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  • . Dean A. McGee, Chmn & Pres. , Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Inc. of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma reache d in NYC Sen. Robert Byrd, of W. Va. The President to the East Room for THE WmiE HousE Datf 15 December 1967 PREStDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON DAtLY DtARY
  • made to Senator Church Cong Ralph Harding out 4:04 pm To Press Office thru Lobby Gov William Scranton Scranton Pa To Walter Jenkins Office returned to office Senator Harry F Byrd Berryville Va call taken in WJ's office To mjdr's office Are you caught up
  • March 12 , 196 5 Friday White House Dr Burkley The Kitche n Bill Moyer s George Reed y Breakfast w/ Mrs Johnson To Ova l Offic e w / M W and Rufu s Youngbloo d Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia To Cabine t Roo m fo r meetin g wit h
  • --showing mary s the pictures in Life of the trip to Germany, _________ | approved a telegram of condolence to Cong. George E. Shipley upon the death | of his father „ Th j Senato i e President to the Cabinet Room to join r Robert Byrd and the West Virginia
  • ~ ../ FOR THE PRESIDENT FROM: JIM JONES ~ SUBJECT: Congressional Leadership meeting, Monday, October 2, 196 7 Attending were: Speaker McCormack, Congressmen Carl Alber_t and Hale Boggs, Senators Mike Mansfield and Robert Byrd, Postmaster General
  • or to Marvin for the U. S. Circuit Court position by Senators Robert"Byrd, Alan ~ible, and Dan'Brewster, and Congressman EdxEdmondson. Dean first publicly suppo ted Lyndon Johnson in 1959 when ·he worked in Northern Virginia for ~r. Jo nson: 1 s candidacy
  • his way, was the Attorney General, Mr. Robert Kennedy, who came really racing through, neither looking to the right nor to the left to get to the back of the plane. The only thing that I noticed was that I remember that he passed President Johnson
  • back to Washington D.C.; LBJ’s first night as President; the combined LBJ/JFK staff; Ted Sorenson; LBJ’s State of the Union address and concern over the budget; Senator Harry Byrd; getting the budget under $100 billion; task forces; Negro voting rights
  • BAYH, Birch BENNETT, Wallace F. BIBLE, Alan BOGGS, J. Caleb .13~'gRi)2~:!!.~~~ B. URDICK, Quentin N. BYRD, Harry Flood BYRD, Robert C. ANNON, Howard RLS ~ ank Clifford P. CH, Frank ---,~..-.4~K, Joseph s. COOPER, John Sherman COTTON, Norris CURTIS
  • - regarding second conversation with Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia reflecting a much more :emperate view toward Abe Fortas. President read it and smiled and handed it to Senator Eastland to read. 11:00a t Jones - pl 11:02a t Manatos - pl 11: 10a
  • $49, 050 Federal grant to the State of West Va., for two communities, South Charleston, and St. Albans. Sen. J. ·Randolph Sen. R. Byrd Rep. J. Slack 3/8 HUD $250, 000 Federal grant to · Clevelan·d , Ohio, representing the cost of d~molition
  • historic photographs of famed photographer Robert Capa, half of which had never before been displayed. The exhibit, a tra eling sh w titled " obert Capa: A etrospective, 19321954,'' wa sponsored by the Internation Cente f hotography. Capa, who overed some
  • close until Senator Robert Byrd came along. In the Fifties Senator Russell had an office at the corner of First and Constitution, close by one of the main entrances and exits to what is now the Russell Office Building but was then the only Senate
  • /refusal to change as times changed; LBJ’s change from a 'southern’ to a ‘western’ outlook; Russell as LBJ’s senate mentor; LBJ’s dominant personality and power of persuasion; Senator Robert Kerr; Jordan’s activities as advance man for LBJ in the 1960
  • , arriving at 9:55 (see travel activity) To Welch, West, Virginia via chopper w/ Sen. Byrd, Sen. Randolph, Jim, Kee, MF Arrive downtown Welch, West Virginia -- parade to reviewing stand - arrive there and vie w remainder of parade Walk to Pocahontas Theater
  • :45a 12:10 ; >' QL~> 12:15 p 12:25 jv p OF pT ,. - j e Hous e Da y Tuesda y y (includ e visite d by ) tur e e . -
  • Byrd, [Sr.], by this time? B: He was an old man by that time and like old men, at least the way old men used to be, he had his good days and his bad days. Usually to protect himself he had Senator Bob Kerr alongside him when I was up making
  • ; 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
  • to Santa Claus, who gave each child a toy, students of the Slavin-Nadel School of ballet pre­ sented an excerpt from "The Nut­ cracker Suite'' (right) and juggler Jack Byrd amused the children with his skill (below). Another entertainer was piano player
  • for 7:00 a wakeup 7:30a Breakfast 8:30a CONGRESSIONAL ' 11:15 The 9:25 Senator Robert Byrd 9:25 Senator Russell Long 9:25 Speaker John McCormack 9:25 Cong. Carl Alber t 9:25 Cong Hal e Boggs 9:25 Sen. Mike Mansfield 9:25 Joe Califano LEADERSHIP
  • began his day at (Place) Time 1 In Out at 11:02a 11:55a 11:03a t . 11:12a Robert Murphy Walt Rostow 11:35a 11:46a President Press (Nixon's Christian - in George . 11:25a in Christian - pl George President Day Activity (include visited
  • Senator Robert Byrd Postmaster General Larry O'Brien Barefoot Sanders Mike Manatos George Christian Jim Jones MEETING CONVENED: ,Cabinet Room at 6:16 p.m. MEETING ADJOURNED: 7:00 p. m. The President opened the meeting discussing the excise
  • Long Senator Robert Byrd Speaker McCormack Congressman Carl Albert Congressman Hale Boggs Postmaster General Larry 0 1 Brien Barefoot San ders Mike Manatos Jim Jones The President opened the meeting and read from the agenda (a copy of which
  • . Joh n Stennis ^ Miss . Sen Sen. Harr y Byrd , Va . Senato JSENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE / Sen . Car l Hayden , Ariz . Sen Sen. Alle n Ellender , La . Sen \ Sen . Liste r Hill , Al a ^SENATOR FOREIG N RELATION S ' ( Sen . J . W . Fulbright , Ark
  • , 1977 INTERVIEWEE : ROBERT OLIVER INTERVIEWER : MICHAEL L . GILLETTE PLACE : Mr . Oliver's home, Washington, D .C . Tape 1 of 1 G: Let's start out with your background basically, where you came from and how you became interested and involved
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  • Oliver, Robert
  • Oral history transcript, Robert Oliver, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Robert Oliver
  • then buzzed BIPARTISAN CONGRESSIONAL LEADERSHIP; secretary and asked that his Senator Mike Mansfield own Press conference of today Senator Robert Byrd be brought to him) The Vice President Senator Everett Dirksen Senator J W Fulbright Senator Bourk e
  • , it was very close, yes. G: And that two votes switched, Byrd, although I think he was talking about Robert Byrd. M: It must have been Bobby Byrd, because Harry wouldn't switch on that, yes. G: And the other one was [J. Allen] Frear, I think, Senator
  • INTERVIEWEE: ROBERT G. BAKER INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: Mr. Baker's residence, Silver Spring, Maryland Tape 1 of 2 B: You know, in your January 2, 1955 [chronology], your paragraph says that Drew Pearson criticized LBJ's support of Price
  • See all online interviews with Robert G. (Bobby) Baker
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  • Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 6 (VI), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
  • Robert G. (Bobby) Baker
  • reasonably intact, in good forIYl. The probleIYl was that Senator Byrd was holding out for SOIYle sort of gesture of saving IYloney, of being careful in expenditure control, that he could tie with the bill. Mr. Mills had his gesture, because we passed
  • on that Byrd, did not go along with it. ~ssociation committee~ Walter George and Harry I'm wondering if you can recall his with senators like Walter George and Dick Russell ~ who were sentor members of the [Senate]. C: r think Harry he had a good
  • of his continued hospitalization at Mayo’s. Juanita Roberts writes LBJ at Mayo’s and reports on the progress of the redecoration of LBJ’s office. 1/30 LBJ is released from Mayo’s and goes to Austin for a 2-3 week recovery period at the Ranch. February
  • 8:35a 9:07a Th t Jak yI . Jac k Valent i _ ^ _ T . Jac k Valent i , y Robert McNamar a e Jacobse n in Austin--JJ wa s enrout e t o Dallas--President_sai d neve r mind . , e President aske d fo r Directo r Leonar d Marks—h e wa s a t Stat e
  • $1. 75 To Senate gym Sen Tower Bill Theis and Jack Bell Sen Byrd (West Va) and group of constituents for handshake John McKee (Dallas) re: lunch for Henry Ford on Sept 11 Sen Russell Long Sen Yarborough and Ramsey Clark looked at USIA film on Berlin
  • Ribicoff Walker Stone in P-38 for lunch $2.75 William Wachter, vice president of University of Hawaii Col. Harold Byrd (Dallas) Judge Worley and Judge Jack Martin meeting with Senate leadership and Larry O'Brien and Mike Manatos on foreign aid
  • given by Harold Byrd dinner at Cipango Club with Mr and Mrs. Gene Chambers, Mrs. Johnson, MMW, Walter; Mr. and Mrs. McGaha, AW and Mariallen To Ranch - lodestar with same as came up with him * Selected names should be underscored. SEE VERSO FOR TRAVEL
  • 4 8:40 To Senator Byrd's residence in Berryville, Va. , w/ Senator and Mrs. Dod d via car 111 - w/ Mrs. Johnson, arriving Berryville at 2:00 To 4040 w/ Mrs. Johnson, Senator and Mrs. Dodd - making a brief stop to drop off the Dodd s at their home
  • Lunch at Camp Radley - Peace Corps Camp #2, Puerto Rico, Bill Byrd director of camp Leave Camp Radley via helicopter Arrive Barran quitas, Puerto Rico Graduation Ceremony for Peace Corps Volunteers - Barranquitas, Puerto Rico Leave Barran quitas via
  • LBJ ASKS FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR STATE OF THE UNION MESSAGE, RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CIVIL RIGHTS COMMISSION, DISCUSSES JET MAGAZINE STORY ABOUT LBJ NOT HAVING PHOTOS TAKEN WITH CIVIL RIGHTS LEADERS; LBJ'S MEETING WITH HARRY BYRD, SR. ON TAX BILL
  • . Left about 1:00 Peter Hurd arrived. We looked around for suitcase spot and decided on three-bedroom in Aspen. Hurd worked for 1 1/2 hours with President. 2. ? Slept 11:30-1:30 2:30 Lunch Bowl 3. 6:25 To heliport to greet the McNamaras, the Byrds
  • Joined by the President. 12:00 With the President and Luci; visited with Colonel Harold Byrd (Dallas) and Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Royal (Athletic Director, University of Texas). 1:05 Lunch with the President, Luci, Roy White, Jake, Marie, Mary. 4:20
  • Day Wednesday May 4, 1960 P-38 Date Activity (include visited by)* Expenditure Code LD Arrived P-38 Sen Bob Byrd, re: going to West Virginia Senator Johnson opened the Senate Texas Delegation luncheon In P-38 -- Se n Talmadge, James Gray
  • :30p 2:30p 2:55p f 3:00p 3:15p 4:00p 6:00p t 6:10p f 6:15p f 6:30p 6:35p f 7:00p 8:00p 8:30p May 25, 1960 Expenditure Code John Connally Sen Bob Byrd Senator Johnson opened the Senate Texas Delegation lunch In P-38 -- John Connally S. J. Hay