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- Collection: Indiana University Libraries Modern Political Papers
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Convicts Anonymous Blood Drive Assistance
A letter from Convicts Anonymous in Michigan City, Indiana, requesting Senator Bayh's assistance in setting up a blood drive to benefit U.S. troops in Vietnam. A response from a Bayh staffer, Steve Lesher, notes, "I found your letter extremely…
Eisenhower letter of March 2, 1964
The insights of former President Eisenhower, which advised replacing the Speaker of the House in the chain of succession with a sequence of Cabinet members, were sought and incorporated. Knowing that the House, despite having 22 proposals related to…
White House Statement - Jan 28 1965
Bayh and his staff had managed to line up 72 cosponsors and they reached out to the White House, resulting in a mention of succession legislation in the State of the Union speech. On Jan 28 the White House sent a full-fledged endorsement of S. J.…
Katzenbach letter of Feb 18, 1965
On February 18, the day S. J. Res. 1 was to be the pending order of business in the Senate, press reports made Bayh and his staff aware that Everett Dirksen might join Roman Hruska’s effort to replace the resolution with an enabling amendment only,…
Letter from Sen. Ken Keating to Sen. Birch Bayh
A key barrier was Senator Ken Keating of New York, who had favored an enabling amendment rather than one specifying procedures in the event of Presidential disability. On March 26 he sent Bayh a letter with a detailed analysis of S. J. Res. 139,…
Memorandum to Senator Birch Bayh about Vietnam and USSR
A memorandum to Senator Bayh briefing him on a meeting with Cyrus Eaton, who recently returned from a trip to the Soviet Union. His conclusions are summarized in the memo indicating the situation is very grave noting a high probability that the…
Photograph of presidential succession hearing
After/before Presidential succession hearing in the Old Senate Office Building committee room: Rep. Craig Hosmer (R-CA); Rep. Emmanuel Celler (D-NY); Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN), Rep. William McCulloch (R-OH)
Photograph at a presidential succession hearing
After/before Presidential succession hearing in Old Senate Office Building committee room: Rep. William McCulloch (R-OH); Rep. Emmanuel Celler (D-NY); Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN)
Photograph of House Hearing luncheon on presidential succession
House Hearing luncheon, Presidential succession: Sen. Birch Bayh (D-IN) and [House Judiciary Committee?]
Photograph of House Judiciary Committee hearing on presidential succession
House Judiciary Committee hearing on Presidential succession, S.J. Res. 1