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Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 5 (V), 9/12/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • system from what he considered to be excess regulation. Jimmy was probably ahead of himself, and he proceeded to do that but he would brook no opposition from anyone. The Comptroller of the Currency is a one-man operation--no board, no nothing--he's
Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 3 (III), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • the authority to lift it. Eisenhower said he wanted it lifted, and finally Rayburn sent me around to talk to a few people. I talked to Brookings and all these other guys, and I came back and I said, "You know, it doesn't make any sense. After all, we've got