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  • Series > Transcripts of LBJ Library Oral Histories (remove)
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  • Date > 1969-02-26 (remove)

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  • for reelection in 1952. I didn't run that year. I had had three terms in the House, and I expected to go back into business and didn't of course because President Eisenhower talked me into going to work for the State Department. F: You were Assistant
  • the detailed maneuvering that was going on. B: In 1952 you said you managed Stevenson's campaign in Texas? H: No, Mr. Rayburn was the manager. The state officials, except for John White, either supported Eisenhower as [Allan] Shivers and Price Daniel did
  • know, we were running against Eisenhower, and it was pretty much an uphill race. It was quite difficult to even get speakers to represent the Democratic position, particularly to try to educate and elevate the people of this country to accept him