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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, George Meany, interview 1 (I), 8/4/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • any problem in the Senate, because in the Senate we felt we had a good eight or nine or ten votes to spare there--which of course we did have as time went on. have enough votes to break a filibuster, you see. But we didn't Everett Dirksen mounted
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, 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, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)