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  • "LBJ RANCH"; "SECRET" WRITTEN ON ENVELOPE CONTAINING DICTABELT; DIRKSEN ON HOLD 0:33
  • DIRKSEN CONGRATULATES LBJ ON ELECTION; DISCUSSION OF DIRKSEN'S HEALTH, VACATION PLANS, CONGRESSIONAL SCHEDULE; LBJ REMINISCES ABOUT HIS PAST WORK WITH DIRKSEN; CAMPAIGN TACTICS AGAINST LBJ IN TEXAS; ELECTION RESULTS IN CALIFORNIA, NEW YORK, DELAWARE
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 6164, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 11/4/1964, 11:22AM
  • 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
  • DIRKSEN'S PROPOSAL THAT LBJ MEET WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS ON VIETNAM; RUSK'S MEETINGS WITH REPUBLICAN LEADERS; PRESS LEAKS; DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; PATRICK NUGENT'S MOTHER'S ADMIRATION OF DIRKSEN; LIST OF POSSIBLE APPOINTEES; RFK AND WIRETAPS
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10138, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/25/1966, 11:30AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; DIRKSEN IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • LBJ OFFERS DIRKSEN NEW YEAR'S, BIRTHDAY GREETINGS; INFLATIONARY EFFECTS OF BETHLEHEM STEEL PRICE INCREASE; WAR-PROFITEERING; LBJ DISCUSSES ESTIMATES OF COSTS OF VIETNAM WAR IN FEDERAL BUDGET REQUEST; DIRKSEN ADVISES LBJ TO USE LOWER ESTIMATE; JOHN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 9402, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 1/2/1966, 12:56PM
  • 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
  • LBJ ASKS DIRKSEN'S ADVICE ABOUT APPOINTMENT OF DON COOK AS TREASURY SECRETARY; COOK'S EARLIER LEGAL ROLE WITH MGIC; DON COOK'S WIFE'S CONCERNS ABOUT APPOINTMENT; DIRKSEN ADVISES LBJ NOT TO APPOINT COOK BECAUSE OF ADVERSE REACTION TO COOK'S ROLE
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7070, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/16/1965, 12:55PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN REPORTS ON TALK WITH JOHN PASTORE ABOUT REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY; LBJ CAUTIONS DIRKSEN ON TALKING TO DEMOCRATS; TREASURY SECRETARY APPOINTMENT; DAVID ROCKEFELLER; DON COOK AND MGIC; APPOINTMENT OF WOMAN, EDUCATOR, ENGINEER TO FCC; VOTING
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7075, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/18/1965, 9:30AM
  • 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 SPEAKS BRIEFLY WITH SOMEONE IN HIS OFFICE BEFORE TALKING WITH DIRKSEN
  • LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION ABOUT NEWS STORY THAT DIRKSEN RECOMMENDS BIPARTISAN CONFERENCE ON VIETNAM, DISCUSSES EXTENSIVE BRIEFINGS HE HAS PROVIDED CONGRESS AND CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP IN CONTRAST WITH BRIEFINGS HE RECEIVED DURING EISENHOWER
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 10221, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 6/9/1966, 12:00PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE STAFFORD TO ICC; DIRKSEN SUGGESTS LBJ APPOINT MAURICE STANS TO COMMISSION ON FEDERAL BUDGET; GERALD FORD'S PARTISANSHIP; ROBERT ANDERSON; INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT; CONGRESS AND LATIN AMERICAN ECONOMIC PLAN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11629, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/10/1967, 3:15PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • DIRKSEN NOTES NEGATIVE SPEECHES ON VIETNAM BY FRANK CHURCH, GEORGE MCGOVERN, OFFERS TO DEFEND LBJ'S VIETNAM POLICY; LBJ GIVES LENGTHY REPORT ON EISENHOWER'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM, COMPARISON WITH WWII, KOREAN WAR, ADVICE ON NEGOTIATING WITH COMMUNISTS
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 6854, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • VIETNAM PEACE TALKS, BOMBING HALT; ROLE OF USSR IN TALKS; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT STATEMENTS BY NIXON AND MELVIN LAIRD, REPUBLICAN CONTACTS WITH SOUTH, NORTH VIETNAM; US CONDITIONS FOR BOMBING HALT; DIRKSEN QUESTIONS EFFECT OF HALT ON PRESIDENTIAL
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13617, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/31/1968, 4:09PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 6855, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 2/17/1965, 6:20PM
  • 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
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • MANSFIELD ON HOLD 0:48; DIRKSEN AND AIKEN ARE MEETING WITH MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL
  • MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN, AND AIKEN MAKE TRADITIONAL CALL TO PRESIDENT UPON SENATE ADJOURNMENT; DIRKSEN REMINISCES ABOUT EARLY MORNING CALLS HE AND LBJ MADE TO EISENHOWER UPON ADJOURNMENT; LBJ URGES DIRKSEN TO REST, NOT CAMPAIGN
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • "(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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • SENATE CRITICISM OF VIETNAM POLICY; RFK'S VIEWS ON VIETNAM; O'BRIEN'S COMPARISON OF RFK, JFK; POSITIVE REACTION TO O'BRIEN'S VIETNAM SPEECH; LBJ TELLS O'BRIEN TO TALK TO DIRKSEN, MANSFIELD ON PASSING VIETNAM BILLS, HANDLING WAYNE MORSE AMENDMENT
  • "RE: SAME SUBJECT AS ABOVE W/SEN. DIRKSEN"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
  • LBJ's staff in his bedroom; Lady Bird to Spanish class; lunch & bridge with Rosemary Smathers, Betty Talmadge & Louella Dirksen; Lady Bird records radio spots on beautification; discussion of upcoming trip to Big Bend; Lady Bird bowls; Lady Bird