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Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 29 (XXIX), 5/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Califano -- XXIX -- 7 G: [Everett] Dirksen issued a statement in support of the industry
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/27/1967 (Item)
  • . .Tash, DC ~~ CONGRESSIONAL 27, 1967 ^ MONDAY Day E»P"d,- (include visited by) ture LEADERSHIP BREAKFAST Sen. Mike Mansfield Sen. Everett Dirksen Sen. Russell Long Sen. Robert Byrd . Sen. Thomas Kuchel Speaker John McCormack Cong. Carl Albert
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/9/1966 (Item)
  • than their backs, and he called Tom Johnson to his side and said, "Iwant to show you how I want it done. " Date June White House Dav Activhy (inc!ud e visited by) turf 9, 1966 Thursday ExpendiCode To the Oval Office Sen Everett Dirksen (b. 1) En
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/13/1966 (Item)
  • Washington early Tuesday morning. ) Secretary Robert McNamara (b-1) Datr December The White House p^ Tuesday 13, 1966 . Exp Activity (inctude visited by) tt Sen. Everett Dirksen OFF (to discuss a personal matter) Harry McPherson joined RECORD
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/8/1967 (Item)
  • :10a L_j 9:50a | White House _Day ;e0Prhr ExpendiActivity Code o LD . 6:40a Breakfast __The Rostow (pl) __ ______ _ T Secretary Fowle r _________ _______ Walt Rostow (pl) Mrs. Everett ~ ~~ filed w/ belts of 3-14-67 Dirksen - Senator
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/15/1966 (Item)
  • Lic. and Sra. Emilio Martinez Manautou - Secy. of the Presidenc y Cong. and Mrs. Eligio de la Garza Hon. Jac k Valenti Senator George Aiken Cong. Edward Roybal Senator Everett Dirksen Table B - 3 Lic. and Sra. Hugo B. Margain - Ambassador t o US fr
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/13/1966 (Item)
  • Activity (inctude visited by) Secy McNamara (b.1) Joe Califano (pl) Robt Kintner (pl) Secy McNamara (b. 1) Atty Gen'l Katzenbach (Lounge Sen. Mike Mansfield Sen. Everett Dirksen Office) OFF RECORD^ re civil rights legislation, cloture petition
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/2/1966 (Item)
  • TUESDAY Activity (inc!ude visited by) Sen. Everett Dirksen (Pres. at the Mansion) Cong Carl Albert Joe Califano and the Postmaster General - conference call At approximately12:30 today the President sent a telegram to the Chancellor of the University
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/15/1968 (Item)
  • e ha d been assembled and was ready to receive an y communication that the President might be pleased to make. Senate Committee: Senator Mik e Mansfiel d of Montana, the Majority Leader Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen of Illinois, the Minority
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/26/1967 (Item)
  • /:• 3:31p t Walt Rostow - pl 3:35p t Secy 4:05p f Secy 4:20p t Harry 4:30p t Joe •. lap Rostow - pl Ramsey Clark - the Attorney General Walt 4:50p To Everett Dirksen I rlon. Secy 3:32p| t (includ e visited by) Edgar Hoover - Director
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/7/1967 (Item)
  • Abe Fortas ~T~' I 9:50a t *———^—— — Johnson to New York at 8:40a) "" ~ Sen. Everett Dirksen ~~~ j • I „ „ ~~ ! ' ' :" ——- - ~ I _ I . ; ~~~~~ III!,,..!-! .1.. •- r I ! . _ _ . ,1 T.l. „I , ! «... . ! !•,,•.!. I
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/28/1967 (Item)
  • Gonella--returning the President's call, at her home Josep h Barr. Under Secy of the Treasury; ;^ 9:47a f Walt 9:54a f Senator 10:l6a lf)*30a , ^ I Joe The weren' Rostow^ , Everett McKinley Dirksen Califano President " ^ to the oval office
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/23/1967 (Item)
  • Rusk JOINT CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHP Defense Robert McNamara Bipartisan Everett Dirksen re VietNam Margaret Chase Smith Bourke Hickenlooper John J. Sparkman Carl Hayden WmTE House nut*. Oct 23, 1967 MO€MT LYWOOW B. JOMMSOM - .-. The : President
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/29/1967 (Item)
  • , Amb of El Salvador j, (! iy..^ _ ^r^ Mr. Stuart Morrison, "Operation Amigo" Director ^tLJ4^ J^^" Bill /^ ^- 7 * 1 dp t ^ the ^>^7:20p f Bowdler Sen. President Hon. was Everett McKinley Dirksen -- returning the Senator's call of 7:00p (while
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/13/1964 (Item)
  • . , Fireston e . Tire & : Rubbe r Co. Mr. Willia m E . Dun n White To office G Reedy J Valenti Ken O'Donnell Geo Reedy Gov Carl Sen Everett Senator Thurs 8-13-64 House until Sanders Dirksen Joseph Atlanta Ga Illinois returning Clark O'Donnell Thomas
Folder, "[September 12, 1967- 6:42 p.m. Meeting with Members of Congress on Asian Bank Legislation]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 2 (Item)
  • to the maximum. No money would be in this year's budget for it. Senator Everett Dirksen then inquired about what this would do to adjournment. Would this keep Congress in session until Christmas. The President said he did not know how long it will take. I would
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/21/1966 (Item)
  • 21, 1966 Wednesday Acnvhy (inctude visited bv) tur Expe CtM Senator Everett Dirksen (b. 1) H 1st Lt.John Olney. USA - of Saratoga, N.Y. OFF RECORD 2nd Lt. Bill Jenkins -Amarillo, Tex (nephew of Walter Jenkins) Jenkins ^H is son of Chief FBI Agent
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/11/1966 (Item)
  • Dam October White House p^ 11, 1966 Tuesday Secretary Fowler Senator Everett Dirksen reconsider vote (b.3) Box - car amendment - asking for Secretary Fowler H^HHHHH^ Walt Rostow (pl) (b.3) - Senate non - partisan, non -fund Luncheon
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/7/1966 (Item)
  • Everett Dirksen, Washington (b-1) bm ^^ The President departed the house by car for the airstrip to meet Ambassador Goldberg and Robert Komer upon their arrival by jetstar. Mrs. Johnson joined the President, Bob Komer, Amb Goldberg Riding East on 290
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/23/1965 (Item)
  • October 23 , 1965 The White House SATURDAY Returned t o 2d Floor w/guest s - guests departed @12:20a (see diary Oct 22d for names) Jake Jacobse n Retired f Senator Mike Mansfield and Senator Everett Dirksen Justice Ab e Fortas Justice Ab e
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/16/1966 (Item)
  • again visited EDEn w/ members of the NJ delegation. Returned to the White House, via l^LMtm^btM^ car National Airport w/ Dr Graham, / - Dr having landed at Wilson, JJ Mike Manatos Senator Everett Dirksen, Sterling, Virginia (returning his call
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/24/1966 (Item)
  • Long Secretary McNamara Senator George Smathers Secretary Ball Speaker McCormack Amb. Harriman Cong. Carl Albert Secy Vance Cong. Hale Boggs General Maxwell Taylor Senator Everett Dirksen (arrived at 8:30a) Sen. Tom Kuchel General Earle Wheeler Cong
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/10/1966 (Item)
  • the NYC transit strike situation, general labor problems, and possible labor messages for the State of the Union message. . Senator Everett Dirksen - West Hall^ ^ OFF RECORD Secy Wirtz - at the mansion McGeo Bundy Bill JJ JJ BM Moyers Pat,, January
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/12/1965 (Item)
  • . Jordan Senator Ralph Yarborough \ Senator Robert F. Kennedy Senator Milto n R. Young Senator Warren G . Magnuson Senator Mike Mansfield UNABLE TO ATTEND: Senator Everett Dirksen Senator Georg e S . McGovern Senator Peter H. Dominick, Senator Joseph Josep
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/3/1966 (Item)
  • Territo GL 5:05 ^L 5:20p H— 5:35p 6:10p J 32t6:10p OFF RECORD: Senator Everett Dirksen --to discuss John Patterson t Chairman t Thomas To Macy Corcoran the Second Floor Oval Room where the President and Mrs. Johnson received the House
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Various Topics, Panama, etc.", 4/3/1964, Volume 1, Tab 7," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • . ) Wayne Morse (Oreg.) Richar d B. Russell (Ga .) Everett M . Dirksen {Ill. ) Bourke B. Hickenlooper (Iowa) Geo rge D. Aiken (Vt. ) Leverett Saltonstall (Mass.) Cong. Ca rl Albert (Okla. ) Cong. Ca rl Vinson (Ga . ) SERVICE SET I \ A _/ l_
Oral history transcript, Carl T. Curtis, interview 1 (I), 3/10/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the best leader. Senator [Everett] Dirksen was a LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits
  • Service with LBJ in the House and Senate; characterization of LBJ's leadership qualities in the Senate; comparison of LBJ to Senators Knowland and Dirksen; LBJ's timing in bringing bills to the floor; recollections of specific bills and resolutions
Oral history transcript, Donald J. Cronin, interview 3 (III), 12/14/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of circumstances, would those same people be considered liberal or conservative? That's a hard one; that's tough. G: Everett Dirksen replaced Bill Knowland as the Republican leader. Let me ask you to describe how Lyndon Johnson worked with each of those men
  • of a Democratic majority in the Senate in 1958 and how that changed the character of the Senate; LBJ's relationships with Bill Knowland and Everett Dirksen; LBJ's reputation in the Senate; the Senate majority leader's power; Senate Rule Twenty-Two allowing
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 43 (XLIII), 3/28/1989, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with [Everett] Dirksen undoubtedly to talk about this--we went to McNamara's daughter's wedding at the National Cathedral-G: Anything significant about-- C: No. He took me partly because of McNamara. But this was a day devoted to his making up his mind about
Oral history transcript, William Cochrane, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , that was when Strom Thurmond launched a-- C: Twenty-four hour-- G: --one man filibuster. C: Yes. Was that when Dirksen said the Civil Rights [Bill] was an idea whose time had come? Was that when Dirksen joined in with him and they put it over? No, I don't
  • Biographical information; W. Kerr Scott; Brown v. Board of Education; Harold Cooley; the Southern Manifesto; Walter George and Herman Talmadge; moderate stances among Senate leaders like LBJ; Benjamin Everett Jordan; Bobby Baker; how LBJ became
Oral history transcript, Harry C. McPherson, interview 10 (X), 5/13/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of his mind, the fear that, as he put it, Richard Russell would walk across the aisle and embrace Everett Dirksen. And that would happen as a result of the powerful, aggravated urging of civil rights legislation. That is almost bound to happen; civil
Oral history transcript, Henry M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 3/13/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it and then he would move in on him. again. That happened over and over It was a different thing in the dying days of [Robert] Taft, of course, because Taft was majority leader until his death, majority leader until July. G: I gather that Johnson and [Everett
  • LBJ as congressman; Joseph McCarthy; bipartisan foreign policy under DDE; Space Committee; statehood for Alaska and Hawaii; LBJ legislative strategy as majority leader; 1955 Minimum Wage Bill; Hell's Canyon; Senator Richard Russell; Senator Dirksen
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 19 (XIX), 1/27/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • had a much closer rapport with [Everett] Dirksen. C: Very close with Dirksen. G: Really? C: And they understood each other. I mean you've heard the stories, the telephone story, the car telephone. G: Yes. C: When Johnson was drinking, Dirksen
Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Beirne, interview 1 (I), 3/4/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Johnson's effectiveness as Vice President 15,16 Days immediately following Kennedy assassination 17,19,20,21,22 Sec . Willard Wirtz 18,19 Mr . Meany 22 OEO 23,24 Everett Dirksen 25,26 President Johnson's major accomplishments 27 Nixon
  • as Vice President; JFK assassination; Secretary Willard Wirtz; George Meany; OEO; Everett Dirksen; LBJ's major accomplishments; Nixon; Humphrey; George Wallace
Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 17 (XVII), 12/17/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . The dollar check-off was going to be simple, and was ultimately, at some point, compromised in two significant areas. One--and I was party to it--it was compromised with Ev Dirksen so that you had an option--to go to federal financing or private-sector
  • it; the unsuccessful 1966 civil rights bill; efforts to get Everett Dirksen's support for civil rights; the effect of the Watts riot on the civil rights legislation; provisions of the bill to address civil rights-related violence; support for Food for Peace from
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/22/1967 (Item)
  • . . Stuar t Symington Dea n Richard E . Neustad t Krag , P M ofMr. Georg e Mean y Sen . Everett Dirksen Denmar k- SEK lk\VKI . RF.f.Ok D ^ R)K ) K \\ KI . A C [ l\ I \\ ^ u^^tRH«fNTP«,HT,HGOM,Ct ,, B7 T. . MO--1 Sec y McNamar a p
Oral history transcript, Ashton Gonella, interview 3 (III), 11/21/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • this through to the best advantage of everybody. Dirksen was the most unusual. I think his relationship with [Everett] I don't remember that much about [William] Knowland, but every morning at eleven forty-five Senator Dirksen came in the office and sat down
  • LBJ's relationship with Senate staff; Gonella's working relationship with LBJ; personal relationship with LBJ and his siblings; Everett Dirksen; Hale Boggs; Huey Long; LBJ's early workings with the Senate
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/26/1968 (Item)
  • t Senator - /11:20a To ' handshake This list to DT Everett Dirksen mf's notes to DT the Cabinet Room for with students and representatives of th e Jacob H . Schiff Public School #192. New York City f They group of 125 children is headed by Dr
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/10/1967 (Item)
  • :l0p f Arthur Krim ; 4:20p t Joe Califan o ' Joe 4:22p t Califano (pl) Joe 4:25p t Everett Dirksen Mike /I 4:43p [ t t Manatos ^ Sen i . Califano Senator 4:33p f 4: 51p Monday . (include visited by) Departed D. C . Stadium
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/28/1968 (Item)
  • then buzzed BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP; secretary and asked that his Senator Mike Mansfield own Press conference of today Senator Robert Byrd be brought to him) The Vice President Senator Everett Dirksen Senator J W Fulbright Senator Bourk e