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Gallant Men Stories of the American Adventure
told by
Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen
Conceived and written by H. Paul Jeffers
Original score composed, arranged and conducted by John
Cacavas
"There’s nothing that gives me more
pride than to have an Opposition of
the quality and kind that is my Loyal
Opposition led by Senator Dirksen
in the Senate. You have been fair to
me. You have been fust to me, but
that’s not really important to any¬
body — how you’ve been to me. You
have tried to put the interests of your
country first and to serve it”
— Lyndon B. Johnson talking to Senator
Everett McKinley Dirksen, Oct., 1966
THROUGHOUT a long career as a national po¬
litical figure, Senator Everett McKinley Dirk¬
sen of Illinois has always tried to serve his
country. For more than thirty years as a Con¬
gressman, Senator, adviser to Presidents, and
Republican Leader of the Senate, he has been
a participant in the major issues and crises of
our time. He has contributed considerably to
the legislative and Presidential decisions af¬
fecting the lives of millions around the world
and the welfare and Security of all Americans.
Equally important, Senator Dirksen has
raised his voice to speak about those issues.
Everett McKinley Dirksen is certainly one
of the great orators of America. His public
speaking has been learned in the old and
traditional ways, honed through years of pub¬
lic appearances "on the stump” where he mas¬
tered the subtleties of speaking to, convincing,
and moving an audience.
"Those were the years when I learned to
tell a story” he says. "Those were the trial
years!’
Today, Senator Everett McKinley Dirksen
is the unchallenged master of the political
speech. But he is always aware of his goal.
My speeches have an immediate purpose.
They are not intended as timeless documents!’
Yet his speeches on the floor of his beloved
United States Senate, while aiming for that
immediate purpose, do have the ring of time¬
lessness to them. Once, on the eve of the ad¬
journment of Congress, the Republican
Leader rose and said: "Old faces go and new
Side one Prologue
:38
Gallant Men 2:38
The Story Of The Mayflower And The Mayflower Compact
4:14
The Story Of The Battle For Independence
7:26
The Story Of The Flag 6:09
The Star-Spangled Banner 2:50
faces come, but somehow like Tennyson’s
brook, the free Republic continues to go on
with vitality, vigor and an energized faith, as
it moves to newer heights and newer achieve¬
ments for its people in the great moral cli¬
mate of freedom!’
His words have the luster of agelessness no
matter their immediate goals.
But the voice! That is unique!
Of it, Time magazine said: "In funereal
tones he paraphrases the Bible and church
bells peal! Motherhood! he whispers, and
grown men weep. 'The Flag!’ he bugles, and
everybody salutes!’ Another writer said the
Side two The Story Of Gettysburg
5:24
The Gettysburg Address 2:24
The Story Of The Statue Of Liberty 4:55
Epilogue 1:45
Pledge Of Allegiance To The Flag 4:55
All musical selections are ASCAP
Dirksen voice can be a call to love or to
battle, a solo flute or a symphony orchestra.
In GALLANT MEN, that voice and those
trial-years of learning to tell a story are com¬
bined with Everett McKinley Dirksen’s first
love — America! He breathes life into the
words of The Mayflower Compact, a keystone
of American government. The drama, the
danger and the daring of the writing of the
Declaration of Independence take on a deeper
meaning. His telling of the story of The Star-
Spangled Banner and his reading of the
Francis Scott Key poem should hush the oc¬
casional cries that The Star-Spangled Banner
ought not be our National Anthem.
The hope for die future and the faith in
Democracy which Abraham Lincoln wrote
into the Gettysburg Address are reflected in
Senator Dirksen’s reading of thar immortal
Address, and the words of the poem inscribed
upon the Statue of Liberty as spoken by the
Senator catch the very essence of the United
States of America as the land of the open, wel¬
coming golden door.
With these readings, Senator Everett
McKinley Dirksen becomes the first Senator
in the history of the United States to use the
medium of Recordings to make available to
the general public not only the rare qualities
of his own speech and style but the treasures
of Americana that have been handed down
from earlier generations and which ought not
be entombed in "old and dusty books seldom
used or referred to!’
Everett McKinley Dirksen was never one to
close the door to a new adventure. In the sev¬
enty years since he was born at Pekin, Illinois
in the land of Lincoln, he has been a baker, an
ad taker for a newspaper, a helper in a railroad
office, a World War One balloonist, a lawyer,
Congressman, and United States Senator.
He has been called the prototype of a
United States Senator — in appearance, man¬
ner, and in a speaking style of such eloquence
that it is unmatched in the Senate.
Although he is a Republican, his support
and assistance made possible the enactment of
many of the bills passed by Democratic Con¬
gresses during the Kennedy and Johnson
administrations. His measure has always been
the National interest. His goal has always
been to serve his country.
And so, when the names of modern Ameri¬
can patriots are inscribed on the rolls of
America s Gallant Men, high among them
will be Everett McKinley Dirksen.
— H. PAUL JEFFERS
An M. A. MANGUM PRODUCTION.
Produced and Directed by Arch Lustberg
Cover Photos: Senator Dirksen by The Chicago Tribune The Capitol
by Wide World Photos, Inc.
