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Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 4 (IV), 8/25/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • movement all along to get-­ F: Were you doing anything? P: No. Except that I was then serving as executive director of the St ate Democratic Executive Committee under Governor Daniel. Then Senator Johnson and Speaker Rayburn had a general
  • election of 1960; John Tower elected; LBJ-Pickle relationship in the vice-presidential years; LBJ's generosity; Ed Lyles; "Dollars for Democrats;" Homer Thornberry and Pickle; Gene Fondren, Charles Herring, and Pickle reach agreement on running for Congress
Oral history transcript, Gerald C. Mann and Gerald C. Mann, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/12/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • out of committee. We were able to defeat it in committee, I believe it was, the Public Lands Committee of the Senate where they had before them a resolution declaring that the Tidelands were a part of the national domain. F: Now, whe n
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 5 (V), 3/2/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • /oh PICKLE -- V -- 21 F: A bit more conservative than the President . P: But I think other groups, labor groups, liberal groups, national political leaders, all felt that Ralph Yarborough would come nearer supporting the Democratic ticket
Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 6 (VI), 8/17/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • because under debate those members who are member s of a committee will be recog­ nized, or tho se who are senior, and I had absolutely no seniority and wasn·· t on the committee. F: You weren 't senior to very many peop l e , were you? P: I wa s senio
Oral history transcript, R.J. (Bob) Long, interview 1 (I), 4/19/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)