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Oral history transcript, Milton S. Eisenhower, interview 1 (I), undated, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

relationships were close from the very first. F: Without getting unduly partisan, at least Democratic partisans have always claimed that in a sense Mr. Johnson and Mr. Rayburn were two chief lieutenants of President Eisenhower on the Hill. Did you ever hear

Oral history transcript, Edwin L. Weisl, Sr., interview 1 (I), 5/13/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

get the feeling--I presume you knew Sam Rayburn fairly well-that in his later years Speaker Rayburn may have been a little jealous of the success of his protégé? W: Jealous of Johnson's progress? F: Success, yes. W: Quite the contrary. He

Oral history transcript, John William Theis, interview 1 (I), 12/1/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Russell's. As Johnson was a protégé of Sam Rayburn's he became, in a sense, at least a partial protégé of Russell's. Johnson went to the right well when he went to Dick Russell. They were fellow southerners. Johnson was of course a captive of his

Oral history transcript, Paul G. Hoffman, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of constructive opposition as Democrats rather than just an outright opposition. I presume as Mr. Johnson's power grew that you found him no 1e ss effective despite the fact that he belonged to the "out" party. H: _I would ~don w~ F: s~ that with Sam

Oral history transcript, Frederick C. Belen, interview 1 (I), 11/7/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

of the problems was that Mr . (Sam) Rayburn (D-Texas, Speaker of the House) was the sponsor of the man that had gone out and gotten all of the endorsements . Just the other day, Mr . Swygert was reminding me of an incident when he was over to see me in my

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
relations in South Africa; meeting LBJ for the first time; Sam Rayburn; Democratic National Conventions of 1956, 1960, and 1964; political social gatherings; visits to the Ranch; working with Mrs. Kennedy on the Fine Arts Committee; White House furnishings

Oral history transcript, Timothy May, interview 1 (I), 10/28/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. It really wasn't a compromise, we just decided that this was the way we were going to do it. We were going to have Sam Rayburn and Johnson sitting in the front row of the audience, and this event was going to be telecast on statewide television. We would

Oral history transcript, Chester R. Huntley, interview 1 (I), 5/12/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Kennedy-F: Did you get the impression he'd placed too much faith in the power of the Senate? H: That, and I think he also placed too much faith in the power of his old friend, the House Speaker, Sam Rayburn, and a few of the key Democrats throughout

Oral history transcript, Charles L. Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

stories. I think he thought Lyndon Johnson had a terribly good sense of humor, and he loved telling stories about him. I remember he said that after the election he and Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson were playing golf down in Palm Beach. Sam Rayburn

Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Oral history transcript, Eugene M. Locke, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh -8- So I got back--I raised a little money for it, really, with Sam Rayburn, who I also knew. Well, I'll tell you another thing I did. When George Smathers and Frank Ikard came down

Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Oral history transcript, Claude J. Desautels, interview 1 (I), 4/18/1980, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Fantastic. How did Johnson deal with someone as conservative as Judge [Howard] Smith on the Rules Committee? D: I guess he'd call him. by then. No, he didn't have Rayburn. McCormack was the speaker. Rayburn was dead Of course, the old Judge had

Oral history transcript, W. Averell Harriman, interview 1 (I), 6/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

Senator Johnson and Congressman Rayburn, didn't think much of the committee, didn't support it. other senators did join, I've forgotten which ones. Some of the I could find out who they were; it's in the record. M: Yes. H: I remember Adali Stevenson

Oral history transcript, J.R. Parten, interview 2 (II), 2/29/1976, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Rayburn because that committee was a House committee. F: Right. Let me ask you a personal question. Now you're a successful . businessman and you move in a businessman's circle; have businessmen ever sort of looked on you as a, oh, I don't know

Oral history transcript, Frank E. Moss, interview 1 (I), 2/16/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

they? M: No, they didn't. I don't remember that Rayburn was in the room right at that time, but he'd issued a statement, a strong statement, against Johnson accepting it. But it was an historic thing because of the events that came later. That's what

Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

officially begin his campaign until after the Senate adjourned that year, and thereby destroyed any chance that he would actually have of getting the nomination. But at any rate, Cliff and Speaker Rayburn and others, members of the Texas delegation

Oral history transcript, George L. Mehren, interview 1 (I), 2/18/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

with the White House or the Congress, directly. B: I was wondering if the question of controls on the products like beef had come up, and Mr. Johnson and Mr. Rayburn had gotten involved in it. M: No, I think everybody else literally, with no intent

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

of the Republican side, through my years here, say that Mr. Rayburn and r~r. Johnson were two of a kind. that once they gave you a commitment, they stood by their word. So at least you knew that he wasn't going to turn or change his mind on you. But I think