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Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 2 (II), 10/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh wanted to get my judgment of what was going on in Harris County. But mainly I think he just wanted me there, and since I had done the program this was a way of saying, "I thank you, and come on. Let's go on to the Austin
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

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