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- Rather, Mary Alice, 1912-1990x
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- The "Board of Education" room where Sam Rayburn and, later, LBJ and other members of the House met to socialize and discuss legislative strategy; Rather knowing where LBJ was at all times so she could contact him if necessary; Sam Houston…
- The Johnsons buying their home at 4921 Thirtieth Place in Washington D.C. and the layout of the house; LBJ moving to a bigger office space in the Old House Office Building in 1943; LBJ's work as chairman of a subcommittee to investigate Navy…
- LBJ's growing popularity throughout the state of Texas in the 1940s; work in LBJ's congressional office; LBJ's 1944 congressional opponent, Buck Taylor; efforts by oil men to defeat Sam Rayburn; Lynda Bird Johnson's birth and her…