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  • "RE PRES. MAKING HIS STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH TONIGHT 9:30P"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; GERALD FORD, HALE BOGGS, LEW DESCHLER ARE MEETING WITH CARL ALBERT AT TIME OF CALL
  • ALBERT, FORD OFFICIALLY INFORM LBJ THAT CONGRESS IS IN SESSION; LBJ JOKES WITH GERALD FORD ABOUT INCREASE IN REPUBLICAN MEMBERSHIP; JOHN FOGARTY'S DEATH; HALE BOGGS' HEALTH; UPCOMING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; LBJ DISCUSSES THEME AND LENGTH
  • "#3"; LBJ IS MEETING WITH DAVID LAWRENCE AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • DISCUSSION OF SCHEDULING COCKTAIL PARTY FOR DNC IN JANUARY; POSSIBLE CONFLICTS BECAUSE OF LBJ'S TRIP TO LBJ RANCH AND STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
  • LISTED ON SLIP AS "1:31 T ?"; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL WITH UDALL AT 1:31P; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ IS MEETING WITH GEORGE MEANY AT TIME OF CALL
  • DISCUSSION OF UNIDENTIFIED PROJECT IN ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI; OSCAR CHAPMAN; EFFECT OF PROJECT ON STUART SYMINGTON, EDWARD LONG, UNION MEMBERS WHO MAY BE DISPLACED; GEORGE MEANY
  • "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ AND LADY BIRD JOHNSON THANK MCDONALD FOR HIS SUPPORT; LBJ ASKS MCDONALD TO INVESTIGATE REPORT THAT STEELWORKERS INVOLVED IN FIGHT WITH GOLDWATER SUPPORTERS IN HOUSTON WILL LOSE THEIR POSTS IN LOCAL UNION; OHIO, PENNSYLVANIA, DELAWARE SENATE
  • "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
  • "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
  • "EARLY A.M."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • PRESS STORY THAT MOYERS MAY RESIGN AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; MOYERS', RICHARD GOODWIN'S WORK ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; ALLEGED WH DISSENSION; CONTRIBUTIONS OF ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO SPEECH; MOYERS' ATTITUDE; MARVIN WATSON
  • "#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
  • "FROM B'RM 1-20-68"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON, MARVIN WATSON, ARTHUR KRIM AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • SUPPORT FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON AFTER EARTHA KITT INCIDENT; DISTRIBUTION OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; APPOINTMENT FOR BARRATT O'HARA; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POLITICAL AMBITION; OTTO KERNER; ILLINOIS POLITICS; DAN ROSTENKOWSKI; AGED CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
  • Reference No. 13618a November 25, 2008 Processing Note . Transcript only of this conversation; there is no recording. DATE: 10/31168 TIME: 6:05 PM CALLER: Hubert Humphrey, Richard Nixon, George Wallace Pages ofTranscript: 15 pages Barbara Cline
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; LBJ IS MEETING WITH JIM JONES AT TIME OF CALL; HHH, RICHARD NIXON, AND GEORGE WALLACE WERE REACHED BY TELEPHONE; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY
  • REACTIONS TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPUBLICANS; POSSIBILITY OF LBJ MEETING DE GAULLE IN MARTINIQUE; FRANCE; LBJ READS ARTICLE ON GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO WRITE A SPEECH; HARRY BYRD; LBJ'S SCHEDULE
  • CORCORAN'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CORCORAN COMPARES LBJ WITH EISENHOWER, JFK, FDR; CORCORAN PRAISES LBJ'S STYLE; BARRY GOLDWATER; GARDINER SYMONDS; GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
  • NUMBER OF APPLAUSES IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; BARRY GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT; PRESS REACTION; LBJ COMPLIMENTS SORENSEN AS SPEECHWRITER FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
  • NEGOTIATIONS WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION ON WHEAT SHIPMENT TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES; CONTINENTAL GRAIN; IMPLICATIONS OF WHEAT SALES TO USSR ON BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS; UNION'S ANGER WITH FDR, JR., HHH, ORVILLE FREEMAN
  • MEANY REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH UNION LEADER MICHAEL FOX ABOUT LBJ'S REQUEST THAT UNION EXTEND RAILROAD STRIKE DEADLINE VOLUNTARILY; FOX TOLD MEANY THEY WILL CONSIDER THAT REQUEST AND REPORT BACK TO HIM LATER
  • "SEN. EDWARD LONG, MO."; "RE HIGH COMPLIMENT ON PRES.'S STATE OF UNION LAST NIGHT"; LONG IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LONG COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS LAST NIGHT, RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF MISSOURIANS, AND PRAISES LBJ'S COMMENTS IN ADDRESS ON WIRETAPS AND BUGS
  • QUESTION OF G. MENNEN "SOAPY" WILLIAMS RUNNING FOR GOV. OF MICHIGAN; LBJ ASKS REUTHER FOR IDEAS ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, POVERTY PROGRAM, RECOMMENDATION FOR REPLACEMENT FOR HOBART TAYLOR, JR., DISCUSSES CIVIL RIGHTS AND TAX BILLS; CUTS IN DOD
  • MANN READS AND LBJ EDITS PROPOSED STATEMENT CONCERNING US EMBARGO OF SHIPS TRADING WITH CUBA IN RESPONSE TO CHARGES BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN BOB WILSON; STATE DEPT MEETING WITH LONGSHOREMEN, MARITIME LABOR UNIONS; US POSITION ON EXPORTING WHEAT
  • STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; FEDERAL BUDGET; SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN NEW MEXICO; HOUSTON BANK MERGER; ALBERT THOMAS
  • LBJ INQUIRES ABOUT ALBERT'S HEALTH; ALBERT CONGRATULATES LBJ ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; REPUBLICAN CRITICISM; FEDERAL BUDGET; TAX BILL; HOWARD CANNON; AUTHORIZATION BILLS; FOREIGN AID; SARGENT SHRIVER; OTTO PASSMAN
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON MEETINGS CONCERNING LABOR TROUBLES ON WHEAT SHIPMENT TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES; CONTINENTAL GRAIN; LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION; GEORGE MEANY; EFFECT OF BARRY GOLDWATER, CHARLES HALLECK CHARGES ON NEGOTIATIONS; MYER FELDMAN; JAMES
  • DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL CONCERNS ABOUT REPUBLICANS COMBINING NEGATIVE PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR BY CONTINENTAL GRAIN AND LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION RESISTANCE; REPORTS OF SABOTAGE OF FIRST SHIPMENT; NEW YORK LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION
  • NEGOTIATIONS WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION ON WHEAT SHIPMENT TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES; CONTINENTAL GRAIN; WILLARD WIRTZ'S MEETINGS WITH LABOR LEADERS IN MIAMI; GEORGE MEANY AND JAMES REYNOLDS' NEGOTIATIONS; BARRY GOLDWATER, CHARLES HALLECK
  • BARR'S FINDINGS ON PRESS STORIES ABOUT UAW SUPPORT FOR RFK, WHITE BACKLASH IN UNIONS; VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES IN PHILADELPHIA, PITTSBURGH; MAYOR OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, HERMAN GOLDNER; LBJ'S STATEMENT ON VP NOMINATION, BARR'S SUPPORT
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ROBERT WAGNER; POVERTY PROGRAM IN NEW YORK; LBJ ASKS REUTHER'S AID IN GETTING VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO BILL, LABOR'S LOBBYING EFFORTS; FARMERS' UNION; UAW NEGOTIATIONS; RFK; RECENT POLL ON LBJ, VP
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT COMMUNISTS HAVE DROPPED CHAFF IN BERLIN AIR CORRIDOR, REPORTS ON CALL TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON LACK OF PROGRESS IN UNION NEGOTIATIONS, POSSIBLE STRIKE; DISCUSSION OF REPLY TO GOLDWATER'S CHARGES ON DRAFT; DOD STUDY ON DRAFT
  • 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
  • "RE UNION MATTERS (DUBINSKY)"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "RE UNION MATTERS (DUBINSKY)"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • ROCKEFELLER ASKS IF HE CAN MEET WITH LBJ TO DISCUSS RIVER BASIN ISSUE, OTHER FEDERAL-STATE PROPOSALS LBJ DISCUSSED IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ ASKS ROCKEFELLER TO SEND HIM AGENDA, SAYS HE WILL SET UP APPROPRIATE MEETINGS
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • MEANY REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH UNION LEADERS ABOUT IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT P. L. SIEMILLER'S TIES TO KENNEDYS; EMERGENCY BILL TO EXTEND STRIKE DEADLINE WHILE LBJ IS AT PUNTA DEL ESTE SUMMIT; JOSEPH RAMSEY; LBJ'S POSITION ON STRIKE
  • MORSE REPORTS ON TALKS ON EMERGENCY BILL EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; LBJ DISCUSSES GEORGE MEANY'S TALKS WITH UNION LEADERS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SENATE ACTION, COMPLAINS ABOUT P. L
  • "UNION MATTERS"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • MCCORMACK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; TESTIMONY ABOUT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS IN BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; LBJ DISCUSSES RFK, BOB KERR, WIRETAPS, HIS ASSOCIATION WITH BAKER; RFK'S FEUD WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HOUSE VOTE ON 21-DAY
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SUPPORT FOR INCREASE IN SPENDING ON GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS, EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT SUPPORT FOR HIS PROGRAM IN CONGRESS; VOTE ON 21-DAY RULE; MLK'S, RALPH ABERNATHY'S CRITICISM OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL