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Telephone conversation # 1495, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 1/23/1964, 1:17PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS BYRD FOR SUPPORT ON TAX BILL IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE, ASKS FOR GENERAL MOTION ON ALL EXCISE TAXES
  • Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966
  • Telephone conversation # 1495, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 1/23/1964, 1:17PM
  • HARRY BYRD, SR.
Telephone conversation # 1510, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 1/23/1964, 5:40PM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS BYRD FOR VOTE ON TAX BILL; BYRD REPORTS THAT ALBERT GORE WILL FILE A MINORITY REPORT; RICHARD RUSSELL AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; RUSSELL LONG; BYRD PROMISES TO WORK BEHIND THE SCENES ON TAX BILL
  • Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966
  • Telephone conversation # 1510, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 1/23/1964, 5:40PM
  • HARRY BYRD, SR.
Telephone conversation # 1456, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 1/22/1964, 12:06PM (Item)
  • BYRD REPORTS ON STATUS OF TAX BILL, ALBERT GORE AMENDMENTS; BYRD ASKS LBJ TO MEET WITH RAYMOND GUEST, CANDIDATE FOR AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENT TO IRELAND
  • Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966
  • Telephone conversation # 1456, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 1/22/1964, 12:06PM
  • HARRY BYRD, SR.
Telephone conversation # 1496, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and HARRY BYRD, SR., 1/23/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • "MJDR FROM SEN. BYRD"
  • BYRD REPORTS ON 8-9 VOTE THAT DAY IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON EXCISE TAXES IN TAX BILL, SAYS HIS VOTE CARRIED MOTION IN LBJ'S FAVOR
  • Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966
  • Telephone conversation # 1496, sound recording, JUANITA ROBERTS and HARRY BYRD, SR., 1/23/1964, time unknown
  • HARRY BYRD, SR.
Telephone conversation # 466, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 12/13/1963, 11:33AM (Item)
  • Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966
  • Telephone conversation # 466, sound recording, LBJ and HARRY BYRD, SR., 12/13/1963, 11:33AM
  • HARRY BYRD, SR.
Telephone conversation # 293, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 12/5/1963, 2:14PM (Item)
  • HARRY BYRD, SR.
  • "#2"; "(RE BURKE KNAPP)"; "NOT TRANSCRIBED-BEGAN BUT FADED-SEN. H"; "SEN. H" IS CROSSED THROUGH; ANDERSON ON HOLD 0:50; LBJ IS MEETING WITH HARRY BYRD, SR., AT TIME OF CALL; PREVIOUSLY OPENED 4/1994
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS MEETING WITH BYRD ON FEDERAL BUDGET; BYRD GREETS ANDERSON; ANDERSON DISCUSSES IMPORTANCE OF ALLIANCE FOR PROGRESS, EXPRESSES CONCERN ABOUT TAKEOVER OF OIL INDUSTRY IN LATIN AMERICA, RECOMMENDS APPOINTMENT OF BURKE KNAPP; FRB
  • Byrd, Harry F. (Harry Flood), 1887-1966
Telephone conversation # 1999, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 2/10/1964, 11:04AM (Item)
  • JOHN WILLIAMS' ATTEMPT TO DELAY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE CONSIDERATION OF TAX BILL; HARRY BYRD'S PROXY TO BE HELD BY LONG; LBJ ASKS SECRETARY TO LOCATE HARRY BYRD
Telephone conversation # 225, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 12/2/1963, 10:20AM (Item)
  • ANDERSON REPORTS ON HIS TALK WITH HARRY BYRD, SR., ON TAX BILL; BYRD'S PROBLEMS WITH ALBERT GORE, SR., ON BILL; POSSIBILITY OF PASSING BILL BY YEAR'S END; LBJ'S TALK WITH CLINTON ANDERSON ON BILL; EFFORTS TO PREVENT WASTE IN MILITARY; US ECONOMY
Telephone conversation # 16, sound recording, LBJ and GEORGE SMATHERS, 11/23/1963, 2:10PM (Item)
  • STATUS OF TAX BILL IN SENATE; EFFORTS TO ENLIST COOPERATION OF HARRY BYRD, SR.; BYRD'S CONCERNS ABOUT FEDERAL BUDGET; LBJ SAYS HE CANNOT ABANDON JFK'S PROGRAM IN ORDER TO PASS TAX BILL; SMATHERS' CONVERSATION WITH HHH ABOUT HHH AS POSSIBLE VP
Telephone conversation # 570, sound recording, LBJ and RALPH DUNGAN, 12/20/1963, 1:10PM (Item)
  • DUNGAN DISCUSSES SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE HANDLING OF COFFEE AGREEMENT; HARRY BYRD, SR.'S COMMENTS ABOUT AGREEMENT; PAUL DOUGLAS' OBJECTIONS TO AGREEMENT; DISCUSSION OF AMBASSADORIAL APPOINTMENT FOR FRANK COFFIN; APPOINTMENTS TO SEC, OTHER AGENCIES
Telephone conversation # 574, sound recording, LBJ and EVERETT DIRKSEN, 12/20/1963, 1:35PM (Item)
  • DIRKSEN DISCUSSES DISAGREEMENT IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ABOUT VOTE ON COFFEE AGREEMENT, SUGGESTS LBJ CALL HARRY BYRD, SR.; LBJ EXPRESSES IRRITATION WITH STATE DEPT; APPOINTMENT FOR WILLIAM MACOMBER; LBJ DISCUSSES HIS VIEWS ON APPOINTING
Telephone conversation # 250, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 12/2/1963, 7:35PM (Item)
  • DILLON DISCUSSES HIS TALK WITH HARRY BYRD, SR., ON STATUS OF TAX BILL IN SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE; POSSIBLE AMENDMENTS BY ALBERT GORE, SR.; QUESTION OF COMPLETING COMMITTEE ACTION BY CHRISTMAS; LBJ ASKS DILLON TO MEET WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN, JOHN
Telephone conversation # 256, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 12/3/1963, 10:50AM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES MIKE MANSFIELD ARRANGING MEETING BETWEEN LBJ AND HARRY BYRD, SR., TO DISCUSS THE FEDERAL BUDGET AND OTHER MATTERS
Telephone conversation # 468, sound recording, LBJ and MCGEORGE BUNDY, 12/13/1963, 11:45AM (Item)
  • BUNDY REPORTS ON STATUS OF SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE HEARINGS ON COFFEE AGREEMENT, PAUL DOUGLAS' OBJECTIONS TO AGREEMENT; LBJ COMPLAINS ABOUT DOUGLAS, DELAY IN HEARINGS ON TAX BILL, HARRY BYRD, SR.'S HANDLING OF TAX BILL, AND DOUGLAS DILLON'S PLANNED
Telephone conversation # 1385, sound recording, LBJ and RICHARD RUSSELL, 1/16/1964, 4:15PM (Item)
  • TAX BILL; LBJ REFERS TO FATHER-SON NATURE OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; RUSSELL'S INFLUENCE ON SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE; HARRY BYRD, SR.
Telephone conversation # 1386, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN MCCLELLAN, 1/16/1964, 4:20PM (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES POSSIBILITY OF APPOINTING CARL ROWAN TO REPLACE EDWARD R. MURROW AT USIA AND INFORMS MCCLELLAN THAT ROWAN IS A NEGRO; APPROPRIATIONS FOR USIA; BUDGET; TAX BILL?; HARRY BYRD, SR.; MCCLELLAN'S CRITICISM OF USIA
Telephone conversation # 1415, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 1/18/1964, 11:16AM (Item)
  • ANDERSON DISCUSSES PURCHASE OF BULL AS GIFT FOR LBJ; BOB MCKINNEY'S POSSIBLE APPOINTMENT TO AEC; LBJ PRAISES GLENN SEABORG; LBJ ASKS ANDERSON'S HELP ON NASA; ROBERT MCNAMARA, COMMUNICATIONS SATELLITE; HARRY BYRD, TAX BILL
Telephone conversation # 1204, sound recording, LBJ and EUGENE MCCARTHY, 1/6/1964, 7:46PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MCCARTHY TO WORK FOR THE CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; TIMING OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL AND TAX BILL IN SENATE; PAUL DOUGLAS; RICHARD RUSSELL; HARRY BYRD, SR.; RUSSELL LONG; EVERETT DIRKSEN; ALBERT GORE
Telephone conversation # 1579, sound recording, LBJ and TELEPHONE OPERATOR, 1/25/1964, time unknown (Item)
  • LBJ DISCUSSES HIS NEGOTIATIONS WITH CHARLES HALLECK ON UNIDENTIFIED BILL, NEGOTIATIONS WITH HARRY BYRD ON TAX BILL; LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM; BOBBY BAKER INVESTIGATION; OPERATOR ANNOUNCES RALPH DUNGAN HAS LEFT THE OFFICE
Telephone conversation # 1235, sound recording, LBJ and KERMIT GORDON, 1/8/1964, 10:37AM (Item)
  • FEDERAL BUDGET; PRESS AND BUSINESS COMMUNITY SUPPORT; DISARMAMENT; TAX BILL; POVERTY PROGRAM; LBJ WANTS ANDERSON TO TALK WITH EISENHOWER, HARRY BYRD, JOHN WILLIAMS, AND JOHN BYRNES; LATIN AMERICAN POLICY
Telephone conversation # 1277, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 1/8/1964, 7:40PM (Item)
  • VANCE HARTKE; ABE RIBICOFF; TAX BILL; THE ECONOMY; GEORGE SMATHERS AND ALBERT GORE; RUSSELL LONG; SENATE FILIBUSTER; HARRY BYRD AND WALLACE BENNETT; SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE; J. WILLIS ROBERTSON; DIVIDEND TAX CREDIT
Telephone conversation # 1920, sound recording, LBJ and MIKE MANSFIELD, 2/7/1964, 11:30AM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS MANSFIELD'S OPINION ON CUBA, GUANTANAMO WATER CRISIS; MANSFIELD READS STATEMENT HE MADE EARLIER IN THE DAY; CUBAN FISHERMEN IN CUSTODY IN FLORIDA; CUBAN NATIONALS ON BASE; TAX BILL; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; HARRY BYRD
Telephone conversation # 1921, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 2/7/1964, 11:36AM (Item)
  • HEALTH OF MRS. MILLS; CONFERENCE ON TAX BILL; MILLS LISTS HOUSE OBJECTIONS TO SENATE VERSION OF TAX BILL; HARRY BYRD; TIMING OF PASSING TAX BILL AND CIVIL RIGHTS BILL
Telephone conversation # 2000, sound recording, LBJ and LARRY O'BRIEN, 2/10/1964, 11:06AM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH RUSSELL LONG ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON TAX BILL; HOUSE ACTION ON CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; MIKE MANSFIELD; JOHN WILLIAMS; HARRY BYRD
Telephone conversation # 2003, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT KENNEDY, 2/10/1964, 6:30PM (Item)
  • DISCUSSION OF CIVIL RIGHTS BILL STRATEGY IN SENATE; MIKE MANSFIELD; HARRY BYRD; EVERETT DIRKSEN; RICHARD RUSSELL; CLOTURE IN SENATE; ROY WILKINS
Telephone conversation # 2200, sound recording, LBJ and WILBUR MILLS, 2/26/1964, 11:55AM (Item)
  • LBJ CONGRATULATES MILLS ON PASSAGE OF TAX BILL, ASKS ADVICE ON PROPOSED STATEMENT AT SIGNING CEREMONY ON TV TONIGHT, ASKS ABOUT MRS. MILLS' HEALTH; JOHN BYRNES, HARRY BYRD, SR., RUSSELL LONG'S CONTRIBUTIONS TO BILL; MILLS' RESPONSE TO CHARLES
Telephone conversation # 4185, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 7/8/1964, 3:46PM (Item)
  • LBJ REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH EVERETT DIRKSEN ABOUT INTEREST EQUALIZATION TAX BILL; DILLON REPORTS ON HIS CONVERSATION WITH GEORGE SMATHERS; DISCUSSION OF POSITIONS OF PAUL DOUGLAS, HARRY BYRD, SR., CLINTON ANDERSON, JOHN WILLIAMS ON BILL
Telephone conversation # 3823, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 6/23/1964, 1:08PM (Item)
  • DILLON REPORTS ON HIS TESTIMONY TO SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE ON FEDERAL DEBT LIMIT; HEAD COUNT ON EXCISE TAX BILL, POSITION OF HARRY BYRD, SR.
Telephone conversation # 3438, sound recording, LBJ and DOUGLAS DILLON, 5/13/1964, 4:35PM (Item)
  • DILLON REPORTS ON STATUS OF ANNUAL DEBT CEILING LEGISLATION; CONCERNS THAT BILL WILL BE DELAYED BY CIVIL RIGHTS BILL FILIBUSTER; POSSIBILITY OF GOVT SHUTDOWN; WILBUR MILLS; HARRY BYRD, SR.
Telephone conversation # 5677, sound recording, LBJ and RUSSELL LONG, 9/24/1964, 5:30PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS LONG FOR REPORT ON CONFERENCE COMMITTEE ON MEDICARE PROVISIONS OF SOCIAL SECURITY BILL; LONG GIVES LBJ PESSIMISTIC REPORT; POSITIONS OF WILBUR MILLS, HARRY BYRD ON MEDICARE; PARLIAMENTARY TACTICS FOR VOTE IN HOUSE ON MEDICARE ISSUE
Telephone conversation # 7082, sound recording, LBJ and JOHN WILLIAMS, 3/18/1965, 2:14PM (Item)
  • LBJ ASKS WILLIAMS TO MEET WITH HIM AND HARRY BYRD, SR., TODAY AT WH ABOUT TREASURY SECRETARY APPOINTMENT; WILLIAMS TELLS LBJ THAT SENATE IS ABOUT TO VOTE TO SEND VOTING RIGHTS BILL TO COMMITTEE
Folder, "[June 11, 1968 - Leadership Breakfast]," Meeting Notes Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • 6/11/68 TO: Marie Fehmer FROM: Barefoot Sanders Resume of Leadership Breakfast, Tuesday, June 11, 1968 'J The Leadership Breakfast today was attended by Senators Mansfield and Byrd, Speaker McCormack, Congressmen Albert and Boggs
Telephone conversation # 74, sound recording, LBJ and CLINTON ANDERSON, 11/27/1963, 10:31AM (Item)
  • LBJ THANKS ANDERSON FOR HIS MESSAGE, ASKS HIS ADVICE ABOUT CARRYING THROUGH WITH JFK'S PLAN TO PRESENT AWARD TO ROBERT OPPENHEIMER; ANDERSON SAYS LBJ SHOULD DO SO, SAYS LBJ SHOULD NOT TRY TO PASS TAX BILL THIS YEAR AND THUS ALIENATE HARRY BYRD, SR
Telephone conversation # 700, sound recording, LBJ and WHITNEY YOUNG, 12/23/1963, 10:35PM (Item)
  • 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
Telephone conversation # 8343, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT BYRD, 7/15/1965, 2:50PM (Item)
  • RECORDING STARTS AFTER CONVERSATION HAS BEGUN; POOR SOUND QUALITY; BYRD IS ALMOST INAUDIBLE
  • BYRD ASKS LBJ'S SUPPORT FOR AMENDMENT TO MEDICARE BILL TO LOWER VOLUNTARY RETIREMENT AGE TO 60, TELLS LBJ SOCIAL SECURITY FUND CAN SUSTAIN IT; LBJ TELLS BYRD TO DISCUSS ISSUE WITH LARRY O'BRIEN, PRAISES BYRD; RENT SUBSIDY PROVISION OF HOUSING BILL
  • Byrd, Robert C. (Robert Carlyle), 1917-
  • Telephone conversation # 8343, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT BYRD, 7/15/1965, 2:50PM
  • ROBERT BYRD
Oral history transcript, Eugene McCarthy, interview 1 (I), 12/12/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , there wasn't much in 1958 to I don't remember much in the way of pressure on particular issues. G: Did he defer to Harry Byrd? M: lAlell, everybody sort of deferred to Harry. person. He was sort of a nice He was carrying on in the tradition of old
Telephone conversation # 2995, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT BYRD, 4/10/1964, 4:55PM (Item)
  • ABOUT 1:30 OF OFFICE NOISE WHILE LBJ WAITS FOR OPERATOR TO REACH BYRD
  • POSSIBLE NOMINATION OF JUDGE CHARLES S. CHRISTY?; DEMOCRATIC POLITICS IN WEST VIRGINIA; CIVIL RIGHTS BILL; BYRD'S PAST SUPPORT FOR LBJ
  • Byrd, Robert C. (Robert Carlyle), 1917-
  • Telephone conversation # 2995, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT BYRD, 4/10/1964, 4:55PM
  • ROBERT BYRD
Folder, "The Message - Vol. II [2 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)
  • . Ervin Non-coinm.ittal. Gruening Okay. Muskie Sounds pretty go6d, but warns that Scn~tors will bo conce1·ned ahout rol of cc1·tain existing agencies such as FA.A, after trans!e1· to new Dopt,.2/: All the way with us I •Ribicoff Harris Open mind
Folder, "The Message - Vol. II [1 of 2]," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 2 (Item)
  • a wait and see attitude . - Inouye Bayh Montoya Harris - Tydings REPUBLICANS Cooper Fong Boggs - - Pearson ... ... - -- ~ Murphy• -- - T ---- HIGHWAY SAFETY .,, SENATE COMMERCE COMMITTEE DEMOCRATS Magnuson Pastore - Monroney - 0
Folder, "The 1964 Task Forces," Transportation Department, Legislative Background and Domestic Crises File, Box 1 (Item)
  • Lee White, Charles then Special Zwick, Counsel to the President then an Assistant Daniel O'Keefe, Office Department who helped in Washington, D, C. Director Harry Bush, Gen. William Charles 2. who wrote then chairman McKee, Schultze