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Telephone conversation # 8359, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/19/1965, 9:00PM (Item)

LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, DEAN RUSK ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF UN AMBASSADOR, VARIOUS CANDIDATES, POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; GOLDBERG'S JEWISH BACKGROUND, PRIDE IN HIS JEWISH HERITAGE

Telephone conversation # 10049, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 4/26/1966, 10:05AM (Item)

EVERETT DIRKSEN'S SUPPORT FOR PROMOTION FOR JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; MCNAMARA DISCUSSES MIG ATTACKS AGAINST US PLANES IN VIETNAM, FAILURE OF US MISSILES, RECENT US PLANE LOSSES; QUESTION IF MIGS PILOTED BY CHINESE OR NORTH VIETNAMESE; RICHARD RUSSELL

Telephone conversation # 10117, sound recording, LBJ and THOMAS MCINTYRE, 5/12/1966, 12:46PM (Item)

MCINTYRE SAYS WALTER REED HOSPITAL HAS ASKED HIM TO DELAY VISIT TO VIETNAM CASUALTIES TODAY BECAUSE LBJ IS COMING, ASKS IF HE CAN GO WITH LBJ; LBJ SAYS HE WAS GOING TO VISIT EISENHOWER, EVERETT DIRKSEN AND SOLDIERS, TELLS MCINTYRE NOT TO CHANGE HIS

Telephone conversation # 9674, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 2/25/1966, 4:02PM (Item)

LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE'S LACK OF ACTION ON TAX BILL; FOWLER'S TALK WITH HERMAN TALMADGE ABOUT BILL; FULBRIGHT'S ALLEGED ANGER ABOUT NOT BEING INVITED TO WH DINNER; LEE METCALF; REPUBLICAN VOTES ON BILL; EVERETT

Telephone conversation # 9675, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 2/25/1966, 4:02PM (Item)

EVERETT DIRKSEN; LACK OF SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ACTION ON TAX BILL; TESTIMONY ON TELEPHONE EXCISE TAXES; JOHN WILLIAMS' PROVISION PROHIBITING TAX DEDUCTION FOR ADS IN POLITICAL PROGRAMS; VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORTS; APPOINTMENT OF ANDREW BRIMMER

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 # 9531, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE MEANY, 1/25/1966, 11:20AM (Item)

LBJ TELLS MEANY ABOUT CONVERSATION HE HAS HAD WITH UNNAMED PERSON (EVERETT DIRKSEN?) ABOUT CLOTURE VOTE ON UNNAMED BILL (REPEAL OF SECTION 14-B OF TAFT-HARTLEY ACT?); MEANY TELLS LBJ HE IS MEETING WITH UNNAMED PERSON TOMORROW

Telephone conversation # 10605, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 8/11/1966, 3:20PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO CHECK ON ALLEGATION ADMINISTRATION ASKED FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FOR POLITICAL CONTRIBUTIONS; LBJ'S STATEMENT ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; EVERETT DIRKSEN; DEMONSTRATION CITIES BILL; ABRAHAM RIBICOFF'S HEARINGS; CONGRESSIONAL CONCERN ABOUT

Telephone conversation # 10765, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 9/13/1966, 7:35PM (Item)

"9-13-66" WRITTEN ON DICTABELT; RUSK ON HOLD 2:05; LBJ IS MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, MIKE MANSFIELD, NICHOLAS KATZENBACH AT TIME OF CALL; LBJ FIRST SAYS GOODBYE TO THEM, THEN ASKS SOMEONE TO ASK THEM TO WAIT

Telephone conversation # 10448, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 7/29/1966, 3:40PM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES PROBLEMS CREATED BY STATEMENTS BY WAYNE MORSE, EVERETT DIRKSEN ON AIRLINE STRIKE BY INTERNATIONAL ASSN OF MACHINISTS; GEORGE MEANY; P. L. SIEMILLER'S DIFFICULTIES IN RATIFYING PROPOSED AGREEMENT; FAVORABLE ECONOMIC TERMS OF AGREEMENT

Telephone conversation # 10449, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 7/29/1966, 3:40PM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEGOTIATIONS IN AIRLINE STRIKE BY INTERNATIONAL ASSN OF MACHINISTS; LBJ READS PRESS REPORT OF EVERETT DIRKSEN'S STATEMENT, ASKS MANSFIELD TO DISCUSS FAVORABLE ECONOMIC TERMS OF PROPOSED SETTLEMENT WITH SENATE

Telephone conversation # 10501, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 8/1/1966, 9:42AM (Item)

WH MEETING ON AIRLINE STRIKE; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO SETTLE STRIKE; EVERETT DIRKSEN, WAYNE MORSE, ROBERT GRIFFIN RESOLUTIONS; NEGATIVE EFFECT OF GRIFFIN PLAN ON DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESSIONAL ELECTIONS AND ON NEGOTIATIONS; VIEWS OF DEMOCRATS ON LABOR

Telephone conversation # 10543, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH CALIFANO, 8/3/1966, 11:20AM (Item)

NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S MEETING WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, JACOB JAVITS ON CHANGES TO AIRLINE STRIKE BILL, THEIR REQUEST THAT KATZENBACH DRAFT BILL; CONTACTING STEEL COMPANIES ON PRICE INCREASE; NEGATIVE PRESS; FAVORABLE ACCOUNT BY WALTER CRONKITE

Telephone conversation # 9404, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/4/1966, 1:03PM (Item)

KATZENBACH TELLS LBJ THAT ABE FORTAS IS IN QUEBEC, BUT LBJ TELLS KATZENBACH THAT FORTAS IS AT WH FOR BRIEFING BY ARTHUR GOLDBERG; KATZENBACH'S EFFORTS TO CONTACT EVERETT DIRKSEN, JOHN MCCORMACK, AND MIKE MANSFIELD ON UNNAMED SUBJECT

Telephone conversation # 9422, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 1/4/1966, 7:24PM (Item)

KATZENBACH DISCUSSES TALKS WITH MIKE MANSFIELD, EVERETT DIRKSEN, ABE FORTAS ABOUT GRAND JURY HEARINGS ON BOBBY BAKER, HIS PLAN TO TALK WITH JOHN MCCORMACK TOMORROW, TELLS LBJ THAT FORTAS OPPOSES GRAND JURY INDICTMENTS OF BAKER ON MISAPPROPRIATION

Telephone conversation # 12304, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/11/1967, 9:59AM (Item)

LBJ EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION ABOUT SENATE OPPOSITION TO SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S ATTEMPT TO ADD BILL AS RIDER TO OTHER BILL; CRITICISM OF APPOINTMENT OF SIMON MCHUGH; BOARD'S INACTIVITY; J. EDGAR HOOVER'S POSITION ON BOARD

Telephone conversation # 12847, sound recording, LBJ and HENRY "JOE" FOWLER, 3/24/1968, 4:24PM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF CRITICISM LBJ WILL FACE BECAUSE OF TAX BILL, SPENDING CUTS; GEORGE SMATHERS' SUBSTITUTE FOR JOHN WILLIAMS' PROPOSAL; NEED TO GET SUPPORT OF WILBUR MILLS, EVERETT DIRKSEN; FRANK BOW'S CALL FOR EXPENDITURE CEILING

Telephone conversation # 13145, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/26/1968, 9:44AM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES ABA APPROVAL OF SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY; BUILDING SENATE SUPPORT FOR NOMINATIONS; VIEWS OF EVERETT DIRKSEN, RICHARD RUSSELL, JAMES EASTLAND; LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S HELP WITH DEMOCRATS ON JUDICIARY

Telephone conversation # 11379, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, 1/20/1967, 5:30PM (Item)

STATE DEPT APPOINTMENTS; LINCOLN GORDON'S RESIGNATION; ANTHONY SOLOMON; SOL LINOWITZ; WILLIAM MACOMBER; LUCIUS BATTLE; FULBRIGHT SUGGESTS STUDY OF STATE DEPT REORGANIZATION; EDUARDO FREI'S PROPOSED VISIT; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CONSTITUENTS' CONCERN

Telephone conversation # 11401, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 1/25/1967, 10:55AM (Item)

MANSFIELD DISCUSSES OPPOSITION TO CONSULAR CONVENTION, SUGGESTS LBJ MEET WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, RICHARD RUSSELL; ANIMOSITY BETWEEN J. EDGAR HOOVER, WILLIAM FULBRIGHT; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT FULBRIGHT'S STATEMENTS ON VIETNAM; OTHER NEGOTIATIONS WITH USSR

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 # 11504, sound recording, LBJ and BRYCE HARLOW, 2/2/1967, 10:37AM (Item)

CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEED TO GET EVERETT DIRKSEN'S SUPPORT FOR APPROVAL OF CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; LBJ THANKS HARLOW FOR HIS HELP

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 # 11541, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD DALEY, 2/14/1967, 10:13AM (Item)

DALEY ASKS LBJ TO HOLD UP ANNOUNCEMENT OF EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CANDIDATE FOR ILLINOIS FEDERAL JUDGESHIP UNTIL AFTER MAYORAL ELECTION IN APRIL; LBJ DISCUSSES STATUS OF APPOINTMENT AND REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM OF APPOINTMENT OF DEMOCRATS

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 # 10819, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH W. BARR, 9/21/1966, 5:16PM (Item)

LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION THAT BARR HAS NOT YET MET WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT UNNAMED BILL (INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION?); BARR SAYS HE WILL DO IT RIGHT AWAY

Telephone conversation # 10820, sound recording, LBJ and JOSEPH W. BARR, 9/21/1966, 5:55PM (Item)

BARR GIVES LBJ AN UPDATE ON MEETINGS WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, RUSSELL LONG ON UNNAMED BILL (INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION?); POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS BY LONG; WRIGHT PATMAN AND BANK SUPERVISION BILL

Telephone conversation # 10827, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/22/1966, 8:05PM (Item)

APPOINTMENT OF RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; POSSIBLE RESIGNATION OF TOM CLARK FROM SUPREME COURT AND ASSIGNMENTS FOR HIM IF HE DOES; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S SUPPORT FOR RAMSEY CLARK; BUILDING SUPPORT FOR KATZENBACH'S APPOINTMENT AS UNDERSECRETARY

Telephone conversation # 10834, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S CALL ABOUT RAMSEY CLARK'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, TOM CLARK'S RETIREMENT FROM SUPREME COURT; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S, MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPINION ON SITUATION; POSSIBILITY OF NAMING RAMSEY CLARK ACTING ATTORNEY

Telephone conversation # 13771, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 11/25/1968, 8:55PM (Item)

MANSFIELD'S CALLS TO EVERETT DIRKSEN, WILLIAM FULBRIGHT ON SPECIAL SESSION TO RATIFY NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR RATIFICATION DUE TO EFFECT ON GERMANY, INDIA, ISRAEL, JAPAN; PHANTOM JET SALE TO ISRAEL; POSSIBLE MEETING

Telephone conversation # 13413, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 9/12/1968, 5:16PM (Item)

ABE FORTAS' CONFIRMATION HEARINGS; QUESTION OF LBJ INVOKING EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S LAGGING SUPPORT FOR FORTAS; APPOINTMENT OF UNNAMED ACADEMIC TO DOJ ANTITRUST JOB; EDWIN WEISL, JR.; LBJ TEASES CLARK ABOUT WALKING TO WORK; CLARK'S

Telephone conversation # 13504, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/1/1968, 11:05AM (Item)

LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RECENT TALK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ON CONFIRMATION OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE; PROBABLE FAILURE OF UPCOMING CLOTURE VOTE TO END SENATE DEBATE; POSSIBILITY OF SENATE CONFIRMING TOM CLARK IF HE IS NOMINATED AS CHIEF JUSTICE

Telephone conversation # 6203, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 11/5/1964, 10:37AM (Item)

ELECTION RESULTS IN TENNESSEE, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, MONTANA, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS; CALLERS TEASE HHH ABOUT HIS WESTERN ATTIRE; LBJ GREETS MONTOYA IN SPANISH; DELEGATION TO INAUGURATION IN MEXICO; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; POSSIBLE MEETING

Telephone conversation # 12617, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 1/31/1968, time unknown (Item)

MCNAMARA REPORTS ON US NUCLEAR SUBMARINE ACCIDENT; DISCUSSION OF TET OFFENSIVE, KHE SANH AND POSSIBLE EFFECT ON PEACE TALKS; NEED FOR PRESS BRIEFINGS; LAST NIGHT'S MEETING WITH GERALD FORD, EVERETT DIRKSEN ON USS PUEBLO; BRIEFINGS BY MILITARY

Folder, "November 20, 1967 - 5:05 p.m. Bipartisan Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

. Russell Senator Everett Dirksen Senator Thomas H. Kuchel Senator Milton B. Young E me st Goldstein Barefoot Sanders Ed Fried Walt Rostow Mike Manatos Fred Deming Joe Califano Larry Levinson George Christian Tom Johnson It ended at 6:40 p. m. .. t?rt:7

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/21/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

to bring Senator Everett Dirksen to Walter Reed Hospital; nap; dinner with the C. Douglas Dillons

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/2/1964 (Sunday) (Item)

Halleck & Everett Dirksen and Republicans; Houston Symphony at Constitution Hall; Ima Hogg; national view of Texas

Oral history transcript, George Christian and Harry Middleton, interview S-1, 4/1/1996 (Item)

if it was the least bit controversial. Sometimes he had the Southern Democrats; sometimes he didn't. Sometimes he had to pick off enough Republicans to get a program passed. Sometimes he had to make deals with Everett Dirksen or Gerald Ford to get enough votes

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/4/1965 (Thursday) (Item)

Jackson about urban renewal; LBJ visits with Everett Dirksen; Lady Bird has afternoon guests; LBJ tells Dirksen about working with Dwight Eisenhower