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Telephone conversation # 9861, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/9/1966, 12:58PM (Item)
  • "UNION MATTERS"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ'S TALKS WITH CONGRESSIONAL, LABOR LEADERS ABOUT MINIMUM WAGE BILL; TIMING AND RATE OF PROPOSED INCREASE; GEORGE MEANY'S SUPPORT FOR NEW PROPOSAL; ECONOMIC, POLITICAL EFFECTS OF INCREASE; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR REPEAL OF TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B; OTHER LABOR
Telephone conversation # 10450, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • CALIFANO ON HOLD 0:22; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ARTHUR KRIM, CLIFTON CARTER, MARVIN WATSON AT TIME OF CALL
  • UPDATE ON AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; RELUCTANCE OF CARRIERS TO SETTLE; GARDNER ACKLEY'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT STATEMENT'S EFFECT ON UNION, P. L. SIEMILLER; TERMS OF OTHER RECENT
Telephone conversation # 10511, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/1/1966, 8:40PM (Item)
  • "INAUDIBLE"; 1:46 OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT AIRLINE STRIKE BILL PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; MANSFIELD IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LBJ COMPLAINS THAT SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE IS LABOR-BAITING POLITICS, SAYS HE MAY VETO BILL OR NOT MAKE USE OF PROVISION ALLOWING PRESIDENT TO ORDER UNION BACK TO WORK; RFK'S, EDWARD KENNEDY'S ACTION ON BILL; WAYNE
Telephone conversation # 649, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 12/23/1963, 12:00PM (Item)
  • "#2"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMER STAATS, KERMIT GORDON, MYER FELDMAN AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ QUESTIONS HELLER ABOUT EFFECT OF TAX CUT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT BOONDOGGLE PROJECTS IN POVERTY PROGRAM, REMINISCES ABOUT NYA, TELLS HELLER TO TALK TO PRESS AND EXPRESS OPTIMISM ABOUT ECONOMY
Telephone conversation # 11317, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 1/7/1967, 10:55AM (Item)
  • "RE NIGHT BEST FOR TV STATE OF UNION ADDRESS"; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE DICTABELT DUE TO POOR SOUND QUALITY; STANTON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL; PAY RAISE FOR POSTAL WORKERS; PROPOSED POSTAL RATE INCREASE; SCHEDULING NIGHTTIME STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CONFLICTS WITH OTHER CONGRESSIONAL EVENTS; DISRUPTION TO TV PROGRAMS; TELEVISING PRESS
Telephone conversation # 1237, sound recording, LBJ and FRED KAPPEL, 1/8/1964, 11:14AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PORTION OF STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; TAX BILL; PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN ECONOMY; BUSINESS COUNCIL STAG DINNER OF 1/7/64 AT WH
Telephone conversation # 1288, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 1/8/1964, 8:15PM (Item)
  • MRS. ANDERSON PRAISES LBJ'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; FEDERAL BUDGET; THE ECONOMY; TAX BILL; ANDERSON REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, PRESS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 3627, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 6/4/1964, 6:15PM (Item)
  • PROPOSED DISCUSSION ON REDUCING AUTO PRICES WITH FREDERIC DONNER AT ERHARD DINNER; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS; US NEWS & WORLD REPORT INTERVIEW WITH HELLER; LABOR STATISTICS; TAX CUTS; APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR OKUN TO CEA; BUILDING TRADE UNIONS WAGE SETTLEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 7325, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNOR, 4/7/1965, 10:10AM (Item)
  • COMMERCE DEPT APPOINTMENTS; NICHOLAS JOHNSON'S TROUBLES WITH MARITIME UNIONS, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO FAA; SST; LLOYD CUTLER AS CIA DIRECTOR; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE US TOURISM; APPALACHIA; HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA; UPPER
Telephone conversation # 6715, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MONRONEY, 1/8/1965, 9:30AM (Item)
  • MONRONEY ADVOCATES APPROVAL OF JAPANESE AIR ROUTES FROM US WEST TO EAST COASTS AT UPCOMING VISIT BY PRIME MINISTER SATO; JAPANESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; US AIRLINES' VIEWS; MONRONEY PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH, DISCUSSES NEED FOR SUPERSONIC
Telephone conversation # 8841, sound recording, LBJ and I.W. ABEL, 9/5/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • ABEL TELLS LBJ THAT UNION'S WAGE POLICY COMMITTEE HAS RATIFIED THE STEEL SETTLEMENT; ABEL CONGRATULATES LBJ ON FAST WORK ON "CALIFORNIA PROBLEM"; LBJ INVITES ABEL TO WH DINNER LATER THIS MONTH, TELLS HIM TO PUT OUT PRESS STATEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 8907, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 9/30/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF HOUSE VERSION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PAY RAISE WHICH EXCEEDS FEDERAL WAGE GUIDELINES; POSSIBLE VETO; LBJ ASKS MCCORMACK TO WORK ON COMPROMISE; PRESS STORIES ABOUT LBJ'S ARM-TWISTING OF CONGRESS; UNION INFLUENCE
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 # 9658, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1966, 10:34AM (Item)
  • "RE UNION MATTERS (DUBINSKY)"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 9659, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1966, 10:34AM (Item)
  • "RE UNION MATTERS (DUBINSKY)"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 10598, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE PICKLE, 8/9/1966, 6:17PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF AIRLINE STRIKE BILL IN HOUSE COMMITTEE, OFFERS ADVICE ON HOW TO HANDLE BILL, RECOMMENDS GEORGE MEANY TESTIFY; LABOR'S INFLUENCE ON HARLEY STAGGERS; EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT ON OTHER UNIONS' DEMANDS, ECONOMY; NEED TO SETTLE
Telephone conversation # 10453, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 9:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON AIRLINE STRIKE SETTLEMENT; GARDNER ACKLEY'S VIEWS ON STATEMENT; LBJ QUESTIONS ECONOMIC FIGURES IN SETTLEMENT; WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT STATEMENTS BY P. L. SIEMILLER, WILLIAM CURTIN ON SETTLEMENT; CONCERNS ABOUT UNION
Telephone conversation # 10456, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 7/29/1966, 9:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS MORSE THAT SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED ON AIRLINE STRIKE, READS STATEMENT, DISCUSSES ECONOMIC EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT; CONCERN THAT UNION WILL NOT RATIFY AGREEMENT IF PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE IS HIGHLIGHTED; COMPARISON WITH OTHER RECENT
Telephone conversation # 10505, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 8/1/1966, 4:20PM (Item)
  • RFK'S, EDWARD KENNEDY'S, JOSEPH CLARK'S SUPPORT FOR ROBERT GRIFFIN'S RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF BILL ON FUTURE STRIKES BY OTHER UNIONS; MEANY TELLS LBJ HE WILL TALK WITH SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 10522, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/2/1966, 11:02AM (Item)
  • LEGAL PROBLEM WITH SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; RFK'S, ROBERT GRIFFIN'S ROLES IN BILL; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE; CONCERNS ABOUT UNION REACTION, POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF BILL; COMPARISON WITH 1963 RAILROAD STRIKE; WAYNE
Telephone conversation # 10556, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/4/1966, 10:43AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN AIRLINE STRIKE, REPORTS THAT TWA AND EASTERN WILL SETTLE WITH UNION; CALIFANO TELLS LBJ THAT US STEEL WILL ALSO INCREASE STEEL PRICES
Telephone conversation # 10558, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 8/4/1966, 10:50AM (Item)
  • UNIONS
Telephone conversation # 10568, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 8/5/1966, 11:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES URGENCY OF SETTLING AIRLINE STRIKE; STATUS OF AIRLINE STRIKE LEGISLATION; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STRIKE, STEEL PRICE INCREASE; LBJ URGES MEANY TO CALL P. L. SIEMILLER, OTHER UNION LEADERS IMMEDIATELY ABOUT POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT
Telephone conversation # 9467, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 1/10/1966, 8:55AM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS ON NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON COMPULSORY ARBITRATION FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES; LBJ DISCUSSES CONSULTING PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON LABOR-MANAGEMENT POLICY; STATE OF THE UNION
Telephone conversation # 11340, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/11/1967, 5:25PM (Item)
  • FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH CONGRESS, FRB, BUSINESS LEADERS ON TAX INCREASE PROPOSED BY LBJ IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; WASHINGTON POST'S CRITICISM; PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES; FOWLER SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT COMMITTEE TO STUDY REFORM OF BUDGETARY
Telephone conversation # 11341, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/11/1967, 5:25PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF TAX INCREASE PROPOSED BY LBJ IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; COMPARISON OF CURRENT ECONOMY WITH CONDITIONS DURING WWII AND KOREAN WAR; WILBUR MILLS' ADVICE ON BUDGET MESSAGE; FOWLER DISCUSSES TAX TABLES SHOWING EFFECT
Telephone conversation # 11361, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/16/1967, 4:19PM (Item)
  • RUMORS THAT WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN MAY NOT BE REAPPOINTED TO FRB; LANGUAGE ABOUT FRB IN STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS AND IN 9/8/66 MESSAGE ON FISCAL POLICY; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; DISCUSSION OF EFFECT OF PROPOSED TAX INCREASE ON INDIVIDUALS
Telephone conversation # 11362, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 1/16/1967, 5:20PM (Item)
  • CLIFFORD THANKS LBJ FOR HIS RECENT LETTER, PRAISES THE STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS, DISCUSSES BUSINESS' REACTIONS TO PROPOSED TAX INCREASE; LBJ INVITES CLIFFORD TO WH TO DISCUSS UNNAMED APPOINTMENT