Senator Everett Dirksen, R-IL, the eloquent Senate Minority Leader is speechless as he receives kisses on both cheeks from Mrs. K. Bartley (left) and her daughter, Mrs. David Barany, both of Lansville, IL at a dinner honoring the senator last night in Chicago. The $100-a-plate dinner wound up a three-day "Dirksen Appreciation Celebration." lauding Dirksen's 40 years in public life.

Photo is dated 1966.

Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches.