Biographical information; met LBJ while student at UT Law School; helped LBJ in first and second runs for Congress; introduced him to Mexican-Americans in East Austin; election to Brownsville school board in April 1941; LBJ through NTA; helped in renovation of old school building; LBJ had genuine love for Mexican-Americans; appointment and swearing in April 29, 1961 as Federal District judge; district extended from Houston and Galveston to Laredo, College Station to Brownsville; Garza and son cried when LBJ announced he would not run for president again
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Oral history transcript, Reynaldo G. Garza, interview 1 (I), 12/2/1970, by Joe B. Frantz, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 31, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-garzar-19701202-1-78-58