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President's Daily Diary entry, 5/20/1966 (Item)

) . Mrs Jac k Brooks * Cong. and Mrs. Hale Boggs an d a friend of theirs Sen. an d Mrs. Harry Byrd, Jr. Senator Sparkman Vicky McCammon and Simon McHugh The President and Mrs. J. ate dinner here and visited w/ ol d friends Departed White residence

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 6 (VI), 12/9/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

[NAID 24617781] I don't know, I don't. More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh I remember some conversation about Virginia was very bad at it, and Harry Byrd was sort of the leader of that place and he

Oral history transcript, Henry Hall Wilson, interview 1 (I), 4/11/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

to the Senate. And Senator Byrd,at that time chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, chose to stall. hearings on it. He wouldn't even start Now after Dallas, President Johnson called in Byrd and made a deal with him that he would limit the budget
congressmen for a vote; red-tagging memos to LBJ; logrolling and congressional favors; the problems in passing home rule and beautification; Otto Passman; LBJ gets Senator Byrd to commit to hearings on the tax cut.

Folder, "Walt Rostow, Vol. 86: July 1‑4, 1968," Memos to the President, NSF, Box 37 (Item)

at the time of the Pop• la ■o her• a■klna that yo'll cowd attend the f'llneral of Senator Robert Kennedy •onal repre ■ eatatiY• Warm of Hi ■ Halble••• r•1ard■• Lyndon B. Jobn•on Hi ■ Eminence The Moat Rneread Aqelo Cardinal Vicar General I

Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 1 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)

II, " O ther C om m ercial T ra n sa ctio n s, ” o f title 28, “ C om m ercial In s tn m ie n ts an d T ransac tio n s , ” o f t h e D istrict o f C olim ib la Code, an d for oth er p urposes (R ep t. No. 1323). B y Mr. BYRD o f V irginia, from th e

Folder, "3 A (2) Gulf of Tonkin, 1964 - 68, 2 of 3," Country Files, Vietnam, NSF, Box 77 (Item)

(Cong. Record, p . 1 7 8 3 4 ); Lausche (Cong. Record, p . 178 35 ); Randolph (Cong. Record, p . 173 3 6); Sparkman (Cong. Record, p . 17838) B a r t l e t t (Cong. Record, p . 178 39 ); Byrd (West V ir g in ia ) (Cong. Record, p . 17839) and Clark (Cong

Oral history transcript, Clifford P. Case, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

natural, you This is part of the general equipment of a leader and also just of a politician. He worked hard at the job and incessantly. think that was one of the great things about him. Bobby Byrd is very much the same. He's incessant. I

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 1 (I), 8/17/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. But he was looked upon, he and Harry Byrd--Harry Byrd was the more conservative by far--but they were looked upon as the powers in the Democratic southern bloc. And then in the Republican side there was Eugene Milligan of Colorado, and there was Bob Taft
Initial awareness of LBJ; Senate run by Southerners; Tidelands; political albatross; DC’s Southern atmosphere; Dick Russell; Harry Byrd; Eugene Milligan; Bob Taft; LBJ as a political operator; LBJ’s relationship with David Dubinsky; Walter George

Oral history transcript, Darrell Royal, interview 1 (I), 4/29/1987, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

that he would do that for the football coaches’ association. It was a highlight of a lot of our careers. G: Sure. Tape 1 of 1, Side 2 G: I have a note here from March of 1967, about noon, that you were out at the Ranch with Colonel Harold Byrd. Do you
at the White House; Bear Bryant; visiting the Ranch with Colonel Harold Byrd; LBJ’s death; LBJ’s leisure time; LBJ’s health; how Royal met LBJ.

President's Daily Diary entry, 2/22/1968 (Item)

Templ e _ „ _ ___ n. _ „_____ __ _- _ _ _______™_____ ^ pob _ ; j, ^ : . __ _ „ _™__ _^ ____ _ ,. . _ _ _ j 2:04p t : 2:15p | I Sen . Rober t Byrd . A s th e Presiden t wa s o n the phone , Ly n played wit h a musica l -o

Folder, "February 6, 1968 - 1:14 p.m. Tuesday Luncheon Meeting," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 2 (Item)

showed it outside territorial waters. Secretary Rusk: Yes sir, there was a position report two days before showing it in international waters. (The President then left the room to talk to Senator Byrd who had called the President. The President

Oral history transcript, Melville Bell Grosvenor, interview 1 (I), 4/28/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Johnson? G: The ftrst time I met him was when he was vice president and he kindly came to the dedication of the Richard Byrd Memorial Statue out on the approach to Arlington. The National Geographic supported Byrd for many, many expeditions back
Contact with LBJ; dedication of Richard Byrd Memorial Statue; award for the Hubbard Medal; Senator Byrd's garden party; Jane N. Smith Medal; building dedication; White House Historical Association; presidents book; The Living White House; LBJ

Folder, "Presidential Decisions-Gulf of Tonkin Attacks of August 1964-Volume III, Tabs 32-33," National Security Council Histories, NSF, Box 39 (Item)

President's Daily Diary entry, 8/28/1967 (Item)

Johnson e president to th e Cabine t room fo r Leadershi p Meetin g (Senate ) w/ Sen . Russell Long e Mansfiel d . Rober t Byrd 1 PMG Manato Lawrenc Manatos ^ e O'Brien agenda to DT , ' [ j Mike ^, e e Califan o -pl , j y (includ e visite d

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/29/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)

to be the house guest of the H a r r y Byrd, J r' s . And then at noon there was the cutting o f the ribbon i n 'the lobby of the Department of L a b o r, at the opening of the A r t s and C rafts exhibit by handicapped p e rs o n s . Jane W irtz had asked me

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/8/1967 (Item)

. We pretty much went over th e Democratic Senators name by name, consentrating especially on those known to be against us. No special decision was made, but target areas were designated--especially Senator s Byrd and Spong of Virginia. Sen. Irvinof N

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/15/1965 (Item)

Abe Forta s Roy Wilkins - NYC(bv.l ) Senator Ralp h Yarboroug h (ret . hi s call ) (b . 1) Senator Rober t Byrd (ret . hi s call ) (b.l ) Larry O'Brie n (b . 1) AG Katzenbach Marvin Watso n (pl) John Gardne r (M W went i n w/ hi m bu t the n ou t - - B

Letter, Lyndon B. Johnson to Lady Bird Johnson, 5/12/1952 (Item)

r RICHARD B. RUSSELL, GA., CHAIRMAN HARRY FLOOD BYRD, VA. LYNDON B. JOHNSON, TEX. ESTES KEFAUVER, TENN. LESTER C. HUNT, WYO. JOHN C. STENNIS, MISS. RUSSELL B. LONG, LA. STYLES BRIDGES, N. H, LEVERETT SALTONSTALL, MASS. WAYNE MORSE, OREG. WILLIAM F

Record copy, Address, Jefferson-Jackson Day Dinner, Clarksburg, West Virginia, 5/7/60 (Item)

for me to delay I am proud the Senate -- Jennings Humphrey be with us. Ben, for asking me to made it coming. Randolph colleagues and Bob Byrd to see the Senator -- take time from I am sorry who gets when my schedule -- so keep sending lt

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 3 (III), 11/29/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

face to find out that a vote he had counted on had been taken away from him. I remember one time Knowland thought that he had Harry Byrd's vote. Byrd was downtown somewhere and Johnson sent somebody to talk to him and then caught him before he came

Oral history transcript, Hubert H. Humphrey, interview 2 (II), 6/20/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Treasury] George Humphrey was not one of his favorites. In this one, I think that LBJ got all of the Democratic votes over the opposition of Harry Byrd and George, which is really no small ordeal. But he tried hard to get George. He almost had him. Then he

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 5/16/1965 (Sunday) (Item)

Situation in Dominican Republic; Lady Bird watches Arthur Schlesinger on TV; Lady Bird and LBJ to church in Smithburg, MD; Lady Bird bowls with June White and David Brinkley; Lady Bird and LBJ to Senator Harry Byrd's home in Berryville; Luci Johnson

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1950" (Item)

, for which there was some hope of Senate acceptance. A second cloture attempt fails on July 12. 5/21 CTJ and LBJ are invited to Rosemont, the home of Harry Byrd, for a luncheon. 5/22 81st Club luncheon. 5/23 CTJ attends Mrs. Truman’s luncheon

Oral history transcript, Leverett Saltonstall, interview 1 (I), 10/31/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was the senior Republican on that committee. Senator Russell who was the chairman of our committee made Senator Johnson chairman of that sub-committee because Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia was the Finance Committee LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Strom Thurmond, interview 1 (I), 5/7/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

like that. G: Did he play a role in the highway legislation, to establish the interstate highway system? T: Well, Senator Harry Byrd came before our Public Works Committee in 1956, and opposed that bill on the method of financing and helped to defeat

Oral history transcript, Jacob Javits, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

firsthand experience with [Mike] Mansfield and Bob Byrd, so I couldn't answer that. End of Tape 1 of 1 and Interview I 8 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

President's Daily Diary entry, 5/15/1968 (Item)

floo r dinin g room fo r CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHI P BREAKFAS T Mike Manatos AGENDA o n Pag e 2 Larr WEDNESDA Y e u p cal l b y th e operator--President , said call m e bac k i n twent y minute Joe Califano Jim Jone s Note: Senator Rober t Byrd wa s

President's Daily Diary entry, 7/26/1968 (Item)

!Activity Code LD 2:07p President 2:13p Joe 2:14p 2:17 p President 2:32p Phyllis (include visited by) ture through mjdr's office to oval office w/ Jim Jones Califano to Fish Room to greet Senators Harry Byrd, Jr. & Wm. Spong and the J. E. B. Stuart High

Oral history transcript, Earle C. Clements, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. The first time we had an opportunity was when I told him that Bob Byrd and Jennings Randolph were going to win by a landslide in West Virginia. You know he could get a little blustery at times, but he finally agreed to speak in West Virginia under certain

Folder, "November 20, 1967 - 5:05 p.m. Bipartisan Congressional Leadership," Papers of Tom Johnson, Box 1 (Item)

Schultze Under Secretary Joseph Barr Mr. Gardner Ackley Mr. Arthur Okun Senator Mike Mansfield Senator Robe rt C. Byrd Senator George A. Smathers The meeting began at 5:05 p. m. SERVICE SET Senator Carl Hayden Senator John J. Williams Senator Richard B

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 4/30/1964 (Thursday) (Item)

erien ce a t Roy a l t y ^ ^ ^ Lu ci a r r iv e d fiv e minutes ahead o f schedule - Oh! Surpr i s e fo r m e ! - thi s m orning, at the im posing white columned b r ic k home of State Senator H a r r y Byrd. The f i r s t big event o f the day

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

Folder, "Whistle Stop [6 of 6]," Liz Carpenter Subject Files, White House Social Files, Box 11 (Item)

the special train rolls across Virginia, several members of the Byrd family are expected to grace the back platform during the· Fint Lady"s appearances. Byrd Kinfolk Are Expected to be There Not neces~arily D'emocratic Sen. Ha1Ty F. Byrd-who ran out

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/18/1964 (Saturday) (Item)

Lady Bird meets with Abe Fortas about art; to National Geographic Society dedication and LBJ's speech; story about Rebekah Johnson; Scandinavian trip in Fall 1963; Sen. Harry Byrd & explorer brother, Richard; to Camp David with Bill White, Jack

Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 3/9/1964 (Monday) (Item)

Lady Bird meets with Bess Abell, Liz Carpenter & Angier Biddle Duke about upcoming state visits and entertainment; meeting with Mr. Boudin and Mr. West about drapes for East Room; The Elms; concert by Charlie Byrd for children of Congressional

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

Oral history transcript, Oveta Culp Hobby, interview 1 (I), 7/11/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

. Then almost invariably I would talk to the minority leaders or General Persons, who was General Eisenhower's chief of congressional liaison. So, yes, I talked to Senator Johnson. I talked to Senator Byrd because Senator Byrd was the ranking Democrat

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, 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, Dorris Powell, interview 1 (I), 1/22/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

them. She drove over those muddy red clay roads, and sometimes, when there would be a real rainy spell for a week, she would stay with some friends in Marshall, one of them being Helen Byrd, the Episcopal rector's daughter. She stayed at the rectory

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