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  • AprillS,2008 Reference No. 12916 Processing Note There is no recording to go with this transcript. DATE: 4/10/68 TIME: 4:06 PM CALLER: Drew Pearson Pages ofTranscript: 3 pages Barbara Cline Archivist . '... ~· .. ·~-., I
  • 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
  • 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
  • "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
  • "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 # 3811, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and RALPH MCGILL, 6/22/1964, time unknown
  • 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 # 12506, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE CHRISTIAN, 12/11/1967, time unknown
  • "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
  • 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
  • FARM BILL IN HOUSE, COTTON AND WHEAT SECTIONS; LBJ INSTRUCTS FELDMAN TO CONTACT TEXTILE LOBBY FOR NEEDED VOTES; POSSIBLE TIMING CONFLICTS WITH CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE; UPI PRESS STORY ON FARM BILL
  • CALL PRECEDED BY LBJ ASKING TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO MYER FELDMAN WHO IS UNAVAILABLE, THEN RALPH DUNGAN; CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP OR IN DAILY DIARY; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS
  • LBJ ASKS FOR ADVICE ABOUT TIMING OF SIGNING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; NEED TO HAVE REPUBLICAN LEADERSHIP AT CEREMONY BEFORE THEY LEAVE FOR CONVENTION; CONCERNS ABOUT POSSIBLE VIOLENCE AFTER SIGNING; NEED FOR SUPPORT OF LEROY COLLINS
  • LBJ GIVES REEDY GUIDANCE ON WHAT TO TELL PRESS ABOUT CABINET MEETING ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNING; CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY RFK ABOUT POSSIBLE VIOLENCE AFTER SIGNING
  • ITEMS FOR PRESS BRIEFING: SST ANNOUNCEMENTS; GEORGE WALLACE, MARYLAND PRIMARY; LBJ'S ROANOKE, VIRGINIA TRIP; PRESS INQUIRIES ON POSSIBLE TRIP TO CHICAGO, ABSENCE OF RICHARD DALEY AT TIME OF TRIP; EFFECT OF WALLACE VOTE ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
  • POSSIBLE SOUTHERN WALKOUT IF MFDP SEATED, ADVERSE TV COVERAGE; SMATHERS ASKS LBJ TO THANK SPESSARD HOLLAND FOR HIS VOTE ON BILL TO SUSPEND FCC EQUAL TIME RULE FOR DEBATES; APPOINTMENT OF LINTON COLLINS; MARTIN ANDERSEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT ORLANDO AFB
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "(RET. HIS CALL-NYC)"; GOLDBERG ON HOLD 0:30, DIFFICULT TO HEAR; TELETYPE AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • KATZENBACH ON HOLD 1:00; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; EMANUEL CELLER IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • CONFIRMATION OF JAMES COLEMAN TO 5TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS; KATZENBACH'S TALK WITH DREW PEARSON ABOUT APPOINTMENT; COLEMAN'S PAST REMARKS ON SEGREGATION; TIMING OF CONFIRMATION HEARINGS, HOUSE VOTE ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; DANNY KAYE VISIT
  • "SUMMARIZED"; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT TIMES; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING
  • DISCUSSION OF WHETHER LBJ SHOULD OPEN WH CONFERENCE ON CIVIL RIGHTS "TO FULFILL THESE RIGHTS"; LBJ EXPRESSES DISMAY ABOUT ATTITUDE OF FLOYD MCKISSICK AND SNCC, ITS EFFECT ON HOUSING LEGISLATION; NEGATIVE MOOD AT CONFERENCE; TIMING OF SPEECHES BY LBJ
  • 0:40 OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH A. J. MOON, NOY SPARKS, DELBERT ALLEN, WILLIAM HENDERSON AT TIME OF CALL
  • TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • LBJ IS MEETING WITH JAKE JACOBSEN AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "#2"; "(TRANS)"; LBJ ASKS OFFICE SECRETARY TO HAVE SOMEONE ADJUST OFFICE TEMPERATURE; BERNARD BARUCH IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND SPEAKS WITH MCCORMACK; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • "#6"; 1:30 OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS, MLK PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH JACK VALENTI AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ APPARENTLY ON SPEAKERPHONE; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994 AS TWO SEPARATE RECORDINGS
  • "#6"; "CALLS ON CHRISTMAS NIGHT-APPROX. 6 OR 7 CALLS"; "'MERRY CHRISTMAS' CALLS"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; 0:49 CONVERSATION BETWEEN SIGNAL CORPS OPERATORS, OFFICE SECRETARY PRECEDES CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; LBJ TALKED TO MOYERS AT 9:30A AND 9:25P ON 3/9/64; SLIP LISTS CALL AT 9:30, BUT CONTEXT OF CONVERSATION INDICATES THAT THIS CALL WAS IN THE EVENING; FORMERLY CLOSED IN PART - C
  • RFK REPORTS ON TRIP TO POLAND, MISQUOTES IN NEWSWEEK ARTICLE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS EFFORTS TO DIVIDE LBJ, RFK; RFK EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT POSSIBLE VIOLENCE IF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL SIGNED ON EVE OF JULY 4 WEEKEND; LBJ GIVES REASONS FOR TIMING
  • CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP OR DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; LBJ ALSO SPEAKS WITH MOYERS; CONTENT INDICATES CALL TOOK PLACE ON 3/10/65; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS
  • "B.1B" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; CALL NOT LISTED ON SLIP OR DIARY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LBJ ALSO SPEAKS WITH BILL MOYERS; CONTENT INDICATES CALL TOOK PLACE ON 3/10/65; TIME FROM WH OPS LOGS
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY; FIRST PORTION OF ORIGINAL DICTABELT APPARENTLY CONTAINED RECORDING OF TWO DIFFERENT CONVERSATIONS; FRANK VALEO IS MEETING WITH O'BRIEN AT TIME OF CALL
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "(RET. HIS CALL)"; DAVID ALBERT IS MEETING WITH HIS FATHER CARL ALBERT AT TIME OF CALL; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • SLIP AND DAILY DIARY INCORRECTLY LIST CALLER AS WILLIAM CAHILL; WH OPS LOGS AND CONTENT OF CALL INDICATE CALLER IS KEOGH; ROSTENKOWSKI IS MEETING WITH KEOGH AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING AND ON NEXT RECORDING; DURING CONVERSATION LBJ SPEAKS TO MARVIN WATSON WHO IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; WATSON IS NOT AUDIBLE
  • DALEY IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; TV OR RADIO PLAYING IN BACKGROUND AT TIMES; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • "SUMMARIZED"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING