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Oral history transcript, Katie Louchheim, interview 1 (I), 4/1/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Russell, of course, was Armed Services; Carl Hayden had Appropriations; Ellender was chairman of Agriculture and Forestry; Byrd was chairman of Finance; Walter George, of Foreign Relati"ons. M: I hesitate to say that's a rogues' gallery, but they do have

Oral history transcript, Conrad L. Wirth, interview 1 (I), 8/5/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, Lyndon had many of the same qualities that Senator Harry Byrd of Virginia had. I say this because Harry Byrd had a great deal of confidence in the Park Service and, if I may say so, in me. He used to get requests from his constituents about the National

Oral history transcript, Alfred B. Fitt, interview 1 (I), 10/25/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

in the spring of 1967, after the freeze had been on for four or five months, a delegation from the Congress called on the President. These were senior members from--I've forgotten just what the makeup was, but I know that two of them were Randolph and Byrd

Oral history transcript, Solis Horwitz, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Hubert went around shaking hands with every southern Senator, congratulating them on having passed an FEPC bill. ~~ell, really, there was pandemonium. Senator Byrd, this was the old man you know, who had this high squeaky voice to begin with, he just

Oral history transcript, Walter G. Hall, interview 1 (I), 6/30/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, "Walter, here's what you've got to keep in mind. No politician can operate both on a state and national level with the exception of Harry Byrd. senator. He runs Virginia and he's also an influential But every other national politician has to look upon

Oral history transcript, Gerald W. Siegel, interview 3 (III), 2/11/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on which Douglas wanted to go on ·the Finance Committee, and Harry Byrd didn't want him on the Finance ·conunittee. S: This was a way of keeping him off Finance. In those days,-there were a lot of reasons for assignments, reasons of that kind

Oral history transcript, Lee C. White, interview 1 (I), 9/28/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

personal and working relationship with soce of the older souther~ Democrats--Harry Byrd, and Russell, a.."ld that crowd. And I heard him. say that Johnson was a pretty foxy old Qc-u,· who • how to get things done and that he was a good leader. k~ew

Oral history transcript, Dudley T. Dougherty, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, John Sherman Cooper, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

with President Carter. (Interruption) [There] developed a shortage of ammunition in Korea and a special committee was appointed. Virginia was chairman. Johnson. I remember Senator [Harry Flood] Byrd of I was on the committee and so was Senator We found out

Oral history transcript, Price Daniel, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/5/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)