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Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 1 (I), 4/13/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 6/15/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • for the cattlemen to take protection and all that. G: Right. J: All that stuff affected the King Ranch, you see, and the cattlemen. That was one reason. Then you take it that the general counsel for the Texas Cattle Raisers Association was none other than
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 2 (II), 4/14/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • what That caused a furor. When that went out, they would call up John Smith of the San Angelo paper: "Why in the hell weren't you there? What really happened? He accused the biggest newspaper in Texas of lying and deceitfulness. What else did he
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 3 (III), 6/9/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • INTERVIEWEE: SAM HOUSTON JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: The Alamo Hotel, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 2 J: "Years later, when I was on Johnson's staff, Sam Houston felt only irritation when the Majority Leader was hailed in newspapers
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • a newspaper at McKinney, Texas, became campaign manager for Governor [John] Ireland, secretary of state under Governor Ireland. Mother went to Baylor-Belton [Mary Hardin-Baylor College?], Baylor College, Texas University, you see. she was out of her class
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 7 (VII), 8/26/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • was a little older than I was, but we were in the same class. Then after John came Harold, who committed suicide after a few associations, he had busted up with A. W., who at that time, in the early days, he was just a little kid. Anyhow, I won't bring up
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 9 (IX), 11/18/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • have any support from any of them. Of course, the Independent Petroleum Association, I worked for them so I ought to know about them. I was assistant to the counsel with Independent Petroleum. G: Wasn't there sort of a competition between
Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 10 (X), 3/31/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • there and Lyndon got up and spoke about twenty minutes about Tom Connally was senator at that time and he spoke about two minutes, just to get his name associated in. Lyndon sent that stuff down, Barry writes the story, giving the facts, you know. Well