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  • by Original Sponsors 3/13/50 S.1008 Analyzed by Hon. Robert Elliott Freer, Former Chairman of the Federal Trades Commission. 3/14/50 Legality of Certain Pricing Practices 3/20/50 A&P Arc Violator and Convicted Criminal, Boasts of Times it "Beat the Rap"3/20/50
  • Senator Senator Mansfield Dirksen Robert Byrd Hayden Kuchel Russell Smathers Williams Young Speaker McCormack Representative Ford Representative Boggs Representative Bow Representative Byrnes Representative Laird The P resident Opened meeting by saying
  • have withdrawn their troops and therefore the U.N. cannot make exceptions for Israel. 2/22 Assistant Secretary of State Robert Hill attempts to deliver Dulles’ reply to LBJ’s letter of 2/11 to LBJ’s Senate office. LBJ meets Hill as he is leaving his
  • Eisenhower delivers the State of the Union address at 12:30; afterward LBJ meets with JFK and Robert Kennedy. The Democratic Conference meets at 3:30. At the conference, Gore introduces a motion to expand the Democratic Policy Committee from 9 to 15 members
  • in position on the civil rights issues? C: Well, that was a gradual thing for a lot of people. Take [Harry F., Sr.?] Byrd, same way later. But when you become the leader, you really do have to shift a little bit. You have to represent a national attitude
  • majority leader; Joe McCarthy; political divisions in North Carolina; Samuel James Ervin; Kerr Scott’s regard for LBJ; Robert Rice Reynolds; William B. Whitley; LBJ’s power in the Senate; Bobby Baker investigation; Bill Knowland; the issue of tobacco 1954
  • of good will in the Senate, not much partisanship or not much political wrangling. You had Senator Russell, and let's see who else: Senator Harry Byrd [Sr.], and Senator Johnson, Senator [John] Stennis and [Henry Styles] Bridges and [Leverett] Saltonstall
  • that the Istop Kennedy' people could do him, fine. In West Virginia we had such obvious Istop Kennedy' people as that bigot Robert Byrd helping us. M: Helping in quotation marks almost there. R: "Helping," yes. But his sole motivation was to stop Kennedy
  • at that particular time. One of the most exhaustive hearings for me occurred one night with Senator Robert Byrd of West Virginia, who was then chairman of the District Committee. He invited only a few of us as witnesses, including Tom Fletcher, the deputy mayor
  • ; Congressman Ken Gray's involvement in issuing a permit; Congressman John Marsh's effort to stop a permit from being issued; Senator Robert Byrd; Congressman Wayne Aspinall; laws governing demonstrations in Washington, D.C.; Castro's and the Southern Christian
  • INTERVIEWEE: John Connally INTERVIEWER: Robert Dallek PLACE: Governor Connally's office in Houston, Texas Tape 1 of 1, Side 1 C: --everything being in writing, and about making memos of everything, and consequently, I have not, during my entire career
  • Oral history transcript, John B. Connally, interview S-I, 6/30/1988, by Robert Dallek
  • ., Nrlrus UIHLEIN, Robert A, Jr., Milw., Wisc. VAUGHN,Williams., Rochester, N.Y. VICKIBS, Harry F ., New York City VILA, George R., New York City VIRDEN, John c., Cleve., Ohio WATI.INGTON,Jolm F .,Jr., Winston-Salem, N • Car. WATSON,Thomas J., New York City
  • of Wisconsin seeing everybody he could see . Because [Robert M .] LaFollette [Jr .], who was his opponent, had not come home--had sort of moved to Washington and forgotten he was a Senator from Wisconsin--the people voted for the person they saw
  • Robert McNamara, and other high officials Governments participated 2. President in the meetings. Park and President bonds of friendship traditiona.lly Johnson reaffirmed existing Korea and the United States and their tain th~ closest cooperation
  • Department for inland waterways and no change in FAA patent policy. I assured him on both p:>ints. He also expressed opp,sition to a delay in highway construction and urged repeal o! the Byrd "pay-as-you-go" provision on the Highway Trust Fund. This would
  • , 1972 INTERVIEWEE : ALLEN BARROW INTERVIEWER : JOE B . FRANTZ PLACE : The home of James Jones in Tulsa, Oklahoma . Tape 1 of 1 F: Judge Barrow, first of all, how did you get involved with Senator [Robert S .] Kerr? B: It was in his 1948
  • Kennedy, Robert F., 1925-1968
  • Early involvement with Senator Robert Kerr; first contact with LBJ; Sam Rayburn and Kerr; managing Kerr campaigns; Kerr's early interest in LBJ for president; LBJ's work for Oklahoma; organizing Oklahoma for LBJ; 1960 Democratic National Convention
  • column and radio broadcast. LBJ wants to see the memoranda to see who has come up with ideas. 1/25 Robert E. Lee is confirmed as a member of the FCC by a 58 to 25 Senate vote, despite the controversy which arise because of Lee’s association
  • in President Truman’s 1948 budget. Meeting of special session of the State Democratic Executive Committee in Austin, called by Chairman Robert W. Calvert at the request of Governor Beauford Jester, makes plans for taking over organization and financing
  • particularly. There might have been some State Department involvement along the route. G: Was Harry Byrd involved in--? O: I don't remember. But I should emphasize that this was not the exclusive domain of Kerr and Anderson, but they were in senior
  • CEL.LIElt, N,Y., CHAIRMAN MICHAEL A, P'EIGHAN, OHIO -- - - EDWIN £. WILLIS, LA. PltTIE:,. W. RODINO, JR., N. J. BYRON G. ROGERS, COLO. HAROLD D. DONOHUE, MASS. JACK llllOOKS, TEX. WILLIAM M. TUCK, VA. ROBERT T. ASllMORE, S.C. JOHN DOWOY, TEX. BASIL L
  • intrude on the D. c. Committees in the House and Senate and could interfere with the D. C4! Appropriation.··. As you know, Senator Byrd has promised to have the D4! c. 'Appro­ priation bill here by Saturday. This could interfere with ·that ' ; schedule
  • a conservative--and Senator Harry Byrd Senior, and Senator George, and others., to have a prominent conclusion about certain phases of the bill, and then he could influence the liberals on the same bill with some other parts of it or some other emphasis
  • , that he was being away from Washington an abnormal amount? M: Well, he was. I mean, so it seemed to me. I didn't know what normal was at the time. I figured maybe other senators were away that much, too. Bob Byrd is never away that much now. Mike
  • ? J: It required appropriations. It may have required legislation, but I think we had enough legislative authority if we could get the appropriation for such a development. Senator [Robert] Byrd of West Virginia was bitterly opposed because he
  • Tidewater that for Fitzpatrick, Ffa.rr;pton, I.H. and blue. at meetins Plane Robinson, > A. white above and they like coverage Raleighi._Ji~. Mrs. Robert T.F. of Young Dems., 15 of the 60 planned dressed as Portsmouth, Vice Mayo
  • Release from Senator Johnson Regarding Nomination of Secretary of Defense Release from Senator Johnson Regarding Confirmation of Robert B. Anderson Telegram from Senator Johnson to Jack Neil of KTRM, Beaumont, Texas Statement of Senator Johnson Regarding
  • and new ideas exciting the country that we were finally going to do something significant. The tendency, too, with Indian Commissioners--both with Nash and his successor, Robert Bennett--is that they would spend much of their time in what I would call
  • Indian problems; Indian Bureau; Philco Nash; Robert Bennett; Alaska; VISTA; transition; relations with Mexico; oil; tidelands
  • was [Robert] McNamara's lawyer for those hearings. You may recall that as we saw the major issue in the hearings, the issue was whether or not the civilian leadership in the Pentagon and President Kennedy, at that time, had the right, in effect, to censor
  • . Petri, Kenneth M. Pierce, Walter M. Pinchot, Governor Pitts, J. Joseph Prediction on States (Present Democratic, Probabilities) Presidential 1940 Press Releases to Congressmen Purl, George C. Ramsay, Robert L. Randolph, Jennings Raubut, Louis Rayor, Mrs
  • ) shook hands with Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Campbell and Bill; Mrs. W. H. Culbertson (Dallas) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 3:20p 3:30p 3:45p 4:00p 4:30p 5:30p 6:15p 8:00p f f t Expenditure Sen Eastland Mr. Halaby (FAA) Bobby Sen Bob Byrd White House to see
  • Young Democrats by Vivian Smargon and Charles Byrd EXPENDITURE CODE: A C E SP - Automobile Cab Entertainment Special Plane CP R T RR - Commercial Plane Restaurant Tips Train TRAVEL ACTIVITY Diary Entry No. 1 23 Departure Time From (Place) 9:45a
  • Roosevelt Street Bethesda, Maryland Knudsen, Robert L. 3 712 Woodburn Avenue Annandale, Va. Fisher, William H. 29 Flag Green, SW. Washington, DC. Wolfe, Frank 4328 Taney Avenue Alexandria, Va. Moravek, William 11128 Snughaven Lane Fairfax, Va. Matheus
  • Okamoto, Yoichi R. (Yoichi Robert), 1915-1985
  • to the dining room to confer w/ Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Roy White on plans for theTHHHHH^: construction of their bedrooms at the Ranch House. Plans are to enlarge the President and Mrs. Johnson's bedrooms. President 5 min said Col. Harold Byrd, from Dallas ] Mr
  • Title Silk Screen Sign Co. Sironi, Robert Specialty Sales, Inc. Sonier Sterncraft Manufacturing Arnold Suchonick REJ Systems Services Superior Match Style Art G. G. Tauber Co. (Identi-Kits) Texas Plastics, Inc. Thompson Novelties, Inc
  • : Yes. G: Do you recall the circumstances of that? O: No. There was just a lot of movement up and down the stairway. G: Then Robert Kennedy went and talked with the Johnson people--Johnson, Rayburn, Connally, and the like--and told him
  • ) to be his running mate and O'Brien's and Robert Kennedy's (RFK) response; LBJ adding "geographical balance" to the ticket; JFK's meeting with LBJ to gauge his interest in the vice presidency; RFK's relationship with JFK; O'Brien's interview with Mike Wallace
  • Services Committee. Senator [Richard] Russell was chairman. Styles Bridges was the senior Republican. Lyndon was number three on the committee on the Democratic side, Russell being the chairman and Harry Byrd, Sr. of Virginia, now deceased, the next in rank
  • up a little ticket of Harry Byrd for president and you for vice president. Did that ever have your blessing? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More
  • temper and why senators respected it; partisanship in the Senate; John F. Kennedy; Robert F. Kennedy; Jimmy Hoffa; LBJ's interest in space; foreign aid under Eisenhower; LBJ's Senate work; Robert McNamara; LBJ keeping JFK's staff members; LBJ's
  • you want to recount the story? Sure, what little bit I know about it . really between Senator [Robert] of Texas, My recollection that it was Kerr of Oklahoma and Senator Johnson and it was up to Senator McFarland, would confer with all
  • and Speaker McCormack, Hale Boggs,[Carl] Albert, also Byrd [W .Va .], the leadership generally . So as a result, they would have this resume . I suspect that they didn't read it as religiously as the President did . Another thing that happened
  • was then either Cy [Cyrus] Vance's special assistant or general counsel to the army. That was September 1962. We got into this--I shouldn't say we, I got into it on the Saturday before the Sunday night in which the rioting really hit its peak. Mr. [Robert