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as effective and as convincing and played the role of the leader. One of the things that he did, which I think probably is not the proper thing to do, but nevertheless is very impressive, was to call a couple of people on his telephone and put the conversation
LBJ's 1958 interview with Paul Ringler of the Milwaukee Journal; LBJ's practice of making telephone calls while people were in his office; Senator LBJ's ability to get information from people on the telephone; LBJ's tactics to gain Senate passage

Oral history transcript, One More Story (group interview), 11/17/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

all those books about how if you always told the truth you'd be all right. So lid say, "Oh, no sir, I don't have to go to bed till eight o'clock." And one time I was brash enough--I was in a conversation with the Speaker, it was maybe at the Ranch

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 1 (I), 7/12/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

. Johnson is in Texas; call him on the telephone, and tell him of your interest." Proxmire didn't get that seat. But later on, he got a seat on the Appropriations Committee, which may be . . . F: At least an equivalent plum. H: That's right. Sure. You

Oral history transcript, Dr. Ralph K. Huitt, interview 2 (II), 10/5/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

with the efforts to desegregate hospitals in the South; but these efforts inevitably had repercussions on the Hill. So that I had many telephone calls, either from members of 2 LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT Lyndon B

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