Life at the Dodge Hotel; LBJ as secretary to Congressman Kleberg; Arthur Perry as secretary to Senator Connally; LBJ early participation in state campaigns; working conditions in Washington, social life, diet, etc.; LBJ a bundle of nervous energy, required very little sleep, thought movies were a waste of time; LBJ tended to all the duties Congressman Kleberg neglected: veterans' pensions, etc.; attending night sessions of Congress; the Texas Club; LBJ dating in Washington; no hobbies; no reading of popular magazines; LBJ a voracious reader of newspapers; LBJ-FDR agreement on policy; Rayburn-LBJ relationship; LBJ and the Texas delegation; LBJ gets NYA job; roadside parks; the "Little Congress;" LBJ drafts patronage agreement for Texas delegation.
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Oral history transcript, Robert M. Jackson, interview 1 (I), 4/5/1965, by Eric F. Goldman, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-jacksonr-19650405-1-70-42