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Telephone conversation # 6623, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 12/31/1964, 10:34AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FREEMAN REPORTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING CLOSING OF RESEARCH STATIONS; LBJ TELLS FREEMAN HE SHOULD NOT HAVE ANNOUNCED SPECIFIC SITES DUE TO CONGRESSIONAL REACTION; PRESS LEAK TO ROWLAND EVANS; LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON LIQUID ASSETS OF REA
Telephone conversation # 8568, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS; CUT IN USIA PRESS SUBSCRIPTIONS; MOVIES FOR US TROOPS IN VIETNAM; TV BROADCASTS FOR SOUTH VIETNAMESE; POSSIBLE MARKS' MEETINGS WITH MILTON, DWIGHT EISENHOWER; RADIO FOR COMMUNIST CHINA; USIA APPOINTMENTS, BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 215, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/1/1963, 4:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 1235, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 1/8/1964, 10:37AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FEDERAL BUDGET; PRESS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT; DISARMAMENT; TAX BILL; POVERTY PROGRAM; LBJ WANTS ANDERSON TO TALK WITH EISENHOWER, HARRY BYRD, JOHN WILLIAMS, AND JOHN BYRNES; LATIN AMERICAN POLICY
Telephone conversation # 1288, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 1/8/1964, 8:15PM (Item)
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  • 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 # 2137, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ROWAN, 2/20/1964, 11:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES STORIES BEING CIRCULATED BY PIERRE SALINGER AND WH STAFF ABOUT USIA GIVING UP LINCOLN AUTOS FOR MERCURY AUTOS AND SUBSIDY BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY; POSSIBLE ADVERSE PRESS STORIES; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED TO ECONOMIZE
Telephone conversation # 2853, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/4/1964, 12:34PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE MEETING WITH MCNAMARA LATER TODAY; BRIEF MENTION OF LBJ'S "PROBLEM" WITH CURTIS LEMAY; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT DOD MEAT PURCHASES TO BE SHIPPED OVERSEAS; DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL BASE CLOSINGS
Telephone conversation # 3712, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 6/12/1964, 5:26PM (Item)
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  • FREEMAN REPORTS ON QUESTIONS FROM PRESS ABOUT USDA BUDGET, PERSONNEL FIGURES; COMMODITY CREDIT CORPORATION; CROP ESTIMATES; LBJ REPORTS ON MEETING WITH LUDWIG ERHARD ON MEAT EXPORTS TO GERMANY
Telephone conversation # 3159, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 4/28/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
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  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL; CLOSURE OF MASSACHUSETTS NAVY YARD; IMPACT ON RAILROADS; PRESS STORIES ON DEFEAT OF BILL
Telephone conversation # 4390, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 7/29/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
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  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT INFORMATION FOR PRESS BRIEFING ON WEST COAST ELECTRIC POWER SETTLEMENT; LBJ DISCUSSES BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR (ARKANSAS RIVER?) PROJECT PENDING IN CONGRESS, INVITES INTERESTED CONGRESSMEN TO WH FOR MEETING TODAY
Telephone conversation # 6627, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/31/1964, 10:46AM (Item)
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  • PREVIOUS UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS BY FREEMAN TO CLOSE UNNECESSARY STATIONS, CONGRESSIONAL REACTION; CUTS IN COTTON, WHEAT, RICE, FEED GRAINS PRICE SUPPORTS; LIQUID ASSETS OF REA COOPS; PRESS LEAK TO ROWLAND EVANS; FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION IN NASHVILLE
Telephone conversation # 5969, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 10/27/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
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  • LBJ PRAISES GORDON'S PRESS STORY ON FEDERAL BUDGET BUT TELLS HIM ALWAYS TO REFER TO HIM AS "PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON," NOT "THE PRESIDENT," ASKS FOR MORE STORIES ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND CUTTING GOVT WASTE, REMINISCES ABOUT PUBLICITY LBJ GENERATED
Telephone conversation # 7066, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 3/13/1965, 4:41PM (Item)
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  • BYRD PRAISES LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA SITUATION; LBJ ASKS BYRD'S ADVICE ON CANDIDATES FOR TREASURY SECRETARY; DON COOK; KERMIT GORDON; MONETARY CONCERNS; PRICE SUPPORTS; LUCI JOHNSON AS AZALEA QUEEN; KENNETH ROYALL; RICHARD RUSSELL'S HEALTH
Telephone conversation # 8567, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
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  • LBJ DISCUSSES CALL MARKS MADE ON TV CONTRACT FOR UNNAMED COLUMNIST; MARKS' PLANS FOR USIA CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE PROGRAMS ENACTED BY CONGRESS, LBJ; LBJ TELLS MARKS TO CUT USIA BUDGET; CUTS IN WH NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS; WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 8907, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 9/30/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 8327, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 7/9/1965, 2:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS ON ESTIMATED FEDERAL BUDGET AND ON BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; TREASURY AND COMMERCE DEPTS AS POSSIBLE SOURCE OF LEAKS; DISCUSSION OF SIZE OF FEDERAL DEFICIT, INCREASED TAX REVENUES, EXCISE TAX BILL, INCREASED NET BUSINESS
Telephone conversation # 10052, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/27/1966, 1:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO GET WILLIS ROBERTSON TO REPORT UNNAMED BILL (PARTICIPATION SALES BILL?) FROM SENATE COMMITTEE; HOWARD SMITH'S LACK OF ACTION ON HOUSE BILL; MORTGAGE BANKERS' OPPOSITION; ROBERTSON'S PRESS STATEMENT; NEED TO PASS BILL THIS WEEK
Telephone conversation # 9885, sound recording, LBJ and CYRUS VANCE, 3/14/1966, 11:32AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • VANCE REPORTS ON WEEKEND PRESS STORIES ON JCS ATTRIBUTED TO EARLE WHEELER; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RATE OF DOD EXPENDITURES, DISCUSSES NEED TO REDUCE DOD SPENDING THAT IS NOT ESSENTIAL TO VIETNAM, ESPECIALLY US CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS; CIVILIAN CONTRACTS
Telephone conversation # 10769, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 9/14/1966, 9:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC PARTY; LBJ DISCUSSES ADMINISTRATION'S PROGRESS IN ECONOMIC AREAS, USING PRESS TO PUBLICIZE ITS RECORD IN UPCOMING ELECTIONS; LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO SIGN INTERMEDIATE CREDIT BANK BILL; NEED TO RESTRICT FEDERAL
Telephone conversation # 10290, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 6/30/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MARTIN'S UPCOMING SURGERY; LBJ'S SURGERY; MARTIN REPORTS ON TALKS WITH DIRKSEN, WILBUR MILLS ON US ECONOMY, TAXES; LBJ EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING, PRESS LEAKS BY MILLS; IMPOUNDING FEDERAL FUNDS; LBJ'S SPENDING CUTS; STOCK
Telephone conversation # 9352, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 12/31/1965, 10:33AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESS STORY ON HHH'S TALK WITH MARCOS ON PHILIPPINE MILITARY CONTRIBUTION TO VIETNAM, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT STEEL PRICE INCREASE BY BETHLEHEM STEEL, POSSIBLE WAR PROFITEERING, SUGGESTS MCNAMARA TALK TO CLARK CLIFFORD ABOUT STEEL
Telephone conversation # 11573, sound recording, LBJ and JENNINGS RANDOLPH, 2/27/1967, 10:35PM (Item)
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  • 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 # 11317, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 1/7/1967, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 11360, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 1/16/1967, 4:19PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FOWLER'S MEETING WITH WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN; PRESS STORIES MARTIN MAY NOT BE REAPPOINTED TO FRB; REPUBLICAN ATTACK ON DEFENSE EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES; RUSSELL LONG'S STATEMENT; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON TAXES; BUSINESS VIEWS
Telephone conversation # 10808, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/19/1966, 5:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MELVIN LAIRD'S, GERALD FORD'S PRESS CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, NATHAN TWINING'S BOOK; VIETNAM TROOP LEVEL INCREASE; VIETNAM SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS ON BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, US TROOP CEILING; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT ECONOMY
Telephone conversation # 10811, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT GORE, SR., 9/20/1966, 9:35AM (Item)
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  • GORE ADVISES LBJ TO PROPOSE TAX INCREASE BEFORE ELECTIONS; LBJ DISCUSSES BUDGETARY UNCERTAINTIES POSED BY VIETNAM, PENDING APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF ASKING FOR TAX INCREASE NOW; NEGATIVE PRESS COVERAGE OF WH ECONOMIC POLICY
Telephone conversation # 4952, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/15/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE; RUSK'S PLATFORM COMMITTEE SPEECH; LETTER FROM AUSTRALIA'S PRIME MINISTER (ON MEAT IMPORTS?); ITEMS FOR PRESS CONFERENCE; PUBLIC OPPOSITION TO FOREIGN AID; MEAT IMPORT QUOTA BILL; US FORCES' ROLE
Telephone conversation # 649, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 12/23/1963, 12:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 4816, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/7/1964, 8:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • POVERTY BILL; APPALACHIA BILL; LBJ AS SENATE LEADER; DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM; TRANSCRIBING, HANDLING TELEPHONE RECORDINGS; JOHN MCKEITHEN CALL; PRESS CONFERENCE ITEMS; RICHARD RUSSELL; MISSISSIPPI MURDERS; SIGNING CEREMONY SPEECHES; JOHN STEINBECK
Telephone conversation # 7847, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/31/1965, 10:42AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • US TROOP WITHDRAWAL IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; POSSIBLE PROVISIONAL GOVT LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; OAS TALKS; ELLSWORTH BUNKER'S ROLE; W. TAPLEY BENNETT'S RETURN; MAXWELL TAYLOR'S RETURN FROM VIETNAM; ALLEGED INACCURACIES IN LBJ'S MAY 2 SPEECH; CALL
Telephone conversation # 81, sound recording, LBJ and OTIS CHANDLER, 11/27/1963, 2:10PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 271, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/4/1963, 9:50AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 298, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/5/1963, 5:36PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 218, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CAMPBELL, 12/1/1963, 5:10PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 795, sound recording, LBJ and WALLACE BENNETT, 12/30/1963, 9:00AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 1335, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 1/13/1964, 11:26AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 1239, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 1/8/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 1240, sound recording, LBJ and GUS WORTHAM, 1/8/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 2143, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 2/20/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 6320, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/11/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
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