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Folder, "Ex LE/HU 2-7, 11/22/63 - 9/3/65 [LEGISLATION - VOTING RIGHTS]," WHCF LE, Box 66 (Item)
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Telephone conversation # 2017, sound recording, LARRY O'BRIEN and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 2/10/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 2017, sound recording, LARRY O'BRIEN and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 2/10/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 3924, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 6/26/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 3924, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 6/26/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 359, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/9/1963, 3:56PM (Item)
  • "#3"; "(TRANS)"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • O'BRIEN SAYS THERE ARE 125 SIGNATURES ON HOUSE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL DISCHARGE PETITION; EFFORTS TO REACH TEXAS CONGRESSMEN; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF SENATE VOTE ON EDUCATION BILLS; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS TO MEET WITH JOSEPH CLARK, ANY OTHERS O'BRIEN
Telephone conversation # 2127, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 2/19/1964, 5:55PM (Item)
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; RE-RECORDED ON REF #2128
  • LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED TO PASS FARM BILL IN SENATE, COMPLAINS ABOUT SENATE OPERATIONS; HHH; ALLEN ELLENDER'S OPPOSITION TO COTTON PROVISIONS OF FARM BILL; TAX BILL; TIMING OF FARM BILL AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; STORIES IN PRESS
Telephone conversation # 2128, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 2/19/1964, 5:55PM (Item)
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; RE-RECORD OF REF #2127
  • LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED TO PASS FARM BILL IN SENATE, COMPLAINS ABOUT SENATE OPERATIONS; HHH; ALLEN ELLENDER'S OPPOSITION TO COTTON PROVISIONS OF FARM BILL; TAX BILL; TIMING OF FARM BILL AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; STORIES IN PRESS
Telephone conversation # 3030, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 4/14/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 3030, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 4/14/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 2592, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and SARGENT SHRIVER, 3/21/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 2592, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and SARGENT SHRIVER, 3/21/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 4116, sound recording, LBJ and CLARE BOOTHE LUCE, 7/2/1964, 10:25AM (Item)
  • "CIVIL RIGHTS LEG."; "FR BEDROOM" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • LUCE EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT LBJ'S SIGNING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL ON JULY 4; LBJ EXPLAINS BACKGROUND, TIMING OF PASSAGE OF BILL, SIGNING CEREMONY, PRESS DISTORTIONS; LUCE ASKS LADY BIRD JOHNSON FOR AN INTERVIEW, SAYS SHE WILL ATTEND BOTH CONVENTIONS
Telephone conversation # 4129, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 7/2/1964, 1:44PM (Item)
  • "LEGISLATION"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH BILL MOYERS AT TIME OF CALL
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING CEREMONY IN ORDER TO GET BEST TV COVERAGE; LBJ PUTS REEDY ON HOLD TO CONSULT WITH WALTER JENKINS BUT DOES NOT GET BACK TO HIM
Telephone conversation # 4134, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and CARL ALBERT, 7/2/1964, 2:10PM (Item)
  • "LEGISLATION"; SLIP INDICATES TIME OF CALL AS 2:10P; DAILY DIARY INDICATES TIME OF CALL AS 2:05P
Telephone conversation # 3811, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and RALPH MCGILL, 6/22/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 3811, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and RALPH MCGILL, 6/22/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 3678, sound recording, LBJ and ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, 6/11/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 3678, sound recording, LBJ and ADAM CLAYTON POWELL, 6/11/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 4679, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 8/4/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 4679, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 8/4/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 5027, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/19/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JAMES FARMER, ROY WILKINS, JOHN LEWIS, A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, MLK, WHITNEY YOUNG AT TIME OF CALL
  • REEDY REVIEWS PRESS STATEMENT ON RELEASE OF AUDIT OF JOHNSON FAMILY FINANCES; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT DEFEAT OF BILL SUSPENDING FCC EQUAL TIME RULE TO ALLOW PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES; NORRIS COTTON
Telephone conversation # 7116, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 3/18/1965, 6:25PM (Item)
  • HENRY "JOE" FOWLER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • LBJ, RIBICOFF DISCUSS FINDINGS OF RECENT CONNECTICUT POLL; RIBICOFF PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH TO CONGRESS ON VOTING RIGHTS AS ONE OF GREATEST SPEECHES OF ALL TIME; LBJ TELLS RIBICOFF HE HAS NOMINATED HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY; KENNEDY
Telephone conversation # 8817, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 8817, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 8818, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 8818, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/2/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 10043, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN PASTORE, 4/20/1966, 5:31PM (Item)
  • DAILY DIARY LISTS TIME AS 5:11P; OFFICE SECRETARY ASKS LBJ IF SHE CAN BRING IN SOMETHING
  • PASTORE REPORTS ON MARKUP ON UNNAMED BILL (RENT SUPPLEMENTS APPROPRIATION?) IN SENATE COMMITTEE; DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF COMMITTEE VOTE WITH LBJ'S MESSAGE TO CONGRESS (ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL?) AND SUBSEQUENT HEARING BEFORE EMANUEL CELLER'S COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 7625, sound recording, HUBERT HUMPHREY and EDWARD KENNEDY, 5/11/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • HHH ON HOLD 0:50; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; HART IS MEETING WITH KENNEDY AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • Telephone conversation # 7625, sound recording, HUBERT HUMPHREY and EDWARD KENNEDY, 5/11/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 9853, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 3/8/1966, 12:44PM (Item)
  • "RE LABOR MATTERS, WAGES, ETC."; MCCORMACK ON HOLD 0:36; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH LEE WHITE AT TIME OF CALL; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL AND JOHN DENT ARE MEETING WITH MCCORMACK AT TIME OF CALL
  • ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON TIMING, RATE OF MINIMUM WAGE INCREASES IN PENDING BILL; POSITION OF DAVID DUBINSKY, JACOB POTOFSKY; CONCERNS ABOUT INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF INCREASE IN 1967; LBJ INVITES POWELL TO ANDREW BRIMMER'S SWEARING-IN; POVERTY
Telephone conversation # 9491, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/13/1966, 4:51PM (Item)
  • "NYC"; "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP LISTS TIME AS 5:50P; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; WILKINS ON HOLD 1:20; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MARVIN WATSON, ROBERT WEAVER, ROBERT WOOD, LOUIS MARTIN AT TIME OF CALL; WATSON ANSWERS TELEPHONE, GIVES CALL TO LBJ
Telephone conversation # 2052, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/11/1964, 5:32PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE AND CONFERENCE REPORT ON TAX BILL; SOUTHERN DEMOCRATS AND POSSIBLE FILIBUSTER OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 2812, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/1/1964, 2:36PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF ALASKA EARTHQUAKE RELIEF IN CONGRESS AND POSSIBLE CONFLICT IN TIMING WITH CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE
Telephone conversation # 4808, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 8/7/1964, 3:01PM (Item)
  • "(LEGISLATION-POVERTY-VIETNAM)"; MCCORMACK IS MEETING WITH HARRY SHEPPARD, BERNIE SISK, CECIL KING AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • PARLIAMENTARY DELAYING TACTICS ON POVERTY BILL; ROBERT JONES; CHARLES HALLECK; CLIFFORD DAVIS' DEFEAT IN TENNESSEE PRIMARY; TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; ED FOREMAN'S SPEECH CRITICIZING TIMING OF LBJ'S TONKIN GULF ADDRESS; GALLUP POLL; LBJ GREETS
Telephone conversation # 5649, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 5649, sound recording, LBJ and OFFICE CONVERSATION, 9/24/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 9810, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 3/1/1966, 7:15PM (Item)
  • MARVIN WATSON IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND ANSWERS THE TELEPHONE; RECORDING OF CONVERSATION IS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED IN MIDDLE OF THE CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 12506, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE CHRISTIAN, 12/11/1967, time unknown (Item)
  • Telephone conversation # 12506, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE CHRISTIAN, 12/11/1967, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 12807, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/12/1968, 5:36PM (Item)
  • "3-13-68"; "RE GOLD BILL & LEGISLATION"; "SUMMARIZED"; "FROM BEDROOM MARCH 13, 1968" AND "LISTENED TO-YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; TV OR RADIO AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 643, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE PICKLE, 12/21/1963, 8:25PM (Item)
  • "#4"; POOR SOUND QUALITY; WALTER JENKINS IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
Telephone conversation # 259, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID MCDONALD, 12/3/1963, 12:10PM (Item)
  • "#2"; "(RETURNING HIS CALL)"; "TRANS"; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MLK AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
Telephone conversation # 283, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/4/1963, 6:08PM (Item)
  • #3"; OFFICE CONVERSATION AND MACHINE NOISE PRECEDE CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JACK VALENTI, GEORGE BROWN, FRANK STANTON AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
Telephone conversation # 358, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/9/1963, 3:35PM (Item)
  • "#3"; "(TRANS)"; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH REPRESENTATIVES FROM NATIONAL COUNCIL OF CHURCHES AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
Telephone conversation # 190, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 11/30/1963, 1:30PM (Item)
  • "#2"; "THERE IS A BREAK-THEN A RETURN TO CONVERSATION"; "(TRANSCRIBED)"; LBJ IS MEETING WITH FRANK IKARD AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING OF ANDERSON CALL IS INTERRUPTED BY OFFICE SECRETARY, THEN RESUMES; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993
Telephone conversation # 361, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 12/9/1963, 4:05PM (Item)
  • "#3"; "(TRANS)"; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH MCGEORGE BUNDY AT TIME OF CALL; OFFICE CONVERSATION BETWEEN LBJ AND BUNDY ABOUT POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL DAVID SHOUP PRECEDES CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994 AS TWO RECORDINGS
Telephone conversation # 457, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 12/12/1963, 4:50PM (Item)
  • DILLON SAYS HE WILL PROBABLY NOT MAKE PLANNED TRIP BECAUSE OF TAX BILL; LBJ'S DISTRESS ABOUT SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S DELAYS; RUSSELL LONG'S AMENDMENT; COFFEE AGREEMENT; TIMING OF TAX, CIVIL RIGHTS BILLS; LBJ'S DISAPPROVAL OF CABINET TRIP TO JAPAN
Telephone conversation # 731, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 12/25/1963, 8:33PM (Item)
  • "7"; "'MERRY CHRISTMAS' CALLS ON DEC. 25, 1963 BY PRES."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DOES NOT SPEAK ON THIS RECORDING; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
Telephone conversation # 818, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 12/30/1963, 1:25PM (Item)
  • "#25"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; ALBERT IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
Telephone conversation # 1709, sound recording, LBJ and MARSHALL MCNEIL, 1/31/1964, 9:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF FOREIGN POLICY; PANAMA; SHOOTDOWN OF T-39 AIRPLANE IN EAST GERMANY; LBJ LISTS NUMBER OF TIMES HE HAS MET WITH RUSK, MCNAMARA, MCCONE, JCS; DISCUSSION OF SENATE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL FILIBUSTER; LBJ INVITES TROHAN, SCRIPPS, THE MCNEILS
Telephone conversation # 2020, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 2/10/1964, 8:38PM (Item)
  • LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE AT BEGINNING OF CONVERSATION; CELLER IS MEETING WITH MCCORMACK AT TIME OF CALL