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Telephone conversation # 8356, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 7/19/1965, 8:35PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 10138, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 5/25/1966, 11:30AM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 7070, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/16/1965, 12:55PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 7075, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/18/1965, 9:30AM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 7092, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/18/1965, 4:29PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS DIRKSEN HE IS NOMINATING HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY, ASKS DIRKSEN TO EXPEDITE CONFIRMATION; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF HOWARD WOODS, NEGRO INDEPENDENT, TO REPUBLICAN FCC VACANCY, NOT FPC; APPOINTING NEGROES TO REGULATORY
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7092, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/18/1965, 4:29PM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 9026, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/20/1965, 9:17PM (Item)
  • "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
Telephone conversation # 11629, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/10/1967, 3:15PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 7133, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/20/1965, 10:25AM (Item)
  • "SUMMARIZED"; RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; DIRKSEN IS DIFFICULT TO HEAR
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 7133, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/20/1965, 10:25AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 11614, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/6/1967, 4:11PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT OF GEORGE STAFFORD; PROPOSED LEGISLATION ON SELECTIVE SERVICE; BURKE MARSHALL'S RECOMMENDATIONS TO ABOLISH LOCAL DRAFT BOARDS, LIMIT COLLEGE DEFERMENTS; MARGARET CHASE SMITH'S CONCERN ABOUT WH FOREIGN POLICY
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 11614, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 3/6/1967, 4:11PM
  • 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 # 12205, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/28/1967, 9:54AM (Item)
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 12205, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 9/28/1967, 9:54AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 805, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/30/1963, 1:03PM (Item)
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
  • "#26"; EVERETT DIRKSEN IS MEETING WITH MIKE MANSFIELD AT TIME OF CALL; DIRKSEN, MANSFIELD ON HOLD 0:45 AND BOTH ARE DIFFICULT TO HEAR; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • HOLIDAY GREETINGS; MANSFIELD, DIRKSEN REPORT THAT SENATE HAS COMPLETED ITS BUSINESS; LBJ TEASES THEM ABOUT SENATE ADJOURNING LAST WEEK WITHOUT TELLING HIM, INVITES THEM TO LBJ RANCH; RECENT DREW PEARSON COLUMN; LBJ'S TALK WITH WALLACE BENNETT
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM (Item)
  • Dirksen, Everett McKinley, 1896-1969
  • Telephone conversation # 13501, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 10/1/1968, 10:31AM
  • EVERETT DIRKSEN
Telephone conversation # 8357, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 7/19/1965, 8:45PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 10781, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 9/16/1966, 11:40AM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 795, sound recording, LBJ and WALLACE BENNETT, 12/30/1963, 9:00AM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 3517, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE REEDY, 5/27/1964, 10:40AM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 3506, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 5/26/1964, 11:21AM (Item)
  • APPOINTMENT OF HAMER BUDGE TO SEC AS RECOMMENDED BY CHARLES HALLECK; COURT REPORTER FOR WH PRESS OFFICE; APPOINTMENTS TO VACANCIES ON SEC, MARITIME COMMISSION, FPC, FTC, TARIFF COMMISSION; REPUBLICAN VACANCIES, APPROVAL BY EVERETT DIRKSEN
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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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 # 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