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Telephone conversation # 1520, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MONRONEY, 1/24/1964, 1:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MONRONEY'S OPINION ON SEC APPOINTMENT FOR HUGH OWENS OR TOM FINNEY; DISCUSSION OF CLARK CLIFFORD'S ABILITY TO SPOT ABLE MEN; LBJ EXPRESSES WISH TO HELP OKLAHOMA; MONRONEY ASKS LBJ TO CONSIDER APPOINTING BUD WILKINSON TO A FEDERAL POST
Telephone conversation # 1533, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GRONOUSKI, 1/25/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • GRONOUSKI RECOMMENDS FRED BELEN FOR APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY POSTMASTER GENERAL; LBJ STRESSES IMPORTANCE IN UPCOMING ELECTION OF LBJ DESIGNATING HIS OWN APPOINTEES, ASKS GRONOUSKI TO CONSIDER MARVIN WATSON FOR POSITION IN POST OFFICE DEPT
Telephone conversation # 4210, sound recording, LBJ and SPESSARD HOLLAND, 7/10/1964, 12:50PM (Item)
  • HOLLAND THANKS LBJ FOR BIRTHDAY MESSAGE, PRAISES APPOINTMENT OF LEROY COLLINS TO COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE, RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF LINTON COLLINS TO COURT OF CLAIMS; LBJ EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LINTON COLLINS, DISCUSSES OTHER POSSIBLE POSTS
Telephone conversation # 4905, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/13/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON STATE DEPT ACQUIESCENCE ON COFFEE BILL; DISCUSSION OF FPC VACANCY, DIRKSEN'S CANDIDATE TO FILL POST; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE POLITICAL CRITICISM HE MIGHT FACE IN FILLING POSITION
Telephone conversation # 6302, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 11/9/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • ANDERSON RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF JOHN KELLY AS INTERIOR UNDERSECRETARY AND THAT POST-APOLLO SPACE PROGRAM BE CONSOLIDATED AND BASED ON APOLLO PROGRAM; AIR FORCE WORK ON MANNED ORBITING LAB; ALASKA ELECTION RESULTS; ERNEST GRUENING; ANTONIO TAYLOR
Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN, REQUEST FOR FUNDS; POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ BY HEARST NEWSPAPERS; OTHER PRESS ENDORSEMENTS; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CANDIDATES FOR JUSTICE DEPT POSTS; RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 6870, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/24/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • 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 # 7166, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 3/26/1965, 9:27AM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS WHITE TO CALL STEWART UDALL ABOUT NEED TO APPOINT CALIFORNIANS TO FEDERAL POSTS, POSSIBLY AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR; LBJ'S PERSONAL INTERVENTION IN INTERTIE DECISION; ARIZONA-CALIFORNIA FEUD
Telephone conversation # 7145, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY CABOT LODGE, 3/24/1965, 3:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS LODGE TO FILL REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY, DISCUSSION OF DUTIES OF POST; PUBLIC SERVICE COMPONENT OF TV; COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE BOARD; UK TV SYSTEM; SUCCESSOR TO MAXWELL TAYLOR AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM; NEED FOR CIVILIAN APPOINTEE; ALEXIS
Telephone conversation # 6755, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 1/29/1965, 2:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF EDWIN WEISL, JR., TO FEDERAL POST IN TREASURY OR JUSTICE DEPARTMENT, POSSIBLY AS DELEGATE TO WORLD BANK; RFK AND WEISLS
Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)
  • POST
Telephone conversation # 8861, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 9/14/1965, 7:21PM? (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT 1964 CAMPAIGN, POST OFFICE SUMMER EMPLOYMENT, JACK MILLER'S SPEECH CRITICIZING DAVID BRESS APPOINTMENT; TELEPHONE OPERATOR REPORTS ON STATUS OF LBJ'S CALL TO ABE FORTAS; LBJ ASKS HER TO PLACE CALL TO NICHOLAS KATZENBACH
Telephone conversation # 8906, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/28/1965, 8:12PM (Item)
  • 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)
  • 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 # 9112, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 11/8/1965, 9:11AM (Item)
  • USIA APPOINTMENT FOR MITCHELL WOLFSON; HOWARD WOODS' REQUEST TO MAKE INSPECTION TRIP OF USIA POSTS; MARKS ASKS TO GO TO VIETNAM TO PERSUADE USIA PERSONNEL TO EXTEND TOURS OF DUTY; BARRY ZORTHIAN'S REQUEST TO RETURN TO US; TRAVEL TO VIETNAM BY US
Telephone conversation # 10126, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 5/15/1966, 9:51AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WHITE ABOUT FPC PROGRESS ON PENDING CASES SO ANNOUNCEMENTS OF CHANGES ON FPC CAN BE MADE; DISCUSSION OF COAL PRICE INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES WASHINGTON POST STORY ABOUT WILLIAM CROCKETT'S PURCHASE OF STOCK FROM NORMAN WINSTON
Telephone conversation # 9863, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/9/1966, 5:07PM (Item)
  • OTHER POST
Telephone conversation # 9894, sound recording, LBJ and HERMAN TALMADGE, 3/17/1966, 8:35AM (Item)
  • QUESTION OF CARL SANDERS RUNNING AGAINST RICHARD RUSSELL IN GEORGIA SENATE RACE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH SANDERS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF SANDERS TO JUDICIAL POST; TALMADGE COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON KEEPING HIS WEIGHT DOWN
Telephone conversation # 9839, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/5/1966, 9:34AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF BILL SLAYTON TO UNNAMED POST; LBJ INVITES DALEY TO VISIT HIM IN WASHINGTON, DC, ASKS DALEY TO INFLUENCE JEROME CAVANAGH TO RUN FOR GOVERNOR OF MICHIGAN AGAINST GEORGE ROMNEY, NOT FOR THE SENATE AGAINST G. MENNEN WILLIAMS
Telephone conversation # 10764, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/13/1966, 6:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF HENRY MCGEE AS ACTING POSTMASTER IN CHICAGO; O'BRIEN SAYS PAUL DOUGLAS, RICHARD DALEY, DEMOCRATIC AND POST OFFICE OFFICIALS RECOMMENDED MCGEE WHO IS A NEGRO; LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN TO GET DIRKSEN'S VOTE ON HOUSING BILL
Telephone conversation # 10572, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/5/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 10574, sound recording, LBJ and SIDNEY WEINBERG, 8/5/1966, 1:12PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF WEINBERG'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR STATE DEPT JOBS; FRED EATON; WEINBERG PROMISES TO GIVE LBJ A LIST OF CANDIDATES; ROBERT ANDERSON; JOHN LOEB'S WORK IN 1964 CAMPAIGN; WEINBERG THINKS DOUGLAS DILLON WILL ACCEPT POST; LUCI'S
Telephone conversation # 12706, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER MONDALE, 2/7/1968, 7:54AM (Item)
  • MONDALE EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR APPOINTMENT OF LEE LOEVINGER TO FEDERAL JUDGESHIP; LBJ DISCUSSES POLICY ON APPOINTMENTS TO WASHINGTON, DC CIRCUIT COURT, DISCUSSES OTHER POSSIBLE JUDICIAL POSTS, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LOEVINGER, MONDALE, HHH, ORVILLE
Telephone conversation # 12713, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/12/1968, 8:30AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE COMMITTEE TO STUDY VIETNAM SITUATION; ROBERT WEAVER'S RESIGNATION FROM HUD AND POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF EDGAR KAISER AS HIS REPLACEMENT; CRITICISM IF NEGRO IS NOT APPOINTED TO POST; WHITNEY YOUNG; DALEY RECOMMENDS CLIFFORD CAMBELL
Telephone conversation # 11618, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 3/7/1967, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS YARBOROUGH'S OPINION OF CANDIDATES FOR AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC POST, KARL ROLVAAG AS AMBASSADOR TO ICELAND; YARBOROUGH'S TEXAS TRIP, VISIT WITH WALTER HALL; YARBOROUGH'S RECORD OF SUPPORTING LBJ; AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 11653, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/25/1967, 11:10AM (Item)
  • JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON CIA IN INDIA; DISCUSSION OF NEWS PROGRAMMING ON EDUCATIONAL TV, POSSIBLE COMPETITION WITH NETWORK TV, USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ALLEGEDLY SLANTED COVERAGE; MILTON EISENHOWER AS HEAD OF PUBLIC TV
Telephone conversation # 10912, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/3/1966, 8:16AM (Item)
  • UNNAMED POST
Telephone conversation # 13593, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 10/24/1968, 11:00AM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF LOUIS HECTOR OR JOHN CROWN TO UNNAMED POST; POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR TO WILLARD WIRTZ IF LBJ ACCEPTS WIRTZ' RESIGNATION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WALL STREET JOURNAL ARTICLE ON WH STAFF BEING OFFERED LUCRATIVE JOBS, SAYS STAFF SHOULD NOT TALK
Telephone conversation # 13749, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 3:33PM (Item)
  • SMATHERS DISCUSSES RICHARD NIXON'S REQUEST TO BUY SMATHERS' HOUSE, NIXON'S PLAN TO OFFER UN POST TO HHH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH HHH, PROBLEMS OF PRESIDENCY, HIS REGRET ABOUT NOT REPLACING JFK APPOINTEES, OFFERS ADVICE TO NIXON; DNC'S
Telephone conversation # 13751, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 3:33PM (Item)
  • RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; LBJ ADVISES NIXON TO KEEP CAREER CIVIL SERVANTS AT VA, GSA, FBI, CIA; J. EDGAR HOOVER; CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH; NIXON'S FRIENDSHIP WITH BEBE REBOZO; SALE OF SMATHERS' HOUSE TO NIXON; SMATHERS' PERSONAL
Telephone conversation # 13752, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 11/21/1968, 4:06PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH GEORGE SMATHERS ABOUT RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; HHH'S ROLE AS HEAD OF DEMOCRATIC PARTY; LBJ ASKS TO MEET WITH HHH ABOUT HHH'S FUTURE, OFFERS HIS ASSISTANCE TO HHH
Telephone conversation # 13753, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/21/1968, 4:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH HHH ABOUT RICHARD NIXON'S OFFER TO NAME HHH TO UN POST; LBJ SAYS IDEA DID NOT APPEAL TO HHH BUT THAT HE WILL CONSIDER IT AND WILL MEET WITH LBJ TOMORROW
Telephone conversation # 2528, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 3/18/1964, 8:09AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S COLD; 3/15 TV APPEARANCE; REPUBLICAN CONTENDERS, HENRY CABOT LODGE; SATURDAY EVENING POST; STEWART ALSOP COLUMN ON WH STAFF; GALLUP POLL; POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN WOMAN FOR EXPORT-IMPORT BANK APPOINTMENT; KEITH FUNSTON; HUGH OWENS; SEC; MARIANNE
Telephone conversation # 6736, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 1/15/1965, 12:06PM (Item)
  • MLK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY FOR GREAT SOCIETY BILLS; IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHTS; MLK ASKS LBJ TO APPOINT NEGRO TO CABINET; LBJ'S PLAN TO MAKE HUD A CABINET POST, APPOINT [ROBERT] WEAVER; APPOINTMENTS OF NEGROES