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Telephone conversation # 3947, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 6/29/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DALEY EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LBJ INVITES DALEY, WIFE TO WH; LBJ REPORTS ON MISSISSIPPI SITUATION, VIETNAM; 1964 CAMPAIGN; BARRY GOLDWATER; ISSUES IN ILLINOIS, UNEMPLOYMENT, MODERNIZATION; CIVIL RIGHTS; INFLUENCE OF PRESS; VP SELECTION; POVERTY
Telephone conversation # 3348, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 5/5/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF ANDREW O'MEARA'S CABLE ASKING RFK TO ADDRESS SEMINAR ON STRATEGIC INTELLIGENCE FOR CHILEAN MILITARY IN PANAMA CANAL ZONE; RFK'S INVOLVEMENT WITH CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; PRESS RELATIONS AND LEAKS ON LATIN AMERICA; TAD SZULC ARTICLE
Telephone conversation # 3355, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 5/6/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WIRTZ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AT LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT RAILROAD NEGOTIATIONS, NEW YORK PLUMBERS UNION STRIKE PROTESTING HIRING PUERTO RICANS, NEGRO AT GEORGE MEANY'S HOME LOCAL UNION; COAL MINERS AND RESIDUAL OIL
Telephone conversation # 3408, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/12/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF WARNING ABOUT PRESS BRIEFINGS, MENTIONS CUTTING OFF LIGHTS AT THE WH; NEED FOR REVISIONS IN SPEECH TO REMOVE ATTACK ON GEORGE WALLACE
Telephone conversation # 3183, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/29/1964, 11:32AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, POSSIBLE QUESTION ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; HHH; PRESS STORIES, DIRKSEN'S REMARKS ABOUT LBJ PULLING HIS DOG'S EARS; QUESTION OF SENATE CLOTURE VOTE ON JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT OR ENTIRE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 3186, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 4/29/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FULBRIGHT'S UPCOMING TRIP TO EUROPE, GREECE; CYPRUS; UK TRADE WITH CUBA; LBJ'S MEETING WITH R. A. BUTLER; FULBRIGHT'S CONCERN RICHARD RUSSELL, PRESS WILL SEE HIS TRIP AS WAY TO AVOID CIVIL RIGHTS BILL CLOTURE VOTE; FULBRIGHT'S VIEWS ON CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 3301, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/1/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • POSSIBLE TOPICS AT PRESS BRIEFING: APPOINTMENT OF JOHN P. MCCONNELL AS AIR FORCE VICE CHIEF OF STAFF: BALTIMORE SUN STORY ON LBJ "DRESSING DOWN" HHH ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; A. W. MOURSUND, DOVE HUNTING; APPROVAL OF BILL ON CHAMIZAL TREATY WITH MEXICO
Telephone conversation # 4421, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/30/1964, 10:12AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON MEETING WITH UNIDENTIFIED NYC GROUP ABOUT VIETNAM, RACIAL DISORDERS, LATIN AMERICA, VP, GOLDWATER, ALSO REPORTS ON RFK'S REACTION TO HIS MEETING WITH LBJ ABOUT VP NOMINATION; PRESS STATEMENT ON TEST BAN TREATY, DOD PERSONNEL
Telephone conversation # 4428, sound recording, LBJ and LUTHER HODGES, 7/30/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET MEMBERS AND THOSE WHO MEET REGULARLY WITH CABINET FROM CONSIDERATION AS VP NOMINEE; NANCY DICKERSON BROADCAST ON JACQUELINE KENNEDY; PRESS STORY THAT LBJ WILL LOSE ALL STATES VISITED BY HODGES, LEROY
Telephone conversation # 4435, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH M. BARR, 7/30/1964, 5:54PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 4439, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 7/30/1964, 6:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET MEMBERS, THOSE WHO MEET WITH CABINET FROM VP NOMINATION; RFK; LBJ EXTENDS INVITATION TO RUSSELL TO ATTEND CONVENTION; STATEMENTS BY ALLEN ELLENDER, HERMAN TALMADGE; PRESS REPORTS OF SOUTHERN WALKOUT; 1956
Telephone conversation # 4924, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 8/14/1964, 3:29PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NYT STORY ON LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT OF RFK IN NEW YORK SENATE RACE; O'DONNELL'S TALK WITH STEPHEN SMITH; HANDLING QUESTION OF SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION OR MFDP AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; COMPOSITION OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; PRESS STORY
Telephone conversation # 4925, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 8/14/1964, 3:29PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY ON SEATING CONTESTED DELEGATIONS AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, NEED TO KEEP ISSUE IN CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE TO AVOID FLOOR FIGHT; QUESTION OF NOT SEATING ALABAMA DELEGATION BECAUSE LBJ IS NOT ON BALLOT IN ALABAMA; MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP
Telephone conversation # 4930, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 8/14/1964, 5:14PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS AP STORY ON ALEX ROSE, RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE RACE, REPORTS ON TALK WITH WALTER REUTHER ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI, MFDP, CONTESTED DELEGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON RFK'S OPPOSITION TO EUGENE MCCARTHY AS VP NOMINEE; GROWING SOUTHERN OPPOSITION
Telephone conversation # 4941, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 8/15/1964, 9:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SEATING OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; PRESS AND WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE; LACK OF SOUTHERN SUPPORT FOR HHH FOR VP; NEED TO TALK TO LABOR, NEGRO CONGRESSMEN ABOUT MFDP ISSUE; WILKINS' ARTICLES ON GOLDWATER; LADY BIRD, LYNDA, LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5288, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/31/1964, 2:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MISSISSIPPI SCHOOL DESEGREGATION CASE; QUESTION OF LBJ CALLING PAUL JOHNSON; ABE FORTAS' SUGGESTION THAT ASSAULT OF LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS, PRESS BE MADE FEDERAL OFFENSE; PHILADELPHIA RIOTS; POSSIBLE MAYORS MEETING; PREVENTING VIOLENCE
Telephone conversation # 4820, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 8/8/1964, 9:58AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS HOOVER PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON MURDER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI, NEED FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, OBEDIENCE TO LAWS; HOOVER RECOMMENDS STATEMENT OPPOSING RIOTING; LBJ PRAISES FBI WORK IN MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA; GULF OIL
Telephone conversation # 4823, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/8/1964, 10:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SEATING OF MFDP AT CONVENTION; VANCE HARTKE, INDIANA POLITICS; HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL; RFK'S FUTURE; NEED FOR SENATE APPROVAL OF HOUSE POVERTY BILL AMENDMENTS ON LOYALTY OATH, EDITH GREEN'S FARM PROVISIONS; PRESS QUESTION ABOUT ADAM
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 # 4696, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/4/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WHITE REPORTS ON STATUS OF CALLS TO FAMILIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; LBJ INSTRUCTS WHITE TO HAVE FBI PROCEED WITH PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT IF FAMILIES ARE NOT REACHED WITHIN FIVE MINUTES BECAUSE INFORMATION WILL LEAK WHEN BODIES ARE MOVED
Telephone conversation # 4701, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 8/4/1964, 8:47PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS WHITE IF HE HAS INFORMED FBI THEY MAY ISSUE PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT BODIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS HAVE BEEN FOUND; WHITE REPORTS ON CALLS TO THEIR FAMILIES; LBJ ASKS HIM TO CALL OGDEN REID, WILLIAM RYAN, ASKS WHITE TO REVIEW
Telephone conversation # 4362, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/28/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ITEMS FOR REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING: NSC MEETING; UPCOMING MEETING WITH SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENTS TO DISCUSS POVERTY PROGRAM, PARKS AND WORK PROGRAMS; DE-EMPHASIZING CIVIL RIGHTS AS TOPIC OF MEETINGS; ERIC GOLDMAN'S PROPOSAL FOR MEETING WITH UNIVERSITY
Telephone conversation # 4757, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/5/1964, 4:14PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; DISCUSSION OF WHETHER LBJ'S MEETING WITH PLANS FOR PROGRESS GROUP SHOULD BE ON THE RECORD; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT WHITE BACKLASH
Telephone conversation # 4778, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 8/6/1964, 1:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RESULTS OF ROPER POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR RFK FOR VP NOMINATION WHICH WILL APPEAR IN LIFE MAGAZINE; HHH'S PRESS LEAKS; LBJ ADVISES HHH BUILD SUPPORT WITH PARTY LEADERS LIKE RICHARD DALEY; WHITE BACKLASH AGAINST LBJ; REPUBLICAN BACKLASH AGAINST
Telephone conversation # 5152, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/24/1964, 1:11PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBILITY OF DOUGLAS WYNN RESIGNING FROM REGULAR MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, BEING REPLACED BY MEMBER OF MFDP; HEAD COUNT OF VOTES ON MFDP ISSUE IN CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; ALABAMA DELEGATION; MLK; NEED FOR POSITIVE PRESS STORIES
Telephone conversation # 5175, sound recording, LBJ and A. W. MOURSUND, 8/25/1964, 10:05AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MOURSUND REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH MERRILL CONNALLY ABOUT JOHN CONNALLY AS POSSIBLE VP NOMINEE; JOHN CONNALLY'S POPULARITY FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION, CAMPAIGNING ABILITIES; WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE; HHH; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 5176, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/25/1964, 11:06AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ITEMS FOR REEDY'S BRIEFING; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; RFK'S ANNOUNCEMENT FOR SENATE; WH STAFF CONVENTION ACTIVITIES; LBJ READS STATEMENT IN WHICH HE DECLINES TO RUN FOR PRESIDENT, EXPRESSES DISCOURAGEMENT WITH PRESIDENCY, PRESS, CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT; US
Telephone conversation # 5186, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/25/1964, 5:33PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • HANDLING VOTE ON COMPROMISE ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, 2 MEMBERS OF MFDP AS AT-LARGE DELEGATES; POSSIBLE MINORITY REPORT; EDITH GREEN; LBJ REPORTS ON SOUTHERN LEADERS' DISSATISFACTION WITH COMPROMISE; POSSIBLE SOUTHERN WALKOUT; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 5193, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/25/1964, 7:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS EASTLAND FOR HELP IN GETTING ACCEPTANCE OF COMPROMISE ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION AND MFDP, REPORTS ON HIS CALL TO RICHARD RUSSELL ON ISSUE; PRESS REPORTS ON EASTLAND'S, GOV. PAUL JOHNSON'S COMMUNICATIONS WITH LBJ; SOUTHERN SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 5197, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/25/1964, 8:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • EFFORTS TO GET SOUTHERN DELEGATIONS TO ACCEPT COMPROMISE ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION; HHH, PRESS LEAKS; LBJ'S TALKS WITH RICHARD RUSSELL, JAMES EASTLAND, CARL SANDERS; MFDP'S REQUEST FOR ROLL CALL; PAUL JOHNSON; "BULL" CONNOR; EDITH GREEN
Telephone conversation # 5203, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/25/1964, 9:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JENKINS REPORTS ON RESULTS OF CALIFORNIA CAUCUS ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION; CALIFORNIA WILL INVITE MFDP MEMBERS TO SIT WITH THEM; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT HHH AND PRESS; JOE RAUH'S REQUEST TO FILE MINORITY VIEWS FOR THE RECORD, NOT MINORITY REPORT
Telephone conversation # 5208, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/25/1964, 9:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, SEEING REPORTERS TALK TO ONLY EDITH GREEN AND JOE RAUH, TELLS MOYERS TO GET DOUGLAS WYNN, JOHN CONNALLY, CARL SANDERS ON TV
Telephone conversation # 5038, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLASS CATER, 8/19/1964, 7:19PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CATER REPORTS INQUIRY FROM HUNTLEY-BRINKLEY NEWS ABOUT LBJ'S STAND ON SEATING OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP, AND CARROLL KILPATRICK'S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON VP NOMINATION; PRESS COMMENTS AT REEDY'S BRIEFING ON LBJ'S MEETING WITH CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 5107, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/21/1964, 8:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JOE RAUH'S, PRESS COMPLAINTS ABOUT SMALL SIZE OF ROOM FOR CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON MISSISSIPPI, ALABAMA DELEGATIONS; MFDP; HHH; JAMES ROWE ON MIKE MANSFIELD AS POSSIBLE VP NOMINEE; DOUGLAS WYNN ON MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION TAKING OATH
Telephone conversation # 5113, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/21/1964, 8:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JOE RAUH AND CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING MISSISSIPPI, MFDP DELEGATION, SIZE OF ROOM FOR CREDENTIALS HEARINGS; PRESS COVERAGE OF CONTROVERSY; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE; POLL ON RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; POLLS REFLECTING WHITE BACKLASH, REPUBLICAN "FRONTLASH"
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 # 6345, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH MCGILL, 11/12/1964, 10:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MISUNDERSTANDING IN PRESS ABOUT INVITATION TO RICHARD RUSSELL, CARL SANDERS, OTHERS TO HUNTING TRIP AT RANCH; GEORGIA POLITICS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CALL TO SANDERS TO RECONSIDER INVITATION; MCGILL OFFERS TO ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE SANDERS TO ACCEPT
Telephone conversation # 6409, sound recording, LEE WHITE? and GEORGE REEDY, 11/19/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY AND WHITE? DISCUSS INFORMATION TO RELEASE TO PRESS ABOUT MEETING LBJ IS CURRENTLY HOLDING WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; DISCUSSION OF NAMES OF THOSE ATTENDING AND THOSE NOT ATTENDING, INCLUDING MLK WHO IS ON VACATION
Telephone conversation # 5555, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 9/9/1964, 5:25PM (Item)
  • LBJ ON HOLD 1:24; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT TRANSCRIPT OF TODAY'S PRESS CONFERENCE PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH JACK VALENTI, GEORGE REEDY AT TIME OF CALL
  • Press relations
Telephone conversation # 5585, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 9/15/1964, 7:37PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KILDUFF ASKS LBJ FOR RESPONSE FOR PRESS TO WILLIAM MILLER'S CHARGE THAT JOHNSONS OWNED PROPERTY IN TEXAS WITH RESTRICTED RACIAL COVENANTS; LBJ SAYS WALTER JENKINS WILL ISSUE PREPARED STATEMENT AFTER CHECKING FACTS ON MATTER