Letter from Senator Lyndon Johnson to Cordye Hall, August 12, 1958
Title
Letter from Senator Lyndon Johnson to Cordye Hall, August 12, 1958
Subject
Hall, Cordye; Johnson, Lyndon B. (Lyndon Baines), 1908-1973
Description
Letter from Senator Lyndon Johnson to Cordye Hall in response to a letter he received from Hall in which she sent him an article from the Times Herald. Johnson also refers to an apparent accusation from Hall regarding an incident at the Dallas County Convention and how he has never "extended support to 'reactionary fanatics.'" Hall has written "lie!" in pencil next to this statement.
Creator
Hall, Cordye
Date
8/12/1958
Rights
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Language
en
Type
letters
Identifier
MSS052_letter_19580812
Rights Holder
Woman's Collection, Texas Woman's University, P.O. Box 425528, Denton, TX 76204.
Text
LYNDON B. JOHNSON
TEXAS
United States Senate
Office of Democratic Leader
Washington, D.C
August 12, 1958
Dear Mrs. Hall:
I have read with interest your letter of August 6th and the indicted story in the accompanying tearsheet from the Times Herald.
I agree that wisdom calls for Democrats not to fight among themselves but to concentrate on affirmative support of the principles of our party. Of course it is hardly necessary for me to state that I had nothing whatever to do with anything that happened at the Dallas County Convention, and I am not aware that I have ever extended support to “reactionary fanatics.”
(Handwritten to the right of the above paragraph, pointing towards the last sentence) Lie!
Sincerely,
[Handwritten] Lyndon B. Johnson.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mrs. Cordye Hall
TEXAS
United States Senate
Office of Democratic Leader
Washington, D.C
August 12, 1958
Dear Mrs. Hall:
I have read with interest your letter of August 6th and the indicted story in the accompanying tearsheet from the Times Herald.
I agree that wisdom calls for Democrats not to fight among themselves but to concentrate on affirmative support of the principles of our party. Of course it is hardly necessary for me to state that I had nothing whatever to do with anything that happened at the Dallas County Convention, and I am not aware that I have ever extended support to “reactionary fanatics.”
(Handwritten to the right of the above paragraph, pointing towards the last sentence) Lie!
Sincerely,
[Handwritten] Lyndon B. Johnson.
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mrs. Cordye Hall
Original Format
paper, typed letter
Files
Collection
Citation
Hall, Cordye, “Letter from Senator Lyndon Johnson to Cordye Hall, August 12, 1958,” TWU Digital Exhibits, accessed September 24, 2023, http://exhibits.twu.edu/ex/items/show/102.