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  • . DATE: 3/13/68 TIME: 5:00PM CALLER: Richard Daley Pages ofTranscript: 7 pages Barbara Cline Archivist (A) THE PRESIDENT returning Mayor Richard Daley's call (B) 5:00p, March 13, 1968 I'm sorry I missed you. A I was in a Cabinet meeting
  • Daley, Richard J., 1902-1976
  • Telephone conversation # 12810, sound recording and transcript, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/13/1968, 5:00PM
  • RICHARD DALEY
  • them all with him from Capital Hill to the White House. In the very early days of his presidency he called the man in the Senate who had been his mentor, the venerable, Richard Russell. And we have a recording of a little part of that conversation
  • the Vietnam War changed under Richard Nixon's leadership; fear of Chinese and Soviet involvement in Vietnam; comparing LBJ's and Bill Clinton's sources of information; the relationships between presidents and former presidents; LBJ's great capacity for taking
  • to speech; Lady Bird receives standing ovation; Lyn becomes rambunctious; Diplomatic Corps, Supreme Court & Cabinet arrive; LBJ receives standing ovation; in speech, LBJ asks Congress to help Richard Nixon; to Speaker's office; watch reviews & buffet
  • Lady Bird takes last stroll through rooms; Ashton Gonella's office & Luci Nugent's room are disaster; LBJ is giving Medals of Freedom to Mary Lasker, Laurance Rockefeller, et al; Johnsons greet Nixons and they ride down Pennsylvania Avenue