Vtg Signed Letter Everett McKinley Dirksen United States Senate Minority Leader July 10, 1967 To My Father
We have many letters signed to my father over the various years. My father was quite prolific and communicated with many famous people.
Answering a letter from my father:
Dear Dr. Charles,
The enclosed statement relates to this whole question of expanded trade with communist countries and I know you will read it with interest.
Sincerely, Everett McKinley Dirksen
Enclosure
Which we unfortunately don't have. Signed with a blue ink fountain pen.
EVERETT M. DIRKSEN Born: January 4, 1896 in Pekin, Illinois Died: September 7, 1969 in Washington, District of Columbia Biography | show less Everett M. Dirksen (1896-1969) was U.S. Representative (1933-1949) and U.S. Senator (1951 until his death in 1969) from Illinois. He was the Republican Whip from 1957-1959 and Minority Leader from 1959-1969. As Minority Leader, Dirksen played a key role in the passage of the Voting Rights Act (1965) and the Fair Housing Act (1968). A fiscal conservative, he is also remembered for the quip, "A billion here, a billion there, and pretty soon we're talking about real money!"
