JFK GOES TO TEXAS., YARBOROUGH, RALPH W. 1903-1996.

Typed Letter Signed ("Ralph W. Yarborough"),

YARBOROUGH, RALPH W. 1903-1996. Typed Letter Signed ("Ralph W. Yarborough"), to "Dear Friend," being an invitation to attend a fundraising dinner in Austin on the evening of November 22, 1963, with JFK as the guest of honor, 1p, 4to, Washington D.C., dated November 13, 1963. With attached copy of a letter from Governor John Connally to Yarborough and 4 pages of other Democratic party information.

INVITATION FOR A DINNER ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963, WITH JFK AS THE GUEST OF HONOR. On November 21, President Kennedy and the first lady left Washington on Air Force One for a two-day tour of Texas which was to culminate in the dinner in Austin the night of November 22. Obviously the dinner never took place. The flash trip was necessary in order to quell an intraparty squabble that had erupted between Senator Ralph Yarborough with Texas Governor John Connally, which extended to Connally's friend, Lyndon Johnson. Kennedy felt his presence would send a message, and further intervened by asking Connally to give Yarborough a role in the events in Austin. Yarborough put aside his animosity toward LBJ and rode, at Kennedy's request, with the Johnsons in the motorcade in Dallas, two cars behind the President's.