Biographical information; meeting LBJ through National Youth Administration; LBJ's 1938 campaign for Senate and decision not to contest the loss; details of 1948 Texas Democratic Convention Executive Committee's certification of LBJ over Stevenson; LBJ's relationships with Price Daniel and John Connally; Martin's activities as Secretary of State during Connally's governorship; the relationship between John Connally and Ralph Yarborough; LBJ and state government; 'Johnson Bill'; LBJ and the Texas Democratic Party; Connally's appointment as Secretary of Treasury by President Nixon; rise of Republican party in Texas; LBJ's ability as a communicator and as a politician; LBJ in retirement.
Oral history transcript, Crawford Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1971, by David G. McComb
Citation
Oral history transcript, Crawford Martin, interview 1 (I), 5/4/1971, by David G. McComb, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-martinc-19710504-1-80-43