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This is an interview with Congressman Wright Patman in his office at
2328 Sam Rayburn Building, Washington, D.C., on August 11, 1972.
The
interviewer is Joe B. Frantz.
P:
Lyndon Johnson
- LBJ’s civil rights interest; Sam E. Johnson; Ku Klux Klan issue in Texas legislature; farm to market roads; LBJ as secretary to Dick Kleberg; rural electrification; Russell Chaney; NYA; discussion with Rayburn regarding LBJ running for Senate
- about Hr. Johnson.
Anyway, they didn't
They were talking about how Sam
Rayburn, the speaker, had been against Mr. Johnson taking the vice
presidency.
Hartin Agronsky gave that story in some detail and the
other men talked.
I was somewhat
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- of events of appearance of LBJ during presidential campaign and after the JFK assassination; influence of Sam Rayburn on Dickerson's career; aftermath of JFK assassination