The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL Minutes of the First Meeting of the Joint Republican Congressional Leaders January 24, 1961 1961-01-24 Trice, J. Mark, 1902-1987 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 87th (1961-1963) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Republican Leadership File, 1915-1969, Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Minutes, 1961-1968, Folder 11 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/minutes/ 01_24_1961 https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/01_24_1961.pdf https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/01_24_1961.pdf minutes (administrative records) Government Operations and Politics Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Hoeven, Charles B. (Charles Bernard), 1895-1980; Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961; Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982; Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985; Brown, Clarence J., 1893-1965; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987; Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979 The meeting minutes outline discussions about the operations of the newly formed Joint Republican Congressional Leaders committee. Text The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL Minutes of the Sixth Meeting of the Joint Republican Congressional Leaders March 2, 1961 1961-03-02 Brookshire, Harry https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 87th (1961-1963) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Republican Leadership File, 1915-1969, Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Minutes, 1961-1968, Folder 12 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/minutes/ 03_02_1961 https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/03_02_1961.pdf https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/03_02_1961.pdf minutes (administrative records) Government Operations and Politics; Agriculture and Food; Labor and Employment Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982; Hoeven, Charles B. (Charles Bernard), 1895-1980; Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985; Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979; Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Brown, Clarence J., 1893-1965; Kuchel, Thomas H.; Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987; Byrnes, John W., 1913-1985; Dirksen, Everett McKinley The meeting minutes outline the Republican leadership's discussion about pending legislation, including minimum wage and feed grains. Text The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL Minutes of the Seventh Meeting of the Joint Republican Congressional Leaders March 9, 1961 1961-03-09 Brookshire, Harry https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 87th (1961-1963) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Republican Leadership File, 1915-1969, Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Minutes, 1961-1968, Folder 12 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/minutes/ 03_09_1961 https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/03_09_1961.pdf https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/03_09_1961.pdf minutes (administrative records) Labor and Employment; Government Operations and Politics; International Affairs Hoeven, Charles B. (Charles Bernard), 1895-1980; Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982; Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979; Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961; Byrnes, John W., 1913-1985; Brown, Clarence J., 1893-1965; Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998; Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987 The meeting minutes outline the Republican leadership's discussios with guest Senator Barry Goldwater regarding the political climate. Text The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL Minutes of the Ninth Meeting of the Joint Republican Congressional Leaders March 23, 1961 1961-03-23 Brookshire, Harry https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 87th (1961-1963) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Republican Leadership File, 1915-1969, Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Minutes, 1961-1968, Folder 12 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/minutes/ 03_23_1961 https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/03_23_1961.pdf https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/03_23_1961.pdf minutes (administrative records) Labor and Employment; International Affairs; Agriculture and Food Humphreys, Robert, 1905-1965; Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987; Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961; Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985; Byrnes, John W., 1913-1985; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Kuchel, Thomas H.; Hoeven, Charles B. (Charles Bernard), 1895-1980; Brown, Clarence J., 1893-1965; Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979; Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982 The meeting minutes provide insight into Republican leadership discussions surrounding foreign policy, specifically related to Portugal, Congo, Angola, and Laos. Text The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL Minutes of the Tenth Meeting of the Joint Republican Congressional Leaders March 29, 1961 1961-03-29 Brookshire, Harry https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 87th (1961-1963) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Republican Leadership File, 1915-1969, Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Minutes, 1961-1968, Folder 13 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/minutes/ 03_29_1961 https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/03_29_1961.pdf https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/03_29_1961.pdf minutes (administrative records) Economics and Public Finance; Labor and Employment; International Affairs Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979; Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985; Byrnes, John W., 1913-1985; Hoeven, Charles B. (Charles Bernard), 1895-1980; Brown, Clarence J., 1893-1965; Humphreys, Robert, 1905-1965; Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987; Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961; Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Kuchel, Thomas H. The meeting minutes detail the Republican leadership's discussion of Laos and Communism. Text The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL Minutes of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Joint Republican Congressional Leaders April 20, 1961 1961-04-20 Trice, J. Mark, 1902-1987 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 87th (1961-1963) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Republican Leadership File, 1915-1969, Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Minutes, 1961-1968, Folder 14 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/minutes/ 04_20_1961 https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/04_20_1961.pdf https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/04_20_1961.pdf minutes (administrative records) Labor and Employment Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985; Hoeven, Charles B. (Charles Bernard), 1895-1980; Brown, Clarence J., 1893-1965; Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987; Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979; Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994; Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982; Byrnes, John W., 1913-1985; Humphreys, Robert, 1905-1965; Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961 The meeting minutes also reference an off-the-record statement by former President Richard M. Nixon. Text The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL Minutes of the Fifteenth Meeting of the Joint Republican Congressional Leaders May 11, 1961 1961-05-11 Brookshire, Harry https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 87th (1961-1963) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Republican Leadership File, 1915-1969, Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Minutes, 1961-1968, Folder 16 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/minutes/ 05_11_1961 https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/05_11_1961.pdf https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/05_11_1961.pdf minutes (administrative records) Labor and Employment; International Affairs; Education Byrnes, John W., 1913-1985; Hoeven, Charles B. (Charles Bernard), 1895-1980; Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985; Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961; Humphreys, Robert, 1905-1965; Brown, Clarence J., 1893-1965; Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982; Kuchel, Thomas H. The meeting minutes outline the Republican leadership's discussion of the Federal Aid to Education legislation, the Geneva Conference on Nuclear Testing, and minimum wage. Text The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL Minutes of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Joint Republican Congressional Leaders May 26, 1961 1961-05-26 Brookshire, Harry https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 87th (1961-1963) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Republican Leadership File, 1915-1969, Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Minutes, 1961-1968, Folder 16 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/minutes/ 05_26_1961 https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/05_26_1961.pdf https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/05_26_1961.pdf minutes (administrative records) Economics and Public Finance; International Affairs Kuchel, Thomas H.; Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985; Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982; Hoeven, Charles B. (Charles Bernard), 1895-1980; Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961; Humphreys, Robert, 1905-1965; Byrnes, John W., 1913-1985; Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979; Brown, Clarence J., 1893-1965; Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986 The meeting minutes outline the leadership's discussion concerning Cuba, the federal budget, and President John F. Kennedy's meeting with the leader of the Soviet Union, Nikita Krushchev. Text The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL Minutes of the Twentieth Meeting of the Joint Republican Congressional Leaders June 28, 1961 1961-05-28 Trice, J. Mark, 1902-1987 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 87th (1961-1963) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Republican Leadership File, 1915-1969, Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Minutes, 1961-1968, Folder 18 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/minutes/ 06_28_1961 https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/06_28_1961.pdf https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/06_28_1961.pdf minutes (administrative records) Education; International Affairs Brown, Clarence J., 1893-1965; Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961; Byrnes, John W., 1913-1985; Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985; Saltonstall, Leverett, 1892-1979; Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Kuchel, Thomas H.; Hoeven, Charles B. (Charles Bernard), 1895-1980; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Humphreys, Robert, 1905-1965; Miller, William E. (William Edward), 1914-1983 The meeting minutes reflect Republican leadership discussions regarding China and the United Nations, the Federal Aid to Education bill, and President John F. Kennedy's press conference concerning Berlin. Text The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL Minutes of the Eighteenth Meeting of the Joint Republican Congressional Leaders June 15, 1961 1961-06-15 Trice, J. Mark, 1902-1987 https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/ eng 87th (1961-1963) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Republican Leadership File, 1915-1969, Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Minutes, 1961-1968, Folder 17 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/minutes/ 06_15_1961 https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/06_15_1961.pdf https://everettdirksen.dirksencenter.org/guides_emd/Minutes1961-1968/06_15_1961.pdf minutes (administrative records) Housing and Community Development; Education; Economics and Public Finance; International Affairs Miller, William E. (William Edward), 1914-1983; Bridges, Styles, 1898-1961; Hoeven, Charles B. (Charles Bernard), 1895-1980; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Harlow, Bryce Nathaniel, 1916-1987; Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Humphreys, Robert, 1905-1965; Brown, Clarence J., 1893-1965; Arends, Leslie C. (Leslie Cornelius), 1895-1985 The meeting minutes outline the leadership's discussions regarding foreign policy, the federal budget, and pending legislation pertaining to education and housing. Text