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Telephone conversation # 5502, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 9/5/1964, 3:32PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ONGOING STRIKE AT DETROIT NEWS, DETROIT FREE PRESS; RESULTS OF OHIO POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR LBJ AND OF MAINE POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR EDMUND MUSKIE, MARGARET CHASE SMITH; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ
Telephone conversation # 3930, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 6/26/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • "DETROIT, MICH."; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE DICTABELT DUE TO POOR SOUND QUALITY
  • USE OF CAMP DAVID BY WH STAFF; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ON JIM ROWE AS SUGAR LOBBYIST FOR HAITI, DUVALIER; ROWE'S RESPONSE TO JOCK WHITNEY; LETTER TO NORTH DAKOTA GOV. WILLIAM GUY; PLANS FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN TRIP; CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Folder, "[September 5, 1967 - 1:05 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • matters the President asked him about earlier in the day - the forest fire situation in Oregon and Idaho and the report on the Detroit riots which appeared in the New York Times today. The President asked that Cyrus Vance and General Throckmorton be here
Telephone conversation # 5876, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • "NEW YORK C."; FORTAS IS MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD AT TIME OF CALL; CLIFFORD IS LISTED ON SLIP BUT DOES NOT SPEAK; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ HOARSE, FORTAS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • New York
  • FORTAS TELLS LBJ THAT WALTER JENKINS HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR NERVOUS EXHAUSTION FOLLOWING HIS ARREST LAST WEEK ON MORALS CHARGE; FORTAS' AND CLIFFORD'S EFFORTS TO SUPPRESS NEWS STORIES OF ARREST; JENKINS' 1959 ARREST; POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 2380, sound recording, LBJ and BEN BRADLEE, 3/7/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • BRADLEE ASKS VALENTI FOR GUIDANCE ON NEW HAMPSHIRE SITUATION; REQUEST FROM CHARLES ROBERTS TO SEE LBJ; QUESTION OF PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY; RFK AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP NOMINATION; PAUL CORBIN
Telephone conversation # 3826, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 6/23/1964, 1:36PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALK TODAY WITH NEVADA GOV. GRANT SAWYER; RFK'S ALLEGED MEETINGS WITH RICHARD DALEY, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, NEW JERSEY DELEGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON FUND-RAISING; VP CANDIDATES; HEAD COUNT FOR LBJ IN DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 4601, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/1/1964, 9:00AM (Item)
  • PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S MEETING WITH RFK ON VP NOMINATION; RFK'S POSSIBLE NEW YORK SENATE RACE; JACQUELINE KENNEDY; CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION; LLOYD BENTSEN'S SUPPORT FOR MCNAMARA; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S HELP IN ORGANIZING CABINET, FORMULATING NEW
Telephone conversation # 4976, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/17/1964, 9:22AM (Item)
  • RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; OPPOSITION TO RFK FROM REFORM MOVEMENT; WHITE BACKLASH AND LABOR OPPOSITION TO LBJ, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNSKILLED WORKERS; INFORMAL POLL OF NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS; REPORT BY JAMES PECK ON CALIFORNIA LABOR DEFECTIONS
Telephone conversation # 5877, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • "NEW YORK C."; FORTAS IS MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD DURING CALL; CLIFFORD LISTED ON SLIP BUT DOES NOT SPEAK; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ HOARSE, FORTAS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5908, sound recording, LBJ and PALMER HOYT, 10/17/1964, 6:50PM (Item)
  • HOYT CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS SPEECHES, CAMPAIGNING, TELLS HIM OF HIS RECENT SPEECH ENDORSING LBJ; LBJ ASKS HOYT TO TAKE NEW POLL STUDYING EFFECT OF WALTER JENKINS' ARREST ON ELECTION, REPORTS FINDINGS OF NEW WESTCHESTER COUNTY POLL
Telephone conversation # 5920, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH KEENAN, 10/20/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • DELAWARE CAMPAIGN; POSSIBLE APPEARANCE THERE BY LBJ; NEW REPUBLICAN ALLEGATIONS ABOUT WALTER JENKINS, BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBILITY THAT WALTER JENKINS WAS FRAMED; NEW YORK LABOR COMMITTEE FOR GOLDWATER; NEED FOR INCREASED LABOR INVOLVEMENT AT CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN, REQUEST FOR FUNDS; POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ BY HEARST NEWSPAPERS; OTHER PRESS ENDORSEMENTS; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CANDIDATES FOR JUSTICE DEPT POSTS; RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 10843, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/26/1966, 7:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS REPORTS OF HIS ALLEGED SUPPORT OF LEONARD FARBSTEIN IN NEW YORK PRIMARY ELECTION BECAUSE OF FARBSTEIN'S SUPPORT OF LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; NEW YORK RACE AS TEST OF SUPPORT OF POLICY; LBJ ASKS FOR REWRITE OF LETTER TO HENRY
Telephone conversation # 13342, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 8/29/1968, 7:12PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WHAT HE FEELS IS POLITICALLY BIASED NEWS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, PARTICULARLY BY WALTER CRONKITE, CBS, NBC, SAYS INTERVIEWS ARE ONLY CONDUCTED WITH PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA
Telephone conversation # 6308, sound recording, LBJ and PAT RUTHERFORD, 11/9/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS RUTHERFORD FOR HIS SUPPORT; RUTHERFORD OFFERS HOSPITALITY TO GUESTS AT LBJ RANCH; RUTHERFORD MENTIONS SUPPORT FOR LBJ AT DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Telephone conversation # 1901, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 2/5/1964, 6:24PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 2479, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 2:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES O'BRIEN FOR SWIM, TO DINNER WHEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; TONIGHT'S WH CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; BRUCE ALGER; CIVIL RIGHTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE, WISCONSIN PRIMARIES; PAUL CORBIN; MARY MCGRORY
Telephone conversation # 2522, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 3/17/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • DUBINSKY PRAISES LBJ'S TV APPEARANCE YESTERDAY; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON REAPPOINTING MORRIS NOVIK TO USIA BOARD; LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT IN NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL RACE BETWEEN CHARLES BUCKLEY, JONATHAN BINGHAM; LBJ'S POLICY OF MAKING NO PRIMARY
Telephone conversation # 2417, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 3/9/1964, 4:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S CONDITION; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; PROBLEMS WITH PRESS; PRESS STORIES ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; JFK LIBRARY?; RFK AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP NOMINATION; LBJ INVITES WEISLS AND SAM NEWHOUSE TO LUNCH
Telephone conversation # 4231, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 7/14/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AT AEC; REPUBLICAN CONVENTION KEYNOTE SPEECH LAST NIGHT; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON FOR PUBLIC OPINION POLL IN NEW MEXICO
Telephone conversation # 4602, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES FARLEY, 8/1/1964, 10:02AM (Item)
  • FARLEY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS STATEMENT ON VP NOMINATION; RFK'S POSSIBLE NEW YORK SENATE RACE; STATEMENT BY FARLEY AT HERSHEY CONFERENCE; DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION, CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; ROBERT WOODRUFF'S POLITICAL LEANINGS
Telephone conversation # 4922, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/14/1964, 2:40PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF QUESTION AT REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT LBJ'S CONVERSATION WITH NYC MAYOR ROBERT WAGNER, TOPICS INCLUDING RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; REQUESTS FOR PRESS CONFERENCE WITH LBJ; LBJ CRITICIZES REEDY'S HANDLING OF PRESS BRIEFING; WH PRESS
Telephone conversation # 4923, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 8/14/1964, 3:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF NYT STORY ON LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT OF RFK IN NEW YORK SENATE RACE; LBJ EMPHASIZES HIS LONG-STANDING RECORD OF NOT BECOMING INVOLVED IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF SAM RAYBURN
Telephone conversation # 4924, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 8/14/1964, 3:29PM (Item)
  • NYT STORY ON LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT OF RFK IN NEW YORK SENATE RACE; O'DONNELL'S TALK WITH STEPHEN SMITH; HANDLING QUESTION OF SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION OR MFDP AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; COMPOSITION OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; PRESS STORY
Telephone conversation # 4930, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 8/14/1964, 5:14PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS AP STORY ON ALEX ROSE, RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE RACE, REPORTS ON TALK WITH WALTER REUTHER ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI, MFDP, CONTESTED DELEGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON RFK'S OPPOSITION TO EUGENE MCCARTHY AS VP NOMINEE; GROWING SOUTHERN OPPOSITION
Telephone conversation # 4970, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/15/1964, 4:45PM (Item)
  • PROBLEM WITH CONFIRMATION OF PHILIP NICHOLS AS US CUSTOMS COURT JUDGE; CONFUSION OVER FBI REPORT ON SOMEONE WITH SIMILAR NAME; JUSTICE DEPT RELEASE OF REPORT TO REPUBLICAN SENATORS; RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; JEWISH VOTE
Telephone conversation # 4977, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/17/1964, 9:22AM (Item)
  • WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE; FEAR THAT CIVIL RIGHTS WILL AFFECT JOBS, HOUSING; INFORMAL NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR GOLDWATER; PROPOSED TAXI FARE INCREASE IN NYC; LYNDA JOHNSON'S VISIT TO NYC, TV SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 5009, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/17/1964, 8:10PM (Item)
  • RFK'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS, VP NOMINATION, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S RECEPTION FOR JACQUELINE KENNEDY AT CONVENTION; RICHARD DALEY; BEN MCELWAY AND WASHINGTON STAR; JACK HEINZ; RUSK UPDATES LBJ ON CYPRUS, CONGO, INDONESIA; SUKARNO'S
Telephone conversation # 5275, sound recording, LBJ and RHEA HOWARD, 8/31/1964, 8:42AM (Item)
  • HOWARD CONGRATULATES LBJ ON CONVENTION, ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, HHH AS VP NOMINEE; MRS. JOHNSON THANKS HOWARD FOR SUPPORT; LBJ, HOWARD DISCUSS TEXAS POLITICAL SITUATION, DALLAS MORNING NEWS SUPPORT FOR LBJ, PRESS ENDORSEMENTS, JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY IN SAN
Telephone conversation # 5421, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/2/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ FOR RESPONSE TO PRESS STORY THAT JACQUELINE KENNEDY WILL BE NAMED AMBASSADOR TO FRANCE; LBJ REPORTS SHE HAD TURNED DOWN APPOINTMENT AS AMBASSADOR TO MEXICO; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, POLITICAL NATURE
Telephone conversation # 5422, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/2/1964, 11:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON DEVELOPMENTS AND NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, PRESS HANDLING OF ISSUE; GEORGE REEDY; FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS MEETINGS WITH VARIOUS PEOPLE ON ISSUE; POLITICAL NATURE OF CHARGES BY REPUBLICANS; DON REYNOLDS; MATTHEW MCCLOSKEY; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 4832, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/9/1964, 7:25AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF CYPRUS SITUATION; QUESTION OF LBJ RETURNING TO WASHINGTON, DC, AND ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRESS PLANE; GREECE; TURKEY; VIETNAM; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBILITY RFK WILL RUN FOR NEW YORK SENATE SEAT; JACQUELINE KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 4903, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/13/1964, 10:32AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT RFK AND NEW YORK SENATE RACE; REEDY ASKS PERMISSION TO ANNOUNCE LBJ'S PARTICIPATION IN CHRISTENING OF SHIP, USS CASIMIR PULASKI
Telephone conversation # 4319, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 7/23/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT BUSINESS; DISCUSSION OF VARIOUS PRESS STORIES ON SUPPORT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, AMONG LABOR GROUPS, FOR RFK AS VP NOMINEE, POSSIBLE STRATEGIES FOR HANDLING ISSUE; PRESS LEAK TO MARY MCGRORY
Telephone conversation # 5038, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLASS CATER, 8/19/1964, 7:19PM (Item)
  • CATER REPORTS INQUIRY FROM HUNTLEY-BRINKLEY NEWS ABOUT LBJ'S STAND ON SEATING OF MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, MFDP, AND CARROLL KILPATRICK'S REQUEST FOR INFORMATION ON VP NOMINATION; PRESS COMMENTS AT REEDY'S BRIEFING ON LBJ'S MEETING WITH CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 5113, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/21/1964, 8:56PM (Item)
  • JOE RAUH AND CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING MISSISSIPPI, MFDP DELEGATION, SIZE OF ROOM FOR CREDENTIALS HEARINGS; PRESS COVERAGE OF CONTROVERSY; ABE FORTAS' ADVICE; POLL ON RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; POLLS REFLECTING WHITE BACKLASH, REPUBLICAN "FRONTLASH"
Telephone conversation # 6180, sound recording, LBJ and PALMER HOYT, 11/4/1964, 9:09PM (Item)
  • LBJ AND PALMER HOYT DISCUSS ELECTION RESULTS IN COLORADO, WYOMING, NEW MEXICO, NEVADA; HOWARD CANNON'S POSSIBLE DEFEAT; HOYTS CONGRATULATE LBJ AND LADY BIRD ON ELECTION VICTORY
Telephone conversation # 6277, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MCINTYRE, 11/6/1964, 4:21PM (Item)
  • ELECTION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE, NORTHEAST; MCINTYRE REQUESTS MEETING TO DISCUSS POSSIBLE CLOSING OF PORTSMOUTH, MAINE SHIPYARD; LBJ STATES POLICY OF LEAVING DECISIONS ON CLOSING OF DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS TO ROBERT MCNAMARA; EFFECTS OF CLOSING ON LOCAL
Telephone conversation # 5837, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 10/3/1964, 8:48PM (Item)
  • WAGNER REPORTS ON RALLY TOMORROW AGAINST CLOSING OF BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; LBJ SAYS THAT DOD IS STUDYING ALL BASE CLOSINGS, WILL ANNOUNCE DECISION NEXT YEAR; COMPARISON OF MCNAMARA WITH ROBERT MOSES; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; RFK
Telephone conversation # 5849, sound recording, LBJ and DON W. REYNOLDS, 10/9/1964, 7:00PM (Item)
  • "TRIP SITE - NEW ORLEANS"; REYNOLDS ON HOLD 2:20; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DAILY DIARY LISTS CALL WITH REYNOLDS AT 4:34P CENTRAL TIME, ABOARD AF ONE, NOT AT 7:00P