFF IN BERLIN AIR CORRIDOR, REPORTS ON CALL TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON LACK OF PROGRESS IN UNION NEGOTIATIONS, POSSIBLE STRIKE; DISCUSSION OF REPLY TO GOLDWATER'S CHARGES ON DRAFT; DOD STUDY ON DRAFT
Telephone conversation # 5493, sound recording, LBJ and ANATOLY DOBRYNIN, 9/4/1964, 2:00PM (Item)
  • "AMBASSADOR OF SOVIET UNION"
Telephone conversation # 7325, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNOR, 4/7/1965, 10:10AM (Item)
  • COMMERCE DEPT APPOINTMENTS; NICHOLAS JOHNSON'S TROUBLES WITH MARITIME UNIONS, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO FAA; SST; LLOYD CUTLER AS CIA DIRECTOR; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE US TOURISM; APPALACHIA; HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA; UPPER
Telephone conversation # 6715, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MONRONEY, 1/8/1965, 9:30AM (Item)
  • MONRONEY ADVOCATES APPROVAL OF JAPANESE AIR ROUTES FROM US WEST TO EAST COASTS AT UPCOMING VISIT BY PRIME MINISTER SATO; JAPANESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; US AIRLINES' VIEWS; MONRONEY PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH, DISCUSSES NEED FOR SUPERSONIC
Telephone conversation # 6721, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 1/12/1965, 9:50AM (Item)
  • JACK VALENTI'S CALL IS MISTAKENLY ROUTED TO LBJ; LBJ AND MORSE DISCUSS BULL THAT MORSE SOLD LBJ; MORSE PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ ASKS MORSE'S SUPPORT FOR EDUCATION BILL; INCREASED FUNDING FOR EDUCATION; CATHOLIC CRITICISM OF EDUCATION
Telephone conversation # 8841, sound recording, LBJ and I.W. ABEL, 9/5/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • ABEL TELLS LBJ THAT UNION'S WAGE POLICY COMMITTEE HAS RATIFIED THE STEEL SETTLEMENT; ABEL CONGRATULATES LBJ ON FAST WORK ON "CALIFORNIA PROBLEM"; LBJ INVITES ABEL TO WH DINNER LATER THIS MONTH, TELLS HIM TO PUT OUT PRESS STATEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 8853, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and CHARLES LUNA, 9/13/1965, 12:35PM (Item)
  • LUNA DISCUSSES UNION'S CONCERNS ABOUT LBJ'S APPOINTMENT OF EMERGENCY BOARD AND RESULTING LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO END STRIKE AGAINST SANTA FE RAILROAD; LUNA'S UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO TALK WITH WILLARD WIRTZ; REEDY TELLS LUNA HE WILL TALK TO LBJ ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 8136, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 6/15/1965, 2:07PM (Item)
  • MEANY REPORTS UNNAMED PERSON (JESSE CALHOON?) AGREED TO 30-DAY EXTENSION IN MARITIME WORKERS' LABOR DISPUTE; LEE PRESSMAN'S INFLUENCE WITH UNION; COMMERCE DEPT'S COMMITTEE ON MARITIME POLICY; JOHN CONNOR AS COMMERCE SECRETARY; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE
Telephone conversation # 8907, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 9/30/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF HOUSE VERSION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PAY RAISE WHICH EXCEEDS FEDERAL WAGE GUIDELINES; POSSIBLE VETO; LBJ ASKS MCCORMACK TO WORK ON COMPROMISE; PRESS STORIES ABOUT LBJ'S ARM-TWISTING OF CONGRESS; UNION INFLUENCE
Telephone conversation # 8020, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and JOHN CONNOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • CONNOR INFORMS MOYERS OF PROBABLE PICKETING EFFORT BY MARITIME UNIONS PROTESTING THE DECLINING STATE OF THE MERCHANT MARINE, DISCUSSES MARITIME SUBCOMMITTEE HEADED BY TED KHEEL AND ITS PLAN TO FORMULATE PROPOSALS FOR SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM FOR BULK
Telephone conversation # 9861, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/9/1966, 12:58PM (Item)
  • "UNION MATTERS"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 9647, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/19/1966, 1:50PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE FUTURE TROOP COMMITMENTS IN VIETNAM; OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY BY LABOR LEADERS JACOB POTOFSKY, WALTER REUTHER; LBJ READS REPORT ON BATTLE AT AN KHE, VIETNAM; MARITIME UNION RESOLUTION ON BOYCOTTING SHIPS; TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B; WAGE
Telephone conversation # 9658, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1966, 10:34AM (Item)
  • "RE UNION MATTERS (DUBINSKY)"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 9499, sound recording, LBJ and HOWARD CANNON, 1/14/1966, 6:49PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS CANNON THAT HE HAS SIGNED NOMINATION PAPERS FOR CANNON'S PROMOTION AS RESERVE MAJOR GENERAL; CANNON PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, SAYS HE WAS HAPPY TO SEE LBJ LOOKING SO WELL DURING SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 9527, sound recording, LBJ and NELSON ROCKEFELLER, 1/21/1966, 2:54PM (Item)
  • ROCKEFELLER ASKS IF HE CAN MEET WITH LBJ TO DISCUSS RIVER BASIN ISSUE, OTHER FEDERAL-STATE PROPOSALS LBJ DISCUSSED IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ ASKS ROCKEFELLER TO SEND HIM AGENDA, SAYS HE WILL SET UP APPROPRIATE MEETINGS
Telephone conversation # 10598, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE PICKLE, 8/9/1966, 6:17PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF AIRLINE STRIKE BILL IN HOUSE COMMITTEE, OFFERS ADVICE ON HOW TO HANDLE BILL, RECOMMENDS GEORGE MEANY TESTIFY; LABOR'S INFLUENCE ON HARLEY STAGGERS; EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT ON OTHER UNIONS' DEMANDS, ECONOMY; NEED TO SETTLE
Telephone conversation # 10788, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 9/16/1966, 12:36PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS TO MEET WITH MEANY, EXPLAINS WHY HE IS NOT MAKING SPEECH TO UNION IN MISSOURI; DECISION TO HAVE SIGNING CEREMONY FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL IN WASHINGTON, DC; LBJ ASKS MEANY TO GATHER SUPPORT IN ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
Telephone conversation # 10450, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • UPDATE ON AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; RELUCTANCE OF CARRIERS TO SETTLE; GARDNER ACKLEY'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT STATEMENT'S EFFECT ON UNION, P. L. SIEMILLER; TERMS OF OTHER RECENT
Telephone conversation # 10453, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 9:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON AIRLINE STRIKE SETTLEMENT; GARDNER ACKLEY'S VIEWS ON STATEMENT; LBJ QUESTIONS ECONOMIC FIGURES IN SETTLEMENT; WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT STATEMENTS BY P. L. SIEMILLER, WILLIAM CURTIN ON SETTLEMENT; CONCERNS ABOUT UNION