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Telephone conversation # 650, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN GRONOUSKI, 12/23/1963, 12:15PM (Item)
  • "#2"; OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMER STAATS, KERMIT GORDON, MYER FELDMAN AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED TO CUT POST OFFICE BUDGET, SAYS HE WANTS TO APPOINT TYLER ABELL AS ASSISTANT POSTMASTER GENERAL, DISCUSSES ABELL'S BACKGROUND, QUALIFICATIONS; POSTAL UNIONS' PRESSURE FOR FEDERAL PAY RAISE; NEED FOR POST OFFICE TO OPERATE
Telephone conversation # 10511, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/1/1966, 8:40PM (Item)
  • "INAUDIBLE"; 1:46 OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT AIRLINE STRIKE BILL PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JOSEPH CALIFANO AT TIME OF CALL; POOR SOUND QUALITY; MANSFIELD IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LBJ COMPLAINS THAT SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE IS LABOR-BAITING POLITICS, SAYS HE MAY VETO BILL OR NOT MAKE USE OF PROVISION ALLOWING PRESIDENT TO ORDER UNION BACK TO WORK; RFK'S, EDWARD KENNEDY'S ACTION ON BILL; WAYNE
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 # 11707, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 4/10/1967, 5:25PM (Item)
  • MEANY REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH UNION LEADER MICHAEL FOX ABOUT LBJ'S REQUEST THAT UNION EXTEND RAILROAD STRIKE DEADLINE VOLUNTARILY; FOX TOLD MEANY THEY WILL CONSIDER THAT REQUEST AND REPORT BACK TO HIM LATER
Telephone conversation # 2153, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1964, 10:15PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON MEETINGS CONCERNING LABOR TROUBLES ON WHEAT SHIPMENT TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES; CONTINENTAL GRAIN; LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION; GEORGE MEANY; EFFECT OF BARRY GOLDWATER, CHARLES HALLECK CHARGES ON NEGOTIATIONS; MYER FELDMAN; JAMES
Telephone conversation # 2154, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1964, 10:37PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POLITICAL CONCERNS ABOUT REPUBLICANS COMBINING NEGATIVE PUBLIC OPINION ABOUT WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR BY CONTINENTAL GRAIN AND LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION RESISTANCE; REPORTS OF SABOTAGE OF FIRST SHIPMENT; NEW YORK LONGSHOREMEN'S ASSOCIATION
Telephone conversation # 2155, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 2/23/1964, 5:37AM (Item)
  • NEGOTIATIONS WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION ON WHEAT SHIPMENT TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES; CONTINENTAL GRAIN; WILLARD WIRTZ'S MEETINGS WITH LABOR LEADERS IN MIAMI; GEORGE MEANY AND JAMES REYNOLDS' NEGOTIATIONS; BARRY GOLDWATER, CHARLES HALLECK
Telephone conversation # 4605, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/1/1964, 11:26AM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON SETTLEMENT BY RAILROAD NON-OPERATING EMPLOYEES THROUGH PRESIDENTIAL EMERGENCY BOARD, BOARD INCLUDES A WOMAN; REQUEST BY LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION, SHIPPING INDUSTRY FOR LBJ TO APPOINT MEDIATION BOARD, APPOINT WAYNE MORSE CHAIRMAN
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 # 6715, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MONRONEY, 1/8/1965, 9:30AM (Item)
  • MONRONEY ADVOCATES APPROVAL OF JAPANESE AIR ROUTES FROM US WEST TO EAST COASTS AT UPCOMING VISIT BY PRIME MINISTER SATO; JAPANESE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; US AIRLINES' VIEWS; MONRONEY PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH, DISCUSSES NEED FOR SUPERSONIC
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 # 9658, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1966, 10:34AM (Item)
  • "RE UNION MATTERS (DUBINSKY)"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 10598, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE PICKLE, 8/9/1966, 6:17PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT STATUS OF AIRLINE STRIKE BILL IN HOUSE COMMITTEE, OFFERS ADVICE ON HOW TO HANDLE BILL, RECOMMENDS GEORGE MEANY TESTIFY; LABOR'S INFLUENCE ON HARLEY STAGGERS; EFFECT OF SETTLEMENT ON OTHER UNIONS' DEMANDS, ECONOMY; NEED TO SETTLE
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 # 10505, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 8/1/1966, 4:20PM (Item)
  • RFK'S, EDWARD KENNEDY'S, JOSEPH CLARK'S SUPPORT FOR ROBERT GRIFFIN'S RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF BILL ON FUTURE STRIKES BY OTHER UNIONS; MEANY TELLS LBJ HE WILL TALK WITH SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE
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 # 10568, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 8/5/1966, 11:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES URGENCY OF SETTLING AIRLINE STRIKE; STATUS OF AIRLINE STRIKE LEGISLATION; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STRIKE, STEEL PRICE INCREASE; LBJ URGES MEANY TO CALL P. L. SIEMILLER, OTHER UNION LEADERS IMMEDIATELY ABOUT POSSIBLE SETTLEMENT
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 # 11706, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 4/10/1967, 4:59PM (Item)
  • MEANY REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH UNION LEADERS ABOUT IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT P. L. SIEMILLER'S TIES TO KENNEDYS; EMERGENCY BILL TO EXTEND STRIKE DEADLINE WHILE LBJ IS AT PUNTA DEL ESTE SUMMIT; JOSEPH RAMSEY; LBJ'S POSITION ON STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 11710, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 4/10/1967, 5:54PM (Item)
  • MORSE REPORTS ON TALKS ON EMERGENCY BILL EXTENDING DEADLINE FOR IMPENDING RAILROAD STRIKE, EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; LBJ DISCUSSES GEORGE MEANY'S TALKS WITH UNION LEADERS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SENATE ACTION, COMPLAINS ABOUT P. L
Telephone conversation # 11711, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 4/10/1967, 6:01PM (Item)
  • MEANY REPORTS ON FAILURE TO GET AGREEMENT FROM UNION LEADERS TO VOLUNTARILY EXTEND DEADLINE FOR RAILROAD STRIKE, SAYS LEGISLATION WILL BE NEEDED; LBJ ASKS MEANY TO RELAY THIS INFORMATION TO WAYNE MORSE
Telephone conversation # 11705, sound recording, LBJ and LISTER HILL, 4/10/1967, 4:43PM (Item)
  • "UNION MATTERS"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 13835, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 12/31/1968, 3:02PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; MANDATORY INCREASES FOR MEDICAID, HIGHWAYS, FEDERAL PAY, CRIME CONTROL, SOCIAL SECURITY; DOD BUDGET CUTS; CHINESE NUCLEAR TEST; SENTINEL PROGRAM; NEW YEAR'S WISHES; LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD TO WORK ON STATE OF UNION