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Telephone conversation # 12606, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 1/20/1968, 10:05AM (Item)
  • "FROM B'RM 1-20-68"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON, MARVIN WATSON, ARTHUR KRIM AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • SUPPORT FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON AFTER EARTHA KITT INCIDENT; DISTRIBUTION OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; APPOINTMENT FOR BARRATT O'HARA; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POLITICAL AMBITION; OTTO KERNER; ILLINOIS POLITICS; DAN ROSTENKOWSKI; AGED CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
Telephone conversation # 11332, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/11/1967, 3:20PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "RE COMPLIMENT ON PRES.'S STATE OF UNION ADDRESS."; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • MCNAMARA RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF UNNAMED MAN ON LBJ'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ SAYS SPEECH WAS TOO LONG, COMPARES IT TO JFK'S 1963 SPEECH, COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICISM THAT LBJ ABANDONED NEGROES AND THE POOR IN SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 10522, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 8/2/1966, 11:02AM (Item)
  • LEGAL PROBLEM WITH SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; RFK'S, ROBERT GRIFFIN'S ROLES IN BILL; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE; CONCERNS ABOUT UNION REACTION, POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF BILL; COMPARISON WITH 1963 RAILROAD STRIKE; WAYNE
Telephone conversation # 11342, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 1/11/1967, 7:12PM (Item)
  • MCCORMACK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; TESTIMONY ABOUT CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTIONS IN BOBBY BAKER TRIAL; LBJ DISCUSSES RFK, BOB KERR, WIRETAPS, HIS ASSOCIATION WITH BAKER; RFK'S FEUD WITH J. EDGAR HOOVER; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; HOUSE VOTE ON 21-DAY
Telephone conversation # 11169, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/20/1966, 12:16PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT; LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT PREPARATIONS; FEDERAL BUDGET; HISTORY OF MIDTERM CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION RESULTS AFTER PRESIDENTIAL LANDSLIDES; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; CRITICISM BY GOVS.; LETTER TO U THANT