Working for the NYA during the depression and meeting LBJ; LBJ’s powerful leadership of the NYA; Sam Rayburn’s and Alvin Wirtz’s relationships with, and influence over, LBJ; LBJ’s parents; the influential circle of people that worked throughout LBJ’s career to the presidency; the “Little Cabinetâ€; Pappy O’Daniel; LBJ’s military service; Mrs. Johnson and her role as counselor/advisor; Rayburn/Allan Shivers argument over who would control the convention; LBJ/Shivers relationship.
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Oral history transcript, Ray Roberts, interview 1 (I), 6/9/1975, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-robertsr-19750609-1-78-96