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Telephone conversation # 5834, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 10/3/1964, 1:25PM (Item)

MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN, AND AIKEN MAKE TRADITIONAL CALL TO PRESIDENT UPON SENATE ADJOURNMENT; DIRKSEN REMINISCES ABOUT EARLY MORNING CALLS HE AND LBJ MADE TO EISENHOWER UPON ADJOURNMENT; LBJ URGES DIRKSEN TO REST, NOT CAMPAIGN
Aiken, George D. (George David), 1892-1984

Telephone conversation # 13, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/23/1963, 1:50PM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH DWIGHT EISENHOWER, ASKS DIRKSEN'S ADVICE ABOUT LBJ ADDRESSING JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS

Telephone conversation # 6854, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)

DIRKSEN NOTES NEGATIVE SPEECHES ON VIETNAM BY FRANK CHURCH, GEORGE MCGOVERN, OFFERS TO DEFEND LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ GIVES LENGTHY REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH WWII, KOREAN WAR, ADVICE ON NEGOTIATING WITH COMMUNISTS

Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM (Item)

LBJ CONTINUES TO REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; CONGRESSIONAL STATEMENTS IN SUPPORT OF VIETNAM POLICY; AGREEMENT AMONG US OFFICIALS ON VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ ASKS ABOUT LETTERS OF RECOMMENDATION FOR UNIDENTIFIED CANDIDATE FOR UNIDENTIFIED

Telephone conversation # 10048, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/25/1966, 10:35AM (Item)

PROMOTION OF JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SUPPORT OF DIRKSEN'S CANDIDATES FOR ILLINOIS APPOINTMENTS; PAUL DOUGLAS' CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTMENTS; DIRKSEN'S DEFEAT OF SIDNEY YATES; HOMER THORNBERRY'S APPOINTMENT; EISENHOWER'S TEXAS APPOINTMENTS

Telephone conversation # 10221, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/9/1966, 12:00PM (Item)

LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT DIRKSEN RECOMMENDS BIPARTISAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE BRIEFINGS HE HAS PROVIDED CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IN CONTRAST WITH BRIEFINGS HE RECEIVED DURING EISENHOWER

Telephone conversation # 11310, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/4/1967, 7:54PM (Item)

LBJ WISHES DIRKSEN HAPPY BIRTHDAY, DISCUSSES DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S ADVICE ON ABM ISSUE; VIEWS OF SCIENTISTS, JCS ON MATTER; GERALD FORD'S RECENT STATEMENT ON ISSUE

Telephone conversation # 10920, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/3/1966, 7:45PM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH RUSSELL LONG, OTHER DEMOCRATIC MEMBERS OF SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION BILL, SUGGESTS DIRKSEN TALK WITH JOHN WILLIAMS, ASKS DIRKSEN TO MANAGE BILL, DISCUSSES DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S PHONE

Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1968, by William S. White (Item)

: In the Eisenhower Administration--during that time when he was leader on one side and you were leader on the other side--it has been commented many times--as you know, since Lyndon Johnson has been President--on foreign affairs President Eisenhower had been very

Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 3 (III), 7/30/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

what caused Congressman Halleck to support it? This surprised some people. D: Well, I must say for Charlie Halleck that he took a rather broad view, and obviously he served in the Eisenhower Administration; he and Eisenhower were very close friends

Oral history transcript, Everett McKinley Dirksen, interview 2 (II), 3/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to that, to innovate. F: Mr. Eisenhower, as President, tried to put through an aid-to-education bill without success. Mr. Kennedy tried, too. Why do you think that it finally came through then under Mr. Johnson? D: Well, you see that fear that I alluded