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<p>[QUOTE="Texas John, post: 1136064, member: 25813"]Joe Barr was defeated for re-election to Congress in 1960, the same year JFK was elected. He began a new career as a political operative in the Treasury Department. By 1968 he was a Treasury Undersecretary. </p><p><br /></p><p>The Democrats lost the White House that year, and LBJ wanted to do a favor for the soon-to-be unemployed Barr. Henry Fowler quit as Treasury Secretary so LBJ could appoint Barr to fill the final month of his term. Thus Barr would be able to say he was an ex-Treasury Secretary, a useful title for the career in banking he was about to pursue.</p><p><br /></p><p>The BEP feels no need to only print notes bearing the signatures of people in office. It made a bunch of plates bearing Barr's signature, and used them for months after he was out of office.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Texas John, post: 1136064, member: 25813"]Joe Barr was defeated for re-election to Congress in 1960, the same year JFK was elected. He began a new career as a political operative in the Treasury Department. By 1968 he was a Treasury Undersecretary. The Democrats lost the White House that year, and LBJ wanted to do a favor for the soon-to-be unemployed Barr. Henry Fowler quit as Treasury Secretary so LBJ could appoint Barr to fill the final month of his term. Thus Barr would be able to say he was an ex-Treasury Secretary, a useful title for the career in banking he was about to pursue. The BEP feels no need to only print notes bearing the signatures of people in office. It made a bunch of plates bearing Barr's signature, and used them for months after he was out of office.[/QUOTE]
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