Biographical information; contact with LBJ and Speaker Sam Rayburn; relationship between the White House staff and Monahan in the Speaker's office; LBJ and JFK's Administrations; liaison functions; JFK's relationship with McCormack; Larry O'Brien; Barefoot Sanders; liaison staff; lame duck session; congressional, departmental and private lobbyist liaison work; age differences in staff; code of behavior in Congress; role of the Legislative Branch; social aspects of the Congressional-White House relationship; the JFK and LBJ Administrations.
Oral history transcript, John L. Monahan, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker
Citation
Oral history transcript, John L. Monahan, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1969, by T.H. Baker, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-monahanj-19690214-1-83-5