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Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/3/1967 (Friday) (Item)
  • National politics
  • ; Johnsons to party for National Council on the Arts at Roger Stevens' home; to party for Lynda Johnson at City Tavern; Lady Bird mentions guests; visit at White House with Arthur Krim, Abe Fortas & Marvin Watson about Democratic National Committee
Telephone conversation # 9038, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • OBJECTIONS IN SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE TO APPOINTMENTS OF JAMES WATSON TO CUSTOMS COURT, WILFRED FEINBERG TO APPEALS COURT; RECESS APPOINTMENTS; ROMAN HRUSKA'S DEFENSE OF DAVID BRESS; PRESS LEAKS BY JOHN WILLIAMS; CARL CURTIS; JUDICIAL POST
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 # 6420, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/19/1964, 7:26PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS TO REVIEW LEGALITY OF DNC HANDLING OF CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS; CRYPTIC DISCUSSION OF UNNAMED PERSON; POSSIBLE FORMATION OF CABINET ETHICS COMMITTEE; "EARLE" (CLEMENTS?); BOBBY BAKER?; CLARK CLIFFORD AS CIA DIRECTOR; "DON" (COOK?)
Telephone conversation # 5933, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 10/20/1964, 9:08PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • DELOACH REPORTS ON FBI INVESTIGATION OF WALTER JENKINS; AP WIRE REPORT OF PREVIOUS ARRESTS OF OTHER LBJ STAFF MEMBERS; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR FBI TO COMPLETE REPORT SOON; JENKINS' CLEARANCES AS AF RESERVE OFFICER; LABOR FOR GOLDWATER COMMITTEE; JAY
Telephone conversation # 13216, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/24/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ'S HONOLULU MEETING; MIKE MANSFIELD'S LETTER CRITICIZING VIETNAM POLICY; OPPOSITION TO GUN CONTROL BILL BY JAMES EASTLAND, STROM THURMOND; JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ACTION ON NOMINATIONS INCLUDING JOHN CROOKER'S APPOINTMENT TO CAB; EDSON SESSIONS
Telephone conversation # 145, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/29/1963, 4:05PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION; RUSSELL SAYS HE CANNOT SERVE ON COMMISSION, OFFERS SUGGESTIONS; FBI REPORT; LBJ ASKS IF FULBRIGHT, HICKENLOOPER CAN ATTEND SENATE CIA COMMITTEE; LBJ'S MEETING WITH GEORGIA GOV.
Telephone conversation # 5698, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 9/28/1964, 7:22AM (Item)
  • National politics
  • APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEE TO STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS OF WARREN COMMISSION REPORT ON JFK ASSASSINATION; FOREIGN AID BILL; LYNDA JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN APPEARANCE; CONGRESSIONAL REPORT ON BILLIE SOL ESTES; LBJ OFFERS CAMPAIGN HELP TO MANSFIELD AS MAJORITY
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 # 13218, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 7/25/1968, 11:30PM (Item)
  • SMATHERS REPORTS ON JUDICIARY COMMITTEE DISCUSSION OF ABE FORTAS' VOTES ON SUPREME COURT PORNOGRAPHY CASES; STROM THURMOND'S OPPOSITION TO FORTAS' NOMINATION AS CHIEF JUSTICE; SENATORS' VIEWING OF ALLEGED PORNOGRAPHIC MOVIE; JUDICARY COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 116, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 11/28/1963, 3:21PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS EASTLAND WHAT ACTIONS SENATE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE IS TAKING ON INVESTIGATION OF ASSASSINATION OF JFK; EASTLAND SAYS THEY PLAN TO HOLD HEARINGS; LBJ DISCUSSES APPOINTING PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE ASSASSINATION, ITS POSSIBLE
Telephone conversation # 152, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/29/1963, 5:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MEMBERSHIP OF PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, SAYS HE WILL MAKE RICHARD RUSSELL AND OTHERS ACCEPT APPOINTMENT; DIRKSEN SUGGESTS APPOINTING JOHN MCCONE TO COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 174, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS DODD, 11/29/1963, 7:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ SAYS THAT HE IS ABOUT TO ANNOUNCE APPOINTMENT OF PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, MENTIONS HIS DECISION TO APPOINT DODD TO SENATE COMMITTEE WHEN LBJ WAS SENATE MAJORITY LEADER
Telephone conversation # 4171, sound recording, LBJ and LUTHER HODGES, 7/7/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 6275, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 11/6/1964, 3:45PM (Item)
  • BUNDY SUGGESTS COMMITTEE TO CONDUCT TALENT HUNT; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE; DOUGLAS DILLON; POSSIBLE CHANGES IN WH STAFF; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS AT RANCH; CANDIDATES FOR ATTORNEY GENERAL; CLARK CLIFFORD; TOM FINNEY; VISITS BY FOREIGN MINISTERS, HAROLD
Telephone conversation # 5695, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/27/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF CABINET COMMITTEE TO STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS OF WARREN COMMISSION REPORT ON JFK ASSASSINATION TO IMPROVE PROTECTION OF PRESIDENT; CRITICISM OF SECRET SERVICE; POSSIBLE SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATION, PROTECTION FOR GOLDWATER; CLARK CLIFFORD
Telephone conversation # 5696, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/27/1964, 2:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS BUNDY HE WANTS DOUGLAS DILLON, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, BUNDY APPOINTED TO COMMITTEE TO STUDY RECOMMENDATIONS OF WARREN COMMISSION REPORT ON JFK ASSASSINATION; QUESTION OF PRESIDENT'S DOCTOR BEING STATIONED NEAR HIM
Telephone conversation # 13204, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/10/1968, 5:21PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN TO TALK TO WAYNE MORSE ABOUT MORSE'S OBJECTIONS TO APPOINTMENT OF EDSON SESSIONS AS AMBASSADOR TO ECUADOR; UPCOMING SENATE RECESS; GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION; STATUS OF JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE; HOMER THORNBERRY
Telephone conversation # 13210, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/15/1968, 5:52PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH STROM THURMOND, PROGRESS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON ABE FORTAS NOMINATION, GUN CONTROL BILL; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND UP JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS; DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH ADMIRAL JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; US AMBASSADOR
Telephone conversation # 13520, sound recording, LBJ and CARL HAYDEN, 10/7/1968, 12:37PM (Item)
  • HAYDEN ASKS ABOUT ARIZONA VACANCY ON 6TH CIRCUIT COURT; LBJ SUGGESTS HAYDEN CONSULT RAMSEY CLARK, JAMES EASTLAND, REPUBLICANS ON JUDICIARY COMMITTEE; HAYDEN THANKS LBJ FOR FLOWERS; LBJ SAYS HE IS SENDING UP SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS BILL
Telephone conversation # 13148, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 6/28/1968, 8:53AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF OPPOSITION TO SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; NEED FOR SENATE LEADERSHIP ON NOMINATIONS; SENATE COMMITTEE VOTE YESTERDAY ON GUN CONTROL BILL; HEAD COUNT ON NOMINATIONS; LBJ'S PAST ASSOCIATION WITH FORTAS