The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL Conference between Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen and the Chicago Defender June 1951 1951-06 Dirksen, Everett McKinley http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC-EDU/1.0/ eng 82nd (1951-1953) Everett McKinley Dirksen Papers Remarks and Releases. Interview Transcripts, 1940-1969. https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/collection/remarks-releases/ June1951_Chicago_Defender%20C https://dirksencenter.org/sites/default/files/emd_interviews/June1951_Chicago_Defender%20C.pdf https://dirksencenter.org/sites/default/files/emd_interviews/June1951_Chicago_Defender%20C.pdf interviews Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Economics and Public Finance; Government Operations and Politics; International Affairs This transcript records a conference between Everett McKinley Dirksen and the Chicago Defender. Dirksen remarks on constituent correspondence, appropriation bills, campaigning, communism, and civil rights. Text