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Telephone conversation # 2602, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/21/1964, 4:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON TENNESSEE, FLORIDA STRIKE SITUATIONS; LBJ PRAISES WIRTZ' RECENT TV APPEARANCE; POSSIBLE TRIP BY LBJ, WIRTZ, TO UNEMPLOYMENT OFFICES IN WHEELING, PITTSBURGH, SOUTH BEND; GEORGE REEDY AS PRESS SECRETARY; WOMEN APPOINTEES; BESSIE
Telephone conversation # 5012, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 8/18/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • "PRESS CONFERENCE 11:40-11:56"; SOUND QUALITY IS VERY POOR, PORTIONS INAUDIBLE; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • Press relations
  • Telephone conversation # 5012, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 8/18/1964, 11:40AM
  • PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 11204, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/26/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON ADVERSE PORTRAYAL OF LBJ IN WILLIAM MANCHESTER'S BOOK; LBJ DISCUSSES RESIGNATIONS OF WH STAFF; POSSIBLE RESPONSE TO PRESS ABOUT NEWSWEEK ARTICLE; ROWLAND EVANS' STORY ON GEORGE MEANY'S MEETING WITH LBJ; MARVIN WATSON; PRESS SOURCES
Telephone conversation # 5267, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 8/30/1964, 4:55PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 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 # 6461, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 11/23/1964, 7:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MARTIN REPORTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING FRB DECISION TO RAISE US DISCOUNT RATE IN RESPONSE TO RAISE IN UK RATE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS, US BANK REACTION; STATUS OF US ECONOMY; POSSIBLE STEEL, AUTO STRIKES; ANTICIPATED STRONG CHRISTMAS RETAIL
Telephone conversation # 6471, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SIGMA DELTA CHI ARTICLE CRITICIZING WH PRESS RELATIONS; PRESS COVERAGE OF RICHARD RUSSELL VISIT; LBJ'S MEETINGS WITH RUSSELL ON PROJECT 100,000 FOR DRAFT REJECTEES, CONGO CRISIS; CRITICISM OF RUSSELL'S USE OF GOVT PLANE TO RETURN FOR MEETING
Telephone conversation # 5502, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 9/5/1964, 3:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 9843, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK W. ERWIN, 3/7/1966, 10:30AM (Item)
  • "SECY WIRTZ'S OFC"; "RE LABOR FIGURES ON PRESS RELEASES"
  • Press relations
  • LBJ SUGGESTS LANGUAGE FOR LABOR DEPT PRESS BRIEFING TOMORROW ON DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; LBJ SAYS TO BALANCE THIS NEWS BY STRESSING CONTINUING HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT FOR NEGROES, YOUTH, WOMEN AND NEED TO CONTINUE TO CREATE JOBS FOR NEW WORKERS
Telephone conversation # 522, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 12/17/1963, 7:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WIRTZ REPORTS THAT POTENTIAL RAILROAD AND AIRLINE STRIKES HAVE BEEN SETTLED; LBJ CONGRATULATES WIRTZ; DISCUSSION OF PRESS HANDLING OF SETTLEMENTS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPRENTICE TRAINING REGULATIONS
Telephone conversation # 1967, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 2/8/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES USIA FILM; PRESS STORY ON BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; WALTER REUTHER'S DEMANDS FOR WAGE INCREASES; GENERAL MOTORS; REPUBLICAN CANDIDATES: GOLDWATER, ROCKEFELLER, NIXON, SCRANTON; SALE OF LOCKHEED PLANE
Telephone conversation # 2121, sound recording, LBJ and ALEX ROSE, 2/19/1964, 1:11PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORIES ON LBJ; NYT; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON PROPOSED TRIP TO POVERTY-STRICKEN AREAS OF NYC TO INCREASE SUPPORT FOR POVERTY BILL; COMPARISON WITH FDR TRIPS; LBJ COMMENTS ON ACCUSATIONS OF COMMERCIALIZING PRESIDENCY; WILLIAM WEXLER?; DAVID DUBINSKY
Telephone conversation # 2678, sound recording, LBJ and SHERMAN BIRDWELL, 3/27/1964, 3:11PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS BIRDWELL HE HAS SIGNED RESOLUTION PROVIDING UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS FOR EX-SERVICEMEN AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES; BIRDWELL ADVISES LBJ TO ISSUE A PRESS RELEASE
Telephone conversation # 2679, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 3/27/1964, 3:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ GIVES REEDY INFORMATION FOR PRESS BRIEFING: SIGNING BILLS, AFTERNOON ACTIVITIES, RIDING AROUND THE RANCH; LBJ INSTRUCTS REEDY TO ANNOUNCE SIGNING OF UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION FOR EX-SERVICEMEN AND FEDERAL EMPLOYEES
Telephone conversation # 2964, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 4/9/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; POSSIBLE NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION; REACTIONS OF OREN HARRIS, JOHN PASTORE, PHIL HART; PRESS STORIES ON REPUBLICAN ACTION IN HOUSE; H. R. GROSS; CEA EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC EFFECTS
Telephone conversation # 3947, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 6/29/1964, 3:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DALEY EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LBJ INVITES DALEY, WIFE TO WH; LBJ REPORTS ON MISSISSIPPI SITUATION, VIETNAM; 1964 CAMPAIGN; BARRY GOLDWATER; ISSUES IN ILLINOIS, UNEMPLOYMENT, MODERNIZATION; CIVIL RIGHTS; INFLUENCE OF PRESS; VP SELECTION; POVERTY
Telephone conversation # 4461, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 7/31/1964, 8:02PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • O'BRIEN'S POVERTY BILL REPORT; SHRIVER'S MORE POSITIVE REPORT; CHARLES HALLECK'S OPPOSITION; PRESS, LABOR, STAN MUSIAL'S HELP ON BILL; COST PER PERSON OF JOB CORPS; UPCOMING SPEECHES; DEMOCRATIC PLATFORM; REACTION TO LBJ'S VP STATEMENT; RFK SENATE
Telephone conversation # 4839, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/9/1964, 8:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED FOR SENATE TO CONCUR ON HOUSE POVERTY BILL TO AVOID CONFERENCE; PHIL LANDRUM'S RE-ELECTION; STEEL PRICES; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RALPH YARBOROUGH; MEDICARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; DNC AND LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; VOTER REGISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 5113, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/21/1964, 8:56PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 5837, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 10/3/1964, 8:48PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 5613, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/19/1964, 2:27PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT KATZENBACH'S MOTHER, PRAISES HIS RECENT TELEVISED SPEECH, ASKS HIM TO MAKE OTHER APPEARANCES TO DISCUSS CRIME-FIGHTING EFFORTS, ADDRESS LABOR'S FEARS OF CIVIL RIGHTS ACT CAUSING LOSS OF JOBS TO NEGROES; PRESS REPORTS OF CABINET
Telephone conversation # 6470, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON CONGO RESCUE OPERATION; REBEL ATTACKS ON WHITES; APPARENT DEATH OF MISSIONARY PAUL CARLSON; US, AFRICAN REACTION TO US ROLE; MAXWELL TAYLOR INTERVIEW ON VIETNAM POLICY; STEEL PRICE INCREASE; SIGMA DELTA CHI STORY ON WH PRESS
Telephone conversation # 6626, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/31/1964, 10:46AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF MISUNDERSTANDING ABOUT ORVILLE FREEMAN'S PRESS ANNOUNCEMENT ON CLOSING AGRICULTURE RESEARCH STATIONS; POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL REACTION
Telephone conversation # 6627, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/31/1964, 10:46AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PREVIOUS UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS BY FREEMAN TO CLOSE UNNECESSARY STATIONS, CONGRESSIONAL REACTION; CUTS IN COTTON, WHEAT, RICE, FEED GRAINS PRICE SUPPORTS; LIQUID ASSETS OF REA COOPS; PRESS LEAK TO ROWLAND EVANS; FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION IN NASHVILLE
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 # 7165, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 3/26/1965, 9:27AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WHITE REPORTS ON CALL TO ANTHONY LIUZZO, WIDOWER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKER VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ TELLS WHITE TO SUPPLY MORE ITEMS TO PRESS; HARRY MCPHERSON; NEED TO APPOINT CALIFORNIAN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR; STEWART UDALL
Telephone conversation # 7167, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 3/26/1965, 9:36AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES QUESTION OF HIS TELEPHONING ANTHONY LIUZZO, WIDOWER OF VIOLA LIUZZO; HOOVER DISCUSSES ANTHONY LIUZZO'S TEAMSTER BACKGROUND, ADVISES LBJ TO HAVE LEE WHITE CALL HIM; PROGRESS OF INVESTIGATION; KKK; PRESS HANDLING OF ANNOUNCEMENT
Telephone conversation # 8835, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 9/3/1965, 4:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CALIFANO REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON PROGRESS IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; LABOR'S CONCERN ABOUT PRESS LEAK OF SETTLEMENT DETAILS; QUESTION OF ANNOUNCING SETTLEMENT IN TIME TO MAKE EVENING NEWS; GOODWIN'S WORK ON DRAFT STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 8838, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/3/1965, 7:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON STEEL SETTLEMENT, TELLS HIM THAT GOVT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, REPORTS ON US CASUALTY; LBJ REPORTS ON RECORD STOCK MARKET; UK MONETARY SITUATION; LBJ TELLS BUNDY TO GIVE PRESS BACKGROUNDERS ON DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 8841, sound recording, LBJ and I.W. ABEL, 9/5/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 8675, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 8/30/1965, 3:37PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS MORSE TO PUT BILL MOYERS' PRESS STATEMENTS ON STEEL NEGOTIATIONS IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD; MORSE TELLS LBJ HE WILL DO SO
Telephone conversation # 9191, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 11/28/1965, 10:29AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FOWLER'S BALANCE OF PAYMENTS MEMO; POSSIBLE BUSINESS COUNCIL BRIEFING, QUADRIAD MEETING; PRESS QUESTIONS ON ECONOMY, POSSIBLE INTEREST RATE INCREASE; FRB NOMINEE; DIRECT INVESTMENT PROGRAM; EFFECT OF ALUMINUM CRISIS ON BUSINESS SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 8315, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/8/1965, 1:19PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S EVALUATION OF CANDIDATE FOR USIA DIRECTOR; DEPUTY DIRECTOR, VOICE OF AMERICA VACANCIES; BILL MOYERS' APPOINTMENT AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH CALIFANO OR ADAM YARMOLINSKY TO WH STAFF; WH DOMESTIC POLICY
Telephone conversation # 10135, sound recording, LBJ and CARL SANDERS, 5/23/1966, 10:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • GEORGIA GOVERNOR'S RACE AND THREAT TO DEMOCRATIC PARTY THROUGHOUT SOUTH; LBJ DISCUSSES EFFECT OF CIVIL RIGHTS, ANTIWAR PROTESTS ON PUBLIC OPINION, COMMUNIST INFLUENCE ON PRESS IN VIETNAM
Telephone conversation # 9886, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/14/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH PALMER TO HEAD STATE DEPT BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS DESPITE CONGRESSIONAL, LABOR AND NEGRO COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR WAYNE FREDERICKS; LBJ SUGGESTS FREDERICKS BE OFFERED POST WITH AID, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 10737, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 9/10/1966, 12:33PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • POSSIBLE NYC SIGNING CEREMONY FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL; INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF BILL; COMPLICATIONS DUE TO NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE; LIBERAL PARTY AND FDR, JR.; CANDIDATES FOR US DELEGATION TO UN; PRESS STORY ON LBJ'S MEETING WITH JEWISH WAR
Telephone conversation # 10769, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 9/14/1966, 9:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC PARTY; LBJ DISCUSSES ADMINISTRATION'S PROGRESS IN ECONOMIC AREAS, USING PRESS TO PUBLICIZE ITS RECORD IN UPCOMING ELECTIONS; LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO SIGN INTERMEDIATE CREDIT BANK BILL; NEED TO RESTRICT FEDERAL
Telephone conversation # 10782, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/16/1966, 11:45AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS WIRTZ THAT ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS NEED TO COMBAT NEGATIVE PRESS AND SPREAD POSITIVE NEWS ABOUT US ECONOMY, INCREASED EMPLOYMENT AND PERSONAL INCOME; COMPARISON WITH ECONOMY DURING EISENHOWER ADMINISTRATION WHEN NATION WAS NOT AT WAR
Telephone conversation # 10543, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/3/1966, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, JACOB JAVITS ON CHANGES TO AIRLINE STRIKE BILL, THEIR REQUEST THAT KATZENBACH DRAFT BILL; CONTACTING STEEL COMPANIES ON PRICE INCREASE; NEGATIVE PRESS; FAVORABLE ACCOUNT BY WALTER CRONKITE
Telephone conversation # 10544, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/3/1966, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED TO GENERATE BETTER PRESS STORIES ON ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE