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  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • 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
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS TALKS WITH RICHARD NIXON ABOUT PARIS PEACE TALKS, SAYS NIXON WILL HAVE EVERETT DIRKSEN RELAY MESSAGE TO SOUTH VIETNAM THAT NIXON SUPPORTS LBJ, URGE THEM TO JOIN TALKS; LBJ ASKS RUSK TO BRIEF DIRKSEN BEFORE HIS MEETING WITH BUI
  • RUSK REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN; LBJ SUGGESTS WILLIAM BUNDY CALL BUI DIEM PRIOR TO DIRKSEN'S MEETING WITH DIEM TO WARN DIEM THAT CONGRESS WILL NOT SUPPORT VIETNAM WAR IF SOUTH VIETNAM DOES NOT JOIN PARIS PEACE TALKS
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS TALKS WITH LUTHER HODGES, EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET, SUGGESTS GORDON CONSIDER SLOWING DOWN HIGHWAY, MARITIME EXPENDITURES; FUNDS FOR NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION, POVERTY, HEW, USIA, AGRICULTURE; CONGRESSIONAL CRITICISM
  • LBJ ASKS DUNGAN TO GET CLEARANCES FROM CHARLES HALLECK, EVERETT DIRKSEN FOR APPOINTMENT OF WILLIAM MACOMBER; DUNGAN ASKS IF HE SHOULD ASK BOURKE HICKENLOOPER ALSO; LBJ SAYS HE WANTS SUGGESTIONS FOR APPOINTMENTS TO ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS AND OAS
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD TO COME TO WH FOR MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC); MANSFIELD SAYS SENATE MAY BE MEETING ON FOREIGN AID BILL; LBJ SAYS WAYNE MORSE HAS ALREADY AGREED TO COME, ASKS MANSFIELD IF EVERETT DIRKSEN, BOURKE HICKENLOOPER SHOULD ALSO
  • LBJ REPORTS THAT WAYNE MORSE, MIKE MANSFIELD HAVE AGREED TO COME TO WH MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) AND HE IS TRYING TO REACH WILLIAM FULBRIGHT, ASKS BALL IF EVERETT DIRKSEN AND BOURKE HICKENLOOPER SHOULD BE INVITED; BALL ADVISES LBJ TO INVITE
  • LBJ ASKS FULBRIGHT TO COME TO WH MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC) WITH WAYNE MORSE, MIKE MANSFIELD, EVERETT DIRKSEN, BOURKE HICKENLOOPER; FULBRIGHT SAYS HE IS IN JOINT MEETING ON PROPOSED KENNEDY CULTURAL CENTER BUT WILL COME TO MEETING
  • LBJ ASKS HICKENLOOPER TO ATTEND WH MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC), ASKS HICKENLOOPER TO ALSO ASK EVERETT DIRKSEN TO COME
  • LBJ TELLS BALL THAT BOURKE HICKENLOOPER, EVERETT DIRKSEN, WAYNE MORSE, MIKE MANSFIELD, AND WILLIAM FULBRIGHT WILL ATTEND MEETING (ON DOMINICAN REPUBLIC); BALL SUGGESTS LBJ ALSO INVITE HHH TO MEETING
  • BENNETT DISCUSSES EDITORIAL ON FDIC APPOINTMENT, SAYS HE, EVERETT DIRKSEN WANT LBJ TO APPOINT KAY RANDALL; LBJ SAYS HE IS NOT REQUIRED TO APPOINT REPUBLICAN, JFK WOULD HAVE APPOINTED JOSEPH BARR; POSSIBLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON APPOINTMENTS; ERHARD
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • "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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • CONTINUED DISCUSSION OF NEED TO GET EVERETT DIRKSEN'S SUPPORT FOR APPROVAL OF CONSULAR CONVENTION WITH USSR; LBJ THANKS HARLOW FOR HIS HELP
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • RUSK ON HOLD 1:05; RUSK IS IN NEW YORK AT TIME OF CALL AND IS COMPLETELY INAUDIBLE; BEFORE SHE ANNOUNCES CALL FROM RUSK, OFFICE SECRETARY TELLS LBJ THEY ARE UNABLE TO PLACE CALL TO EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • 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
  • NIXON DISCUSSES EVERETT DIRKSEN'S CALL ABOUT NIXON'S ASSOCIATES ENCOURAGING SOUTH VIETNAM NOT TO JOIN PEACE TALKS, SAYS HE WILL COOPERATE WITH LBJ, GO TO PARIS OR SAIGON IF NEEDED; LBJ REVIEWS HISTORY OF PEACE TALKS, BRIEFING OF CANDIDATES; LBJ
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Mansfield, Everett Dirksen, John McCormack, Hale Boggs, Thomas Kuchel, Leslie Arends Pages ofTranscript: 8 pages Barbara Cline Archivist C:CD\/lrC C:CT ,,..•· ~ ,. .•' .. .~ ~; . ... ;. .1 .... ,~ ~ ttr.,/l~ October ·31, 1968 JONES: Hello
  • *TRANSCRIPT ONLY OF THIS CONVERSATION; THERE IS NO RECORDING; CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS PARTICIPATING IN CALL ARE LESLIE ARENDS, HALE BOGGS, EVERETT DIRKSEN, THOMAS KUCHEL, JOHN MCCORMACK, MIKE MANSFIELD; JIM JONES IS MEETING WITH LBJ; TIME FROM DAILY
  • REAPPOINTMENT OF LAVERN DILWEG TO FOREIGN CLAIMS SETTLEMENT COMMISSION; CRISIS IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC; CUBAN INFLUENCE; JUAN BOSCH; SANTO DOMINGO POLICE CALL FOR US HELP; OAS; MEXICO, VENEZUELA AS INTERMEDIARIES; PRESS LEAKS BY DIRKSEN, FULBRIGHT
  • LBJ TELLS GOLDBERG OF REACTION HE RECEIVED TO GOLDBERG AS CANDIDATE FOR UN AMBASSADOR; POSSIBLE ARAB REACTION TO JEWISH APPOINTMENT; ABE FORTAS' LETTER DECLINING SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENT; GOLDBERG ASKS LBJ TO CALL DIRKSEN BEFORE ANNOUNCING
  • 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
  • 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