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Telephone conversation # 318, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 12/6/1963, 3:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE CUTS IN FEDERAL EXPENDITURES IN ORDER TO PASS TAX BILL; WIRTZ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT INCREASED UNEMPLOYMENT AT ELECTION TIME; LBJ READS LIST OF VARIOUS PROPOSED FEDERAL EXPENDITURES
Telephone conversation # 1237, sound recording, LBJ and FRED KAPPEL, 1/8/1964, 11:14AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PORTION OF STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; TAX BILL; PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN ECONOMY; BUSINESS COUNCIL STAG DINNER OF 1/7/64 AT WH
Telephone conversation # 4219, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 7/11/1964, 6:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS HELLER IF HE LEAKED STORY TO UPI ABOUT TASK FORCE ON POSSIBLE USES OF SURPLUS MONEY IN FEDERAL TREASURY, READS PARTS OF STORY, DISCUSSES POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF STORY; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS ON VIETNAM, 1964 ELECTION CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 10125, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK, 5/14/1966, 7:48AM (Item)
  • QUESTION OF PASSING TAX INCREASE IN ELECTION YEAR; INCREASES IN APPROPRIATIONS, FEDERAL DEFICIT; PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO SET PRIORITIES FOR MILITARY SPENDING; VIETNAM MILITARY SITUATION; LBJ READS REPORT ON ECONOMIC SITUATION; INTEREST RATES
Telephone conversation # 9671, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/25/1966, 3:36PM (Item)
  • SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE VIETNAM HEARINGS; POSSIBLE TESTIMONY BY MCNAMARA, HHH; LBJ OBJECTS TO HHH TESTIFYING, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT DELAY ON FOREIGN AID BILL, READS INTELLIGENCE REPORT; LONG ASKS FOR MEMO ON URGENCY OF FOREIGN AID, TAX
Telephone conversation # 10437, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM BEVERLY MURPHY, 7/27/1966, 9:09AM (Item)
  • AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; WAGE, PRICE INCREASES; MURPHY SAYS TAX INCREASE MAY BE NEEDED DUE TO ECONOMY; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASES IN FEDERAL BUDGET DUE TO UPCOMING BILLS, VIETNAM SPENDING; POSSIBLE NEED FOR BILL TO END STRIKE; LBJ READS MEMO
Telephone conversation # 12844, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 3/24/1968, 4:24PM (Item)
  • FOWLER REPORTS ON TALKS WITH GEORGE SMATHERS AND MIKE MANSFIELD ON GETTING DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR TAX BILL, READS LIST OF SENATORS SUPPORTING MEASURE AND OF SENATORS WHO MIGHT SUPPORT TAX BILL IF ASKED
Telephone conversation # 12845, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 3/24/1968, 4:24PM (Item)
  • FOWLER CONTINUES TO READ LIST OF SENATORS WHO MIGHT SUPPORT TAX BILL IF ASKED FOR THEIR SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 11573, sound recording, LBJ and JENNINGS RANDOLPH, 2/27/1967, 10:35PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CONGRESSIONAL DISCONTENT, SENATE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON DEFERRAL OF HIGHWAY FUNDS; RANDOLPH COMPLAINS ABOUT CHARLES SCHULTZE; LBJ DEFENDS HIS POLICY, READS CRITICAL PRESS STORY ON HEARINGS; FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT BILL
Telephone conversation # 10926, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 10/6/1966, 12:32PM (Item)
  • STATUS OF INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION, FOREIGN INVESTMENT TAX BILLS; MILLS' CONCERN OVER UNNECESSARY SENATE AMENDMENTS TO TAX BILLS; DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL BUDGET, EXPENDITURES; LBJ READS FROM GARDNER ACKLEY'S SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 11168, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 12/20/1966, 11:47AM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF FRB, MONETARY POLICY, INTEREST RATES; LBJ ASKS FOWLER TO MEET WITH WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, ROBERT WEAVER ABOUT HOUSING LOANS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT FEDERAL DEFICIT; FOWLER READS FROM MEMCON OF HIS MEETING WITH MICHEL
Telephone conversation # 11035, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 11/12/1966, 9:21AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS HEALTH, UPCOMING SURGERY, REPORTS ON HIS TRIP TO ASIA, MANILA CONFERENCE AND ON ECONOMIC PROGRESS IN ASIA; DISCUSSION OF FEDERAL DEFICIT, VIETNAM EXPENDITURES, SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS; LBJ READS MEMO ON US ECONOMY
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 # 13809, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 12/16/1968, 10:00AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS DRAFT LETTER TO LEADERS OF HOUSE AND SENATE CONVEYING TREASURY'S PROPOSED TAX REFORMS, SAYS NEXT ADMINISTRATION SHOULD ENACT REFORMS; REPORT OF PAUL DOUGLAS' COMMISSION; RICHARD NIXON'S CHANGING VIEWS ON SURTAX EXTENSION; 1970 FEDERAL
Telephone conversation # 13814, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 12/17/1968, 4:00PM (Item)
  • FOWLER REPORTS FRB HAS RAISED DISCOUNT RATE, READS PROPOSED STATEMENT SAYING THERE WILL BE SMALL SURPLUS IN 1969 FEDERAL BUDGET; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET, INFLATION; ADDITIONAL LANGUAGE IN STATEMENT ABOUT LBJ'S PAST BALANCED BUDGETS
Telephone conversation # 381, sound recording, LBJ and ALLEN ELLENDER, 12/10/1963, 12:45PM (Item)
  • ELLENDER SAYS SENATE WILL NOT PASS COOLEY COTTON BILL; LBJ READS B.O.B. MEMO SUPPORTING TALMADGE BILL; ELLENDER DISCUSSES OPPOSITION TO TALMADGE BILL, SAYS SENATE WILL NOT PASS COTTON BILL BEFORE CIVIL RIGHTS, TAX BILLS; NEED TO PASS FOREIGN AID
Telephone conversation # 13833, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 12/31/1968, 7:46AM (Item)
  • FEDERAL BUDGET; PROJECTED SAVINGS IN VIETNAM; CHALLENGES TO HOUSE, SENATE LEADERSHIP; LBJ READS LETTER TO CONGRESS SUBMITTING TREASURY DEPT STUDY OF TAX REFORMS BUT SAYS HE IS NOT RECOMMENDING CHANGES BECAUSE THEY SHOULD BE LEFT TO NIXON