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Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh FISHER -- I -- 14 F: I think so. Me: He had a reputation, or gained a reputation, during his majority leadership days, as a wheeler-dealer. Do you recall any events or examples of legislation that really required his very
  • Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1943; casual relationship with LBJ in House for six years; controversial 1948 election of LBJ over Coke Stevenson; LBJ’s reputation as a wheeler-dealer; insecure politically in Texas; dedication of Medical
Oral history transcript, Tyler Abell, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • particularly qualified for one committee or another. But although he did these things that were so correct and so good and so proper, he frequently did them in a way that got people annoyed and gave him the image of being a wheeler-dealer. B: Did any of his