Larry, what was your view of Madeleine Brown as a witness? [3][1] His 1st wife, Anne Morris Murchison, died in 1926. The money used to bribe these politicians came from Russells network of businessmen. Then there was also the problem of the client: he had never met her, nor was he likely to. I feel compelled to post an objection to Robert Morrow's remark about Madeleine Brown. He was also friends with longtime FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and heavily involved in national politics. Madeleine was definitely a key long term mistress of Lyndon Johnson. Enjoy unlimited access to all of our incredible journalism, in print and digital. he yelled. [9][7] Even though Eisenhower identified as a Republican, Murchison and Richardson were actively involved in the Democrats for Eisenhower movement. By befriending Richardson, Murchison, Hunt, and other oilmen like Amon Carter of Fort Worth, Wesley West of Austin, and R. J. Parten of Houston, Johnson assured himself of nearly unlimited funding. Is there anything else? He stayed in the Will Rogers suite on the 13th floor and Manchester (William Manchester - author of The Death of a President) says he was up late. [3], During World War I, Murchison served as a first lieutenant in the United States Army. Still, she made a last-ditch effort to do something to help the museum. Forget the party; focus on who the man Murchison was. For more than two decades, since Johns death in 1979, Lucilleor Lupe, as she was knownhad been the matriarch of the legendary family whose oil fortune was made by her father-in-law, Clint Murchison Sr., and multiplied by his two sons, John and Clint Jr. Just as Clint Jr. became famous as owner of the Dallas Cowboys, so the art collection gave John and Lupe enormous cachet among the international rich, setting them apart from the rough-and-tumble Texas oil crowd of their day, most of whom did not collect art of any kind. He was paranoid, likely clinically, just as Nixon was. I also have to say I've heard a tape of very early interviews with MB where the party was mentioned which is much more limited and less dramatic than the story that evolved after people started reinforcing her. Since I accept that there may well have been a relationship I don't toss out MB's comments on hearing wild remarks from LBJ.
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