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Telephone conversation # 2602, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/21/1964, 4:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON TENNESSEE, FLORIDA STRIKE SITUATIONS; LBJ PRAISES WIRTZ' RECENT TV APPEARANCE; POSSIBLE TRIP BY LBJ, WIRTZ, TO UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN WHEELING, PITTSBURGH, SOUTH BEND; GEORGE REEDY AS PRESS SECRETARY; WOMEN APPOINTEES; BESSIE
Telephone conversation # 9489, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/13/1966, 1:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY THAT MOYERS MAY RESIGN AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; MARVIN WATSON; NEED FOR MOYERS TO ANSWER STORY BEFORE LEAVING ON TRIP; LBJ PRAISES MOYERS, DISCUSSES HIS FUTURE; MOYERS' VIEWS OF WH PRESS SECRETARY'S JOB; WH PRESS OFFICE; MCGEORGE BUNDY
Telephone conversation # 5857, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 10/10/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS GUIDANCE FOR FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; HECKLING OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; LBJ'S NEW ORLEANS SPEECH; DAVID RABINOVITZ WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP; HARRIS POLL; NIXON'S STATEMENTS; WHISTLESTOP PRESS COVERAGE; LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 6608, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK KERR, 12/11/1964, 3:05PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS REPORT ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF KERR AS SECRETARY OF HEW; POSSIBLE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT FOR ANTHONY CELEBREZZE; EDMUND G."PAT" BROWN; DELAY IN KERR'S RESIGNATION DUE TO STUDENT DEMONSTRATIONS AT BERKELEY; POSSIBLE RESPONSE BY KERR
Telephone conversation # 9488, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/13/1966, 1:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 2539, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 3/18/1964, 4:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT POLICY ON ANNOUNCING JUDICIAL RESIGNATIONS AND REPLACEMENTS AT THE SAME TIME; DISCUSSION OF PRESS COVERAGE OF AFTERNOON SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 8406, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 7/28/1965, 11:48AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS TO COME TO WH TO WATCH LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON, TELLS HIM NOT TO BE SURPRISED BY WHAT HE ANNOUNCES (FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT)
Telephone conversation # 1197, sound recording, LBJ and WHITNEY YOUNG, 1/6/1964, 3:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RELATIONS WITH NEGRO COMMUNITY; LBJ ASKS YOUNG ABOUT GERRI WHITTINGTON AND DISCUSSES JET MAGAZINE ARTICLE ABOUT HER
Telephone conversation # 2696, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 3/28/1964, 2:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS FOR SUMMARY OF WOMEN APPOINTEES FOR PRESS CONFERENCE THIS AFTERNOON: ELIZABETH MAY, MARY BUNTING, PATRICIA HARRIS; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE COURT APPOINTMENTS FOR BESSIE MARGOLIN, JAMES WATSON; LBJ TEASES DUNGAN ABOUT HIS LANGUAGE
Telephone conversation # 3031, sound recording, LBJ and OLIN JOHNSTON, 4/14/1964, 6:12PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON APPOINTING ROBERT HEMPHILL, CHARLES SIMONS TO JUDICIARY IN SOUTH CAROLINA; STROM THURMOND; WILLIAM DOHERTY; FEDERAL PAY BILL
Telephone conversation # 2342, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 3/3/1964, 5:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JENKINS GIVES FURTHER REPORT ON COST OF PROPOSED HEW FACILITIES TO BE SPLIT BETWEEN BELTSVILLE, MARYLAND, AND WEST VIRGINIA OR POSSIBLY NORTH CAROLINA; ELMER STAATS, ROBERT BYRD; STATEMENT TO PRESS ON COURT OF CLAIMS VACANCY
Telephone conversation # 2596, sound recording, LBJ and ISABELLE SHELTON, 3/21/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WOMEN APPOINTEES; SARAH HUGHES; GEORGE REEDY'S APPOINTMENT AS PRESS SECRETARY; LBJ RELATES STORIES FROM HIS BOYHOOD FOR STORY SHELTON IS WRITING; ROAD JOB; LBJ'S MOTHER'S INFLUENCE ON HIM; LBJ'S CHILDHOOD OPINIONS OF PRESIDENTS JEFFERSON, JACKSON
Telephone conversation # 2597, sound recording, LBJ and ISABELLE SHELTON, 3/21/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S MOTHER'S INFLUENCE; BOYHOOD JOBS; WORKING ON MOTHER'S NEWSPAPER; SHOESHINE JOB; SWTSTC SCHOOLDAYS; ROAD JOBS; EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION; LADY BIRD'S ABILITY TO ANALYZE SPEECHES, INFLUENCE ON LBJ; WOMEN APPOINTEES; PRESS LEAKS; MRS. GEORGE
Telephone conversation # 4603, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/1/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS CRITICISM OF LBJ'S LATIN AMERICAN POLICY; PANAMA; CUBA; BRAZIL; LBJ ASKS SMATHERS TO COMMEND THOMAS MANN; ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS; WH MEETINGS WITH LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS, WIVES; FLORIDA VOTES ON POVERTY BILL; PAUL ROGERS' CANDIDATE
Telephone conversation # 4669, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/4/1964, 11:34AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS BRIEFING ITEMS; APPOINTMENTS OF US ATTORNEY IN OREGON, CONNECTICUT JUDGES, FDR III TO ELEANOR ROOSEVELT FOUNDATION BOARD; UPI REQUEST TO PHOTOGRAPH NSC MEETING; TONKIN GULF ATTACK; DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT FIGURES, POSSIBLE EFFECT ON POVERTY BILL
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6870, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/24/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS WILLIAM CAHILL DECLINED WASHINGTON, DC, JUDGESHIP; OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; PRESS STORY ON POST OFFICE CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING; SENATE PROBE OF BANK FAILURES; VOTING RIGHTS BILL; EDWARD LONG'S MAIL COVER INVESTIGATION; IMMIGRATION BILL
Telephone conversation # 7057, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 3/11/1965, 9:16AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NOMINATION OF SUCCESSOR TO DOUGLAS DILLON AS TREASURY SECRETARY; PRESS LEAKS; DON COOK; WRIGHT PATMAN AND FRB; JOHN LOEB; DAVID "KENDALL" (KENNEDY?); RUDOLPH PETERSON; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN; MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE; MONETARY
Telephone conversation # 7160, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/25/1965, 11:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON SHOOTING OF VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ SUGGESTS LEROY COLLINS GO TO ALABAMA AS MEDIATOR; REPUBLICAN COMMENTS ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; UPCOMING PRESS STORY ON GERALD FORD; VETERANS HOSPITALS HEARINGS; TAX COURT APPOINTMENT; SAMUEL "JACK
Telephone conversation # 8412, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/28/1965, 7:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GOLDBERG CONGRATULATES LBJ ON PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ABE FORTAS' APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; UN RESPONSE TO STATEMENT; GOLDBERG'S TALK WITH U THANT ON PEACE EFFORTS; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S RECENT REPORT; HOUSE REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B
Telephone conversation # 8906, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/28/1965, 8:12PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • EMANUEL CELLER'S RECOMMENDATION OF EDWARD WEINFELD FOR US APPEALS COURT; APPOINTMENT OF WILFRED FEINBERG TO POST; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FRANCIS MORRISSEY APPOINTMENT; RFK'S REQUEST THAT LBJ APPOINT MORRISSEY, PARDON FRANK BOYKIN; DAVID BRESS
Telephone conversation # 9038, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OBJECTIONS IN SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO APPOINTMENTS OF JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT, WILFRED FEINBERG TO APPEALS COURT; RECESS APPOINTMENTS; ROMAN HRUSKA'S DEFENSE OF DAVID BRESS; PRESS LEAKS BY JOHN WILLIAMS; CARL CURTIS; JUDICIAL POST
Telephone conversation # 8357, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK TRACED TO EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH DIRKSEN ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; PAUL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 8358, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; RUSK ASKS ABOUT GOLDBERG'S WORK WITH ZIONIST ORGANIZATIONS, TELLS LBJ HE APPROVES OF SELECTION OF GOLDBERG; OTHER CANDIDATES; HHH'S PRESS STATEMENT; GEORGE BALL; UN DELEGATION; ANNOUNCEMENT
Telephone conversation # 8360, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/19/1965, 9:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ALMOST INAUDIBLE DISCUSSION OF GOLDBERG'S APPOINTMENT AS UN AMBASSADOR; GOLDBERG'S PRIDE IN HIS JEWISH HERITAGE; TIME OF ANNOUNCEMENT; LBJ TELLS GOLDBERG TO AVOID PRESS LEAKS; GOLDBERG'S ZIONIST BACKGROUND; COMPARISON WITH APPOINTMENT OF NEGROES
Telephone conversation # 9893, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 3/17/1966, 8:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TRANSFER OF W. TAPLEY BENNETT FROM DOMINICAN REPUBLIC TO PORTUGAL; PRESS CRITICISM OF BENNETT; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN US; VIETNAM BOMBING CAMPAIGN; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; QUESTION OF CARL SANDERS RUNNING AGAINST RICHARD RUSSELL IN GEORGIA SENATE RACE
Telephone conversation # 10612, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/12/1966, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA'S VACATION PLANS; CYRUS VANCE; LBJ'S DESIRE TO GET NEW IDEAS IN GOVT, FOREIGN POLICY, STATE DEPT; PROPOSED SCIENTIFIC AGRICULTURAL EXCHANGE WITH COMMUNIST CHINA; TOMMY CORCORAN'S PLANTING NEW DEAL MEN IN DEPTS; PRESS REPORT ON CAMBODIA
Telephone conversation # 13130, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ IS APPARENTLY READING PRESS STORY ON SUPREME COURT; HOMER THORNBERRY AND CHARGES OF CRONYISM IF HE IS APPOINTED TO COURT; RELEASE OF EARL WARREN'S RESIGNATION LETTER; HUGO BLACK'S REACTION TO WARREN'S RESIGNATION; OTHER POSSIBLE APPOINTEES
Telephone conversation # 13149, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY AND LBJ'S MEETING WITH TIME MAGAZINE REPORTER LAST NIGHT; LBJ'S PERSONAL ASSOCIATION WITH FORTAS; PRESS STORIES ON CHARGES OF CRONYISM IN NOMINATIONS
Telephone conversation # 11553, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/18/1967, 8:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO DON OBERDORFER STORY ON LOCKHEED CONTRACTS; JFK ADMINISTRATION'S INVOLVEMENT IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS; AWARDING CONTRACTS IN DEPRESSED AREAS; LBJ REITERATES WH POLICY ON DEFENSE CONTRACTS; PRESS STORY ON CIA, TEXAS
Telephone conversation # 10822, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/22/1966, 8:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TOM CLARK AND WIRETAP CASE; NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S APPOINTMENT AS UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; STOKELY CARMICHAEL AND DEFEAT OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; JUSTICE DEPT VACANCIES; THURGOOD MARSHALL'S APPOINTMENT TO SUPREME COURT; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE RECORD; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11174, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 12/21/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CALIFANO'S TALK WITH FRANK MANKIEWICZ ABOUT RFK, FBI WIRETAPS; PRESS LEAKS OF FBI, JUSTICE DEPT DOCUMENTS; LBJ TELLS CALIFANO TO REPORT MATTER TO RAMSEY CLARK; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO WIRETAPS; BILL MOYERS AND APPOINTMENTS OF FORMER WH STAFF; SARGENT
Telephone conversation # 13804, sound recording, LBJ and EARL WARREN, 12/5/1968, 10:42AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WARREN GIVES LBJ BACKGROUND OF PRESS STORY THAT RICHARD NIXON HAS ASKED WARREN TO REMAIN ON SUPREME COURT FOR REST OF COURT'S TERM; LBJ DISCUSSES SPECIAL SESSION TO RATIFY NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, RECESS APPOINTMENT FOR ARTHUR GOLDBERG
Telephone conversation # 13203, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 7/1/1968, 5:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUILDING SUPPORT FOR SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT FORTAS' ROLE IN WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; JOHN MCCLELLAN'S UNHAPPINESS WITH LBJ ABOUT HANDLING OF SIGNING OF UNNAMED BILL (CRIME BILL?)
Telephone conversation # 13205, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/11/1968, 8:26AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT DIRKSEN, SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD AND ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS; DISCUSSION OF RICHARD RUSSELL AND ALEXANDER LAWRENCE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT AND VARIOUS PENDING JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
Telephone conversation # 11142, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 12/16/1966, 9:56AM (Item)
  • Press relations
Telephone conversation # 8204, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1965, 3:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • EDWARD LONG'S HEARINGS ON IRS WIRE TAPS; LBJ'S OPPOSITION TO WIRE TAPS; RFK; PRESS LEAKS; CANDIDATES FOR SOLICITOR GENERAL; ARCHIBALD COX; CHARLES ALAN WRIGHT; NEED TO PROMOTE US TRAVEL TO HELP BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; US AMBASSADOR TO NATO; HARLAN
Telephone conversation # 11905, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 6/13/1967, 7:59AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • THURGOOD MARSHALL'S NOMINATION TO SUPREME COURT, HIS RECORD AS SOLICITOR GENERAL, HIS VIEWS ON CRIME; SUPREME COURT WIRETAP DECISION; CRIME BILL; CLARK'S RELATIONSHIP WITH FBI, J. EDGAR HOOVER; PRESS REACTION TO NOMINATION; MARSHALL'S ROLE IN BROWN
Telephone conversation # 12727, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/19/1968, 1:43PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SHRIVER REPORTS ON TALK WITH RICHARD DALEY ABOUT SHRIVER ENTERING ILLINOIS GUBERNATORIAL RACE, DISCUSSES DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR SHRIVER, ASKS LBJ TO DELAY ANNOUNCING AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENT; LBJ SAYS DALEY SUPPORTS SAM SHAPIRO; OTTO KERNER; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 13128, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/21/1968, 3:48PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JOHN CROOKER, SR. AND JR.; POSSIBLE APPOINTEES TO SUPREME COURT?: CYRUS VANCE, CLARK CLIFFORD, RAMSEY CLARK, HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, HOMER THORNBERRY; PRESS BIAS AGAINST LBJ; BOB KERR'S OPINION OF DOUGLAS DILLON; ANDRE MEYER'S, FORTAS' VIEWS ON VIETNAM