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Telephone conversation # 3456, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 5/14/1964, 8:30PM (Item)
  • ADJOURNMENT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POVERTY BILL; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HUGH CAREY; NEA CONCERN THAT AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WILL UNDERMINE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; JOKES FOR UPCOMING LBJ SPEECHES; BOB HOPE
Telephone conversation # 3033, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM BUSTAMANTE, 4/14/1964, 6:29PM (Item)
  • SOCIAL CALL; LBJ EXPRESSES HIS HOPE THAT JAMAICA'S PRIME MINISTER WILLIAM ALEXANDER BUSTAMANTE HAD A GOOD TRIP TO THE US
Telephone conversation # 13540, sound recording, LBJ and LUCI JOHNSON NUGENT?, 10/11/1968, time unknown (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS "I HOPE YOU'RE WATCHING" BEFORE RECORDING ENDS
Telephone conversation # 190, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 11/30/1963, 1:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE HOPES HOUSE WILL REPORT TAX BILL TO SENATE BEFORE CONGRESS ADJOURNS; DOD BUDGET; BUDGET "GIMMICKS"; HOWARD SMITH'S OBSTRUCTION OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; ROY WILKINS' VIEWS; LBJ'S CONCERN THAT LACK OF ACTION ON BILL WILL LEAD TO CIVIL UNREST
Telephone conversation # 665, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/23/1963, 1:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; MCCORMACK SAYS VOTE IS NOT A DEFEAT FOR DEMOCRATS; LBJ SAYS HE HOPES TO SEE MCCORMACK AND LEW DESCHLER AT WH RECEPTION THIS AFTERNOON
Telephone conversation # 755, sound recording, LBJ and AUGUST BUSCH, 12/26/1963, 9:35PM (Item)
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; BUSCH SAYS HE CANNOT COME TO THE LBJ RANCH FOR ERHARD VISIT BECAUSE OF THE DEATH OF BUSCH'S SISTER; MRS. BUSCH SENDS HER REGARDS TO LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LBJ EXTENDS SYMPATHY TO BUSCH, SAYS HE HOPES TO SEE HIM SOON
Telephone conversation # 1828, sound recording, LBJ and JOE KILGORE, 2/3/1964, 1:20PM (Item)
  • JENKINS TELLS KILGORE THAT LBJ BELIEVES REPUBLICANS MIGHT WIN US SENATE RACE IN TEXAS IF KILGORE RUNS AGAINST RALPH YARBOROUGH; LBJ HOPES KILGORE WILL RUN FOR CONGRESS AGAIN; POTENTIAL EFFECT OF US SENATE RACE IN TEXAS ON NATIONAL DEMOCRATIC PARTY
Telephone conversation # 2556, sound recording, LBJ and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, 3/18/1964, 7:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE IS GOING TO RECEPTION AT JOHN BAILEY'S AND WILL RETURN FOR DINNER; MRS. JOHNSON TELLS LBJ SHE HOPES HE MAKES IT AN EARLY NIGHT BECAUSE HE IS HOARSE
Telephone conversation # 6216, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CLARK, 11/5/1964, 12:56PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ELECTION RESULTS IN PENNSYLVANIA, GENEVIEVE BLATT'S CLOSE SENATE RACE, HOPE OF ABOLISHING POVERTY; CLARK SUGGESTS TO HHH THAT EDMUND MUSKIE OR PHIL HART BE ELECTED SENATE WHIP; DEMOCRATIC INCREASES IN PENNSYLVANIA CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 6326, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • WALTER JENKINS CASE; DISCUSSION OF CIRCUIT AND DISTRICT COURT VACANCIES, POTENTIAL CANDIDATES; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S HOPE FOR COURT APPOINTMENT; FBI REPORTS ON MLK; DINNER HONORING MLK'S RECEIPT OF NOBEL PEACE PRIZE; CONSOLIDATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 6369, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 11/16/1964, 4:45PM (Item)
  • DALEY ASKS IF LBJ HAS GOTTEN ANY REST YET; LBJ TELLS HIM HE HAS BEEN WORKING ON FEDERAL BUDGET AND APPOINTMENTS BUT HOPES TO RETURN TO RANCH LATER THIS WEEK
Telephone conversation # 6867, sound recording, LBJ and WH SITUATION ROOM, 2/22/1965, 7:41AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON VIETNAM; SITUATION ROOM REPORTS THAT SITUATION IS QUIET, NGUYEN KHANH APPARENTLY HAS GIVEN UP HOPE OF RETAINING POWER FOLLOWING COUP, NO INJURIES TO US FORCES OR INSTALLATIONS
Telephone conversation # 7168, sound recording, LBJ and ANTHONY LIUZZO, 3/26/1965, 2:55PM (Item)
  • LIUZZO THANKS LBJ FOR HIS STATEMENT ON ARREST OF SUSPECTS IN MURDER OF HIS WIFE, VIOLA LIUZZO, AND FOR HIS SUPPORT FOR LEGISLATION; LBJ EXPRESSES HIS AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SYMPATHY AND HOPE THAT MRS. LIUZZO WILL NOT HAVE DIED IN VAIN
Telephone conversation # 8628, sound recording, LBJ and CONRAD COOPER, 8/26/1965, 11:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RESPONSE TO QUESTION AT PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY ABOUT CURRENT STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS HE HOPES BOTH SIDES CAN REACH RESPONSIBLE SETTLEMENT WHICH WILL BE IN NATIONAL INTEREST; COOPER TELLS LBJ THEY WILL TRY TO DO SO; VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 8629, sound recording, LBJ and I. W. ABEL, 8/26/1965, 11:55AM (Item)
  • RECENT WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HOPE BOTH SIDES WILL REACH RESPONSIBLE NON-INFLATIONARY SETTLEMENT IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; INCREASED IMPORTS, DECREASED EXPORTS; VIETNAM SITUATION; LBJ ASKS FOR SETTLEMENT AS BIRTHDAY
Telephone conversation # 9159, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 11/12/1965, 10:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ EXPRESSES HIS AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S ADMIRATION OF BYRD, SAYS HE REGRETS BYRD'S DECISION TO RETIRE FROM SENATE BUT HOPES HE WILL BE SUCCEEDED BY HARRY BYRD, JR; BYRD THANKS LBJ FOR CALL, ASKS ABOUT LBJ'S RECOVERY FROM GALL BLADDER SURGERY
Telephone conversation # 10053, sound recording, LBJ and JENS OTTO KRAG, 4/28/1966, 11:20AM (Item)
  • PRIME MINISTER KRAG THANKS LBJ FOR STATE DINNER IN KRAG'S HONOR LAST NIGHT; LBJ INVITES KRAG TO ACCOMPANY LBJ ON TRIP TO HOUSTON, TEXAS; KRAG DECLINES BECAUSE OF PRIOR COMMITMENTS IN DENMARK BUT SAYS HE HOPES LBJ RAISES LOTS OF MONEY FOR DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 9515, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM BEVERLY MURPHY, 1/18/1966, 2:14PM (Item)
  • MURPHY DISCUSSES PLANS FOR MEETING WITH HEADS OF NAM, US CHAMBER OF COMMERCE ON ECONOMIC SITUATION, NEED FOR RESTRAINT ON WAGE, PRICE INCREASES, NEED TO CONSULT WITH ADMINISTRATION; LBJ DISCUSSES HOPE TO AVOID WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS, EXCESS PROFITS TAX
Telephone conversation # 10591, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 8/8/1966, 12:38PM (Item)
  • DE GAULLE AND FRANCE'S GOLD POLICY; STEEL PRICE INCREASE; DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL BUDGET, DOMESTIC AND MILITARY EXPENDITURES, INFLATION, WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS, TAX BILL AND UPCOMING CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; LBJ HOPES DILLON WILL BE UNDERSECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 11913, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1967, 10:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HOPES FOR OUTCOME OF MEETING WITH ALEXSEI KOSYGIN; KING FAISAL'S RECENT MEETING; LACK OF ARAB UNITY EXCEPT OVER JEWS; JACOB JAVITS' STATEMENTS; JOHN WILLIAMS' OBSTRUCTION OF DEBT LIMIT BILL; SENATE ACTION ON CENSURE OF THOMAS DODD
Telephone conversation # 12854, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/31/1968, 10:26PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH AS CONTRIBUTION TO PEACE, SAYS HE HOPES TO EVENTUALLY PERSUADE LBJ TO CHANGE HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION; LBJ THANKS WIRTZ BUT SAYS DECISION IS IRREVERSIBLE
Telephone conversation # 12857, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 3/31/1968, 10:58PM (Item)
  • STANTON PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, HIS HOPES TO END VIETNAM WAR; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S TRAVEL PLANS FOR TOMORROW AND QUESTION OF STANTON ACCOMPANYING HIM
Telephone conversation # 11621, sound recording, LBJ and LOUELLA DIRKSEN, 3/8/1967, 10:50AM (Item)
  • MRS. DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT EVERETT DIRKSEN IS IN THE HOSPITAL, WILL BE THERE FOR 10 DAYS BUT HOPES TO VOTE ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; DIRKSENS' RECENT STRENUOUS TRIP TO ILLINOIS; LBJ OFFERS ASSISTANCE, ENCOURAGES MRS. DIRKSEN TO HAVE DIRKSEN STAY
Telephone conversation # 13542, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/15/1968, 9:54AM (Item)
  • "B.1(A)"; "RETURNING HIS CALL."; "DISCUSSED MCA-WESTINGHOUSE MATTER---RE MERGERS."; "THE ATTORNEY GENERAL EXPRESSED HIS HOPE THAT 'WE CAN GO WITH THE LAW ENFORCMENT ACT' TODAY--MAKE THE RECESS APPOINTMENTS. 'HOLDING UP MILLIONS OF DOLLARS
Telephone conversation # 13558, sound recording, LBJ and CARL HAYDEN, 10/17/1968, 4:00PM (Item)
  • HAYDEN EXPRESSES HOPE LBJ WILL SIGN PALO VERDE BILL RELATED TO COLORADO RIVER; LBJ SAYS HE VETOED SIMILAR BILL LAST YEAR BUT WILL EXAMINE THIS BILL CAREFULLY, ASKS HAYDEN TO DO ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEW FOR LBJ LIBRARY AND TO SPEAK FRANKLY ABOUT LBJ
Telephone conversation # 22, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID MCDONALD, 11/23/1963, 4:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE IS MEETING WITH ARTHUR GOLDBERG; MCDONALD EXPRESSES HIS SUPPORT; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS; MCDONALD SAYS HE HOPES CONGRESS WILL PASS CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AS TRIBUTE TO JFK; GOLDBERG, MCDONALD DISCUSS PAST SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 9338, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/27/1965, 9:35AM (Item)
  • VIETNAM BOMBING HALT; LBJ SAYS HE FAVORS HALT IF THERE IS HOPE OF PEACE, DISCUSSES REPORT FROM GEORGE BROWN? ON PORT CONGESTION IN SOUTH VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS FROM MILITARY, HHH; PHILIPPINE CONTRIBUTION IN VIETNAM; PEACE EFFORTS; EFFECTIVENESS
Telephone conversation # 12855, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/31/1968, 10:27PM (Item)
  • MOYERS TELLS LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON THAT HE HOPES LBJ WILL CHANGE HIS MIND ABOUT NOT SEEKING RE-ELECTION; LBJ SAYS HIS MIND HAS BEEN MADE UP FOR AWHILE AND DECISION IS IRREVERSIBLE; MOYERS SAYS HE MAY WRITE A BOOK ABOUT LBJ SOMEDAY
Telephone conversation # 12856, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN SPARKMAN, 3/31/1968, 10:30PM (Item)
  • SPARKMAN TELLS LBJ, LADY BIRD JOHNSON THAT LBJ'S SPEECH WAS BEST HE HAS MADE EXCEPT FOR LAST 15 SECONDS, SAYS HE HOPES LBJ WILL RECONSIDER DECISION NOT TO RUN; LBJ SAYS DECISION IS IRREVERSIBLE; SPARKMAN'S DAUGHTER'S CAMPAIGN WORK AS SERVICEMAN'S
Telephone conversation # 12859, sound recording, LBJ and NELSON ROCKEFELLER, 3/31/1968, 11:59PM (Item)
  • ROCKEFELLER SAYS HE WAS SHOCKED BY LBJ'S SPEECH; LBJ SAYS HE HOPES SPEECH WILL GIVE ROCKEFELLER SOME THOUGHT, DISCUSSES HIS DECISION NOT TO SEEK RE-ELECTION, FUTURE PLANS, EFFORTS TO SEEK PEACE IN VIETNAM, MEETINGS WITH ROCKEFELLER'S BROTHERS
Telephone conversation # 3971, transcript, JUANITA ROBERTS and JAMES FARMER, 6/23/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • . ...... _:·· "·'' " ,. Hello, lb·•· Roberts. Ja ~:;;:·'l'c···~·-· Two of &Mm 1N~• our •taff melllMra, aa4 I'm oa the way down to Mia•ie•lppi aow••• ta look at CM abuacloa peraoullr. Aad I'd hoped &o be able to cbat wl&Ja &be Pn•ldeat .n.t AL Y••· lie'• left a mnU., llan
Telephone conversation # 13311, transcript, MARIE FEHMER and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 8/25/1968, 12:31PM (Item)
  • hope he ml1ht tune Into the Meet the Pre11 1peclal today at 4:00p with publhher1. I thlnk he would like at lea•t some ol lt. '\ ... 3. . •om• I • .. I 4. We're doln1 well on the platlorm. 11w been keepln1 a personal watch on lt
Telephone conversation # 13909, transcript, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 1/10/1969, 5:11 PM (Item)
  • good and I want you to look good. I am not going to recommend a bunch of new programs. going to review what we have done in a relatively brief address. hope I can say we have a surplus of between 2 and 3 billion. from an 8 billion deficit. I am I
Telephone conversation # 13618, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:05PM (Item)
  • the negotiations so we 111 just stay right on that, and hope that this thing works out 11 , and then Mr. Wallace said, "Yes, sir. Mr. President, that's been my position all along, too, the position you stated, and I agree with you • that we shouldn't play any
Telephone conversation # 12815, transcript, MARVIN WATSON and RICHARD DALEY, 3/14/1968, 12:35PM (Item)
  • of Transcript: 2 pages Barbara Cline Archivist SERVICE SET I 'J..8/S MAYOR RICHARD DALEY and WMW March 14, 1968 -- lZ: 35 p. m. WATSON: This is Marvin Watson. DALEY: How are you, Marvin? WATSON; Fine, and I hope you are all right, Sir? DALEY
Telephone conversation # 13619, transcripts, CONFERENCE CALL (with LBJ), 10/31/1968, 6:28PM (Item)
  • see no problem. 11 Abrams said: "I subscribe to it a hundred per cent." I would hope that you all could be prepared to say nothing, answer no telephone calls, do no leaking. I know that's possible if the Congress determines that it wants
Telephone conversation # 12514, transcript, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 12/6/1967, 2:35 PM (Item)
  • Secretary Rusk and go over it, but I do not remember any differences. G If it is agreeable with you, Mr. President, I hope nothing will be said until after the United Nations General Assembly is over, which should be about December 20th. p That 1 s
Telephone conversation # 12849, transcript, LBJ and EDWIN PAULEY, 3/26/1968, 7:55PM (Item)
  • authority he had, but everybody says he has ability, and if you want me to see him and work with him, I will. The President -- I sure do. I hope you will see him tomorrow. He is off of my staff here. We needed somebody to work with the Western Congressmen
Telephone conversation # 12106, transcript, LBJ and WILLIAM GUY, 8/25/1967, 12:50PM (Item)
  • t8 be1ia wWa tlaat tbe Vletnameae and Amb. Bwlbr hoped tllat we could keep tbia to a dosea. B"' JOU c&D1 t do thla. waeD J'04I p to aelectla1 tllem aad it *4:reaeea eadl day. W• did not !eel tlaat we c:oald bMU'ria•'• to accompany ·- U you b&ve
Telephone conversation # 12810, sound recording and transcript, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 5:00PM (Item)
  • Unruh put out one in California saying that they felt like he ought to run and they were going to urge him to put his name on the ticket. They -4­ asked us for comment, and we told them we had notbi. ng to say. I haven't called Sorensen, I hope I