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Telephone conversation # 10583, sound recording, LBJ and LIZ CARPENTER, 8/5/1966, 6:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS CARPENTER ABOUT PLAN TO USE AIRLINE EQUIPMENT TO AIR-CONDITION CHURCH DURING LUCI'S WEDDING, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CONFLICT WITH AIRLINE STRIKE; CARPENTER SAYS CLARK CLIFFORD APPROVED USE; LBJ TELLS HER TO CONSULT WILLARD WIRTZ, JAMES
Telephone conversation # 10455, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 9:15PM (Item)
  • CALIFANO REPORTS THAT AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATORS ARE READY TO MEET WITH LBJ; STATUS OF LBJ'S STATEMENT ON SETTLEMENT; LBJ RELAYS REPORT THAT AIRLINE CARRIERS ARE UNHAPPY WITH SETTLEMENT; ARRANGEMENTS FOR LBJ'S TV APPEARANCE; STATEMENTS
Telephone conversation # 10457, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 7/29/1966, 9:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S UPCOMING TV APPEARANCE TO ANNOUNCE AIRLINE STRIKE AGREEMENT; STATUS OF BILL TO END STRIKE IN SENATE COMMITTEE; LBJ PRAISES MORSE'S WORK ON AIRLINE STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 10561, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/4/1966, 7:37PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE AIRLINE STRIKE SETTLEMENT; LBJ'S TALK WITH GEORGE BROWN ON CARRIERS' LOSSES; WIRTZ' CONGRESSIONAL TESTIMONY ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; WAYNE MORSE'S NEGATIVE COMMENTS; ADMINISTRATION OPPOSITION TO COMPULSORY ARBITRATION; LEGAL CONCERNS ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 10570, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/5/1966, 12:42PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS GEORGE MEANY HAS EXERTED PRESSURE TO SETTLE AIRLINE STRIKE; ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF STRIKE, STEEL PRICES; LBJ'S IMPATIENCE WITH LABOR; AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; QUESTIONS ABOUT FAA ROLE, USE OF MILITARY PLANE TO SHIP FLOWERS FOR LUCI'S WEDDING
Telephone conversation # 10525, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/2/1966, 11:23AM (Item)
  • UPDATE ON SENATE ACTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES, POSSIBLE UNCONSTITUTIONALITY OF SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE BILL; RFK; WAYNE MORSE'S SUBSTITUTE BILL; NEED FOR AIRLINE CARRIERS' SUPPORT; SPEECHES FOR SENATORS; 1963 RAILROAD STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 522, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 12/17/1963, 7:25PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS THAT POTENTIAL RAILROAD AND AIRLINE STRIKES HAVE BEEN SETTLED; LBJ CONGRATULATES WIRTZ; DISCUSSION OF PRESS HANDLING OF SETTLEMENTS; LBJ ASKS ABOUT REACTION TO ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPRENTICE TRAINING REGULATIONS
Telephone conversation # 10222, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • STATUS OF BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, AIRLINE LABOR DISPUTE; DIRKSEN'S CALL FOR BIPARTISAN VIETNAM MEETING; RICHARD HELMS AS REPLACEMENT FOR WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; CIA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; BOMBING PROGRAM; PEACE
Telephone conversation # 10593, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/8/1966, 10:55PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ' PESSIMISTIC REPORT ON AIRLINE STRIKE NEGOTIATIONS; ADMINISTRATION COMMENTS ON STEEL PRICES, GUIDELINES; P. L. SIEMILLER; W. W. HEATH'S INQUIRY ABOUT BRANIFF'S POSITION; STATUS OF BILL IN HOUSE; GEORGE MEANY; WH STATEMENT ABOUT INITIAL
Telephone conversation # 10600, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/9/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH GEORGE MEANY ON AIRLINE STRIKE, PROMOTING JAMES REYNOLDS TO LABOR UNDERSECRETARY, MOVING JOHN HENNING? TO OTHER POST; P. L. SIEMILLER; COST OF SETTLEMENT; LBJ'S LUNCHEON WITH NEWSPAPER PUBLISHERS; TED DEALEY'S REMARKS
Telephone conversation # 10610, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE PICKLE, 8/12/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • PICKLE REPORTS ON ACTION IN HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; JOHN BELL WILLIAMS' AND JOHN DINGELL'S SUBSTITUTE BILLS WITH PROVISIONS CONCERNING STRIKE BEING NATIONAL EMERGENCY; POLITICAL REASONS FOR VOTES; HEAD COUNT; NYT INQUIRY ABOUT WH
Telephone conversation # 10784, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 9/16/1966, 11:51AM (Item)
  • LONG DISCUSSES MISSOURI'S INTEREST IN HAVING TWA, NOT PAN AMERICAN, ACQUIRE DUBLIN, IRELAND AIRLINE ROUTE; LBJ SAYS HARRY MCPHERSON IS HANDLING MATTER, COMPLAINS ABOUT TWA; POSSIBLE LBJ TRIP TO MISSOURI; LBJ EXPLAINS WHY HE DOES NOT ANNOUNCE TRAVEL
Telephone conversation # 10785, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 9/16/1966, 11:51AM (Item)
  • LBJ EXPLAINS WHY HE DOES NOT ANNOUNCE TRAVEL PLANS IN ADVANCE, TELLS LONG THAT HARRY MCPHERSON WILL CALL LONG ABOUT DECISION TO AWARD DUBLIN, IRELAND AIRLINE ROUTE TO TWA OR PAN AMERICAN
Telephone conversation # 10449, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 7/29/1966, 3:40PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS IN AIRLINE STRIKE BY INTERNATIONAL ASSN OF MACHINISTS; LBJ READS PRESS REPORT OF EVERETT DIRKSEN'S STATEMENT, ASKS MANSFIELD TO DISCUSS FAVORABLE ECONOMIC TERMS OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT WITH SENATE
Telephone conversation # 10450, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 7/29/1966, 7:30PM (Item)
  • 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 # 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 # 10504, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH BEIRNE, 8/1/1966, 4:06PM (Item)
  • LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE ACTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL, TELLS BEIRNE STRIKE IS NOT NATIONAL EMERGENCY; RFK'S, JOSEPH CLARK'S SUPPORT FOR ROBERT GRIFFIN'S 60-DAY PLAN; ADMINISTRATION'S PREFERENCE FOR WAYNE MORSE'S PROPOSAL
Telephone conversation # 10524, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/2/1966, 11:20AM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH RUSSELL LONG, GEORGE SMATHERS ABOUT SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE RESOLUTION ON AIRLINE STRIKE, INSTRUCTS CALIFANO TO MEET WITH THEM; CALIFANO SAYS HE IS IN MAJORITY LEADER'S OFFICE, CANNOT TALK RIGHT NOW, AND WILL CALL LBJ
Telephone conversation # 10538, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/2/1966, 6:43PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS STORIES QUOTING DIRKSEN AS SAYING ADMINISTRATION WANTS LEGISLATION TO RESOLVE AIRLINE STRIKE; LBJ SAYS HE IS NOT RECOMMENDING BILL BUT IF ONE IS TO BE PASSED IT SHOULD INCLUDE CONGRESSIONAL FINDING OF EMERGENCY
Telephone conversation # 10543, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/3/1966, 11:20AM (Item)
  • 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)
  • NEED TO GENERATE BETTER PRESS STORIES ON ADMINISTRATION'S POSITION ON AIRLINE STRIKE; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 10546, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/3/1966, 3:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH DAVID DUBINSKY ON AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; DUBINSKY'S SUGGESTION THAT GEORGE MEANY CALL MEETING OF LABOR LEADERS TO SETTLE STRIKE; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON OTHER LABOR BILLS; WIRTZ SAYS HE WANTS TO MEET PRIVATELY WITH LBJ, CALIFANO ABOUT
Telephone conversation # 10549, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/3/1966, 7:36PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES PROBLEMS WITH DELEGATION OF POWER TO PRESIDENT IN SENATE AIRLINE STRIKE BILL, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT EFFECT ON LABOR IN OTHER STRIKE SITUATIONS AND ON MINIMUM WAGE, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BILLS; COST-OF-LIVING PROVISION
Telephone conversation # 10553, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/4/1966, 8:25AM (Item)
  • AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; NON-EMERGENCY NATURE OF STRIKE; INFLATIONARY ASPECTS OF STRIKE SETTLEMENT, STEEL PRICE INCREASE; RFK'S POLITICAL AMBITIONS; CONGRESSIONAL RELUCTANCE TO PASS ECONOMIC CONTROLS, TAX BILL IN ELECTION YEAR; TERMS OF PROPOSED
Telephone conversation # 10572, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/5/1966, 1:00PM (Item)
  • NEED TO COUNTERACT RFK'S INFLUENCE WITH PRESS, EMPHASIZE SENATE INACTION ON VARIOUS ADMINISTRATION BILLS FOR CITIES; MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATIONS FOR UNNAMED POST: DOUGLAS DILLON, JOHN KENNETH GALBRAITH, ARJAY MILLER; LBJ'S ACTIONS ON AIRLINE STRIKE
Telephone conversation # 10418, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/22/1966, 9:37AM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE POSTPONEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC FUND-RAISING EFFORTS UNTIL AFTER CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS; DIFFICULTY OF PASSING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN ELECTION YEAR; LBJ'S STATEMENT ON RIOTS; ANHEUSER-BUSCH ANTITRUST CASE; LBJ ASKS FOR IDEAS FOR HANDLING AIRLINE
Telephone conversation # 10847, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 9/28/1966, 4:29PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ REPORTS WILBUR MILLS WILL SUPPORT SENATE VERSION OF UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE BILL; NEED TO PASS INVESTMENT CREDIT BILL FIRST; UNDERSECRETARY OF LABOR APPOINTMENT; CANDIDATES FOR OTHER LABOR JOBS; AIRLINE STRIKE TALKS; ESTHER PETERSON; BREAD