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Telephone conversation # 2985, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 4/10/1964, 12:30PM (Item)
  • POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF AMOS BOHMAN? TO UNNAMED POST; JOSE (JOSEPH) ERAZO; LBJ EVALUATES ADAM CLAYTON POWELL; POWELL'S WORK ON COTTON-WHEAT FARM BILL, POVERTY BILL; SWEARING-IN OF WOMEN APPOINTEES; APPOINTMENTS OF PHILIP NICHOLS, MARY KEYSERLING
Telephone conversation # 4809, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 8/7/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALL TO JOHN SWEETERMAN OF THE WASHINGTON POST; OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PROPOSED REAPPOINTMENT OF (EDWARD?) "BEARD" TO DC COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS?, LINDLEY BECKWORTH'S DEPARTURE FOR TEXAS, POSSIBLE PAIR
Telephone conversation # 4812, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 8/7/1964, 4:17PM (Item)
  • SHRIVER REPORTS THAT ROBERT JONES HAS DECIDED TO VOTE FOR POVERTY BILL DESPITE POSSIBLE ADVERSE CONSEQUENCES; LBJ RECOMMENDS THAT SHRIVER CONTACT WASHINGTON POST, STAR SUGGESTING THEY INTERVIEW CHARLES HALLECK ABOUT REPUBLICAN DELAYING TACTICS
Telephone conversation # 5178, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 8/25/1964, 11:40AM (Item)
  • SHRIVER REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH BERNARD BOUTIN ABOUT HIS POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT AS DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF POVERTY PROGRAM, EVENTUAL APPOINTMENT AS DIRECTOR; JOHN MACY AS POSSIBLE CANDIDATE; NEED TO FILL GSA, CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION POSTS IF EITHER
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 # 11618, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 3/7/1967, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS YARBOROUGH'S OPINION OF CANDIDATES FOR AFRICAN DIPLOMATIC POST, KARL ROLVAAG AS AMBASSADOR TO ICELAND; YARBOROUGH'S TEXAS TRIP, VISIT WITH WALTER HALL; YARBOROUGH'S RECORD OF SUPPORTING LBJ; AIRLINE STRIKE BILL; RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY
Telephone conversation # 11376, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN CARLOCK, 1/19/1967, 10:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR INFORMATION ON PARTICIPATION CERTIFICATES IN HIGHWAY TRUST FUNDS BECAUSE OF TODAY'S WASHINGTON POST EDITORIAL; CARLOCK SAYS HE WOULD NOT PUT THEM IN HIGHWAY TRUST FUNDS ALTHOUGH IT IS LEGAL TO DO SO, AS IT IS WITH SOCIAL SECURITY TRUST
Telephone conversation # 6736, sound recording, LBJ and MARTIN LUTHER KING, 1/15/1965, 12:06PM (Item)
  • MLK PRAISES STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ'S LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY FOR GREAT SOCIETY BILLS; IMPORTANCE OF VOTING RIGHTS; MLK ASKS LBJ TO APPOINT NEGRO TO CABINET; LBJ'S PLAN TO MAKE HUD A CABINET POST, APPOINT [ROBERT] WEAVER; APPOINTMENTS OF NEGROES