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  • "SEN. LONG TALKING TO JIM JONES ABOUT 'MIKE'S MOTION ON THE PRES.' AMENDMENT' & MIKE IS TRYING TO RUN OUT"; "DOR-VERBATIM TRANSCRIPT OF PHONE CALL @ RANCH"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND; JONES PUTS LONG ON HOLD DURING
  • LONG SUGGESTS MIKE MANSFIELD THREATEN TO RESIGN IN ORDER TO PASS CAMPAIGN FINANCE AMENDMENT OF INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT BILL AND DEFEAT ALBERT GORE SR.'S AMENDMENT; LONG'S EFFORTS TO GET VOTES; GEORGE WALLACE'S SUPPORT FOR LONG'S POSITION
  • LBJ ASKS LONG TO PERSUADE MIKE MANSFIELD NOT TO DELAY VOTE ON HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION BILL, DISCUSSES TACTICS OF BILLBOARD LOBBY; LONG TELLS LBJ HE HAS RESPONDED TO WILLIAM FULBRIGHT'S SPEECH ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; LBJ THANKS LONG
  • POSSIBLE INVESTMENT CREDIT SUSPENSION; BUSINESS VIEWS ON SUSPENSION OR TAX INCREASE; WILBUR MILLS' ATTITUDE; LBJ DISCUSSES NEGOTIATIONS WITH UK, GERMANY, USSR ON TROOP CUTS IN EUROPE, COMPLAINS ABOUT MIKE MANSFIELD'S PROPOSAL FOR TROOP REDUCTION
  • LBJ CONTINUES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MIKE MANSFIELD'S PROPOSAL ON EUROPEAN TROOP REDUCTIONS, ITS EFFECT ON NEGOTIATIONS; NEED TO SHOW STRENGTH IN DEALING WITH COMMUNISTS; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CONCERNS; LONG COMPLAINS ABOUT CABINET OFFICERS
  • LONG SAYS HE THINKS HE WILL DEFEAT EDWARD KENNEDY FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP BY CLOSE MARGIN; DISCUSSION OF VOTES OF VARIOUS SENATORS; MIKE MANSFIELD'S POSSIBLE ABSTENTION; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S POLITICAL DEBT TO RFK, ANIMOSITY TOWARDS LBJ; WILLIAM
  • be calculated to make you lean in one direction or the othe~ but Bob had no following in the Senate as far as votes on issues were concerned. He worked for someone; he worked for Lyndon, and later on he worked for Mike Mansfield. Part of his downfall came