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Telephone conversation # 6360, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/16/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DOUGLAS KIKER'S STORY ON ST. LOUIS TRIP; CRITICISM OF WH PRESS OFFICE BY CABINET, OTHERS; NEED TO IMPROVE WH PRESS OFFICE; LACK OF EFFECTIVE PUBLICITY ABOUT WH; PRESS LEAKS; STORIES THAT LBJ'S ELECTION WAS RESULT OF FEAR OF GOLDWATER; EDWIN WEISL
Telephone conversation # 4784, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 8/6/1964, 6:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF HANDLING PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT POSSIBLE RISE IN STEEL PRICES; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT HIS HEAVY SCHEDULE, PHOTO SESSION WITH DEMOCRATIC INCUMBENTS, WARNS ABOUT POSSIBLE NEGATIVE REACTION BY STEEL COMPANIES TO PRESS STORIES ON STEEL PRICES
Telephone conversation # 5838, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 10/5/1964, 10:15AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ PRAISES WIRTZ'S RECENT STATEMENT, HIS WORK ON LBJ'S SPEECHES, ASKS HIS ADVICE ABOUT TELEVISED SPEECH ON ANNIVERSARY OF TEST BAN TREATY, REFERS TO CRITICISM OF DAISY COMMERCIAL; PROTESTANT PRESS COVERAGE OF LBJ; UAW NEGOTIATIONS WITH GM; PRESS
Telephone conversation # 6461, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 11/23/1964, 7:35PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MARTIN REPORTS ON HIS PRESS CONFERENCE ANNOUNCING FRB DECISION TO RAISE US DISCOUNT RATE IN RESPONSE TO RAISE IN UK RATE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT PRESS, US BANK REACTION; STATUS OF US ECONOMY; POSSIBLE STEEL, AUTO STRIKES; ANTICIPATED STRONG CHRISTMAS RETAIL
Telephone conversation # 5502, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 9/5/1964, 3:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF ONGOING STRIKE AT DETROIT NEWS, DETROIT FREE PRESS; RESULTS OF OHIO POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR LBJ AND OF MAINE POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR EDMUND MUSKIE, MARGARET CHASE SMITH; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ
Telephone conversation # 8568, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS; CUT IN USIA PRESS SUBSCRIPTIONS; MOVIES FOR US TROOPS IN VIETNAM; TV BROADCASTS FOR SOUTH VIETNAMESE; POSSIBLE MARKS' MEETINGS WITH MILTON, DWIGHT EISENHOWER; RADIO FOR COMMUNIST CHINA; USIA APPOINTMENTS, BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 9843, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK W. ERWIN, 3/7/1966, 10:30AM (Item)
  • "SECY WIRTZ'S OFC"; "RE LABOR FIGURES ON PRESS RELEASES"
  • Press relations
  • LBJ SUGGESTS LANGUAGE FOR LABOR DEPT PRESS BRIEFING TOMORROW ON DROP IN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE; LBJ SAYS TO BALANCE THIS NEWS BY STRESSING CONTINUING HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT FOR NEGROES, YOUTH, WOMEN AND NEED TO CONTINUE TO CREATE JOBS FOR NEW WORKERS
Telephone conversation # 1907, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 2/6/1964, 12:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 2082, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 2/14/1964, 12:20PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BROWN ASKS LBJ TO ADDRESS BUSINESS GROUP IN NYC; UNFAVORABLE PRESS STORIES; POLLS; CUBA; VIETNAM; NEW PANAMA CANAL; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION & KERR-MCGEE; NASA; RALPH YARBOROUGH; JOHN CONNALLY; DON YARBOROUGH; JOE KILGORE; JIM WRIGHT; ALLAN SHIVERS
Telephone conversation # 1235, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 1/8/1964, 10:37AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FEDERAL BUDGET; PRESS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT; DISARMAMENT; TAX BILL; POVERTY PROGRAM; LBJ WANTS ANDERSON TO TALK WITH EISENHOWER, HARRY BYRD, JOHN WILLIAMS, AND JOHN BYRNES; LATIN AMERICAN POLICY
Telephone conversation # 1288, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 1/8/1964, 8:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 2137, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ROWAN, 2/20/1964, 11:10AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES STORIES BEING CIRCULATED BY PIERRE SALINGER AND WH STAFF ABOUT USIA GIVING UP LINCOLN AUTOS FOR MERCURY AUTOS AND SUBSIDY BY FORD MOTOR COMPANY; POSSIBLE ADVERSE PRESS STORIES; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED TO ECONOMIZE
Telephone conversation # 2964, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 4/9/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED STATEMENT ON IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; POSSIBLE NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL ACTION; REACTIONS OF OREN HARRIS, JOHN PASTORE, PHIL HART; PRESS STORIES ON REPUBLICAN ACTION IN HOUSE; H. R. GROSS; CEA EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC EFFECTS
Telephone conversation # 4820, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 8/8/1964, 9:58AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ READS HOOVER PRESS CONFERENCE STATEMENT ON MURDER OF CIVIL RIGHTS WORKERS IN MISSISSIPPI, NEED FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT, OBEDIENCE TO LAWS; HOOVER RECOMMENDS STATEMENT OPPOSING RIOTING; LBJ PRAISES FBI WORK IN MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA; GULF OIL
Telephone conversation # 4839, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/9/1964, 8:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED FOR SENATE TO CONCUR ON HOUSE POVERTY BILL TO AVOID CONFERENCE; PHIL LANDRUM'S RE-ELECTION; STEEL PRICES; NEED FOR FAVORABLE PRESS ON CONGRESS' RECORD; RALPH YARBOROUGH; MEDICARE; SOCIAL SECURITY; DNC AND LBJ'S CAMPAIGN; VOTER REGISTRATION
Telephone conversation # 6457, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 11/23/1964, 3:25PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S MORNING ACTIVITIES FOR PRESS BRIEFING; VISIT OF RICHARD RUSSELL, OTHER GEORGIANS; INQUIRY ABOUT FOY KOHLER'S POSSIBLE VISIT TO RANCH; RAISE IN UK, US DISCOUNT RATES AND POSSIBLE EFFECTS ON US ECONOMY; POSSIBLE DEVALUATION
Telephone conversation # 6470, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/24/1964, 7:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS ON CONGO RESCUE OPERATION; REBEL ATTACKS ON WHITES; APPARENT DEATH OF MISSIONARY PAUL CARLSON; US, AFRICAN REACTION TO US ROLE; MAXWELL TAYLOR INTERVIEW ON VIETNAM POLICY; STEEL PRICE INCREASE; SIGMA DELTA CHI STORY ON WH PRESS
Telephone conversation # 6627, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 12/31/1964, 10:46AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • PREVIOUS UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS BY FREEMAN TO CLOSE UNNECESSARY STATIONS, CONGRESSIONAL REACTION; CUTS IN COTTON, WHEAT, RICE, FEED GRAINS PRICE SUPPORTS; LIQUID ASSETS OF REA COOPS; PRESS LEAK TO ROWLAND EVANS; FEDERAL CONSTRUCTION IN NASHVILLE
Telephone conversation # 5969, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 10/27/1964, 1:32PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ PRAISES GORDON'S PRESS STORY ON FEDERAL BUDGET BUT TELLS HIM ALWAYS TO REFER TO HIM AS "PRESIDENT LYNDON JOHNSON," NOT "THE PRESIDENT," ASKS FOR MORE STORIES ON UNEMPLOYMENT AND CUTTING GOVT WASTE, REMINISCES ABOUT PUBLICITY LBJ GENERATED
Telephone conversation # 5499, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 5500, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 9/5/1964, 11:35AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • WALT DISNEY'S SUPPORT FOR GOLDWATER; LBJ SUGGESTS WEISL GIVE INTERVIEW CRITICIZING GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT ON MISFITS IN ARMY; WEISL'S INTERVIEW ON LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S ACQUISITION OF RADIO STATION; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ
Telephone conversation # 7056, sound recording, LBJ and DON COOK?, 3/10/1965, 10:20PM? (Item)
  • Press relations
  • COOK? REPORTS ON WALL STREET JOURNAL INQUIRY ABOUT COOK'S WITHDRAWAL AS CANDIDATE FOR TREASURY SECRETARY DUE TO HIS WIFE'S HEALTH, ADVERSE INFORMATION IN HIS BACKGROUND CHECK; PRESS LEAKS; KERMIT GORDON; VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; SELMA, ALABAMA; DUPONT
Telephone conversation # 7122, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MOORE, 3/18/1965, 7:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ TELLS MOORE THAT HENRY "JOE" FOWLER WILL GO TO WORLD BANKERS' MEETING AT PRINCETON TOMORROW, ASKS MOORE TO MAKE PUBLIC STATEMENTS SUPPORTING FOWLER'S NOMINATION AS TREASURY SECRETARY; NEED FOR FAVORABLE STORIES DUE TO SELMA; PRESS LEAK BY WILBUR
Telephone conversation # 8567, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES CALL MARKS MADE ON TV CONTRACT FOR UNNAMED COLUMNIST; MARKS' PLANS FOR USIA CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE PROGRAMS ENACTED BY CONGRESS, LBJ; LBJ TELLS MARKS TO CUT USIA BUDGET; CUTS IN WH NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS; WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 8835, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 9/3/1965, 4:40PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CALIFANO REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON PROGRESS IN STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; LABOR'S CONCERN ABOUT PRESS LEAK OF SETTLEMENT DETAILS; QUESTION OF ANNOUNCING SETTLEMENT IN TIME TO MAKE EVENING NEWS; GOODWIN'S WORK ON DRAFT STATEMENT
Telephone conversation # 8838, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 9/3/1965, 7:15PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • BUNDY CONGRATULATES LBJ ON STEEL SETTLEMENT, TELLS HIM THAT GOVT HAS BEEN INSTALLED IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, REPORTS ON US CASUALTY; LBJ REPORTS ON RECORD STOCK MARKET; UK MONETARY SITUATION; LBJ TELLS BUNDY TO GIVE PRESS BACKGROUNDERS ON DOMINICAN
Telephone conversation # 8841, sound recording, LBJ and I.W. ABEL, 9/5/1965, 5:10PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • 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 # 8675, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 8/30/1965, 3:37PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS MORSE TO PUT BILL MOYERS' PRESS STATEMENTS ON STEEL NEGOTIATIONS IN CONGRESSIONAL RECORD; MORSE TELLS LBJ HE WILL DO SO
Telephone conversation # 9155, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/10/1965, 7:54PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • MCNAMARA TELLS LBJ HE HAS RELEASED PRESS STATEMENT THAT ALCOA HAS RESCINDED ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICAL COLUMN BY CHARLES BARTLETT; FUTURE ALUMINUM STOCKPILE RELEASES; ALCOA'S STATEMENT; POSITION OF OTHER ALUMINUM COMPANIES
Telephone conversation # 9113, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CALIFANO REPORTS ON MEETING OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ON ALUMINUM SITUATION, INDUSTRY CONTACTS ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK BY ALCOA, REYNOLDS; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS' CONCERNS ABOUT PROCEEDING WITH STOCKPILE
Telephone conversation # 9116, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CALIFANO DISCUSSES ALUMINUM STOCKPILE RELEASE; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS' CONCERNS ABOUT STOCKPILE RELEASE; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA MEET WITH JOHN HARPER ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK; QUESTION OF WAR PROFITEERING
Telephone conversation # 8315, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/8/1965, 1:19PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA'S EVALUATION OF CANDIDATE FOR USIA DIRECTOR; DEPUTY DIRECTOR, VOICE OF AMERICA VACANCIES; BILL MOYERS' APPOINTMENT AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH CALIFANO OR ADAM YARMOLINSKY TO WH STAFF; WH DOMESTIC POLICY
Telephone conversation # 10052, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/27/1966, 1:31PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO GET WILLIS ROBERTSON TO REPORT UNNAMED BILL (PARTICIPATION SALES BILL?) FROM SENATE COMMITTEE; HOWARD SMITH'S LACK OF ACTION ON HOUSE BILL; MORTGAGE BANKERS' OPPOSITION; ROBERTSON'S PRESS STATEMENT; NEED TO PASS BILL THIS WEEK
Telephone conversation # 9886, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 3/14/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RUSK DISCUSSES APPOINTMENT OF JOSEPH PALMER TO HEAD STATE DEPT BUREAU OF AFRICAN AFFAIRS DESPITE CONGRESSIONAL, LABOR AND NEGRO COMMUNITY SUPPORT FOR WAYNE FREDERICKS; LBJ SUGGESTS FREDERICKS BE OFFERED POST WITH AID, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT PRESS
Telephone conversation # 10769, sound recording, LBJ and ORVILLE FREEMAN, 9/14/1966, 9:55AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • FARMERS' ATTITUDE TOWARDS DEMOCRATIC PARTY; LBJ DISCUSSES ADMINISTRATION'S PROGRESS IN ECONOMIC AREAS, USING PRESS TO PUBLICIZE ITS RECORD IN UPCOMING ELECTIONS; LBJ'S RELUCTANCE TO SIGN INTERMEDIATE CREDIT BANK BILL; NEED TO RESTRICT FEDERAL
Telephone conversation # 10543, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/3/1966, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, JACOB JAVITS ON CHANGES TO AIRLINE STRIKE BILL, THEIR REQUEST THAT KATZENBACH DRAFT BILL; CONTACTING STEEL COMPANIES ON PRICE INCREASE; NEGATIVE PRESS; FAVORABLE ACCOUNT BY WALTER CRONKITE
Telephone conversation # 10544, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/3/1966, 11:20AM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • NEED TO GENERATE BETTER PRESS STORIES ON ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 9463, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNOR, 1/7/1966, 6:30PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • RECENT US STEEL PRICE INCREASE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT RECENT BUSINESS PRESS RELEASES AND INDUSTRY ATTITUDE ABOUT INFLATION, DISCUSSES EXAMPLES OF LABOR COOPERATION ON WAGE-PRICE GUIDELINES
Telephone conversation # 11235, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CONNALLY, 12/30/1966, 2:34PM (Item)
  • Press relations
  • CONNALLY REPORTS THAT BROWN FOUNDATION WILL ISSUE PRESS RELEASE ON GRANTS THEY HAVE MADE, INCLUDING GRANTS FOR LBJ STATE PARK; LBJ ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE ADVERSE EFFECT OF ANNOUNCEMENT; LBJ SUGGESTS CONNALLY DISCUSS DONATIONS TO KENNEDY, EISENHOWER