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Telephone conversation # 3437, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/13/1964, 4:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS DIRKSEN FOR HIS WORK ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; DIRKSEN REPORTS HIS CONVERSATION WITH RICHARD RUSSELL ON SCHEDULING VOTE
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 3437, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/13/1964, 4:30PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 6164, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/4/1964, 11:22AM (Item)
  • "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; DIRKSEN ON HOLD 0:33
  • DIRKSEN CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION; DISCUSSION OF DIRKSEN'S HEALTH, VACATION PLANS, CONGRESSIONAL SCHEDULE; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT HIS PAST WORK WITH DIRKSEN; CAMPAIGN TACTICS AGAINST LBJ IN TEXAS; ELECTION RESULTS IN CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, DELAWARE
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 6164, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/4/1964, 11:22AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 2812, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/1/1964, 2:36PM (Item)
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 2812, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/1/1964, 2:36PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 8356, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/19/1965, 8:35PM (Item)
  • POOR SOUND QUALITY; DIRKSEN IS INAUDIBLE
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH, DISCUSSES CANDIDATES FOR UN AMBASSADORSHIP AND VIEWS OF RICHARD RUSSELL, WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN'S EVALUATION OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; PROBLEMS WITH SUPREME COURT
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 8356, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/19/1965, 8:35PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 7318, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/5/1965, 12:34PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ NOT TO PUSH FOR PASSAGE OF VOTING RIGHTS BILL BEFORE EASTER RECESS; APPOINTEES TO COMMITTEE ON CLOSING OF VA HOSPITALS; DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ TO NAME MARTIN SORKIN TO FOOD AND FIBER COMMISSION, ASKS TO MEET ON STEEL PRICES; EDUCATION
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7318, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/5/1965, 12:34PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 7075, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/18/1965, 9:30AM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON TALK WITH JOHN PASTORE ABOUT REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY; LBJ CAUTIONS DIRKSEN ON TALKING TO DEMOCRATS; TREASURY SECRETARY APPOINTMENT; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; DON COOK AND MGIC; APPOINTMENT OF WOMAN, EDUCATOR, ENGINEER TO FCC; VOTING
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7075, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/18/1965, 9:30AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 7092, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/18/1965, 4:29PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS DIRKSEN HE IS NOMINATING HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY, ASKS DIRKSEN TO EXPEDITE CONFIRMATION; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF HOWARD WOODS, NEGRO INDEPENDENT, TO REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY, NOT FPC; APPOINTING NEGROES TO REGULATORY
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7092, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/18/1965, 4:29PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 8508, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/4/1965, 6:58PM (Item)
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • "SUMMARIZED"; MANSFIELD ON HOLD 1:20; MANSFIELD IS MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN IN DIRKSEN'S OFFICE AT TIME OF CALL
  • MANSFIELD TELLS LBJ CONFERENCE REPORT ON VOTING RIGHTS BILL HAS PASSED; LBJ CONGRATULATES MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN; DIRKSEN SUGGESTS LBJ COMPLIMENT EMANUEL CELLER; BILL CREATING NEW JUDGESHIPS; LBJ ACCEPTS DIRKSEN'S INVITATION TO COME TO CAPITOL HILL
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
Telephone conversation # 3859, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/23/1964, 6:22PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH GEN. JACKSON GRAHAM ABOUT KASKASKIA RIVER NAVIGATION PROJECT; LBJ ASKS FOR REPUBLICAN SUPPORT FOR EXCISE TAX BILL; DIRKSEN'S ACTIONS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 3859, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/23/1964, 6:22PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 7133, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/20/1965, 10:25AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; DIRKSEN IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7133, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/20/1965, 10:25AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 12007, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/26/1967, 3:15PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN RELAYS COOK COUNTY SHERIFF'S REQUEST FOR MARINE CORPS RESERVES TO ASSIST IN COOK COUNTY BECAUSE OF EXPECTED RIOTS IN CHICAGO; LBJ SAYS STATE GOV. MUST CERTIFY STATE IS IN INSURRECTION; ROBERT GRIFFIN'S CRITICISM OF LBJ'S RESPONSE TO DETROIT
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 12007, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/26/1967, 3:15PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 7641, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/12/1965, 4:45PM (Item)
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7641, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/12/1965, 4:45PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 12008, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/26/1967, 3:15PM (Item)
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 12008, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/26/1967, 3:15PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 10764, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 9/13/1966, 6:50PM (Item)
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • "9-13-66" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; LBJ IS MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, MIKE MANSFIELD, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AT TIME OF CALL AND USES SPEAKERPHONE TO TALK TO O'BRIEN
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF HENRY MCGEE AS ACTING POSTMASTER IN CHICAGO; O'BRIEN SAYS PAUL DOUGLAS, RICHARD DALEY, DEMOCRATIC AND POST OFFICE OFFICIALS RECOMMENDED MCGEE WHO IS A NEGRO; LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN TO GET DIRKSEN'S VOTE ON HOUSING BILL
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
Telephone conversation # 10644, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/27/1966, 10:17AM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN TELLS LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; LBJ'S TRIP YESTERDAY; MINIMUM WAGE BILL TIE VOTE; LBJ PRAISES JOHN LOVE'S DENVER HOUSING PROGRAM, ITS EFFECT ON RACIAL PROBLEMS; LADY BIRD JOHNSON ASKS ABOUT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; LUCI JOHNSON'S, PAT NUGENT'S TRIP
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10644, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/27/1966, 10:17AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 125, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/29/1963, 11:40AM (Item)
  • "(TRANSCRIBED)"; DIRKSEN ON HOLD 0:35; BILL MOYERS IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND INITIALLY ANSWERS THE CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993; RECORDING IS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 125, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/29/1963, 11:40AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 12807, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/12/1968, 5:36PM (Item)
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 12807, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/12/1968, 5:36PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM (Item)
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 3183, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/29/1964, 11:32AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S MEETING TODAY WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, POSSIBLE QUESTION ABOUT CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; HHH; PRESS STORIES, DIRKSEN'S REMARKS ABOUT LBJ PULLING HIS DOG'S EARS; QUESTION OF SENATE CLOTURE VOTE ON JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT OR ENTIRE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 8357, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • RUSK REPORTS ON PRESS LEAK TRACED TO EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH DIRKSEN ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF ARTHUR GOLDBERG AS UN AMBASSADOR; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; PAUL DOUGLAS
Telephone conversation # 10781, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 9/16/1966, 11:40AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD TO TALK TO EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT ARTHUR KROCK COLUMN ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN NYT YESTERDAY; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALKS WITH DIRKSEN ABOUT THEIR DIFFERENCES ON BILL
Telephone conversation # 2019, sound recording, LBJ and PIERRE SALINGER, 2/10/1964, 8:37PM (Item)
  • SALINGER READS DRAFT STATEMENT ON HOUSE PASSAGE OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; DISCUSSION OF LANGUAGE CREDITING CONGRESSMEN: CARL ALBERT; CHARLES HALLECK; HALE BOGGS; JOHN MCCORMACK; EMANUEL CELLER; WILLIAM MCCULLOCH; LES ARENDS; EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 1200, sound recording, LBJ and ROY WILKINS, 1/6/1964, 5:12PM (Item)
  • CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AND CLOTURE IN SENATE; MIKE MANSFIELD, RICHARD RUSSELL, EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ REQUESTS WILKINS' ADVICE ON PLANS FOR POVERTY PROGRAM; WILKINS RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF JUDGES, SPOTTSWOOD ROBINSON AND LEON HIGGINBOTHAM
Telephone conversation # 1204, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE MCCARTHY, 1/6/1964, 7:46PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCCARTHY TO WORK FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AND TAX BILL IN SENATE; PAUL DOUGLAS; RICHARD RUSSELL; HARRY BYRD, SR.; RUSSELL LONG; EVERETT DIRKSEN; ALBERT GORE
Telephone conversation # 2003, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 2/10/1964, 6:30PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL STRATEGY IN SENATE; MIKE MANSFIELD; HARRY BYRD; EVERETT DIRKSEN; RICHARD RUSSELL; CLOTURE IN SENATE; ROY WILKINS
Telephone conversation # 2463, sound recording, LBJ and CARL ALBERT, 3/10/1964, 6:55PM (Item)
  • REPUBLICAN POLICY COMMITTEE VOTE OPPOSING WHEAT-COTTON FARM BILL; NORTHERN DEMOCRATS' SUPPORT FOR BILL; DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, PAUL DOUGLAS, EVERETT DIRKSEN; HOWARD SMITH, HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; HAROLD COOLEY; REACTION TO SEC APPOINTMENT; CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 2149, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/20/1964, 5:28PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF PRESS LEAK TO MARY MCGRORY, POSSIBLY FROM JUSTICE DEPT, FOR STORY ON SENATE STRATEGY ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; HHH; EVERETT DIRKSEN; RICHARD RUSSELL; RFK
Telephone conversation # 3125, sound recording, LBJ and BILL MOYERS, 4/23/1964, 6:36PM (Item)
  • MOYERS REPORTS ON TALK WITH RFK ON HHH, EVERETT DIRKSEN, JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; SARGENT SHRIVER, HAROLD COOLEY, POVERTY BILL; CARL ALBERT; HENRY WILSON; MEDICARE IN LBJ'S SPEECH; MARGUERITE HIGGINS OF NEWSDAY, JOHNSON FAMILY
Telephone conversation # 3126, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 4/23/1964, 10:50PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S APPEARANCE IN CHICAGO; COMPROMISE BETWEEN RFK, HHH, EVERETT DIRKSEN ON JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT TO CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; DIRSKEN'S OPTIMISM ON PASSAGE OF BILL
Telephone conversation # 3782, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCORMACK, 6/18/1964, 5:12PM (Item)
  • POSSIBILITY OF SUSPENSION OF RULES TO BRING CIVIL RIGHTS BILL TO A VOTE IN HOUSE BEFORE REPUBLICANS LEAVE FOR CONVENTION; JAMES TRIMBLE; CARL ELLIOTT; CHARLES HALLECK; EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 3517, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/27/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • CONDOLENCE LETTERS UPON DEATH OF INDIA'S PRIME MINISTER JAWAHARLAL NEHRU; DEAN RUSK TO ATTEND FUNERAL; EVERETT DIRKSEN; PROBLEM WITH TELEPROMPTER AT DEMOCRATIC GALA LAST NIGHT; CANDIDATES FOR ASSISTANT WH PRESS SECRETARY; PRESS COVERAGE FOR NY
Telephone conversation # 3433, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 5/13/1964, 4:05PM (Item)
  • RFK REPORTS AGREEMENT REACHED WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; RFK ASKS LBJ TO CALL SENATORS HELPFUL IN REACHING AGREEMENT
Telephone conversation # 3436, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 5/13/1964, 4:28PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS FOR VOTE COUNT ON IDA BILL; LBJ ASKS O'BRIEN TO CALL LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, GEORGE AIKEN, HHH, PHILIP HART, WARREN MAGNUSON TO THANK THEM FOR WORK ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AT REQUEST OF RFK; LBJ WILL CALL EVERETT DIRKSEN, MIKE MANSFIELD
Telephone conversation # 3450, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 5/13/1964, 7:25PM (Item)
  • HHH REPORTS PLANS FOR BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; ANTI-LBJ BOOKS PUBLISHED IN TEXAS; IDA VOTE; HHH REPORTS MEETING ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; JOE RAUH?; EVERETT DIRKSEN, CLOTURE VOTE; GEORGE WALLACE, CAMPAIGN IN MARYLAND, REVERSE CARPETBAGGER ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 3323, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 5/2/1964, 2:14PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF SOURCE OF PRESS STORY ON HHH'S MEETING WITH LBJ ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; JOKES ABOUT PRESS STORIES ON LBJ AND HIS DOGS; HHH REPORTS ON MEETINGS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL?, PLANS TO MEET WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 3365, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 5/8/1964, 6:11PM (Item)
  • LBJ'S RECENT TRIP; FOOD STAMP BILL; FEDERAL PAY BILL, WILLIAM DOHERTY; POVERTY BILL; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, HUGH CAREY, WILBUR COHEN; DREW PEARSON COLUMN ON KEN O'DONNELL; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE, EVERETT DIRKSEN, HHH, CLOTURE
Telephone conversation # 3154, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 4/28/1964, 5:50PM (Item)
  • TRANSPORTATION BILL DEFEATED IN HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE; TIP O'NEILL OPPOSED BILL; MASSACHUSETTS NAVY YARD CLOSING, UNEMPLOYMENT; MEETING WITH RFK, HHH, MIKE MANSFIELD ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL, JURY TRIAL AMENDMENT, SENATE CLOTURE, EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 7060, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/11/1965, 10:35AM (Item)
  • PRESS CONFERENCE ON SELMA, ALABAMA EVENTS, VOTING RIGHTS BILL; MIKE MANSFIELD'S CRITICISM OF KATZENBACH, ANGER AT CLOSING OF MONTANA VA HOSPITAL; CANCELLATION OF VIETNAM AIR STRIKE; KATZENBACH'S WORK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, HHH, ON 1964 CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 7185, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/30/1965, 10:03AM (Item)
  • KATZENBACH REPORTS ON NEGOTIATIONS WITH WILLIAM MCCULLOUGH, EVERETT DIRKSEN ON UNIDENTIFIED BILL (VOTING RIGHTS?); POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS TO TIGHTEN LOOPHOLES; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED TO MOVE ON JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS; JOSEPH ALSOP'S ALLEGATIONS
Telephone conversation # 7387, sound recording, LBJ and LEE WHITE, 4/29/1965, 4:36PM (Item)
  • WHITE DISCUSSES OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT OF CARL BAGGE TO REPUBLICAN VACANCY ON FPC BECAUSE OF ALLEGED SEGREGATIONIST BELIEFS; OPPOSITION TO APPOINTMENT BY GAS COMPANIES; ADA RESOLUTION OPPOSING APPOINTMENT; EVERETT DIRKSEN