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

bill was originally drafted, and as you know, passed in 1935, national health insurance was in it because of the insistence of Senator Robert Wagner of New York, who had introduced the first national health insurance bill in the Senate in 1938

Oral history transcript, R. Sargent Shriver, interview 4 (IV), 2/7/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the commanding general, you're Robert E. Lee or you're Dwight Eisenhower or some overall director of a huge enterprise, and suddenly you find that you have made a breakthrough on your right flank, you have achieved a huge success, or on your left flank, wherever

Oral history transcript, Roy Elson, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1979, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 27 (XXVII), 1/30/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Charles L. Schultze, interview 1 (I), 3/28/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

to get it through was to come in with a tight budget. Now at what stage you've got to come in under a hundred was explicitly formulated by Harry Byrd and some of the other people, I don't know. But it soon became clear to the President that he couldn't

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 3 (III), 6/7/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. R: Look at it. Can you think of any really outstanding New York senators? Probably the best known was • • • I don't want to take you back as far as Roscoe Conkling. In this century about the only senator who was really well known is Robert F

Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

Oral history transcript, Clifton C. Carter, interview 1 (I), 10/1/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

'? We moved up here the first of January of 1961 and served in the Vice-President's office there. As a matter of fact, he was so short on personnel that the Army recalled Juanita Roberts and me to active service. She was a major in the WACS. and I

Oral history transcript, Russell B. Long, interview 1 (I), 2/22/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

for the Eisenhower Administration's measure. You know, he wanted a twenty dollar tax- L: That's right. That's right. G: Both Harry Byrd and Senator George on the Finance Committee with you were opposed to LBJ's version, and yet you got the Democrats to vote

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, A. Willis Robertson, interview 1 (I), 9/27/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

that will authorize the state to borrow up to $81,000,000. That's one per cent roughly of the assessed value of the land in Virginia. But pay-as-you-go was one of the things that Harry Byrd put through, and I helped him to do it. We wouldn't issue bonds to build
; General Douglas MacArthur; Harry Byrd; conservation; Civil Rights Acts; major changes in U.S. government in 35 years; accomplishments of the American people

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 11 (XI), 7/24/1986, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

being added to his committee. G: Wasn't [Harry] Byrd, [Sr.], still chairman of Finance? O: Yes. G: It seems like that Long is exercising more control over the committee than perhaps would be normal if he were not the chairman. How do you explain
-Wilbur Mills alternative to Medicare; Mills' changing views of Medicare legislation; LBJ's surprise meeting with Harry Byrd, Sr., regarding Medicare and the televised results of the meeting; Russell Long misusing William Fulbright's and Albert Gore, Sr.'s

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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, 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

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, Thomas H. (Admiral) Moorer, interview 1 (I), 8/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

and Admiral Dick Byrd, who had been his aide when he was Vice President. Also, that was immediately prior to the Israeli-U.A.R. confrontation, and, as a matter of fact, Prime Minister Wilson was in the White House at the time, LBJ Presidential Library http

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

Oral history transcript, William W. Heath, interview 1 (I), 5/20/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (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, 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, Mary Rather, interview 4 (IV), 6/10/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was perhaps a captain then and later on, before it was all over, was an admiral, was his aide, and Commander [Richard] Byrd was there at the Navy Department. We all knew him. He was in charge of the Bureau of Naval Personnel. G: Well, do you recall ever

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, 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, 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

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