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Telephone conversation # 10817, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/21/1966, 11:41AM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 13204, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/10/1968, 5:21PM (Item)
  • "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
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 # 10825, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/22/1966, 5:00PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 13205, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/11/1968, 8:26AM (Item)
  • 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
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 # 125, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/29/1963, 11:40AM (Item)
  • "(TRANSCRIBED)"; DIRKSEN ON HOLD 0:35; BILL MOYERS IS APPARENTLY MEETING WITH LBJ AT TIME OF CALL AND INITIALLY ANSWERS THE CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 11/1993; RECORDING IS BRIEFLY INTERRUPTED
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 125, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/29/1963, 11:40AM
  • 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 5416, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 9/2/1964, 10:58AM (Item)
  • MANSFIELD REPORTS ON VOTES FOR MEDICARE AMENDMENT TO SOCIAL SECURITY BILL, ASKS LBJ TO ASK CARL HAYDEN FOR HIS VOTE; LBJ TELLS MANSFIELD TO TALK WITH DIRKSEN ABOUT NEW CHARGES IN BOBBY BAKER CASE, POSSIBLE INVESTIGATION OF CONTRIBUTIONS TO GOLDWATER
Telephone conversation # 4338, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/25/1964, 10:15AM (Item)
  • LBJ'S RECENT MEETING WITH GOLDWATER; LBJ'S EFFORTS TO GET PEACEFUL COMPLIANCE WITH CIVIL RIGHTS ACT; NYC RIOTS; JUSTICE DEPT, COMMUNITY RELATIONS SERVICE; STATUS OF INVESTIGATIONS IN GEORGIA, MISSISSIPPI; DIRKSEN RESOLUTION ON ETHICS IN FEDERAL GOVT
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 # 10744, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/10/1966, 4:42PM (Item)
  • AP STORY THAT GERALD FORD WILL INVESTIGATE CHARGE LBJ IS SELLING US DISTRICT COURT JUDGESHIP IN KANSAS; FRANK THEIS; LBJ'S VIEWS ON PRESIDENT'S CLUB, PREFERENCE THAT CONTRIBUTIONS BE MADE TO DNC; APPOINTMENT OF REPUBLICANS; DIRKSEN AND CIVIL RIGHTS
Telephone conversation # 7054, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/10/1965, 9:32PM? (Item)
  • CONDITION OF JAMES REEB; STATUS OF COURT ACTION IN SELMA, ALABAMA; MLK DECISION TO DEDICATE MARCH TO REEB; WH MEETING WITH RELIGIOUS LEADERS; HHH MEMO; POSSIBLE FEDERAL ACTION, ARREST OF AL LINGO, JIM CLARK; MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN AND VOTING RIGHTS BILL
Folder, "July 31, 1967 - 5:46 p.m. Democratic Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)
  • by Senator Mansfield that the Senator talk to Senator Dirksen. # # # t-M:ETING ~~OTES CC?YRIGf ffED .Pt:1eli,atia 0 Req,yjres Pei rnission of Copytight t-!'bkiar· W Thoma• tabnsoA . t· ·
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 6/5/1968 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Robert Kennedy is shot in Los Angeles; LBJ discusses gun control with Senator Mike Mansfield; LBJ calls Senators Dirksen & Aiken about agriculture; Lady Bird cancels appointments; Lady Bird works on telegrams for Rose & Ethel Kennedy; LBJ makes