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Oral history transcript, Richard Bolling and Jim Grant Bolling, interview 1 (I), 2/27/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , 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 (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Booth Mooney, interview 1 (I), 4/8/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • 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 history transcript, Brooks Hays, interview 1 (I), 10/5/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Nancy Dickerson, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Byron G. Skelton, interview 1 (I), 10/15/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, George Mahon, interview 1 (I), 8/16/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • . 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
Oral history transcript, Jack Brooks, interview 1 (I), 2/1/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • -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
Oral history transcript, Dale Miller and Virginia "Scooter" Miller, interview 1 (I), 8/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Lindley Beckworth, interview 1 (I), 7/22/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • 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, Willie Day Taylor, interview 1 (I), 11/29/1968, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • 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, Dorothy J. Nichols, interview 1 (I), 9/24/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • 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
Oral history transcript, Jake Jacobsen, interview 1 (I), 5/27/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • 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