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Oral history transcript, Jacob Javits, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , or without being particularly warm so that--it was very personal. Bill Knowland was more the traditional party leader. Lyndon was a unique example. G: Was [Everett] Dirksen more like LBJ as a leader? J: Yes, but also Dirksen was a speechmaker more like
  • Javits’ assessment of LBJ’s work in Congress; LBJ’s power in Congress; LBJ rewarding his supporters; comparison of LBJ and Bill Knowland and Everett Dirksen; the Lewis Strauss nomination; bills related to the Supreme Court; 1957 Civil Rights Act
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 5 (V), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of the crisis or refer to it as a crisis, but yet you had to impress upon Ev Dirksen and the rest out there in the hinterlands that there was a need for immediate return to Washington. G: Did you make these calls? O: I made some of them directly and my staff