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Oral history transcript, O.C. Fisher, interview 1 (I), 5/8/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- ://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh FISHER -- I -- 14 F: I think so. Me: He had a reputation, or gained a reputation, during his majority leadership days, as a wheeler-dealer. Do you recall any events or examples of legislation that really required his very
- Biographical information; meeting LBJ in 1943; casual relationship with LBJ in House for six years; controversial 1948 election of LBJ over Coke Stevenson; LBJ’s reputation as a wheeler-dealer; insecure politically in Texas; dedication of Medical
- . That's the kind of operation now. You know he had a reputation of being a wheeler-dealer, and I wouldn't say it came from intimate experience that would cause me to say that. I was pretty young and a freshman in '58 and new in the Congress, you know