Lyndon B. Johnson (1963-1969)
JOHNSON, Lyndon B. (1908-1973). Three typed letters signed ("Lyndon" or "Lyndon B. Johnson"), one as Congressman and two as Senator, 20 February 1948 - 3 August 1960. Together 3 pages, 4to, on either House of Representatives or U. S. Senate stationery, one letter with two punch holes at top.
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JOHNSON, Lyndon B. (1908-1973). Three typed letters signed ("Lyndon" or "Lyndon B. Johnson"), one as Congressman and two as Senator, 20 February 1948 - 3 August 1960. Together 3 pages, 4to, on either House of Representatives or U. S. Senate stationery, one letter with two punch holes at top.
JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT A LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS CASE in this 20 February 1948 letter to Price Daniel, the Texas state attorney general. Daniel sent LBJ a copy of a brief in the case of Sweatt v. Painter, and Johnson replies: "I am grateful for your having forwarded me your arguments in the Sweatt case. I shall read your remarks with interest." In 1946 the University of Texas denied Heman Sweatt admission to its law school. Sweatt filed suit, and his case proved a crucial turning point in civil rights litigation. His NAACP lawyers originally counseled him to accept admission to a blacks-only law school, but Thurgood Marshall took over the case, insisting that integration was the only acceptable remedy and that separate schools were inherently unequal. The Supreme Court found in Sweatt's favor in 1950. -- 2 January 1954: LBJ encloses G. Merle Johnson a signed photo (not present). -- 3 August 1960: he tells Cornelius Greenway of his satisfaction about having been "hired on" for the Democratic ticket of 1960, and sends a signed copy of a political cartoon that contains "the LBJ brand" (Christies sold that cartoon in The Forbes Collection, Part Four, lot 236). Together 3 items. (3)
JOHNSON TALKS ABOUT A LANDMARK CIVIL RIGHTS CASE in this 20 February 1948 letter to Price Daniel, the Texas state attorney general. Daniel sent LBJ a copy of a brief in the case of Sweatt v. Painter, and Johnson replies: "I am grateful for your having forwarded me your arguments in the Sweatt case. I shall read your remarks with interest." In 1946 the University of Texas denied Heman Sweatt admission to its law school. Sweatt filed suit, and his case proved a crucial turning point in civil rights litigation. His NAACP lawyers originally counseled him to accept admission to a blacks-only law school, but Thurgood Marshall took over the case, insisting that integration was the only acceptable remedy and that separate schools were inherently unequal. The Supreme Court found in Sweatt's favor in 1950. -- 2 January 1954: LBJ encloses G. Merle Johnson a signed photo (not present). -- 3 August 1960: he tells Cornelius Greenway of his satisfaction about having been "hired on" for the Democratic ticket of 1960, and sends a signed copy of a political cartoon that contains "the LBJ brand" (Christies sold that cartoon in The Forbes Collection, Part Four, lot 236). Together 3 items. (3)