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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 # 1612, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/29/1964, 10:30AM (Item)

PANAMA NEGOTIATIONS, CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP MEETING ON PANAMA; PANAMA TREATY; OAS PEACE COMMITTEE; CYPRUS; UK; NATO; LYMAN LEMNITZER; CARL VINSON AND MILITARY APPROPRIATIONS BILL; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; WALTER JENKINS; EVERETT DIRKSEN

Telephone conversation # 1258, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 1/8/1964, 6:15PM (Item)

MANSFIELD REPORTS ON HIS EFFORTS TO CONTACT SENATORS ON TAX BILL; LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S ADVICE ON LBJ POSSIBLY MEETING WITH DE GAULLE; FRANCE; KARL MUNDT ON CATTLE AND AUSTRALIAN BEEF IMPORTS; EVERETT DIRKSEN AND TAX BILL; ABE RIBICOFF; VANCE HARTKE

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 # 2971, sound recording, LBJ and WAYNE MORSE, 4/9/1964, 8:15PM (Item)

JACK VALENTI TELLS LBJ THAT HE HAS CALLS FROM EVERETT DIRKSEN AND WAYNE MORSE; LBJ TAKES MORSE'S CALL FIRST

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 # 4185, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 7/8/1964, 3:46PM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT INTEREST EQUALIZATION TAX BILL; DILLON REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE SMATHERS; DISCUSSION OF POSITIONS OF PAUL DOUGLAS, HARRY BYRD, SR., CLINTON ANDERSON, JOHN WILLIAMS ON BILL

Telephone conversation # 4187, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/8/1964, 3:56PM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON CONVERSATIONS WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, DOUGLAS DILLON, CLINTON ANDERSON ON INTEREST EQUALIZATION TAX BILL; O'BRIEN SAYS HE WILL CALL GEORGE SMATHERS ABOUT 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 # 3653, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 6/9/1964, 1:06PM (Item)

LBJ INFORMS HHH ABOUT RETALIATORY AIR STRIKES ON ANTI-AIRCRAFT BATTERIES IN LAOS LAST NIGHT, ASKS HHH'S ADVICE ON WHICH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS TO INFORM, WHO SHOULD INFORM THEM; HHH RECOMMENDS RUSK, MCNAMARA MEET WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, BOURKE

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 # 3506, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 5/26/1964, 11:21AM (Item)

APPOINTMENT OF HAMER BUDGE TO SEC AS RECOMMENDED BY CHARLES HALLECK; COURT REPORTER FOR WH PRESS OFFICE; APPOINTMENTS TO VACANCIES ON SEC, MARITIME COMMISSION, FPC, FTC, TARIFF COMMISSION; REPUBLICAN VACANCIES, APPROVAL BY EVERETT DIRKSEN

Telephone conversation # 4189, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and DOUGLAS DILLON, 7/8/1964, 4:15PM (Item)

DILLON ASKS ROBERTS TO TELL LBJ OF ROBERT ROOSA'S MEETING WITH PAUL DOUGLAS ON INTEREST EQUALIZATION TAX BILL, DILLON WILL MEET WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN TOMORROW ON BILL

Telephone conversation # 4192, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 7/9/1964, 12:50PM (Item)

O'BRIEN REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE SMATHERS ON INTEREST EQUALIZATION TAX BILL, EVERETT DIRKSEN'S DESIRE TO AMEND BILL; DISCUSSION OF NEED FOR RULE FROM HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE, HOWARD SMITH IF SENATE AMENDS BILL; O'BRIEN TO CALL JOHN

Telephone conversation # 3709, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE BALL, 6/12/1964, 1:54PM (Item)

LBJ INSTRUCTS BALL TO CONSULT EVERETT DIRKSEN ON CONCERNS ABOUT USSR CONSULAR TREATY BEFORE IT BECOMES A POLITICAL ISSUE; NUCLEAR TREATY; NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE; NEED TO IMPROVE STATE DEPT PRESS BRIEFINGS

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 # 3188, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/29/1964, 12:14PM (Item)

MANSFIELD SAYS SENATE HEARINGS ON FEDERAL PAY BILL HAVE BEEN SCHEDULED FOR MONDAY, EVERETT DIRKSEN PROVING HELPFUL

Telephone conversation # 5007, sound recording, LBJ and HORACE BUSBY, 8/17/1964, time unknown (Item)

DISCUSSION OF WILLIAM GAUD'S CONCERNS ABOUT HAVING EVERETT DIRKSEN HANDLE JOHN TOWER'S AMENDMENT CUTTING OFF FOREIGN AID TO INDONESIA BY ADDING LANGUAGE GIVING LBJ DISCRETIONARY POWER; SUKARNO'S RECENT ANTI-AMERICAN STATEMENTS IN INDEPENDENCE DAY

Telephone conversation # 4678, sound recording, LBJ and MYER FELDMAN, 8/4/1964, 1:01PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS FELDMAN TO LOOK INTO EVERETT DIRKSEN'S BILL TO HAVE SUPREME COURT-ORDERED REAPPORTIONMENT OF STATE LEGISLATURES DELAYED UNTIL AFTER TWO REGULAR SESSIONS OF LEGISLATURES HAVE BEEN HELD; LBJ'S CONCERN IT WILL BE ATTACHED AS RIDER TO VITAL

Telephone conversation # 4691, sound recording, LBJ and CLAUDE DESAUTELS, 8/4/1964, 5:51PM (Item)

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK; LBJ ASKS DESAUTELS ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON OFF-THE-RECORD MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, ARRANGEMENTS FOR NOTIFYING CONGRESSMEN; EVERETT DIRKSEN

Telephone conversation # 5155, sound recording, LBJ and TOMMY CORCORAN, 8/24/1964, 4:25PM? (Item)

CORCORAN COMPLAINS LBJ VETOED EVERETT DIRKSEN'S BILL (S 1451) ON COURT OF CLAIMS JURISDICTION, ASKS LBJ TO RECONSIDER, SAYS WALTER JENKINS WAS SUPPOSED TO BRIEF LBJ ON BILL; LBJ TELLS CORCORAN HE WILL NOT RECONSIDER, ALL DEPTS RECOMMENDED VETO

Telephone conversation # 6365, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/16/1964, 4:15PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS RUSK'S ADVICE ON HOW TO HOLD FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFINGS WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, CHARLES HALLECK AND BARRY GOLDWATER; GOLDWATER'S RECENT NEGATIVE COMMENTS IN PRESS

Telephone conversation # 5440, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/2/1964, 8:25PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF DON REYNOLDS' PREVIOUS TESTIMONY IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; "TOMMY" (CORCORAN'S?) CONTACT WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ON HANDLING NEW CHARGES IN SENATE; PRESS COVERAGE OF ISSUE; RFK'S RESIGNATION, APPOINTMENT OF HIS SUCCESSOR AS ATTORNEY

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 # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)

BUNDY REPORTS ON FAVORABLE EDITORIAL IN NEW YORK HERALD-TRIBUNE; LBJ COMMENTS ON PRESS PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ADMINISTRATION STATEMENTS ON VIETNAM; MANSFIELD'S STATEMENT ON VIETNAM; SENATE CRITICISM OF WAR; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S USE OF CRITICISM

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

Telephone conversation # 7394, sound recording, LBJ and J. EDGAR HOOVER, 4/29/1965, 5:45PM (Item)

HOOVER REPORTS ON HIS PLANS TO MEET WITH SENATORS EVERETT DIRKSEN AND THOMAS DODD, CONGRESSMEN H. ALLEN SMITH OF CALIFORNIA, PAUL ROGERS OF FLORIDA, ON UNNAMED MATTER (COMMUNIST INFLUENCE ON VIETNAM PROTEST MOVEMENT?)

Telephone conversation # 7829, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 5/25/1965, 2:11PM (Item)

LBJ TELLS KATZENBACH HE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM EVERETT DIRKSEN CONCERNING BANK MERGER; LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO MEET WITH DICK BERLIN ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO MATTER, DISCUSSES CRITICISM OF JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION HANDLING OF MATTER

Telephone conversation # 8894, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/21/1965, 6:45PM (Item)

FORTAS REPORTS ON HIS DISCUSSION WITH UNIDENTIFIED PERSON (EVERETT DIRKSEN?) ABOUT UNIDENTIFIED TOPIC (BOBBY BAKER AND SERV-U CORP CONTRACTS WITH SPACE PROGRAM CONTRACTOR NORTH AMERICAN AVIATION?); LADY BIRD JOHNSON'S RECENT VISIT TO PEORIA

Telephone conversation # 8148, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 6/17/1965, 6:05PM (Item)

BUNDY GIVES LBJ PRELIMINARY REPORT THAT AIRPLANE INVOLVED IN B-52 BOMBING RAID HAS COLLIDED WITH TANKER IN FUELING AREA; LBJ ASKS BUNDY TO COME TO HIS OFFICE TO SHAKE HANDS WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN