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- , but I have Because when I first came to the House I was not "in" with Mr . Rayburn as I was very soon thereafter . I have no memory of meeting him, although I'm sure I must have . M: You became fairly quickly a regular in the so-called Board
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- (With occasional comments by his wife, Jim Grant Bolling) Biographical information; Sam Rayburn; Bolling
Oral history transcript, William M. (Fishbait) Miller, interview 1 (I), 5/10/1972, by Joe B. Frantz
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- and they got along just wonderfully well . So Mr . Rayburn says, "Now, Fish, don't you ever get tied up that close ." I said, "No, sir, Mr . Speaker . I'm married, but I ain't gonna get that married ." F: I presume now Sam Rayburn had the same affection
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- How he came to Washington; LBJ and Little Congress; LBJ as House doorman when Secretary to Congressman Kelberg; “Fishbait” as Miller’s nickname; dedication of the Sam Rayburn Library in Bonham, Texas; Sam Rayburn and his relationship with LBJ; LBJ’s
- 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 histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh 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
- through various other channels, but I would say it's definitely a minority of the membership that systematically cultivates broad friendships. F: Was Congressman Johnson known as Sam Rayburn's boy in those days, or did that come after he moved
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- Biographical information; LBJ’s philosophy on leaks; Sam Rayburn; John Rankin insulting to all; Eisenhower appointed Hays to TVA in 1959; Fair Employment Practices Commission; Fulbright; Faubus and Arkansas Central High School fiasco; "Southern
- LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] INTERVIEWEE: SAM E. KINCH, SR. INTERVIEWER: JOE B. FRANTZ More on LBJ Library oral histories: http
- See all online interviews with Sam Kinch, Sr.
- Skelton; LBJ’s acceptance of VP; covered VP while in Austin; move of press from Austin to San Antonio; Eastern press; post-Presidential press conference; John Connally’s dissatisfaction for some of LBJ’s policy; off the record meetings; Sam Kinch, Jr
- Kinch, Sam, Sr.
- Oral history transcript, Sam Kinch, Sr., interview 1 (I), 6/3/1970, by Joe B. Frantz
- Sam Kinch, Sr.
- 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
- 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
- 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
- this was the year of the Shivers versus Johnson-Rayburn contest. B: Yes, I did, I covered the state convention. F: Now this is the May one or the governor's one in September? LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- First contacts with LBJ in 1953 in Texas campaigning; Johnson's role in Texas state politics in 1956; Sam Rayburn's selection of LBJ as favorite son in 1956; DOT (Democrats of Texas); contacts with LBJ in Senate; LBJ-Ralph Yarborough as senators
- . That doesn't include military construction and some other items. But Lyndon Johnson was totally absorbed in poli~ics. Other, people liked to talk about their bridge games, their golf games, this, that or the other, but people like Lyndon Johnson and Sam
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- How he met LBJ in 1935; LBJ’s ambitions and absorption with politics; LBJ as a new Congressman and loss of the Appropriations Committee appointment to Albert Thomas; Sam Rayburn and the Board of Education; rural electrification; Civil Rights Act
- -nine year old congressmen are not experts in very much, Joe, and it was a very interesting time in that Sam Rayburn was very friendly to me and very helpful to me, very kind F: Had you known Mr . Sam earlier? B: No . F: You met him when you got
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- of my own trade. It has often been said that Mr. Johnson in those days was also a protégé B: of people like Sam Rayburn and Carl Vinson. Was this relationship obvious, too? K: Not at that time. He'd just come into Congress, but as the years went
- First meeting with LBJ; LBJ’s relationship to Rayburn; Carl Vinson and FDR; LBJ in the House; Lady Bird; Civil Rights Bill; LBJ’s relationship with Humphrey, Truman, Eisenhower and the Kennedy’s; LBJ’s opinion of career military people; 1956
- . F: No, but I mean your public career does. T: Well, I guess that's part of it. The President's father was a member of the House. I remember Mr. Sam Johnson, and it may be that I did see Mr. Johnson's family, including the President, when he
- Sam Ealy Johnson; getting to know LBJ when LBJ was NYA Administrator; LBJ’s involvement with local (Austin) issues as a senator; how LBJ helped Thornberry as a junior congressman; Rayburn’s 'Board of Education' sessions; the 1952 and 1956
- Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh -2- I think he was unusually close to the late Speaker Sam Rayburn. One might say that Sam Rayburn, the late Speaker, sort of looked
- , and there was one congressman, I know, and there was a man from Georgia. "We want to stop Kennedy." And I just said, "Well, what do you suggest?" F: What do I do, huh? G: He said, "Well, we want you to get us in to see Sam Rayburn." me as awfully strange
- 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
- the Hill the next year. practice has been more or less abandoned. But even that [We] might have a congress- man two successive years--somebody off the Hill. There's no real pattern now. F: I see. Did Mr. Sam [Rayburn] entertain much? OM: No, I
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- Biographical information; how they came to Washington; meeting the Johnsons; Dick Kleberg; Texas State Society; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s early influence in Washington; gaining support for LBJ in Dallas; 1960 convention; women’s tea party tours
- morning and entered Sam Houston State Teachers College on Monday morning . I went there until July, 1933 and transferred to the University of Texas . I think you might be interested to know that I never was privi leged to get a degree . I have
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- for Congress; Washington visits with LBJ in 1938; FDR-LBJ relationship; legislation for terminal leave for enlisted men; Truman campaign in Texas; member of US Customs Court; Sam Rayburn-LBJ relationship; JFK assassination; agriculture and farm problems; role
Oral history transcript, W. Marvin Watson, interview 1 (I), 11/22/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- . Eventually that convention was controlled by GovernorElect Price Daniel. This only became possible after the then-Speaker Sam Rayburn and the then-Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson worked within the convention with their friends throughout the state
- that Kennedy came hi~ next time? through at the time of the assassination? C: I don't believe I did. I can't recall specifically. Now, I know that Kennedy came in to visit Sam Rayburn when ,he was here, and I handled that security there on pretty short
- you recall during this period meeting Speaker Rayburn? T: I don't remember when I first met him. I'm sure it must have been that first year I was up here because he was in the Johnson home quite frequently. P: How would you describe him? T
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- ; Sam Rayburn; LBJ’s mother and brother; Lynda and Luci’s relationship with their family; religion and the Johnsons; the Johnson treatment and Mary McGrory; the Vice-Presidential period; Asia trip with LBJ; Taylor’s work in the Presidential years
Oral history transcript, Kenneth P. O'Donnell, interview 1 (I), 7/23/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan
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- they could if they wa nted to. lesson. But •:e learned a great He realized 1·1here the power was in the United States , and it does not lie 1·1ith the Congress or the senators. Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn were just as convinced that that's where
- Biographical information; LBJ's relationship with JFK; LBJ's Presidential aspirations; 1960 Democratic Convention; LBJ's relationship with RFK; labor; 1960 campaign; Rayburn; LBJ as VP; access to JFK; Bobby Baker case; Connally-Yarborough conflict
- and had only come to Washington about twice, and in the middle of the dinner Senator Johnson and Sam Rayburn shml/ed up. live got a picture at home of me between them, which is a choice thing to keep. S: Yes, indeed. Pretty hot romancing. for--? D
- Biographical information; Stevenson campaign; Pat Brown campaign; Washington in 1959-1960; Statler Hotel party to impress Dutton; LBJ, Rayburn Bobby Baker all for California votes; Brown on “Meet the Press” in 1959 said LBJ was too conservative
- 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
- president. I had covered the 1960 Democratic convention so I knew something about the negotiations that went on between Sam Rayburn and Bobby [Kennedy] for Johnson to go on the ticket. G: Tell me your insights there. D: Well, as I said, I didn't know
- if you'll just tell Ine. you're her sister. And he said, "I I won't tell anybody that 11 I said, "But I'm not. II F: I see. He was on the trail of something. N: And, of course, I think a lot of the Congressmen would meet with Speaker Rayburn
- Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
- LBJ’s teaching days in Cotulla; office in Johnson City; Mrs. Nichols’ marriage; Pat Moreland; Russell Brown; Phil Nichols; answering of correspondence; LCRA electricity project; FDR and LBJ; Sam Rayburn’s “Board of Education;” Hardy Hollers campaign
- get the feeling--I presume you knew Sam Rayburn fairly well-that in his later years Speaker Rayburn may have been a little jealous of the success of his protégé? W: Jealous of Johnson's progress? F: Success, yes. W: Quite the contrary. He
- home one night at which Chief Justice Warren and then--Majority Leader Johnson and Speaker Rayburn ,vere present. Speaker Rayburn and President Johnson--then Sena- tor Johnson--were advised ahead of time what the subject matter of the dinner was going
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- 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
- Kennedy-F: Did you get the impression he'd placed too much faith in the power of the Senate? H: That, and I think he also placed too much faith in the power of his old friend, the House Speaker, Sam Rayburn, and a few of the key Democrats throughout
- know; I was not around and he never really discussed it with me. I've heard stories that Sam Rayburn recommended him; I've heard stories that Tom Connally recommended him; and I've heard stories that Maury Maverick recommended him. And I would guess
- things. He was busy on some I reported in and then I left, because my job was to make sure that the Sam Houston Coliseum was in good shape. expecting about 3,000 people. We were We had erected a platform and a rostrum, and in back of the rostrum we
- between Mr . Rayburn and Mr . Johnson as the Congressional leaders and the National Committee over policy and the direction of the Democratic party . That came later I think, really . Because, see, at that time in 1952 still, the President
- 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
- . Johnson's philosophy, along with Hr. Rayburn's; was to deal through the traditional political established people and their delegations. And in incident after incident I think that I saw where prior work and prior planning and a lot of prior money spending
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 2 (II), 2/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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- of the Republican side, through my years here, say that Mr. Rayburn and r~r. Johnson were two of a kind. that once they gave you a commitment, they stood by their word. So at least you knew that he wasn't going to turn or change his mind on you. But I think