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Telephone conversation # 650, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GRONOUSKI, 12/23/1963, 12:15PM (Item)
  • "#2"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMER STAATS, KERMIT GORDON, MYER FELDMAN AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO CUT POST OFFICE BUDGET, SAYS HE WANTS TO APPOINT TYLER ABELL AS ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL, DISCUSSES ABELL'S BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATIONS; POSTAL UNIONS' PRESSURE FOR FEDERAL PAY RAISE; NEED FOR POST OFFICE TO OPERATE
Telephone conversation # 5267, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 8/30/1964, 4:55PM (Item)
  • INFORMING PRESS OF HHH'S DEPARTURE TIME FROM RANCH; EVENTS TOMORROW: SIGNING FOOD STAMP BILL, LBJ'S TELEPHONE CALL TO PLASTERERS' UNION; QUESTION OF HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW; GEORGE REEDY'S RESIGNATION, PLANS TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC
Telephone conversation # 10450, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • CALIFANO ON HOLD 0:22; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ARTHUR KRIM, CLIFTON CARTER, MARVIN WATSON AT TIME OF CALL
  • UPDATE ON AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; RELUCTANCE OF CARRIERS TO SETTLE; GARDNER ACKLEY'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT STATEMENT'S EFFECT ON UNION, P. L. SIEMILLER; TERMS OF OTHER RECENT
Telephone conversation # 8164, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 6/21/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "BILL MOYERS AND THE VICE PRESIDENT"; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY INCORRECTLY LIST TIME AS 10:55A; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ SPEAKS WITH HHH FOLLOWING HHH'S CONVERSATION WITH MOYERS
  • MOYERS READS LIFE MAGAZINE STORY TO HHH QUOTING HHH AS SAYING HE WILL ATTEND UNION MEETING DESPITE JOHN CONNALLY'S OPPOSITION; HHH DENIES STORY; HHH REPORTS TO LBJ ON TRIP WITH ASTRONAUTS TO FRANCE; DEGAULLE'S COMMENTS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  • Telephone conversation # 8164, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 6/21/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 649, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 12/23/1963, 12:00PM (Item)
  • "#2"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMER STAATS, KERMIT GORDON, MYER FELDMAN AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ QUESTIONS HELLER ABOUT EFFECT OF TAX CUT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT BOONDOGGLE PROJECTS IN POVERTY PROGRAM, REMINISCES ABOUT NYA, TELLS HELLER TO TALK TO PRESS AND EXPRESS OPTIMISM ABOUT ECONOMY
Telephone conversation # 10011, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 4/3/1966, 9:22AM (Item)
  • "BM=SECY WIRTZ=PRES PRIOR TO 10 AM MEET" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS CALL ON 4/6/66 AT 9:18A; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE IS 4/3/66; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CHILD IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • WIRTZ READS PROPOSED WH STATEMENT AND CABLE FROM LBJ ON ENDING BLFE UNION RAILROAD STRIKE, REVIEWS COURT ACTION; LBJ QUESTIONS NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION; COMPARISON WITH NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM; JOHN MCCORMACK'S
Telephone conversation # 3355, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 5/6/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AT LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT RAILROAD NEGOTIATIONS, NEW YORK PLUMBERS UNION STRIKE PROTESTING HIRING PUERTO RICANS, NEGRO AT GEORGE MEANY'S HOME LOCAL UNION; COAL MINERS AND RESIDUAL OIL
Telephone conversation # 11317, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 1/7/1967, 10:55AM (Item)
  • "RE NIGHT BEST FOR TV STATE OF UNION ADDRESS"; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE DICTABELT DUE TO POOR SOUND QUALITY; STANTON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL; PAY RAISE FOR POSTAL WORKERS; PROPOSED POSTAL RATE INCREASE; SCHEDULING NIGHTTIME STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CONFLICTS WITH OTHER CONGRESSIONAL EVENTS; DISRUPTION TO TV PROGRAMS; TELEVISING PRESS
Telephone conversation # 2185, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES REYNOLDS, 2/25/1964, 11:06AM (Item)
  • REYNOLDS REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS ON LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE CONCERNING WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR; LANE KIRKLAND; GEORGE MEANY; WILLARD WIRTZ; CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS COVERAGE
Telephone conversation # 2189, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS JOHNSON, 2/25/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE ABOUT US WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR; GEORGE MEANY; LBJ'S DESIRE TO KEEP JFK'S AGREEMENTS; CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS COVERAGE OF DISPUTE; LABOR DEPT, COMMERCE DEPT POSITIONS; NICHOLAS JOHNSON'S AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION
Telephone conversation # 3113, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 4/23/1964, 12:01PM (Item)
  • PRESS STORY ON NEW YORK CENTRAL LABOR STRIKE; RAILROAD DISPUTE SETTLEMENT; CHARLES LUNA; LBJ'S MEETING WITH RAILROAD UNION LEADERS THIS MORNING
Telephone conversation # 3627, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 6/4/1964, 6:15PM (Item)
  • PROPOSED DISCUSSION ON REDUCING AUTO PRICES WITH FREDERIC DONNER AT ERHARD DINNER; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS; US NEWS & WORLD REPORT INTERVIEW WITH HELLER; LABOR STATISTICS; TAX CUTS; APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR OKUN TO CEA; BUILDING TRADE UNIONS WAGE SETTLEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 4435, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH M. BARR, 7/30/1964, 5:54PM (Item)
  • 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 # 5276, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 8/31/1964, 9:19AM (Item)
  • KILDUFF ASKS LBJ ABOUT RELEASE OF STATEMENT ON SIGNING FOOD STAMP BILL; DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC, AND FOR RELEASE OF LBJ'S TELEPHONE REMARKS TO PLASTERERS' UNION
Telephone conversation # 5963, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 10/24/1964, 7:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS KNIGHT'S OPINION OF UAW SETTLEMENT IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH GM PRIOR TO ISSUING STATEMENT URGING UNION MEMBERS TO ACCEPT PROPOSAL; KNIGHT MENTIONS THAT IT IS HIS BIRTHDAY; LBJ INVITES KNIGHT TO PLAY GOLF WITH HIM FOLLOWING THE ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 7325, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNOR, 4/7/1965, 10:10AM (Item)
  • COMMERCE DEPT APPOINTMENTS; NICHOLAS JOHNSON'S TROUBLES WITH MARITIME UNIONS, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO FAA; SST; LLOYD CUTLER AS CIA DIRECTOR; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE US TOURISM; APPALACHIA; HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA; UPPER
Telephone conversation # 8841, sound recording, LBJ and I.W. ABEL, 9/5/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • ABEL TELLS LBJ THAT UNION'S WAGE POLICY COMMITTEE HAS RATIFIED THE STEEL SETTLEMENT; ABEL CONGRATULATES LBJ ON FAST WORK ON "CALIFORNIA PROBLEM"; LBJ INVITES ABEL TO WH DINNER LATER THIS MONTH, TELLS HIM TO PUT OUT PRESS STATEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 8907, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 9/30/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF HOUSE VERSION OF FEDERAL EMPLOYEES PAY RAISE WHICH EXCEEDS FEDERAL WAGE GUIDELINES; POSSIBLE VETO; LBJ ASKS MCCORMACK TO WORK ON COMPROMISE; PRESS STORIES ABOUT LBJ'S ARM-TWISTING OF CONGRESS; UNION INFLUENCE
Telephone conversation # 9647, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/19/1966, 1:50PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE FUTURE TROOP COMMITMENTS IN VIETNAM; OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY BY LABOR LEADERS JACOB POTOFSKY, WALTER REUTHER; LBJ READS REPORT ON BATTLE AT AN KHE, VIETNAM; MARITIME UNION RESOLUTION ON BOYCOTTING SHIPS; TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B; WAGE
Telephone conversation # 9658, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1966, 10:34AM (Item)
  • "RE UNION MATTERS (DUBINSKY)"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 9659, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1966, 10:34AM (Item)
  • "RE UNION MATTERS (DUBINSKY)"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 10453, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 9:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON AIRLINE STRIKE SETTLEMENT; GARDNER ACKLEY'S VIEWS ON STATEMENT; LBJ QUESTIONS ECONOMIC FIGURES IN SETTLEMENT; WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT STATEMENTS BY P. L. SIEMILLER, WILLIAM CURTIN ON SETTLEMENT; CONCERNS ABOUT UNION
Telephone conversation # 10456, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 7/29/1966, 9:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS MORSE THAT SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED ON AIRLINE STRIKE, READS STATEMENT, DISCUSSES ECONOMIC EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT; CONCERN THAT UNION WILL NOT RATIFY AGREEMENT IF PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE IS HIGHLIGHTED; COMPARISON WITH OTHER RECENT
Telephone conversation # 9467, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 1/10/1966, 8:55AM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS ON NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON COMPULSORY ARBITRATION FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES; LBJ DISCUSSES CONSULTING PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON LABOR-MANAGEMENT POLICY; STATE OF THE UNION
Telephone conversation # 11176, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 12/21/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • WH POLICY ON EMPLOYMENT OF FORMER WH STAFF MEMBERS; LBJ LETTER CONCERNING STRIKE AT UNION CARBIDE PLANT; LBJ TELLS CALIFANO TO MEET WITH HARRY MCPHERSON; PRESS LEAKS TO CLARK MOLLENHOFF; RICHARD GOODWIN
Telephone conversation # 6720, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/11/1965, 10:21AM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; AGE FACTOR; NEED TO OBTAIN RFK'S APPROVAL; WILLIAM VANDEN HEUVEL AS NEW YORK POVERTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR; NEWSWEEK STORY ON KENNEDYS' REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; SARAH HUGHES
Telephone conversation # 6736, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 1/15/1965, 12:06PM (Item)
  • MLK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY FOR GREAT SOCIETY BILLS; IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHTS; MLK ASKS LBJ TO APPOINT NEGRO TO CABINET; LBJ'S PLAN TO MAKE HUD A CABINET POST, APPOINT [ROBERT] WEAVER; APPOINTMENTS OF NEGROES