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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
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
Folder, "Volume I - Narrative History, Part II, Trimble Task Force [1 of 2]," Department of Transportation Administrative History, Box 1 (Item)
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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 10/4/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • & Yale; Lady Bird praises her staff; LBJ has stag dinner for 30 Senators; Lady Bird visits with Sen. Harry Byrd; rift between the Johnsons & Stewart Udall about Vietnam; Lady Bird dines with Lynda Johnson & Chuck Robb; TV program on new District
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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 2/26/1964 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • Lady Bird's trip to New York for clothes fitting; lunch with Billie and Wendy; Tax Bill passed and signing ceremony; LBJ's speech and praise for Sen. Byrd; LBJ & Lady Bird to Mrs. Kennedy's house to present 4 signing pens; presentation of tray
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
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 11/1/1967 (Wednesday) (Item)
  • about not running for re-election; tea with friends; visit with Johnson daughters; story about Yuki; Johnsons meet King and Queen for State Dinner; exchange of state gifts; exchange of toasts; entertainment is Charlie Byrd; Lyn Nugent
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
Folder, "Correspondence with Old Texas Friends (1964-1966)," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)
  • the gas boom in northwestern New Mexico, Colorado and Utah. Since then have been working in Texas and the Arkansas Valley area of northwestern Arkansas, where we are now drill­ ing a wildcat. In the interim have releived myself of the great Harold Byrd, he
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 9/11/1964 (Friday) (Item)
  • d his two d a u g h t e r - i n - l a w s , H elen (M rs . R ic h a rd Byrd) and G re tc h en (M rs. H a r r y B yrd, J r . ) b e fo re I got to h i m . H e le n sounded e a g e r and i n t e r e s t e d and said she would phone m e back. G r e t
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
Folder, "Dominican Republic," VP Papers, VP Security Files, Box 3 (Item)
  • vicepreaide.nte de clonal de Citlot aon rrlatinmrn­ los Ellado,. Unlt.loa de Amtrlca. te pocos, pero qu 1 Joe que 1 ,. .,ftoro Lad,- Byrd do John,on, l•n nti• roclblendo tultun , •l,116 uta maftana la Eacuolo • oducocl6n. rlOftal de Clt100 7 el bo1plt1I de for 1u