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Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 17 (XVII), 12/17/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of what you could cite regarding Long legislatively. He was pretty evenhanded and he wasn't disruptive. G: He replaced Harry Byrd, [Sr.], as chairman of the Finance Committee. How did this change the Finance Committee? Byrd had been there for so long
Russell Long's support for LBJ's programs and how Long compared to Harry Byrd, Sr., as chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; tax increases to help pay for the Vietnam War; Winston Prouty's and Vance Hartke's proposed amendments to change Social

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 4 (IV), 8/21/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

on it. He was undecided for a while but he finally decided not to. F: Just thought no purpose would be served from that? C: I think. I don't want to attribute the views to people, but you can check them. I think Harry McPherson favored a meeting between

Oral history transcript, Stuart Symington, interview 2 (II), 11/28/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. G: He hasn't done badly today. s: He's done well. That's a rough state. I told Lady Bird some months ago that Harry Byrd said, "I think he's going to win." That's all for now. He did. If you want to come back, any time. [End of Tape 1 of 1

Oral history transcript, Palmer Hoyt, interview 1 (I), 7/29/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

for them and what they might ask him to do in the future. He had great per- sonal contact with the senators and great sense of evaluation, which made it possible for him, for example, to pass the tax cut bill, because he was close to Harry Byrd. M

Oral history transcript, Charls E. Walker, interview 1 (I), 9/16/1999, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Virginia Democrat, Harry Byrd (the elder), who was insisting on sharp cuts in spending to minimize the impact of the tax cuts on the deficit. I was accompanied to the meeting by the elected president and vice president of ABA. LBJ started right off telling

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 24 (XXIV), 11/15/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

conservative and had a handsome blonde wife. Harry Byrd of Virginia is one. He was an archetype to me. Lyndon had, and I had, enormous respect and affection for him, and his Sunday lunches down at Rosemont were an annual thing that I'd just get mad as hops if I
Clinton Anderson, Harry Byrd, Tom Connally, Paul Douglas, James Eastland, Allen Ellender, Allen Frears, Walter George, Theodore Francis Green, Hubert Humphrey and others; Estes Kefauver; Bob Kerr; Russell Long; Joseph McCarthy; George Malone; Wayne Morse

Oral history transcript, Arthur Krock, interview 1 (I), 11/21/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

. Of course, he was annoyed very much by Senator [Joseph] Clark of Pennsylvania. He also greatly admired Senator [Harry] Byrd [Sr.] of Virginia despite the fact that Byrd and he were often on opposite sides. Clark and Gore-- what he called the liberals

Oral history transcript, Kenneth M. Birkhead, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)

of them back in the cloakrooms or anything--but every one of them sitting in their seats when the vote started . He had every one of them, including Harry Byrd [D] of Virginia, and some real mavericks in the party ready to vote hold back

Oral history transcript, Bart McDowell, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: That's right. I believe it was Harry Byrd's party, where he said, "The next trip you make, please let us know; we'll send somebody in. We'd like to do an article." I was the one that was picked to go, rather abruptly, toward the tail end of the summer

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 2 (II), 12/21/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

of it that was substantive was that we were afraid, obviously, that if you let the Harry Byrds of the Congress dictate the terms, the danger was that badly needed expenditures would go down the drain. He needed not only the expenditures for their own sake
Troika; Quadriad; Council of Economic Advisers; administration differences; details of tax cut; trade-offs with Congress on budget cuts; Wilbur Mills; Harry Byrd; origin of tax cut; Samuelson Task Force; “new economics;” tax increases; Vietnam’s

Oral history transcript, Juanita Roberts, interview 4 (IV), 4/6/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

that people would think. And he knew that if they thought that, you could depend on them to think it. and he were miles apart in thinking. Senator Byrd. G: He knew how to You know, old Harry Byrd But he had deep respect for He sure knew how he was going

Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the miracles he worked. I guess not Russell, but [Harry] Byrd complained about Johnson bringing him to like Humphrey. I guess it was just a matter of personal persuasion. G: What did he say about that, do you recall? M· I. I think I've got it in one

Oral history transcript, Thomas Francis "Mike" Gorman, interview 1 (I), 6/5/1985, by Clarence Lasby (Item)

. Then [James] Murray and [John] Dingell were added, so it became the Wagner-Murray-Dingell [bill], but it was Bob Wagner, who I knew very well, who had introduced this. Now, Roosevelt left it out at the suggestion of Harry Hopkins. But Roosevelt was a great
centers and Ed Dempsey's work on it; Oren Harris' work on health-related issues as chair of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce; medical school funding and problems in the medical school system; Mary Lasker's lobbying for medical research

Oral history transcript, Frank Ikard, interview 1 (I), 6/15/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 31 (XXXI), 3/29/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

group of southerners who had been New Dealers in large per cent, but in some strongly not, like [Lister] Hill and [John] Sparkman, and I think [Russell] Long might fit into that. Then there were the old-line conservatives, led, I guess by [Harry] Byrd

Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, "Walter, here's what you've got to keep in mind. No politician can operate both on a state and national level with the exception of Harry Byrd. senator. He runs Virginia and he's also an influential But every other national politician has to look upon

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

picking people that there was no amount of money to buy that destroyed Joe McCarthy. That's the reason that people like Harry Byrd probably believed that there were that many communists in the S t a t e Department. It was a sad thing to say about someone

Oral history transcript, Charles B. Lipsen, interview 1 (I), 6/13/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Humphrey in that West Virginia primary? L: I don't know if he did or not. I would not be surprised that he did. I have a funny feeling that he did through Bobby Byrd, too. G: There is a story that he contributed considerable money to Humphrey's support

Oral history transcript, Mike Manatos, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

be interested in coming to Washington as a clerk in the 'office of the Senator-Elect from Wyoming at that time, Senator Harry H. Schwartz of Casper, Wyoming. I decided that, probably, that was a good idea; came back here and was with Senator Schwartz for six

Oral history transcript, A.M. "Monk" Willis, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

a good part of my life. My father had been an early contributor, because we were kin to hirn, to Harry Byrd of Virginia, and was arnong thos e that financed Mr. Byrd' s carnpaign for governor when he was elected governor of Virginia. I went to Washington

Oral history transcript, Glen P. Wilson and Marie Wilson, interview 2 (II), 2/13/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to 1954 when Morse had resigned from the Republ i can Party because he refused to support Ei senhower, or \'~hatever the hell it was--I don't remember the details--there was a period in there where Morse was sort of in limbo, very much the way [Harry

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 8 (VIII), 8/17/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the Senate Finance Corrmittee, I would go over and see Harry Byrd. I was al ways very careful to pay that courtesy ca11. after the courtesy call I'd trot right down to see Bob Kerr. But And Byrd knew what was going on; he was no fool. G: Now

Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Revenue had Harry Byrd on it. Syrd was head of Reduction of Non-Essential Federal Expendi- Har~y tures! I hcve the dcte of the Civil Rights Act of 1957; it passed the House in June a~d the Senate in August and [was] signed by the President

Oral history transcript, Mary Rather, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

more about it, though. G: My impression is that after a while he grew restless in this capacity and wanted something else and there were all sorts of alternative forms of work being discussed, and one was that he'd go to work with Harry Hopkins. Do

Oral history transcript, William Cochrane, interview 1 (I), 3/17/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

in position on the civil rights issues? C: Well, that was a gradual thing for a lot of people. Take [Harry F., Sr.?] Byrd, same way later. But when you become the leader, you really do have to shift a little bit. You have to represent a national attitude

Oral history transcript, William H. Darden, interview 2 (II), 3/27/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of good will in the Senate, not much partisanship or not much political wrangling. You had Senator Russell, and let's see who else: Senator Harry Byrd [Sr.], and Senator Johnson, Senator [John] Stennis and [Henry Styles] Bridges and [Leverett] Saltonstall

Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 7 (VII), 12/21/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

to that, and the tax cut thing he wanted. I think Johnson was sold on the tax cut but his problem was getting the tax cut through Congress. Ronald Reagan got a tax cut through in three months. It took Johnson a long time to get Harry Byrd's consent and that's what he

Oral history transcript, Henry H. Fowler, interview 1 (I), 1/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Ways and Means Committee, and ranking Minority member John Byrnes, both extremely able and competent men; Senator Harry Byrd, who was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, a very experienced man in the fiscal and financial affairs-they had
O’Brian; U.S. Mission for Economic Affairs; Lend-Lease; D-Day invasion; Morgenthau; Krupp industrial empire; German occupation; Potsdam Meeting; Cold War; private law practice; Harry Truman; Joseph McCarthy; Tax Reduction Bill; 1964 Revenue Act; JFK-LBJ

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 4 (IV), 12/4/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

particularly. There might have been some State Department involvement along the route. G: Was Harry Byrd involved in--? O: I don't remember. But I should emphasize that this was not the exclusive domain of Kerr and Anderson, but they were in senior

Oral history transcript, Barry Goldwater, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

up a little ticket of Harry Byrd for president and you for vice president. Did that ever have your blessing? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More

Oral history transcript, Roland Bibolet, interview 1 (I), 5/14/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

went on . They were led by Hubert Humphrey, and I think Hubert was one of Lyndon's years of his majority [Harry Flood] used to be on G: Yes . leadership . Byrd was voting great supporters in the latter And even someone like Senator

Oral history transcript, Joseph A. Califano, interview 6 (VI), 10/17/1969, by Joe B. Frantz and Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

then started working on a statement, I guess a quickie with [Harry] McPherson or Larry Levinson, one of the two. You'll have to ask them, I just don't remember; maybe my notes will show it. And then we were all in the President's office. I

Oral history transcript, Nash Castro, interview 4 (IV), 4/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

at that particular time. One of the most exhaustive hearings for me occurred one night with Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who was then chairman of the District Committee. He invited only a few of us as witnesses, including Tom Fletcher, the deputy mayor
; Congressman Ken Gray's involvement in issuing a permit; Congressman John Marsh's effort to stop a permit from being issued; Senator Robert Byrd; Congressman Wayne Aspinall; laws governing demonstrations in Washington, D.C.; Castro's and the Southern Christian

Oral history transcript, William S. White and June White, interview 3 (III), 7/21/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

remember his calling things like the AAA, the Agricultural Adjustment Administration, the Public Works Administration. I think about that point he met Harry Hopkins, who was in the White House with Roosevelt, though I'm not clear about exactly when

Oral history transcript, Bertrand Harding, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

Oral history transcript, Walter W. Heller, interview 1 (I), 2/20/1970, by David G. McComb (Item)

that it was driven through by giving Harry Byrd what he wanted, namely, a budget that didn't exceed a hundred billion dollars. You know, this totally artificial administrative budget figure was just a will-o-the-wisp, but he was convinced that if he gave Byrd

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of surprise at Hyannis Port on election night, and that was the closeness of the election. I remember while flying to Hyannis election day recalling the Harris and Gallup polls and the others that showed Kennedy a winner a week before the election, which
of congressional relations for JFK; O'Brien's sense of duty as an American and his work ethic; Republican support for, and Sam Rayburn's help with, the Rules Committee changes; Judge Howard Smith; Senator Harry Byrd; JFK's popularity; lobbyist groups and cabinet

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 16 (XVI), 9/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, say, Humphrey in some of the primaries or try to build opposition to Kennedy in that way? R: I don't know whether he did it openly, but very obviously that was one of the few hopes he had. In West Virginia, for example, where [Robert] Byrd opposed

Oral history transcript, Conrad L. Wirth, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, Lyndon had many of the same qualities that Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia had. I say this because Harry Byrd had a great deal of confidence in the Park Service and, if I may say so, in me. He used to get requests from his constituents about the National

Oral history transcript, John C. Stennis, interview 1 (I), 6/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

a conservative--and Senator Harry Byrd Senior, and Senator George, and others., to have a prominent conclusion about certain phases of the bill, and then he could influence the liberals on the same bill with some other parts of it or some other emphasis

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