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Telephone conversation # 8020, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and JOHN CONNOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • CONNOR INFORMS MOYERS OF PROBABLE PICKETING EFFORT BY MARITIME UNIONS PROTESTING THE DECLINING STATE OF THE MERCHANT MARINE, DISCUSSES MARITIME SUBCOMMITTEE HEADED BY TED KHEEL AND ITS PLAN TO FORMULATE PROPOSALS FOR SHIPBUILDING PROGRAM FOR BULK
  • Telephone conversation # 8020, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and JOHN CONNOR, 5/20/1965, time unknown
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 # 554, sound recording, LBJ and A. PHILIP RANDOLPH, 12/18/1963, 6:50PM (Item)
  • "#4"; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; POOR SOUND QUALITY; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES RANDOLPH ON SLEEPING CAR PORTERS UNION SETTLEMENT; RANDOLPH SAYS HE RECEIVED GREAT COOPERATION FROM LABOR DEPT, PRAISES LBJ'S SPEECH AT THE UN
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 # 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 # 3355, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 5/6/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AT LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT RAILROAD NEGOTIATIONS, NEW YORK PLUMBERS UNION STRIKE PROTESTING HIRING PUERTO RICANS, NEGRO AT GEORGE MEANY'S HOME LOCAL UNION; COAL MINERS AND RESIDUAL OIL
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 # 2075, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 2/13/1964, 5:24PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE AIRLINE STRIKES; LABOR UNIONS; BRANIFF, NATIONAL, CONTINENTAL AIRLINES
Telephone conversation # 5629, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK O'NEILL, 9/21/1964, 6:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES O'NEILL ON HIS WORK AS MEMBER OF FEDERAL MEDIATION BOARD IN REACHING TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH RAILROAD UNIONS
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 # 2157, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/23/1964, 9:27AM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION ON WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES, GEORGE MEANY'S ASSISTANCE IN NEGOTIATIONS
Telephone conversation # 2158, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/23/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION ON WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES, TELLS LBJ GEORGE MEANY HAS APPROVED AGREEMENT; LBJ CONGRATULATES WIRTZ ON SETTLEMENT
Telephone conversation # 2174, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/24/1964, 6:45PM? (Item)
  • BUNDY READS LBJ DRAFT LETTER TO UK PRIME MINISTER ALEC DOUGLAS HOME ABOUT UK BANK INTEREST RATES; PROPOSAL FOR WILLARD WIRTZ TO CALL GEORGE MEANY ON LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE OVER WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR
Telephone conversation # 2185, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES REYNOLDS, 2/25/1964, 11:06AM (Item)
  • REYNOLDS REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS ON LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE CONCERNING WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR; LANE KIRKLAND; GEORGE MEANY; WILLARD WIRTZ; CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS COVERAGE
Telephone conversation # 2189, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS JOHNSON, 2/25/1964, 11:25AM (Item)
  • LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE ABOUT US WHEAT SHIPMENTS TO USSR; GEORGE MEANY; LBJ'S DESIRE TO KEEP JFK'S AGREEMENTS; CONCERNS ABOUT PRESS COVERAGE OF DISPUTE; LABOR DEPT, COMMERCE DEPT POSITIONS; NICHOLAS JOHNSON'S AUTHORITY TO TAKE ACTION
Telephone conversation # 2348, sound recording, LBJ and ANDREW BIEMILLER, 3/4/1964, 7:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES BIEMILLER AND GEORGE MEANY TO FLY WITH HIM TO MRS. ROBERT WAGNER'S FUNERAL; LBJ PRAISES LABOR'S SETTLEMENT OF LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION DISPUTE OVER US GRAIN SHIPMENTS TO USSR, PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR LABOR
Telephone conversation # 3104, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 4/22/1964, 4:40PM (Item)
  • RFK REPORTS ON PROPOSED RAILROAD MERGERS: BALTIMORE & OHIO, CHESAPEAKE & OHIO; WESTERN PACIFIC, SANTA FE; PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL; BARRETT PRETTYMAN, JR.; UNION OPPOSITION TO MERGERS
Telephone conversation # 3113, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 4/23/1964, 12:01PM (Item)
  • PRESS STORY ON NEW YORK CENTRAL LABOR STRIKE; RAILROAD DISPUTE SETTLEMENT; CHARLES LUNA; LBJ'S MEETING WITH RAILROAD UNION LEADERS THIS MORNING
Telephone conversation # 3627, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 6/4/1964, 6:15PM (Item)
  • PROPOSED DISCUSSION ON REDUCING AUTO PRICES WITH FREDERIC DONNER AT ERHARD DINNER; MCNAMARA'S VIEWS; US NEWS & WORLD REPORT INTERVIEW WITH HELLER; LABOR STATISTICS; TAX CUTS; APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR OKUN TO CEA; BUILDING TRADE UNIONS WAGE SETTLEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 3196, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/29/1964, 6:32PM (Item)
  • AGREEMENT WITH UK SHIPPING COMPANY TO STOP TRADING WITH CUBA IN EXCHANGE FOR AGREEMENT WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION; GEORGE MEANY; WILLARD WIRTZ
Telephone conversation # 3197, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 4/29/1964, 6:32PM (Item)
  • AGREEMENT WITH UK SHIPPING COMPANY TO STOP TRADING WITH CUBA IN EXCHANGE FOR AGREEMENT WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION; BUNDY'S UPCOMING DINNER WITH UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS; LBJ INSTRUCTS BUNDY TO ASK THEM ABOUT PROBLEM OF UNEMPLOYED SUMMER YOUTH; CIVIL
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 # 5963, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 10/24/1964, 7:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS KNIGHT'S OPINION OF UAW SETTLEMENT IN NEGOTIATIONS WITH GM PRIOR TO ISSUING STATEMENT URGING UNION MEMBERS TO ACCEPT PROPOSAL; KNIGHT MENTIONS THAT IT IS HIS BIRTHDAY; LBJ INVITES KNIGHT TO PLAY GOLF WITH HIM FOLLOWING THE ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 5449, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 9/3/1964, 11:36AM (Item)
  • MCNAMARA REPORTS THAT COMMUNISTS HAVE DROPPED CHAFF IN BERLIN AIR CORRIDOR, REPORTS ON CALL TO FORD MOTOR COMPANY ON LACK OF PROGRESS IN UNION NEGOTIATIONS, POSSIBLE STRIKE; DISCUSSION OF REPLY TO GOLDWATER'S CHARGES ON DRAFT; DOD STUDY ON DRAFT
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 # 8853, sound recording, GEORGE REEDY and CHARLES LUNA, 9/13/1965, 12:35PM (Item)
  • LUNA DISCUSSES UNION'S CONCERNS ABOUT LBJ'S APPOINTMENT OF EMERGENCY BOARD AND RESULTING LEGAL REQUIREMENT TO END STRIKE AGAINST SANTA FE RAILROAD; LUNA'S UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORT TO TALK WITH WILLARD WIRTZ; REEDY TELLS LUNA HE WILL TALK TO LBJ ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 8136, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 6/15/1965, 2:07PM (Item)
  • MEANY REPORTS UNNAMED PERSON (JESSE CALHOON?) AGREED TO 30-DAY EXTENSION IN MARITIME WORKERS' LABOR DISPUTE; LEE PRESSMAN'S INFLUENCE WITH UNION; COMMERCE DEPT'S COMMITTEE ON MARITIME POLICY; JOHN CONNOR AS COMMERCE SECRETARY; COMMUNIST INFLUENCE
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 # 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 # 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 # 10556, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/4/1966, 10:43AM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF MOST RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN AIRLINE STRIKE, REPORTS THAT TWA AND EASTERN WILL SETTLE WITH UNION; CALIFANO TELLS LBJ THAT US STEEL WILL ALSO INCREASE STEEL PRICES
Telephone conversation # 10558, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 8/4/1966, 10:50AM (Item)
  • UNIONS
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