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Telephone conversation # 4181, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 7/8/1964, 1:04PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH JOHN SHERMAN COOPER AT TIME OF CALL; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE DICTABELT DUE TO POOR SOUND QUALITY
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS WHITE TO MEET WITH JOHN SHERMAN COOPER ABOUT COOPER'S CONCERNS, ESPECIALLY COMMITTEE RECOMMENDED BY COOPER TO SEND BUSINESS MANAGEMENT EXPERTS TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES TO REVIEW US FOREIGN AID PROGRAM
Telephone conversation # 273, sound recording, LBJ and LLOYD HAND, 12/4/1963, 10:01AM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE HAS ASKED ROY WILKINS TO TALK WITH HAND ABOUT ENCOURAGING COOPERATION BETWEEN NEGROES AND MEXICAN-AMERICANS IN LOS ANGELES, DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF HISPANIC AS WH AIDE, ASKS HAND TO CHECK OUT DAN LUEVANO AS POSSIBLE APPOINTEE
Telephone conversation # 554, sound recording, LBJ and A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, 12/18/1963, 6:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES RANDOLPH ON SLEEPING CAR PORTERS UNION SETTLEMENT; RANDOLPH SAYS HE RECEIVED GREAT COOPERATION FROM LABOR DEPT, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH AT THE UN
Telephone conversation # 4135, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/2/1964, 2:26PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR NAMES OF NEGRO LEADERS INVITED TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING CEREMONY IN ORDER TO INVITE THEM TO OFF-THE-RECORD MEETING AFTERWARDS TO DISCUSS COOPERATION IN IMPLEMENTING NEW LAW
Telephone conversation # 4150, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL JOHNSON, 7/3/1964, 3:17PM (Item)
  • TEXAS, MISSISSIPPI WEATHER, RANCHING CONDITIONS; STATUS OF INVESTIGATION OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS, EFFECTS OF TRIP BY ALLEN DULLES; LBJ PRAISES JOHNSON FOR COOPERATION; JOHNSON COMPLAINS OF PRESS COVERAGE; IMPLEMENTATION OF CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 3811, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and RALPH MCGILL, 6/22/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • MCGILL DICTATES LETTER TO LBJ ADVISING HIM TO MAKE NATIONAL TV ADDRESS UPON SIGNING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, DIRECT ADDRESS TOWARDS GOVS. AND LOCAL OFFICIALS, STRESS LOCAL COOPERATION; ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA, BUSINESSMEN'S PLEDGE; HAROLD WALKER
Telephone conversation # 3855, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/23/1964, 5:44PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA IF DOD IS ASSISTING FBI IN INVESTIGATION OF 3 MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI; MCNAMARA DESCRIBES EXTENT OF DOD COOPERATION
Telephone conversation # 3878, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL JOHNSON, 6/23/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND ALLEN DULLES AS OBSERVER IN SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; JOHNSON DESCRIBES MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITIES' COOPERATION WITH FBI IN SEARCH OF SWAMP, HIS PRESS STATEMENT, MISSISSIPPI'S DILEMMA, TENSION THERE
Telephone conversation # 3879, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL JOHNSON, 6/23/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND ALLEN DULLES AS OBSERVER IN SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER; JOHNSON DESCRIBES MISSISSIPPI AUTHORITIES' COOPERATION WITH FBI IN SEARCH OF SWAMP, HIS PRESS STATEMENT, MISSISSIPPI'S DILEMMA, TENSION THERE
Telephone conversation # 4966, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCKEITHEN, 8/15/1964, 3:15PM (Item)
  • SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MEETING; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOUTH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; NEED FOR MODERATION, NOT RIOTS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO COOPERATE WITH GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, NEW JERSEY; IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Telephone conversation # 4968, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCKEITHEN, 8/15/1964, 3:15PM (Item)
  • SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MEETING; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOUTH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; NEED FOR MODERATION, NOT RIOTS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO COOPERATE WITH GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, NEW JERSEY; IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Telephone conversation # 4840, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/9/1964, 8:51AM (Item)
  • PROBLEM SEATING MFDP, IMPACT ON SOUTHERN STATES; SOUTHERN GOVERNORS' COOPERATION ON LOUISIANA SCHOOL DESEGREGATION, INVESTIGATION OF MURDERS IN MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RFK; GEORGE MEANY; DETROIT LABOR DAY
Telephone conversation # 4711, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL JOHNSON, 8/4/1964, 9:35PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF DISCOVERY OF BODIES OF THREE MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI; LBJ DISCUSSES TONKIN GULF ATTACKS, HIS BUSY DAY, THANKS JOHNSON FOR HIS COOPERATION; JOHNSON ASKS LBJ ABOUT HIS HEALTH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SCHEDULE, UPCOMING
Telephone conversation # 5122, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/22/1964, 12:02PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SEATING OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; GOV. PAUL JOHNSON'S COOPERATION WITH INVESTIGATION OF MURDER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS; RICHARD DALEY'S VIEW THAT DELEGATES SHOULD PLEDGE TO SUPPORT DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 5666, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, 1:10PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF RACIAL SITUATION IN MISSISSIPPI, BOMBING OF HOMES OF THREE WOMEN, LACK OF LOCAL POLICE COOPERATION IN INVESTIGATION, NEED FOR INCREASED JUSTICE DEPT, FBI INVOLVEMENT
Telephone conversation # 8870, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 9/15/1965, 9:40AM (Item)
  • DALEY ASKS IF JOHN KLUCZYNSKI IS COOPERATING ON HIGHWAY BEAUTIFICATION BILL, COMPLAINS THAT ROBERT WEAVER HAS HELD UP HOUSING PROJECTS IN CHICAGO BECAUSE OF ALLEGED CIVIL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS WITHOUT NOTIFYING DALEY, ASKS LBJ TO HAVE SOMEONE CALL
Telephone conversation # 7095, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE WALLACE, 3/18/1965, 4:33PM (Item)
  • WALLACE EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CONDITIONS IN ALABAMA AFTER SELMA MARCH, EFFECTS OF PROTESTS ON STATE ECONOMY; LBJ PROMISES COOPERATION, RECOMMENDS WALLACE CALL UP NATIONAL GUARD AND LBJ FEDERALIZE IT IF NECESSARY; POSSIBILITY OF VIOLENCE