Oral history transcript, Margaret Mayer Ward, interview 2 (II), 4/22/1981, by Michael L. Gillette

Allan Shivers and Democrats for Eisenhower in 1952; the role of LBJ and Sam Rayburn in the 1956 Texas State Democratic Convention; Paul Butler and the Democratic Advisory Committee; party at Dewey Bradford's house; how LBJ won county and precinct conventions; LBJ's reluctance to get involved in state conventions; LBJ's involvement in the 1954 state Democratic conventions and appointment of national Democratic committee members and Democratic Executive Committee members; LBJ's relationships with Price Daniel and Ralph Yarborough; Democratic National Committeeman Byron Skelton and Committeewoman Frankie Randolph; support from organized labor; Jake Pickle's leadership on the state nominations committee; arguments at the September 1958 state Democratic convention in San Antonio.