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Telephone conversation # 4992, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/17/1964, 12:13PM (Item)
  • National politics
  • SEATING OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; MFDP; PLATFORM COMMITTEE; 1944 TEXAS STATE CONVENTION; CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE PROCEDURES; EFFECT OF MURDER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS ON ISSUE; RIOTS IN CHICAGO SUBURBS; PRESS AND JOHN
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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 11402, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/25/1967, 3:59PM (Item)
  • CLARK DISCUSSES KARL MUNDT'S LETTER TO J. EDGAR HOOVER ON CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR, HOOVER'S RESPONSE TO IT; EFFECT OF HOOVER TESTIFYING BEFORE SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; LBJ ASKS FOR UPDATE ON BOBBY BAKER TRIAL
Telephone conversation # 11411, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/26/1967, 6:29PM (Item)
  • CLARK'S TALKS WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER, CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH ON CONVEYING FBI VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION TO SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; REVIEW OF JFK AUTOPSY PHOTOS; BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; CLARK'S EVALUATION OF GOVT CASE; EDWARD BENNETT WILLIAMS
Telephone conversation # 11412, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 1/27/1967, 6:50PM (Item)
  • CLARK REPORTS ON TALKS WITH MEMBERS OF SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE ON QUESTION OF J. EDGAR HOOVER TESTIFYING ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; LBJ SUGGESTS CLARK TESTIFY; CLARK GIVES LBJ UPDATE ON BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; STRONG POINTS OF GOVT CASE
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