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Telephone conversation # 10669, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/31/1966, 10:00AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; DIRKSEN ON HOLD 0:45 AND IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS THAT MIKE MANSFIELD, RICHARD RUSSELL, STUART SYMINGTON, OTHERS PLAN TO OFFER RESOLUTION IN SENATE TODAY PROPOSING REDUCTION OF US TROOPS IN EUROPE; LBJ DISCUSSES TALKS WITH BRITISH, GERMANS, FRENCH, SOVIETS TO REDUCE OVERALL TROOP
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10669, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/31/1966, 10:00AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 10730, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/8/1966, 4:00PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MEASURES HE RECOMMENDS TO COOL OFF ECONOMY, ASKS DIRKSEN'S ASSISTANCE IN PASSAGE OF BILL TO SUSPEND INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT AND ACCELERATED DEPRECIATION; DIRKSEN DISCUSSES POSSIBLE IMPOUNDMENT OF APPROPRIATIONS
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10730, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/8/1966, 4:00PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 13210, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/15/1968, 5:52PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS MEETING WITH STROM THURMOND, PROGRESS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE ON ABE FORTAS NOMINATION, GUN CONTROL BILL; LBJ SAYS HE WILL SEND UP JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS; DIRKSEN ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH ADMIRAL JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; US AMBASSADOR
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13210, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/15/1968, 5:52PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 10510, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/1/1966, 6:02PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN SAYS SENATE LABOR COMMITTEE WILL REPORT AIRLINE STRIKE BILL WITH 180-DAY PROVISION OF RAILWAY LABOR ACT; EDWARD KENNEDY'S AMENDMENTS; LBJ SAYS STRIKE IS NOT NATIONAL EMERGENCY AND SENATE SHOULD PASS BILL THAT HOUSE WILL PASS; GERALD FORD'S
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10510, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/1/1966, 6:02PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 11614, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/6/1967, 4:11PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE STAFFORD; PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON SELECTIVE SERVICE; BURKE MARSHALL'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO ABOLISH LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS, LIMIT COLLEGE DEFERMENTS; MARGARET CHASE SMITH'S CONCERN ABOUT WH FOREIGN POLICY
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11614, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/6/1967, 4:11PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 13216, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/24/1968, 10:15AM (Item)
  • SHORTHAND NOTES INTERSPERSED WITH "MANSFIELD RE VN; DIRKSEN'S PLANS [SHORTHAND NOTES], GUN CONTROL BILL, SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS" ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13216, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/24/1968, 10:15AM
  • 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 # 8589, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/21/1965, 5:00PM (Item)
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 8589, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/21/1965, 5:00PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 10518, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/1/1966, 9:55PM (Item)
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10518, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/1/1966, 9:55PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 11518, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/7/1967, 3:54PM (Item)
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11518, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/7/1967, 3:54PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 13119, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/19/1968, 5:41PM (Item)
  • "RE ABM, KUCHEL AND A JUDGESHIP, AMBASSADORSHIPS, ED SESSIONS;"; "SUMMARIZED"; "JUNE 19, 1968, B.1; JUNE 20, 1968, B.1" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DIRKSEN IS DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE HE HAS HAD TOOTH PULLED
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH CLARK CLIFFORD ON ABM MATTER, ASKS ABOUT POSSIBLE JUDGESHIP FOR THOMAS KUCHEL; LBJ DISCUSSES POLITICAL PROBLEMS WITH APPOINTING REPUBLICANS, HIS RECORD OF APPOINTING REPUBLICANS; POSSIBLE AMBASSADORSHIP FOR EDSON
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13119, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/19/1968, 5:41PM
  • 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 # 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 # 9678, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/26/1966, 5:50PM (Item)
  • LONG DISCUSSES SENATE ACTION TODAY ON VIETNAM AUTHORIZATION BILL; LBJ ASKS LONG TO TALK TO EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT PASSING VIETNAM BILLS, DISCUSSES DELAYS IN PASSING THEM, HHH'S MANY BRIEFINGS, POLICY THAT VP DOES NOT TESTIFY BEFORE CONGRESS; TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 11503, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 2/2/1967, 10:37AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NEED FOR SENATE RATIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR, ADVANTAGES TO US OF NEW TREATY, EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CONCERNS ABOUT TREATY AND BEST WAY TO SOLICIT DWIGHT EISENHOWER'S SUPPORT FOR TREATY; EISENHOWER'S ADVICE TO LBJ ON ABM
Telephone conversation # 11507, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 2/2/1967, 1:27PM (Item)
  • HARLOW REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH DWIGHT EISENHOWER ON RATIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; EISENHOWER'S REVISIONS OF PROPOSED STATEMENT ON HISTORY OF TREATY; EISENHOWER'S PROPOSAL TO CALL EVERETT DIRKSEN ON MATTER; LBJ EXPRESSES APPROVAL
Telephone conversation # 11514, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/4/1967, 2:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS EFFORTS TO PERSUADE EVERETT DIRKSEN TO SUPPORT RATIFICATION OF CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR, ASKS MANSFIELD TO QUIETLY TALK TO HHH ABOUT THESE EFFORTS AND TO ASK HHH TO TEMPER HIS REMARKS TO THE PRESS
Telephone conversation # 11546, sound recording, LBJ and CLARENCE MITCHELL, 2/15/1967, 9:45AM (Item)
  • KKK SUIT AGAINST MRS. MITCHELL; REACTION TO CARL ROWAN'S ARTICLE THAT BROKE WH EMBARGO DATE OF CIVIL RIGHTS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS; LBJ DISCUSSES WHY JOE RAUH WAS NOT INVITED TO MEETING WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S ROLE IN DEFEAT
Telephone conversation # 7047, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:00AM (Item)
  • SELMA, ALABAMA SITUATION; MLK, COURT ORDER TO ALLOW MARCH; GEORGE WALLACE; PICKETS AT JUSTICE DEPT, WH; ALTERNATIVE VOTING RIGHTS BILLS; POSSIBLE WH TALK WITH DIRKSEN, GERALD FORD, WILLIAM MCCULLOCH; LEGALITY OF USING FEDERAL TROOPS; MESSAGE
Telephone conversation # 8587, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/21/1965, 4:35PM (Item)
  • , DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 10222, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • STATUS OF BILLS; WAYNE MORSE, AIRLINE LABOR DISPUTE; DIRKSEN'S CALL FOR BIPARTISAN VIETNAM MEETING; RICHARD HELMS AS REPLACEMENT FOR WILLIAM "RED" RABORN AS CIA DIRECTOR; CIA WATCHDOG COMMITTEE; MANSFIELD'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; BOMBING PROGRAM; PEACE
Telephone conversation # 9665, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/22/1966, 6:50PM (Item)
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH BOURKE HICKENLOOPER ABOUT SENATE EFFORTS TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ MIMICS FULBRIGHT, ASKS RUSK TO TALK TO DIRKSEN ABOUT FOREIGN AID BILL; POSSIBLE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE ON RESCINDING TONKIN GULF
Telephone conversation # 10290, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 6/30/1966, 9:00AM (Item)
  • MARTIN'S UPCOMING SURGERY; LBJ'S SURGERY; MARTIN REPORTS ON TALKS WITH DIRKSEN, WILBUR MILLS ON US ECONOMY, TAXES; LBJ EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING, PRESS LEAKS BY MILLS; IMPOUNDING FEDERAL FUNDS; LBJ'S SPENDING CUTS; STOCK
Telephone conversation # 11519, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 2/7/1967, 4:00PM (Item)
  • "RE: SAME SUBJECT AS ABOVE W/SEN. DIRKSEN"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT END OF RECORDING
Telephone conversation # 9683, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/28/1966, 8:53AM (Item)
  • SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; O'BRIEN'S COMPARISON OF RFK, JFK; POSITIVE REACTION TO O'BRIEN'S VIETNAM SPEECH; LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO TALK TO DIRKSEN, MANSFIELD ON PASSING VIETNAM BILLS, HANDLING WAYNE MORSE AMENDMENT
Telephone conversation # 11520, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 2/7/1967, 4:00PM (Item)
  • "RE: SAME SUBJECT AS ABOVE W/SEN. DIRKSEN"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER