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Telephone conversation # 12607, sound recording, LBJ and BEN HEINEMAN, 1/21/1968, 1:16PM (Item)
  • "IN CHICAGO
  • HEINEMAN DECLINES APPOINTMENT (AS HEW SECRETARY) BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENTS TO NEW COMPANY; LBJ DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVES UNTIL HEINEMAN IS AVAILABLE; APPOINTMENT OF WILBUR COHEN AS ACTING SECRETARY; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MANAGEMENT STYLE AS PRESIDENT
Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ BRIEFLY INTERRUPTS CONVERSATION TO LISTEN TO NEWS BROADCAST THAT IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND; PREVIOUSLY OPENED ON TAPE K66.03, PNO 1; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • NAMING RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; CHARLES HORSKY; SUPREME COURT LAW AND ORDER CASES; STOKELY CARMICHAEL; TV SHOWS ON BLACK POWER, RIOTS, POLICE IN CLEVELAND, CHICAGO; THURGOOD MARSHALL; CLARK CLIFFORD'S DECLINING
Telephone conversation # 13208, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/13/1968, 5:22PM (Item)
  • DALEY MAKES RECOMMENDATION FOR NEW US AMBASSADOR TO IRELAND; LBJ ASKS DALEY TO SEND INFORMATION TO JIM JONES, COMPLIMENTS DALEY ON ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION IN CHICAGO; NEGOTIATIONS WITH LOCAL TELEPHONE WORKERS UNION; EUGENE
Telephone conversation # 5857, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 10/10/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • "F (LBJ)"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH BILL MOYERS PRECEDES CALL
  • PRESS GUIDANCE FOR FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; HECKLING OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; LBJ'S NEW ORLEANS SPEECH; DAVID RABINOVITZ WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP; HARRIS POLL; NIXON'S STATEMENTS; WHISTLESTOP PRESS COVERAGE; LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 6611, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 12/14/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • VOTING RIGHTS BILL; LBJ SETS GOAL OF 100% VOTING; WAYS TO IMPROVE VOTER REGISTRATION; POSSIBLE CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT; HENRY REUSS' CHARGE OF DELAY IN CIVIL RIGHTS PROSECUTIONS; SUPREME COURT DECISION AFFIRMING CIVIL RIGHTS ACT; JOHN CONNOR; NEW
Telephone conversation # 5930, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/20/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION DURING CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING EDWIN WEISL, SR., AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ INTERRUPTS MCNAMARA TO LISTEN TO TV NEWS DURING CALL
Telephone conversation # 12839, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/23/1968, 12:46PM? (Item)
  • "FR BEDROOM 3/23/68"; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY LIST CALL AT 1:50P BUT CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES TIME IS EARLIER; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS
  • LBJ DISCUSSES EXISTING SUPPORT FOR HIS NOMINATION, ASKS O'BRIEN TO HEAD HIS CAMPAIGN; STANLEY STEINGUT AND NEW YORK POLITICS; INDIANA PRIMARY; ILLINOIS POLITICS
Telephone conversation # 13348, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN BAILEY, 8/30/1968, 2:45PM (Item)
  • BAILEY ON HOLD 0:15; DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 2:36P; SMALL CHILD IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES
  • LBJ THANKS BAILEY FOR HIS SERVICE TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAYS HE IS DISTRESSED ABOUT BAILEY'S RESIGNATION AS DNC CHAIRMAN; LARRY O'BRIEN'S APPOINTMENT AS NEW DNC CHAIRMAN, HHH'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER; PRESS REPORTS OF DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT CONVENTION
Telephone conversation # 13407, sound recording, LBJ and SOL TAISHOFF, 9/6/1968, 7:27PM (Item)
  • ENVELOPE INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 9/9/1968; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL ON 9/6/1968; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND; TAISHOFF IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; LBJ SPEAKS BRIEFLY TO SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE DURING CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT
  • TAISHOFF'S HEALTH; LBJ ASKS TAISHOFF'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO FCC, DISCUSSES CANDIDATES: JOSEPH BORKIN, JOHN CRISWELL, REX LEE; QUESTION OF LBJ FILLING VARIOUS VACANCIES, NOT NEW PRESIDENT; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
Telephone conversation # 5495, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 9/4/1964, 2:05PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF SENATE HANDLING OF NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, QUESTION OF FORMAL SENATE RESOLUTION, POSSIBILITY THAT NEW INVESTIGATION WILL BE TURNED OVER TO GOVT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE; JOHN BYRNES; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL NOMINATION
Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN, REQUEST FOR FUNDS; POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ BY HEARST NEWSPAPERS; OTHER PRESS ENDORSEMENTS; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CANDIDATES FOR JUSTICE DEPT POSTS; RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 2522, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 3/17/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • DUBINSKY PRAISES LBJ'S TV APPEARANCE YESTERDAY; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON REAPPOINTING MORRIS NOVIK TO USIA BOARD; LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT IN NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL RACE BETWEEN CHARLES BUCKLEY, JONATHAN BINGHAM; LBJ'S POLICY OF MAKING NO PRIMARY
Telephone conversation # 3309, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 5/1/1964, 12:10PM (Item)
  • PREPARATIONS FOR DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF JOE DUKE AS WESTERN COORDINATOR; LBJ WANTS TENNESSEE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, GUAM DELEGATIONS TO BE INSTRUCTED
Telephone conversation # 4970, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/15/1964, 4:45PM (Item)
  • PROBLEM WITH CONFIRMATION OF PHILIP NICHOLS AS US CUSTOMS COURT JUDGE; CONFUSION OVER FBI REPORT ON SOMEONE WITH SIMILAR NAME; JUSTICE DEPT RELEASE OF REPORT TO REPUBLICAN SENATORS; RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; JEWISH VOTE
Telephone conversation # 4972, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 8/15/1964, 5:03PM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF PHILIP NICHOLS TO US CUSTOMS COURT, CONFUSION OVER FBI REPORT; RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; JACQUELINE KENNEDY'S APPEARANCE AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; PROPOSED MEETING OF LBJ WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS ROY WILKINS, MLK, WHITNEY YOUNG
Telephone conversation # 5421, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/2/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ FOR RESPONSE TO PRESS STORY THAT JACQUELINE KENNEDY WILL BE NAMED AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE; LBJ REPORTS SHE HAD TURNED DOWN APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, POLITICAL NATURE
Telephone conversation # 6234, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/5/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS MCNAMARA FOR HELP IN CAMPAIGN; ELECTION RESULTS IN TEXAS AND ORLANDO, FLORIDA; JOHN CONNALLY; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S DEFEAT OF GEORGE BUSH; RECRUITING NEW TALENT FOR GOVT VACANCIES; VIETNAM SITUATION AND POSSIBLE CHANGE IN US POLICY
Telephone conversation # 5811, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 10/2/1964, 2:32PM (Item)
  • LBJ INQUIRES ABOUT MOYER'S HEALTH; DISCUSSION OF SPEECH DRAFTS, NEW CAMPAIGN TV AD PREPARED BY RICHARD GOODWIN; MOYERS REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH SARGENT SHRIVER ABOUT POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT FOR EMMET RIORDAN IN POVERTY PROGRAM
Telephone conversation # 6370, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 11/16/1964, 4:45PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF LARRY O'BRIEN'S DESIRE FOR NEW JOB, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT AS DNC CHAIRMAN; O'BRIEN'S SUCCESS AS WH CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON; DALEY PRAISES JOHN BAILEY'S LOYALTY; ILLINOIS ELECTION RESULTS; RE-ELECTION OF OTTO KERNER; ROLAND LIBONATI'S
Telephone conversation # 6371, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID LAWRENCE, 11/16/1964, 5:00PM (Item)
  • MATTHEW MCCLOSKY'S HEARING; PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS; DEFEAT OF GENEVIEVE BLATT IN SENATE RACE; DEMOCRATIC LOSS OF JEWISH, ITALIAN VOTE; LBJ'S ELECTION BET WITH FRANK SMITH; LARRY O'BRIEN'S WISH FOR NEW JOB, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO DNC; REORGANIZATION
Telephone conversation # 6391, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 11/18/1964, 9:25AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO VACANCIES IN HEW, TREASURY, REPUBLICAN VACANCIES ON FPC; FRANCES MCGOVERN; JAMES SWIDLER; DISCUSSION OF POLICY OF REQUESTING RESIGNATIONS OF APPOINTEES AT BEGINNING OF NEW ADMINISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 5448, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/3/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF LEGAL REQUIREMENT THAT ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL CAN ONLY SERVE 30 DAYS BEFORE A PERMANENT APPOINTEE MUST BE NAMED; FORTAS REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH HHH ON NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; JAMES ROWE; JOHN BYRNES AND MGIC
Telephone conversation # 5472, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/3/1964, 6:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ON ANNOUNCEMENT THAT NICHOLAS KATZENBACH WILL SERVE AS ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL FOLLOWING RFK'S RESIGNATION; QUESTION OF NEED TO NAME PERMANENT APPOINTEE; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; JOHN BYRNES; POSSIBLE STEEL PRICE INCREASE
Telephone conversation # 5475, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/3/1964, 7:12PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS' OPINION OF PUBLIC REACTION TO NOMINATION OF RAUL CASTRO AS AMBASSADOR TO EL SALVADOR, READS FORTAS NEW GALLUP POLL ON INCREASE IN REPUBLICAN FRONTLASH SUPPORT FOR LBJ AND DECREASE IN BACKLASH DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR GOLDWATER
Telephone conversation # 10727, sound recording, LBJ and ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, 9/7/1966, 11:07PM (Item)
  • POWELL REPORTS ON UNNAMED BILL (MINIMUM WAGE?); POSSIBLE LOSS OF DEMOCRATIC SEATS IN UPCOMING ELECTIONS; NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY'S NOMINATION OF FDR, JR. FOR GOV.; APPOINTMENT OF HOWARD GAMSER; CARL ALBERT'S HEALTH; POWELL'S REMARKS TO RFK PRAISING
Telephone conversation # 10737, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/10/1966, 12:33PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE NYC SIGNING CEREMONY FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL; INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF BILL; COMPLICATIONS DUE TO NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE; LIBERAL PARTY AND FDR, JR.; CANDIDATES FOR US DELEGATION TO UN; PRESS STORY ON LBJ'S MEETING WITH JEWISH WAR
Telephone conversation # 10757, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/12/1966, 8:35PM (Item)
  • VETO OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES LIFE INSURANCE BILL; GOLDBERG DISCUSSES PROPOSED SIGNING CEREMONY IN NYC FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL; NEW YORK POLITICS; LBJ PRAISES JEWISH CEREMONY AT CORRINE BOGGS' WEDDING, ASKS GOLDBERG TO BE HIS LABOR LIAISON; UN
Telephone conversation # 12835, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/23/1968, 10:17AM (Item)
  • DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL RACE; RFK CAMPAIGN; LBJ'S CAMPAIGN STRATEGY; BERTRAND HARDING'S APPOINTMENT AS OEO DIRECTOR; NEW POVERTY, URBAN PROJECTS; DALEY'S TALK WITH CARL STOKES; INDIANA PRIMARY; RICHARD HATCHER; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH DALEY'S SONS
Telephone conversation # 12838, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY WILSON, 3/23/1968, 12:37PM (Item)
  • WILSON RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF TERRY SANFORD AS DIRECTOR OF CITIZENS FOR JOHNSON COMMITTEE; DISCUSSION OF LARRY O'BRIEN'S ROLE IN LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; STANLEY STEINGUT, RFK AND NEW YORK POLITICS; JAMES ROWE'S ROLE; NEED FOR CABINET MEMBERS TO SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 11224, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 12/29/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENTS IN NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT; LBJ SUGGESTS MACY TALK WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO ABOUT MERGING COMMERCE AND LABOR DEPTS; DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR COMMERCE DEPT, REPUBLICAN VACANCIES ON ICC
Telephone conversation # 11305, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 1/4/1967, 11:20AM (Item)
  • SMATHERS' EVALUATION OF MIAMI MAYOR ROBERT HIGH FOR POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT; DISCUSSION OF DEMOCRATIC LOSSES IN RECENT ELECTIONS; SMATHERS' RESIGNATION AS SECRETARY OF SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE, HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE; ROBERT BYRD AS NEW SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 13733, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 11/13/1968, 5:15PM (Item)
  • DELOACH REPORTS ON SPIRO AGNEW'S SCHEDULE, CALLS MADE FROM HIS PLANE IN ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO ON 11/2/68 ON EFFORTS TO INFLUENCE SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO ENTER PARIS PEACE TALKS; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH RICHARD NIXON
Telephone conversation # 2528, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 3/18/1964, 8:09AM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5868, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • MARIE FEHMER ATTENDING CHURCH TOMORROW; POLLS; JENKINS REPORTS ON CALLS; CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES; NEW MEXICO; MARY LASKER, SWEARING-IN OF KENNEDY CENTER TRUSTEES; RFK'S REQUEST FOR LBJ'S HELP; DNC; MCNAMARA PRESS APPEARANCES; GOLDWATER AND JOHN BIRCH
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/29/1968 (Sunday) (Item)
  • y - a - f a m ily young m e n th a t h av e f ille d th is h o u se in o u r tim e h e r e . a c c id e n t, p ilo tin g a new p la n e . He w a s k ille d in a f lig h t- tr a in in g And L u c i, in a m a n n e r so tr u e l y L u ci, h a s a s
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/9/1968 (Friday) (Item)
  • e r too . And M a r i e - - a t l a s t L yndon is a c h ie v in g one of h i s a m b itio n s - - h e 's g e ttin g M a r i e tau g h t to sw im . And th e n B e r n i c e B u r g c a m e a n d gave m e a new h a i r - d o , and u n d e r the d r