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Telephone conversation # 4608, sound recording, LARRY O'BRIEN? and UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, 8/1/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • O'BRIEN? ASKS UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE TO HAVE HENRY HALL WILSON CHECK LIST OF REPUBLICAN VOTES (ON POVERTY BILL?) WHICH MIGHT BE INFLUENCED BY MACHINISTS' UNION
  • Telephone conversation # 4608, sound recording, LARRY O'BRIEN? and UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE, 8/1/1964, time unknown
Telephone conversation # 5267, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 8/30/1964, 4:55PM (Item)
  • INFORMING PRESS OF HHH'S DEPARTURE TIME FROM RANCH; EVENTS TOMORROW: SIGNING FOOD STAMP BILL, LBJ'S TELEPHONE CALL TO PLASTERERS' UNION; QUESTION OF HOLDING PRESS CONFERENCE TOMORROW; GEORGE REEDY'S RESIGNATION, PLANS TO RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC
Telephone conversation # 9861, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 3/9/1966, 12:58PM (Item)
  • "UNION MATTERS"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • LBJ'S TALKS WITH CONGRESSIONAL, LABOR LEADERS ABOUT MINIMUM WAGE BILL; TIMING AND RATE OF PROPOSED INCREASE; GEORGE MEANY'S SUPPORT FOR NEW PROPOSAL; ECONOMIC, POLITICAL EFFECTS OF INCREASE; LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR REPEAL OF TAFT-HARTLEY 14-B; OTHER LABOR
Telephone conversation # 9488, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/13/1966, 1:27AM (Item)
  • "EARLY A.M."; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • PRESS STORY THAT MOYERS MAY RESIGN AS WH PRESS SECRETARY; MOYERS', RICHARD GOODWIN'S WORK ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; ALLEGED WH DISSENSION; CONTRIBUTIONS OF ABE FORTAS, CLARK CLIFFORD TO SPEECH; MOYERS' ATTITUDE; MARVIN WATSON
Telephone conversation # 9491, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/13/1966, 4:51PM (Item)
  • "NYC"; "SUMMARIZED"; SLIP LISTS TIME AS 5:50P; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; WILKINS ON HOLD 1:20; LBJ IS MEETING WITH MARVIN WATSON, ROBERT WEAVER, ROBERT WOOD, LOUIS MARTIN AT TIME OF CALL; WATSON ANSWERS TELEPHONE, GIVES CALL TO LBJ
  • ANNOUNCEMENT OF APPOINTMENT OF ROBERT WEAVER AS HUD SECRETARY AND ROBERT WOOD AS UNDERSECRETARY; WILKINS COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ EXHORTS WILKINS TO WORK ON LEGISLATION; WILKINS CONGRATULATES WOODS, WEAVER AND SPEAKS
Telephone conversation # 649, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER HELLER, 12/23/1963, 12:00PM (Item)
  • "#2"; BRIEF OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; LBJ IS MEETING WITH ELMER STAATS, KERMIT GORDON, MYER FELDMAN AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ QUESTIONS HELLER ABOUT EFFECT OF TAX CUT ON ECONOMIC GROWTH; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT BOONDOGGLE PROJECTS IN POVERTY PROGRAM, REMINISCES ABOUT NYA, TELLS HELLER TO TALK TO PRESS AND EXPRESS OPTIMISM ABOUT ECONOMY
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/21/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • with his own hands w here they now liv e . MEMORANDUM THE W H ITE HOUSE W A S H IN GTON Thursday, May 21, 1964 P age 4 Th ree of their children w ere born in the log cabin. He now has a part time job on the Unemployed Parents P rogra m , setting out
Telephone conversation # 11302, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 1/2/1967, 6:16PM (Item)
  • "(RE STATE OF UNION SPEECH)"; "PRES. GAVE HIM POINTS ON DRAFTING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; TV OR RADIO BROADCAST OF FOOTBALL GAME AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • DISCUSSION OF DRAFT STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; LBJ SUGGESTS THEMES OF FOREIGN POLICY, VIETNAM, BETTER AMERICA, FOOD AND POPULATION CONTROL; MOYERS' UPCOMING PRESS BRIEFING; GEORGE CHRISTIAN'S HEALTH; MOYERS DISCUSSES FRANK PORTER'S STORY ON TAX
Telephone conversation # 11332, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/11/1967, 3:20PM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; "RE COMPLIMENT ON PRES.'S STATE OF UNION ADDRESS."; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN
  • MCNAMARA RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF UNNAMED MAN ON LBJ'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ SAYS SPEECH WAS TOO LONG, COMPARES IT TO JFK'S 1963 SPEECH, COMPLAINS ABOUT CRITICISM THAT LBJ ABANDONED NEGROES AND THE POOR IN SPEECH
Telephone conversation # 685, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER REUTHER, 12/23/1963, 9:18PM (Item)
  • QUESTION OF G. MENNEN "SOAPY" WILLIAMS RUNNING FOR GOV. OF MICHIGAN; LBJ ASKS REUTHER FOR IDEAS ON STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, POVERTY PROGRAM, RECOMMENDATION FOR REPLACEMENT FOR HOBART TAYLOR, JR., DISCUSSES CIVIL RIGHTS AND TAX BILLS; CUTS IN DOD
Telephone conversation # 2169, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES FARMER, 2/24/1964, 6:10PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS HE DISCUSSED FARMER'S CONCERNS ABOUT BRACEROS WITH MEXICO'S PRESIDENT ADOLFO LOPEZ MATEOS; FARMER REPORTS ON MEETING WITH ELECTRICAL WORKERS UNION ABOUT POVERTY PROGRAM, EXPRESSES APPROVAL OF SARGENT SHRIVER AS HEAD OF POVERTY PROGRAM
Telephone conversation # 5276, sound recording, LBJ and MAC KILDUFF, 8/31/1964, 9:19AM (Item)
  • KILDUFF ASKS LBJ ABOUT RELEASE OF STATEMENT ON SIGNING FOOD STAMP BILL; DISCUSSION OF PLANS FOR RETURN TO WASHINGTON, DC, AND FOR RELEASE OF LBJ'S TELEPHONE REMARKS TO PLASTERERS' UNION
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 # 4650, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 8/3/1964, 8:22PM (Item)
  • TEXAS DELEGATION VOTES ON POVERTY BILL; NAM OPPOSITION; RECOMMITTAL MOTION TO SUBSTITUTE FRELINGHUYSEN BILL; LOBBYING BY MINEWORKERS' UNION; PROPOSAL TO HAVE GEORGE MEANY LEAD INTENSIVE LABOR LOBBYING EFFORT; GEORGIA DELEGATION VOTES, DAM PROJECTS
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 # 9658, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1966, 10:34AM (Item)
  • "RE UNION MATTERS (DUBINSKY)"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 9659, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 2/22/1966, 10:34AM (Item)
  • "RE UNION MATTERS (DUBINSKY)"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 10788, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 9/16/1966, 12:36PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS TO MEET WITH MEANY, EXPLAINS WHY HE IS NOT MAKING SPEECH TO UNION IN MISSOURI; DECISION TO HAVE SIGNING CEREMONY FOR MINIMUM WAGE BILL IN WASHINGTON, DC; LBJ ASKS MEANY TO GATHER SUPPORT IN ARKANSAS, LOUISIANA FOR UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION
Telephone conversation # 11343, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/11/1967, 8:27PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SUPPORT FOR INCREASE IN SPENDING ON GREAT SOCIETY PROGRAMS, EXPRESSES PESSIMISM ABOUT SUPPORT FOR HIS PROGRAM IN CONGRESS; VOTE ON 21-DAY RULE; MLK'S, RALPH ABERNATHY'S CRITICISM OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; ADAM CLAYTON POWELL
Telephone conversation # 11169, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/20/1966, 12:16PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS MANSFIELD FOR SUPPORTIVE STATEMENT; LATIN AMERICAN SUMMIT PREPARATIONS; FEDERAL BUDGET; HISTORY OF MIDTERM CONGRESSIONAL ELECTION RESULTS AFTER PRESIDENTIAL LANDSLIDES; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; CRITICISM BY GOVS.; LETTER TO U THANT
Telephone conversation # 11172, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 12/20/1966, 12:29PM (Item)
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF SARGENT SHRIVER'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION AS OEO DIRECTOR; LBJ'S LONG-STANDING EFFORTS TO HELP THE POOR; CUTS IN SPACE BUDGET; MOYERS DISCUSSES PROGRESS ON DRAFT OF STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
Telephone conversation # 11175, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 12/21/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • SARGENT SHRIVER'S POSSIBLE RESIGNATION, HIS CONCERNS ABOUT OEO BUDGET; RFK, FBI WIRETAP CONTROVERSY; MEETING WITH LBJ ON LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM; RUMORS BILL MOYERS WILL RUN FOR OFFICE; STATE OF THE UNION DRAFT; HARRY MCPHERSON; REASSIGNMENT OF MOYERS
Telephone conversation # 13835, sound recording, LBJ and CLARK CLIFFORD, 12/31/1968, 3:02PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; MANDATORY INCREASES FOR MEDICAID, HIGHWAYS, FEDERAL PAY, CRIME CONTROL, SOCIAL SECURITY; DOD BUDGET CUTS; CHINESE NUCLEAR TEST; SENTINEL PROGRAM; NEW YEAR'S WISHES; LBJ ASKS CLIFFORD TO WORK ON STATE OF UNION
Telephone conversation # 6720, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 1/11/1965, 10:21AM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF GUSTAVE ROSENBERG AS FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE; AGE FACTOR; NEED TO OBTAIN RFK'S APPROVAL; WILLIAM VANDEN HEUVEL AS NEW YORK POVERTY PROGRAM DIRECTOR; NEWSWEEK STORY ON KENNEDYS' REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; SARAH HUGHES
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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/11/1965 (Monday) (Item)
  • ld b e tau g h t in a few m o n th s a n d a b s o r b m a n y of the y o uth fu l u n e m p lo y e d . W ith an h o u r long v i s i t w ith D ean R u s k who b ro u g h t good w i s h e s f r o m t h e l e a d e r s of the S ov iet Union to g e th
  • & LBJ discuss foreign aid, UN and Ambassador Goldberg; Sargent Shriver visits LBJ; Lady Bird discusses gardening and park maintenance Job Corps courses; Dean Rusk brings good wishes from Soviet Union
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/9/1964 (Saturday) (Item)
  • rk e rs , at the requ est of Jacob P a tov s k y ,., The c ele b ra tio n o f th eir 50th a n n iversa ry . He u rged the Union m em b ers to join the a n ti-p o v e rty cru sade, and announced the go vern m en t's plans to p rovid e a m illio n
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/24/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • o r D avid M acD onald h a ll, h e a d q u a r t e r s of a U n ited S t e e l w o r k e r ' s L o c a l, the ho m e lo c a l , w h e r e Lyndon w a s going to a d d r e s s the union m e m b e r s . And along the w a y we sa w so m e q u a r t e r
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/7/1966 (Friday) (Item)
  • watches home movies; small dinner party; architect chosen for LBJ Library; Poverty programs; photographs by Okamoto; talk with Luci Johnson; Pope's visit to New York; upcoming State of the Union
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/3/1965 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • about Beautification and Women Doers Luncheon; LBJ receives Democratic Legacy Award for the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith; LBJ gives speech about exchange visits with the Soviet Union
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • State of the Union message; Johnson Administration china; LBJ practices speech; lunch; Lady Bird meets about Fort Worth green space; beautification meeting on Washington, DC plans; Lady Bird & Lynda to Capital; Lady Bird mentions guests; death
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/6/1966 (Sunday) (Item)
  • as t h a t e v e r y f a c e wa s i n t e r e s t e d a n d m any w ere s m i l i n g . g o t up t o ta k e I t w as a c o m m u n ity . com m union we d i d w as no a l t a r r a i l o f c o u r s e . it Wh e n we s ta n d in g . The l i t t l