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Telephone conversation # 3913, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/26/1964, 11:24AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT TOPICS FOR HIS MORNING PRESS BRIEFING; LBJ DOES NOT WANT PUBLICITY FOR HIS UPCOMING POLITICAL SPEECHES; ARRANGEMENTS FOR PRESS IN DETROIT; POSSIBILITY OF LBJ CANCELLING TRIP TO MAYO CLINIC; LBJ'S MEETING WITH ALLEN DULLES
Telephone conversation # 4840, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/9/1964, 8:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PROBLEM SEATING MFDP, IMPACT ON SOUTHERN STATES; SOUTHERN GOVERNORS' COOPERATION ON LOUISIANA SCHOOL DESEGREGATION, INVESTIGATION OF MURDERS IN MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RFK; GEORGE MEANY; DETROIT LABOR DAY
Telephone conversation # 5525, sound recording, LBJ and TOM VAIL, 9/8/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ'S DETROIT APPEARANCE; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ, HHH; STATUS OF CAMPAIGN IN OHIO, NATIONWIDE; LATEST HARRIS POLL ON PUBLIC PERCEPTION OF GOLDWATER AS RADICAL; GOLDWATER'S INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS ON FEDERAL BUDGET, TAXES; BACKLASH, FRONTLASH
Telephone conversation # 5501, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM S. WHITE, 9/5/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH EDWIN WEISL, SR.; DISCUSSION OF GOLDWATER'S STATEMENTS ON DRAFT, MISFITS IN ARMY; WILLIAM MILLER'S SPEECH ATTACKING HHH; LBJ'S UPCOMING LABOR DAY SPEECH IN DETROIT
Telephone conversation # 5506, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 9/5/1964, 4:05PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NON-POLITICAL TONE OF UPCOMING DETROIT LABOR DAY SPEECH CONTRASTED TO GOLDWATER'S SPEECHES; UAW NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHRYSLER, EFFORTS TO AVOID STRIKE; ROY REUTHER'S VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVE; LADY BIRD JOHNSON, REUTHER EXCHANGE GREETINGS
Telephone conversation # 5510, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 9/5/1964, 6:42PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON MISFITS IN ARMY; WILLIAM MILLER'S ATTACK ON HHH; GOLDWATER'S OPPOSITION TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; GEORGIA VERDICT IN L.A. PENN CASE; POLLS; PEARSON'S BRAIN TRUST IDEA, MYER FELDMAN, TYLER ABELL, LEONARD MARKS; LBJ'S DETROIT
Telephone conversation # 12005, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/25/1967, 10:33AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • HOOVER REPORTS THAT MLK WILL GIVE PRESS CONFERENCE THIS MORNING ON RIOTS; DROP IN VIOLENCE IN DETROIT; FEDERAL RESPONSE TO SITUATION; RIOTING IN CAMBRIDGE, MARYLAND; OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF SIMON MCHUGH TO SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD
Telephone conversation # 5626, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/21/1964, 12:29PM (Item)
  • "SEP 21 PRESS CONFERENCE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES ON NEXT 2 RECORDINGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER PRESS CONFERENCE HAS BEGUN
  • Press relations
  • Telephone conversation # 5626, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/21/1964, 12:29PM
  • PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 5628, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/21/1964, 12:29PM (Item)
  • "SEP 21 PRESS CONFERENCE"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM 2 PREVIOUS RECORDINGS
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ANSWERS QUESTIONS ABOUT POLITICAL AND NON-POLITICAL NATURE OF HIS SPEECHES, SPEECH TO STEEL WORKERS TOMORROW, ELECTION DAY PLANS, UAW NEGOTIATIONS, THEN INVITES PRESS TO GO FOR A WALK WITH HIM
  • Telephone conversation # 5628, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 9/21/1964, 12:29PM
  • PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 4919, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/14/1964, 11:34AM (Item)
  • "PRESS BRIEFING"; REEDY ON HOLD 0:40; STATIC CAUSED BY GREASE PENCIL ON ORIGINAL DICTABELT
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING; SUPPLEMENTAL BUDGET ESTIMATES; LBJ'S WEEKEND PLANS AND HIS INABILITY TO ANNOUNCE PLANS TOO FAR IN ADVANCE; PRESS COVERAGE AT RANCH; LBJ COMPLAINS THAT PRESS INTERPRETS HIS REMARKS AS JABS AT GOLDWATER
Telephone conversation # 3517, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/27/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONDOLENCE LETTERS UPON DEATH OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER JAWAHARLAL NEHRU; DEAN RUSK TO ATTEND FUNERAL; EVERETT DIRKSEN; PROBLEM WITH TELEPROMPTER AT DEMOCRATIC GALA LAST NIGHT; CANDIDATES FOR ASSISTANT WH PRESS SECRETARY; PRESS COVERAGE FOR NY
Telephone conversation # 3889, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 6/23/1964, 10:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS RUSK IF HE TALKED TO GEORGE AIKEN ABOUT PRESS STORY ON AIKEN'S STATEMENT ABOUT HENRY CABOT LODGE; LBJ READS PRESS STATEMENT BY HENRY CABOT LODGE RESIGNING AS AMBASSADOR TO VIETNAM TO ASSIST WILLIAM SCRANTON'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
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 # 4463, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 7/31/1964, 8:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LOBBYING STRATEGY FOR POVERTY BILL, PROVISIONS OF BILL; COST PER PERSON IN JOB CORPS; HEAD COUNT; GEORGIA DELEGATION'S VOTES; REPUBLICAN TACTICS AGAINST BILL; USING PRESS TO BUILD SUPPORT FOR BILL; LARRY O'BRIEN; PRESS REACTION TO LBJ'S VP STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 5261, sound recording, LBJ and OVETA CULP HOBBY, 8/30/1964, 1:03PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ THANKS OVETA, WILLIAM HOBBY FOR HOUSTON POST EDITORIAL, PHOTOS OF LBJ, HHH; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORY THAT GEORGE REEDY RESIGNED AS PRESS SECRETARY; WILLIAM HOBBY CONGRATULATES HHH, COMPLIMENTS SPEECH; DISCUSSION OF SENDING PHOTOS TO OTHER
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 # 5047, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/20/1964, 11:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ROBERT SARNOFF'S INVITATION TO LBJ, GOLDWATER TO APPEAR ON "MEET THE PRESS"; CIVIL RIGHTS, LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT PLATFORM PLANKS; POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ON DEBATES; GOLDWATER'S TONKIN GULF STATEMENT, FINANCES; STATEMENT RELEASED ON LBJ'S
Telephone conversation # 5838, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 10/5/1964, 10:15AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ PRAISES WIRTZ'S RECENT STATEMENT, HIS WORK ON LBJ'S SPEECHES, ASKS HIS ADVICE ABOUT TELEVISED SPEECH ON ANNIVERSARY OF TEST BAN TREATY, REFERS TO CRITICISM OF DAISY COMMERCIAL; PROTESTANT PRESS COVERAGE OF LBJ; UAW NEGOTIATIONS WITH GM; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 5857, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 10/10/1964, 12:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS GUIDANCE FOR FINAL WEEKS OF CAMPAIGN; HECKLING OF LADY BIRD JOHNSON ON WHISTLESTOP TRIP; LBJ'S NEW ORLEANS SPEECH; DAVID RABINOVITZ WISCONSIN JUDGESHIP; HARRIS POLL; NIXON'S STATEMENTS; WHISTLESTOP PRESS COVERAGE; LUCI JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5471, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 9/3/1964, 6:16PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS ABOUT PRESS RELEASE OF LBJ'S REMARKS TO BUSINESS, FINANCIAL LEADERS ON NATIONAL INDEPENDENT COMMITTEE FOR LBJ, HHH; JOHN CONNER'S RESPONSE TO PRESS QUESTIONS; QUESTIONS ABOUT MAX ROBB'S ROLE; APPOINTMENT OF RFK'S SUCCESSOR AS ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 9488, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/13/1966, 1:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY THAT MOYERS MAY RESIGN AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; MOYERS', RICHARD GOODWIN'S WORK ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; ALLEGED WH DISSENSION; CONTRIBUTIONS OF ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO SPEECH; MOYERS' ATTITUDE; MARVIN WATSON
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 # 13344, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/29/1968, 7:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ PRAISES DALEY FOR HIS WORK AT DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION; DALEY SAYS HE IS SORRY LBJ DID NOT ATTEND CONVENTION; LBJ DENOUNCES PRESS COVERAGE OF RIOTING, CONVENTION; LBJ TELLS DALEY TO READ PRESS REPORT OF LIZ CARPENTER'S SPEECH TO DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 4432, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/30/1964, 5:47PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY ASKS LBJ IF HE SHOULD INFORM PRESS THAT LBJ HAS A STATEMENT TO MAKE
Telephone conversation # 1901, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 2/5/1964, 6:24PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • TED SORENSEN REMAINING AVAILABLE TO WORK FOR LBJ WHEN HE LEAVES THE WH STAFF; ANNA ROSENBERG; RFK; BARNEY BALABAN; LBJ REFERS TO NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT, COMMENTS ON ADVERSE PRESS CRITICISM AND BURDENS OF PRESIDENCY
Telephone conversation # 1281, sound recording, LBJ and TED SORENSEN, 1/8/1964, 8:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NUMBER OF APPLAUSES IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; BARRY GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT; PRESS REACTION; LBJ COMPLIMENTS SORENSEN AS SPEECHWRITER FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
Telephone conversation # 2489, sound recording, LBJ and CARTHA "DEKE" DELOACH, 3/12/1964, 2:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON JANET LEIGH AS NOMINEE FOR AMBASSADOR TO FINLAND; DELOACH REPORTS ON SPEECH ABOUT PAUL CORBIN, POSSIBLY CRITICAL OF RFK, BY AUGUST JOHANSEN ON HOUSE FLOOR TODAY; DISCUSSION OF PRESS STORIES ON BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 2525, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/17/1964, 12:49PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT REEDY'S HEALTH; REEDY CRITIQUES DRAFT OF LBJ'S SPEECH FOR ST. PATRICK'S DAY DINNER; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION IN SENATE RULES COMMITTEE; STEWART ALSOP COLUMN, OTHER UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES; RFK; "TEXAS MAFIA" VS. "IRISH MAFIA" ON WH
Telephone conversation # 2301, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 3/2/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GOLDWATER CHARGES, AIR FORCE, NAVY DISPUTE ON MISSILE RELIABILITY; US POLICY IN VIETNAM, PRESS COVERAGE, CONGRESSIONAL REACTION; LBJ'S SPEECH IN LA; WALT ROSTOW; MCGEORGE BUNDY; SUPPORT FOR KHANH REGIME; HENRY CABOT LODGE, PAY INCREASE FOR SOLDIERS
Telephone conversation # 2618, sound recording, LBJ and WALKER STONE, 3/21/1964, 7:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ARTICLE IN CLEVELAND, OHIO, PRESS BY RICHARD MAHER ON RFK, NOMINATION FOR VP; STONE ASKS LBJ IF HE HAS SEEN RICHARD STARNES STORY; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECH TO UAW CONVENTION
Telephone conversation # 3542, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 5/28/1964, 1:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR HOUSE RULE ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ READS PRESS STORY ON REPUBLICAN ATTACKS ON POVERTY BILL; NEED FOR STATEMENT BY SARGENT SHRIVER ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ'S UPCOMING SPEECHES AT JOHNSON CITY HIGH SCHOOL, AT UT
Telephone conversation # 4231, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 7/14/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 3408, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/12/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF WARNING ABOUT PRESS BRIEFINGS, MENTIONS CUTTING OFF LIGHTS AT THE WH; NEED FOR REVISIONS IN SPEECH TO REMOVE ATTACK ON GEORGE WALLACE
Telephone conversation # 4428, sound recording, LBJ and LUTHER HODGES, 7/30/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET MEMBERS AND THOSE WHO MEET REGULARLY WITH CABINET FROM CONSIDERATION AS VP NOMINEE; NANCY DICKERSON BROADCAST ON JACQUELINE KENNEDY; PRESS STORY THAT LBJ WILL LOSE ALL STATES VISITED BY HODGES, LEROY
Telephone conversation # 4431, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/30/1964, 5:42PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS HIS PROPOSED STATEMENT EXCLUDING ALL CABINET MEMBERS, THOSE WHO MEET REGULARLY WITH CABINET, FROM CONSIDERATION AS VP NOMINEE; DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MEETING WITH RFK, PRESS STORIES ON SUPPORT FOR RFK BY EDWARD KENNEDY, JACQUELINE KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 4435, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH M. BARR, 7/30/1964, 5:54PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BARR'S FINDINGS ON PRESS STORIES ABOUT UAW SUPPORT FOR RFK, WHITE BACKLASH IN UNIONS; VOTER REGISTRATION DRIVES IN PHILADELPHIA, PITTSBURGH; MAYOR OF ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, HERMAN GOLDNER; LBJ'S STATEMENT ON VP NOMINATION, BARR'S SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 4438, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/30/1964, 6:03PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REEDY INFORMS LBJ THAT THE PRESS ARE IN THE FISH ROOM FOR HIS STATEMENT ON VP NOMINATION
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 # 4442, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER LIPPMANN, 7/30/1964, 6:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS HIS STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET MEMBERS, THOSE WHO MEET REGULARLY WITH CABINET, FROM VP NOMINATION; AP POLL OF DELEGATES ON CHOICE FOR VP; RFK; LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT TODAY ON FIRST ANNIVERSARY OF TEST BAN TREATY
Telephone conversation # 4456, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN REYNOLDS, 7/31/1964, 5:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • REYNOLDS EXPRESSES SUPPORT OF LBJ AND STATEMENT EXCLUDING CABINET MEMBERS FROM VP NOMINATION, ASKS FOR GUIDANCE FOR POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT HHH; LBJ DISCUSSES REASONS FOR MAKING STATEMENT, VARIOUS CANDIDATES, DEMOCRATIC SUPPORT FOR HIS