Oral history transcript, J.J. Jake Pickle, interview 4 (IV), 8/25/1971, by Joe B. Frantz

LBJ-Rayburn-Price Daniel relationship; details of the 1960 convention in Los Angeles, especially concerning the Texas delegation; poor accommodations for the delegation; the JFK organization in 1960; Texas delegation reacts to LBJ nomination for vice president; Judge Robert Hall and the Alabama delegation; Lloyd Hand and the JFK appearance before Protestant ministers in Houston; the 1960 campaign in Texas; LBJ helps Henry B. Gonzalez, brings Cantinflas to San Antonio; the special senatorial election of 1960; John Tower elected; LBJ-Pickle relationship in the vice-presidential years; LBJ's generosity; Ed Lyles; "Dollars for Democrats;" Homer Thornberry and Pickle; Gene Fondren, Charles Herring, and Pickle reach agreement on running for Congress; Merrill Connally rumored as a candidate; LBJ and Pickle's decision to run for Congress; Pickle runs and is elected; LBJ-Pickle relationship in the presidential years