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Telephone conversation # 4281, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/20/1964, 6:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK REPORTS ON MEETING WITH JAMES EASTLAND ON OTTO OTEPKA CASE; UPCOMING VOTE ON OAS RESOLUTION REGARDING CUBAN ARMS SHIPMENTS TO VENEZEULA; ALLEGED US SHOOTING OF CUBAN SENTRY AT GUANTANAMO NAVAL BASE; CYPRUS; PRESS STORIES ON PLANS FOR VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4286, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/20/1964, 7:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SENATE CONSIDERATION OF ETHICS RESOLUTIONS RESULTING FROM BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; LBJ'S CONCERN ABOUT EFFECTS OF RIOTS, DEMONSTRATIONS IN NYC, MASSACHUSETTS ON VOTE IN SOUTH; CAMPAIGN STRATEGY; GOLDWATER'S REQUEST FOR MEETING; REEDY'S PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3680, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 6/11/1964, 12:26PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON POSSIBLE CANDIDATES TO REPLACE HENRY CABOT LODGE IN VIETNAM: GEORGE BALL, JOHN MCCONE, MCNAMARA, WILLIAM GAUD, CLARK KERR, WESTMORELAND; CYPRUS; STATE DEPT PRESS LEAKS; LAOS; POVERTY PROGRAM; CARL HAYDEN; CENTRAL ARIZONA WATER
Telephone conversation # 3709, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 6/12/1964, 1:54PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS BALL TO CONSULT EVERETT DIRKSEN ON CONCERNS ABOUT USSR CONSULAR TREATY BEFORE IT BECOMES A POLITICAL ISSUE; NUCLEAR TREATY; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE; NEED TO IMPROVE STATE DEPT PRESS BRIEFINGS
Telephone conversation # 3758, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/17/1964, 6:36PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY ABOUT RFK RIDING TO AIRPORT WITH LBJ IN NYC; JACK ROSENTHAL'S CALL TO REEDY RELAYING INQUIRY FROM DOM BONAFEDE ABOUT "JAMES H. ROWE" BEING REGISTERED AS LOBBYIST FOR HAITI SUGAR ORGANIZATION; JIM ROWE; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, JOCK
Telephone conversation # 3866, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 6/23/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT MISSING CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS PRECEDES CALL; MAHON REPORTS VOTE COUNT IN HOUSE APPROPRIATIONS SUBCOMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL; CUT IN FOREIGN AID; OTTO PASSMAN'S INFLAMMATORY PRESS STATEMENT; WILLIAM NATCHER
Telephone conversation # 3945, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 6/29/1964, 2:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS REACTION, PUBLIC REACTION TO LBJ'S SPEECH IN MINNESOTA; HOUSE RULE FOR POVERTY BILL; VALENTI, HHH DISCUSS CONFLICTING REPORTS OF SIZE OF CROWD IN MINNESOTA, TOUR HHH GAVE "WICKMAN? FOLKS" WHO VISITED CAPITOL TODAY
Telephone conversation # 3318, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 5/2/1964, 1:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT DISCREPANCIES IN FIGURES ON FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT IN TWO OF HIS SPEECHES, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SEASONAL RISE IN FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT BY USDA, INTERIOR DEPT WHILE APPROPRIATIONS BILLS REMAIN PENDING; ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING
Telephone conversation # 3326, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/4/1964, 5:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS ANNOUNCEMENTS FOR THE DAY; G. MENNEN WILLIAMS' TRIP TO AFRICA; MEETINGS WITH GEORGE MEANY, EUGENE MCCARTHY; POSSIBLE MEETING WITH DENMARK'S PRIME MINISTER JENS OTTO KRAG; LBJ TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED WITH PULITZER PRIZE-WINNER MERRIMAN
Telephone conversation # 3328, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 5/4/1964, 5:26PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED TRIPS BY LBJ TO SWARTHMORE, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA; JOSEPH CLARK; ITEMS FOR 5/6/64 PRESS CONFERENCE; BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT IN MISSOURI; TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE BUDGET ITEM; ALABAMA POLITICAL
Telephone conversation # 3410, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/12/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: LBJ'S STATEMENT ON DEATH OF CLARENCE CANNON, PLANS TO ATTEND FUNERAL; LBJ'S MEETING WITH NAM BOARD MEMBERS THIS AFTERNOON
Telephone conversation # 3159, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 4/28/1964, 6:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DEFEAT OF TRANSPORTATION BILL IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL; CLOSURE OF MASSACHUSETTS NAVY YARD; IMPACT ON RAILROADS; PRESS STORIES ON DEFEAT OF BILL
Telephone conversation # 3160, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/28/1964, 6:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ JOKES ABOUT PRESS STORY ON HIS KISSING MARGARET MCNAMARA AT WOMEN DOERS' LUNCH; JCS, CUTBACK IN URANIUM PRODUCTION; PLANNING FOR TRIPS BY CYRUS VANCE, WILLIAM TYLER; WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; DEAN RUSK
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 # 3214, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 4/30/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MIDWEST POLLS; SHRIVER REPORTS ON TRIP TO GERMANY, ISRAEL ON INTERNATIONAL PEACE CORPS; TALK WITH WILBUR MILLS ON POVERTY BILL; PETER FRELINGHUYSEN; REPUBLICAN PRESS CONFERENCE ON BILL; PHIL LANDRUM; LBJ WORRIES ABOUT DELAYS; BOB POAGE, "FHA" (FMHA
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 # 4390, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 7/29/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT INFORMATION FOR PRESS BRIEFING ON WEST COAST ELECTRIC POWER SETTLEMENT; LBJ DISCUSSES BUDGET ESTIMATE FOR (ARKANSAS RIVER?) PROJECT PENDING IN CONGRESS, INVITES INTERESTED CONGRESSMEN TO WH FOR MEETING TODAY
Telephone conversation # 4431, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/30/1964, 5:42PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT EXCLUDING ALL CABINET MEMBERS, THOSE WHO MEET REGULARLY WITH CABINET, FROM CONSIDERATION AS VP NOMINEE; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MEETING WITH RFK, PRESS STORIES ON SUPPORT FOR RFK BY EDWARD KENNEDY, JACQUELINE KENNEDY
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 # 4458, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/31/1964, 6:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINATION; RFK; SARGENT SHRIVER; PRESS STORIES ABOUT O'BRIEN'S ROLE IN CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS AND CAMPAIGN, LACK OF ORGANIZATION AT DNC; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT HIS ROLE IN 1940 CAMPAIGN; VOTER REGISTRATION IN PHILADELPHIA
Telephone conversation # 4461, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 7/31/1964, 8:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • O'BRIEN'S POVERTY BILL REPORT; SHRIVER'S MORE POSITIVE REPORT; CHARLES HALLECK'S OPPOSITION; PRESS, LABOR, STAN MUSIAL'S HELP ON BILL; COST PER PERSON OF JOB CORPS; UPCOMING SPEECHES; DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM; REACTION TO LBJ'S VP STATEMENT; RFK SENATE
Telephone conversation # 4465, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLASS CATER, 7/31/1964, 8:47PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS CATER ABOUT PRESS REACTION TO HIS STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET FROM VP NOMINATION, DISCUSSES BACKGROUND OF DECISION TO MAKE STATEMENT, SUPPORT FOR VARIOUS CANDIDATES: ADLAI STEVENSON, RUSK, MCNAMARA, SARGENT SHRIVER, RFK, ORVILLE FREEMAN
Telephone conversation # 4603, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/1/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS CRITICISM OF LBJ'S LATIN AMERICAN POLICY; PANAMA; CUBA; BRAZIL; LBJ ASKS SMATHERS TO COMMEND THOMAS MANN; ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS; WH MEETINGS WITH LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS, WIVES; FLORIDA VOTES ON POVERTY BILL; PAUL ROGERS' CANDIDATE
Telephone conversation # 4612, sound recording, LBJ and ELMER STAATS, 8/1/1964, 1:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GEORGE MAHON'S INTEREST IN SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION FOR COTTON RESEARCH, POSSIBLE USE OF CONTINGENCY FUNDS; MORTGAGE POOL PROVISION OF HOUSING BILL; MATERIAL FOR PRESS BRIEFINGS ON FEDERAL EMPLOYMENT, POSSIBLE HIRING FREEZE; HILL-BURTON HOSPITAL
Telephone conversation # 4619, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/1/1964, 5:42PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ RECOUNTS EFFORTS TO GET POVERTY BILL VOTES; CLOSING NAVY SHIPYARDS; UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES ON ELIMINATION OF RFK AS VP NOMINEE, HIS ROLE IN CAMPAIGN, FUTURE; HYANNIS PORT STRATEGY MEETING OF RFK SUPPORTERS; 1962 BAN ON CAMPAIGNING BY CABINET
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 # 4942, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/15/1964, 10:48AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF STRATEGY FOR HANDLING AUTHORIZATION, APPROPRIATIONS FOR ARA, ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS BILLS; PRESS STORIES ON MEETING YESTERDAY OF CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON MEDICARE BILL; RIBICOFF AMENDMENT AND KING-ANDERSON BILL
Telephone conversation # 4943, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/15/1964, 10:48AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY ON MEETING YESTERDAY ON MEDICARE BILL; RIBICOFF AMENDMENT; KING-ANDERSON BILL; LABOR'S POSITION ON MEDICARE; APPALACHIA BILL AND RULES COMMITTEE; NEED FOR JUSTICE DEPT RECOMMENDATION ON LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT LEGISLATION
Telephone conversation # 4975, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 8/17/1964, 9:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED COMPROMISE LANGUAGE ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL PENDING IN CONFERENCE COMMITTEE; NEGOTIATIONS WITH CONGRESS, CATTLE INDUSTRY, IMPORTING COUNTRIES; FORMAL VERSUS INFORMAL VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS; PRESS HANDLING OF ISSUE; CARL
Telephone conversation # 4999, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 8/17/1964, 5:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING JOHN TOWER'S AMENDMENT CUTTING OFF FOREIGN AID TO INDONESIA BY GIVING LBJ DISCRETIONARY POWER; IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA BILL; COMPARISON OF EFFECTS OF BILL WITH PREVIOUS VOLUNTARY AGREEMENTS ON MEAT IMPORTS; PRESS HANDLING OF BILL
Telephone conversation # 5228, sound recording, LBJ and PHILIP HART, 8/26/1964, 5:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ THANKS HART FOR HIS WORK ON DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, TELLS HIM HE IS CONSIDERING THOMAS DODD, HHH FOR VP NOMINATION, BUT THINKS HHH WILL BE HIS CHOICE; LBJ ASKS HART TO SPEAK WITH PRESS AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE
Telephone conversation # 5408, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/1/1964, 11:24AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING; RESPONSE TO RECENT CHARGES BY DON REYNOLDS, JOHN WILLIAMS IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; AFL-CIO EXECUTIVE COUNCIL'S MEETING WITH LBJ, ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ, HHH
Telephone conversation # 5413, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/1/1964, 7:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INQUIRES ABOUT ALLEGATIONS MADE BY DON REYNOLDS THAT MATTHEW MCCLOSKEY MADE ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOBBY BAKER IN 1960 CAMPAIGN; LBJ REQUESTS THAT FBI RE-INTERVIEW REYNOLDS; PRESS STORY THAT LBJ WILL NOT BE ON BALLOT IN IOWA
Telephone conversation # 5422, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/2/1964, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS ON DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, PRESS HANDLING OF ISSUE; GEORGE REEDY; FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE ON ISSUE; POLITICAL NATURE OF CHARGES BY REPUBLICANS; DON REYNOLDS; MATTHEW MCCLOSKEY; JOHN
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 # 4843, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 8/9/1964, 9:23AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES SHRIVER ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF MAURICE MITCHELL TO HEAD JOB CORPS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT NYA EXPERIENCE; LBJ'S PERSONAL LOBBYING; CONGRESS' SUCCESSFUL RECORD; ADAM YARMOLINSKY; PRESS AND WH STAFF
Telephone conversation # 4868, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/10/1964, 5:36PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • O'BRIEN REPORTS ON EFFORT TO SCHEDULE SENATE VOTE ON POVERTY BILL TONIGHT; MANSFIELD'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH DIRKSEN, GOLDWATER; JOHN TOWER'S, JACOB JAVITS' WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT ADVERSE EFFECT OF DELAY, PRESS STORIES ON ADAM
Telephone conversation # 4880, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/11/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR PRESS; POSSIBLE QUESTIONS ABOUT ADAM YARMOLINSKY FOLLOWING EVANS & NOVAK COLUMN THIS AM; LBJ RECOUNTS HISTORY OF YARMOLINSKY'S ROLE IN POVERTY PROGRAM, SARGENT SHRIVER'S MEETING WITH CONGRESSMEN ABOUT YARMOLINSKY