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Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • that they all did their best. F: Did you find Carl Hayden fairly easy to work with? B: Yes. F: He had not lost his grasp? B: He had not. The old gentleman was a wonderful gentleman. He was amazingly astute. I found all of them--Senator Harry Byrd
  • appointment as Under Secretary; appointment as Secretary; Representative Mahon; Chairman Mills; Mr. Burns; Carl Hayden; Senator Harry Byrd; Senator Kerr; John Williams; tax cut; funding of IDA; coinage problems; 1965 tax law regarding excise taxes; repeal
Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 3 (III), 5/8/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • no bones about it. They didn't attempt to be nonpartisan or bipartisan or anything else. They were after their own state and their own industries. Period. No ifs, ands, or buts about it. He said, "They call old Harry Byrd the protector of the budget. If I
  • ; 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
Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 2 (II), 1/16/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • appointment as Under Secretary; appointment as Secretary; Representative Mahon; Chairman Mills; Mr. Burns; Carl Hayden; Senator Harry Byrd; Senator Kerr; John Williams; tax cut; funding of IDA; coinage problems; 1965 tax law regarding excise taxes; repeal