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Telephone conversation # 9145, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 9:10PM

MOYERS ASKS LBJ ABOUT REQUEST FOR GOVT OFFICIAL TO SPEAK TO PRESS ABOUT NORTHEAST US POWER FAILURE; LBJ RECOMMENDS EITHER MCNAMARA OR CALIFANO APPEAR; MOYERS SAYS POWER COMPANY HAS NOT YET FOUND SPECIFIC LOCATION OF PROBLEM; LBJ ASKS ABOUT RELIEF…

Telephone conversation # 9144, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 8:17PM

LBJ EDITS MEMO ON NORTHEAST POWER FAILURE, ASKS FOR REPORTS FROM SHRIVER ON MICHIGAN PEACE CORPS RECRUITER ALLEGEDLY ENCOURAGING PROTESTERS TO VOLUNTEER FOR PEACE CORPS, HEAD START PROGRAM CHANGES; JOHN BARTLOW MARTIN AS POSSIBLE PEACE CORPS DIRECTOR

Telephone conversation # 9143, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 7:43PM

LBJ TELLS MOYERS THAT JOE SWIDLER WILL DRAFT MEMO ON NORTHEAST US POWER FAILURE, SUGGESTS MOYERS TALK TO SIM GIDEON OR SOMEONE AT LCRA; FBI, FPC, CIA INVESTIGATION OR COMMISSION TO STUDY FAILURE; PRESS HANDLING OF POWER FAILURE, ALUMINUM SITUATION

Telephone conversation # 9140, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/9/1965, 7:27PM

CALIFANO RELAYS ROBERT WAGNER'S REPORT ON NYC SITUATION DUE TO POWER FAILURE, RECOMMENDS ANNOUNCEMENT OF FPC INVESTIGATION; LBJ SAYS JOE SWIDLER SHOULD DRAFT STATEMENT, ASKS FOR TIMES OF POWER FAILURE AND NOTIFICATION OF GOVT OFFICIALS; ALUMINUM…

Telephone conversation # 9139, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/9/1965, 7:27PM

CALIFANO RELAYS ROBERT WAGNER'S REPORT ON NYC SITUATION DUE TO POWER FAILURE, RECOMMENDS ANNOUNCEMENT OF FPC INVESTIGATION; LBJ SAYS JOE SWIDLER SHOULD DRAFT STATEMENT, ASKS FOR TIMES OF POWER FAILURE AND NOTIFICATION OF GOVT OFFICIALS; ALUMINUM…

Telephone conversation # 9137, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 7:15PM

MOYERS DISCUSSES PRESS COMMENTS ABOUT EXTENT OF NORTHEAST US POWER FAILURE, SUGGESTS LBJ AUTHORIZE STUDY OF PROBLEM; LBJ TELLS MOYERS TO DISCUSS IT WITH DONALD HORNIG BUT EMPHASIZES PROBABLE NATURAL CAUSES OF FAILURE; EFFECTIVENESS OF WH…

Telephone conversation # 9136, sound recording, BILL MOYERS and DONALD HORNIG, 11/9/1965, time unknown

LAST FEW WORDS OF HORNIG BRIEFING MOYERS ON NORTHEAST POWER FAILURE

Telephone conversation # 9135, sound recording, LBJ and DONALD HORNIG, 11/9/1965, 7:05PM

HORNIG BRIEFS LBJ ON NORTHEAST US POWER FAILURE, SOURCE OF FAILURE, RESUMPTION OF SERVICE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT CAUSE OF FAILURE; HORNIG TELLS LBJ THAT WEATHER MAY BE CAUSE; LBJ ASKS HORNIG TO BRIEF BILL MOYERS; LBJ LEARNED OF FAILURE FROM CBS RADIO…

Telephone conversation # 9134, sound recording, LBJ and DONALD HORNIG, 11/9/1965, 7:05PM

HORNIG BRIEFS LBJ ON NORTHEAST US POWER FAILURE, SOURCE OF FAILURE, RESUMPTION OF SERVICE; LBJ ASKS ABOUT CAUSE OF FAILURE; HORNIG TELLS LBJ THAT WEATHER MAY BE CAUSE; LBJ ASKS HORNIG TO BRIEF BILL MOYERS; LBJ LEARNED OF FAILURE FROM CBS RADIO…

Telephone conversation # 9133, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 6:38PM

ANNOUNCEMENT THAT JOE SWIDLER WILL TEMPORARILY ASSIST CALIFANO; CONFUSION OVER WHETHER SWIDLER WILL WORK ON ALUMINUM SITUATION OR NORTHEAST POWER FAILURE; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD; WH PRESS CORPS' COMMENTS ON LBJ'S HANDLING OF POWER…

Telephone conversation # 9132, sound recording, LBJ and MARVIN WATSON, 11/9/1965, 6:35PM

WATSON TELLS LBJ THAT NYT HAS ASKED STATE DEPT ABOUT POSSIBLE TRIP BY MIKE MANSFIELD AND STATE DEPT HAS ASKED FOR INSTRUCTIONS ON REPLY; LBJ TELLS WATSON TO INSTRUCT STATE DEPT TO REFER INQUIRIES TO MANSFIELD, COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS LEAKS BY MANSFIELD

Telephone conversation # 9131, sound recording, LBJ and MARVIN WATSON, 11/9/1965, 6:22PM

WATSON TELLS LBJ THAT BUFORD ELLINGTON HAS RECEIVED REPORT THAT SOURCE OF NORTHEAST US POWER FAILURE HAS BEEN LOCATED AND REPAIRS ARE UNDERWAY; LBJ ASKS WATSON TO HAVE BILL MOYERS ANNOUNCE THIS REPORT IMMEDIATELY

Telephone conversation # 9130, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 11/9/1965, 6:06PM

MOYERS DISCUSSES PRESS HANDLING OF NORTHEAST US POWER FAILURE; PRESS QUESTIONS ABOUT FEDERAL INVESTIGATION OF CAUSE, POSSIBLE SABOTAGE, RUFUS YOUNGBLOOD'S PRESENCE IN AUGUSTA, GEORGIA, AND RUMORS HE HAS BEEN FIRED; SECRET SERVICE REORGANIZATION

Telephone conversation # 9129, sound recording, LBJ and BUFORD ELLINGTON, 11/9/1965, 5:48PM

ELLINGTON GIVES LBJ STATUS REPORT ON POWER FAILURE IN NORTHEAST US AND IN MONTREAL AND TORONTO, CANADA; ELLINGTON TELLS LBJ THAT AIRPLANES ROUTED FOR NYC ARE LANDING IN NEWARK, NEW JERSEY

Telephone conversation # 9127, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/9/1965, 5:40PM

CALIFANO READS DRAFT PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT ON NORTHEAST US POWER FAILURE; LBJ TELLS CALIFANO TO HALT TRANSPORTATION INTO AFFECTED AREA, DISCUSSES EMERGENCY PROCEDURES, ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE CAUSE OF FAILURE; UPCOMING TRIP TO RANCH BY RUSK, MCNAMARA,…

Telephone conversation # 9126, sound recording, SIGNAL CORPS OPERATOR and SIGNAL CORPS OPERATORS, 11/9/1965, time unknown

REMARKS BY VARIOUS SIGNAL CORPS OPERATORS TESTING LINE, DISCUSSING LOOTING FOLLOWING NORTHEAST POWER FAILURE

Telephone conversation # 9123, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 11/9/1965, 3:36PM

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON CONVERSATION WITH JOHN HARPER ABOUT MEETING TOMORROW ON ALUMINUM PRICES, STOCKPILE RELEASE; DISCUSSION OF GEORGE BROWN'S SUGGESTION THAT MCNAMARA ALSO CONTACT REYNOLDS ABOUT PRICE ROLLBACK; OTHER MEANS OF PRESSURING ALUMINUM…

Telephone conversation # 9122, sound recording, LBJ and DICK BROWN, 11/9/1965, 11:31AM

LBJ PRAISES SAM WOOD'S STORY IN THIS MORNING'S AUSTIN AMERICAN-STATESMAN ABOUT LBJ'S ACTIVITIES YESTERDAY; WOOD AND BROWN THANK LBJ FOR THE COMPLIMENT

Telephone conversation # 9121, sound recording, LBJ and MAMIE EISENHOWER, 11/9/1965, 9:00AM

LBJ OFFERS HIS SUPPORT, GET WELL WISHES FOR DWIGHT EISENHOWER; MAMIE EISENHOWER SAYS THAT EISENHOWER IS RESTING COMFORTABLY, THANKS LBJ FOR MAKING PLANE AVAILABLE TO JOHN EISENHOWER; LBJ DISCUSSES LETTER ABOUT VIETNAM HE RECEIVED FROM DAVID…

Telephone conversation # 9119, sound recording, BUFORD ELLINGTON and JOHN HARPER, 11/8/1965, time unknown

ELLINGTON DISCUSSES RELEASE OF ALUMINUM FROM STOCKPILE TO MEET VIETNAM DEFENSE NEEDS WITH "JOHN" HARPER OF ALCOA, ASKS HARPER ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK, SUGGESTS HARPER MEET WITH ROBERT MCNAMARA ABOUT SITUATION; SALE PRICE OF STOCKPILED ALUMINUM

Telephone conversation # 9117, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM

LBJ DISCUSSES NECESSITY OF CONTROLLING ALUMINUM PRICES, RELEASING ALUMINUM FROM STOCKPILE BECAUSE OF VIETNAM NEEDS; POSSIBLE ALUMINUM SUBSTITUTES

Telephone conversation # 9116, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM

CALIFANO DISCUSSES ALUMINUM STOCKPILE RELEASE; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS' CONCERNS ABOUT STOCKPILE RELEASE; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA MEET WITH JOHN HARPER ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK; QUESTION OF WAR PROFITEERING

Telephone conversation # 9115, sound recording, OFFICE SECRETARY and UNIDENTIFIED MALE, 11/8/1965, time unknown

UNIDENTIFIED MALE DICTATES STATEMENT ON ALUMINUM SITUATION TO OFFICE SECRETARY

Telephone conversation # 9114, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM

ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS' CONCERNS ABOUT PROCEEDING WITH ALUMINUM STOCKPILE RELEASE; LBJ SUGGESTS MCNAMARA MEET WITH JOHN HARPER ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK; SCARCITY OF ALUMINUM BECAUSE OF VIETNAM NEEDS; WAR PROFITEERING; POSSIBLE ALUMINUM…

Telephone conversation # 9113, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 11/8/1965, 9:51AM

CALIFANO REPORTS ON MEETING OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS ON ALUMINUM SITUATION, INDUSTRY CONTACTS ABOUT POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK BY ALCOA, REYNOLDS; PRESS SUPPORT FOR LBJ'S POSITION; ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS' CONCERNS ABOUT PROCEEDING WITH STOCKPILE…

Telephone conversation # 9112, sound recording, LBJ and LEONARD MARKS, 11/8/1965, 9:11AM

USIA APPOINTMENT FOR MITCHELL WOLFSON; HOWARD WOODS' REQUEST TO MAKE INSPECTION TRIP OF USIA POSTS; MARKS ASKS TO GO TO VIETNAM TO PERSUADE USIA PERSONNEL TO EXTEND TOURS OF DUTY; BARRY ZORTHIAN'S REQUEST TO RETURN TO US; TRAVEL TO VIETNAM BY US…

Telephone conversation # 9111, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE, STOCKPILE RELEASE, PRESS REPORTING OF SITUATION; INTERNATIONAL CONCERNS; LBJ'S WORK ON WWII RUBBER SUPPLY; HIS RECOVERY FROM GALL BLADDER SURGERY; LBJ'S WORK AS COLLEGE NEWSPAPER EDITOR; WAR…

Telephone conversation # 9110, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM

LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS REPORTING OF GOVT STATEMENTS ON ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE, STOCKPILE RELEASE TO MEET VIETNAM NEEDS; INDUSTRY REACTION TO RELEASE; GARDNER ACKLEY'S REMARKS ON POSSIBLE PRICE ROLLBACK; APPOINTMENT OF HUD SECRETARY; WWII RUBBER…

Telephone conversation # 9109, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM

LBJ DISCUSSES RATIONALE FOR RELEASE OF ALUMINUM STOCKPILE TO MEET VIETNAM NEEDS; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO IMPROVE STOCKPILE MANAGEMENT, HIS WORK ON RUBBER SUPPLY IN WWII; PRESS STORIES ABOUT WH REACTION TO ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE; EFFECT OF INCREASE ON…

Telephone conversation # 9108, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN POMFRET, 11/7/1965, 11:06AM

POMFRET ASKS FOR CLARIFICATION OF WH REACTION TO ALUMINUM PRICE INCREASE; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT PRESS REPORTING, DISCUSSES HIS EFFORTS TO ELIMINATE UNNECESSARY STOCKPILES; QUESTION OF WAR PROFITEERING; INCREASED PROFITS IN ALUMINUM INDUSTRY

Telephone conversation # 9107, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 11/4/1965, 10:50AM

LBJ'S DECISION TO DELAY NAMING ROBERT WEAVER AS HUD SECRETARY UNTIL JANUARY; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT DISAPPOINTING NEGROES IF HE DOES NOT NAME FIRST NEGRO TO CABINET