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Telephone conversation # 12835, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/23/1968, 10:17AM (Item)
  • DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL RACE; RFK CAMPAIGN; LBJ'S CAMPAIGN STRATEGY; BERTRAND HARDING'S APPOINTMENT AS OEO DIRECTOR; NEW POVERTY, URBAN PROJECTS; DALEY'S TALK WITH CARL STOKES; INDIANA PRIMARY; RICHARD HATCHER; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH DALEY'S SONS
Telephone conversation # 12838, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY WILSON, 3/23/1968, 12:37PM (Item)
  • WILSON RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF TERRY SANFORD AS DIRECTOR OF CITIZENS FOR JOHNSON COMMITTEE; DISCUSSION OF LARRY O'BRIEN'S ROLE IN LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; STANLEY STEINGUT, RFK AND NEW YORK POLITICS; JAMES ROWE'S ROLE; NEED FOR CABINET MEMBERS TO SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 13124, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONNELL, 6/20/1968, 4:44PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONTINUES READING LETTER FROM PAT NUGENT REQUESTING TRANSFER TO NEW DUTIES IN VIETNAM; LBJ ASKS MCCONNELL'S VIEWS ON REQUEST, DISCUSSES NUGENT'S BROTHER'S, CHARLES ROBB'S COMBAT SERVICE IN VIETNAM; MCCONNELL'S CONTINUATION AS AIR FORCE CHIEF
Telephone conversation # 11558, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 2/20/1967, 9:40AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES SENATORS' COMPLAINTS ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA PATRONAGE; RFK AND TERRY SANFORD; WOODROW WILSON JONES; JAMES COLEMAN; HOMER THORNBERRY, JOHN WISDOM AND SCHOOL DESEGREGATION RULING; COLONIAL PIPELINE INVESTIGATION IN NEW JERSEY AND IMPACT
Telephone conversation # 11394, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/22/1967, 10:38AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF J. EDGAR HOOVER'S POSITION ON CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; QUESTION OF PRESENTING HOOVER'S VIEWS TO SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; ADMINISTRATION'S RESPONSE TO FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF VIETNAM SITUATION IN HIS NEW BOOK
Telephone conversation # 11404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM (Item)
  • 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 # 11503, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 2/2/1967, 10:37AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR SENATE RATIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR, ADVANTAGES TO US OF NEW TREATY, EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT TREATY AND BEST WAY TO SOLICIT DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S SUPPORT FOR TREATY; EISENHOWER'S ADVICE TO LBJ ON ABM
Telephone conversation # 11540, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 2/14/1967, 9:50AM (Item)
  • MOYERS CALLS TO SAY GOODBYE, OFFER HIS HELP IN THE FUTURE; MOYERS EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR RESUMPTION OF BOMBING OF NORTH VIETNAM, DISCUSSES VIEWS OF PRESS ON LBJ'S PERFORMANCE AS PRESIDENT; NEW POLL ON LBJ; RFK AND CITIZENS FOR KENNEDY-FULBRIGHT GROUP
Telephone conversation # 11223, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 12/29/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENTS IN NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN THAT POLITICAL, REGIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF APPOINTMENTS HAS NOT BEEN FULLY CONSIDERED
Telephone conversation # 11224, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MACY, 12/29/1966, 9:32AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENTS IN NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT; LBJ SUGGESTS MACY TALK WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO ABOUT MERGING COMMERCE AND LABOR DEPTS; DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR COMMERCE DEPT, REPUBLICAN VACANCIES ON ICC
Telephone conversation # 11301, sound recording, LBJ and WARREN MAGNUSON, 1/1/1967, 10:20AM (Item)
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; MAGNUSON REPORTS THAT HE WILL TALK WITH CHARLES SCHULTZE ABOUT DEFERRING CUTS OF HANFORD REACTORS UNTIL AFTER CONGRESS RETURNS; LBJ TELLS MAGNUSON LAW REQUIRES HIM TO SUBMIT FEDERAL BUDGET TO CONGRESS WITHIN CERTAIN TIME PERIOD
Telephone conversation # 11305, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 1/4/1967, 11:20AM (Item)
  • SMATHERS' EVALUATION OF MIAMI MAYOR ROBERT HIGH FOR POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT; DISCUSSION OF DEMOCRATIC LOSSES IN RECENT ELECTIONS; SMATHERS' RESIGNATION AS SECRETARY OF SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE, HIS PLANS FOR THE FUTURE; ROBERT BYRD AS NEW SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 11306, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 1/4/1967, 11:20AM (Item)
  • ROBERT BYRD AS NEW SECRETARY OF SENATE DEMOCRATIC CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 10857, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/30/1966, 4:37PM (Item)
  • FERDINAND MARCOS' REQUEST TO POSTPONE MANILA CONFERENCE UNTIL MID-NOVEMBER; MCNAMARA OFFERS FACILITIES AT CLARK AFB FOR PRESS; CONCERNS ABOUT POSTPONEMENT BECAUSE OF SOUTH VIETNAM'S POLITICAL SITUATION, ELECTIONS IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND
Telephone conversation # 10925, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 10/5/1966, 4:12PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES OPPOSITION BY GERALD FORD AND MARITIME INTERESTS TO BILL CREATING NEW TRANSPORTATION DEPT, SUGGESTS DWIGHT EISENHOWER EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR BILL; ANDERSON RECOMMENDS JOHN LOEB FOR CABINET, ASKS FOR HELP ON BILL GRANTING RELIEF TO US
Telephone conversation # 11021, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/7/1966, 9:10AM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS UPCOMING SURGERY, REPORTS ON MANILA CONFERENCE AND VIETNAM SITUATION; ADDITIONAL VIETNAM ASSISTANCE FROM THAILAND, SOUTH KOREA; ELECTIONS IN AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND; LBJ INVITES DIRKSEN TO LBJ RANCH
Telephone conversation # 11022, sound recording, JAKE JACOBSEN and JOHN DOW, 11/8/1966, 11:50PM (Item)
  • JACOBSEN CONGRATULATES DOW ON HIS RE-ELECTION, ASKS ABOUT OTHER NEW YORK RACES; DOW SAYS HE DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT OTHER RACES BECAUSE HE HAS BEEN PREOCCUPIED WITH HIS OWN RACE, OFFERS HIS BEST WISHES ON SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF LBJ'S UPCOMING SURGERY
Telephone conversation # 11034, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 11/11/1966, 10:00AM (Item)
  • "NEW YORK"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES
Telephone conversation # 11036, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 11/12/1966, 9:21AM (Item)
  • FEDERAL BUDGET; REORGANIZING POVERTY PROGRAM; EFFECT OF RECENT CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; LBJ READS LIST OF REPUBLICAN VOTES ON PAST DOMESTIC LEGISLATION; FUNDING FOR NEW AND EXISTING DOMESTIC PROGRAMS; PROPORTION OF PRESIDENT'S PARTY IN CONGRESS
Telephone conversation # 11060, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 11/27/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • INDIAN FOOD SITUATION; USDA, STATE DEPT TALKS ON LOWERING COTTON LOAN RATES WITH MEXICO; COTTON PRICES; FREEMAN'S CONCERN ABOUT GAP IN INDIAN FOOD SUPPLY; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF NEW FOOD AID; COST OF WHEAT; NEED TO CUT
Telephone conversation # 11061, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 11/27/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • INDIAN FOOD SITUATION; LBJ SAYS INDIA SHOULD GET AID FROM OTHER COUNTRIES AND HE WANTS CONGRESSIONAL APPROVAL OF NEW AID; SORGHUM SHIPMENTS INSTEAD OF WHEAT; INDIAN POLITICAL SITUATION; PRESS STORIES ON INDIAN FOOD SITUATION
Telephone conversation # 13835, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 12/31/1968, 3:02PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; MANDATORY INCREASES FOR MEDICAID, HIGHWAYS, FEDERAL PAY, CRIME CONTROL, SOCIAL SECURITY; DOD BUDGET CUTS; CHINESE NUCLEAR TEST; SENTINEL PROGRAM; NEW YEAR'S WISHES; LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD TO WORK ON STATE OF UNION
Telephone conversation # 13902, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/1/1969, 1:03PM (Item)
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; LONG EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE THAT HE WILL WIN RACE FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP AGAINST EDWARD KENNEDY; LBJ WARNS LONG THAT HEAD COUNT LBJ DISCUSSED WITH HHH INDICATES KENNEDY WILL WIN; DISCUSSION OF COMMITMENTS OF VARIOUS SENATORS
Telephone conversation # 13348, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN BAILEY, 8/30/1968, 2:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS BAILEY FOR HIS SERVICE TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY, SAYS HE IS DISTRESSED ABOUT BAILEY'S RESIGNATION AS DNC CHAIRMAN; LARRY O'BRIEN'S APPOINTMENT AS NEW DNC CHAIRMAN, HHH'S CAMPAIGN MANAGER; PRESS REPORTS OF DISAGREEMENTS ABOUT CONVENTION
Telephone conversation # 13411, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM S. WHITE, 9/9/1968, 12:24PM (Item)
  • "TO MARY RATHER"; "WM. S. WHITE FROM NEW ORLEANS" WRITTEN ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 654, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 12/23/1963, 12:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES STATUS OF FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL, ASKS ANDERSON TO TALK TO CHARLES HALLECK ABOUT PROVISION ON EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES OF SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; PRESS STORIES ON FEDERAL BUDGET, EXPENDITURES, NEW OBLIGATIONAL
Telephone conversation # 103, sound recording, LBJ and GOULD LINCOLN, 11/27/1963, 5:10PM (Item)
  • LINCOLN PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS FOLLOWING JFK ASSASSINATION; LBJ DISCUSSES REACTION OF ROBERT ANDERSON AND OTHER BUSINESSMEN TO SPEECH, REMINISCES ABOUT NEWS STORY LINCOLN WROTE IN 1932 ABOUT LBJ'S ELECTION TO LITTLE
Telephone conversation # 1345, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 1/13/1964, 1:25PM (Item)
  • BEEF IMPORTS, AUSTRALIA, NEW ZEALAND, ARGENTINA; FARMERS AND CATTLEMEN; WHEAT BILL; LBJ READS GALLUP POLL OF FARMERS; TVA, COMMODITY CREDIT CORP; BARRY GOLDWATER, THE SOUTH; TAX CUT; HAROLD COOLEY BILL; COTTON; FOOD FOR PEACE; EGYPT; POWER COMPANIES
Telephone conversation # 1128, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/1/1964, 8:32PM (Item)
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; DC WEATHER; LBJ'S VISIT WITH LUDWIG ERHARD; US TROOPS IN GERMANY; TRADE WITH CUBA; FOREIGN AID TO INDONESIA; DURUM WHEAT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO TALLULAH FALLS, GEORGIA; UT-NAVY FOOTBALL GAME; DEER HUNTING; BOBBY RUSSELL
Telephone conversation # 3544, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 5/28/1964, 6:15PM (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 3602, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 6/1/1964, 2:48PM (Item)
  • MIXUP IN SCHEDULING MEETING WITH LBJ; LEVI ESHKOL VISIT, ORTHODOX JEWISH SCHOOLS IN ISRAEL; FLORIDA POLL; DREW O'KEEFE AS POSSIBLE NEW IRS COMMISSIONER; CLOTURE VOTE ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION, VIOLENCE IN ST. AUGUSTINE, FLORIDA
Telephone conversation # 4791, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 8/7/1964, 8:22AM (Item)
  • NEW YORK, ILLINOIS POVERTY BILL VOTES; CHARGE OF UNDUE WH INFLUENCE; LBJ'S COLD; GOVERNOR'S VETO AMENDMENT; CONCERNS ABOUT POLITICAL EFFECT OF POVERTY PROGRAM; LIFE MAGAZINE ARTICLES; RFK; ROPER POLL; WHITE BACKLASH; REPUBLICAN BACKLASH; SYRACUSE
Telephone conversation # 5868, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 10/10/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • MARIE FEHMER ATTENDING CHURCH TOMORROW; POLLS; JENKINS REPORTS ON CALLS; CAMPAIGN SUPPLIES; NEW MEXICO; MARY LASKER, SWEARING-IN OF KENNEDY CENTER TRUSTEES; RFK'S REQUEST FOR LBJ'S HELP; DNC; MCNAMARA PRESS APPEARANCES; GOLDWATER AND JOHN BIRCH
Telephone conversation # 6862, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FEINBERG, 2/20/1965, 11:00AM (Item)
  • ISRAELI REACTION TO POSSIBLE US ARMS SALES TO JORDAN; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL; JEWISH-AMERICAN VIEWS; AVERELL HARRIMAN TRIP; MYER FELDMAN; FEINBERG'S MEETING WITH RFK ON RFK'S PERSONAL RELATIONS WITH LBJ, NEW YORK JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT; CONSTANCE
Telephone conversation # 7330, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 4/8/1965, 5:58PM (Item)
  • EISENHOWER PRAISES LBJ'S JOHNS HOPKINS SPEECH ON ASIAN DEVELOPMENT, SUGGESTS US STUDY WAYS TO IMPROVE SUPPORT BY VIETNAMESE POPULACE OF SOUTH VIETNAM GOVT; LBJ DISCUSSES FOREIGN REACTION TO SPEECH; EISENHOWER DISCUSSES NEED FOR NEW ASIAN
Telephone conversation # 7141, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 3/23/1965, 4:54PM (Item)
  • MILLS REPORTS HOUSE TO INTRODUCE NEW MEDICARE BILL TOMORROW; COFFEE AGREEMENT; CANADIAN AUTO PARTS BILL; LBJ ASKS MILLS TO ENACT BILLS BY EASTER; COHEN SUMMARIZES MEDICARE BILL'S PROVISIONS; OPPOSITION OF AMA, INSURANCE COMPANIES; EFFECT ON FEDERAL
Telephone conversation # 7142, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR COHEN, 3/23/1965, 5:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ CHECKS WITH COHEN ABOUT TIME OF INTRODUCTION OF NEW MEDICARE BILL; PROPRIETY OF ISSUING PRESS STATEMENT TONIGHT CONGRATULATING WILBUR MILLS, HOUSE COMMITTEE ON BILL; LBJ TELLS COHEN TO DICTATE STATEMENT; LBJ ASKS MILLS ABOUT CANADIAN AUTO PARTS
Telephone conversation # 6719, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 1/11/1965, 10:21AM (Item)
  • DOCKWORKERS STRIKE; WAGNER, WEISL RECOMMEND GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; RFK'S ALLEGED OPPOSITION; NEW YORK PATRONAGE; AGE LIMIT FOR JUDICIAL APPOINTEES; SAM RAYBURN'S ROLE IN SARAH HUGHES' APPOINTMENT; NEED FOR SENATORIAL CONSENT
Telephone conversation # 6720, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/11/1965, 10:21AM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; AGE FACTOR; NEED TO OBTAIN RFK'S APPROVAL; WILLIAM VANDEN HEUVEL AS NEW YORK POVERTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR; NEWSWEEK STORY ON KENNEDYS' REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; SARAH HUGHES
Telephone conversation # 6856, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • HHH'S STATEMENTS ON ARMS TALKS, VIETNAM; EISENHOWER'S VIEWS OF VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH KOREAN WAR NEGOTIATIONS; LBJ ASKS RUSK, BUNDY, HHH TO TALK WITH GEORGE MCGOVERN; DAMAGE CAUSED BY NEGATIVE SPEECHES; LATEST NEWS FROM VIETNAM; UN; WALTER