Discover Our Collections


Limit your search

Tag Contributor Date Subject Type Collection Series Specific Item Type Time Period

684 results

Telephone conversation # 2091, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 2/15/1964, 6:50PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • ADMINISTRATION OF POVERTY PROGRAM, POSSIBILITY OF GIVING CONTROL TO DEFENSE DEPT; TED SORENSEN; SARGENT SHRIVER, CONGRESS & EXECUTIVE DEPTS; EFFECT OF TAX BILL ON FARMERS, WORKERS, BUSINESS, STOCK MARKET; UK TRADE WITH CUBA; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 1174, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY LUCE, 1/3/1964, 2:54PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • WEATHER; HOLIDAY GREETINGS; LBJ ASKS LUCE TO VISIT; TAX BILL; CIVIL RIGHTS; FEDERAL BUDGET; POVERTY; APPALACHIA
Telephone conversation # 1200, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/6/1964, 5:12PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AND CLOTURE IN SENATE; MIKE MANSFIELD, RICHARD RUSSELL, EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ REQUESTS WILKINS' ADVICE ON PLANS FOR POVERTY PROGRAM; WILKINS RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES, SPOTTSWOOD ROBINSON AND LEON HIGGINBOTHAM
Telephone conversation # 1220, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 1/7/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • TAX BILL; BUSINESS COMMUNITY'S SUPPORT FOR LBJ; US ECONOMY; REDUCTIONS IN DEFENSE BUDGET; NASA BUDGET; INCREASES IN JOB TRAINING; POVERTY PROGRAM; VALUE OF THE DOLLAR; GOLD PRICE; TRADE; ARMS REDUCTION; FRB; SEYMOUR HARRIS; THOMAS MANN
Telephone conversation # 1434, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 1/20/1964, 6:10PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DALEY DESCRIBES STRONG POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN MIDWEST; LBJ ASKS DALEY TO BEGIN PLANNING FOR POVERTY PROGRAM IN CHICAGO; DALEY RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF ED HANRAHAN AS DISTRICT ATTORNEY, LBJ AGREES
Telephone conversation # 1620, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, 1/29/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ ASKS GALBRAITH TO COME TO WH TO DISCUSS ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS IN SETTING UP NEW POVERTY PROGRAM WITH EXISTING CABINET DEPTS; GALBRAITH DISCUSSES LESSONS LEARNED FROM FDR NEW DEAL PROGRAMS, PEACE CORPS; NEED FOR STRONG DIRECTOR LIKE SARGENT
Telephone conversation # 1625, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 1/29/1964, 12:20PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • GORDON REPORTS ON STATUS OF HOUSE BUDGET SUPPLEMENTALS ON IMPACTED AREAS, NDEA, BRACEROS; ABOLITION OF ALBERT THOMAS SUBCOMMITTEE; LBJ INSTRUCTS GORDON TO TELL CABINET TO TALK TO COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN; ADMINISTERING POVERTY PROGRAM; JOHN KENNETH
Telephone conversation # 2479, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 2:20PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ INVITES O'BRIEN FOR SWIM, TO DINNER WHEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; TONIGHT'S WH CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; BRUCE ALGER; CIVIL RIGHTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE, WISCONSIN PRIMARIES; PAUL CORBIN; MARY MCGRORY
Telephone conversation # 2495, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/12/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON MEETING WITH SARGENT SHRIVER, GEORGE MEANY, AND ANDY BIEMILLER ON POVERTY BILL; O'BRIEN ASKS MOYERS TO CALL LANE KIRKLAND OR MEANY; PHIL LANDRUM
Telephone conversation # 2497, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 3/12/1964, 6:25PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DISCUSSION OF QUESTION OF LBJ'S DELIVERING POVERTY MESSAGE IN PERSON TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS OR SENDING MESSAGE UP, POSSIBLE EFFECT ON LBJ'S PRESTIGE AND PASSAGE OF FARM BILL; VOTE IN HOUSE TODAY ON PAY RAISE BILL; COTTON BILL
Telephone conversation # 2499, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/12/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN ABOUT EFFECT OF HOUSE VOTE ON PAY RAISE BILL ON FEDERAL BUDGET, FARM BILL; LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN TO REVIEW FOREIGN AID, POVERTY, "IRISH" MESSAGE, PRAISES O'BRIEN'S WORK AND ASKS HIM TO GO TO "IRISH" EVENT (ST. PATRICK'S DAY DINNER?)
Telephone conversation # 2538, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/18/1964, 3:57PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • MCNAMARA ASKS ABOUT LBJ'S COLD, ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ TODAY, REPORTS ON HIS CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON POVERTY PROGRAM, JOB CORPS, DRAFT REJECTEES
Telephone conversation # 2540, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE SECRETARY, 3/18/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • OFFICE SECRETARY CALLS LBJ TO TELL HIM THAT JACK VALENTI WANTS TO BRING IN SOME MATERIAL; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT POVERTY BILL, LBJ'S MEETING WITH HIS SWTSTC PROFESSOR H. M. GREENE TOMORROW
Telephone conversation # 2374, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 3/6/1964, 8:08PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • PASSAGE OF FARM BILL; FOOD STAMP BILL; HOUSE DIVISIONS ON AGRICULTURE; TEXTILES; COTTON; WHEAT; MEAT; LABOR LOBBY; HAROLD COOLEY; BOB POAGE; ARA; TOBACCO; LEAKS ON POVERTY PROGRAM; LBJ INSTRUCTS FREEMAN TO INCREASE USDA MEAT PURCHASES; DOD MEAT
Telephone conversation # 2386, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 3/7/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • FARM BILL; ARA; FOOD STAMP BILL; LBJ IN RECENT POLLS; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON LBJ; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR EISENHOWER IN FOREIGN POLICY; VIETNAM; POVERTY BILL; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; RFK; MASSACHUSETTS POLITICS; PRESIDENTIAL
Telephone conversation # 2409, sound recording, LBJ and ANTHONY CELEBREZZE, 3/9/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • 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 # 2427, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 3/9/1964, 5:05PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT JACK ANDERSON, MEAT PRICES, ESTHER PETERSON; VANCE REPORTS ON DOD MEAT PURCHASES; POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL IMPORT QUOTAS; PROPOSAL IN POVERTY BILL TO LOWER DRAFT REGISTRATION AGE TO 17; DRAFT REJECTEES; PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS
Telephone conversation # 2957, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 4/9/1964, 5:21PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • O'BRIEN ASKS LBJ TO CALL RICHARD DALEY; INVITEES TO COTTON-WHEAT FARM BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; REQUEST FROM ADAM CLAYTON POWELL TO MEET WITH LBJ; POVERTY BILL; PAY BILL FOR FEDERAL EMPLOYEES; WILLIAM DOHERTY
Telephone conversation # 2985, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 4/10/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF AMOS BOHMAN? TO UNNAMED POST; JOSE (JOSEPH) ERAZO; LBJ EVALUATES ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; POWELL'S WORK ON COTTON-WHEAT FARM BILL, POVERTY BILL; SWEARING-IN OF WOMEN APPOINTEES; APPOINTMENTS OF PHILIP NICHOLS, MARY KEYSERLING
Telephone conversation # 3020, sound recording, LBJ and TOM HUGHES, 4/14/1964, 11:10AM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES (CIVIL RIGHTS, POVERTY, FOOD STAMPS, MEDICARE, FEDERAL PAY BILLS); LBJ WANTS AGRICULTURE DEPT TO LOBBY SENATE ON FOOD STAMP BILL; ALLEN ELLENDER
Telephone conversation # 3035, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 4/15/1964, 4:25PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DALEY'S TESTIMONY ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ SAYS LADY BIRD JOHNSON WILL MAKE BRIEF SPEECH DURING THEIR UPCOMING CHICAGO TRIP; LBJ EXTENDS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN TOM O'BRIEN, ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR; BILL DAWSON
Telephone conversation # 2336, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 3/3/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO FRB: FRED DEMING, J. L. ROBERTSON; EXPORT-IMPORT BANK; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN; INTEREST RATES; US ECONOMY; INFLATION; DRAFTING OF POVERTY MESSAGE; NEED TO APPOINT WOMEN: CATHERINE? CLEARY, GERALDINE "GERI" JOSEPH, SYLVIA
Telephone conversation # 2345, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/4/1964, 1:50PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ SPEAKS WITH MOYERS? ABOUT NEWS LEAK ON THE POVERTY PROGRAM; LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO COME OVER FOR A SWIM
Telephone conversation # 2592, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and SARGENT SHRIVER, 3/21/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • MOYERS TELLS SHRIVER THAT LBJ WANTS TO KNOW IF HEARINGS ON POVERTY BILL CAN BE FINISHED BEFORE EASTER, PROCEEDING WITHOUT ADAM CLAYTON POWELL IF NECESSARY; PHIL LANDRUM TO HOLD HEARINGS IN POWELL'S ABSENCE
Telephone conversation # 2601, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/21/1964, 4:42PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ WANTS TO GIVE JOHN B. MARTIN WRITING ASSIGNMENTS AT STATE DEPT AND TO REASSIGN RICHARD GOODWIN FROM PEACE CORPS TO WH AS SPEECHWRITER TO WORK ON POVERTY MESSAGE, FOREIGN AID POLICY; RUSK IS CONSIDERING ROBERT MCCLINTOCK TO WORK ON STATE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 3125, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 4/23/1964, 6:36PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • MOYERS REPORTS ON TALK WITH RFK ON HHH, EVERETT DIRKSEN, JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; SARGENT SHRIVER, HAROLD COOLEY, POVERTY BILL; CARL ALBERT; HENRY WILSON; MEDICARE IN LBJ'S SPEECH; MARGUERITE HIGGINS OF NEWSDAY, JOHNSON FAMILY
Telephone conversation # 4115, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 7/1/1964, 6:38PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT SENATE HEARINGS ON (POVERTY?) BILL; NEED FOR HOUSE RULE FOR CONFERENCE REPORT ON FOOD STAMP BILL, JACK MILLER AMENDMENT ON IMPORTED MEAT; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP, JUDGE HOWARD SMITH
Telephone conversation # 4126, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 7/2/1964, 12:56PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • HANDLING OF CARL CURTIS, MIKE MANSFIELD AMENDMENTS ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA, INCREASE IN US EXPORTS; TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING; STATUS OF REMAINING BILLS: FEDERAL PAY, HOUSING, POVERTY BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Telephone conversation # 3778, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 6/18/1964, 4:58PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ROLL CALL COUNT ON FEDERAL DEBT CEILING BILL; CARL ALBERT; LBJ ASKS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; O'BRIEN ASKS ABOUT SENDING MEMO TO LBJ ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 3780, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 6/18/1964, 5:07PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE SUSPENSION OF RULES TO BRING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL TO A VOTE IN HOUSE BEFORE REPUBLICANS LEAVE FOR CONVENTION; WILBUR MILLS, SOCIAL SECURITY; SCHEDULE FOR VOTES ON CIVIL RIGHTS, POVERTY, APPALACHIA BILLS; JOHN MCCORMACK; CHARLES
Telephone conversation # 3790, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 6/19/1964, 4:55PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • SENATE VOTE ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; REPUBLICAN EFFORT TO CUT FOREIGN AID BILL BY $500 MILLION; CALIFORNIA TRIP; OLIN JOHNSTON, MIKE MONRONEY, FEDERAL PAY BILL; HEAD COUNT ON MASS TRANSIT BILL; HOUSE RULE ON POVERTY BILL; FOOD STAMP BILL
Telephone conversation # 3810, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES HALLECK, 6/22/1964, 6:24PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • APPOINTMENT OF HAMER BUDGE TO SEC; HALLECK COMPLAINS OF LBJ PRESSING HIM TO PASS LEGISLATION, NEED FOR RECESS FOR REPUBLICAN CONVENTION; PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, TAX BILL; LBJ ASKS HALLECK TO VOTE POVERTY BILL OUT OF HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 3536, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/28/1964, 11:03AM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: LBJ AND DOUGLAS DILLON'S STATEMENTS AT CEREMONY THIS MORNING; LBJ'S MEETINGS THIS MORNING WITH JOHN MCCONE ON WORLD SITUATION, WITH WILLARD WIRTZ ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS, POVERTY, EMPLOYMENT SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 3537, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/28/1964, 11:04AM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON POVERTY BILL?; REEDY ASKS IF LBJ WILL VISIT JFK GRAVESITE TODAY IN ANTICIPATION OF POSSIBLE QUESTIONS FROM PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3630, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 6/5/1964, 5:12PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • ALBERT REPORTS EFFORTS TO CONTACT JUDGE HOWARD SMITH TO SCHEDULE HEARINGS ON POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 3649, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 6/9/1964, 12:44PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • FEDERAL DEBT CEILING LEGISLATION; RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON POVERTY BILL; RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL CONFERENCE REPORT FOLLOWING SENATE PASSAGE; JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT; LBJ INFORMS ALBERT OF RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT
Telephone conversation # 3657, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 6/9/1964, 4:44PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • DISCUSSION OF TIP O'NEILL'S SCHEDULED DEPARTURE FROM WASHINGTON, DC NEXT WEEK EVEN IF RULES COMMITTEE HAS NOT COMPLETED ACTION ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ QUESTIONS EFFECTIVENESS OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST
Telephone conversation # 3422, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 5/13/1964, 2:45PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • STRATEGY FOR POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS; SOUTHERN, NORTHERN CONGRESSMEN'S VIEWPOINTS; FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN; TIP O'NEILL, HUGH CAREY, CLOSING OF NAVY YARDS IN BOSTON, BROOKLYN; LBJ REPORTS ON TEXAS DELEGATION LUNCHEON TODAY
Telephone conversation # 3428, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 5/13/1964, 3:40PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON VOTE ON IDA BILL; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL, AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ISSUE; CATHOLIC POSITION, BIBLE BELT POSITION; LBJ WANTS COMPROMISE LANGUAGE IN REPORT, NOT IN BILL; CLOSING NAVY YARD FACILITIES
Telephone conversation # 3431, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 5/13/1964, 3:55PM (Item)
  • Welfare and War on Poverty
  • IDA VOTE; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH HALLECK ON FOREIGN AID BILL; POVERTY BILL; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS ISSUE; LBJ WANTS COMPROMISE LANGUAGE IN REPORT, NOT IN BILL ITSELF