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Oral history transcript, Henry M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Congressional Campaign Committee. J: My first contact with Lyndon Johnson was in a wire that I received from him after having been nominated on the Democratic ticket for Congress from the Second District of Washington. The wire advised that I was to receive
LBJ as congressman; Joseph McCarthy; bipartisan foreign policy under DDE; Space Committee; statehood for Alaska and Hawaii; LBJ legislative strategy as majority leader; 1955 Minimum Wage Bill; Hell's Canyon; Senator Richard Russell; Senator Dirksen

Telephone conversation # 9156, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 11/12/1965, 9:04AM (Item)

National politics
LONG TELLS LBJ HE EXPECTS TO BE NAMED SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN; LBJ'S RECOVERY FROM GALL BLADDER SURGERY; QUESTION OF LONG SERVING AS BOTH ASSISTANT MAJORITY LEADER, COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN; LBJ'S SERVICE AS SPACE COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MAJORITY

Telephone conversation # 9684, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/28/1966, 9:32AM (Item)

National politics
LONG REPORTS ON FOREIGN AID BILL IN FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE, SUGGESTS HHH, MCNAMARA MEET INFORMALLY WITH SENATORS; LBJ DISCUSSES HISTORY OF POLICY ON VP TESTIMONY BEFORE CONGRESS; PRESS STORIES ABOUT FULBRIGHT'S CRITICISM OF HHH'S ASIAN TRIP

Telephone conversation # 9193, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 11/29/1965, 9:35AM (Item)

National politics
FOWLER'S MEETINGS WITH LONG, BUSINESSMEN IN NEW ORLEANS; LBJ TELLS LONG OF HIS MEETING WITH ALBERT GORE ON GORE'S CONCERNS ABOUT LONG SERVING AS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN, MAJORITY WHIP; WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN AND INTEREST RATES; INCREASED FEDERAL BUDGET

Telephone conversation # 11191, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL DOUGLAS, 12/22/1966, 9:00PM (Item)

DOUGLAS' CONCERNS ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO COMMITTEE TO STUDY CITY PROBLEMS, CUTS IN GREAT SOCIETY BECAUSE OF VIETNAM; LBJ DISCUSSES INCREASE IN FEDERAL SPENDING ON POOR, POSSIBLE TAX INCREASE; DOUGLAS RECOMMENDS CUTS IN SPACE PROGRAM

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