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Telephone conversation # 10644, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/27/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL
  • First Lady
  • DIRKSEN TELLS LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; LBJ'S TRIP YESTERDAY; MINIMUM WAGE BILL TIE VOTE; LBJ PRAISES JOHN LOVE'S DENVER HOUSING PROGRAM, ITS EFFECT ON RACIAL PROBLEMS; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS ABOUT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; LUCI JOHNSON'S, PAT NUGENT'S TRIP
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 11200, sound recording, LBJ and STEWART UDALL, 12/26/1966, 8:09AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • "MRS. J. ALSO ON LINE"; LADY BIRD JOHNSON IS MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING
  • First Lady
  • LBJ REQUESTS INVENTORY OF FEDERAL RESOURCES THAT CAN BE MARKETED, DISCUSSES CONCERNS ABOUT TAX INCREASE OR CUTS IN FEDERAL PROGRAMS; LOUISANA COURT CASE; MATCHING FEDERAL FUNDS FOR LBJ STATE PARK; LAND ACQUISITION; LADY BIRD JOHNSON DISCUSSES PARK
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 4454, sound recording, LBJ and EDWIN WEISL, SR., 7/30/1964, 9:02PM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ALSO SPEAKS WITH WEISL
  • First Lady
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 1335, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN KNIGHT, 1/13/1964, 11:26AM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • MIAMI AND DC WEATHER; LBJ THANKS KNIGHT; BUDGET CUTS; DEFENSE CUTS; POVERTY PROGRAM; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO PENNSYLVANIA; TAX BILL; E. J. THOMAS' REACTION TO LBJ'S BUSINESS COUNCIL SPEECH; PANAMA; GOLD OUTFLOW; REPUBLICANS FOR LBJ; THOMAS MANN
Telephone conversation # 3035, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 4/15/1964, 4:25PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • DALEY'S TESTIMONY ON POVERTY BILL; LBJ SAYS LADY BIRD JOHNSON WILL MAKE BRIEF SPEECH DURING THEIR UPCOMING CHICAGO TRIP; LBJ EXTENDS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF CONGRESSMAN TOM O'BRIEN, ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE SUCCESSOR; BILL DAWSON
Telephone conversation # 3452, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 5/14/1964, 9:50AM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • POVERTY BILL; QUESTION OF PUTTING LANGUAGE ON AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS IN REPORT RATHER THAN BILL; HUGH CAREY; TIP O'NEILL, CLOSING DEFENSE INSTALLATIONS; FRANCIS CARDINAL SPELLMAN; ALABAMA PROPERTY OWNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON
Telephone conversation # 3453, sound recording, LBJ and PHIL LANDRUM, 5/14/1964, 10:00AM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • POVERTY BILL; COLLEGE WORK-STUDY PROGRAM; COMMUNITY ACTION PROGRAM; QUESTION OF LANGUAGE IN POVERTY BILL ON AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS; ALABAMA PROPERTY OWNED BY LADY BIRD JOHNSON
Telephone conversation # 5014, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/18/1964, 12:36PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • ACTION ON BILL SUSPENDING FCC EQUAL TIME RULE TO ALLOW PRESIDENTIAL DEBATES; ACCELERATED PUBLIC WORKS, ARA BILLS; SECRET SERVICE PROTECTION FOR CANDIDATES; CHARLES ENGELHARD; ZAMBIA'S INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATION; LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIP TO WESTERN
Telephone conversation # 5817, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MAHON, 10/2/1964, 4:31PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION ON LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S INHERITANCE; MAHON SAYS CONFERENCE COMMITTEE APPROVED APPALACHIAN REGIONAL COMMISSION APPROPRIATION, BUT IT CANNOT BE SPENT UNTIL PASSAGE OF APPALACHIA BILL; LBJ EXPRESSES DISMAY; CHARLES HALLECK; EMERGENCY
Telephone conversation # 4379, sound recording, LBJ and OVETA CULP HOBBY, 7/29/1964, 10:05AM (Item)
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON
  • Johnson, Lady Bird, 1912-2007
Telephone conversation # 2479, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 3/11/1964, 2:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ INVITES O'BRIEN FOR SWIM, TO DINNER WHEN LADY BIRD JOHNSON RETURNS; WILLARD WIRTZ' CONCERNS ABOUT POVERTY BILL; TONIGHT'S WH CONGRESSIONAL RECEPTION; BRUCE ALGER; CIVIL RIGHTS; NEW HAMPSHIRE, WISCONSIN PRIMARIES; PAUL CORBIN; MARY MCGRORY
Telephone conversation # 4246, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 7/16/1964, 11:15AM (Item)
  • OFFICE CONVERSATION PRECEDES CALL; DAILY DIARY INDICATES LBJ IS MEETING WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON, A. W. MOURSUND, WESLEY WEST, W. R. HODGES AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ ON SPEAKERPHONE
Telephone conversation # 3215, sound recording, LBJ and SARGENT SHRIVER, 4/30/1964, 7:38PM (Item)
  • CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; RECORDING INTERRUPTED BY TWO CALLS FROM LADY BIRD JOHNSON TO GERRI WHITTINGTON (REF #3216 AND #3217), THEN SHRIVER-LBJ CONVERSATION CONTINUES ON REF #3218
Telephone conversation # 10019, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH YARBOROUGH, 4/5/1966, 5:10PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S TRIPS; LBJ'S UPCOMING TRIP TO MEXICO, YARBOROUGH'S TO AUSTRALIA; TEXAS APPOINTMENTS; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENTS OF J. R. PARTEN, JAY TAYLOR, PRICE DANIEL; COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE; EDUCATION, HEALTH SPENDING; REDUCTION OF GOVT
Telephone conversation # 12202, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 9/19/1967, 5:30PM (Item)
  • First Lady
  • MILLS SUGGESTS ORVILLE FREEMAN ANNOUNCE MILK MARKETING ORDER DURING TRIP TO MIDWEST WITH LADY BIRD JOHNSON; LBJ DISCUSSES BUDGET CONCERNS, EFFECT OF ORDER ON MILK PRICES; EFFORTS TO CUT FEDERAL BUDGET TO MATCH PROPOSED TAX INCREASE; APPROPRIATIONS