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  • "FRIDAY"; "#5"; "TRANSCRIBED"; DIRKSEN ON HOLD 0:23; LBJ IS APPARENTLY DISCUSSING HIS MEETING WITH EARL WARREN WITH SOMEONE BEFORE TAKING DIRKSEN CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MEMBERSHIP OF PROPOSED PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION TO INVESTIGATE JFK ASSASSINATION, SAYS HE WILL MAKE RICHARD RUSSELL AND OTHERS ACCEPT APPOINTMENT; DIRKSEN SUGGESTS APPOINTING JOHN MCCONE TO COMMITTEE
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 152, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/29/1963, 5:10PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • 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
  • SHORTHAND NOTES ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DIRKSEN IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • DIRKSEN DISCUSSES MEETING ON SUPREME COURT APPOINTMENTS, PRECEDENTS ON RECESS APPOINTMENTS OF SUPREME COURT JUSTICES; LBJ SAYS HE WILL NAME ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE, HOMER THORNBERRY AS ASSOCIATE JUSTICE; DIRKSEN REPORTS ON MEETING WITH "JOHN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13140, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/25/1968, 4:53PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN WISHES LBJ HAPPY BIRTHDAY; DIRKSEN'S OPPONENT; LBJ'S HEALTH; DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION; PARIS PEACE TALKS; CANCELLATION OF POPE PAUL'S VIETNAM TRIP; ADVERSE EFFECT OF BOMBING HALT; APPOINTMENTS OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE, DIRKSEN'S FCC
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13323, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 8/27/1968, 11:15AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • "SUMMARIZED"; BRIEF CONVERSATION BETWEEN UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE AND MALE PRECEDES CALL; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; LBJ BARELY AUDIBLE, DIRKSEN INAUDIBLE FOR FIRST 3:25
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS GALL BLADDER SURGERY, ASKS ABOUT CONGRESSIONAL ADJOURNMENT, STATUS OF DAVID BRESS' NOMINATION AS WASHINGTON, DC US ATTORNEY; DIRKSEN DISCUSSES PENDING BILLS, BRESS AND FRANCIS MORRISSEY APPOINTMENTS; JOHN WILLIAMS' OPPOSITION
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 9026, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/20/1965, 9:17PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • PROMOTION OF JOHN MCCAIN, JR.; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS SUPPORT OF DIRKSEN'S CANDIDATES FOR ILLINOIS APPOINTMENTS; PAUL DOUGLAS' CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTMENTS; DIRKSEN'S DEFEAT OF SIDNEY YATES; HOMER THORNBERRY'S APPOINTMENT; EISENHOWER'S TEXAS APPOINTMENTS
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10048, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 4/25/1966, 10:35AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • LBJ THANKS DIRKSEN FOR HIS HELP YESTERDAY, ASKS HIS OPINION OF RAMSEY CLARK; DIRKSEN EXPRESSES SOME RESERVATIONS ABOUT CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, PRAISES NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, SUGGESTS BILL CAMPBELL BE APPOINTED INSTEAD; LBJ SAYS HE PLANS TO APPOINT
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11577, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/28/1967, 10:47AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN'S OPINION OF APPOINTMENT OF RAMSEY CLARK AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; POSSIBLE CONFLICT WITH TOM CLARK ON SUPREME COURT; LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN'S HELP WITH SENATE PASSAGE OF INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION BILL
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10817, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/21/1966, 11:41AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • "RUSK CAME IN TODAY"; "RE SESSIONS AMBASSADORIAL POST"; SHORTHAND NOTES ON SLIP ACCOMPANYING DICTABELT; SLIP INCORRECTLY LISTS DATE AS 7/3/68; CONTENT INDICATES DATE IS 7/10/68; TIME FROM DAILY DIARY; POOR SOUND QUALITY; DIRKSEN IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN TO TALK TO WAYNE MORSE ABOUT MORSE'S OBJECTIONS TO APPOINTMENT OF EDSON SESSIONS AS AMBASSADOR TO ECUADOR; UPCOMING SENATE RECESS; GUN CONTROL LEGISLATION; STATUS OF JUDICIAL NOMINATIONS IN JUDICIARY COMMITTEE; HOMER THORNBERRY
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13204, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/10/1968, 5:21PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • 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
  • 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
  • DISCUSSION OF LBJ'S HEALTH AND HEAVY SCHEDULE; APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE STAFFORD; DIRKSEN INQUIRES ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF HIS CANDIDATE FOR ILLINOIS JUDGESHIP
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11615, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/6/1967, 4:11PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN SAYS HE AND REPUBLICANS WILL SUPPORT RAMSEY CLARK APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL; CONFLICT OF INTEREST WITH TOM CLARK ON SUPREME COURT; REPUBLICAN MEETING ON ECONOMY, INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT SUSPENSION BILL; EXEMPTIONS FOR FARM, POLLUTION
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10825, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/22/1966, 5:00PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • PRESS INQUIRIES ABOUT DIRKSEN, SUBVERSIVE ACTIVITIES CONTROL BOARD AND ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY SUPREME COURT NOMINATIONS; DISCUSSION OF RICHARD RUSSELL AND ALEXANDER LAWRENCE JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT AND VARIOUS PENDING JUDICIAL APPOINTMENTS
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13205, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/11/1968, 8:26AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 12008, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/26/1967, 3:15PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13132, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/22/1968, 8:02AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13147, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/27/1968, 3:57PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11518, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/7/1967, 3:54PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • "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
  • LBJ'S HEAVY SCHEDULE; CALIFORNIA SENATE RACE, PRESIDENTIAL PRIMARY; RECENT DEBATE BETWEEN EUGENE MCCARTHY AND RFK; DIRKSEN ASKS ABOUT JUDICIAL APPOINTMENT; DISCUSSION OF OTHER APPOINTMENTS; LBJ JOKES ABOUT SARGENT SHRIVER CAUSING RIOTING IN EUROPE
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13102, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/4/1968, 6:05PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • 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
  • 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 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
  • Reference No. 13146 August 13, 2008 Processing Note Transcript only of this conversation; there is no recording. DATE: 6/26/68 TIME: ll :lOAM CALLER: Everett Dirksen Pages ofTranscript: 2 pages Barbara Cline Archivist CCD\llrc ci:T
  • LBJ SAYS ABA HAS FOUND ABE FORTAS, HOMER THORNBERRY HIGHLY ACCEPTABLE APPOINTEES AS SUPREME COURT CHIEF JUSTICE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE, ASKS DIRKSEN TO TALK WITH ROMAN HRUSKA ABOUT APPOINTMENTS; VIEWS OF RICHARD RUSSELL, JAMES EASTLAND ON FORTAS
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13146, transcript, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/26/1968, 11:10AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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