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- the convent ion, Sam Rayburn got in touch with me and [said]
that he and Johnson wanted to talk to me about heading up the campaign in
Texas for the Kennedy -Johnson ticket.
I had been approach ed in 1956, both
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by the Democra ts and the Republi cans
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ever known.
And he didn't need any touting.
he had the energy.
He had the ability, .and
As far as I know, Lyndon's been pretty well his
own man. About the only man that ever influenced him at all was Sam
Rayburn.
F:
What about Senator [Alvin
- Acquaintance with LBJ during the Kleberg years; LBJ's ambition and energy; influence of Sam Rayburn and Alvin Wirtz; the 1941 campaign; Jim Ferguson's role in 1941; role of postmasters and country commissioners in Texas state politics; Frank Hamer
- on there? Now, we have on tape already the effort to hold
the Texas delegati on and the Shivers versus Rayburn-Johnson fight.
But Johnson was kind of a dark, dark horse there.
P:
Yes, he was, though he had won the May delegati on ffght to go to the
national
- LBJ-Rayburn-Price Daniel relationship; details of the 1960 convention in Los Angeles, especially concerning the Texas delegation; poor accommodations for the delegation; the JFK organization in 1960; Texas delegation reacts to LBJ nomination
- a on summer a f t e r n o o n s , w ith t h e o t h e r S p e a k e r, M r. Sam
R ay b u rn , who u s e d to s a y , "How do you l i k e my C a p i t o l ? "
s a i d t o g e t h e r so m e th in g l i k e , "We a l l f e e l t h a t i t ' s
And we
o u r s
- to the Capitol; Lady Bird reminisces about Sam Rayburn; Lady Bird describes ceremony; Nixon gives inaugural address; Johnsons to party at the Clark Cliffords'; LBJ gives speech from porch; large crowds at Andrews AFB and Bergstrom AFB; party at LBJ Ranch
