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Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 2 (II), 10/31/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • think, a graduate of Yale, and he was a hard-working fellow, but the club was against him and that was the only reason. And if I had my life to live over again, I would never in my life have recommended that he be precluded from going to the Foreign
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 5 (V), 5/2/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . I never will forget--talking on this sUbject--that Frank Ikard, who had defeated Walter Jenkins for the congressional seat from Wichita Falls, first thing Mr. Rayburn did was make certain that they made a friend out of Frank and they secured one
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 1 (I), 10/23/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . With regard to being bright in the Senate and exercising good judgment, where did he get the information? get it from you? Did he get it from the Congressional Record? get it from talking to colleagues? Did he Did he LBJ Presidential Library http
Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 6 (VI), 7/24/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • with Lyndon Johnson, named Senator Charles Mathias from Maryland. He's from this congressional district. voted for equal rights. But he has always So he was the senior member on the Senate Judiciary Committee when Ronald Reagan was elected president