Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Title:

Oral history transcript, Joseph W. Barr, interview 1 (I), 8/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz

Number of Pages:

29

Description:

Biographical information; House Banking and Currency Commission; Sam Rayburn; Inter-American Bank; International Development Association; Hoover Commission; campaigns for Congress; Kennedy appointment to the Treasury; Chairman of the FDIC; May 1965 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 of investment credit with Vietnam War; Bill Martin; credit crunch; Senators Russell and Stennis; tax policies; TROIKA; Quadriad; 1968 travel tax; raising debt; limitations removal of gold limit for Federal Reserve Notes; close communications with other departments involved; gold pool; strengthening of the dollar; promotion of Common Market in Europe; surcharge extension; tax reform proposal; consultation by Nixon staff; 1967 inconsistent economic forecasting; Group of Ten; estimation of LBJ

Contributor:

Barr, Joseph Walker, 1918-1996

Collection:

LBJ Library Oral Histories

Collection Description:

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Series:

Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories

See Also:

See all online interviews with Joseph W. Barr

Subject:

Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961; Vietnam

Relation:

Go to Interviewee bio page

Rights:

Possibly copyright restricted: see deed at end of transcript for details