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Telephone conversation # 10834, sound recording, LBJ and ABE FORTAS, 9/24/1966, 12:48PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES NICHOLAS KATZENBACH'S CALL ABOUT RAMSEY CLARK'S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, TOM CLARK'S RETIREMENT FROM SUPREME COURT; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S, MIKE MANSFIELD'S OPINION ON SITUATION; POSSIBILITY OF NAMING RAMSEY CLARK ACTING ATTORNEY
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 # 13771, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 11/25/1968, 8:55PM (Item)
  • MANSFIELD'S CALLS TO EVERETT DIRKSEN, WILLIAM FULBRIGHT ON SPECIAL SESSION TO RATIFY NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY; LBJ EMPHASIZES NEED FOR RATIFICATION DUE TO EFFECT ON GERMANY, INDIA, ISRAEL, JAPAN; PHANTOM JET SALE TO ISRAEL; POSSIBLE MEETING
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 # 13504, sound recording, LBJ and RAMSEY CLARK, 10/1/1968, 11:05AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS RECENT TALK WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ON CONFIRMATION OF ABE FORTAS AS CHIEF JUSTICE; PROBABLE FAILURE OF UPCOMING CLOTURE VOTE TO END SENATE DEBATE; POSSIBILITY OF SENATE CONFIRMING TOM CLARK IF HE IS NOMINATED AS CHIEF JUSTICE
Telephone conversation # 6203, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 11/5/1964, 10:37AM (Item)
  • ELECTION RESULTS IN TENNESSEE, NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA, MONTANA, NEW YORK, MASSACHUSETTS; CALLERS TEASE HHH ABOUT HIS WESTERN ATTIRE; LBJ GREETS MONTOYA IN SPANISH; DELEGATION TO INAUGURATION IN MEXICO; EVERETT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; POSSIBLE MEETING
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
Telephone conversation # 1840, sound recording, LBJ and OLIVER DOMPIERRE, 2/3/1964, 5:50PM (Item)
  • "SEN. DIRKSEN'S AIDE"
  • LBJ INQUIRES ABOUT DIRKSEN'S HEALTH; DIRKSEN IS IN THE HOSPITAL
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/21/1965 (Sunday) (Item)
  • to bring Senator Everett Dirksen to Walter Reed Hospital; nap; dinner with the C. Douglas Dillons
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/2/1964 (Sunday) (Item)
  • Halleck & Everett Dirksen and Republicans; Houston Symphony at Constitution Hall; Ima Hogg; national view of Texas
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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/26/1966 (Saturday) (Item)
  • Ranch guests include Senators Mike Mansfield & Everett Dirksen and Congressman George Mahon; guests leave; Lady Bird goes to Johnson City to LBJ's Boyhood Home for restoration meeting; lunch; LBJ gives Lady Bird and Luci robes from Korea; Lady Bird
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/17/1967 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • ; Entertainment for dinner is Carol Channing in "Hello, Dolly!"; Carol Channing and Everett Dirksen have "same voice;" LBJ and Hubert Humphrey dance with Carol Channing; Lady Bird dances with Douglass Fairbanks, Jr.; Fairbanks speaks of President Franklin
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 # 10223, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 6/10/1966, 8:45AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD TO SPEAK TO DIRKSEN ABOUT POSSIBLE MEETING AT WH ON VIETNAM THIS WEEKEND
Telephone conversation # 4921, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 8/14/1964, 12:02PM (Item)
  • LEGISLATIVE STRATEGY ON MEDICARE BILL; RIBICOFF AMENDMENT, KING-ANDERSON BILL, POSSIBLE COMPROMISE IN CONFERENCE; RULES COMMITTEE FAILURE TO VOTE ON APPALACHIA BILL; DIRKSEN LEGISLATIVE REAPPORTIONMENT RIDER TO FOREIGN AID BILL; WILLIAM TUCK
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 # 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 # 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 # 4345, sound recording, LBJ and NICHOLAS KATZENBACH, 7/27/1964, 12:35PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF DIRKSEN'S PROPOSED JOINT CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION FOR PRESIDENTIAL COMMISSION ON ETHICS IN FEDERAL GOVT AS OUTGROWTH OF BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION, MANSFIELD'S OPPOSITION TO RESOLUTION; CONFLICTS OF INTEREST IN JUDICIARY; RFK'S SCHEDULE
Telephone conversation # 4794, sound recording, LBJ and WALTER JENKINS, 8/7/1964, 12:40PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN RIDER TO FOREIGN AID BILL POSTPONING COURT-ORDERED REAPPORTIONMENT OF STATE LEGISLATURES; HOUSE VOTE ON TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; GALLUP POLL ON 1964 ELECTION; REPUBLICAN BACKLASH; WHITE BACKLASH, PRESS STORIES ON LBJ'S UNPOPULARITY IN SOUTH
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 # 7112, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE MCCARTHY, 3/18/1965, 6:14PM (Item)
  • LBJ TELLS MCCARTHY HE HAS NOMINATED HENRY "JOE" FOWLER AS TREASURY SECRETARY; FOWLER, MCCARTHY DISCUSS POSSIBLE START OF CONFIRMATION HEARINGS TOMORROW; LBJ JOKES ABOUT FRANK IKARD'S SUPPORT OF FOWLER, DIRKSEN'S TESTIMONY IN WILLIAM STRATTON COURT
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 # 8587, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT MCNAMARA, 8/21/1965, 4:35PM (Item)
  • , DIRKSEN
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 # 9665, sound recording, LBJ and DEAN RUSK, 2/22/1966, 6:50PM (Item)
  • RUSK'S TALK WITH BOURKE HICKENLOOPER ABOUT SENATE EFFORTS TO RESCIND TONKIN GULF RESOLUTION; LBJ MIMICS FULBRIGHT, ASKS RUSK TO TALK TO DIRKSEN ABOUT FOREIGN AID BILL; POSSIBLE HOUSE FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE VOTE ON RESCINDING TONKIN GULF
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 # 11639, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 3/14/1967, 4:55PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS ABOUT BILL RESTORING INVESTMENT TAX CREDIT IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, DISCUSSES DIRKSEN'S VIEWS ON HEARINGS, ECONOMIC NEED FOR FAST ACTION OF BILL; WILBUR MILLS' REQUEST THAT SENATE HEARINGS WAIT UNTIL AFTER HOUSE PASSAGE; DEBT LIMIT BILL
Telephone conversation # 11519, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 2/7/1967, 4:00PM (Item)
  • "RE: SAME SUBJECT AS ABOVE W/SEN. DIRKSEN"; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING; POOR SOUND QUALITY AT END OF RECORDING
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
Telephone conversation # 11520, sound recording, LBJ and GERALD FORD, 2/7/1967, 4:00PM (Item)
  • "RE: SAME SUBJECT AS ABOVE W/SEN. DIRKSEN"; CONTINUES FROM PREVIOUS RECORDING; RECORDING ENDS BEFORE CONVERSATION IS OVER
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/14/1964 (Tuesday) (Item)
  • And it was a p erfec t color match for the deco ratio n s. roses of Texas, l i t t l e bird , Second Vice Bowls of - you guessed it -yellow and on time o f one p e r c h e d / a p retty the property of Betty Talmad g e, A M rs, Dirksen put me in the re c e
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