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Telephone conversation # 4315, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/23/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT INACCURACIES IN PRESS STORIES; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW, ITEMS FOR INCLUSION: NEWS OF INCREASED AGRICULTURAL EXPORTS, STATEMENT ON VIETNAM, ECONOMIC NEWS FROM WALTER HELLER
Telephone conversation # 4784, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 8/6/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT POSSIBLE RISE IN STEEL PRICES; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE, PHOTO SESSION WITH DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS, WARNS ABOUT POSSIBLE NEGATIVE REACTION BY STEEL COMPANIES TO PRESS STORIES ON STEEL PRICES
Telephone conversation # 6461, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 11/23/1964, 7:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MARTIN REPORTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING FRB DECISION TO RAISE US DISCOUNT RATE IN RESPONSE TO RAISE IN UK RATE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS, US BANK REACTION; STATUS OF US ECONOMY; POSSIBLE STEEL, AUTO STRIKES; ANTICIPATED STRONG CHRISTMAS RETAIL
Telephone conversation # 9322, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/16/1965, 10:11AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON INQUIRIES HE MADE TO NSC STAFF ABOUT LEAK TO DOUGLAS KIKER ON VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; LBJ TELLS BUNDY JUNIOR STAFF SHOULD REFER PRESS CALLS TO BUNDY OR MOYERS, DISCUSSES ORIGIN OF "SPUTTERING MAD" PRESS STORY ON ALUMINUM CRISIS
Telephone conversation # 9133, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 6:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ANNOUNCEMENT THAT JOE SWIDLER WILL TEMPORARILY ASSIST CALIFANO; CONFUSION OVER WHETHER SWIDLER WILL WORK ON ALUMINUM SITUATION OR NORTHEAST POWER FAILURE; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD; WH PRESS CORPS' COMMENTS ON LBJ'S HANDLING OF POWER
Telephone conversation # 9843, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK W. ERWIN, 3/7/1966, 10:30AM (Item)
  • "SECY WIRTZ'S OFC"; "RE LABOR FIGURES ON PRESS RELEASES"
  • Press relations
  • LBJ SUGGESTS LANGUAGE FOR LABOR DEPT PRESS BRIEFING TOMORROW ON DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; LBJ SAYS TO BALANCE THIS NEWS BY STRESSING CONTINUING HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT FOR NEGROES, YOUTH, WOMEN AND NEED TO CONTINUE TO CREATE JOBS FOR NEW WORKERS
Telephone conversation # 2392, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 3/7/1964, 1:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • HELLER REPORTS BACK TO LBJ ABOUT PRESS LEAK FROM CEA TO RICHARD MCGOWAN; J. L. ROBERTSON REAPPOINTMENT TO FRB
Telephone conversation # 3434, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 5/13/1964, 4:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS ON USDA MEAT, BEEF PURCHASES; FREEMAN REQUESTS MEETING ON FRIDAY
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 # 1288, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 1/8/1964, 8:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 2391, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 3/7/1964, 1:07PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REAPPOINTMENT OF J. L. ROBERTSON TO FRB; LBJ READS FROM NYT ARTICLE BY RICHARD MCGOWAN ON LABOR CRITICISM OF LBJ BECAUSE OF OVERTIME LEGISLATION; POSSIBLE PRESS LEAK FROM CEA
Telephone conversation # 2692, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 3/28/1964, 2:05PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DUNGAN GIVES LBJ PRESS CONFERENCE INFORMATION ON WOMEN APPOINTEES; MARY BUNTING FOR AEC, PATRICIA HARRIS OR JEANNE NOBLE FOR PUERTO RICO COMMISSION, ELIZABETH MAY FOR EXPORT-IMPORT BANK; RUMORS OF DUNGAN, DEAN RUSK RESIGNATIONS; USSR STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 2964, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 4/9/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; POSSIBLE NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION; REACTIONS OF OREN HARRIS, JOHN PASTORE, PHIL HART; PRESS STORIES ON REPUBLICAN ACTION IN HOUSE; H. R. GROSS; CEA EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC EFFECTS
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 # 3506, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 5/26/1964, 11:21AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENT OF HAMER BUDGE TO SEC AS RECOMMENDED BY CHARLES HALLECK; COURT REPORTER FOR WH PRESS OFFICE; APPOINTMENTS TO VACANCIES ON SEC, MARITIME COMMISSION, FPC, FTC, TARIFF COMMISSION; REPUBLICAN VACANCIES, APPROVAL BY EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 4839, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/9/1964, 8:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED FOR SENATE TO CONCUR ON HOUSE POVERTY BILL TO AVOID CONFERENCE; PHIL LANDRUM'S RE-ELECTION; STEEL PRICES; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RALPH YARBOROUGH; MEDICARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; DNC AND LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; VOTER REGISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 6457, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/23/1964, 3:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MORNING ACTIVITIES FOR PRESS BRIEFING; VISIT OF RICHARD RUSSELL, OTHER GEORGIANS; INQUIRY ABOUT FOY KOHLER'S POSSIBLE VISIT TO RANCH; RAISE IN UK, US DISCOUNT RATES AND POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON US ECONOMY; POSSIBLE DEVALUATION
Telephone conversation # 6470, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON CONGO RESCUE OPERATION; REBEL ATTACKS ON WHITES; APPARENT DEATH OF MISSIONARY PAUL CARLSON; US, AFRICAN REACTION TO US ROLE; MAXWELL TAYLOR INTERVIEW ON VIETNAM POLICY; STEEL PRICE INCREASE; SIGMA DELTA CHI STORY ON WH PRESS
Telephone conversation # 6627, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/31/1964, 10:46AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 7056, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK?, 3/10/1965, 10:20PM? (Item)
  • Press relations
  • COOK? REPORTS ON WALL STREET JOURNAL INQUIRY ABOUT COOK'S WITHDRAWAL AS CANDIDATE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY DUE TO HIS WIFE'S HEALTH, ADVERSE INFORMATION IN HIS BACKGROUND CHECK; PRESS LEAKS; KERMIT GORDON; VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; SELMA, ALABAMA; DUPONT
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 # 7058, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 3/11/1965, 9:16AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FURTHER DISCUSSION OF PRESS LEAKS; JOHN CONNOR AS COMMERCE SECRETARY; CONNOR'S ACTIONS TO ENCOURAGE COMPANIES (TO CURB INVESTMENTS ABROAD?); HAROLD WILSON'S UPCOMING VISIT TO US; UK BUDGET; UK CRITICISM OF US SOUTHEAST ASIA AND VIETNAM POLICY
Telephone conversation # 7066, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 3/13/1965, 4:41PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 7077, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 3/18/1965, 10:40AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TRIP TO LBJ RANCH; BANKERS' MEETING YESTERDAY; TREASURY DEPT PRESS LEAKS; TREASURY SECRETARY CANDIDATES; ROBERT ROOSA; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; EUGENE BLACK; TOM WATSON; CARTER BURGESS; FRED KAPPEL; CRAWFORD GREENEWALT; HENRY "JOE" FOWLER; JOHN LOEB
Telephone conversation # 7122, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MOORE, 3/18/1965, 7:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS MOORE THAT HENRY "JOE" FOWLER WILL GO TO WORLD BANKERS' MEETING AT PRINCETON TOMORROW, ASKS MOORE TO MAKE PUBLIC STATEMENTS SUPPORTING FOWLER'S NOMINATION AS TREASURY SECRETARY; NEED FOR FAVORABLE STORIES DUE TO SELMA; PRESS LEAK BY WILBUR
Telephone conversation # 8823, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 9/3/1965, 12:22AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CALIFANO REPORTS ON STATUS OF STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, POSSIBLE STEEL PRICE INCREASE; ARTHUR GOLDBERG'S SUGGESTION THAT NEGOTIATORS BREAK FOR TONIGHT AND MEET AGAIN EARLY IN THE MORNING; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER TO LET WH PRESS GO FOR THE NIGHT
Telephone conversation # 8835, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 9/3/1965, 4:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CALIFANO REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON PROGRESS IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; LABOR'S CONCERN ABOUT PRESS LEAK OF SETTLEMENT DETAILS; QUESTION OF ANNOUNCING SETTLEMENT IN TIME TO MAKE EVENING NEWS; GOODWIN'S WORK ON DRAFT STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 8838, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/3/1965, 7:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON STEEL SETTLEMENT, TELLS HIM THAT GOVT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, REPORTS ON US CASUALTY; LBJ REPORTS ON RECORD STOCK MARKET; UK MONETARY SITUATION; LBJ TELLS BUNDY TO GIVE PRESS BACKGROUNDERS ON DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 8841, sound recording, LBJ and I.W. ABEL, 9/5/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ABEL TELLS LBJ THAT UNION'S WAGE POLICY COMMITTEE HAS RATIFIED THE STEEL SETTLEMENT; ABEL CONGRATULATES LBJ ON FAST WORK ON "CALIFORNIA PROBLEM"; LBJ INVITES ABEL TO WH DINNER LATER THIS MONTH, TELLS HIM TO PUT OUT PRESS STATEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 8628, sound recording, LBJ and CONRAD COOPER, 8/26/1965, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RESPONSE TO QUESTION AT PRESS CONFERENCE YESTERDAY ABOUT CURRENT STEEL NEGOTIATIONS, SAYS HE HOPES BOTH SIDES CAN REACH RESPONSIBLE SETTLEMENT WHICH WILL BE IN NATIONAL INTEREST; COOPER TELLS LBJ THEY WILL TRY TO DO SO; VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9155, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/10/1965, 7:54PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ HE HAS RELEASED PRESS STATEMENT THAT ALCOA HAS RESCINDED ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICAL COLUMN BY CHARLES BARTLETT; FUTURE ALUMINUM STOCKPILE RELEASES; ALCOA'S STATEMENT; POSITION OF OTHER ALUMINUM COMPANIES
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 # 9004, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 10/1/1965, 6:36PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSSELL REPORTS ON INQUIRIES TO HIS STAFF ABOUT PRESS LEAK OF AWARD OF DEFENSE CONTRACT TO LOCKHEED, DISCUSSES HIS TALKS WITH GEORGIA CONGRESSMEN ABOUT CONTRACT, EXPRESSES CONCERN HE MAY HAVE BEEN SOURCE OF LEAK; EFFECT OF CONTRACT ON LOCKHEED STOCK
Telephone conversation # 9109, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES RATIONALE FOR RELEASE OF ALUMINUM STOCKPILE TO MEET VIETNAM NEEDS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT, HIS WORK ON RUBBER SUPPLY IN WWII; PRESS STORIES ABOUT WH REACTION TO ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE; EFFECT OF INCREASE
Telephone conversation # 9111, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE, STOCKPILE RELEASE, PRESS REPORTING OF SITUATION; INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS; LBJ'S WORK ON WWII RUBBER SUPPLY; HIS RECOVERY FROM GALL BLADDER SURGERY; LBJ'S WORK AS COLLEGE NEWSPAPER EDITOR; WAR
Telephone conversation # 9113, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CALIFANO REPORTS ON MEETING OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ON ALUMINUM SITUATION, INDUSTRY CONTACTS ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK BY ALCOA, REYNOLDS; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS' CONCERNS ABOUT PROCEEDING WITH STOCKPILE
Telephone conversation # 9116, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CALIFANO DISCUSSES ALUMINUM STOCKPILE RELEASE; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS' CONCERNS ABOUT STOCKPILE RELEASE; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA MEET WITH JOHN HARPER ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK; QUESTION OF WAR PROFITEERING
Telephone conversation # 9143, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 7:43PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS MOYERS THAT JOE SWIDLER WILL DRAFT MEMO ON NORTHEAST US POWER FAILURE, SUGGESTS MOYERS TALK TO SIM GIDEON OR SOMEONE AT LCRA; FBI, FPC, CIA INVESTIGATION OR COMMISSION TO STUDY FAILURE; PRESS HANDLING OF POWER FAILURE, ALUMINUM SITUATION
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