On Vietnam

The following links take you to scanned documents from the Everett M. Dirksen Papers relating to Dirksen’s statements on the war in Southeast Asia. These remarks were delivered originally during Sunday morning talk shows, on the floor of the Senate, and in television broadcasts to his Illinois constituents. There are also images of standard replies to letters, called Robos.

June 21, 1953 | Bill Henry’s “Window on Washington,” NBC Television, Washington, DC
April 4, 1961 | “Laos, Little Land, Big Threat,” Radio-TV Broadcast to Illinois constituents
February 2, 1964 | “Meet the Press,” NBC Radio and Television, Washington, DC
January 24, 1965 | “Meet the Press,” NBC Radio and Television, Washington, DC
February 18, 1965 | Press Release of Remarks on the Senate Floor
June 21, 1965 | “A Capsule Story of Vietnam.” Radio-TV Broadcast to Illinois constituents
January 9, 1966 | “Issues and Answers,” ABC Radio and Television, Washington, DC
January 11, 1966 | “The Today Show,” WRC-TV, NBC, Washington, DC
January 17, 1966 | “A Look Ahead by the Republicans,” U.S. News & World Report
February 2, 1966 | Robo letter
February 14, 1966 | “That Was the Week That Was,” Radio-TV Broadcast to Illinois constituents
February 21, 1966 | “The Commander in Chief,” Radio-TV Broadcast to Illinois constituents
February 23, 1966 | “S. 2791,” notes prepared by Dirksen
May 9, 1966 | “The Choices in Vietnam,” Radio-TV Broadcast to Illinois constituents
July 8, 1966 | Robo letter
July 31, 1966 | “Issues and Answers,” ABC Radio and Television, Washington, DC
August 7, 1966 | “Meet the Press,” NBC Radio and Television, Washington, DC
February 6, 1967 | “Annual Visit with Lincoln,” Radio-TV Broadcast to Illinois constituents
May 2, 1967 | Press Release
May 16, 1967 | “Why Are We in Vietnam?” Radio-TV Broadcast to Illinois constituents
May 24, 1967 | Remarks on Senate floor
June 27, 1967 | Letter to constituent whose son had died in Vietnam
August 1, 1967 | Robo letter
August 6, 1967 | “Face the Nation,” CBS News, Washington, DC
October 3, 1967 | “Vietnam,” Dirksen’s remarks on the Senate floor
February 4, 1968 | “Issues and Answers,” ABC Radio and Television, Washington, DC
February 8, 1968 | Robo letter
February 29, 1968 | Robo letter
March 27, 1968 | “Capitol Cloakroom,” CBS Radio Network, Washington, DC
March 31, 1968 | Notes prepared for press release upon the resignation of President Lyndon Johnson
May 27, 1968 | “Suppose It Ended Today,” Radio-TV Broadcast to Illinois constituents
October 31, 1968 | “What if a Viet truce Came?” from Dirksen’s syndicated newspaper column, “A Senator’s Notebook”
April 1, 1969 | Robo letter
June 2, 1969 | “Senator Kennedy and Vietnam Strategy,” remarks prepared for delivery on the floor of the Senate
June 15, 1969 | “Issues and Answers,” ABC Radio and Television, Washington, DC
June 23, 1969 | Robo letter