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  • LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh INTERVIEW II DATE: August 24
  • Oral history transcript, Walter Jenkins, interview 2 (II), 8/24/1971, by Joe B. Frantz
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh Jenkins -- IV -- 2 J: Oh, all right. John Connally called me and said, "Would you 1 ike to go out and have dinner with Lyndon Johnson?" who is Lyndon Johnson?" this district. about?" him. II He said, "Well, he l s the congressman
  • sure you've gone over some of his subcommittee actions both in World War II and later. G: Yes. Did he do any selling of that legislation on the Hill, do you know? J: I don't remember that he did. G: No, let's see, this was 1947, so he was still
  • a corrmission in the navy or were offered one about the time you went into the army. J: Yes. G: Now, did you have any contact with Mr. Johnson during World War II, correspondence or anything of that nature? J: Well, I had one [personal contact]. I had
  • you remember that? I don't know any details of the meeting, although I remember Mr. Johnson feeling that Truman, having headed a similar co111T1ittee during World War II, would be a person he ought to meet with. G: Do you think Mr. Johnson