Nation: Sam's Successor?

The school bill went down to a crushing defeat; the House-Senate foreign aid program came seriously compromised out of the committee room. And so, with the last major business of the session cleared away, tired, taut House Speaker Sam Rayburn, 79, agreed to rest his ailing back (TIME, Sept. 1). Last week, with his niece Jane Bartley in tow, Rayburn packed up and flew off for an indefinite rest at his home in Bonham, Texas, leaving behind a promise to return in case any legislative trouble arises.

There was never any question about who would succeed Mr. Sam in the Speaker's high-backed...

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