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Telephone conversation # 11637, sound recording, LBJ and EDMUND MUSKIE, 3/13/1967, 6:48PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT FOR JOHN REED; CANDIDATES FOR APPOINTMENT OF REPUBLICAN AS ASSISTANT TO FARRIS BRYANT; PRESS STORY ON SENATE DEMOCRATS' CONCERNS ABOUT ASSOCIATION WITH LBJ; MAINE POLITICS; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT 1957 CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 5013, 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 FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUATION OF PRESS CONFERENCE; LBJ ANSWERS QUESTIONS ON PLANS TO ATTEND DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, SIGNING CEREMONY FOR POVERTY BILL
  • Telephone conversation # 5013, sound recording, PRESS CONFERENCE (with LBJ), 8/18/1964, 11:40AM
  • PRESS CONFERENCE
Telephone conversation # 1538, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/25/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS; STORY ON POLL TAX AMENDMENT; BARRY GOLDWATER; PRESS AND BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; CYRUS VANCE; NEW JERSEY, NEW YORK POLITICS; CHARLES BUCKLEY; ROBERT WAGNER; ROBERT MEYNER; TED SORENSEN'S RESIGNATION TO WRITE BOOK
Telephone conversation # 1601, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 1/28/1964, 6:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES HHH ON INTERVIEWS, PRESS STORY ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AND TAX BILL; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR PRESS PUBLICITY FOR DEMOCRATIC POLICIES AND PROGRAMS; REPUBLICAN POLITICS; CYPRUS SITUATION; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION
Telephone conversation # 3480, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/20/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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
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 # 4956, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/15/1964, 2:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF SIGNING (POVERTY?) BILL; ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF SARGENT SHRIVER TO HEAD POVERTY PROGRAM; MOYERS RELAYS PRESS COMMENTS ON LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE; APPOINTMENTS OF SHRIVER'S DEPUTY, OTHER POVERTY PROGRAM APPOINTMENTS
Telephone conversation # 5027, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/19/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 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 # 7184, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/30/1965, 9:12AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • VULNERABILITY OF US EMBASSY IN SAIGON; US RESPONSE TO EMBASSY BOMBING; REQUEST FOR MORE AIRCRAFT IN THAILAND; CASUALTIES; MILITARY SUPPLIES; BOMBING TARGETS; PUBLIC INFORMATION ON VIETNAM; PRESS LEAKS; RFK AND KKK PRESS STORY; JOSEPH ALSOP; WIRETAPS
Telephone conversation # 12506, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE CHRISTIAN, 12/11/1967, time unknown (Item)
  • "FROM MACHINE AT RANCH 12-11-67"; "PRES. J. & GEORGE CHRISTIAN RE WHAT TO TELL PRESS ABOUT PENDING SOCIAL SEC. LEG."; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON CONFERENCE REPORT ON SOCIAL SECURITY BILL FOR CHRISTIAN'S PRESS BRIEFING; PRESS LEAKS; LBJ'S ACTIVITIES; ANNOUNCEMENT OF VARIOUS APPOINTMENTS, UPCOMING VISIT BY LEVI ESHKOL; LBJ'S VISIT TO KILLEEN, TEXAS
Telephone conversation # 641, sound recording, LBJ and HALE BOGGS, 12/21/1963, 8:07PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BOGGS RECOUNTS EVENTS IN CONGRESS ON FOREIGN AID APPROPRIATIONS BILL, PRAISES JOHN MCCORMACK AND CARL ALBERT, DERIDES CHARLES HALLECK; GERALD FORD'S ACCUSATION THAT DOD PROVIDED TRANSPORT FOR DEMOCRATS ONLY; LBJ ADVISES BOGGS ON PRESS COVERAGE
Telephone conversation # 269, sound recording, LBJ and LUTHER HODGES, 12/4/1963, 9:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF CRITICAL PRESS STORY; HODGES SAYS HE WOULD LIKE TO MEET WITH KERMIT GORDON ABOUT POSSIBLE SLOW DOWN IN SOME FEDERAL EXPENDITURES UNTIL TAX BILL TAKES EFFECT; LBJ ASKS IF EXPENDITURES FOR ROADS IN KENTUCKY, WEST VIRGINIA CAN
Telephone conversation # 2111, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 2/19/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FREEMAN RECOMMENDS BOB LEWIS TO REPLACE ROWLAND RENNE AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; LBJ'S DESIRE TO APPOINT WOMAN; WOMEN'S VOTE; PRESS; WILLIAM PROXMIRE; GAYLORD NELSON; STATUS OF FARM BILL, ALLEN ELLENDER; LBJ PRAISES JANE
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 # 4116, sound recording, LBJ and CLARE BOOTHE LUCE, 7/2/1964, 10:25AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 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 # 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 # 3328, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 5/4/1964, 5:26PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF PROPOSED TRIPS BY LBJ TO SWARTHMORE, HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA; JOSEPH CLARK; ITEMS FOR 5/6/64 PRESS CONFERENCE; BUDGET AMENDMENT FOR ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS PROJECT IN MISSOURI; TENNESSEE-TOMBIGBEE BUDGET ITEM; ALABAMA POLITICAL
Telephone conversation # 3214, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 4/30/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MIDWEST POLLS; SHRIVER REPORTS ON TRIP TO GERMANY, ISRAEL ON INTERNATIONAL PEACE CORPS; TALK WITH WILBUR MILLS ON POVERTY BILL; PETER FRELINGHUYSEN; REPUBLICAN PRESS CONFERENCE ON BILL; PHIL LANDRUM; LBJ WORRIES ABOUT DELAYS; BOB POAGE, "FHA" (FMHA
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 # 4603, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/1/1964, 11:00AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS CRITICISM OF LBJ'S LATIN AMERICAN POLICY; PANAMA; CUBA; BRAZIL; LBJ ASKS SMATHERS TO COMMEND THOMAS MANN; ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS; WH MEETINGS WITH LATIN AMERICAN LEADERS, WIVES; FLORIDA VOTES ON POVERTY BILL; PAUL ROGERS' CANDIDATE
Telephone conversation # 4943, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/15/1964, 10:48AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PRESS STORY ON MEETING YESTERDAY ON MEDICARE BILL; RIBICOFF AMENDMENT; KING-ANDERSON BILL; LABOR'S POSITION ON MEDICARE; APPALACHIA BILL AND RULES COMMITTEE; NEED FOR JUSTICE DEPT RECOMMENDATION ON LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT LEGISLATION
Telephone conversation # 4823, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/8/1964, 10:52AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • SEATING OF MFDP AT CONVENTION; VANCE HARTKE, INDIANA POLITICS; HOUSE PASSAGE OF POVERTY BILL; RFK'S FUTURE; NEED FOR SENATE APPROVAL OF HOUSE POVERTY BILL AMENDMENTS ON LOYALTY OATH, EDITH GREEN'S FARM PROVISIONS; PRESS QUESTION ABOUT ADAM
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 # 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 # 4881, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/11/1964, 10:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT ADAM YARMOLINSKY, HIS ROLE IN POVERTY PROGRAM, FOLLOWING EVANS & NOVAK COLUMN; POSSIBLE SPEECH BY HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON IN RESPONSE TO GOLDWATER'S DEFENSE SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 4381, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 7/29/1964, 10:32AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LONG'S EFFORTS TO GET PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN MISSOURI; FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN'S POSITION ON CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; ESTHER PETERSON'S INVOLVEMENT WITH PAUL DOUGLAS' TRUTH-IN-LENDING BILL; APPOINTMENT OF ZEIGEL NEFF TO JUSTICE DEPT BOARD
Telephone conversation # 4802, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT JONES, 8/7/1964, 2:24PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT HHH'S PRESS LEAKS ABOUT EVENTS SURROUNDING TONKIN GULF ATTACKS; JONES TELLS LBJ HIS CONSCIENCE DICTATES THAT HE VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL DESPITE POSSIBLE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES; LBJ THANKS JONES, ASSURES HIM OF HIS SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 6358, sound recording, LBJ and KARL ROLVAAG, 11/16/1964, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • ROLVAAG TELLS LBJ HE WILL APPOINT WALTER MONDALE TO FILL HHH'S SENATE SEAT; LBJ WARNS ABOUT TENDENCY OF LIBERALS TO LEAK TO PRESS, NOT WORK EFFECTIVELY WITH LEADERSHIP, DISCUSSES HHH'S EARLY MISTAKES; MINNESOTA POLITICS; OTHER CANDIDATES FOR SEAT
Telephone conversation # 6870, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 2/24/1965, 9:28AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ REPORTS WILLIAM CAHILL DECLINED WASHINGTON, DC, JUDGESHIP; OTHER JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; PRESS STORY ON POST OFFICE CAMPAIGN FUND-RAISING; SENATE PROBE OF BANK FAILURES; VOTING RIGHTS BILL; EDWARD LONG'S MAIL COVER INVESTIGATION; IMMIGRATION BILL
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 # 7160, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/25/1965, 11:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON SHOOTING OF VIOLA LIUZZO; LBJ SUGGESTS LEROY COLLINS GO TO ALABAMA AS MEDIATOR; REPUBLICAN COMMENTS ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL; UPCOMING PRESS STORY ON GERALD FORD; VETERANS HOSPITALS HEARINGS; TAX COURT APPOINTMENT; SAMUEL "JACK
Telephone conversation # 7799, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 5/21/1965, 1:45PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, VANCE'S TALKS WITH IMBERT; LBJ INVITES MCNAMARA FAMILY FOR WEEKEND VISIT TO CAMP DAVID; LBJ'S LUNCH WITH PRESS TODAY; MENDEL RIVERS' BASE CLOSING PLAN; VIETNAM COUP; DECISION TO SEND TROOPS TO DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 8668, sound recording, LBJ and AL FRIENDLY, 8/28/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO PASS LEGISLATION TO REMEDY BASIC PROBLEMS IN IMPOVERISHED AREAS AND TO PASS WASHINGTON, DC HOME RULE BILL; REACTION OF PRESS TO LBJ'S RECENT STATEMENT ON WATTS, CIVIL DISORDERS
Telephone conversation # 8669, sound recording, LBJ and CHARLES SCHULTZE, 8/30/1965, 2:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS SCHULTZE TO PREPARE PRESS RELEASE, COME TO WH THIS AFTERNOON TO RESPOND TO UPCOMING REPUBLICAN PARTY STATEMENT ON FEDERAL BUDGET; DISCUSSION OF TASK FORCE REPORTS, POSSIBLE CUTS IN POVERTY PROGRAM, OTHER PROGRAMS; BRIEFING FOR BARRY
Telephone conversation # 8147, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 6/17/1965, 3:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RESPONSE TO REPUBLICAN STATEMENT ON POSSIBLE INCREASE IN MILITARY SPENDING DUE TO VIETNAM TROOP INCREASE AND TO GEORGE MCGOVERN'S STATEMENT CRITICIZING US POLICY; MCNAMARA'S MEETING WITH FOREIGN PRESS, UPCOMING DINNER WITH JACKIE KENNEDY; RICHARD
Telephone conversation # 8907, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 9/30/1965, 11:30AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 10051, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 4/27/1966, 9:29AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ INVITES MILLS TO DEMOCRATIC FUND-RAISING EVENT IN HOUSTON TOMORROW; MILLS DISCUSSES CANDIDATE OPPOSING HIM FOR RE-ELECTION; LBJ ASKS MILLS TO TALK WITH PRESS, OTHER CONGRESSMEN ABOUT POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE IF SPENDING IS NOT CHECKED