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Telephone conversation # 4932, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 8/14/1964, 6:17PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • ALBERT REPORTS THAT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION PLATFORM COMMITTEE WILL BEGIN HEARINGS TOMORROW; DISCUSSION OF POTENTIAL PROBLEMS CAUSED BY CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT ISSUE; OKLAHOMA COURT RULINGS
Telephone conversation # 11404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN; PRESS LEAKS FROM CRIME COMMISSION; KATZENBACH DEFENDS COMMISSION; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DISSENT IN CONGRESS; NEW HARRIS POLL; WILLIAM MANCHESTER
Telephone conversation # 2463, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 3/10/1964, 6:55PM (Item)
  • REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE VOTE OPPOSING WHEAT-COTTON FARM BILL; NORTHERN DEMOCRATS' SUPPORT FOR BILL; DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, PAUL DOUGLAS, EVERETT DIRKSEN; HOWARD SMITH, HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; HAROLD COOLEY; REACTION TO SEC APPOINTMENT; CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 275, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/4/1963, 11:15AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DISCUSSION OF HEAD COUNT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION AND VOTES FOR BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN VOTES IN COMMITTEE; WASHINGTON POST STORY THIS MORNING ON THE BILL; MEETING OF CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS THIS AFTERNOON
Telephone conversation # 6307, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 11/9/1964, 12:20PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • POSSIBLE CHANGES IN HOUSE RULES, PURGE OF MEMBERS WHO BACKED GOLDWATER; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL PRECEDENT; WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE VACANCIES AND EFFECT ON MEDICARE, OIL DEPLETION ALLOWANCE; DC HOME RULE; TAFT-HARTLEY AMENDMENT; OKLAHOMA ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 10601, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE PICKLE, 8/9/1966, 9:05PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • ACTION IN HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; NEED FOR CONGRESS TO MAKE FINDING THAT STRIKE ADVERSELY AFFECTS INTERSTATE COMMERCE BUT IS NOT NATIONAL EMERGENCY; PICKLE RELAYS POSITION OF JOHN BELL WILLIAMS, OTHERS ON BILL; GEORGE MEANY
Telephone conversation # 10610, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE PICKLE, 8/12/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • PICKLE REPORTS ON ACTION IN HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; JOHN BELL WILLIAMS' AND JOHN DINGELL'S SUBSTITUTE BILLS WITH PROVISIONS CONCERNING STRIKE BEING NATIONAL EMERGENCY; POLITICAL REASONS FOR VOTES; HEAD COUNT; NYT INQUIRY ABOUT WH
Telephone conversation # 8667, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 8/28/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE DISCHARGE PETITION; OBJECTION TO PETITION BY COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN, HOUSE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PHILOSOPHY AS SENATE POLICY COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN TO PERMIT VOTES ON BILLS, CONCERNS ABOUT PUBLIC REACTION WHEN BILLS ARE BOTTLED UP
Telephone conversation # 85, sound recording, LBJ and ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, 11/27/1963, 2:22PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • POWELL DISCUSSES STATUS OF CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, NDEA, IMPACTED AREAS BILL AND LISTER HILL'S OPPOSITION TO COMPROMISE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES BILL; POWELL PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS
Telephone conversation # 262, sound recording, LBJ and HOMER THORNBERRY, 12/3/1963, 3:22PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; QUESTION OF USING DISCHARGE PETITION TO ADVANCE BILL; TEXAS CONGRESSMEN'S POSITION ON PETITION; POSSIBLE REPUBLICAN SIGNATURES; STRATEGY OF HAVING CARL ALBERT INTRODUCE PETITION
Telephone conversation # 191, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/30/1963, 2:05PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ'S TALK WITH FRANK IKARD ABOUT WITNESSES AT SENATE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON TAX BILL; SMATHERS DISCUSSES ALBERT GORE, SR.'S OPPOSITION TO TAX BILL, STRATEGY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, DIVISION AMONG SOUTHERN SENATORS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; FEDERAL BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 2409, sound recording, LBJ and ANTHONY CELEBREZZE, 3/9/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • CELEBREZZE REPORTS ON HIS TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE COMMITTEE; SUGGESTION THAT LBJ MEET WITH NEGRO NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSN AND AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSN; HEW LEAKS TO PRESS ON MEDICARE AND POVERTY PROGRAM; AP STORY ON LOWERING DRAFT AGE TO 17; WILBUR MILLS
Telephone conversation # 3810, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES HALLECK, 6/22/1964, 6:24PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • APPOINTMENT OF HAMER BUDGE TO SEC; HALLECK COMPLAINS OF LBJ PRESSING HIM TO PASS LEGISLATION, NEED FOR RECESS FOR REPUBLICAN CONVENTION; PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, TAX BILL; LBJ ASKS HALLECK TO VOTE POVERTY BILL OUT OF HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 3851, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/23/1964, 4:59PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • GEORGE AIKEN AND HENRY CABOT LODGE'S RETURN FROM VIETNAM TO HELP WILLIAM SCRANTON'S CAMPAIGN; LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD TO TALK TO VANCE HARTKE ABOUT COMMITTEE VOTE ON EXCISE TAX BILL; STATUS OF SEARCH FOR JAMES CHANEY, ANDREW GOODMAN, MICHAEL SCHWERNER
Telephone conversation # 4220, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 7/13/1964, 3:22PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • SHOOTING IN GEORGIA, CARL SANDERS' STATEMENT, BODY FOUND IN MISSISSIPPI; FBI CHECKS ON APPOINTEES TO CIVIL RIGHTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE; RFK ASKS LBJ TO INSTRUCT FBI TO KEEP HIM INFORMED; NARCOTICS MEETING; POVERTY BILL; RECALL OF CONGRESS IN 1960
Telephone conversation # 5020, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/18/1964, 1:14PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP; EFFECT OF ISSUE ON NORTHERN, URBAN STATES; SMATHERS' SPEECH AT PLATFORM COMMITTEE ON LATIN AMERICA, THOMAS MANN; CIVIL RIGHTS PLATFORM LANGUAGE; BILL SUSPENDING FCC EQUAL TIME RULE FOR DEBATES
Telephone conversation # 5115, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/21/1964, 10:00PM (Item)
  • "RE PLATFORM COMMITTEE AND VICE PRESIDENTIAL POSSIBLES"
  • National politics
Telephone conversation # 5804, sound recording, LBJ and ALBERT GORE, SR., 10/2/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • GORE TELLS LBJ ABOUT HIS STATEMENT ON MEDICARE ISSUE, REPORTS ON ACTION IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON BILL, SENATE ADJOURNMENT; LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLY RECALLING CONGRESS FOLLOWING ELECTION TO PASS BILL; TENNESSEE POLITICAL SITUATION; NEGRO VOTE
Telephone conversation # 7318, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/5/1965, 12:34PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ NOT TO PUSH FOR PASSAGE OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL BEFORE EASTER RECESS; APPOINTEES TO COMMITTEE ON CLOSING OF VA HOSPITALS; DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ TO NAME MARTIN SORKIN TO FOOD AND FIBER COMMISSION, ASKS TO MEET ON STEEL PRICES; EDUCATION
Telephone conversation # 9675, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 2/25/1966, 4:02PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN; LACK OF SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ACTION ON TAX BILL; TESTIMONY ON TELEPHONE EXCISE TAXES; JOHN WILLIAMS' PROVISION PROHIBITING TAX DEDUCTION FOR ADS IN POLITICAL PROGRAMS; VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS; APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW BRIMMER
Telephone conversation # 10522, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/2/1966, 11:02AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LEGAL PROBLEM WITH SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; RFK'S, ROBERT GRIFFIN'S ROLES IN BILL; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE; CONCERNS ABOUT UNION REACTION, POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF BILL; COMPARISON WITH 1963 RAILROAD STRIKE; WAYNE
Telephone conversation # 355, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/9/1963, 1:15PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • BILL GREEN'S ILLNESS; HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION; ASSIGNMENT OF JOHN YOUNG TO RULES COMMITTEE; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION, HIGHER EDUCATION BILLS; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT LACK OF CONGRESSIONAL ACTION COMPARED WITH EISENHOWER'S RECORD; OTTO
Telephone conversation # 2439, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 3/9/1964, 9:25PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DRAFT OF POVERTY MESSAGE TO CONGRESS, NEED TO CONSULT HOUSE AGRICULTURE COMMITTEE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, PHIL LANDRUM SPONSORING POVERTY BILL; WH SPEECHWRITERS; NEWSWEEK STORY ON RFK, NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP; PAUL CORBIN; WH PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 3393, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 5/11/1964, 2:36PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • POVERTY BILL; HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ABSENTEEISM; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, NEA, CATHOLIC POSITIONS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT NYA, AID TO CATHOLIC INSTITUTIONS; CLOSING DEFENSE FACILITIES; AUTOMATION, LOSS OF DEFENSE JOBS; 1964 ELECTION; ADAM CLAYTON
Telephone conversation # 11654, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 3/28/1967, 4:00PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • APPOINTMENT FOR HAROLD REIS; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS TO APPOINT JOHNSON MEN, DISCUSSES RECENT POLL; RFK; COMMITTEE TO STUDY CIA FUNDING OF PRIVATE ORGANIZATIONS; SUPREME COURT CASES; DAIRY FARMERS' VIOLATION OF FEDERAL LAW; FEDERAL VOTER REGISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 10043, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN PASTORE, 4/20/1966, 5:31PM (Item)
  • PASTORE REPORTS ON MARKUP ON UNNAMED BILL (RENT SUPPLEMENTS APPROPRIATION?) IN SENATE COMMITTEE; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF COMMITTEE VOTE WITH LBJ'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS (ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL?) AND SUBSEQUENT HEARING BEFORE EMANUEL CELLER'S COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 3649, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 6/9/1964, 12:44PM (Item)
  • FEDERAL DEBT CEILING LEGISLATION; RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON POVERTY BILL; RULES COMMITTEE ACTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL CONFERENCE REPORT FOLLOWING SENATE PASSAGE; JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT; LBJ INFORMS ALBERT OF RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT
Telephone conversation # 3507, sound recording, LBJ and ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, 5/26/1964, 12:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES POWELL ON PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL IN HOUSE EDUCATION AND WELFARE COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 3394, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 5/11/1964, 2:36PM (Item)
  • HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE ABSENTEEISM; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; POVERTY BILL
Telephone conversation # 133, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID MCDONALD, 11/29/1963, 1:29PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCDONALD'S HELP IN GETTING VOTES FOR DISCHARGE PETITION TO RELEASE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL FROM HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, SAYS BILL IS ENTITLED TO HEARING IN HOUSE JUST AS LEE HARVEY OSWALD SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED HEARING; NEED TO PASS TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 372, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/9/1963, 7:06PM (Item)
  • ALBERT'S TRAVEL PROBLEMS; NEED FOR BETTER AIR SERVICE TO OKLAHOMA, HOUSTON; HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION AND RULES COMMITTEE HEARINGS; TAX BILL; SCHEDULING OF VOTES ON VOCATIONAL EDUCATION AND HIGHER EDUCATION FACILITIES BILLS
Telephone conversation # 457, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 12/12/1963, 4:50PM (Item)
  • DILLON SAYS HE WILL PROBABLY NOT MAKE PLANNED TRIP BECAUSE OF TAX BILL; LBJ'S DISTRESS ABOUT SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S DELAYS; RUSSELL LONG'S AMENDMENT; COFFEE AGREEMENT; TIMING OF TAX, CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS; LBJ'S DISAPPROVAL OF CABINET TRIP TO JAPAN
Telephone conversation # 466, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 12/13/1963, 11:33AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSTPONEMENT OF SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON COFFEE AGREEMENT IN ORDER TO CONSIDER TAX BILL; LBJ'S CONCERN THAT CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WILL DELAY PASSAGE OF TAX BILL; RUSSELL LONG'S AMENDMENT
Telephone conversation # 479, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 12/13/1963, 5:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT HANDLING OF COFFEE AGREEMENT IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, CABINET MEMBERS' PROPOSED TRIP TO JAPAN; LBJ'S CONCERNS THAT CIVIL RIGHTS BILL WILL DELAY PASSAGE OF TAX BILL; JFK'S CANCELLATION OF CABINET MEMBERS' TRIP TO LBJ RANCH
Telephone conversation # 1385, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/16/1964, 4:15PM (Item)
  • TAX BILL; LBJ REFERS TO FATHER-SON NATURE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; RUSSELL'S INFLUENCE ON SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE; HARRY BYRD, SR.
Telephone conversation # 2000, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/10/1964, 11:06AM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH RUSSELL LONG ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON TAX BILL; HOUSE ACTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; MIKE MANSFIELD; JOHN WILLIAMS; HARRY BYRD
Telephone conversation # 3969, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 6/30/1964, 6:26PM (Item)
  • ALBERT REPORTS ON SCHEDULING VOTES ON FOREIGN AID, CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS, RULES COMMITTEE VOTES; DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR SIGNING CEREMONY FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; ALBERT REPORTS ON DEBATE, REPUBLICAN VOTES ON FOREIGN AID BILL; OTTO PASSMAN
Telephone conversation # 3456, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 5/14/1964, 8:30PM (Item)
  • ADJOURNMENT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE ON POVERTY BILL; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HUGH CAREY; NEA CONCERN THAT AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS WILL UNDERMINE SUPPORT FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS; COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; JOKES FOR UPCOMING LBJ SPEECHES; BOB HOPE
Telephone conversation # 3660, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 6/9/1964, 4:58PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN ABOUT REPORT FROM CARL ALBERT THAT TIP O'NEILL WILL LEAVE WASHINGTON, DC BEFORE IMPORTANT VOTE IN RULES COMMITTEE ON POVERTY BILL, SAYS KARL MUNDT WILL VOTE FOR CLOTURE ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; O'BRIEN MENTIONS REPORT BY STEELWORKERS
Telephone conversation # 3667, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 6/9/1964, 7:03PM (Item)
  • OF COMMITTEE