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Hear some of President Lyndon Johnson�s phone calls from July and early August, 1964, as LBJ gets ready for the Democratic National Convention at the end of August. In addition to campaign issues, the president and his advisers discuss the poverty and Medicare bills and foreign policy. You�ll hear LBJ talk to Defense Secretary Robert McNamara, aides Bill Moyers and Douglass Cater and Florida Senator George Smathers. He also gets advice from longtime friends James Rowe, an attorney and James Farley, postmaster general under Franklin Roosevelt.

11/25/2006: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr.

In this special program, we�ll take you back to November 22nd, 1963: The day President John Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas. You�ll hear air traffic communications with Air Force One from that afternoon. Then, some of the earliest calls made by Lyndon Johnson as president, as he considers the possible economic and social repercussions of the assassination, an address to Congress and the nation and putting lawmakers to work on key Kennedy measures, including education, tax and civil rights bills.

11/18/2006: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr.

Continue listening to President Johnson�s phone calls from July 1964, a few weeks before the Democratic National Convention. You�ll hear calls about campaign issues, the poverty bill and photos of the moon. Participants include LBJ�s chief aide to Congress, Larry O�Brien, White House Press Secretary George Reedy and Johnson aide Bill Moyers.

11/11/2006: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr.

Listen to these LBJ conversations from July 30th, 1964. With the Democratic National Convention coming up in August, the main issue discusses is who LBJ�s running mate will be. You�ll also hear LBJ worry about some states� delegations and complain about problems for the poverty bill in Congress. Participants include cabinet members and key senators and two attorneys who are long-time Johnson advisers.

11/4/2006: WASHINGTON, DC: 1 hr.

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