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Telephone conversation # 5923, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 10/20/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BOBBY BAKER'S ALLEGED ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN ACTIVITIES; CONTINUED FBI INVESTIGATION OF BOBBY BAKER; DON REYNOLDS; BOB KERR'S CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEMOCRATIC AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN; NEGOTIATIONS IN DETROIT BETWEEN UAW AND GM
Oral history transcript, Leslie Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 2/6/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , 1969 INTERVIEWEE: LESLIE CARPENTER INTERVIEW'Eji: JOE B. FRANTZ PLACE: National Press Building, Washington, D.C. Tape 1 of 2 F: Mr. Carpenter, tell us briefly about your own career, how you happen to be where you are at this time. I know you
  • Press relations
  • and the media; LBJ's press secretaries: Moyers, Christian
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/14/1968 (Thursday) (Item)
  • Press relations
  • to free circus for 6,000 children; LBJ gives speech at State Department reception; Johnsons greet Prime Minister & Mrs. Egal; exchange of gifts; Lady Bird names guests; conversation about conservation; toasts; Anita Bryant is entertainment
Telephone conversation # 5627, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/21/1964, 12:29PM (Item)
  • "SEP 21 PRESS CONFERENCE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Press relations
  • RECENT TONKIN GULF ATTACK; CONFUSION OVER MCNAMARA'S PRESS BRIEFING ON INCIDENT; CHAMIZAL SETTLEMENT; PENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; LBJ TELLS STORY OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S AUTO ACCIDENT ON 1948 ELECTION DAY; CAMPAIGN TRIPS BY LBJ, LADY BIRD, LUCI, LYNDA
  • Telephone conversation # 5627, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/21/1964, 12:29PM
  • PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 1815, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 2/1/1964, 6:28PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS PRESS COMMENTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE; ORGANIZING WAR ON POVERTY; PEACE CORPS; JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH; EVALUATIONS OF JACK VAUGHN, BILL MOYERS, ROBERT MCNAMARA; PANAMA; VIETNAM; DIEM COUP; FRANCE; VP SELECTION; LBJ COMMENTS ON RUNNING
Telephone conversation # 4436, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 7/30/1964, 5:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ROWE REPORTS ON TALK WITH ADLAI STEVENSON ON VP NOMINATION; PRESS REPORTS ABOUT STATEMENT BY JACQUELINE KENNEDY; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO TALK WITH HHH ABOUT NEED FOR LOYALTY AS VP, RECOUNTS HIS TALK WITH JFK ON VP NOMINATION; PRESS LEAK ABOUT FPC
Telephone conversation # 5216, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/26/1964, 12:05PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS NELSON, MOYERS TO USE TERM "FRONTLASH" NOT "BACKLASH" WITH PRESS; RECENT POLL RESULTS; PRESS STORIES ABOUT LACK OF ENTHUSIASM FOR LBJ, SUPPORT FOR RFK; TV CONVENTION RATINGS; PLANS FOR LBJ'S, VP'S NOMINATION; LBJ'S SPEECH; 1960 CONVENTION
Telephone conversation # 11377, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 1/20/1967, 12:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS PRESS REPORT OF BOBBY BAKER'S TESTIMONY AT HIS TRIAL; LBJ'S MEMORY OF EVENTS; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON RESPONDING TO PRESS, DISCUSSES BOB KERR'S POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS; QUESTION OF LBJ TESTIFYING AT TRIAL; IRS DECISION NOT TO PROSECUTE BAKER
Telephone conversation # 13715, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 11/4/1968, 2:54PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • YARBOROUGH SAYS PRESS REPORT THAT HE BELIEVES LBJ WILL RUN AGAINST HIM IN 1970 IS UNTRUE; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPORT, TELLS STORY ABOUT TEXAS POSTMASTER; HHH RALLY IN HOUSTON; PRESS REPORT JOHN CONNALLY BACKS NIXON; POLL SHOWING INCREASED SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 5247, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/28/1964, 5:50PM (Item)
  • "RANCH"; "RE BRIEFING = NO PRESS CONFERENCE" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL AT 5:55P; OFFICE CONVERSATION WITH JACK VALENTI? AT END OF CALL
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF WHETHER LBJ, HHH SHOULD HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW; QUESTION OF SETTING UP PRESS FACILITIES IN STONEWALL; WILLIAM MILLER'S CHARGE THAT CONVENTION FILM MISREPRESENTS LBJ'S WAR RECORD; INVITATION TO ADDRESS AMERICAN LEGION; VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 610, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN STEELE, 12/20/1963, 7:59PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • STEELE DISCUSSES LIFE MAGAZINE STORY HE IS WRITING ON REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES INCLUDING WILLIAM SCRANTON, RICHARD NIXON, BARRY GOLDWATER; DISCUSSION OF LATEST NATIONAL AND TEXAS POLLS; LBJ REFERS TO NIXON'S 1962 CALIFORNIA PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3521, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 5/27/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSSELL'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; ROBERT MCNAMARA; USSR, CHINA SPLIT; PRESS STORIES; EFFECTIVENESS OF BOMBING; COMPARISON WITH KOREA; QUESTION OF US WITHDRAWAL; DISCUSSION OF SOUTH VIETNAMESE LEADERSHIP; LBJ'S PERSONAL ANGUISH OVER VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 4392, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 7/29/1964, 2:17PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MEETING WITH RFK TODAY ON HIS DECISION NOT TO SELECT RFK AS VP NOMINEE; RFK'S FUTURE PLANS, CANDIDATES FOR HIS REPLACEMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; RFK'S ASSISTANCE IN CAMPAIGN; PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT OF MEETING; LBJ REFLECTS ON HIS EXPERIENCE
Telephone conversation # 4409, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 7/29/1964, 8:21PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CLIFFORD'S TALK WITH NICHOLAS KATZENBACH?; LBJ'S TALKS WITH KEN O'DONNELL, LARRY O'BRIEN, MCGEORGE BUNDY, MCNAMARA ABOUT RFK; PRESS HANDLING OF RFK MEETING WITH LBJ; LIFE MAGAZINE WRITERS MEETING WITH ABE FORTAS, POSSIBLY LBJ; BROWN & ROOT DAM
Telephone conversation # 4439, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 7/30/1964, 6:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET MEMBERS, THOSE WHO MEET WITH CABINET FROM VP NOMINATION; RFK; LBJ EXTENDS INVITATION TO RUSSELL TO ATTEND CONVENTION; STATEMENTS BY ALLEN ELLENDER, HERMAN TALMADGE; PRESS REPORTS OF SOUTHERN WALKOUT; 1956
Telephone conversation # 4458, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/31/1964, 6:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINATION; RFK; SARGENT SHRIVER; PRESS STORIES ABOUT O'BRIEN'S ROLE IN CONGRESSIONAL RELATIONS AND CAMPAIGN, LACK OF ORGANIZATION AT DNC; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT HIS ROLE IN 1940 CAMPAIGN; VOTER REGISTRATION IN PHILADELPHIA
Telephone conversation # 4619, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/1/1964, 5:42PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ RECOUNTS EFFORTS TO GET POVERTY BILL VOTES; CLOSING NAVY SHIPYARDS; UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES ON ELIMINATION OF RFK AS VP NOMINEE, HIS ROLE IN CAMPAIGN, FUTURE; HYANNIS PORT STRATEGY MEETING OF RFK SUPPORTERS; 1962 BAN ON CAMPAIGNING BY CABINET
Telephone conversation # 5228, sound recording, LBJ and PHILIP HART, 8/26/1964, 5:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ THANKS HART FOR HIS WORK ON DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM, TELLS HIM HE IS CONSIDERING THOMAS DODD, HHH FOR VP NOMINATION, BUT THINKS HHH WILL BE HIS CHOICE; LBJ ASKS HART TO SPEAK WITH PRESS AFTER ANNOUNCEMENT IS MADE
Telephone conversation # 5413, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/1/1964, 7:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INQUIRES ABOUT ALLEGATIONS MADE BY DON REYNOLDS THAT MATTHEW MCCLOSKEY MADE ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO BOBBY BAKER IN 1960 CAMPAIGN; LBJ REQUESTS THAT FBI RE-INTERVIEW REYNOLDS; PRESS STORY THAT LBJ WILL NOT BE ON BALLOT IN IOWA
Telephone conversation # 6139, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS DODD, 11/3/1964, 11:27PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DODD TELLS LBJ ABOUT TREMENDOUS VICTORY IN CONNECTICUT; LBJ CONGRATULATES DODD ON HIS VICTORY, ASKS HIM TO MAKE SURE PRESS REPORTS THAT VOTE IS NOT SIMPLY ANTI-GOLDWATER BUT DEMOCRATIC MANDATE, REFERS TO THEIR PAST SERVICE AS NYA ADMINISTRATORS
Telephone conversation # 5880, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 8:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS DISCLOSURE OF WALTER JENKINS' HOSPITALIZATION, ARREST ON MORALS CHARGE; ANNOUNCEMENT OF JENKINS' RESIGNATION; JENKINS' 1959 ARREST; POLICY ON FBI INVESTIGATIONS OF WH STAFF
Telephone conversation # 6340, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 11/12/1964, 8:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • VISIT BY MEXICO'S PRESIDENT DIAZ ORDAZ TO RANCH; LBJ REPORTS ON HIS EFFORT TO HAVE CARL SANDERS RECONSIDER INVITATION TO HUNTING TRIP AT RANCH; PRESS STORY IMPLYING INVITATION WAS SLIGHT TO SANDERS; GEORGIA POLITICS; BASE CLOSINGS IN GEORGIA; RALPH
Telephone conversation # 6345, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH MCGILL, 11/12/1964, 10:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MISUNDERSTANDING IN PRESS ABOUT INVITATION TO RICHARD RUSSELL, CARL SANDERS, OTHERS TO HUNTING TRIP AT RANCH; GEORGIA POLITICS; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS CALL TO SANDERS TO RECONSIDER INVITATION; MCGILL OFFERS TO ATTEMPT TO PERSUADE SANDERS TO ACCEPT
Telephone conversation # 6358, sound recording, LBJ and KARL ROLVAAG, 11/16/1964, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ROLVAAG TELLS LBJ HE WILL APPOINT WALTER MONDALE TO FILL HHH'S SENATE SEAT; LBJ WARNS ABOUT TENDENCY OF LIBERALS TO LEAK TO PRESS, NOT WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH LEADERSHIP, DISCUSSES HHH'S EARLY MISTAKES; MINNESOTA POLITICS; OTHER CANDIDATES FOR SEAT
Telephone conversation # 5585, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 9/15/1964, 7:37PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KILDUFF ASKS LBJ FOR RESPONSE FOR PRESS TO WILLIAM MILLER'S CHARGE THAT JOHNSONS OWNED PROPERTY IN TEXAS WITH RESTRICTED RACIAL COVENANTS; LBJ SAYS WALTER JENKINS WILL ISSUE PREPARED STATEMENT AFTER CHECKING FACTS ON MATTER
Telephone conversation # 5586, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 9/15/1964, 8:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • JENKINS REPORTS ON FACTS ABOUT RESTRICTED RACIAL COVENANTS ON PROPERTY OWNED BY JOHNSONS IN TEXAS, READS STATEMENT ISSUED BY LBJ ABOUT PURCHASE OF THE ELMS; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE THAT KILDUFF ISSUE SIMILAR INFORMAL PRESS STATEMENT ON THIS MATTER
Telephone conversation # 5969, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 10/27/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ PRAISES GORDON'S PRESS STORY ON FEDERAL BUDGET BUT TELLS HIM ALWAYS TO REFER TO HIM AS "PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON," NOT "THE PRESIDENT," ASKS FOR MORE STORIES ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND CUTTING GOVT WASTE, REMINISCES ABOUT PUBLICITY LBJ GENERATED
Telephone conversation # 5980, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/28/1964, 11:43PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S PRESS COMMENT ABOUT SCANDALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO RESEARCH WHAT ACTIONS WERE TAKEN ABOUT EISENHOWER STAFF MEMBERS, DISCUSSES MEETING WITH JFK ABOUT POSSIBLE INDICTMENT OF EISENHOWER STAFF
Telephone conversation # 5981, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD'S ADVICE ABOUT HANDLING OF LBJ'S COMMENTS TO PRESS IN SAN DIEGO LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; PETER LISAGOR; PHIL POTTER; DOUGLAS KIKER
Telephone conversation # 5982, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 10/29/1964, 7:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING OF LBJ'S STATEMENT TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT CHARGES CONCERNING INDIVIDUALS IN PAST ADMINISTRATIONS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT; CLIFFORD ADVISES LBJ ABOUT HANDLING REST OF CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5983, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/29/1964, 7:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON INFORMATION HE HAS RECEIVED ON CHARGES CONCERNING STAFF MEMBERS IN EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION TO CLARIFY STATEMENT LBJ MADE TO PRESS LAST NIGHT ABOUT PAST SCANDALS; WALTER JENKINS INCIDENT
Telephone conversation # 8803, sound recording, LBJ and JIM WRIGHT, 9/1/1965, 9:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ENCOURAGES WRIGHT TO RUN FOR SENATE AGAINST JOHN TOWER; JOHN CONNALLY'S DECISION NOT TO RUN FOR SENATE; FDR'S SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN 1941 SENATE RACE; EFFECT OF WRIGHT'S POSITION ON TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B ON FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR HIM; TEXAS PRESS' VIEWS
Telephone conversation # 9038, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 10/22/1965, 6:39PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 8358, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; RUSK ASKS ABOUT GOLDBERG'S WORK WITH ZIONIST ORGANIZATIONS, TELLS LBJ HE APPROVES OF SELECTION OF GOLDBERG; OTHER CANDIDATES; HHH'S PRESS STATEMENT; GEORGE BALL; UN DELEGATION; ANNOUNCEMENT
Telephone conversation # 10138, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/25/1966, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DIRKSEN'S PROPOSAL THAT LBJ MEET WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON VIETNAM; RUSK'S MEETINGS WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; PATRICK NUGENT'S MOTHER'S ADMIRATION OF DIRKSEN; LIST OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES; RFK AND WIRETAPS
Telephone conversation # 9660, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 2/22/1966, 2:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MEANY ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH AFL-CIO LEADERS ON MINIMUM WAGE BILL; LBJ SUGGESTS LABOR LEADERS MEET FORMALLY WITH WIRTZ, THEN INFORMALLY WITH LBJ, DISCUSSES CONCERNS ABOUT NEGATIVE PRESS STORIES ON LABOR CRITICISM OF ADMINISTRATION; CONGRESSIONAL
Telephone conversation # 9520, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/19/1966, 8:06PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH GIVES LBJ BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON COMMUTATION OF SENTENCE OF CONVICTED LABOR OFFICIAL LAWRENCE CALLANAN, SUGGESTS RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT ALLEGATIONS BY JOHN WILLIAMS THAT CALLANAN HAS SINCE MADE CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS TO DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 11907, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 6/14/1967, 7:48AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LONG DISCUSSES HIS EFFORTS TO DEFEND THOMAS DODD IN SENATE DEBATE ON DODD'S CENSURE; LBJ'S APPEARANCE AT TESTIMONIAL DINNER FOR DODD, HIS ROLE IN RAISING MONEY FOR DODD; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS FROM SENATORS, DISCUSSES RECENT LEAK ON MIDDLE
Telephone conversation # 13006, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 5/4/1968, 10:13AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH BESS AND HARRY TRUMAN YESTERDAY; CLIFFORD'S HEALTH; CLIFFORD REFUTES STATEMENT ATTRIBUTED TO HIM IN NYT EDITORIAL ON VIETNAM; INCREASED ENEMY INFILTRATION IN VIETNAM BEFORE AND SINCE MARCH 31ST SPEECH; PRESS LEAKS
Telephone conversation # 11553, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 2/18/1967, 8:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO DON OBERDORFER STORY ON LOCKHEED CONTRACTS; JFK ADMINISTRATION'S INVOLVEMENT IN DEFENSE CONTRACTS; AWARDING CONTRACTS IN DEPRESSED AREAS; LBJ REITERATES WH POLICY ON DEFENSE CONTRACTS; PRESS STORY ON CIA, TEXAS