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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 6 (VI), 2/11/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, you had a mess. I can remember, I think it was [Everett] Dirksen, when we had a bipartisan meeting at one stage in the White House, saying, when it ended, "This is a repeat of meetings I attended when Eisenhower was president. The very same thing, word

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 42 (XLII), 11/5/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

, not in a flamboyant style. One of my favorite pictures is of our table, when I would be at her table in her return engagement with the Senate ladies at the luncheon; Mrs. [Everett] Dirksen, pretty Senate wife, Republican; Mrs. [Thomas] Kuchel from California, and me

Oral history transcript, James C. Gaither, interview 5 (V), 5/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

hard. There's always a key guy who The President was not up there You take Fair Housing, the White I'm not sure how many calls the President personally made, but he made one very important one to Everett Dirksen. MG: So it's hard to piece it all

Oral history transcript, William Lewis and Margaret Chase Smith, interview 1 (I), 8/20/1975, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 15 (XV), 11/20/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, James M. Quigley, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, Clifford L. Alexander, Jr., interview 3 (III), 6/4/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 7 (VII), 10/11/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

A.] McCarran was chairman. So you had McCarran and Eastland and Olin Johnston on the Democratic side, and I think Senator [Everett] Dirksen was on the Republican side. of a one-man show. It was sort But in the S t a t e Department there had been some

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 25 (XXV), 8/25/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the House and kept the members in. G: But in the Senate you didn't have even the support of the--? O: On the Senate side, Mike Mansfield was not enthusiastic. Neither was [John] Pastore, who was chairman of the committee. Beyond that, [Everett] Dirksen

Oral history transcript, Joseph Laitin, interview 3 (III), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to this conference and there was quite a heated discussion that had developed among the conferees The conferees of the Senate were Mrs . (Senate opposed House positions) . (Margaret Chase) Smith (R-Maine) was the chairman, Senator (Everett) Dirksen (R-Ill

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 3 (III), 1/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh Pollak -- III -- 5 It was still necessary in the Senate to secure the approval and support of Senator Dirksen. Without that, we could

Oral history transcript, Paul H. Douglas and Emily Taft Douglas, interview 1 (I), 11/1/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

thought he was correct. We had failed to provide for the direct use of force in Federal elections to insure free voting. So in 1960, we put that provision into effect in our bill. Then Johnson and Dirksen moved to strike it out, and they carried the day
in lending legislation; National Commission on Urban Problems; defeat of Douglas; LBJ’s relationship with Dirksen; LBJ’s admiration for Douglas; Douglas’ interest in Texas

Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 5 (V), 12/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

; Congressional leadership; LBJ’s relationship with Dirksen.

Oral history transcript, John G. Tower, interview 3 (III), 11/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

there in the Federal Building. You and Ralph both have got your parking places back." F: That "still got the eye on the sparrow," huh? T: Right. F: Right till the last. You must have observed his relationship with Senator Dirksen over the period of the presidency

Oral history transcript, Louis Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

into the White House, he came through that corridor into the Oval Office, to the West Wing. So nobody knew he was in there. And then the President got on that telephone of his and started calling. He called Dirksen; he called the Supreme Court Chief Justice, got

Oral history transcript, Harold Barefoot Sanders, interview 3 (III), 11/3/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

normally think of. lve broke a filibuster with Dirksen's help. F: Do you have any idea how you got Dirksen's help? Unfortunately, he died before I could get to that. S: I don't remember. I know Nick did some--I'll tell you what we did

Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for translating that experience into [actionJ. G: How would you characterize Johnson's relations with each of his Republican T: counterparts~ Taft and then Knowland and then Dirksen? Well, Johnson had a good working, personal relationship with Ev Dirksen, who

Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that Senator Dirksen was trying to get Senator Johnson to set a time-certain that we would vote. we'll know." We said, "Just set it, so Well on a certain Tuesday, I believe it was, a quorum call was held, and every Democratic Senator was in Washington. I
; 1960 and 1964 elections; civil rights legislation; Dirksen/LBJ relationship; Medicare; LBJ’s foreign policy; Senator Mansfield; LBJ-Nixon transition; 3/31 announcement; War on Poverty in Kentucky; decision to retire; political parties; Ray Bliss.

Oral history transcript, Jack Brooks, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

it a better operation . It has not been run that well since . F: Did he ever talk about his relationship with Senator Dirksen? B: Oh, sure . They got along fine . That's no problem, they always got Dirksen was a friendly, affable old rascal

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 2 (II), 10/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

office because I simply didn't have any duties. of pitched in. I just sort I remember that night congressional leaders came; I remember Senator Dirksen came and the Speaker and others to be ushered in to see the President. I spent little time in his

Oral history transcript, Stephen J. Pollak, interview 4 (IV), 1/31/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Herman Talmadge, interview 1 (I), 7/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, particularly Senator Dirksen, decided to support it. T: I think Dirksen switching his position resulted in the bill passing, LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 3 (III), 4/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Oral history transcript, Birch Bayh, interview 1 (I), 2/12/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

to be in because while he was Assistant Attorney General under Bob Kennedy, he had come up and testified in support of a different type of proposal--the Dirksen approach--the more loosely drawn less specific approach; and so he had to sort of change his mind and he

Oral history transcript, Larry Temple, interview 4 (IV), 8/7/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

that it was an unfortunate and an unhappy situation. Just as the President predicted, and which I had not believed until it happened, Senator Dirksen ultimately announced that because of the information that had tio~ ~een revealed at the hearings and during the course

Oral history transcript, Warren Christopher, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

, Tnurmond, on the one hand; a second element, the Republicans--Dirksen, Hruska, Scot t, Long; and the numerically largest group is the Tilore liberal Democratic group led by Senator Hart and nu~bering , and Dodd. &~d among it Senators Kennedy, Burdick

Oral history transcript, Bayard Rustin, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 2 R: Yes. B: Apparently Senator Dirksen's support was a key part of it. R: I think when Dirksen came around it became inevitable

Oral history transcript, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 1 (I), 9/24/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Senator Dirksen, Congressman Halleck, and so on? The personal relationship seems to be very close. N: Yes, it is, but I guess it'll go back to Senator Knowland when he was Republican leader of the Senate and Mr. Johnson was the other leader. No, it'll

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: HUBERT HUMPHREY INTERVIEWER: MICHAEL L. GILLETTE PLACE: Senator Humphrey's office in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. Tape 1 of 1 H: Now, what do you want to talk about? G: Well, I was going to suggest that we start

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 2 (II), 6/28/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Emanuel Celler, interview 1 (I), 3/19/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

no question about it. B: Of course, in both the House and the Senate, the Republican leadership-Mr. Halleck and Mr. Dirksen--were supporting the bills too. C: We had Republican support. been lost. You see~ Without that Republican support, we would have

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 11 (XI), 7/24/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

everything he can to block you, but there is no venom? You meet, you have a drink, which I did on occasions. Little incidents would crop up from time to time, but overall, whether it was Ev Dirksen--my recollections of Ev Dirksen are all pleasant and really I

Oral history transcript, George E. Christian, interview 4 (IV), 6/30/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, interview 1 (I), 1/11/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

there, and then we had a little ceremony with Senator Mansfield, Senator Dirksen, all the people, and we paper and hung it up there . all signed a piece of But it wouldn't have come back if he hadn't helped . F: After he became president you have a campaign

Oral history transcript, Lawrence E. (Larry) Levinson, interview 5 (V), 11/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was very important to two senators in particular, Senator Dirksen and Senator Mansfield. And it was important to Senator Mansfield not out of any ideological conviction--maybe so--but the fact that a Montanan by the name of John Mahan was the chairman

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 3 (III), 3/2/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of LBJ's appointments to commissions influenced by Senator Dirksen; ethics in FPC-industry relations

Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 1 (I), 8/21/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of the country, certainly the leadership of the Congress. And I'm speaking now of both bodies and of both parties, the Democratic and the Republican. For example, yould always have Senator Mansfield, Senator Dirksen, Senator Dick Russell, Stennis, Margaret

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