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Telephone conversation # 3539, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 5/28/1964, 11:45AM (Item)
  • CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND DEMONSTRATIONS; DICK GREGORY; UNEMPLOYMENT; RFK SUGGESTS IMPROVEMENTS IN US OLYMPIC PARTICIPATION; BARRETT PRETTYMAN'S NARCOTICS STUDY; DESEGREGATION IN AUSTIN; RFK'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; DOUGLAS DILLON; WALTER
Telephone conversation # 10572, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/5/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 8668, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 8/28/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS LEGISLATION TO REMEDY BASIC PROBLEMS IN IMPOVERISHED AREAS AND TO PASS WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; REACTION OF PRESS TO LBJ'S RECENT STATEMENT ON WATTS, CIVIL DISORDERS
Telephone conversation # 9049, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 10/30/1965, 4:03PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF VOTER REGISTRATION, VOTING; DEFEAT OF REPEAL OF 14-B OF TAFT-HARTLEY ACT, RENT SUPPLEMENTS, WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE, MINIMUM WAGE BILLS; LBJ ENCOURAGES WILKINS TO WORK WITH NICHOLAS KATZENBACH; WILKINS' LA ORGANIZATION
Telephone conversation # 5649, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • "VOICES ON THIS RECORD RALPH DUNGAN; WALTER JENKINS - JUANITA ROBERTS; J. ROBERTS - ASHTON GONELLA; PRESIDENT, LEE WHITE, & 3 WOMEN FROM MCCOMB, MISS. RE BOMBING OF THEIR HOMES"; POOR SOUND QUALITY
Telephone conversation # 8822, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 9/2/1965, 7:50PM (Item)
  • SHRIVER TELLS LBJ ABOUT FAVORABLE CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT ON POVERTY AUTHORIZATION BILL, INCLUDING REPEAL OF GOVERNORS' VETO PROVISION; LBJ CONGRATULATES SHRIVER; STATUS OF POVERTY APPROPRIATIONS BILL; WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION