Telephone conversation # 12708, sound recording, LBJ and OTTO KERNER, 2/7/1968, 10:15AM
Duration: (min: sec):
5:22
Reference No.:
12708
Description:
KERNER SAYS HE IS ANNOUNCING TODAY THAT HE WILL NOT RUN AGAIN FOR GOV. OF ILLINOIS; LBJ PRAISES KERNER; DISCUSSION OF POSSIBLE CANDIDATES, INCLUDING BEN HEINEMAN, ADLAI STEVENSON III, SARGENT SHRIVER; KERNER DISCUSSES UNPOPULARITY OF OEO IN ILLINOIS
Contributor:
Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973; Kerner, Otto, 1908-1976
Collection:
Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings
Appointments and nominations; Business; Diplomacy; Elections; LBJ reminiscences; National politics; Pre-Presidential; Transportation; Welfare and War on Poverty; Western Europe
Archivist's General Note:
"FROM PAUL G. 1-8-68"; "LET PRES. J KNOW THAT HE'S ANNOUNCING TODAY HE IS NOT RUNNING AGAIN. WILL BE AROUND AND WILL BE BATTING FOR PRES. JOHNSON ANYTIME HE NEEDS HIM...."; DATE, TIME, "SUMMARIZED", "LISTENED TO YB" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING BELT
Rights:
Possibly copyright restricted, see copyright note in Collection Description
Specific Item Type:
Telephone conversation
Type:
Audio
Format:
Dictation belt
Identifier:
tel-12708
Date:
1968-02-07
Location(s):
Washington, DC
Time Period:
Presidential (Nov. 22, 1963-Jan. 20, 1969)
Transcript:
Transcribed by LBJ's staff. Transcript not yet digitized.
Citation
Telephone conversation # 12708, sound recording, LBJ and OTTO KERNER, 2/7/1968, 10:15AM,
Recordings and Transcripts of Telephone Conversations and Meetings,
LBJ Presidential Library,
accessed June 14, 2025,
https://www.discoverlbj.org/item/tel-12708
