About this recording DON COOK May 14, 1966 Donald C. Cook American Defense and Security Education Elections Jobs and Economy Taxation The Presidency Citation Number: 10125 QUESTION OF PASSING TAX INCREASE IN ELECTION YEAR; INCREASES IN APPROPRIATIONS, FEDERAL DEFICIT; PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY TO SET PRIORITIES FOR MILITARY SPENDING; VIETNAM MILITARY SITUATION; LBJ READS REPORT ON ECONOMIC SITUATION; INTEREST RATES Secret White House Tapes | Lyndon B. Johnson Presidency Conversation with DON COOK, May 14, 1966 Backward Play Stop Forward Download audio Previous Conversation with DON COOK, May 14, 1966 Next Conversation with LEE WHITE, May 15, 1966 More Lyndon B. Johnson Recordings View all Lyndon B. Johnson tapes Conversation with LEE WHITE, May 15, 1966 audio icon Conversation with HENRY FOWLER and JOSEPH W. BARR, May 19, 1966 audio icon Conversation with HENRY FOWLER and JOSEPH W. BARR, May 19, 1966 audio icon Conversation with HUBERT HUMPHREY, BILL MOYERS and HARRY MCPHERSON, May 20, 1966 audio icon Conversation with WALTER REUTHER, May 20, 1966 audio icon Conversation with RALPH YARBOROUGH, May 20, 1966 audio icon Conversation with WALTER REUTHER, May 21, 1966 audio icon Conversation with CARL SANDERS, May 23, 1966 audio icon MACHINE NOISE, May 23, 1966 audio icon Conversation with CARL SANDERS, May 23, 1966 audio icon