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Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • anything else. Another man that I would talk to is Bryson Rash, that I would give notes on what I thought. Newsweek. Another one was Sam Shaffer of Those were my three contacts. I met Holmes at the Metropolitan Club to tell him goodbye. said, "What
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • I think he called him about four or five times that day, and Raymond would say, "Go on and get in, Lyndon. Quit horsing around. whatever it was. them. I'm here at the Oil and Petroleum Club," or But I'll never forget how many calls he made
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 11/18/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • Kellam here, and to meet with different people in this congressional district. Lyndon was going to resign and [become] secretary of the navy and I was going to run for Congress in his place. That was the deal. I never will forget being in Jesse's
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 3 (III), 6/9/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • one day Charlie Maurine Ray, who was Charlie's secretary at that time and later she became secretary to Governor [John] Connally, came over to the Washington Club trying to find her boss. "Well, here it comes ,II I said. "Now, Charlie, what you
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 6 (VI), 7/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • that Herman and George Brown had decided to hire Ray Lee, Lyndon's campaign manager at that congressional race. to laughing, I smiled. Houston's brother?" And after this girl got She said, "Don't you know that Lyndon is Sam He said, "Well, hell, I've