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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, Edwin W. Pauley, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

: Remember, I live in Los Angeles, and I know everybody here, so if you want to know who was below that, it was Sam Rayburn. F: You had pretty much of a straight shot, didn't you? P: Well, it didn't take as long to move from one place to the other. And so

Oral history transcript, William Hunter McLean, interview 1 (I), 5/11/1971, by David G. McComb (Item)

, but . . . Yes, you've also mentioned Sam Rayburn and apparently Rayburn and Johnson worked closely together. Have you ever had occasion to see them working together on political matters? HM: Well, in election matters here in the state, not on matters

Oral history transcript, Harry Ashmore, interview 1 (I), 1/31/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in the House delegation, in those days Brooks Hays, who was a leader in the House side. All the Arkansas people, particularly Brooks Hays and Wilbur Mills, were very close to Sam Rayburn, whom I knew very well. They were .part of Mr. Sam's orbit and that made

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, C.R. Smith, interview 1 (I), 10/24/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Interviewer: Thomas H. Baker Secretary Smith's Office, Department of Commerce, October 24, 1968 B: Do you recall when you first met Mr. Johnson? S: I don't remember the date; I don't even remember the year. Sam Rayburn was a friend of mine; I knew him

Oral history transcript, George P. Miller, interview 1 (I), 4/22/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

was then in the leadership. I came to know Sam Rayburn very well, and asked his advice on important problems. F: Right. M: But we always got along very well. Then, in those days, the members got one two-room office in any of the buildings, except on the fifth floor

Oral history transcript, James H. Rowe, Jr., interview 2 (II), 9/16/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

this Hawaiian del- egation came pouring in with [inaudible] on their shirts. Johnson said, "I've got Bobby out in the other room, and he is saying that there is just too much room for me to run," or "too much heat against me." Somebody, oh, Rayburn

, it was Albuquerque, and Mr. Johnson, Senator Johnson at that time, was there along with Sam Rayburn, who was speaker of the House. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781

Oral history transcript, Eugene M. Locke, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh -8- So I got back--I raised a little money for it, really, with Sam Rayburn, who I also knew. Well, I'll tell you another thing I did. When George Smathers and Frank Ikard came down

Oral history transcript, Jack Valenti, interview 2 (II), 10/18/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

things. He was busy on some I reported in and then I left, because my job was to make sure that the Sam Houston Coliseum was in good shape. expecting about 3,000 people. We were We had erected a platform and a rostrum, and in back of the rostrum we

Oral history transcript, Hobart Taylor, Jr., interview 1 (I), 1/6/1969, by Stephen Goodell (Item)

officially begin his campaign until after the Senate adjourned that year, and thereby destroyed any chance that he would actually have of getting the nomination. But at any rate, Cliff and Speaker Rayburn and others, members of the Texas delegation

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