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- . . FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY {J5 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 6, 1964 - 10:00 a. m. REWLARKS BY MRS. LYNDON B. JOHNSON DEDICATION OF SAM RAYBURN STATUE RAYBURN HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON, D.C. Mr. Speaker, friends and admirers of Sam Rayburn: The fir
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- Press release, "Remarks by Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson, Dedication of Sam Rayburn Statue, Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC, 1/6/1965"
- leaves Washington for Austin by train with Rayburn CTJ is vice president of UT Ex-Students Association in Washington, D.C. 07/2024 12/28 Sam Houston Johnson weds Albertine Summers. 12/31 LBJ is en route back to Washington, after visiting Johnson City
- The Johnsons spend Christmas of 1949 in Texas, having dinner and the tree at Mrs. Sam Johnson’s home and stockings at 1901 Dillman Street. January 1/3 Congress convenes; Sam Rayburn is sworn in as Speaker of the House. 1/4 President Truman delivers the State
- is 48 Democrats, 47 Republicans, 1 Independent (Wayne Morse). Morse votes with the Democrats to organize the Senate, giving the Democrats a 49-47 majority. The party ratio in the House is 231 Democrats to 203 Republicans; Sam Rayburn is once again
- of Constitutional Principles,” criticizing the Supreme Court desegregation decision and pledging lawful means to overturn it. (Another “manifesto” is issued on 7/13 by 83 southern representatives attacking the civil rights bill.) LBJ and Sam Rayburn did not sign
- McCormack meet with Truman at 10:45 a.m. Truman had just held a meeting with General Eisenhower, who is leaving today for Europe. Luci and Lynda host a birthday party for Speaker Rayburn during the afternoon. That evening the Speaker and Miss Lou Rayburn
- House to the courthouse, because I believe - - like Speaker Sam ,Rayburn used to sa y - - that it is the party that cares about people . You know better than anyone else in the U.S . the experience L yndon has - - 2 4 years in the Congress, three years
- assassination. It was one of the greatest stories she ever covered, she declared, "a,
- , and Sam Houston Johnson. 4/16 LBJ arrives in Chicago by train, meets with Navy officials, re: training program at the Pier. LBJ leaves Chicago for Washington by rail. 4/17 LBJ arrives in Washington. Alternative War Activity for LBJ: Late February 2
- folks of all you've done to provide parks, college s and water projects during your long legislative career. As a Texan, the highest compliment I can pay you -- and I do want to pay you a high compliment -- is to say you are a man of the Sam
- House of Representatives in Austin; afterwards, LBJ held meeting with O’Daniel, sounded out his intentions; O’Daniel tells him he will not run; O’Daniel announces he is naming Sam Houston’s last surviving son, General Andrew Jackson Houston, as interim
- . In the House, Charles Halleck defeats Joseph Martin for minority leader. Martin had served as the Republican leader since 1939. Rayburn is re-elected speaker. The Senate consists of 64 Democrats and 34 Republicans, including 2 senators from the new state
- to Mr. Rayburn about it. He thought Kennedy was going to ask me to run with him, and he said, "Don't get caught in that trap. Don't accept." 1 had told him that I had no plans and no expectation. So I told Kennedy that Rayburn was against it, and he said
- would not permit budget limitations to block a request for all the military funds he personally feels necessary to gain full parity with USSR. News report says that while LBJ is advocating high level bipartisan approach to missile program, Rayburn
- Building. January Johnsons return to Washington the first week in January. 1/4 Roy Hofheinz visits KTBC. 1/6 Congress convenes. LBJ is present at a birthday party for Sam Rayburn, who receives hat from FDR. 1/20 Letter: LBJ appointed chairman
- or land forces as may be necessary to maintain or restore internal peace and security.” 10/19 Governor Robert Kerr of Oklahoma speaks at a Democratic rally in Wichita Falls. Sam Rayburn, Allred, LBJ, Myron Blalock, W.H. Kittrell, Lindley Beckworth
- Foundation to honor the late D. B. Hardeman, former aide to Speaker Sam Rayburn and noted authority on the history and operation of the Congress. Members of the committee are: Donald C. Bacon, coeditor of the Encyclopedia o/ rhe United States Congress; Dr
- of which they had not been able to locate. I still have the pain too. . . . I still think I will go to Mayo Clinic but do not know just when.” 3/25 A banquet is held in Austin honoring Sam Rayburn; 1600 attend. Sam Low writes LBJ regarding tentative plans
- conference in New York with Sam Rayburn. 8/20 LBJ apparently flies to Houston Wesley West’s plane. 8/21 LBJ flies to Tyler en route in Quitman, where he addresses the Old Settlers Reunion. 8/26 LBJ addresses a joint meeting of Lion and Rotary Clubs
- to fellow Democrats outlining a plan for party strategy. Under this plan, which has the support of Sam Rayburn and Hubert Humphrey, the Democrats would not oppose the Eisenhower Administration but would wait for the Republicans to feud among themselves. Two
- Hannegan, Arthur Bagby, Ed Clark, Albert Jackson, William Kittrell, Arch Underwood, Sam Rayburn, Representatives Pickett, Combs and Lyle., 1/23 LBJ went to see Grace Tully to tell her that the Federal Judge in Austin had died and to remind her of Alvin
- . Former Speaker of the Hom1cCarl Albert The discussions of the 1950s, led by D. B. Hardeman (left) and Ralph Huitt, revolved around Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson and Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn, who dominated national politics in that period
- of Congress of Hardeman Book Collection By Michael L. Gillette D. B. Hardeman, a former aide to Speaker Sam Rayburn in lhe 1950s, has given his 9,000 volume book collection to the LBJ Library. Considered one of the most extensive private collections
- to the Interior Department have been abandoned. The transfer had been recommended by the Hoover Commission on Reorganization of the Executive Branch. 4/25 Mrs. Bob Bartley hosts a tea for Miss Lou Rayburn. Fagan Dickson, executive director of the Loyal Democrats
- ) and LBJ dine with Speaker Rayburn; they discuss Miss Lou’s arrival in latter part of January. 1/19 LBJ writes Bess Beeman: “Bird has been very depressed over this [Aunt Effie’s death] although we all realized it was better for her to go than to continue
- only to look around us to see the evi aences of this spi r itj the massive McGee Ben Dam and reservoir dedicated to our beloved Sam Rayburn, the i mproved ports and waterways , the advances in hurri cane protection . I am proud that my husband as your
- to table the motion. 1/4 Democratic Advisory Committee holds its initial meeting. Although LBJ and Rayburn have declined to serve on the DAC, two senators, Kefauver and Humphrey, are members. During debate on Anderson’s motion on Rule 22, Nixon offers
- ; and Terry Sullivan, Government Department.) The Hardeman prize is named for the late aide to Speaker Sam Rayburn, who left a bequest to the Library. (For other mention of the Hardeman bequest, see page 7.) Professor Oshinsky\ book. A Conspiracy So Immense
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- ) Presidential Library see also LBJ Clippings (from Pegler Papers...) Hope, Bob Hopkins, Welly K. Hornaday, Walter Horses (LBJ and) Hot Line Hotchner, A. E.: "The White House: A Presidential Entertainment in 2 Acts" Houston, Sam Hoveyda, Fereydoun "How Great
- 1945 12/26/45 LBJ (Lyndon Johnson) goes to Austin intending to spend only ten days, part of which he spends in Dallas with Speaker Rayburn. January 1/8 Stag party honoring Sam Rayburn is scheduled at summer cabin on the shores of Lake Texoma. LBJ
- and under its bright beam with nighttime lights. Early on. I bumped into Mr. Sam Rayburn one evening who said: "Isn't it the most beautiful sight in the world?" When Pearl Harbor came, the lights brieny went out. I knew then that when they came on again
- under dis cussion, Connally brought up Caro ·s charge from his earlier book, 1he Path to Power, that Johnson "betrayed" Speaker Sam Rayburn by refusing to join Rayburn ·sand the Texas delegation's support of John Nance Garner's bid for the presiden cy
- D.B. Harde man wrote a biography of Sam Ray burn titled Rayburn: A Bioxraphy, and Lawrence Wr,ight (right), whose In The New World is a mov ing portmit of a young man's matu rity in the 1960s. The Library invited al,) the presi dential candidates
- , will participate. D. B. I lardeman was a long-time aide to Speaker Sam Rayburn and a serious historian of Congress. He donated his extensive 14 collection of rare books on Congress to the LBJ Library and the funds to award a prize each year for the best book
- of the Democratic conference. LBJ meets with Slatterly and asks her to return the letter to Douglas because a meeting of the conference has already been called for 1/12. 1/11 LBJ attends a meeting at the White House for congressional leaders. 1/12 Rayburn
- -1992 period, is the seventh winner of the Library's D.B. Hardeman Prize. Funded by the LBJ Foundation, and named for the late aide to Speaker Sam Rayburn, the $2,000 prize is awarded biannually to encourage scholarly research on the Congress
- for Justice: The Passion and Politics of Phillip Burton. The $1,000 award was created from a bequest left to the Library in 1981 by D. B. Hardeman, long-time aide to Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn and, later, House Majority Whip Hale Boggs. Hardeman wanted
- Faulkner, President, University of Texas al Austin October 20 An Evening with "Mr. Speaker, Sam Rayburn." November 3 An Evening with Ambassador William vanden Heuvel December 7 An Evening of Cowboy Poetry and Music LBJ State and National Parks Coming
- came from the late D. B. Hardeman of Texas, who served as an aide to and biographer of Sam Rayburn, the longtime speaker of the U.S. House of Repre sentatives. In a bequest to the LBJ Library following his death in 1981, Hardeman gave his personal
- will be an nouncedat the Library April I. 1992. The prize. funded by a grant from the Foundation, is named in honor of the late D. 8. Hardeman, aide to Speaker Sam Rayburn and noted au,thorityon the U.S. Congress, who donated h-is extensive collection