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Links A Political Wife November 1934 - November 1963 Josefa,
Rebekah, Lyndon and Lady Bird Johnson (Photo Credt: Austin
Statesman) Congressman Lyndon Johnson, Lady Bird, Lyndon's
sister Josefa (left) and  Part II: A Political Wife   Following
their wedding, Mr. and Mrs. Lyndon Baines Johnson moved to
Washington as he continued his work for Texas Congressman
Richard Kleberg. But Lyndon's days appeared numbered as Kleberg
and his wife began to worry about their ambitious young aide.
The issue reached a head in 1935 when the Congressman asked
Johnson to find another job. Then Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal
stepped to save Johnson's political career.  Johnson called on
some senior congressional friends to get him a job at the newly
formed National Youth Administration, an organization created to
offer job training to the millions of unemployed youths of the
nation. After some hesitance due t