Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette

Title:

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette

Number of Pages:

32

Description:

Excise tax reduction; raising the discount rate in 1965; Robert McNamara's and Charles Schultze's misrepresentations of defense expenditures; Barr's involvement in the opening of a bank in Vietnam; the effect of U.S. involvement in Vietnam on the U.S. economy; Barr's support for a tax increase; the Asian Development Bank; the effect of a silver shortage on coinage; the introduction of a quarter that is cupronickel on the outside and copper in the center; debate over the economic repercussions of using less silver in coins; guaranteed student loan legislation; Comptroller of the Currency James Saxon; copper stockpiles; Henry "Joe" Fowler's work on Special Drawing Rights and discontinuing the use of gold as an international monetary standard; organized crime and eavesdropping; trying to limit U.S. tourist spending overseas; housing discrimination.

Contributor:

Barr, Joseph Walker, 1918-1996

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Joseph W. Barr

Relation:

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Rights:

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