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  • on the Democratic committee we had to set up after Shivers and his group went off, I called Rayburn in Austin--oh, yes, he was down there and I called him because Bert Andrews had broken,his story about our man from the National Committee who was down there being
  • 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
  • , I guess you 8ight call it the White House liaison with this organization. well and worked closely with him. I kneH t·;arvin l"Jatson very Of course, Marvin, at that time, was at the Democratic National Committee. F: Yes. S: Cliff Carter went
  • . lady Bird said something like, I caught the words, "All the nation mourns your husband." And I remember Chief Curry saying to her, "You've had a hard day, little lady. You'd better go lie down and get some rest," or words to that effect. I quoted
  • for what he had done for the nation and for him, et cetera, over there . Did the President ever talk to you about the possibility of dropping Vice President Johnson? 0: No, never . wouldn't it? Sometimes that would be in the papers or something, I don't
  • not an Arkansan on that sort of thing, he's a national politician on that? A: He's a national politician. He brings along a lot of unsophisticated elements in his approach to these problems. But he's pretty savvy and obviously works very hard, and knows
  • Contact with LBJ; assassination; tax issues; Wilbur Mills; comparing JFK and LBJ; CEA; War on Poverty; committee on Economic Impact of Defense and Disarmament; procedures; agriculture issues; 1964 campaign; Walter Heller; Wright Patman; LBJ's
  • in the Hous e when he was on the N: ~\ayy He never gave up. Watchdog Committee:? Well, he ?:.::: me to work on it. I was supposed to be a go-between between r.ci:::: and the investigators. for awhile. We worked down in the Navy It was understood
  • became staunch friends; Navy Watchdog Committee; LBJ never expressed a preference for a candidate before a primary.
  • - national Affairs at Princeton on the expropriation of American property in Cuba in 1959. After the election and the inaugural in 1961, Bill and Sarge were very helpful getting me interviews with certain people I needed in the State Department for my