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Telephone conversation # 3323, sound recording, LBJ and HUBERT HUMPHREY, 5/2/1964, 2:14PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF SOURCE OF PRESS STORY ON HHH'S MEETING WITH LBJ ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; JOKES ABOUT PRESS STORIES ON LBJ AND HIS DOGS; HHH REPORTS ON MEETINGS ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL?, PLANS TO MEET WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN

Telephone conversation # 3365, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 5/8/1964, 6:11PM (Item)

LBJ'S RECENT TRIP; FOOD STAMP BILL; FEDERAL PAY BILL, WILLIAM DOHERTY; POVERTY BILL; AID TO PAROCHIAL SCHOOLS, HUGH CAREY, WILBUR COHEN; DREW PEARSON COLUMN ON KEN O'DONNELL; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL IN SENATE, EVERETT DIRKSEN, HHH, CLOTURE

Telephone conversation # 4691, sound recording, LBJ and CLAUDE DESAUTELS, 8/4/1964, 5:51PM (Item)

OFFICE CONVERSATION ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK; LBJ ASKS DESAUTELS ABOUT PRESS LEAK ON OFF-THE-RECORD MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP ON TONKIN GULF ATTACK, ARRANGEMENTS FOR NOTIFYING CONGRESSMEN; EVERETT DIRKSEN

Telephone conversation # 6365, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 11/16/1964, 4:15PM (Item)

LBJ ASKS RUSK'S ADVICE ON HOW TO HOLD FOREIGN POLICY BRIEFINGS WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, CHARLES HALLECK AND BARRY GOLDWATER; GOLDWATER'S RECENT NEGATIVE COMMENTS IN PRESS

Telephone conversation # 5440, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/2/1964, 8:25PM (Item)

DISCUSSION OF DON REYNOLDS' PREVIOUS TESTIMONY IN BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; "TOMMY" (CORCORAN'S?) CONTACT WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ON HANDLING NEW CHARGES IN SENATE; PRESS COVERAGE OF ISSUE; RFK'S RESIGNATION, APPOINTMENT OF HIS SUCCESSOR AS ATTORNEY

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 # 6857, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 2/18/1965, time unknown (Item)

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

Telephone conversation # 7829, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 5/25/1965, 2:11PM (Item)

LBJ TELLS KATZENBACH HE HAS RECEIVED SEVERAL CALLS FROM EVERETT DIRKSEN CONCERNING BANK MERGER; LBJ ASKS KATZENBACH TO MEET WITH DICK BERLIN ABOUT SAN FRANCISCO MATTER, DISCUSSES CRITICISM OF JOHNSON ADMINISTRATION HANDLING OF MATTER

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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 13710, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD NIXON, 11/3/1968, 1:54PM (Item)

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

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 # 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

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

Telephone conversation # 8317, sound recording, MCGEORGE BUNDY and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 7/8/1965, time unknown (Item)

BUNDY ASKS TELEPHONE OPERATOR TO PLACE CALLS TO SENATORS FULBRIGHT, MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN, KUCHEL, AND HICKENLOOPER AND TELLS HER TO HAVE THEM HOLD FOR HIM

Telephone conversation # 4868, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/10/1964, 5:36PM (Item)

O'BRIEN REPORTS ON EFFORT TO SCHEDULE SENATE VOTE ON POVERTY BILL TONIGHT; MANSFIELD'S NEGOTIATIONS WITH DIRKSEN, GOLDWATER; JOHN TOWER'S, JACOB JAVITS' WISH TO SPEAK ON BILL; LBJ'S CONCERNS ABOUT ADVERSE EFFECT OF DELAY, PRESS STORIES ON ADAM

Telephone conversation # 7021, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 3/4/1965, 2:44PM (Item)

KATZENBACH REPORTS ON CONVERSATIONS WITH DIRKSEN, (JOSEPH?) CLARK, MANSFIELD ON RESPONSE TO CARL CURTIS' SPEECH ABOUT JUSTICE DEPT REPORT ON BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; DISCUSSION OF MAKING FBI REPORTS AVAILABLE TO SENATE RULES COMMITTEE; DON

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 # 7410, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 4/30/1965, 11:51AM (Item)

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

Telephone conversation # 9034, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 10/22/1965, 5:10PM (Item)

MCCLELLAN TELLS LBJ KARL MUNDT HAS WITHDRAWN HIS OBJECTIONS TO UNNAMED BILL; MCCLELLAN IS LEAVING TOWN BUT HAS PUT HENRY "SCOOP" JACKSON IN CHARGE OF PASSING BILL; LBJ TELLS MCCLELLAN TO CALL MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN BEFORE LEAVING TO MAKE SURE BILL

Telephone conversation # 8355, sound recording, LBJ and ARTHUR GOLDBERG, 7/19/1965, 8:28PM (Item)

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

Telephone conversation # 10222, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)

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

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 # 10290, sound recording, LBJ and WILLIAM MCCHESNEY MARTIN, 6/30/1966, 9:00AM (Item)

MARTIN'S UPCOMING SURGERY; LBJ'S SURGERY; MARTIN REPORTS ON TALKS WITH DIRKSEN, WILBUR MILLS ON US ECONOMY, TAXES; LBJ EXPRESSES FRUSTRATION WITH CONGRESSIONAL SPENDING, PRESS LEAKS BY MILLS; IMPOUNDING FEDERAL FUNDS; LBJ'S SPENDING CUTS; STOCK

Telephone conversation # 10818, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 9/21/1966, 12:40PM (Item)

LBJ SUGGESTS "ROSENTHAL" TALK ABOUT KATZENBACH'S FOREIGN POLICY EXPERIENCE TO SHOW HIS QUALIFICATIONS TO BE UNDERSECRETARY OF STATE; LBJ SUGGESTS KATZENBACH MEET WITH DIRKSEN, SENATE LEADERS ABOUT RAMSEY CLARK'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL

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

Telephone conversation # 9683, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/28/1966, 8:53AM (Item)

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