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to that he had recommended massive cuts in agricultural aid. away with the low-cost REA loans. He wanted to do Now, boy, when you start talking about REA loans, if you wanted to raise Lyndon Johnson's hackles and Sam Rayburn's--because the REA

Oral history transcript, James C. Hagerty, interview 1 (I), 11/16/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Of course, Sam Rayburn, the Speaker, was an old friend. F: Yes. H: And Lyndon Johnson was an old friend. Both of them were for the first two years minority leaders and then for the last six the majority leaders. Throughout that whole eight-year

Oral history transcript, Wayne L. Hays, interview 1 (I), 3/11/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

sense. He stuck to it and that's the way it was. Of course I was very grateful to him. He wrote a letter to Sam Ray- burn which I wish r could get hold of. r presided over the meeting, and the first day we got into a squabble about adoption of rules
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Oral history transcript, Barry Goldwater, interview 1 (I), 6/26/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with Nixon because it would help him [Johnson]. F: He'd be in a position when he called the White House that he could go on over and talk about it. G: That's right. F: Did you have any relationship with Sam Rayburn? LBJ Presidential Library http

Oral history transcript, Paul G. Hoffman, interview 1 (I), 7/28/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

of constructive opposition as Democrats rather than just an outright opposition. I presume as Mr. Johnson's power grew that you found him no 1e ss effective despite the fact that he belonged to the "out" party. H: _I would ~don w~ F: s~ that with Sam

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