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Telephone conversation # 8573, sound recording, LBJ and ABRAHAM RIBICOFF, 8/19/1965, 5:33PM

LBJ THANKS RIBICOFF FOR HIS WORK ON HUD BILL, CONGRATULATES HIM ON HIS DAUGHTER'S ENGAGEMENT, OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF HIS GRANDDAUGHTER, PRAISES RIBICOFF'S WORK AS HEW SECRETARY, INVITES HIM TO COME TO WH FOR VISIT

Telephone conversation # 8572, sound recording, LBJ and SAM ERVIN, 8/19/1965, 5:27PM

LBJ THANKS ERVIN FOR WORK ON BILL PROVIDING ANTITRUST EXEMPTIONS TO STRENGTHEN US BALANCE OF PAYMENTS, PRAISES AMOS JOHNSON WHO SPOKE AT RECENT WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS; NEED TO REVISE US ANTITRUST LAWS TO MAKE US EXPORTS MORE…

Telephone conversation # 8570, sound recording, LBJ and PAUL ROGERS, 8/19/1965, 5:20PM

LBJ ASKS ROGERS' HELP IN GETTING HEART, CANCER, STROKE BILL OUT OF HOUSE COMMITTEE; LBJ'S PERSONAL INTEREST IN BILL; JOHN GARDNER; RECENT WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS, DOCTORS, EDUCATORS; LABOR DEPT APPROVAL OF FOREIGN WORKERS FOR FLORIDA…

Telephone conversation # 8568, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM

WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS; CUT IN USIA PRESS SUBSCRIPTIONS; MOVIES FOR US TROOPS IN VIETNAM; TV BROADCASTS FOR SOUTH VIETNAMESE; POSSIBLE MARKS' MEETINGS WITH MILTON, DWIGHT EISENHOWER; RADIO FOR COMMUNIST CHINA; USIA APPOINTMENTS, BUDGET,…

Telephone conversation # 8567, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 8/19/1965, 11:05AM

LBJ DISCUSSES CALL MARKS MADE ON TV CONTRACT FOR UNNAMED COLUMNIST; MARKS' PLANS FOR USIA CAMPAIGN TO PUBLICIZE PROGRAMS ENACTED BY CONGRESS, LBJ; LBJ TELLS MARKS TO CUT USIA BUDGET; CUTS IN WH NEWSPAPER SUBSCRIPTIONS; WH PRESS TRAVEL ARRANGEMENTS

Telephone conversation # 8566, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT BARTLEY, 8/19/1965, 10:47AM

LBJ TELLS BARTLEY HIS REAPPOINTMENT TO FCC IS ABOUT TO BE ANNOUNCED, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE INVESTIGATION OF BARTLEY BECAUSE OF LBJ'S RELATIONSHIP WITH BARTLEY'S UNCLE SAM RAYBURN AND FAVORABLE RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION; LBJ GREETS RUTH BARTLEY

Telephone conversation # 8565, sound recording, LBJ and PAULINE MOORE, 8/19/1965, 10:45AM

LBJ TELLS MOORE THAT APPOINTMENT OF HER HUSBAND J. CORDELL MOORE AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF INTERIOR WILL BE ANNOUNCED TODAY, OFFERS ADVICE ON CALLING SENATORS ABOUT HIS CONFIRMATION AND ASKS HER TO CALL FORMER SENATOR SCOTT LUCAS ALSO

Telephone conversation # 8564, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 8/18/1965, 9:35PM

POSSIBLE VETO OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL DUE TO BASE-CLOSINGS PROVISION; RUSSELL ADVISES LBJ TO EITHER CALL MENDEL RIVERS HIMSELF OR HAVE JOHN MCCORMACK CALL HIM; RUSSELL'S HEALTH; LBJ INVITES RUSSELL FOR BOAT RIDE; LBJ'S HEAVY…

Telephone conversation # 8563, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 8/18/1965, 9:35PM

POSSIBLE VETO OF MILITARY CONSTRUCTION AUTHORIZATION BILL DUE TO PROVISION REQUIRING DOD TO SUBMIT BASE-CLOSING PLANS TO CONGRESS; JOHN STENNIS' EFFORTS TO DELETE PROVISION; MCNAMARA'S, LBJ'S RESPECT FOR RUSSELL; CLOSING OF FEDERAL FACILITIES IN…

Telephone conversation # 8562, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 8/18/1965, 9:30PM

LBJ PRAISES MEANY'S SPEECH AT WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS LAST NIGHT, EXPRESSES DISAPPOINTMENT IN QUESTIONS THAT WERE POSED AT DINNER

Telephone conversation # 8561, sound recording, LBJ and EARLE CLEMENTS, 8/18/1965, 8:30PM

LBJ INVITES CLEMENTS AND HIS WIFE TO COME TO WH FOR A DRINK; CLEMENTS DECLINES BECAUSE THEY HAVE VISITORS BUT ASKS IF HE CAN MEET WITH LBJ TOMORROW

Telephone conversation # 8560, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 8/18/1965, 8:05PM

AID FOR INDIA, PAKISTAN; STATE VISITS BY SHASTRI, AYUB; PLANS FOR WH DINNER FOR UN DELEGATES, MEETING WITH FIRST LADY FOR UN WOMEN; SAM RAYBURN STORY; NEED FOR IMPROVED STATE DEPT CONGRESSIONAL LIAISON; LBJ PRAISES CHARLES LIPSEN, CHATS WITH MRS.…

Telephone conversation # 8559, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 8/18/1965, 8:05PM

WH DINNER LAST NIGHT FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS; GOLDBERG'S BRIEFING OF EISENHOWER ON UN DUES; JOB FOR JOHN EISENHOWER; CONGRESSIONAL BRIEFINGS; WH DINNER FOR UN DELEGATES, MEETING WITH FIRST LADY FOR UN WOMEN; VIETNAM PEACE EFFORTS; INDIA, PAKISTAN…

Telephone conversation # 8558, sound recording, LBJ and SPESSARD HOLLAND, 8/18/1965, 7:20PM

LBJ TELLS HOLLAND WILLARD WIRTZ WILL ANNOUNCE TOMORROW THAT FOREIGN WORKERS WILL BE PERMITTED TO WORK ON FLORIDA SUGAR HARVEST BUT THAT DECISION HAS NOT BEEN REACHED ON FOREIGN WORKERS FOR CITRUS HARVEST; GEORGE MEANY'S LETTER SUPPORTING JAMAICAN…

Telephone conversation # 8556, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 8/18/1965, 6:23PM

OFFICE SECRETARIES AND TELEPHONE OPERATOR DISCUSS PLACING CALL TO RUSK; WH TELEPHONE OPERATOR TELLS LBJ THAT RUSK IS ON THE LINE; CALL BETWEEN LBJ AND RUSK NOT RECORDED

Telephone conversation # 8555, sound recording, LBJ and DWIGHT EISENHOWER, 8/18/1965, 6:15PM

EISENHOWER DISCUSSES HIS REMARKS TO THE PRESS ON UN DUES, SAYS HE HAS NOW BEEN BRIEFED BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG; LBJ READS BILL MOYERS' RESPONSE TO PRESS ON ALLEGED DIFFERENCES BETWEEN EISENHOWER AND LBJ ON VIETNAM; EISENHOWER'S SUPPORT FOR VIETNAM POLICY

Telephone conversation # 8554, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 8/18/1965, 2:00PM

LBJ ASKS MCCLELLAN FOR HIS SUPPORT OF CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION TO PERMIT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS TO PROCEED WITH PLANS TO BUILD LBJ LIBRARY

Telephone conversation # 8553, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 8/18/1965, 2:00PM

LBJ TEASES MCCLELLAN, THANKS HIM FOR NOT OBSTRUCTING HUD BILL, DISCUSSES HIS PLANS TO GIVE HIS PAPERS TO UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS WHICH WILL BUILD LBJ LIBRARY AND LBJ SCHOOL OF PUBLIC AFFAIRS; NEED FOR CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION TO PERMIT PLANS TO PROCEED

Telephone conversation # 8552, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN STENNIS, 8/18/1965, 1:02PM

"J. B." [JAMES P. COLEMAN?]; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT SENATE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE SPECULATING ON COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR THIS YEAR AND ITS EFFECTS ON NORTH VIETNAM'S AID REQUESTS TO CHINA, USSR; DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS; UNCERTAINTY ABOUT COSTS OF MILITARY…

Telephone conversation # 8550, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCONE, 8/18/1965, 12:10PM

LBJ TEASES MCCONE ABOUT DIFFICULTY LOCATING HIM; MCCONE TELLS LBJ EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN ASKED HIM TO HEAD CALIFORNIA COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE WATTS RIOTS; LBJ DISCUSSES PROBLEMS NEGRO YOUTH FACE IN HOUSING, UNEMPLOYMENT, DRUGS, EDUCATION, DRAFT…

Telephone conversation # 8548, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 8/17/1965, 6:52PM

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH GOVS. ROGER BRANIGAN AND GRANT SAWYER ABOUT GOVS. VETO AMENDMENT TO POVERTY BILL; LONG TELLS LBJ THAT THEY ARE VOTING ON THE BILL NOW AND NEED THE VOTES OF THE TWO NEVADA SENATORS

Telephone conversation # 8547, sound recording, LBJ and GRANT SAWYER, 8/17/1965, 6:39PM

LBJ ASKS GOV. SAWYER TO RELEASE NEVADA SENATORS TO VOTE AGAINST GOVS. VETO AMENDMENT TO POVERTY BILL, DISCUSSES POLITICAL PROBLEMS WITH AMENDMENT, PROMISES TO WORK WITH SAWYER ON NEVADA PROJECTS; SAWYER DISCUSSES HIS PUBLIC POSITION IN FAVOR OF…

Telephone conversation # 8546, sound recording, LBJ and ROGER BRANIGAN, 8/17/1965, 6:36PM

LBJ THANKS BRANIGAN FOR RELEASING INDIANA SENATORS TO VOTE AGAINST GOVS. VETO AMENDMENT TO POVERTY BILL

Telephone conversation # 8545, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 8/17/1965, 6:05PM

LONG TELLS LBJ HE PERSUADED GOV. ROGER BRANIGAN TO RELEASE INDIANA SENATORS TO VOTE AGAINST GOVS. VETO AMENDMENT TO POVERTY BILL, ASKS LBJ TO THANK BRANIGAN AND ALSO REQUESTS LBJ ASK GOV. GRANT SAWYER TO RELEASE NEVADA SENATORS TO VOTE AGAINST GOVS.…

Telephone conversation # 8544, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/17/1965, 11:55AM

LBJ TELLS KATZENBACH TO SEND FEDERAL REGISTRARS TO MISSISSIPPI, GEORGIA, SOUTHERN STATES TOMORROW TO COMPLY WITH VOTING RIGHTS ACT; NEED FOR FBI TO INVESTIGATE WATTS RIOTS; POSSIBLE CONGRESSIONAL INVESTIGATION IN HOUSE UNAMERICAN ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE

Telephone conversation # 8543, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/16/1965, 9:53AM

NEGOTIATIONS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVISIONAL GOVT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNDER GARCIA-GODOY; QUESTION OF CIVILIAN CONTROL OF ARMY; RETIREMENT OF IMBERT, WESSIN Y WESSIN; US FOREIGN AID; LBJ TELLS FORTAS TO TALK WITH KATZENBACH; NATIONAL CRIME…

Telephone conversation # 8542, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 8/16/1965, 9:53AM

NEGOTIATIONS ON ESTABLISHMENT OF PROVISIONAL GOVT IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC UNDER GARCIA-GODOY; QUESTION OF CIVILIAN CONTROL OF ARMY; RETIREMENT OF IMBERT, WESSIN Y WESSIN; US FOREIGN AID; LBJ TELLS FORTAS TO TALK WITH KATZENBACH; NATIONAL CRIME…

Telephone conversation # 8541, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/16/1965, 9:39AM

WIRTZ READS DRAFT STATEMENT FOR LBJ TO ISSUE ON PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF MARITIME WORKERS' AUTOMATION DISPUTE; LBJ ASKS WHY COMMERCE DEPT IS NOT INCLUDED IN PROPOSED STUDY; WIRTZ DISCUSSES JOHN CONNOR'S RELUCTANCE TO BE INCLUDED BECAUSE OF SUBSIDY…

Telephone conversation # 8540, sound recording, LBJ and WILLARD WIRTZ, 8/16/1965, 9:39AM

WIRTZ READS DRAFT STATEMENT FOR LBJ TO ISSUE ON PROPOSED SETTLEMENT OF MARITIME WORKERS' AUTOMATION DISPUTE; LBJ ASKS WHY COMMERCE DEPT IS NOT INCLUDED IN PROPOSED STUDY; WIRTZ DISCUSSES JOHN CONNOR'S RELUCTANCE TO BE INCLUDED BECAUSE OF SUBSIDY…

Telephone conversation # 8539, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH , 8/14/1965, 8:09PM

PROCEDURES FOR RELAYING REQUESTS FOR FEDERAL AID TO HANDLE WATTS RIOTS; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR STATE, LOCAL FORCES TO TRY TO CONTROL RIOTS FIRST; DELAY IN DEPLOYING TROOPS; QUESTION OF SENDING FEDERAL OFFICIAL TO LA; OTIS CHANDLER; ABSENCE OF DEPT…

Telephone conversation # 8538, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/14/1965, 8:09PM

PROCEDURES FOR RELAYING REQUESTS FOR FEDERAL AID TO HANDLE WATTS RIOTS; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR STATE, LOCAL FORCES TO TRY TO CONTROL RIOTS FIRST; DELAY IN DEPLOYING TROOPS; QUESTION OF SENDING FEDERAL OFFICIAL TO LA; OTIS CHANDLER; ABSENCE OF DEPT…

Telephone conversation # 8537, sound recording, JACK VALENTI and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/14/1965, 6:25PM

"LEE" REPORTS ON EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN'S RESPONSE TO WATTS RIOTS; CASUALTIES IN LA; QUESTION OF USING FEDERAL TROOPS, TIME DELAY IN DEPLOYMENT; CALIFANO RELAYS MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATION TO SEND AIR FORCE TRANSPORT PLANES, HIGH-LEVEL FEDERAL OFFICIAL…

Telephone conversation # 8536, sound recording, JACK VALENTI and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/14/1965, 6:25PM

"LEE" REPORTS ON EDMUND G. "PAT" BROWN'S RESPONSE TO WATTS RIOTS; CASUALTIES IN LA; QUESTION OF USING FEDERAL TROOPS, TIME DELAY IN DEPLOYMENT; CALIFANO RELAYS MCNAMARA'S RECOMMENDATION TO SEND AIR FORCE TRANSPORT PLANES, HIGH-LEVEL FEDERAL OFFICIAL…

Telephone conversation # 8535, sound recording, LBJ and I. W. ABEL, 8/14/1965, 4:57PM

LBJ ASKS ABEL TO MEET WITH HIM PRIVATELY TO DISCUSS VIETNAM PRIOR TO UPCOMING WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS; PROGRESS OF STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; WATTS RIOTS IN LA; RIOTS IN CHICAGO; LBJ PRAISES RICHARD DALEY, THANKS ABEL FOR STEELWORKERS' HELP

Telephone conversation # 8534, sound recording, LBJ and I. W. ABEL, 8/14/1965, 4:57PM

LBJ ASKS ABEL TO MEET WITH HIM PRIVATELY TO DISCUSS VIETNAM PRIOR TO UPCOMING WH DINNER FOR BUSINESS, LABOR LEADERS; PROGRESS OF STEEL NEGOTIATIONS; WATTS RIOTS IN LA; RIOTS IN CHICAGO; LBJ PRAISES RICHARD DALEY, THANKS ABEL FOR STEELWORKERS' HELP