Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 3 (III), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 3 (III), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

33

Description:

Congressional relations with the Department of the Treasury during the Kennedy administration; Charls Walker; Barr's duties under the Department of the Treasury; Larry O'Brien; conflict between the Department of the Treasury and other departments; Sam Rayburn and Judge Howard Smith; Barr's relationship with Sam Rayburn; bond interest rates; time Barr spent with the Senate and House; Harry Byrd, Sr.; Robert Kerr; funding the Communications Satellite Corporation (COMSAT); backdoor spending; Social Security benefits and tax increase; sugar quotas; tax revision; contrast between Eisenhower's and JFK's tax bills (capital equipment, investment tax credit and the entertainment allowance); bank opposition to withholding provisions; 1962 tax shelter legislation; dividend and interest withholding legislation; the investment tax credit; characterization of the House and Senate in relation to passing taxation legislation.

Contributor:

Barr, Joseph Walker, 1918-1996

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

Go to List of Holdings

Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Joseph W. Barr

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details