The Dirksen Congressional Center, Pekin, IL May 26, 1961 Joint Senate-House Republican Leadership Press Conference Transcript May 26, 1961 1961-05-26 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_26_1961 https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-5_26_1961.pdf https://dirksencenter.org/wp-content/uploads/EMD-Republican-Cong-Leadership-Series.-Press-Conf.-5_26_1961.pdf Education; Economics and Public Finance; Foreign Trade and International Finance; Congress; Law; Agriculture and Food; Armed Forces and National Security; Science, Technology, Communications; International Affairs; Government Operations and Politics Dirksen, Everett McKinley; Halleck, Charles A. (Charles Abraham), 1900-1986; Morton, Thruston B. (Thruston Ballard), 1907-1982 The official statement and press conference covers topics including the cost of New Frontier programs, the tractors-for-prisoners negotiations with Cuba, the Bay of Pigs, the Kennedy-Khrushchev summit, NASA funding, the federal budget deficit, education legislation and reaction to the Ev and Charlie Show. Text