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Telephone conversation # 10011, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 4/3/1966, 9:22AM (Item)
  • "BM=SECY WIRTZ=PRES PRIOR TO 10 AM MEET" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS CALL ON 4/6/66 AT 9:18A; CONTENT OF CALL INDICATES DATE IS 4/3/66; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; CHILD IS AUDIBLE IN BACKGROUND
  • WIRTZ READS PROPOSED WH STATEMENT AND CABLE FROM LBJ ON ENDING BLFE UNION RAILROAD STRIKE, REVIEWS COURT ACTION; LBJ QUESTIONS NEED FOR PRESIDENTIAL INTERVENTION; COMPARISON WITH NYC TRANSIT STRIKE; EFFECT OF STRIKE ON VIETNAM; JOHN MCCORMACK'S
Telephone conversation # 12606, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 1/20/1968, 10:05AM (Item)
  • "FROM B'RM 1-20-68"; "SUMMARIZED" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON, MARVIN WATSON, ARTHUR KRIM AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • SUPPORT FOR LADY BIRD JOHNSON AFTER EARTHA KITT INCIDENT; DISTRIBUTION OF STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS; APPOINTMENT FOR BARRATT O'HARA; SARGENT SHRIVER'S POLITICAL AMBITION; OTTO KERNER; ILLINOIS POLITICS; DAN ROSTENKOWSKI; AGED CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/13/1969 (Monday) (Item)
  • contributed to the White House with love and generosity. And then I sent them o ff on a to u r with Jim Ketchum and spent more time at my desk, th i s time plowing deep in to the middle drawer, carefully taking out very private things, such as the memo I
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/10/1969 (Friday) (Item)
  • house, at times of ordinary duty and probably at times of outrageous inconvenience to them—besides a never ending general public, my own groups of friends from home, or friends from the campaign t r a i l , or from my trip s , or my Alabama cousins, a ll
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/27/1965 (Friday) (Item)
  • I V 1965 : , ■ Friday, August 27th Lyndon's 57th birthday was oddly divided between a quiet morning (I actually lay in bed and did some recording) and hours of riding the nice edge of tension. Some time during the morning I got a call from Lyndon
  • Telephone call from Bill Moyers; ceremony and presentation of Johnson City park; tour for guests from Time-Life; LBJ arrives in Texas; LBJ's gives a reminiscent speech; Johnsons and guests go to boyhood home; LBJ picks up little boy and gets a kiss
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 8/17/1965 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • and came back Monday afternoon! And this sum m er I can think of a time or two when a very hard-working P resident has done it, but he has also taken his work with him, and packed m ore into those three days than any human ought to. After an hour
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/2/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ln , o f f e r e d to R o b e r t E. L e e Union A r m y . the c o m m a n d o f the L e e r e je c t e d it and c a s t his lot with the C o n fe d e r a c y . M r. M eany and I stood in fro n t o f the f ir e p la c e and had our p ictu re taken
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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/10/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • from the T ru m a n B alco n y He and r e p o r t e r s and forth^ can. sort of $ poet C a r l Sandburg a n d his brother-in- Edward S t eichenS to hea r and see union and management o f f i c i a l s n e g o t i a t e the r a i l r o a d d i s p
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/10/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • . 'And M r. Stulb erg , the p r e se n t P r e sid e n t of the Union w ho h a s a d iffic u lt r o le fo llo w in g in h is sh o e s. , -" ‘ ; ;We found our s e a ts in a box w ith Mr. Stulb e r g 's w ife an d David “ 'T-l'V. 1.*-^ ” ■" * ■ •* !''' .i
  • LBJ & Lady Bird breakfast; coffee with houseguests; Lady Bird to New York City to Carnegie Hall for Stokowski concert for International Ladies' Garment Workers Union; article about event in New York Times; David Dubinsky & Louis Stulberg give
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/12/1964 (Thursday) (Item)
  • e d with what you m ig h t c a l l e ith e r le o t a r d s o r white union suits, the s ta rch ed , s t iff w h ite s k irts with the long flo w in g s le e v e s , and the e la b o r a t e ly e m b r o i d e r e d blue ja c k e ts ; the lit t le b
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 # 11320, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 1/7/1967, 12:25PM (Item)
  • "THESE CALLS ARE ALL RELATIVE TO PRESIDENT JOHNSON COORDINATING WITH THE RESPECTIVE PEOPLE THE...STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS"; "RE NIGHT FOR STATE OF UNION & DATE"; MCCORMACK PUTS LBJ ON HOLD DURING CALL; LBJ SPEAKS WITH OTHERS IN HIS OFFICE WHILE
  • LBJ READS PROPOSED ANNOUNCEMENT OF INVITATION FROM MCCORMACK TO LBJ TO ADDRESS CONGRESS ON STATE OF THE UNION AND LBJ'S ACCEPTANCE OF IT; LBJ SAYS WH WILL NOTIFY SENATE LEADERS IF MCCORMACK WILL NOTIFY HOUSE LEADERS
Telephone conversation # 1276, sound recording, LBJ and JAMES ROWE, 1/8/1964, 7:31PM (Item)
  • REACTIONS TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPUBLICANS; POSSIBILITY OF LBJ MEETING DE GAULLE IN MARTINIQUE; FRANCE; LBJ READS ARTICLE ON GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION; LBJ ASKS ROWE TO WRITE A SPEECH; HARRY BYRD; LBJ'S SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 1278, sound recording, LBJ and TOMMY CORCORAN, 1/8/1964, 7:45PM (Item)
  • CORCORAN'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CORCORAN COMPARES LBJ WITH EISENHOWER, JFK, FDR; CORCORAN PRAISES LBJ'S STYLE; BARRY GOLDWATER; GARDINER SYMONDS; GOLDWATER'S REACTION TO STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
Telephone conversation # 1281, sound recording, LBJ and TED SORENSEN, 1/8/1964, 8:00PM (Item)
  • NUMBER OF APPLAUSES IN STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; BARRY GOLDWATER'S STATEMENT; PRESS REACTION; LBJ COMPLIMENTS SORENSEN AS SPEECHWRITER FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE
Telephone conversation # 2156, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 2/23/1964, 5:37AM (Item)
  • NEGOTIATIONS WITH LONGSHOREMEN'S UNION ON WHEAT SHIPMENT TO USSR AND SATELLITE COUNTRIES; CONTINENTAL GRAIN; IMPLICATIONS OF WHEAT SALES TO USSR ON BALANCE OF PAYMENTS; POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS; UNION'S ANGER WITH FDR, JR., HHH, ORVILLE FREEMAN
Telephone conversation # 3355, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 5/6/1964, 12:45PM (Item)
  • WIRTZ DISCUSSES POSSIBLE QUESTIONS AT LBJ'S PRESS CONFERENCE ABOUT RAILROAD NEGOTIATIONS, NEW YORK PLUMBERS UNION STRIKE PROTESTING HIRING PUERTO RICANS, NEGRO AT GEORGE MEANY'S HOME LOCAL UNION; COAL MINERS AND RESIDUAL OIL
Telephone conversation # 11707, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 4/10/1967, 5:25PM (Item)
  • MEANY REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH UNION LEADER MICHAEL FOX ABOUT LBJ'S REQUEST THAT UNION EXTEND RAILROAD STRIKE DEADLINE VOLUNTARILY; FOX TOLD MEANY THEY WILL CONSIDER THAT REQUEST AND REPORT BACK TO HIM LATER
Telephone conversation # 11317, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK STANTON, 1/7/1967, 10:55AM (Item)
  • "RE NIGHT BEST FOR TV STATE OF UNION ADDRESS"; COMPOSITE RECORDING OF SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO DUPLICATE DICTABELT DUE TO POOR SOUND QUALITY; STANTON IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH BUSINESS COUNCIL; PAY RAISE FOR POSTAL WORKERS; PROPOSED POSTAL RATE INCREASE; SCHEDULING NIGHTTIME STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; CONFLICTS WITH OTHER CONGRESSIONAL EVENTS; DISRUPTION TO TV PROGRAMS; TELEVISING PRESS
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 # 11339, sound recording, LBJ and EDWARD LONG, 1/11/1967, 4:22PM (Item)
  • "SEN. EDWARD LONG, MO."; "RE HIGH COMPLIMENT ON PRES.'S STATE OF UNION LAST NIGHT"; LONG IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LONG COMPLIMENTS LBJ ON STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS LAST NIGHT, RELAYS COMPLIMENTS OF MISSOURIANS, AND PRAISES LBJ'S COMMENTS IN ADDRESS ON WIRETAPS AND BUGS
Telephone conversation # 117, sound recording, LBJ and LEW DESCHLER, 11/28/1963, 3:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES SCHEDULING STATE OF THE UNION ADDRESS TO AVOID CONFLICTS WITH UPCOMING HEAD OF STATE VISITS
Telephone conversation # 1872, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 2/4/1964, 10:51AM (Item)
  • THOMAS MANN MEMO; PAN AMERICAN UNION; INTERAMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK; OAS
Telephone conversation # 2075, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 2/13/1964, 5:24PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE AIRLINE STRIKES; LABOR UNIONS; BRANIFF, NATIONAL, CONTINENTAL AIRLINES
Telephone conversation # 1241, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 1/8/1964, 2:37PM (Item)
  • STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LES ARENDS' AND "CHARLIE" (HALLECK'S?) REACTION TO THE PROPOSED FEDERAL BUDGET; LBJ JOKES ABOUT REPUBLICANS
Telephone conversation # 1243, sound recording, LBJ and KARL MUNDT, 1/8/1964, 2:50PM (Item)
  • STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; AGRICULTURAL AND CATTLE IMPORTS; AUSTRALIAN BEEF; FEDERAL BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 1245, sound recording, LBJ and DREW PEARSON, 1/8/1964, 3:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS PEARSON'S OPINION OF STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; LBJ RELATES HIGH POINTS OF SPEECH TO PEARSON, WHO HAD MISSED HEARING IT
Telephone conversation # 2184, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/25/1964, 11:05AM (Item)
  • BUNDY ASKS LBJ TO REVIEW SECTION ON VIETNAM IN DEAN RUSK'S SPEECH TODAY TO ELECTRICAL WORKERS UNION
Telephone conversation # 5629, sound recording, LBJ and FRANK O'NEILL, 9/21/1964, 6:35PM (Item)
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES O'NEILL ON HIS WORK AS MEMBER OF FEDERAL MEDIATION BOARD IN REACHING TENTATIVE AGREEMENT WITH RAILROAD UNIONS
Telephone conversation # 290, sound recording, LBJ and JAKE POTOFSKY, 12/5/1963, 11:36AM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES POTOFSKY TO WH FOR VISIT; POTOFSKY PRAISES LBJ'S REMARKS TO THE BUSINESS ADVISORY COUNCIL YESTERDAY; LBJ JOKES ABOUT LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S HIGH REGARD FOR POTOFSKY; POTOFSKY SAYS HE WOULD LIKE LBJ TO SPEAK AT 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS UNION
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 # 699, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 12/23/1963, 10:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, SUGGESTIONS FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, DISCUSSES HIRING GERRI WHITTINGTON, DAN LUEVANO; JET MAGAZINE STORY ABOUT LBJ NOT HAVING PHOTOS TAKEN WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; WILKINS OFFERS
Telephone conversation # 1866, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 2/3/1964, 9:05PM (Item)
  • REQUEST BY GEORGE MCGOVERN TO SEE LBJ ABOUT JAMES PATTON AND THE FARMERS UNION; HHH; LBJ'S SCHEDULE; TOM HARPER OF ARKANSAS
Telephone conversation # 1196, sound recording, LBJ and WALKER STONE, 1/6/1964, 3:48PM (Item)
  • J. FRANK DOBIE LETTER ON STONE; GEORGE CARMACK STORY; STONE WARNS LBJ ABOUT WORKING TOO HARD; LBJ RELATES HIS SCHEDULE; HOUSTON HARTE STORY ON LUDWIG ERHARD VISIT; GERMANY; STATE OF THE UNION SPEECH; FEDERAL BUDGET
Telephone conversation # 1576, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MANN, 1/25/1964, 6:00PM (Item)
  • MANN READS AND LBJ EDITS PROPOSED STATEMENT CONCERNING US EMBARGO OF SHIPS TRADING WITH CUBA IN RESPONSE TO CHARGES BY REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMAN BOB WILSON; STATE DEPT MEETING WITH LONGSHOREMEN, MARITIME LABOR UNIONS; US POSITION ON EXPORTING WHEAT
Telephone conversation # 1237, sound recording, LBJ and FRED KAPPEL, 1/8/1964, 11:14AM (Item)
  • LBJ READS PORTION OF STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; TAX BILL; PRIVATE SECTOR INVESTMENT IN ECONOMY; BUSINESS COUNCIL STAG DINNER OF 1/7/64 AT WH
Telephone conversation # 1239, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BROWN, 1/8/1964, 11:20AM (Item)
  • STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; FEDERAL BUDGET; JOHN JONES' LETTER TO LBJ; HOUSTON BANK MERGER; ALBERT THOMAS; 1/7/64 BUSINESS COUNCIL STAG DINNER AT WH
Telephone conversation # 1240, sound recording, LBJ and GUS WORTHAM, 1/8/1964, 11:50AM (Item)
  • STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; FEDERAL BUDGET; SUPPORT FOR LBJ IN NEW MEXICO; HOUSTON BANK MERGER; ALBERT THOMAS
Telephone conversation # 1255, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 1/8/1964, 5:45PM (Item)
  • GOLDBERG PRAISES LBJ'S STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE; GEORGE MEANY'S REACTION TO LBJ'S CRITICISM OF PROPOSED 35-HOUR WORK WEEK; DAVID DUBINSKY'S REACTION TO THE SPEECH; LBJ ON OVERTIME LABOR CAUSING UNEMPLOYMENT; GOLDBERG COMPARES LBJ TO FDR