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Telephone conversation # 8120, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES WEBB, 6/10/1965, 9:25PM (Item)

"(RE ASTRONAUTS NOT COMING TO RANCH REPORT PUT OUT BY NASA OFFICIAL JULIUS SCHEER)"; LBJ ON HOLD 2:15; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH JACK AND CHARLOTTE BROOKS AT BEGINNING OF CALL
LBJ DISCUSSES RESPONSE TO PRESS REPORTS QUOTING NASA OFFICIAL JULIAN SCHEER THAT ASTRONAUTS WILL NOT GO TO LBJ RANCH FOLLOWING LBJ'S UPCOMING VISIT TO HOUSTON SPACE CENTER; POSSIBLE FUTURE WH VISIT BY ASTRONAUTS; LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; VIETNAM

Telephone conversation # 2082, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 2/14/1964, 12:20PM (Item)

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 # 4344, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 7/27/1964, 12:32PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM "BOZO" MCKEE TO NASA POSITION; PRESS REACTION TO REUTERS NEWS STORY ON INCREASE IN US ASSISTANCE TO VIETNAM; AMBASSADOR LEONARD UNGER'S OPPOSITION TO OPERATION IN PANHANDLE OF LAOS

Telephone conversation # 8511, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/6/1965, 1:47PM (Item)

TRANSFER OF SST FROM FAA TO DOD OR NASA; MCNAMARA'S TESTIMONY BEFORE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES, APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEES; CONCERNS ABOUT COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR; STENNIS' CRITICISM OF EQUIPMENT SHORTAGES; LBJ ASKS MCNAMARA TO REPORT HOURS HE SPENDS

Telephone conversation # 10113, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES WEBB, 5/10/1966, 11:25PM (Item)

WEBB DISCUSSES CUTS IN SPACE FUNDING AND RESULTING PROBLEMS IN MEETING SPACE GOALS; SATURN ROCKET TESTS; LBJ DISCUSSES OVERRUNS IN DEFENSE AND SPACE BUDGETS, SUGGESTS WEBB DELAY SOME PAYMENTS; WEBB'S CONCERNS ABOUT NASA JOB CUTS; LBJ'S COMMITMENT

. And Dirksen's word was good. Regardless of what you say about him, his word was good. I used to love to hear him make a speech. He was a past master at that. But that happened. Also one time some people from Chicago were in trying to get some help on a NASA
and the Medicare bill; Kerr's involvement in hiring an assistant for Jim Webb of NASA; the Bricker Amendment; Harry Byrd's work on the Finance Committee; Kerr's meeting with the head of DuPont, Crawford Greenewalt; Kerr's opinions on Social Security and Medicare

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