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Oral history transcript, James A. Elkins, Jr., interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by David G. McComb (Item)
  • role as a hostess and first lady with a-- E: Top notch. With lots of charm, lots of warmth, and yet with lots of know-how. Nothing hard or brittle about the lady obviously, but she was sophisticated in the ways of the world, also quite interested
  • regarding banking and appointments; reaction to LBJ's decision not to run; admiration of Lady Bird
Oral history transcript, James W. Symington, interview 1 (I), 7/14/1969, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)
  • that, "We can't understand Lyndon." Now there's no point in repeating what live read. But I guess that Lyndon's own prescience, and the advice he may have gotten from Rayburn and others, including Lady Bird, encouraged him to accept. Kennedy had to have