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Telephone conversation # 5876, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • "NEW YORK C."; FORTAS IS MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD AT TIME OF CALL; CLIFFORD IS LISTED ON SLIP BUT DOES NOT SPEAK; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ HOARSE, FORTAS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • New York
  • FORTAS TELLS LBJ THAT WALTER JENKINS HAS BEEN HOSPITALIZED FOR NERVOUS EXHAUSTION FOLLOWING HIS ARREST LAST WEEK ON MORALS CHARGE; FORTAS' AND CLIFFORD'S EFFORTS TO SUPPRESS NEWS STORIES OF ARREST; JENKINS' 1959 ARREST; POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 7006, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD KENNEDY, 3/1/1965, 4:15PM (Item)
  • "RE APPALACHIAN PROGRAM AND RELATED TO NEW ENGLAND"
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY, PROSPECTS OF APPALACHIA BILL, SUGGESTS KENNEDY LOBBY FOR BILL IN ORDER TO PASS NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT BILL; EDWARD BOLAND'S MEETING WITH MCNAMARA ON CLOSING OF SPRINGFIELD ARMORY IN MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND STUDY
Telephone conversation # 1907, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • New York
  • REMODELING LBJ'S OFFICE; FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 11/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS
Telephone conversation # 1909, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • New York
  • FBI REPORT ON ALINE SAARINEN; NEW YORK TRIP; NYT'S EDITORIAL BOARD; ARTHUR SULZBERGER; TFX, BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S RETURN FROM DALLAS, 1/22/63; POLLS, REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR LBJ, BUSINESS CONFIDENCE
Telephone conversation # 1538, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/25/1964, 12:00PM (Item)
  • 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 # 2380, sound recording, LBJ and BEN BRADLEE, 3/7/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • BRADLEE ASKS VALENTI FOR GUIDANCE ON NEW HAMPSHIRE SITUATION; REQUEST FROM CHARLES ROBERTS TO SEE LBJ; QUESTION OF PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY; RFK AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP NOMINATION; PAUL CORBIN
Telephone conversation # 3826, sound recording, LBJ and CLIFF CARTER, 6/23/1964, 1:36PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALK TODAY WITH NEVADA GOV. GRANT SAWYER; RFK'S ALLEGED MEETINGS WITH RICHARD DALEY, PENNSYLVANIA, NEW YORK, CALIFORNIA, NEW JERSEY DELEGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON FUND-RAISING; VP CANDIDATES; HEAD COUNT FOR LBJ IN DEMOCRATIC
Telephone conversation # 3195, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 4/29/1964, 6:26PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FORTAS ABOUT HIS INTERVIEW WITH WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTERS ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; REPUBLICANS CIRCULATING COPIES OF NEWS STORIES; US NEWS & WORLD REPORT ARTICLE; ANNOUNCEMENT OF SALE OF THE ELMS
Telephone conversation # 4601, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/1/1964, 9:00AM (Item)
  • PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S MEETING WITH RFK ON VP NOMINATION; RFK'S POSSIBLE NEW YORK SENATE RACE; JACQUELINE KENNEDY; CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION; LLOYD BENTSEN'S SUPPORT FOR MCNAMARA; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S HELP IN ORGANIZING CABINET, FORMULATING NEW
Telephone conversation # 4976, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/17/1964, 9:22AM (Item)
  • RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; OPPOSITION TO RFK FROM REFORM MOVEMENT; WHITE BACKLASH AND LABOR OPPOSITION TO LBJ, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNSKILLED WORKERS; INFORMAL POLL OF NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS; REPORT BY JAMES PECK ON CALIFORNIA LABOR DEFECTIONS
Telephone conversation # 5877, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 10/14/1964, 3:56PM (Item)
  • "NEW YORK C."; FORTAS IS MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD DURING CALL; CLIFFORD LISTED ON SLIP BUT DOES NOT SPEAK; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ HOARSE, FORTAS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 5908, sound recording, LBJ and PALMER HOYT, 10/17/1964, 6:50PM (Item)
  • HOYT CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS SPEECHES, CAMPAIGNING, TELLS HIM OF HIS RECENT SPEECH ENDORSING LBJ; LBJ ASKS HOYT TO TAKE NEW POLL STUDYING EFFECT OF WALTER JENKINS' ARREST ON ELECTION, REPORTS FINDINGS OF NEW WESTCHESTER COUNTY POLL
Telephone conversation # 5920, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH KEENAN, 10/20/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • DELAWARE CAMPAIGN; POSSIBLE APPEARANCE THERE BY LBJ; NEW REPUBLICAN ALLEGATIONS ABOUT WALTER JENKINS, BOBBY BAKER; POSSIBILITY THAT WALTER JENKINS WAS FRAMED; NEW YORK LABOR COMMITTEE FOR GOLDWATER; NEED FOR INCREASED LABOR INVOLVEMENT AT CAMPAIGN
Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR REPORT ON CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE CAMPAIGN, REQUEST FOR FUNDS; POSSIBLE ENDORSEMENT OF LBJ BY HEARST NEWSPAPERS; OTHER PRESS ENDORSEMENTS; NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE; CANDIDATES FOR JUSTICE DEPT POSTS; RAMSEY
Telephone conversation # 8639, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 2:50PM (Item)
  • CONCERNS ABOUT BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; IMMIGRATION BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; NEW JUDGESHIPS, FEDERAL REGISTRARS FOR WASHINGTON, DC; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS' APPOINTMENT; AMENDMENT ON IMMIGRATION CEILING FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Telephone conversation # 10843, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/26/1966, 7:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS REPORTS OF HIS ALLEGED SUPPORT OF LEONARD FARBSTEIN IN NEW YORK PRIMARY ELECTION BECAUSE OF FARBSTEIN'S SUPPORT OF LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; NEW YORK RACE AS TEST OF SUPPORT OF POLICY; LBJ ASKS FOR REWRITE OF LETTER TO HENRY
Telephone conversation # 10918, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/3/1966, 5:57PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS CLARK HE IS NOW ACTING ATTORNEY GENERAL; REAPPOINTMENT OF EDWARD RE TO FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION OR TO DISTRICT COURT; APPOINTMENT OF ANTHONY TRAVIA TO NEW YORK JUDGESHIP; RFK'S VIEWS ON TRAVIA AND ON HANDLING NEW YORK PATRONAGE
Telephone conversation # 13342, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 8/29/1968, 7:12PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WHAT HE FEELS IS POLITICALLY BIASED NEWS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, PARTICULARLY BY WALTER CRONKITE, CBS, NBC, SAYS INTERVIEWS ARE ONLY CONDUCTED WITH PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA
Telephone conversation # 2389, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/7/1964, 1:05PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT NEWS STORY ON POSSIBLE RESUMPTION OF DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS WITH THE VATICAN; HAROLD TITTMANN; RUSK REPORTS ON POLITICAL SITUATION IN WISCONSIN, GOV. JOHN REYNOLDS
Telephone conversation # 6308, sound recording, LBJ and PAT RUTHERFORD, 11/9/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS RUTHERFORD FOR HIS SUPPORT; RUTHERFORD OFFERS HOSPITALITY TO GUESTS AT LBJ RANCH; RUTHERFORD MENTIONS SUPPORT FOR LBJ AT DALLAS MORNING NEWS
Telephone conversation # 1364, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/15/1964, 4:30PM (Item)
  • FRANCE'S RECOGNITION OF COMMUNIST CHINA; US RECOGNIZING CHINA; PANAMA; OAS PEACE COMMISSION; SENDING JACK VAUGHN TO PANAMA; GEORGIA POLITICS; W. TAPLEY BENNETT AS POSSIBLE AMBASSADOR TO DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; NEW INTER-OCEANIC CANAL; CARL SANDERS
Telephone conversation # 1901, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 2/5/1964, 6:24PM (Item)
  • New York
Telephone conversation # 1240, sound recording, LBJ and GUS WORTHAM, 1/8/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; FEDERAL BUDGET; SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN NEW MEXICO; HOUSTON BANK MERGER; ALBERT THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 2479, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 2:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES O'BRIEN FOR SWIM, TO DINNER WHEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; TONIGHT'S WH CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; BRUCE ALGER; CIVIL RIGHTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE, WISCONSIN PRIMARIES; PAUL CORBIN; MARY MCGRORY
Telephone conversation # 2522, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 3/17/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • DUBINSKY PRAISES LBJ'S TV APPEARANCE YESTERDAY; LBJ ASKS ADVICE ON REAPPOINTING MORRIS NOVIK TO USIA BOARD; LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT IN NEW YORK CONGRESSIONAL RACE BETWEEN CHARLES BUCKLEY, JONATHAN BINGHAM; LBJ'S POLICY OF MAKING NO PRIMARY
Telephone conversation # 2417, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 3/9/1964, 4:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON DOUGLAS MACARTHUR'S CONDITION; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; PROBLEMS WITH PRESS; PRESS STORIES ON JOHNSON FAMILY BUSINESS; JFK LIBRARY?; RFK AND NEW HAMPSHIRE WRITE-IN CAMPAIGN FOR VP NOMINATION; LBJ INVITES WEISLS AND SAM NEWHOUSE TO LUNCH
Telephone conversation # 2572, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 3/20/1964, 12:55PM (Item)
  • BUNDY ASKS LBJ TO REVIEW DRAFT REPLY TO HENRY CABOT LODGE; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SCHEDULE, INCLUDING MEETING WITH CLARK CLIFFORD; BUNDY'S WEEKEND PLANS; POSSIBLE PRESS CONFERENCE NEXT WEEK; GEORGE REEDY AS NEW WH PRESS SECRETARY
Telephone conversation # 3464, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/15/1964, 8:40PM (Item)
  • LIZ CARPENTER; PRESS COVERAGE OF REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN'S VISIT TO ALABAMA PROPERTY OWNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON; REEDY COMMENTS ON GENERAL QUALITY OF TV NEWS PROGRAMS
Telephone conversation # 4231, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 7/14/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS AT AEC; REPUBLICAN CONVENTION KEYNOTE SPEECH LAST NIGHT; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON FOR PUBLIC OPINION POLL IN NEW MEXICO
Telephone conversation # 3709, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 6/12/1964, 1:54PM (Item)
  • LBJ INSTRUCTS BALL TO CONSULT EVERETT DIRKSEN ON CONCERNS ABOUT USSR CONSULAR TREATY BEFORE IT BECOMES A POLITICAL ISSUE; NUCLEAR TREATY; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE; NEED TO IMPROVE STATE DEPT PRESS BRIEFINGS
Telephone conversation # 3930, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 6/26/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • USE OF CAMP DAVID BY WH STAFF; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE STORY ON JIM ROWE AS SUGAR LOBBYIST FOR HAITI, DUVALIER; ROWE'S RESPONSE TO JOCK WHITNEY; LETTER TO NORTH DAKOTA GOV. WILLIAM GUY; PLANS FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S CAMPAIGN TRIP; CAMPAIGN ISSUES
Telephone conversation # 4602, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES FARLEY, 8/1/1964, 10:02AM (Item)
  • FARLEY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON HIS STATEMENT ON VP NOMINATION; RFK'S POSSIBLE NEW YORK SENATE RACE; STATEMENT BY FARLEY AT HERSHEY CONFERENCE; DISCUSSION OF CANDIDATES FOR VP NOMINATION, CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; ROBERT WOODRUFF'S POLITICAL LEANINGS
Telephone conversation # 4922, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/14/1964, 2:40PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF QUESTION AT REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT LBJ'S CONVERSATION WITH NYC MAYOR ROBERT WAGNER, TOPICS INCLUDING RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; REQUESTS FOR PRESS CONFERENCE WITH LBJ; LBJ CRITICIZES REEDY'S HANDLING OF PRESS BRIEFING; WH PRESS
Telephone conversation # 4923, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES "SCOTTY" RESTON, 8/14/1964, 3:25PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF NYT STORY ON LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT OF RFK IN NEW YORK SENATE RACE; LBJ EMPHASIZES HIS LONG-STANDING RECORD OF NOT BECOMING INVOLVED IN PRIMARY ELECTIONS, INCLUDING THOSE OF SAM RAYBURN
Telephone conversation # 4924, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 8/14/1964, 3:29PM (Item)
  • NYT STORY ON LBJ'S ALLEGED ENDORSEMENT OF RFK IN NEW YORK SENATE RACE; O'DONNELL'S TALK WITH STEPHEN SMITH; HANDLING QUESTION OF SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION OR MFDP AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; COMPOSITION OF CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; PRESS STORY
Telephone conversation # 4930, sound recording, LBJ and KEN O'DONNELL, 8/14/1964, 5:14PM (Item)
  • LBJ READS AP STORY ON ALEX ROSE, RFK'S NEW YORK SENATE RACE, REPORTS ON TALK WITH WALTER REUTHER ON SEATING MISSISSIPPI, MFDP, CONTESTED DELEGATIONS; PRESS STORIES ON RFK'S OPPOSITION TO EUGENE MCCARTHY AS VP NOMINEE; GROWING SOUTHERN OPPOSITION
Telephone conversation # 4970, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES EASTLAND, 8/15/1964, 4:45PM (Item)
  • PROBLEM WITH CONFIRMATION OF PHILIP NICHOLS AS US CUSTOMS COURT JUDGE; CONFUSION OVER FBI REPORT ON SOMEONE WITH SIMILAR NAME; JUSTICE DEPT RELEASE OF REPORT TO REPUBLICAN SENATORS; RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; CATHOLIC AS VP NOMINEE; JEWISH VOTE
Telephone conversation # 4977, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/17/1964, 9:22AM (Item)
  • WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE; FEAR THAT CIVIL RIGHTS WILL AFFECT JOBS, HOUSING; INFORMAL NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR GOLDWATER; PROPOSED TAXI FARE INCREASE IN NYC; LYNDA JOHNSON'S VISIT TO NYC, TV SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 5009, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/17/1964, 8:10PM (Item)
  • RFK'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS, VP NOMINATION, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; AVERELL HARRIMAN'S RECEPTION FOR JACQUELINE KENNEDY AT CONVENTION; RICHARD DALEY; BEN MCELWAY AND WASHINGTON STAR; JACK HEINZ; RUSK UPDATES LBJ ON CYPRUS, CONGO, INDONESIA; SUKARNO'S
Telephone conversation # 5275, sound recording, LBJ and RHEA HOWARD, 8/31/1964, 8:42AM (Item)
  • HOWARD CONGRATULATES LBJ ON CONVENTION, ACCEPTANCE SPEECH, HHH AS VP NOMINEE; MRS. JOHNSON THANKS HOWARD FOR SUPPORT; LBJ, HOWARD DISCUSS TEXAS POLITICAL SITUATION, DALLAS MORNING NEWS SUPPORT FOR LBJ, PRESS ENDORSEMENTS, JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY IN SAN