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Folder, "Green, Edith (Cong.)," Name Files, WHCF, Box G-259 (Item)
  • the verdict of his party colleagues. He every Republlcan nominee since the party these e1.Jorsements 1n various newspapers. I include these as well as a sam-· can await w1th some contl.dence the verdict was founded 1n 1866" and before that 11up­ of his
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 4 (IV), 8/7/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • of Senator Johnson's closest friends, Bob Kerr and Mr. Sam, were really quite cold on the idea. I know that Senator Kerr was because he told me so. He said, "I think this is a real mistake. I think he ought not to do it." And I learned that was something
Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 3 (III), 4/11/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • know; I was not around and he never really discussed it with me. I've heard stories that Sam Rayburn recommended him; I've heard stories that Tom Connally recommended him; and I've heard stories that Maury Maverick recommended him. And I would guess
Oral history transcript, John Wildenthal, interview 1 (I), 3/14/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • check with would be Senator Russell. first would be Sam Rayburn, I felt like. Probably the very Chronologically I don't know that I was that close to the inner office. I was for some months in the next office, right across the desk from Walter, when
Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 4 (IV), 2/4/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • , as everybody in deep East Texas was. G: Or maybe if you sat in the gallery and saw the Senate or the House in session, or if it would have been in session then. J: It would not, probably, because this was 1934, and I remember hearing Sam Rayburn talk about
  • of Washington, D.C. and the sites she visited; career plans; projects Mrs. Johnson planned at her father's Brick House; how Mrs. Johnson met LBJ for the first time in Austin; LBJ's marriage proposal and their brief courtship; meeting LBJ's family; Sam Ealy
Senate Daily Diary entry, 10/28/1959 (Item)
  • s Arrival Time Remarks** 10:15a met b y Cong . Poage , and larg e crow d 12:00n met b y Cong . Oli n Teague, Dr. Harringto n of A & M an d others 6:00p met b y Speake r Rayburn, Judg e Grover Sellers , Gerald C . Mann , and others . Wen t
Senate Daily Diary entry, 11/18/1959 (Item)
  • . Higgins, Senator Green's AA Homer Thornberry 6:03 Sheraton Terrace 6:14 Dr. Charles Bailey - Austin 5:40 Speaker Rayburn-Bonham Gene Chambers - W.F. 6 6:17 Bryce Harlow -White House 6:20 Ranch 6:35 SENATOR LYNDON B. JOHNSON DAILY DIARY
Senate Daily Diary entry, 11/15/1960 (Item)
  • (Stonewall) Commissioner John C. White (Austin Mrs. John Gingrich (New York) Walter Jenkins (Washington, DC) Col Marek (Bergstrom AFB, Austin) Joe Gargan (Austin) Sen Yarborough Speaker Rayburn (Bonham) Gene Nauman Oscar Wyatt & Clarence Wyatt Sen Kefauver
Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • encouraged political activities. So I worked for Dad. I went into about twenty states for him. I didn't see Lyndon Johnson during my swing in the primaries. went to New Mexico; that was as close as I got to him. represented there by Sam Rayburn. I He
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
Folder, "Politics - 1952," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 30 (Item)
  • before the convention, CONTROL came when the newly organized Stevenson forces decided that antiloyalty­ pledge delegations from the South should be seated for the sake of party harmony. Here Chairman Sam Rayburn (left) is about to recognite a delega!e
Folder, "Celler, Emanuel (Cong) [2 of 2]," Name Files, WHCF, Box C-151 (Item)
  • , April 20, at 10:00 a.m. in room 2226 Rayburn House Office Building, and present the views of the Office of Science and Technology on the measure. It will be .. appi·eciated if the person designated to testi• fy will confirm acceptance
Oral history transcript, John Bartlow Martin, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1971, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • , 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, Charles L. Bartlett, interview 1 (I), 5/6/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)
  • stories. I think he thought Lyndon Johnson had a terribly good sense of humor, and he loved telling stories about him. I remember he said that after the election he and Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson were playing golf down in Palm Beach. Sam Rayburn
Oral history transcript, David E. Bell, interview 1 (I), 12/27/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Oral history transcript, W. Sterling Cole, interview 1 (I), 2/5/1987, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • s r e l a t i o n s h i p with Sam Rayburn d u r i n g t h o s e y e a r s ? C: Not t h a t I would be aware o f . anyway. They w o u l d n ' t come t o my a t t e n t i o n Everybody loved Sam Rayburn. G: Did t h e y ? C: W e l l, he
Oral history transcript, Horace Busby, interview 5 (V), 8/16/1988, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
Oral history transcript, Sarah T. Hughes, interview 1 (I), 10/7/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • that you did have Democrats in command? H: Yes. Now, I also had the backing of Mr. Rayburn and I feel that that was very important. I went up to see him. Actually I think I talked with him before I talked with Yarborough. 10 LBJ Presidential Library
Oral history transcript, Allen J. Ellender, interview 1 (I), 7/30/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • Rayburn. B: Was this uncommon for Mr. Rayburn to single out people like that, or were there other favorites, too? E: Well, I don't know of any favorite of his who was as close to him as was President Johnson. They were like peas in a pod when it came
  • First remembrance of LBJ; LBJ as a favorite of Rayburn's; FDR consulted Rayburn and LBJ; LBJ as a great conservationist; LBJ as a natural leader; Senator Russell's relationship with LBJ; LBJ had good subordinates; differing with LBJ over civil
Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. [1941] [3 of 3]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 14 (Item)
  • PROOF"- 560 GUEST ROOMS OPEN ALL THE VEAR Why listen to Roosevelt? We know our own people better than Roosevelt O'De.niel has made a good governor 0 1 Daniel has oomplemented the old folks by appointing Sam Houston senator This is a peaoeful
Folder, "Johnson, Lyndon B. [1941] [1 of 3]," Papers of Charles Marsh, Box 14 (Item)
  • ot UDitT and rmony. Oorpua Chrini and towna where there are Hart p&pera-eight towna­ the S,m.day pa.pera rill come out tor I.pd.on. Would it 'be pra.otioal for Rayburn to oontaot Governor and ask it he oould be ot ••rvioe to the Governorf Could he
Oral history transcript, Arthur E. Goldschmidt and Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 6/3/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
Folder, "Natural Beauty, Resources, etc. 2/2/65," Office Files of Bill Moyers, Box 2 (Item)
  • planted U.S. PRESENCEIN ASIA cle Sam is st!ll around. in, us." . (By A. L. Valencia) • LAOSTOO Qur flag represents this and much more. WASHINGTON.-Beyond the crucial • dec!It gi'vcs us the Incentive to acquire property, slons posed by the war In South
Audio diary and annotated transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, 1/20/1969 (Monday) (Item)
  • a on summer a f t e r n o o n s , w ith t h e o t h e r S p e a k e r, M r. Sam R ay b u rn , who u s e d to s a y , "How do you l i k e my C a p i t o l ? " s a i d t o g e t h e r so m e th in g l i k e , "We a l l f e e l t h a t i t ' s And we o u r s
  • to the Capitol; Lady Bird reminisces about Sam Rayburn; Lady Bird describes ceremony; Nixon gives inaugural address; Johnsons to party at the Clark Cliffords'; LBJ gives speech from porch; large crowds at Andrews AFB and Bergstrom AFB; party at LBJ Ranch
Oral history transcript, Michael A. Geissinger, interview 1 (I), 12/16/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • . MG: What were his skills? G: I think that's probably pretty difficult, for me to answer anyhow. I would rank him with [J. William] Fulbright and [Everett] Dirksen, and of course, if you look at who taught him with politics, Sam Rayburn. Why
Oral history transcript, Dan Rather, interview 1 (I), 4/16/1973, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Clark M. Clifford, interview 5 (V), 12/15/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Wilbur J. Cohen, interview 2 (II), 3/2/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • understand what they meant, but it was an outgrowth of his long legislative experience and analysis--working with Sam Rayburn and Bob Kerr and these other people, who always felt that you could work out some kind of a compromise or some kind of a relationship
Oral history transcript, Phyllis Bonanno, interview 1 (I), 11/12/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • and had come and who was around then, J.J. Pickle and Jack Brooks and Sam Rayburn, and the things he had learned. I suppose for me being so young and wondering if at some day in my life I would be turning around and reflecting on those things, I think
Oral history transcript, McGeorge Bundy, interview 1 (I), 1/30/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)
  • . Sam [Rayburn] never had this trouble. Jack Brooks doesn't have it. John Connally never had it. John Connally gets into trouble with people who don't like his particular opinion. What hooks the President is that he is an uncannily canny man, and candor
Folder, "[NSC Meeting on] Soviet Military Capabilities, 12/5/1963, Volume 1, Tab 2," National Security Council Meetings Files, NSF, Box 1 (Item)
  • against saturation attacks, decoys, or other penetration techniques. III. We susp ec t an ABM system is also being deployed in the Moscow area. A. So far, we have spotted some suspect fa­ cilities near four SAM sites, but we have found no launch
Folder, "Diggs, Charles C.," Name Files, WHCF, Box D-183 (Item)
  • , Sam GILBERT, Jacob H. GILLIGAN, John J. GONZALEZ, Henry B. GOODELL, Charles E. GRABOWSKI, Bernard F. GRAY, Kenneth J. GREEN, Edith GREEN, William J. GREIGG, Stlanely L. . GRIDER, George W. GRIFFIN, Robert P. GRIFFITHS, Martha W. GROSS, H. R. GROVER
Oral history transcript, Leon Jaworski, interview 1 (I), 12/23/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • the Vice Presidency, that he was going to have something to say about patronage in Texas. And this is something, inci- dentally, that you--I was told that Sam Rayburn had advised him to have such an understanding, and this is why Lyndon Johnson as Vice
Oral history transcript, Paul B. Johnson, Jr., interview 1 (I), 9/8/1970, by T.H. Baker (Item)
  • and Sam Rayburn went And he knew Lyndon Johnson. However, I don't think that he had any dealings with him at all. B: Do you know if Congressman Johnson or Senator Johnson ever came to Nississippi in connection with Senator Eastland or Senator Stennis
Oral history transcript, James Davis, interview 1 (I), 11/3/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • of his sincerity did you see firsthand? Well, I started paying attention to Lyndon Johnson I believe in 1948 and Speaker Sam Rayburn at the Cow Palace when they had that convention. You see, a man has a right to change his mind. We thought that Lyndon
Oral history transcript, Terrel Maverick Webb, interview 1 (I), 1/25/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • \'Jant me to get on that train?" Bonham where Sam Rayburn lived. get on that train. Because \'le Because vie were going up to And he said, "Hell, yes, I want you to may have another meeting up there." And LBJ Presidential Library http
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, John W. Macy, interview 4 (IV), 7/21/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • with the Congress are in some way a favorable reflection on the capacity of Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn in the Eisenhower years. So I think that even though the presidency was held by the other party, that both of them were steadfast in working with the President
Oral history transcript, Thruston Morton, interview 1 (I), 2/26/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
Oral history transcript, Karl E. Mundt, interview 1 (I), 9/21/1968, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)