Word: rayburnisms
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Perhaps the President's most important pronouncement of the day occurred when he declared to the Democratic leaders of both Houses: "I want you to know, Mr. Rayburn and Lyndon, that I am available for consultation at any time, if you want to come and talk to me about the welfare of the country...
...Administration had a good reason to expect Democratic backing on the proposals discussed, and House Speaker-to-be Sam Rayburn emerged from the White House assuring newsmen that "no blood was spilled...
...issues weighed last week would be formally laid before the Congress in the President's State of the Union message on Jan. 6, a date that Sam Rayburn, when Ike suggested it at the bipartisan conference, heartily seconded: Jan. 6 will be Mr. Sam's 73rd birthday. "Swell," said the President; maybe there would be a present for Sam in the speech...
Nobody explained this sound political logic to the new Democratic national chairman, Paul Butler. At a press conference, after the New Orleans meeting, Butler endorsed a personal attack on Ike attributed by a local newspaper to House Democratic Leader Sam Rayburn. Butler declared that Ike had demonstrated "his incapacity to lead the American people . . . His military background does not qualify Eisenhower as a political leader." If Butler had asked any of the reporters, he would have learned that Rayburn had vehemently denied any attack...
...Rayburn arrived late at the meeting, found Butler in the lead, and urged that the election be postponed for two months. DeSapio, Arvey, Lawrence & Co. applauded this suggestion. But the committeemen, feeling their oats, resented it and pressed for a vote...