First association with LBJ; recollections of James V. Allred; support of FDR; memories of Roy Miller; LBJ’s aptitude for acquiring information; views on LBJ; 1941 race; recollections of George Parr; circumstances of Lyle’s election to Congress and the defeat of Kleberg; LBJ and Sam Rayburn; “Board of Education;†LBJ’s 1948 Senate race and the resulting controversy; LBJ, Rayburn and oil and gas support; Sid Richardson; the Leland Olds controversy.
Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette
Citation
Oral history transcript, John E. Lyle, Jr., interview 1 (I), 4/13/1984, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 31, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-lylej-19840413-1-87-36