Telephone conversation # 8343, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT BYRD, 7/15/1965, 2:50PM

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Title:

Telephone conversation # 8343, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT BYRD, 7/15/1965, 2:50PM

Duration: (min: sec):

3:24

Reference No.:

8343

Description:

BYRD ASKS LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT TO MEDICARE BILL TO LOWER VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT AGE TO 60, TELLS LBJ SOCIAL SECURITY FUND CAN SUSTAIN IT; LBJ TELLS BYRD TO DISCUSS ISSUE WITH LARRY O'BRIEN, PRAISES BYRD; RENT SUBSIDY PROVISION OF HOUSING BILL

Contributor:

Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Byrd, Robert C. (Robert Carlyle), 1917-

Collection:

Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

White House Telephone Recordings and Transcripts

Speaker 1:

LBJ

Who Placed the Call?:

Speaker 2

Speaker 2:

ROBERT BYRD

Location of Speaker 1:

Oval Office or unknown location

Subject:

Congressional relations; Federal budget; Health policy; Housing; Labor; Legislation; Welfare and War on Poverty

Archivist's General Note:

RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; BYRD IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description

Specific Item Type:

Telephone conversation

Type:

Audio

Format:

Dictation belt

Identifier:

tel-08343

Date:

1965-07-15

Time Period:

Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)

Citation

Telephone conversation # 8343, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT BYRD, 7/15/1965, 2:50PM, Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed July 26, 2025, https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-08343