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Telephone conversation # 7567, sound recording, LBJ and KARL MUNDT, 5/4/1965, 11:59AM (Item)

MUNDT MAKES SUGGESTIONS FOR HANDLING LBJ'S REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS, SENATE OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ READS MESSAGES FROM BILLY GRAHAM, TOM WATSON PRAISING HIS SPEECH LAST NIGHT ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Telephone conversation # 4643, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and THOMAS MORRIS, 8/3/1964, 4:50PM (Item)

MORRIS READS FIGURES ON DOD BEEF PURCHASES IN 1963, 1964 TO ROBERTS

Telephone conversation # 215, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/1/1963, 4:45PM (Item)

LBJ READS DRAFT PRESS RELEASE ABOUT LBJ'S LETTER TO DEFENSE CONTRACTORS AND STATEMENT TO MILITARY ON COST-CONSCIOUSNESS, THRIFT IN GOVT OPERATIONS; GORDON SAYS HE THINKS FEDERAL BUDGET CAN BE KEPT BELOW $100 BILLION, DISCUSSES ROLE OF COMPTROLLER

Telephone conversation # 218, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CAMPBELL, 12/1/1963, 5:10PM (Item)

LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON COST-CONSCIOUSNESS, THRIFT IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS, MILITARY EXPENDITURES; COMPTROLLER GENERAL CAMPBELL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR STATEMENT AND LBJ

Telephone conversation # 240, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 12/2/1963, 3:47PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS MCCLELLAN TO INVESTIGATE WASTE IN GOVT CONTRACTS, READS LETTER TO CONTRACTORS ABOUT REDUCING DEFENSE SPENDING; MCCLELLAN SAYS HE WILL EMPHASIZE FRUGALITY IN SPEECHES, WILL CUT PROGRAMS IN HIS STATE IF NEEDED, ASKS TO MEET WITH LBJ

Telephone conversation # 827, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/31/1963, 1:40PM (Item)

LBJ READS NAJEEB HALABY'S MEMO ON EUGENE BLACK-STANLEY OSBORNE REPORT ON DEVELOPMENT OF SST; QUESTION OF NOTIFYING COMPANIES THAT HAD BEEN INVITED TO SUBMIT DESIGNS; BOEING'S POSITION; LBJ RECOMMENDS THAT MCNAMARA HEAD AUTHORITY TO ADMINISTER SST

Telephone conversation # 4979, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/17/1964, 9:36AM (Item)

LBJ READS FROM REPORT BY JAMES PECK ON LABOR DEFECTIONS TO GOLDWATER, WHITE BACKLASH; GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON USE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS; CHICAGO SUN-TIMES POLL; BUSINESS' NEED TO CREATE JOBS; EFFECTS OF TAX CUT; MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; 1948

Telephone conversation # 4632, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 8/3/1964, 9:46AM (Item)

ANDERSON READS LIST OF REPUBLICAN BUSINESSMEN FOR EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE TO SUPPORT LBJ; SAM RAYBURN FOUNDATION; JUSTICE DEPT OBJECTION TO MANUFACTURERS HANOVER TRUST MERGER; DISCUSSION OF TONKIN GULF INCIDENT, POSSIBLE POLITICAL EFFECTS

Telephone conversation # 9190, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL CARTER, 11/26/1965, 9:11PM (Item)

"(NEWSWEEK)"; NOTE FROM JAKE JACOBSEN TO LBJ ATTACHED TO DICTABELT REMINDS LBJ HE AGREED TO TALK TO CARTER FOR NEWSWEEK ARTICLE ON ROBERT MCNAMARA; SHORTHAND NOTATION READS "HE WILL TALK TO HIM TONIGHT"; CARTER ON HOLD 0:40; MUSIC AUDIBLE

Telephone conversation # 10125, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 5/14/1966, 7:48AM (Item)

QUESTION OF PASSING TAX INCREASE IN ELECTION YEAR; INCREASES IN APPROPRIATIONS, FEDERAL DEFICIT; PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO SET PRIORITIES FOR MILITARY SPENDING; VIETNAM MILITARY SITUATION; LBJ READS REPORT ON ECONOMIC SITUATION; INTEREST RATES

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 # 10437, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM BEVERLY MURPHY, 7/27/1966, 9:09AM (Item)

AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; WAGE, PRICE INCREASES; MURPHY SAYS TAX INCREASE MAY BE NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMY; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASES IN FEDERAL BUDGET DUE TO UPCOMING BILLS, VIETNAM SPENDING; POSSIBLE NEED FOR BILL TO END STRIKE; LBJ READS MEMO

Telephone conversation # 12711, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/12/1968, 8:29AM (Item)

MCNAMARA SAYS WESTMORELAND HAS REQUESTED 6 MORE BATTALIONS IN VIETNAM; MCNAMARA'S OPPOSITION TO RESERVE CALL-UP FOR PERMANENT TROOP INCREASE; LBJ REVIEWS TALKS ON TROOP LEVELS IN EARLIER MEETINGS; MCNAMARA READS WESTMORELAND'S CABLE; CIVILIAN

Telephone conversation # 11573, sound recording, LBJ and JENNINGS RANDOLPH, 2/27/1967, 10:35PM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CONGRESSIONAL DISCONTENT, SENATE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON DEFERRAL OF HIGHWAY FUNDS; RANDOLPH COMPLAINS ABOUT CHARLES SCHULTZE; LBJ DEFENDS HIS POLICY, READS CRITICAL PRESS STORY ON HEARINGS; FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT BILL

Telephone conversation # 10903, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/1/1966, 9:53AM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL WORKERS STRIKE AT GENERAL ELECTRIC; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CALL FOR WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM WAR; LBJ ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE RESERVE CALL-UP FOR VIETNAM, RECOMMENDS MCNAMARA READ JOHN

Telephone conversation # 10926, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 10/6/1966, 12:32PM (Item)

STATUS OF INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION, FOREIGN INVESTMENT TAX BILLS; MILLS' CONCERN OVER UNNECESSARY SENATE AMENDMENTS TO TAX BILLS; DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL BUDGET, EXPENDITURES; LBJ READS FROM GARDNER ACKLEY'S SPEECH

Telephone conversation # 10011, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 4/3/1966, 9:22AM (Item)

WIRTZ READS PROPOSED WH STATEMENT AND CABLE FROM LBJ ON ENDING BLFE UNION RAILROAD STRIKE, REVIEWS COURT ACTION; LBJ QUESTIONS NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION; COMPARISON WITH NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM; JOHN MCCORMACK'S

Telephone conversation # 13833, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 12/31/1968, 7:46AM (Item)

FEDERAL BUDGET; PROJECTED SAVINGS IN VIETNAM; CHALLENGES TO HOUSE, SENATE LEADERSHIP; LBJ READS LETTER TO CONGRESS SUBMITTING TREASURY DEPT STUDY OF TAX REFORMS BUT SAYS HE IS NOT RECOMMENDING CHANGES BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE LEFT TO NIXON