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Telephone conversation # 5267, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 8/30/1964, 4:55PM (Item)
  • INFORMING PRESS OF HHH'S DEPARTURE TIME FROM RANCH; EVENTS TOMORROW: SIGNING FOOD STAMP BILL, LBJ'S TELEPHONE CALL TO PLASTERERS' UNION; QUESTION OF HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW; GEORGE REEDY'S RESIGNATION, PLANS TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC
Telephone conversation # 10450, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • CALIFANO ON HOLD 0:22; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH ARTHUR KRIM, CLIFTON CARTER, MARVIN WATSON AT TIME OF CALL
  • UPDATE ON AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; RELUCTANCE OF CARRIERS TO SETTLE; GARDNER ACKLEY'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON ECONOMIC EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT STATEMENT'S EFFECT ON UNION, P. L. SIEMILLER; TERMS OF OTHER RECENT
Telephone conversation # 9446, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 1/6/1966, 5:02PM (Item)
  • RUSK TELLS LBJ HE HAS NO WORD YET ON GARCIA GODOY, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CBS STORY ON THAILAND, VIETNAM; PRESS STORIES ON BOMBING PAUSE; GOVT OPPOSITION TO PAUSE; BACKGROUND OF LBJ'S DECISION; LODGE, TIME MAGAZINE; STATE OF THE UNION; PEACE
Telephone conversation # 8164, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 6/21/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "BILL MOYERS AND THE VICE PRESIDENT"; SLIP AND DAILY DIARY INCORRECTLY LIST TIME AS 10:55A; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; LBJ SPEAKS WITH HHH FOLLOWING HHH'S CONVERSATION WITH MOYERS
  • MOYERS READS LIFE MAGAZINE STORY TO HHH QUOTING HHH AS SAYING HE WILL ATTEND UNION MEETING DESPITE JOHN CONNALLY'S OPPOSITION; HHH DENIES STORY; HHH REPORTS TO LBJ ON TRIP WITH ASTRONAUTS TO FRANCE; DEGAULLE'S COMMENTS ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
  • Telephone conversation # 8164, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 6/21/1965, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 649, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 12/23/1963, 12:00PM (Item)
  • "#2"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMER STAATS, KERMIT GORDON, MYER FELDMAN AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ QUESTIONS HELLER ABOUT EFFECT OF TAX CUT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT BOONDOGGLE PROJECTS IN POVERTY PROGRAM, REMINISCES ABOUT NYA, TELLS HELLER TO TALK TO PRESS AND EXPRESS OPTIMISM ABOUT ECONOMY
Telephone conversation # 700, sound recording, LBJ and WHITNEY YOUNG, 12/23/1963, 10:35PM (Item)
  • "#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
  • LBJ ASKS FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, DISCUSSES JET MAGAZINE STORY ABOUT LBJ NOT HAVING PHOTOS TAKEN WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH HARRY BYRD, SR. ON TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 10011, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 4/3/1966, 9:22AM (Item)
  • "BM=SECY WIRTZ=PRES PRIOR TO 10 AM MEET" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS CALL ON 4/6/66 AT 9:18A; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE IS 4/3/66; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CHILD IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • WIRTZ READS PROPOSED WH STATEMENT AND CABLE FROM LBJ ON ENDING BLFE UNION RAILROAD STRIKE, REVIEWS COURT ACTION; LBJ QUESTIONS NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION; COMPARISON WITH NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM; JOHN MCCORMACK'S
Telephone conversation # 11302, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/2/1967, 6:16PM (Item)
  • "(RE STATE OF UNION SPEECH)"; "PRES. GAVE HIM POINTS ON DRAFTING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TV OR RADIO BROADCAST OF FOOTBALL GAME AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • DISCUSSION OF DRAFT STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ SUGGESTS THEMES OF FOREIGN POLICY, VIETNAM, BETTER AMERICA, FOOD AND POPULATION CONTROL; MOYERS' UPCOMING PRESS BRIEFING; GEORGE CHRISTIAN'S HEALTH; MOYERS DISCUSSES FRANK PORTER'S STORY ON TAX
Telephone conversation # 1276, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 1/8/1964, 7:31PM (Item)
  • REACTIONS TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPUBLICANS; POSSIBILITY OF LBJ MEETING DE GAULLE IN MARTINIQUE; FRANCE; LBJ READS ARTICLE ON GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO WRITE A SPEECH; HARRY BYRD; LBJ'S SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 1281, sound recording, LBJ and TED SORENSEN, 1/8/1964, 8:00PM (Item)
  • NUMBER OF APPLAUSES IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; BARRY GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT; PRESS REACTION; LBJ COMPLIMENTS SORENSEN AS SPEECHWRITER FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
Telephone conversation # 11317, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 1/7/1967, 10:55AM (Item)
  • "RE NIGHT BEST FOR TV STATE OF UNION ADDRESS"; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE DICTABELT DUE TO POOR SOUND QUALITY; STANTON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL; PAY RAISE FOR POSTAL WORKERS; PROPOSED POSTAL RATE INCREASE; SCHEDULING NIGHTTIME STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CONFLICTS WITH OTHER CONGRESSIONAL EVENTS; DISRUPTION TO TV PROGRAMS; TELEVISING PRESS
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 # 699, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 12/23/1963, 10:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, SUGGESTIONS FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, DISCUSSES HIRING GERRI WHITTINGTON, DAN LUEVANO; JET MAGAZINE STORY ABOUT LBJ NOT HAVING PHOTOS TAKEN WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; WILKINS OFFERS
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 # 1288, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 1/8/1964, 8:15PM (Item)
  • MRS. ANDERSON PRAISES LBJ'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; FEDERAL BUDGET; THE ECONOMY; TAX BILL; ANDERSON REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS, PRESS, BUSINESS LEADERS, AND EISENHOWER
Telephone conversation # 5276, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 8/31/1964, 9:19AM (Item)
  • KILDUFF ASKS LBJ ABOUT RELEASE OF STATEMENT ON SIGNING FOOD STAMP BILL; DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC, AND FOR RELEASE OF LBJ'S TELEPHONE REMARKS TO PLASTERERS' UNION
Telephone conversation # 7325, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNOR, 4/7/1965, 10:10AM (Item)
  • COMMERCE DEPT APPOINTMENTS; NICHOLAS JOHNSON'S TROUBLES WITH MARITIME UNIONS, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO FAA; SST; LLOYD CUTLER AS CIA DIRECTOR; BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; PROGRAMS TO PROMOTE US TOURISM; APPALACHIA; HEALTH PROGRAMS FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA; UPPER
Telephone conversation # 8841, sound recording, LBJ and I.W. ABEL, 9/5/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • ABEL TELLS LBJ THAT UNION'S WAGE POLICY COMMITTEE HAS RATIFIED THE STEEL SETTLEMENT; ABEL CONGRATULATES LBJ ON FAST WORK ON "CALIFORNIA PROBLEM"; LBJ INVITES ABEL TO WH DINNER LATER THIS MONTH, TELLS HIM TO PUT OUT PRESS STATEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 9647, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/19/1966, 1:50PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE FUTURE TROOP COMMITMENTS IN VIETNAM; OPPOSITION TO VIETNAM POLICY BY LABOR LEADERS JACOB POTOFSKY, WALTER REUTHER; LBJ READS REPORT ON BATTLE AT AN KHE, VIETNAM; MARITIME UNION RESOLUTION ON BOYCOTTING SHIPS; TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B; WAGE
Telephone conversation # 10453, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 9:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S PROPOSED STATEMENT ON AIRLINE STRIKE SETTLEMENT; GARDNER ACKLEY'S VIEWS ON STATEMENT; LBJ QUESTIONS ECONOMIC FIGURES IN SETTLEMENT; WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT STATEMENTS BY P. L. SIEMILLER, WILLIAM CURTIN ON SETTLEMENT; CONCERNS ABOUT UNION
Telephone conversation # 10456, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 7/29/1966, 9:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS MORSE THAT SETTLEMENT HAS BEEN REACHED ON AIRLINE STRIKE, READS STATEMENT, DISCUSSES ECONOMIC EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT; CONCERN THAT UNION WILL NOT RATIFY AGREEMENT IF PERCENTAGE OF INCREASE IS HIGHLIGHTED; COMPARISON WITH OTHER RECENT
Telephone conversation # 9467, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 1/10/1966, 8:55AM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS ON NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL ACTION ON COMPULSORY ARBITRATION FOR PUBLIC UTILITIES; LBJ DISCUSSES CONSULTING PRESIDENT'S ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON LABOR-MANAGEMENT POLICY; STATE OF THE UNION
Telephone conversation # 6736, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 1/15/1965, 12:06PM (Item)
  • MLK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY FOR GREAT SOCIETY BILLS; IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHTS; MLK ASKS LBJ TO APPOINT NEGRO TO CABINET; LBJ'S PLAN TO MAKE HUD A CABINET POST, APPOINT [ROBERT] WEAVER; APPOINTMENTS OF NEGROES