About this recording BEN HEINEMAN January 21, 1968 Benjamin W. "Ben" Heineman Education Elections Health The Presidency Citation Number: 12607 HEINEMAN DECLINES APPOINTMENT (AS HEW SECRETARY) BECAUSE OF HIS COMMITMENTS TO NEW COMPANY; LBJ DISCUSSES ALTERNATIVES UNTIL HEINEMAN IS AVAILABLE; APPOINTMENT OF WILBUR COHEN AS ACTING SECRETARY; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MANAGEMENT STYLE AS PRESIDENT Secret White House Tapes | Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency Conversation with BEN HEINEMAN, January 21, 1968 Backward Play Stop Forward Download audio Previous Conversation with RICHARD DALEY and LADY BIRD JOHNSON, January 20, 1968 Next Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA, January 22, 1968 More Lyndon B. Johnson Recordings View all Lyndon B. Johnson tapes Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA, January 22, 1968 audio icon Conversation with CARL SANDERS and OFFICE CONVERSATION, January 24, 1968 audio icon Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA, January 24, 1968 audio icon Conversation with RICHARD DALEY and HUBERT HUMPHREY, January 27, 1968 audio icon Conversation with FRANK LAUSCHE, January 28, 1968 audio icon Conversation with ARTHUR GOLDBERG, January 28, 1968 audio icon Conversation with ARTHUR GOLDBERG, January 28, 1968 audio icon Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA and OFFICE CONVERSATION, January 29, 1968 audio icon Conversation with FRANK IKARD, January 30, 1968 Conversation with ROBERT MCNAMARA audio icon