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  • Time Period > Post-Presidential (Jan. 21, 1969-) (remove)
  • Contributor > Patman, Wright, 1893-1976 (remove)

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Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 2 (II), 2/4/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)
  • it a lot. It was a topic of conversation. The main contenders were Lyndon Johnson and Jack Kennedy; we had nothing else to talk about as far as applicants were concerned. G: Do you recall anything regarding his change of mind, why he changed his mind? P
Oral history transcript, Wright Patman, interview 1 (I), 8/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • , we were in a recess and Mr. Rayburn was the only one there from the House and Mr. Truman was over there from the Senate--he was Vice President--and the telephone rang and Mr. Rayburn was sitting at the desk like this, answered it, says, "It's for you