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Telephone conversation # 9811, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 3/1/1966, 7:15PM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SENATE VOTE ON WAYNE MORSE'S AMENDMENT TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; MIKE MANSFIELD; FARRIS BRYANT

Telephone conversation # 9505, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM PROXMIRE, 1/17/1966, 9:35AM (Item)

CONFIRMATION HEARINGS ON ROBERT WEAVER AS HUD SECRETARY; LBJ DISCUSSES BACKGROUND OF APPOINTMENT, REASONS FOR DELAY; MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION TO WEAVER DUE TO HIS HANDLING OF RENT SUPPLEMENT REGULATIONS; ROBERT WOOD'S VIEWS ON HUD ORGANIZATION

Telephone conversation # 9631, sound recording, LBJ and U. ALEXIS JOHNSON, 2/11/1966, 9:00AM (Item)

APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM PORTER AS HEAD OF PACIFICATION IN VIETNAM; NEED TO PROVIDE LEGAL RESPONSE TO CRITICAL REPORTS BY MIKE MANSFIELD, JAMES GAVIN, GEORGE KENNAN; TELEVISED SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE HEARINGS; SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM

Telephone conversation # 10669, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/31/1966, 10:00AM (Item)

DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT MIKE MANSFIELD, RICHARD RUSSELL, STUART SYMINGTON, OTHERS PLAN TO OFFER RESOLUTION IN SENATE TODAY PROPOSING REDUCTION OF US TROOPS IN EUROPE; LBJ DISCUSSES TALKS WITH BRITISH, GERMANS, FRENCH, SOVIETS TO REDUCE OVERALL TROOP

Telephone conversation # 10672, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/31/1966, 10:10AM (Item)

LBJ QUESTIONS LEGALITY OF USE OF USIA FILM ON JFK BY CANDIDATE (JAMES BUCKLEY?) IN WISCONSIN OR MINNESOTA; MIKE MANSFIELD'S PROPOSED SENATE RESOLUTION ON REDUCTION OF US TROOPS IN NATO; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA TELL RICHARD RUSSELL OF ONGOING

Telephone conversation # 10702, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 9/1/1966, 10:27AM (Item)

POSSIBLE INVESTMENT CREDIT SUSPENSION; BUSINESS VIEWS ON SUSPENSION OR TAX INCREASE; WILBUR MILLS' ATTITUDE; LBJ DISCUSSES NEGOTIATIONS WITH UK, GERMANY, USSR ON TROOP CUTS IN EUROPE, COMPLAINS ABOUT MIKE MANSFIELD'S PROPOSAL FOR TROOP REDUCTION

Telephone conversation # 10703, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 9/1/1966, 10:27AM (Item)

LBJ CONTINUES TO COMPLAIN ABOUT MIKE MANSFIELD'S PROPOSAL ON EUROPEAN TROOP REDUCTIONS, ITS EFFECT ON NEGOTIATIONS; NEED TO SHOW STRENGTH IN DEALING WITH COMMUNISTS; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS CONCERNS; LONG COMPLAINS ABOUT CABINET OFFICERS

Telephone conversation # 10764, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/13/1966, 6:50PM (Item)

"9-13-66" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; LBJ IS MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, MIKE MANSFIELD, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AT TIME OF CALL AND USES SPEAKERPHONE TO TALK TO O'BRIEN

Telephone conversation # 10765, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/13/1966, 7:35PM (Item)

"9-13-66" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; RUSK ON HOLD 2:05; LBJ IS MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, MIKE MANSFIELD, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ FIRST SAYS GOODBYE TO THEM, THEN ASKS SOMEONE TO ASK THEM TO WAIT

Telephone conversation # 9404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/4/1966, 1:03PM (Item)

KATZENBACH TELLS LBJ THAT ABE FORTAS IS IN QUEBEC, BUT LBJ TELLS KATZENBACH THAT FORTAS IS AT WH FOR BRIEFING BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG; KATZENBACH'S EFFORTS TO CONTACT EVERETT DIRKSEN, JOHN MCCORMACK, AND MIKE MANSFIELD ON UNNAMED SUBJECT

Telephone conversation # 9422, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/4/1966, 7:24PM (Item)

KATZENBACH DISCUSSES TALKS WITH MIKE MANSFIELD, EVERETT DIRKSEN, ABE FORTAS ABOUT GRAND JURY HEARINGS ON BOBBY BAKER, HIS PLAN TO TALK WITH JOHN MCCORMACK TOMORROW, TELLS LBJ THAT FORTAS OPPOSES GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS OF BAKER ON MISAPPROPRIATION

Telephone conversation # 9430, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/5/1966, 4:55PM (Item)

LBJ READS MEMO EVALUATING ROBERT WEAVER AS POSSIBLE HUD SECRETARY; LBJ'S PERSONAL FEELINGS ABOUT WEAVER, WILKINS, OTHER CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL'S, MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION TO WEAVER, ALBERT THOMAS' SUPPORT FOR HIM; ROGER WILKINS

Telephone conversation # 12844, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 3/24/1968, 4:24PM (Item)

FOWLER REPORTS ON TALKS WITH GEORGE SMATHERS AND MIKE MANSFIELD ON GETTING DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR TAX BILL, READS LIST OF SENATORS SUPPORTING MEASURE AND OF SENATORS WHO MIGHT SUPPORT TAX BILL IF ASKED

Telephone conversation # 11322, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/7/1967, 12:30PM (Item)

LBJ TELLS DIRKSEN DATE AND TIME OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; DIRKSEN TELLS LBJ THAT HE AND MIKE MANSFIELD HAVE MET ON COMMITTEE SCHEDULES AND HAVE MADE FEW CHANGES

Telephone conversation # 10834, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S CALL ABOUT RAMSEY CLARK'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, TOM CLARK'S RETIREMENT FROM SUPREME COURT; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S, MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPINION ON SITUATION; POSSIBILITY OF NAMING RAMSEY CLARK ACTING ATTORNEY

Telephone conversation # 10903, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 10/1/1966, 9:53AM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL WORKERS STRIKE AT GENERAL ELECTRIC; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CALL FOR WAGE-PRICE CONTROLS; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM WAR; LBJ ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE RESERVE CALL-UP FOR VIETNAM, RECOMMENDS MCNAMARA READ JOHN

Telephone conversation # 13728, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/11/1968, 10:21AM (Item)

LBJ ASKS RUSK IF RICHARD NIXON SHOULD TAKE ADDITIONAL STEPS TO ENCOURAGE SOUTH VIETNAM TO JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS; QUESTION OF NIXON, MIKE MANSFIELD, OTHERS GOING TO SAIGON OR PARIS; TRANSITION ARRANGEMENTS; NYT STORY ON RESUMING ARMS TALKS WITH USSR

Telephone conversation # 13908, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 1/3/1969, 8:09AM (Item)

LONG SAYS HE THINKS HE WILL DEFEAT EDWARD KENNEDY FOR SENATE DEMOCRATIC WHIP BY CLOSE MARGIN; DISCUSSION OF VOTES OF VARIOUS SENATORS; MIKE MANSFIELD'S POSSIBLE ABSTENTION; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S POLITICAL DEBT TO RFK, ANIMOSITY TOWARDS LBJ; WILLIAM

Telephone conversation # 13411, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM S. WHITE, 9/9/1968, 12:24PM (Item)

POSSIBLE SPEECH BY LBJ AT AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; CALLS FOR VIETNAM BOMBING HALT BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG, MIKE MANSFIELD; ENEMY SHELLING OF DANANG; CREIGHTON ABRAMS' VIEWS ON NEED FOR BOMBING; VIETNAM PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

Telephone conversation # 13531, sound recording, LBJ and DONALD IRWIN, 10/10/1968, 5:55PM (Item)

IRWIN EXPRESSES DISPLEASURE WITH MIKE MANSFIELD'S DECISION TO POSTPONE ACTION ON EQUAL TIME BILL TO PERMIT PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT GET INVOLVED BECAUSE OF FAMILY COMMUNICATIONS INTERESTS; IRWIN DISCUSSES HHH'S ELECTION PROSPECTS

Telephone conversation # 7625, sound recording, HUBERT HUMPHREY and EDWARD KENNEDY, 5/11/1965, time unknown (Item)

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT HHH'S POLITICAL TRIPS; HHH ASKS KENNEDY AND HART TO MEET WITH MIKE MANSFIELD ON POSSIBLE COMPROMISE ON POLL TAX AMENDMENT TO VOTING RIGHTS BILL; HART RELAYS JOE RAUH'S OBJECTIONS TO MEETING OF KENNEDY, HART, AND MANSFIELD

Telephone conversation # 607, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 12/20/1963, 7:24PM (Item)

LBJ READS ALTERNATIVE LANGUAGE TO FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL PROVISION ON EXPORT-IMPORT BANK GUARANTEES OF SALES TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES; MIKE MANSFIELD AND SINE DIE SENATE ADJOURNMENT; MCNAMARA'S CONCERNS ABOUT MILITARY ASSISTANCE CUTS; OTTO

Telephone conversation # 2478, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 1:31PM (Item)

POVERTY BILL; O'BRIEN GIVES CONGRESS' VIEW ON ROLE OF OEO DIRECTOR VERSUS CABINET DEPTS; PHIL LANDRUM; JAMES ROOSEVELT; LABOR OPINION ON BILL, MIKE MANSFIELD'S CONCERNS ON PASSAGE; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; YOUTH EMPLOYMENT; CARL ELLIOTT; LABOR, GEORGE

Telephone conversation # 8116, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/10/1965, 6:40PM (Item)

JCS MEETING ON 2 PLANS FOR MORE US FORCES IN VIETNAM; POSSIBLE EISENHOWER BRIEFING; NUMBERS OF TROOPS IN EACH PLAN; EXTENSION OF TAYLOR'S APPOINTMENT; MIKE MANSFIELD'S, GEORGE AIKEN'S VIEWS; DECISION-MAKING PROCESS; DETERIORATING VIETNAM SITUATION

Folder, "October 17, 1967 - 5:35 p.m. Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

I I \'' OCTOBER 17, 1967 ~ 5:35 p.m. CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP (· SERVICE SET VP Senator Mansfield Speaker McCormack Congressman Albert Postmaster General O'Brien Joe Califano Mike Manatos Barefoot Sanders I. October 17, 1967 9:30 p

Folder, "November 20, 1967 - 5:05 p.m. Bipartisan Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Schultze Under Secretary Joseph Barr Mr. Gardner Ackley Mr. Arthur Okun Senator Mike Mansfield Senator Robe rt C. Byrd Senator George A. Smathers The meeting began at 5:05 p. m. SERVICE SET Senator Carl Hayden Senator John J. Williams Senator Richard B

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/26/1966 (Saturday) (Item)

Ranch guests include Senators Mike Mansfield & Everett Dirksen and Congressman George Mahon; guests leave; Lady Bird goes to Johnson City to LBJ's Boyhood Home for restoration meeting; lunch; LBJ gives Lady Bird and Luci robes from Korea; Lady Bird

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/22/1968 (Friday) (Item)

Office work; Lady Bird has hair styled; photos made for article; Lady Bird to lunch with 75th Club at Senate; ladies reminisce about early years; assessment of Mike Mansfield; Senators greet ladies; Lady Bird & Walter Washington tour Washington, DC

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/5/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)

Robert Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles; LBJ discusses gun control with Senator Mike Mansfield; LBJ calls Senators Dirksen & Aiken about agriculture; Lady Bird cancels appointments; Lady Bird works on telegrams for Rose & Ethel Kennedy; LBJ makes

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/4/1966 (Friday) (Item)

several former White House staff and Roosevelt family and friends at party; Lady Bird talks with Roy White about renovations at the LBJ Ranch; Lady Bird mentions LBJ's weight; Mike Mansfield report on Vietnam

Telephone conversation # 8316, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 7/8/1965, 4:35PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO CALL SENATORS FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, KUCHEL, AND HICKENLOOPER AND TELL THEM HE HAS APPOINTED BILL MOYERS AS WH PRESS SECRETARY

Telephone conversation # 8317, sound recording, MCGEORGE BUNDY and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 7/8/1965, time unknown (Item)

BUNDY ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO SENATORS FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN, KUCHEL, AND HICKENLOOPER AND TELLS HER TO HAVE THEM HOLD FOR HIM

Telephone conversation # 4127, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/2/1964, 1:16PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF INVITEES, ARRANGEMENTS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; CARL ALBERT'S CONCERNS ABOUT MANSFIELD, SENATE AMENDMENT (TO FOOD STAMP BILL?) ON IMPORTED MEAT QUOTA; US MEAT IMPORTS, EXPORTS; WAYNE MORSE AND FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS

Telephone conversation # 3522, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 5/27/1964, 11:24AM (Item)

CANADA, BLAIR SEABORN DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NORTH VIETNAM; LBJ'S UPCOMING MEETING WITH ADLAI STEVENSON; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE ALTERNATIVES IN VIETNAM, LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH; VIEWS OF MANSFIELD, FORRESTAL, WALTER LIPPMANN; POPULAR OPPOSITION TO WAR

Telephone conversation # 4286, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/20/1964, 7:40PM (Item)

"DO NOT TRANSCRIBE-MANSFIELD-RESOLUTION ON REPORTING INCOME; ALSO- DOING SOMETHING ABOUT RIOTS IN NORTH AS WELL AS SOUTH; ALSO-GOLDWATER"; "F GER, NOT TRANSCRIBED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING BELT

Telephone conversation # 4868, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/10/1964, 5:36PM (Item)

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 # 4345, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/27/1964, 12:35PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF DIRKSEN'S PROPOSED JOINT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON ETHICS IN FEDERAL GOVT AS OUTGROWTH OF BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION TO RESOLUTION; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN JUDICIARY; RFK'S SCHEDULE

Telephone conversation # 7021, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/4/1965, 2:44PM (Item)

KATZENBACH REPORTS ON CONVERSATIONS WITH DIRKSEN, (JOSEPH?) CLARK, MANSFIELD ON RESPONSE TO CARL CURTIS' SPEECH ABOUT JUSTICE DEPT REPORT ON BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; DISCUSSION OF MAKING FBI REPORTS AVAILABLE TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE; DON

Telephone conversation # 7151, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 3/25/1965, 10:35AM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES MANSFIELD'S LETTER ABOUT LBJ'S MESSAGES TO CONGRESS ON LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM; DRAFT MESSAGE FOR BILL ON ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS, ARA EXTENSION, BUSINESS LOANS, HOUSING AND HOME FINANCE LOANS; STRATEGY OF COMBINING ARA WITH PUBLIC WORKS

Telephone conversation # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)

BUNDY REPORTS ON FAVORABLE EDITORIAL IN NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS ON VIETNAM; MANSFIELD'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; SENATE CRITICISM OF WAR; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S USE OF CRITICISM