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Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 19 (XIX), 6/13/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, George Sandlin, interview 2 (II), 3/12/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Lyndon Johnson and Mr. Rayburn, when they get here and attend that rally, to get on the platform and tell them no way, they're not going to stand for that." Let them uphold the law. If they'll do that, then rn open the convention with the committee report

Oral history transcript, William S. White, interview 2 (II), 3/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

. He was an intuitive politician. Rayburn and the old fellows in the Senate and the House all felt that. They didn't give a damn about national committees, and he didn't either. He felt they were something of a nuisance, and he just sort of let anybody

Oral history transcript, Walter Washington and Bennetta Washington, interview 1 (I), 12/10/1971, by T.H. Baker (Item)

request, more or less, to try to get some additional support from certain congressmen. So I rode over to the Rayburn Building with him, and then came back to the White House and went upstairs to see the President. By the time I got there John had placed

Oral history transcript, Frank Oltorf, interview 1 (I), 8/3/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 11 (XI), 12/20/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Oral history transcript, Robert S. McNamara, interview 1 (I), 1/8/1975, by Elspeth D. Rostow (Item)

--Messrs. Rayburn and Johnson--and he put them on the telephone. And of course I fell into the trap, explained the whole matter to Vice President Johnson, outlined the reasons why I thought Connally was the best qualified and asked his opinion