The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL May 1, 1961 Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Press Conference Transcript May 1, 1961 1961-05-01 Unknown 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, Box 1 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/specialfeatures/ EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-05_01_1961 https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-5_1_1961-1.pdf https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-5_1_1961-1.pdf Congress; International Affairs; Armed Forces and National Security; Economics and Public Finance; Government Operations and Politics; Labor and Employment Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Dirksen, Everett McKinley The official statement covers topics including the leadership meeting with President Dwight Eisenhower, the Bay of Pigs invasion, New Frontier legislation, John F. Kennedy's first 100 days in office, Richard Nixon's political future, the U-2 spy plane incident, Laos policy, South American foreign policy, and unemployment. Text The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL June 28, 1961 Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Press Conference Transcript June 28, 1961 1961-06-28 Unknown 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, Box 1 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/specialfeatures/ EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-06_28_1961 https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-6_28_1961.pdf https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-6_28_1961.pdf Armed Forces and National Security; International Affairs; Education; Congress; Science, Technology, Communications; Agriculture and Food Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986 The official statement and press conference covers topics including the United Nations and China, the People's Republic of China, Dwight Eisenhower's views of education legislation, the death of columnist Ed Koterba, the school milk program, the farm bill, the Berlin Crisis of 1961, and nuclear test ban treaty negotiations Text The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL May 10, 1962 Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Press Conference Transcript May 10, 1962 1962-05-10 Unknown 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, Box 1 https://dirksencenter.org/collections/dirksen/specialfeatures/ EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-05_10_1962 https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-5_10_1962.pdf https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-5_10_1962.pdf Congress; Armed Forces and National Security; Commerce; International Affairs; Economics and Public Finance; Finance and Financial Sector; Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues; Government Operations and Politics; Foreign Trade and International Finance; Agriculture and Food Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 The official statement and press conference covers topics including government spending, the federal workforce, steel prices, the Billie Sol Estes scandal, the 22nd Amendment, Vietnam policy, Cuba policy and the military-industrial complex Text