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Telephone conversation # 1620, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, 1/29/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS GALBRAITH TO COME TO WH TO DISCUSS ADMINISTRATIVE PROBLEMS IN SETTING UP NEW POVERTY PROGRAM WITH EXISTING CABINET DEPTS; GALBRAITH DISCUSSES LESSONS LEARNED FROM FDR NEW DEAL PROGRAMS, PEACE CORPS; NEED FOR STRONG DIRECTOR LIKE SARGENT
Telephone conversation # 4966, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCKEITHEN, 8/15/1964, 3:15PM (Item)
  • SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MEETING; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOUTH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; NEED FOR MODERATION, NOT RIOTS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO COOPERATE WITH GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, NEW JERSEY; IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Telephone conversation # 4968, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCKEITHEN, 8/15/1964, 3:15PM (Item)
  • SOUTHERN GOVERNORS MEETING; CIVIL RIGHTS SITUATION IN SOUTH; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S SOUTHERN BACKGROUND; NEED FOR MODERATION, NOT RIOTS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO COOPERATE WITH GOVERNORS OF MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, NEW JERSEY; IMPLEMENTING SCHOOL DESEGREGATION
Telephone conversation # 4897, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 8/12/1964, 9:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT EDWARD KENNEDY'S CONDITION, MENTIONS HIS RECENT MEETING WITH AVERELL HARRIMAN; DISCUSSION OF QUESTION OF RFK RUNNING FOR SENATE IN NEW YORK; SUCCESSFUL OUTCOME OF SCHOOL DESEGREGATION IN ST. HELENA PARISH, LOUISIANA
Telephone conversation # 6336, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 11/11/1964, 10:30PM (Item)
  • RFK; CANDIDATES FOR CABINET APPOINTMENTS; "DON" (COOK) FOR TREASURY OR JUSTICE; TOM WATSON OR FRANK STANTON FOR HEW OR COMMERCE; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ABOUT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 7301, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 4/1/1965, 9:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MEANY TO LOBBY JENNINGS RANDOLPH, RALPH YARBOROUGH, LISTER HILL FOR SENATE COMMITTEE APPROVAL OF HOUSE EDUCATION BILL WITHOUT AMENDMENT IN ORDER TO AVOID NEED TO GET NEW HOUSE RULE; RALPH YARBOROUGH'S AMENDMENT TO CHANGE FUNDS' ALLOCATION
Telephone conversation # 7308, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR COHEN, 4/1/1965, 11:01AM (Item)
  • LBJ PRAISES COHEN, DISCUSSES APPOINTING HIM UNDERSECRETARY OF HEW; REPLACEMENT FOR COHEN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY; NEED FOR BETTER ADMINISTRATION AT HEW BECAUSE OF ENACTMENT OF NEW PROGRAMS; HENRY LOOMIS; IVAN NESTINGEN; PAT MCNAMARA'S CONFLICTS
Telephone conversation # 7323, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/7/1965, 9:17AM (Item)
  • JOE RAUH'S CANDIDATE FOR WASHINGTON, DC COURT; NEED FOR MERIT APPOINTMENTS, APPOINTEES FROM CALIFORNIA, EXCELLENCE IN JUSTICE DEPT; VOTING RIGHTS BILL, INCLUSION OF NEW YORK PUERTO RICANS; POLL TAX AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION; LBJ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 8550, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/18/1965, 12:10PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "NEW YORK CITY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 8574, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 8/19/1965, 5:33PM (Item)
  • RIBICOFF PRAISES LBJ; LBJ ASKS RIBICOFF TO HELP JOHN GARDNER; RIBICOFF DISCUSSES NEED TO REORGANIZE FEDERAL GOVT IN LIGHT OF NEW PROGRAMS, COMPLAINS ABOUT CONFUSION IN POVERTY PROGRAM; LBJ SUGGESTS RIBICOFF MEET WITH SARGENT SHRIVER OR CHARLES
Telephone conversation # 8879, sound recording, LBJ and HOWARD SCHUMAN, 9/16/1965, 11:25AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS PAUL DOUGLAS' ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT SCHUMAN TO TELL DOUGLAS THAT PLANS WILL PROCEED FOR NEW VA FACILITIES FOR HINES, ILLINOIS TO BE OPERATED IN CONJUNCTION WITH LOYOLA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL; LBJ PRAISES DOUGLAS' WORK ON VETERANS
Telephone conversation # 9027, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 10/22/1965, 3:05PM (Item)
  • DAVID BRESS' CONFIRMATION; POSSIBLE PUBLIC WORKS BILL VETO; EDMUND MUSKIE'S VIEWS, NEW ENGLAND PROJECT; HOUSE VOTE ON TEACHER CORPS; FULBRIGHT AND DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; POSSIBLE VIETNAM BOMBING PAUSE; COMMUNIST PROPAGANDA ON LBJ'S HEALTH; CIVILIAN PAY
Telephone conversation # 8326, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/9/1965, 2:00PM (Item)
  • ANNOUNCING APPOINTMENT OF CONSTANCE MOTLEY TO COURT OF APPEALS WITHOUT LEAKING APPOINTMENT OF THURGOOD MARSHALL; APPOINTMENTS OF ANTHONY CELEBREZZE TO CIRCUIT COURT AND OF NEW HEW SECRETARY; LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO PREPARE STATEMENT ON VOTING RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 10106, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/7/1966, 8:26AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES IMPACT OF VIETNAM SPENDING ON FEDERAL BUDGET, GREAT SOCIETY; POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASED DEFICIT, LACK OF LIBERAL SUPPORT FOR NEW PROGRAMS, INCREASED APPROPRIATIONS FOR OTHER PROGRAMS, ECONOMY AND UPCOMING
Telephone conversation # 9845, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/7/1966, 12:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES ANNOUNCEMENT OF DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE, NEED TO EMPHASIZE HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT OF NEGROES, YOUTH AND CREATION OF JOBS FOR NEW WORKERS; CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATION; NEED FOR MORE VOCATIONAL TRAINING; POSSIBILITY OF HIRING WOMEN, RETIREES
Telephone conversation # 12607, sound recording, LBJ and BEN HEINEMAN, 1/21/1968, 1:16PM (Item)
  • HEINEMAN DECLINES APPOINTMENT (AS HEW SECRETARY) BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENTS TO NEW COMPANY; LBJ DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVES UNTIL HEINEMAN IS AVAILABLE; APPOINTMENT OF WILBUR COHEN AS ACTING SECRETARY; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MANAGEMENT STYLE AS PRESIDENT
Telephone conversation # 11653, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/25/1967, 11:10AM (Item)
  • JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH'S WASHINGTON POST ARTICLE ON CIA IN INDIA; DISCUSSION OF NEWS PROGRAMMING ON EDUCATIONAL TV, POSSIBLE COMPETITION WITH NETWORK TV, USE OF PUBLIC MONEY FOR ALLEGEDLY SLANTED COVERAGE; MILTON EISENHOWER AS HEAD OF PUBLIC TV
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 # 13826, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 12/30/1968, 8:26AM (Item)
  • NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS; PEARSON'S PROMISE TO LECTURE AT UT; PALESTINIAN ATTACK ON EL AL AIRCRAFT, ISRAELI RESPONSE; PHANTOM JET SALE; COMMUNIST TENDENCY TO CREATE CRISES DURING US ELECTIONS, TRANSITIONS; APOLLO 8; PUEBLO; US ACCOMPLISHMENTS; LBJ'S
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 # 9193, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 11/29/1965, 9:35AM (Item)
  • FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH LONG, BUSINESSMEN IN NEW ORLEANS; LBJ TELLS LONG OF HIS MEETING WITH ALBERT GORE ON GORE'S CONCERNS ABOUT LONG SERVING AS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MAJORITY WHIP; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN AND INTEREST RATES; INCREASED FEDERAL BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 10128, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 5/18/1966, 10:23PM (Item)
  • RELEASE OF FEDERAL REVENUE ESTIMATES, EFFECT ON APPROPRIATIONS BILLS; POSSIBLE VETOES OF FEDERAL PAY INCREASE, HEW BILLS; SENATORS WHO WILL SUPPORT ADMINISTRATION CUTS IN HEW BILL; NEW IRS WITHHOLDING RULES; FEDERAL REVENUE FIGURES; FEDERAL DEBT
Telephone conversation # 9429, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/5/1966, 4:55PM (Item)
  • WILKINS THANKS LBJ FOR CHRISTMAS GIFT, PRAISES GREAT SOCIETY SPEECH; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT BUDGET, FUNDING NEW PROGRAMS; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF GREAT SOCIETY; COMMUNITY ACTION; WILKINS PRAISES HEAD START; OVERSEAS HEAD START PROGRAM; ROBERT
Telephone conversation # 13407, sound recording, LBJ and SOL TAISHOFF, 9/6/1968, 7:27PM (Item)
  • TAISHOFF'S HEALTH; LBJ ASKS TAISHOFF'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT TO FCC, DISCUSSES CANDIDATES: JOSEPH BORKIN, JOHN CRISWELL, REX LEE; QUESTION OF LBJ FILLING VARIOUS VACANCIES, NOT NEW PRESIDENT; BIASED PRESS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/12/1965 (Thursday) (Item)
  • ■I' 1965 T h u r sd a y , A u g u st 12th . W as lik e a cam p aign d ay. I had w anted to spend at le a s t one day s e e in g PR O JEC T HEADSTART in o p era tio n . We ch o se New J e r s e y b e c a u s e it w as c lo s e and I could s e
  • New Jersey
  • Lady Bird visits Project Head Start in Newark and Lambertville, New Jersey; airplane filled with press; press conference in the classroom; Lady Bird to Governor's mansion; Lady Bird makes speech in Morven; Lady Bird is interviewed on plane by Los
  • New Jersey
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/11/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • g day going over the p lan s for the new ; ' ad d ition feg -tha fine tooth com b - - d ecid ing m y bedroom w indow s on the ■ n o rth m u st sin k further for v iew and pr o p o r tio n , ■ although I’d g iv e up another ’ b o o k sh e lf
  • Lady Bird is spending nights in each room at LBJ Ranch "to test them;" guests arrive via plane; discussions about new addition to house and rearranging the house; lunch; continue discussions; interview with Daniel Green of the "National Observer
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/21/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • and Frances L ew ine, whom I think are p ra ctica lly twins; M a rie Smith of the Post; Isabelle Shelton of the Star; Eleanor P o llock of the Philadelphia Bulletin; and Nan Robertson, who w rote such good color s to rie s in the New Y o rk T im es about
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/28/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • a lly , attack on the m a s s iv e problem b e fo r e her,-. We had a rranged to m e e t he r in New Y o rk , we liked her; I«d asked her to come down and be our speaker fo r this luncheon. • 9' F ro m the Cabinet,/! had M a rg ie M cN a m a ra , because
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/10/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • en t. And a s the New Y ork T im e s sa id , . "The golden w h ite sp len d or of C arn egie H all sounded m o re lik e a Union h a ll. ''^,^ . / "^ u n io n s. \ the au d ien ce of th e 50 yea r or so stru g g le of the la b o r ; ^ - ; L
  • New York
  • LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; coffee with houseguests; Lady Bird to New York City to Carnegie Hall for Stokowski concert for International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; article about event in New York Times; David Dubinsky & Louis Stulberg give
  • New York City
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/18/1964 (Monday) (Item)
  • of flo w ers. And then I went upstairs fo r the nagging troubles of the day, that is, to listen to a tape of a news conference which two Republican C ongres smen had had, a fter they had made a v is it to m y tenants in Autauga County, c a r r y ing
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/20/1967 (Monday) (Item)
  • mm MEMORANDUM THE WHITE HOUSE W ASHINGTON M onday, F e b r u a r y 20, 1967 P age 1 It w a s a h ard w orking day. I had m y f ir s t co ffee in L yn da's room .' She is going b a ck to New Y ork for a w eek w ith M cC a lls, and she is fu ll
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/14/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • a l y e a r, w it h L y n d o n 's b le s s in g . M u c h o f th e in c r e a s e i s c a u se d b y new e d u c a tio n a id m e a s u r e s p u sh e d t h ro u g h th e C o n g r e s s t h i s y e a r and s o e a r n e s t ly urged b y L y n d o
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • T U ESD A Y , JANUARY 10, 1967 p ag e 1 T u e s d a y , J a n u a r y 10th w a s th e S ta te of th e U nion. N ot u n til .it ;' ■„ .^ i t is o v e r do you r e a l l y f e e l th e New Y e a r h a s b eg u n . It i s a n o b s ta c le , a m o u n
  • of Congressman John Fogarty; impeachment of Adam Clayton Powell; new African-American Senator, William Brooke; Lady Bird describes reaction to speech; Lady Bird answers press questions; Johnsons to Speaker's Room & White House with guests for supper
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/29/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • a rly e v e r y c o u n t r y / e l s ^ i n the w orld, s e e the b e s t of our own handicrafts on display and fo r sale. The little talk ended with an accolade to those who actually produced this show t h e m s e lv e s - the handicapped. a new a lo ss
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/1/1965 (Monday) (Item)
  • V MEMORANDUk . THE WHITE HOUSE WA8HINOTON M onday, M a rc h 1, 1965 T h e new m o n th b e g a n a t th e R a n c h , w ith a g r e y sk y . vl £ o u ^} w ith Jew el an d D a le . I d ro v e a ro u n d We lo o k e d a t th a t o ld C a lic h
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/22/1965 (Monday) (Item)
  • v e r n o r H u g h es of New J e r s e y c o u ld n ’t b r in g t h a t w o n d e r fu l jo lly M r s , H u g h e s , w ho w a s te n d in g one o f t h e i r eig h t o r nine c h i ld r e n . , T h e r e a r e so m a n y young a n d h a n d s o m
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/11/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • a b l e to look a r o u n d a n d s e e W a r r e n W oodw ard now in his new r o l e w ith A m e r i c a n A i r l i n e s , b u t s t i l l s o m e b o d y t h a t I can s o r t of go up a n d le a n m y head on his s h o u ld e r . W e w e r e going
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/18/1967 (Saturday) (Item)
  • of V e r m o n t, And H ew lett and M ary A lic e Sm ith of J MEMORANDUM l^ 'd i^ c L i'^ '';;V 3fV; - t h e w h ite h o u se WASHIMOTOM , 1967 W est V ir g in ia . ■ Page g The room w as fu ll of new fa c e s and of c o u r se the o b ject
  • is "Guys and Dolls" by the New York Center Light Opera Company; LBJ leaves for Guam; Lady Bird watches "Gunsmoke;" Lady Bird is leaving for Virgin Islands the next day
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/4/1965 (Monday) (Item)
  • onday, J a n u a r y 4 th (c o n tin u e d ) up f r o m D a lla s to w a tc h th e s w e a r i n g - i n of t h e i r new C o n g r e s s m a n , E a r l e C a b e ll. In th e a f t e r n o o n L y nd on h ad a good lo ng r e s t , an d th e n j u s t
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/30/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • New York
  • with Dwight Eisenhower; Lady Bird to New York to dinner at Mary Lasker's home; ABC beautification film to be shown overseas
  • New York