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Oral history transcript, John V. Singleton, Jr., interview 2 (II), 7/15/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

no question about it, and particularly about the depletion allowance. The tidelands I believe was hot at that time. And how the Congress worked, and how he and Sam Rayburn and others had saved the oil industry. It was a constant fight to cut the depletion

Oral history transcript, D.B. Hardeman, interview 3 (III), 4/22/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

is how active then-Vice President Johnson was in Congress. You were still with Mr. Rayburn and after his death in 1961, with Mr. Boggs during these years. Could you tell whether or not Lyndon Johnson was still using any of his expertise in Congress

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 25 (XXV), 1/2/1982-1/3/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

, were Sam [D. W.] Low down in Houston, J. Ed Johnson in Brownwood, I believe, and Ed Clark in Austin, and of course Ray Lee and Stuart Long, also in Austin. Lyndon appointed Ray Lee to an interesting position that took him to Austria--rather, he got him
the Texas home of Sam Rayburn; LBJ's friendships with people in the newspaper industry; LBJ seeking treatment for a skin disorder he got during World War II; Sid Richardson's home on St. Joseph's Island designed by O'Neil Ford; Christmas at LBJ's mother

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 29 (XXIX), 3/19/1982-3/20/1982, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. The [A. W.] Moursunds and he [Melvin] Winters came up from Johnson City. And we had them out to the house, and Lyndon gave a party for the men down at the Capitol, and a luncheon where he invited the Speaker [Sam Rayburn], and Vice President [Alben] Barkley

Oral history transcript, Clark W. Thompson and Libbie Moody Thompson, interview 1 (I), 10/10/1968, by David G. McComb (Item)

: While in Congress, did Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn seem to work closely together? T: Oh, very much so. M: Between the Senate and the House? T: Yes. And Sam Rayburn had more influence over Lyndon Johnson than any man I ever knew. Sam could
Biographical information; 1933 meeting with LBJ in Washington; LBJ’s relationship with Rayburn; LBJ’s relationship with Congress as President; 1965 hospital closing fight; Mrs. Thompson’s donation of $1 million to UT Medical School at Galveston; LBJ

Oral history transcript, Carl B. Albert, interview 2 (II), 6/10/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

to stop Kennedy or to draft Johnson and various activities like that? A: I don't recall any activities along that line. I know that Sam Rayburn was for Johnson and Bob Kerr from my state was leading the Oklahoma delegation for Johnson. But I don't

Oral history transcript, Lawrence F. O'Brien, interview 1 (I), 9/18/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

recall--it was just below Kennedy's--and Sam Rayburn was there and others. It was a matter of some time elapsing and I believe that there was, during that period, [the feeling that] no, he won't accept. Sam Rayburn was absolutely adamant that he
with Speaker of the House Sam Rayburn; head-counting to insure passage of administration-backed legislation; Vice President LBJ's loss of influence in the Senate; comparing JFK's and LBJ's persuasion and leadership skills; evenings on the Sequoia; the use

Folder title list, VP Papers, Subject Files (Item)

folders] Condolences [subject only] From the Vice President [3 folders] To the Vice President [1 of 2 folders] To the Vice President [2 of 2 folders] Moss, Josefa [folder brought forward to Boxs 148-149] Rayburn, Mr. Sam [4 folders] Rayburn, Mr. Sam

Oral history transcript, Clifford Durr and Virginia Foster Durr, interview 1 (I), 3/1/1975, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

Alvin and Sam Rayburn. They both sort of treated him like a son. Lyndon always said "Yes, sir" and "No, sir" to Alvin. MLG: Did he call him Senator Wirtz? VFD: Yes, Senator Wirtz. He had been a state senator. extremely attractive man. He

Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

INTERVIEWEE: SAM HOUSTON JOHNSON INTERVIEWER: Michael L. Gillette PLACE: The Alamo Hotel, Austin, Texas Tape 1 of 3 J: Well, I'll probably discuss Lyndon's boyhood, as I see him. to understand that he was born on the Ranch. and Josefa, were born up
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Oral history transcript, Sam Houston Johnson, interview 5 (V), 6/23/1976, by Michael L. Gillette
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Oral history transcript, James L. Noel, interview 1 (I), 6/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

, somewhat more elaborate rooms than prior majority leaders had had. I'm sure he was majority leader at that time. In any event, I like the picture. (Interruption) M: While we're looking at pictures, is this a picture of Sam Rayburn up here? 12 LBJ

Oral history transcript, Clement J. Zablocki, interview 1 (I), 1/16/1969, by Paige E. Mulhollan (Item)

friend after all, Sam Rayburn. And with Speaker Rayburn and then-Senator Johnson, his protégé, there were occasions that we had an opportunity to meet the President at that time. LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 20 (XX), 2/20/1981-2/21/1981, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

subject me to this?" G: Did he sing while he was there? J: I am pretty sure he sang "Back in the Saddle Again," one small song perhaps at each one of those rallies. G: He was originally from Sam Rayburn's district, wasn't he? From a little Texas town
led on horseback with Lynda; Henry Wallace; LBJ's hospitalization for a bronchial infection; Aunt Effie Pattillo's worsening health; Sam Rayburn becoming minority leader; Stuart Symington and Paul Porter; KTBC's success; Stuart Long; LBJ aging; where

Oral history transcript, John L. Monahan, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

been fair to the Speaker. B: Your first year both Mr. Rayburn and Nr. Johnson were still in Congress. Did you see anything of them? M: I saw Mr. Johnson only after the convention. I had never talked with him in person, but after the nominating
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Biographical information; contact with LBJ and Speaker Sam Rayburn; relationship between the White House staff and Monahan in the Speaker’s office; LBJ and JFK’s Administrations; liaison functions; JFK’s relationship with McCormack; Larry O’Brien

Reference, LBJ chronology by LBJ Library archives staff: "1957" (Item)

to table the motion. 1/4 Democratic Advisory Committee holds its initial meeting. Although LBJ and Rayburn have declined to serve on the DAC, two senators, Kefauver and Humphrey, are members. During debate on Anderson’s motion on Rule 22, Nixon offers

Oral history transcript, J. Willis Hurst, interview 1 (I), 5/16/1969, by T.H. Baker (Item)

these times, of course, I made friends with Luci and Lynda and the family. Sam Houston, Mr. Johnson's brother, was a frequent visitor. Mr. Sam Rayburn, of course, was by. Many people were by to see Mr. Johnson. B: Including Mr. Johnson's mother, I believe

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth Wickenden Goldschmidt, interview 1 (I), 11/6/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

the people who worked for him, and I'm sure he was an inspirational figure to Johnson. There were many others. I think when you interviewed my husband, he talked about Alvin Wirtz, who was such a figure, and later Sam Rayburn, of course. MG
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First meeting with LBJ; NYA; Aubrey Williams; Congressional support for LBJ; Dillard Lasseter; John Carson; political apprenticeship of LBJ; Alvin Wirtz; Sam Rayburn; Abe Fortas; Helen Douglas; father figure to LBJ; Texas sort of expansiveness

Newsletter, "Among Friends of LBJ, issue # 38, 20 October 1986," LBJ Library (Item)

; and Terry Sullivan, Government Department.) The Hardeman prize is named for the late aide to Speaker Sam Rayburn, who left a bequest to the Library. (For other mention of the Hardeman bequest, see page 7.) Professor Oshinsky\ book. A Conspiracy So Immense

Oral history transcript, John McCormack, interview 1 (I), 9/23/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http://discoverlbj.org/exhibits/show/loh/oh -2- I think he was unusually close to the late Speaker Sam Rayburn. One might say that Sam Rayburn, the late Speaker, sort of looked

Oral history transcript, Charles K. Boatner, interview 3 (III), 6/1/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

? B: I do . Not as much as he did Rayburn, but he certainly did pay him the same respect . and I think he felt I don't think he went to him with as many things, that he had more access to Rayburn than he did to Russell, that Russell, while a great
Rayburn, Sam, 1882-1961
Head Start; domestic program; War on Poverty; contrast between John Connally and LBJ types; LBJ's frustrating life as VP; sale of Weslaco radio and TV station; death of Sam Rayburn; LBJ's problems with the press; LBJ's temper; Walter Jenkins; Bobby

Oral history transcript, Jonathan Daniels, interview 1 (I), 3/6/1971, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

between the Johnson-Rayburn loyalist wing on one hand and the ShiversD: Now I knew Sam Rayburn a lot better in those days than I did Lyndon in those first days. I remember a very dramatic confrontation at a party Lyndon Johnson gave. Elmer Davis

Oral history transcript, Robert G. (Bobby) Baker, interview 4 (IV), 2/29/1984, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and Sam Rayburn controlled the Democratic House and Senate, and Eisenhower LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B. Johnson Library Oral Histories [NAID 24617781] More on LBJ Library oral histories: http

Oral history transcript, Lady Bird Johnson, interview 38 (XXXVIII), 8/1994, by Harry Middleton (Item)

that Speaker Sam Rayburn finally decided was a no-good so-and-so, I could not come to like. And McCarthy said--I cannot quote him, but the implication was very strong that General George Marshall was a traitor, and he'd said something pretty similar about
; Arthur Godfrey's farm; Sam Houston Johnson's broken leg and his wife, Mary; LBJ's relationships with Bill Moyers and Sam Houston Johnson; Sam Houston Johnson's book My Brother Lyndon; LBJ's relationship with Senator John Pastore; the 1957 Civil Rights

Oral history transcript, Willard Deason, interview 4 (IV), 8/8/1978, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

. Maverick maybe helped him some. I think Maury I think maybe Sam Rayburn, I'm not sure, and maybe old Senator [Tom] Connally. Anyhow, being a political appoint- ment I'm sure he had the endorsement of Senator Connally. close friend with a fellow named
of the Young Democrats; Sam Fore, editor of Floresville Chronicle ; Deason assists LBJ in setting up state NYA program; sources of LBJ's appointment; early employees: L. E. Jones, Marie Lindau, Deason, and Sherman Birdwell; organization of state NYA; living

Oral history transcript, Carl Phinney, interview 1 (I), 10/11/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

think this is a teasing matter. And I said, '~ell, I want you to do it." of course, I'll be glad to" and I did. In fact, when Kennedy and Johnson came to Dallas jointly, we had arranged for them to speak at the Municipal Auditorium. Mr. Sam Rayburn
Biographical information; family history; Sam Houston; Sam Johnson’s speech to Texas House of Representatives regarding Ku Klux Klan; Congressman Kleberg; Bob Phinney; Col. Ernest O. Thompson; LBJ’s use of a helicopter in 1948 campaign; labor’s

Oral history transcript, Zephyr Wright, interview 1 (I), 12/5/1974, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

me, "I always enjoy coming here, eating your meals," or something like that. G: What were Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn like together? W: Brother, there was the most admirable thing I know of. amazing how close they were, almost like father
, Thurgood Marshall; LBJ on civil rights; LBJ and MLK; LBJ as an employer; cooking for the Johnsons; Sam Rayburn teases Wright; LBJ-Rayburn relationship; Wright fails to relay a phone call to LBJ; LBJ's working and sleeping habits; LBJ would phone

Oral history transcript, Oscar L. Chapman, interview 1 (I), 8/15/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

, Sam Rayburn--he and old Harold got along wonderful together. They were both crotchety with each other, but on a good friendly basis, it was a good friendly relationship there. Sam supported bills he never thought held support, and he had a majority

Oral history transcript, Wayne Aspinall, interview 1 (I), 6/14/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

from the very beginning. F: The one big influence in Johnson's life that I missed was Sam Rayburn, whom you must have come to know qui te well . A: Oh, yes. I couldn't be said to have been an inner-room worker with Speaker Rayburn, but I

Oral history transcript, Warren G. Woodward, interview 2 (II), 5/26/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

leaders because it had to do with the control of the Democratic Party. was. That's what that issue Just to simplify it, Governor Allan Shivers was leading the forces of the "conservative group" and Mr. Rayburn and Senator Johnson were 1eadi ng

Oral history transcript, Earle Wheeler, interview 2 (II), 5/7/1970, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

: Was it noticeable then that he had several mentors like Sam Rayburn and Senator Alvin Wirtz? W: I have only really learned about Wirtz much later. And when I was with Sam Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson, I never really saw that Sam Rayburn was his mentor. I always

Oral history transcript, Mary Margaret Wiley Valenti, interview 4 (IV), 2/26/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

and that his feeling was that it would be futile to try. G: Why do you think then he ultimately did make the race? V: I remember vaguely hearing him say—I believe that he said that it was the Speaker's [Sam Rayburn] view and his view that there should

Oral history transcript, Elizabeth (Liz) Carpenter, interview 1 (I), 12/3/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

in honor of President Eisenhower, I got Lyndon Johnson and Sam Rayburn to give him a calf, and we had the live calf on the stage of the Statler Hotel. But both Mr. Rayburn and Lyndon Johnson were so uruCh a part of the national scene- F: Tell me
First meeting Lady Bird; worked for Esther Van Wagoner Tufty; her wedding; presentation of calf from LBJ and Rayburn to President Eisenhower; ready access; LBJ’s willingness to share credit with local Congressmen whenever a story broke; two real

Oral history transcript, George E. Reedy, interview 9 (IX), 8/16/1983, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

politics are much more complex, and he was a national figure, there was no question about that. He was and would have been a national figure even if he had never gotten anywhere near the presi dency, just as Sam Rayburn was a national figure without

Oral history transcript, A.S. Mike Monroney, interview 1 (I), 2/24/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny) (Item)

was, and it was part of his greatness. Added to that, of course, was the association of Sam Rayburn--one of the truly greats, I think, of my thirty years in Congress. Sam always had an instinct of trying to feel out people that he felt would be interested in liberal
Biographical information; association with LBJ; Rayburn; Board of Education meetings; impression of LBJ; political reputation and closest associates; relationships of LBJ with FDR, Eisenhower and Truman; NYA; wartime price control legislation

Oral history transcript, Carroll Keach, interview 2 (II), 7/10/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)

Office building, and the new House Office building and that was before the Sam Rayburn Office building was built. was a very modern building. And this Mr. Kleberg had been in that building from the very beginning, which was unusual for a freshman
Biographical information; LBJ’s two years as teacher and debate coach at Sam Houston High School, Houston; LBJ’s role as Congressman Kleberg’s secretary; life in Washington for underpaid federal workers; Dodge Hotel; Little Congress and LBJ’s

Reference File Folder List (Item)

) Presidential Library see also LBJ Clippings (from Pegler Papers...) Hope, Bob Hopkins, Welly K. Hornaday, Walter Horses (LBJ and) Hot Line Hotchner, A. E.: "The White House: A Presidential Entertainment in 2 Acts" Houston, Sam Hoveyda, Fereydoun "How Great

Telephone conversation # 4631, sound recording, LBJ and ROBERT ANDERSON, 8/3/1964, 9:46AM (Item)

"RE: RAYBURN FOUNDATION AND OTHER SUBJECTS"; ANDERSON IS BARELY AUDIBLE AT BEGINNING; CONTINUES ON NEXT RECORDING

Lyndon Johnson's 1954 Desk Diary I, beginning 3/12/1954 (Item)

Secretary .llnderson John Connally in Fort Horth (John called) Senator Fullbright Doris Whit ~ s ide Albert Jackson at t:ie }ayflower Hotel Speaker Rayburn ( Mr . Seibert Worley at Shamrock, Texe.s Bill Francis at Houston Jack Blalock, Room 80lA

Lyndon Johnson's 1954 Desk Diary I, beginning 5/3/1954 (Item)

) ' ' PEOPLE SENATOR JOHNSCN TALKED TO ON THE TELEPHONE: Gerry Seigel Congressman Wright Patman Anchor Nelson, REA Speaker Rayburn Senator Knowland Mr. Gleason in Senator Knowland 1 s office Robert Oliver Clark Cli.ff ord ( Ben Brown, Department of State

Oral history transcript, Gerald C. Mann and Gerald C. Mann, Jr., interview 1 (I), 10/12/1968, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

the convent ion, Sam Rayburn got in touch with me and [said] that he and Johnson wanted to talk to me about heading up the campaign in Texas for the Kennedy -Johnson ticket. I had been approach ed in 1956, both I I by the Democra ts and the Republi cans

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