[1], Murchison owned several ranches, one close to Tampico, Mexico, where he hosted the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in 1950. Those present at the event included J. Edgar Hoover, Clyde Tolson, John J. McCloy, Jack Ruby, George Brown (of Brown and Root), numerous mafia kingpins, several . I had the remainder," Schramm later recalled. Johnson argued: In all my twenty-five years in Washington I have never seen a campaign of intimidation equal to the campaign put on by the opponents of this bill. Johnson pushed on with the bill and it was eventually passed by 53 votes to 38. If you continue to use this site we will assume that you are happy with it. ", Gary Mack has argued that this party never took place: "Could LBJ have been at a Murchison party? [7], Prior to the end of World War II, Murchison was concerned with the threat of Russian Communism to world relationships. Dallas, Texas 75201. (How this particular commodity was materially different from other forms of mining, or commercial ocean fishing, or even farming, was never fully explained, other than perhaps the oilmen having better lobbyists than the others. I knew how secretly Lyndon operated. Actuallythe gold is peanuts. Two days later, with no[MB1] explanation to speak of, the Dallas Cowboys were signing rookie free agents and promoting season tickets. In spite trying to resume the conversation, he would never discuss it further. This is hardly the best of times to be in the art business, as the formerly rich try to unload paintings to pay their utility bills. Note 3 things: 1) Murchison is in "cold disbelief" at the idea of Lyndon Johnson on the ticket with John Kennedy. RON HALL WAS RECENTLY WIDOWED and had retired from the art world when he was offered the chance to sell one of the largest private collections of contemporary art in America. H.L. No. Enjoy Dallas' best trends, hot properties, and tips from local designers to help you nest in style delivered weekly. During the fifties LBJ breakfasts at Clint's Preston Road home were commonplace. Sometimes, I find homes that are historically significant or had been designed by a notable local architect. "There's one thing you must have in football: one continuous line of authority. Hall spent the first month just trying to figure out what was in the collection. If they wanted any of it, they would have to buy it from her estate. Clinton Williams Murchison, Jr., businessman, was born in Dallas, Texas, on September 12, 1923, the son of Anne (Morris) and Clinton Williams Murchison, Sr., both of Tyler. He and his two brothers, John Dabny and Burk, were raised by their father . Madeleine Duncan Brown was a mistress of Lyndon Johnson for 21 years and had a son with him named Steven Mark Brown in 1950. One of the first book's he published was by his old friend, J. Edgar Hoover. In the March 18 editions of multiple local newspapers, there were numerous headlines and references to the Rangers. That is until Hunt decided he was no longer waiting. Murchison believed those limits were an un-American infringement on his liberty. ", Philip F. Nelson, the author of LBJ: The Mastermind of the JFK Assassination (2011) has pointed out that the oil depletion allowance, "allowed them to retain 27.5 percent of their oil revenue tax-tree; its loss, according to World Petroleum magazine, stood to cost the industry as much as $280 million in annual profits. While this law applied to industry as a whole, it especially affected the oil companies. 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. He told the New York Post: "Before I got them, they published some books that were badly pro-Communist. 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. Hall recalls an exchange with one high-profile oilman: This friend calls and says, Im interested in Ken Nolands Montana Sun. I told him the price, and he shouts into the phone, Well, goddamn, I gave it to them, and I only paid $500 for it. And I said, Well, were selling it for $100,000. And he shouts, Hell, good luck! A Lake Tahoe collector paid the full asking price.