Discover Our Collections


Limit your search

Tag Contributor Date Subject Type Collection Series Specific Item Type Time Period

932 results

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
Telephone conversation # 8317, sound recording, MCGEORGE BUNDY and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 7/8/1965, time unknown (Item)
  • BUNDY ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO SENATORS FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN, KUCHEL, AND HICKENLOOPER AND TELLS HER TO HAVE THEM HOLD FOR HIM
Telephone conversation # 10223, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD TO SPEAK TO DIRKSEN ABOUT POSSIBLE MEETING AT WH ON VIETNAM THIS WEEKEND
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
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/24/1968 (Item)
  • ) : Time In Out 11 Telephone Lo : 24, 1968 (include visited by) Jim Jones to Oval Office w/ to Cabinet Room joined: " Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen - Illinois OFF --the Senator asked to see the President 2:00p President 2:01p w/ 2:17p
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/8/1968 (Item)
  • President, President 8, 1968 White House Tuesday I he President began his day at (Place) _: Entry f p^r 1 w £ Day (include visited -by) ture Codc Johnson and Everett Dirksen to Oval Office (others, Secy. Rusk, Secy. Clifford and Mr. Rostow remained
Folder, "November 20, 1967 - 5:05 p.m. Bipartisan Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • . Russell Senator Everett Dirksen Senator Thomas H. Kuchel Senator Milton B. Young E me st Goldstein Barefoot Sanders Ed Fried Walt Rostow Mike Manatos Fred Deming Joe Califano Larry Levinson George Christian Tom Johnson It ended at 6:40 p. m. .. t?rt:7
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/1/1967 (Item)
  • Udall yb Secy Orville Freeman Hon. Alexander B. Trowbridge, Actg Wtimc Secy of aaaaBjBPtodigB Commerce Secy Willard Wirtz .. UnderSecy Wilbur Cohen . Secy Robert Weaver Hon. Everett Hutchinson \ Amb. Arthur Goldberg \ Secy Henry Fowler „_ _ \ Hon. Chas
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/29/1966 (Item)
  • , Sen Everett McKinley Dirksen Ambassador a t Large Mr. Rdscoe Drummond, New York Herald Tribune Mr. Mel Elfin. Newsweek Mr. David Watt, London Financial Times Mr. Peregrin e Worsthorne, London^_ The Secy of the Treasury, Henry Fowler Senator J. W
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/26/1968 (Item)
  • Jones 4:17p f Tom 4:30p t Rostow 4:31p t 4:35p t Rostow Califan Friday (include visited by) Jones - pl Everett Dirksen Jones - pl - pl Johnson - pl - pl o - pl VHITE HOUS E Dat >ENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSON DIARY T President bega n hi s day
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/24/1968 (Item)
  • Everett Dirkse n (b . 1) - r e lette r fro m Mansfiel d r e Vietnam : Dirksen' s plan s t o leav e fo r Rep , convention ; gun control legislation : and supreme cour t nominations : Johnn y Crooker n Christopher e Manato s r Georg e Smather s Jo e
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/18/1967 (Item)
  • ?" 1 —: 3: 32p To Second floor - w/ Mrs. Johnson ; 3:47p t Joe 4:10p t MW 4:18p T MW 4:30p t |M 4:40p +-'• Harry 5:05p 6:15p 5: 10p , t 11 ' MW I Hon "1 West Califano - pl - pl - pl MW - pl McPherson (pl) ~^^_ took Senator Everett
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/21/1967 (Item)
  • ^ _^ (Mr. White House r» t or t 12:32p To 12:45 "" gu amsey Clark, the A G President asked for a McPherson memo on McPherson's talk w/ Russ Wiggins re Ed Williams an d D. C. Commissioner post) ; MW Senator Robert e Christian Everett Dirksen
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/13/1967 (Item)
  • . Mr. Orville F. Beal, Chmn of Institute of Life Insurance and President of The Prudential \ Insurance Company of America, Prudential Plaza, Newark, New Jersey 07101 Senator Wallace F. Bennett, Utah Congressman Frank T. Bow. Ohio Senator Everett Dirksen
President's Daily Diary entry, 8/23/1968 (Item)
  • . Hale Boggs , House Leadership Cong. Frank Bow , Ranking Minority Member, House Appropriations Senator Everett Dirksen Cong. Gerald Ford , House leadership Senator J W Fulbright , Chairman. Foreig n Relations Senator Bourke Hickenlooper Senator Roman
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/6/1968 (Item)
  • visited by) Cabinet Room for OFF RECORD meeting w/ Secy Rusk Senator Everett Dirkse n Senator Mike Mansfield in the Cabinet Roo m by Hon. Charles Zwick Hon. Art Okun Mike Manatos 11:35am Joined by Hon. Harold F. Linder, Ambassador to Canada 11:40pm
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/19/1968 (Item)
  • / the President to discuss the economic achievements of the Administration. . . the rise in employment, living standards, etc. 1:20p 1:28p To the Cabinet Room for Presentation of the Eisenhower Week Proclamation ; OFF RECORD John Eisenhower Senator Everett
President's Daily Diary entry, 10/23/1968 (Item)
  • Califano Manatos - pl f Harry McPherson k Harry McPherson in 6:02p f Senator Hon. Everett Dirksen, Lincoln, Illinois (b. 2) Ed Re in - Assistant Secretary of State for Cultural Affairs --President presented him with his commission — -judgeship V
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/8/1968 (Item)
  • In Out Lo 2:54p f Senator 5:29p f 5: 30p t 5:46p 6:42 y (include visited by) Everett Dirksen (b. 1) re the Senator's talk w/ Nixon this morning. South Vietnamese reactions ; China lobby; and Saigo n delegatio n to Paris. To Rostow 8, 1968 White
President's Daily Diary entry, 12/13/1967 (Item)
  • Senator Everett Dirksen ^H tlxt^ 13 December 1967 Wednesday VmiE HousE n,t, ^December 1967 DENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DtARY President began his day at (P)ace). The '1 1 In Out [ White If ?°' I Activity LD Code Lo 1 l:38a The House p^. Wednesday
President's Daily Diary entry, 5/23/1967 (Item)
  • to read tickers immediately 5:40p t /j . Christian (pl) 5:35p Th 5:42p t TUESDAY (include visited by) ture Code Walt 4:22p t White House Day_ _ Expendi- LD f 5: 10p t 23, 1967 ^^ SEK UV-iU Everett Dirksen - the Sen. had called
President's Daily Diary entry, 1/7/1967 (Item)
  • ) m t Dr. . | i | Frank Stanton - NYC re To ~ (filed w/ timing on State of the Union \ Speaker Senator Valenti McCormack Everett Dirksen Oval Office b.1 of msg. yesterday) THE WHIT E HOUS E Dat e7 PRESIDENT LYNDO N B . JOHNSO N
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/1/1967 (Item)
  • . „____ • CO March 1, 1967 The White House Attendance at Senator Ellender's luncheon: Mrs. Lawrence O'Brien Mrs. Orville Freeman Mrs. Henry Fowler Mrs. Perle Mesta Mrs. Ralph Yarborough Mrs. Everett Dirksen Mrs. Spessard Holland Mrs. John Tower Mrs. William
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/16/1966 (Item)
  • ) Senator Everett Dirksen n^ Sept. 16, 1966 White House ^ Friday mjdr (pl) re telephone calls Sen. Laresche Bill Moyers (pl) Bill Moyers (pl) To oval office Cissy Morrissey off record mary s (pl) " Get Courtenay Valenti phone." (Will return call
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/22/1966 (Item)
  • ) Cong Wilbur Mills Sen. Everett Dirksen re Hill action on tax bill (b.3) Wilson Speaker John McCormick To oval w/ office Sen. Mansfield 22. 1966 PMG (b-1) (b.3) re attorney general position Ramsey Clark; mtg on Honsekas and means & Senate
President's Daily Diary entry, 9/26/1966 (Item)
  • and Mrs. McNamara Attorney General and Mrs. Katzenbach Sen and Mrs. John J Williams Sen and Mrs. Everett Dirksen Governor of Maryland, J. Millard Tawes Governor of North Dakota and Mrs. William Guy Cong and Mrs. Ed Edmondson Cong and Mrs. Peter H. B
President's Daily Diary entry, 11/15/1966 (Item)
  • ) ) " " 15, 1966 Date November White House pay 15, 1966 Tuesday Activity (inciude visited by) t Sen. Everett Dirksen Justice Abe Fortas —_ —- President to theater for TAPING on message for Governor Lawrence. The President returned to the apartment
President's Daily Diary entry, 7/18/1966 (Item)
  • . Leslie Arends Tom Sen. Mike Mansfield Gardner Sen. Everett Dirksen Postmaster Sen. George Smathers Sen. Thomas Kuchel n Watson Moyers joined at 4:25p Schultze Macy Johnson (for taking notes) Ackley General Larry O'Brien Tom Johnson m ade detailed
President's Daily Diary entry, 3/31/1966 (Item)
  • then into the Oval Office w/ MW Senator Everett Dirksen (Ok and Jack Valenti OFF RECORD: Miss Anne Mansfield (No e pics) Oke pics) T^ March White House Dav 31, 1966 Thursday Activity (inc!ude visited bv) ture Expcndi Code Bob Fleming (pl) JV (pl ) JV
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/14/1966 (Item)
  • , and Lynda Also on board were: Secy. of State and Mrs. Rusk OFFICIAL DELEGATION Senator George D. Aiken Senator and Mrs. Paul Douglas Senator and Mrs. Everett Dirksen *Purpose of this trip: Senator and Mrs. Mike Mansfield Miss Ann Mansfield To dedicate
President's Daily Diary entry, 2/11/1965 (Item)
  • John George Reedy Dick him Macy Goodwin Mary Lasker OFF Jack Valenti George Reedy Senator Senator Everett J W Dirksen Fulbright RECORD February 11 , 1965 White Hous e To Thursday Gate List to DT and t o the Gree n Roo m to receiv e guest
President's Daily Diary entry, 4/29/1965 (Item)
  • th e Presiden t an d discus s wit h him th e patent s polic y o f the Administration) | Secretary George Ball Senator Mike Senator Mansfield Everett Dirksen Governor Danie l J . Evans , Olympia , Washingto n (b Admiral . 4) Raborn To th e
President's Daily Diary entry, 6/17/1965 (Item)
  • at this point Dr Seaborg Vice President Humphrey stood the President during the Press Conference Secy Freeman joined for a few minutes Staff J V H B B M G E R McG B DC Director Charles w/ Schultze out To Fish Room to greet Senator Everett Dirksen escorted