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Telephone conversation # 4976, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/17/1964, 9:22AM (Item)
  • RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; OPPOSITION TO RFK FROM REFORM MOVEMENT; WHITE BACKLASH AND LABOR OPPOSITION TO LBJ, PARTICULARLY AMONG UNSKILLED WORKERS; INFORMAL POLL OF NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS; REPORT BY JAMES PECK ON CALIFORNIA LABOR DEFECTIONS
Telephone conversation # 4305, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 7/22/1964, 9:26AM (Item)
  • HOOVER REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH ROBERT WAGNER ABOUT NYC RIOTS, SUCCESSFUL PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE DURING MLK VISIT TO GREENWOOD, MISSISSIPPI; LBJ ASKS ABOUT NEW YORK NEWS STORY BY JACK MALLON ON COMMUNIST, RIGHT-WING EXTREMIST SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 5070, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/21/1964, 11:32AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON DEMOCRATIC CAMPAIGN ORGANIZATION; WAGNER ASKS LBJ ABOUT SELECTION OF ED WEISL, SR., AS NEW YORK NATIONAL COMMITTEEMAN; WAGNER'S STATEMENT ON RFK; RFK'S ANNOUNCEMENT AS NEW YORK SENATE CANDIDATE, WITHDRAWAL AS MASSACHUSETTS
Telephone conversation # 8639, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/26/1965, 2:50PM (Item)
  • CONCERNS ABOUT BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; IMMIGRATION BILL SIGNING CEREMONY; NEW JUDGESHIPS, FEDERAL REGISTRARS FOR WASHINGTON, DC; DREW PEARSON'S OPPOSITION TO DAVID BRESS' APPOINTMENT; AMENDMENT ON IMMIGRATION CEILING FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE
Telephone conversation # 10710, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 9/1/1966, 11:24PM (Item)
  • NEW YORK LIBERAL PARTY POLITICS; LBJ TEASES DUBINSKY ABOUT JOHN LINDSAY'S ELECTION; MINIMUM WAGE BILL SIGNING CEREMONY IN NYC OR IN THE SOUTH; NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE AND EFFECT ON 1968 ELECTION; LIBERAL PARTY SUPPORT FOR FDR, JR., NOT FRANK
Telephone conversation # 10711, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID DUBINSKY, 9/1/1966, 11:24PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF NEW YORK GUBERNATORIAL RACE; LBJ ASKS FOR LIBERAL PARTY SUPPORT OF FRANK O'CONNOR, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT ELECTION OF REPUBLICANS JOHN LINDSAY, NELSON ROCKEFELLER; RAMIFICATIONS OF NEW YORK ELECTION ON 1968 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
Telephone conversation # 13327, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/27/1968, 4:08PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF VP NOMINEES; LBJ SUGGESTS HHH CONSIDER JOSEPH ALIOTO IN ORDER TO CARRY CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, CITIES, ITALIAN VOTE; DALEY RECOMMENDS SARGENT SHRIVER; SELECTION OF NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY CHAIRMAN TO REPLACE JOHN BAILEY
Telephone conversation # 13342, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 8/29/1968, 7:12PM (Item)
  • LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT WHAT HE FEELS IS POLITICALLY BIASED NEWS COVERAGE OF DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION, PARTICULARLY BY WALTER CRONKITE, CBS, NBC, SAYS INTERVIEWS ARE ONLY CONDUCTED WITH PEOPLE FROM NEW YORK AND CALIFORNIA
Telephone conversation # 4922, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 8/14/1964, 2:40PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF QUESTION AT REEDY'S PRESS BRIEFING ABOUT LBJ'S CONVERSATION WITH NYC MAYOR ROBERT WAGNER, TOPICS INCLUDING RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; REQUESTS FOR PRESS CONFERENCE WITH LBJ; LBJ CRITICIZES REEDY'S HANDLING OF PRESS BRIEFING; WH PRESS
Telephone conversation # 4977, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/17/1964, 9:22AM (Item)
  • WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE; FEAR THAT CIVIL RIGHTS WILL AFFECT JOBS, HOUSING; INFORMAL NEW YORK TAXI DRIVERS POLL SHOWING SUPPORT FOR GOLDWATER; PROPOSED TAXI FARE INCREASE IN NYC; LYNDA JOHNSON'S VISIT TO NYC, TV SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 4978, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 8/17/1964, 9:36AM (Item)
  • BOMBINGS, RACIAL TROUBLE IN CHICAGO SUBURBS; DALEY REPORTS ON ILLINOIS POLITICAL SITUATION, COMPARISON WITH 1960; DALEY'S LIAISON WORK WITH NEGRO COMMUNITY; BUSINESS' NEED TO CREATE NEW JOBS; VOTER REGISTRATION CAMPAIGN; WHITE BACKLASH ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 5018, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/18/1964, 1:02PM (Item)
  • LYNDA JOHNSON'S NYC TRIP; LBJ ASKS WAGNER'S ADVICE ON UPCOMING MEETING WITH RFK; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; LABOR, WHITE BACKLASH; OLIVER QUAYLE POLL; CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI DELEGATIONS, HANDLING ISSUE IN CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE
Telephone conversation # 5019, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/18/1964, 1:02PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF CONTROVERSY OVER SEATING MISSISSIPPI DELEGATION, HANDLING ISSUE IN CREDENTIALS COMMITTEE; POSSIBLE EFFECT ON SOUTHERN VOTE OF DECISION TO SEAT MFDP; RFK, NEW YORK SENATE RACE; RFK'S POSSIBLE WITHDRAWAL AS MASSACHUSETTS DELEGATE
Telephone conversation # 4888, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/11/1964, 4:00PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF RFK RUNNING FOR SENATE IN NEW YORK; WAGNER'S RECENT MEETING WITH LBJ; MEETING BETWEEN LBJ, WAGNER IN NYC TOMORROW; IMPLEMENTATION OF POVERTY BILL IN NYC
Telephone conversation # 4909, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 8/13/1964, 5:15PM (Item)
  • WAGNER REPORTS ON FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN'S MEETING WITH GOLDWATER; SPELLMAN'S SUPPORT FOR LBJ; LABOR OPPOSITION TO RFK'S RUNNING FOR NEW YORK SENATE SEAT; WAGNER'S INABILITY TO REACH RFK WHILE HE IS ON CRUISE
Telephone conversation # 4624, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 8/1/1964, 7:06PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH ROBERT WAGNER; POVERTY PROGRAM IN NEW YORK; LBJ ASKS REUTHER'S AID IN GETTING VOTES FOR POVERTY BILL; REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION TO BILL, LABOR'S LOBBYING EFFORTS; FARMERS' UNION; UAW NEGOTIATIONS; RFK; RECENT POLL ON LBJ, VP
Telephone conversation # 4771, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY VAN ARSDALE, 8/6/1964, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS VAN ARSDALE'S HELP IN GETTING NEW YORK VOTES ON POVERTY BILL TOMORROW; VAN ARSDALE REPORTS HE HAS MET WITH JOHN LINDSAY ABOUT BILL, SAYS HIS ORGANIZATION IS CONCENTRATING ITS EFFORTS ON NYC CONGRESSMEN
Telephone conversation # 6274, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 11/6/1964, 3:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ REVIEWS HIS ACTIVITIES FOR PRESS BRIEFING; POSSIBLE PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW; PRESS STORIES ABOUT SPECIAL CONGRESSIONAL SESSION; RUMORS THAT HAROLD WILSON HAS REQUESTED MEETING WITH LBJ; INVITATION TO LBJ TO INAUGURATE NEW WHARF FOR PORT
Telephone conversation # 6325, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 11/11/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • CANDIDATES FOR TEXAS CIRCUIT COURT; MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES AT 70; ANTHONY CELEBREZZE'S INTEREST IN APPOINTMENT TO DC COURT OF APPEALS, WH PRESS LEAKS ON HIS RESIGNATION; NEW DC POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES BELIEF THAT WALTER JENKINS
Telephone conversation # 5837, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 10/3/1964, 8:48PM (Item)
  • WAGNER REPORTS ON RALLY TOMORROW AGAINST CLOSING OF BROOKLYN NAVY YARD; LBJ SAYS THAT DOD IS STUDYING ALL BASE CLOSINGS, WILL ANNOUNCE DECISION NEXT YEAR; COMPARISON OF MCNAMARA WITH ROBERT MOSES; PRESS ENDORSEMENTS OF LBJ; NEW YORK SENATE RACE; RFK
Telephone conversation # 6370, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 11/16/1964, 4:45PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF LARRY O'BRIEN'S DESIRE FOR NEW JOB, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT AS DNC CHAIRMAN; O'BRIEN'S SUCCESS AS WH CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON; DALEY PRAISES JOHN BAILEY'S LOYALTY; ILLINOIS ELECTION RESULTS; RE-ELECTION OF OTTO KERNER; ROLAND LIBONATI'S
Telephone conversation # 6371, sound recording, LBJ and DAVID LAWRENCE, 11/16/1964, 5:00PM (Item)
  • MATTHEW MCCLOSKY'S HEARING; PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS; DEFEAT OF GENEVIEVE BLATT IN SENATE RACE; DEMOCRATIC LOSS OF JEWISH, ITALIAN VOTE; LBJ'S ELECTION BET WITH FRANK SMITH; LARRY O'BRIEN'S WISH FOR NEW JOB, POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO DNC; REORGANIZATION
Telephone conversation # 6398, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/18/1964, 4:05PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF NEW WASHINGTON, DC, POLICE CHIEF; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT CRIME IN WASHINGTON AND ABOUT WALTER TOBRINER'S FAILURE TO NOTIFY WH ABOUT APPOINTMENT
Telephone conversation # 6427, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/20/1964, 4:00PM (Item)
  • MOYERS' MEETING WITH NEW CONGRESSMEN; POSSIBLE RAISES FOR SOME WH STAFF; HISTORY OF POSITION OF WH LIAISON TO WASHINGTON, DC COMMISSIONERS; ROGER STEVENS' LETTER SOLICITING FUNDS IN LBJ'S NAME; ORGANIZATION OF TOP WH STAFF; MCGEORGE BUNDY; DOUGLASS
Telephone conversation # 6601, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 12/2/1964, 7:20PM (Item)
  • WAGNER READS LBJ PRESS STORY ON FIGHT OVER LEADERSHIP OF NEW YORK STATE SENATE BETWEEN WAGNER AND RFK FORCES; ALLEGED SUPPORT FOR STANLEY STEINGUT BY EDWIN WEISL, SR.; LBJ TELLS WAGNER HE WILL CONTINUE TO CONSULT WITH HIM ON NYC PATRONAGE; WILLIAM
Telephone conversation # 6125, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT WAGNER, 11/3/1964, 6:14PM (Item)
  • WAGNER REPORTS ON HEAVY VOTING IN NYC, UPSTATE NEW YORK, HARLEM; LBJ THANKS WAGNER FOR SUPPORT
Telephone conversation # 7323, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 4/7/1965, 9:17AM (Item)
  • JOE RAUH'S CANDIDATE FOR WASHINGTON, DC COURT; NEED FOR MERIT APPOINTMENTS, APPOINTEES FROM CALIFORNIA, EXCELLENCE IN JUSTICE DEPT; VOTING RIGHTS BILL, INCLUSION OF NEW YORK PUERTO RICANS; POLL TAX AMENDMENT TO CONSTITUTION; LBJ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC
Telephone conversation # 8550, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/18/1965, 12:10PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "NEW YORK CITY"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
Telephone conversation # 8802, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 9/1/1965, 8:45AM (Item)
  • RIBICOFF DISCUSSES HIS OVERSEAS TRAVEL PLANS, INCLUDING ATTENDANCE AT GATT CONFERENCE IN GENEVA, BRITISH COMMONWEALTH CONFERENCE IN NEW ZEALAND, PLANS TO RETURN FOR CONNECTICUT ELECTIONS; LBJ ASKS RIBICOFF TO ATTEND OVERSEAS MEETINGS AS HIS
Telephone conversation # 9148, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 9:20PM (Item)
  • MOYERS TELLS LBJ THAT MERRIMAN SMITH REPORTS AP WIRES ARE GOING OUT DUE TO NORTHEAST POWER FAILURE, RELAYS CONCERNS NEW POWER FAILURE MAY OCCUR IF POWER IS RESTORED AT PEAK HOUR; LBJ ASKS REPORT BE RELAYED TO HORNIG, DISCUSSES CALL TO NELSON
Telephone conversation # 9129, sound recording, LBJ and BUFORD ELLINGTON, 11/9/1965, 5:48PM (Item)
  • ELLINGTON GIVES LBJ STATUS REPORT ON POWER FAILURE IN NORTHEAST US AND IN MONTREAL AND TORONTO, CANADA; ELLINGTON TELLS LBJ THAT AIRPLANES ROUTED FOR NYC ARE LANDING IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY
Telephone conversation # 8340, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 7/15/1965, 2:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WILKINS TO LOBBY FOR SENATE PASSAGE OF RENT SUBSIDY PROVISION OF HOUSING BILL; APPOINTMENT OF HUD, HEW SECRETARIES, UN AMBASSADOR, NEW YORK JUDGESHIPS; ROBERT WEAVER; BERL BERNHARD; JOHN GARDNER; CLARK CLIFFORD; GEORGE BALL; RFK; CONSTANCE
Telephone conversation # 8122, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 6/10/1965, 9:40PM (Item)
  • UNTRUE PRESS STORY THAT LBJ PRESSURED ROBERT WAGNER TO RUN FOR 4TH TERM AS NYC MAYOR; JOHN MCNAUGHTON STATEMENT ON THAILAND; PRESS STORY THAT ASTRONAUTS WILL NOT VISIT LBJ RANCH; NEW YORK POLL; PLANS FOR HOUSTON SPACE CENTER TRIP; COMPLAINTS BY WH
Telephone conversation # 10423, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 7/25/1966, 3:24PM (Item)
  • DALEY THANKS LBJ FOR HIS RECENT REMARKS IN INDIANAPOLIS ABOUT RIOTING, DISCUSSES HHH'S NOTE EXPLAINING INACCURATE PRESS REPORT OF HHH'S SPEECH IN NEW ORLEANS; DISCUSSION OF UPCOMING WEDDINGS OF LUCI JOHNSON AND OF DALEY'S DAUGHTER; AEC FACILITY
Telephone conversation # 9402, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/2/1966, 12:56PM (Item)
  • LBJ OFFERS DIRKSEN NEW YEAR'S, BIRTHDAY GREETINGS; INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF BETHLEHEM STEEL PRICE INCREASE; WAR-PROFITEERING; LBJ DISCUSSES ESTIMATES OF COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR IN FEDERAL BUDGET REQUEST; DIRKSEN ADVISES LBJ TO USE LOWER ESTIMATE; JOHN
Telephone conversation # 9460, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 1/7/1966, 1:15PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON CALL FROM NELSON ROCKEFELLER REQUESTING FEDERAL DISASTER AID FOR THOSE AFFECTED BY NYC TRANSIT STRIKE, TELLS WIRTZ TO CONTACT OEP, SMALL BUSINESS AND VETERANS ADMINISTRATIONS, CONGRESSMEN ABOUT POSSIBLE AID; NEW YORK STATE POLITICS
Telephone conversation # 12105, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN LINDSAY, 8/24/1967, 10:02AM (Item)
  • "LOCAL SHOREHAM HOTEL"; "TO MAYOR JOHN LINDSAY AT SHOREHAM HOTEL RELATIVE TO NEWS LEAK ABOUT WALTER WASHINGTON BEFORE APPOINTMENT IS DEFINITE..."; "THE PRES IN HIS BEDROOM EITHER EVENING OF AUG 23 OR MORNING OF AUG 24, 1967"; "MAYOR JOHN LINDSAY?"
Telephone conversation # 12835, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 3/23/1968, 10:17AM (Item)
  • DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL RACE; RFK CAMPAIGN; LBJ'S CAMPAIGN STRATEGY; BERTRAND HARDING'S APPOINTMENT AS OEO DIRECTOR; NEW POVERTY, URBAN PROJECTS; DALEY'S TALK WITH CARL STOKES; INDIANA PRIMARY; RICHARD HATCHER; LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH DALEY'S SONS
Telephone conversation # 12839, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/23/1968, 12:46PM? (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES EXISTING SUPPORT FOR HIS NOMINATION, ASKS O'BRIEN TO HEAD HIS CAMPAIGN; STANLEY STEINGUT AND NEW YORK POLITICS; INDIANA PRIMARY; ILLINOIS POLITICS
Telephone conversation # 11404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/25/1967, 7:45PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING WITH HOUSE COMMITTEE CHAIRMEN; PRESS LEAKS FROM CRIME COMMISSION; KATZENBACH DEFENDS COMMISSION; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S VIEWS ON CONSULAR CONVENTION; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DEMOCRATIC DISSENT IN CONGRESS; NEW HARRIS POLL; WILLIAM MANCHESTER