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Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

friendly to labor than not. I imagine they had some talks--if not he, perhaps his brother Sam Houston would have talked to some of them. B: Actually, I suppose the real question is how Governor Stevenson got the AF of L? M: That really is, and I don't
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Committee; Gerry Siegel; LBJ’s staff members; Sam Rayburn; 1956 fight between Shivers and LBJ; Byron Skelton; Mrs. Loyd Bentsen; Mrs. Frankie Randolph; The Lyndon Johnson Story; LBJ had to work for the 1960 campaign; convention politics; H.L. Hunt’s

Oral history transcript, Byron G. Skelton, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

to be a very great friend of Speaker Sam Rayburn and President Truman and that he would support the Democratic Party in whatever it undertook. B: Was Mr. Rayburn directly involved in the campaign too? S: Behind the scenes. Of course, he was for Lyndon
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
First meeting LBJ in 1948; certification of the election; vote contest; Allan Shivers; Sam Rayburn; Governor Stevenson’s campaign in Texas; Democratic Organizing Committee; Rayburn’s influence in Texas Party; Democratic Advisory Council; 1956

Oral history transcript, Luther Holcomb, interview 1 (I), 6/24/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

there was occupied by Mr. Truman; then Speaker Sam Rayburn was there. But Robert L. Clark had taken a suite for Senator Johnson in the Baker Hotel just across the street. dinner in the suite, as I recall. We had arranged to have In addition to Mr. Clark, Mary

Oral history transcript, Frank W. Mayborn, interview 1 (I), 11/11/1983, by Ted Gittinger (Item)

Sam Rayburn, who was a very able fellow, figured that the best solution was [having Johnson on the ticket], and he, being respected by everybody, was in a position to do it. I think he worked out the agreement as a sure-fire way to bring

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

who were opposed to this, as I learned subsequently. B: That would have been people like John Connally? V: John Connally and Price Daniel and, indeed, Sam Rayburn. The President tells very amusing stories about Bob Kerr, how much he was opposed

in it. We did have communications with Washington many, many times in connection with the tidelands issue both with Senator Johnson and Speaker Rayburn. Then we had litigation involving the attendance at the various state schools by Negroes and this was all
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
; Coke Stevenson; involvement in Washington litigation while LBJ was Senator; the Leland Olds case and the Texas oil industry; Allan Shivers, Adlai Stevenson and Sam Rayburn in the 1952 election; getting the Adlai E. Stevenson/John J. Sparkman Democratic

Oral history transcript, Robert S. Strauss, interview 1 (I), 5/22/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

of power in America. The truth of the matter the Senate wasn't; the statehouses were. I think Mr. Johnson and Mr. Rayburn, having grown up as products of the Washington scene, misjudged it worse even than people like me. Their environment was solely

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