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in Texan internal affairs, Stevenson’s concern
see also campaign financing; campaign spending
Montgomery, Ala., itr.1
Montgomery, Gladys
Moody, Dan, 8.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 15.7
Mooney, Booth
morality of the ballot box, 12.1, 15.1, 16.1
1948 Texas campaign as study in, itr.1
Morgan, Dr. William, 10.1, 10.2, 10.3
Murchison, Clint, 12.1, 12.2
Murphey, Robert, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 14.1, 15.1
in 1948 campaign of Coke Stevenson, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1
on later life of Stevenson, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5
Nachlin, Harry, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3
Nagle, John L.
National Guard, itr.1, itr.2
National Youth Administration (NYA), 2.1, 6.1
LBJ as Texas state director, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 6.1, 11.1
LBJ’s proposal for merger with CCC, 2.1, 5.1, 5.2
NBC network
Neff, Pat M.
negative campaigning, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2
rejected by Stevenson, 12.1, 12.2
Nelson, Garrett H., 8.1, 8.2
network radio, 6.1, 6.2
New Deal, 1.1, 7.1, 12.1
FCC attacked by opponent of, 6.1, 6.2
LBJ and, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 7.1, 7.2, 11.1
patronage and power in Texas, 1.1, 7.1, 11.1
Rayburn and
Stevenson and
New Guinea
New Republic, The, 6.1
newspapers:
campaign, 12.1, 12.2
campaign advertising in, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
coverage of 1948 election in Texas, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6 and n., 11.7, 11.8, 11.9, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 12.6, 12.7
coverage of 1948 results, 13.1, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2
role in old-style campaigns
use of, in LBJ’s 1948 campaign, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
see also press and publicity
Newsweek, 16.1
New Yorker, The, 16.1
New York Times, The, itr.1, 7.1, 16.1
Magazine, 16.1
New Zealand, Navy liaison to
Nichols, Dorothy, 7.1, 11.1, 12.1
Nimitz, Adm. Chester, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1
Nixon, Richard M.
Nueces County, Tex., 9.1, 13.1
O’Daniel, W. Lee (“Pappy”), 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
campaign style of, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1
demagoguery of
as Governor, 7.1, 8.1
in 1938 gubernatorial race
in 1940 gubernatorial campaign, 8.1, 9.1, 9.2
in 1941 senatorial election, 1.1, 1.2, 6.1, 6.2, 8.1, 9.1, 11.1, 14.1, 16.1
in 1942 senatorial election, 2.1, 2.2, 7.1, 8.1
and 1948 senatorial election, 7.1, 7.2, 9.1
O’Daniel News, 12.1
Office of Price Administration, 2.1, 6.1
Office of Strategic Materials
oil depletion allowance, 7.1, 11.1
oil interests, Texas, 7.1, 8.1
financial support to LBJ, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2
LBJ’s 1948 campaign promises to
lease fraud
1940 campaign contributions through LBJ (to DCCC), 1.1, 1.2, 5.1
1942 campaign contributions through
Pauley (to DNC)
old-age pensions:
increased by Stevenson in Texas, 8.1, 18.1
1948 campaign debate on, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2
Old West-style politics, itr.1, itr.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1
Oliver, Robert
Oltorf, Frank C. (Posh), 2.1, 4.1, 11.1, 11.2, 14.1
“Operation Rolling Thunder”, itr.1
“Order 79” of FCC
organization techniques, political, itr.1
of LBJ, 7.1, 9.1, 13.1
Osmers, Frank C.
Owens, Wroe, n.
Pacific theater, World War II, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 3.1
Paley, William S., 6.1, 6.2
Palo Pinto Star, 11.1n.
Paramount Pictures
Parr, Archie, 9.1, 9.2
Parr, George Berham (“Duke of Duval”), 9.1, 11.1, 14.1 passim, 14.2, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4, 16.5
and LBJ: in 1941 election, 9.1, 14.1; in 1948 election, 9.2, 11.1, 13.1 passim, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3
and 1948 election probe by Masters-in-Chancery, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4
Salas’ allegiance to, 16.1, 16.2
and Stevenson
Parr, Givens
Path to Power, The (Caro), 6.1, 6.2, 9.1
Patillo, Claude
Patillo, Effie, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3
Patman, Wright, 1.1, 1.2, 5.1
patronage jobs:
dispensed by LBJ, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1; at NYA, 1.1, 6.3
Rayburn and
patrónes (jefes), 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5, 13.1, 13.2
Pauley, Edwin W., 5.1, 5.2, 7.1
peace movement, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3
Pearl Harbor, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3
Pearson, Drew, 5.1, 6.1, 12.1, 12.2
Peddy, George E. B., 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 11.5, 11.6, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5, 13.1
pensions, see old-age pensions
Petrillo, James C.
Petroleum Club, Dallas, 11.1, 11.2
Petsch, Alfred, 2.1, 2.2
Philippines, World War II in, 2.1, 2.2
Phipps, Joe, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4
Pickle, J. J. (“Jake”), 7.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 14.1
pistoleros, 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 14.1, 14.2
Plyler, Dorothy
Plyler, Sam
Poage, Robert
political power:
in a democracy, itr.1
derived from money, 1.1, 1.2, 5.1, 9.1, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1
LBJ’s use of, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 7.2
see also influence; money and politics; patronage jobs
politics:
“end justifies the means” attitude in, itr.1, 12.1
morality of the ballot box, 12.1, 15.1, 16.1; 1948 Texas campaign as
study in, itr.1
Old West (frontier) style, itr.1, itr.2, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1
role of technology in, itr.1, 9.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1, 17.1
substance vs. image in
transformation of mid-20th century, itr.1, 9.1, 17.1
see also campaign financing; campaigning; campaign spending; elections and political campaigns; money and politics; Texas: politics
polling, political, 9.1, 12.1
Belden poll results in 1948: Feb. 1948, 9.1; May 1948, 10.1, 11.1; June 1948, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4; Aug. 1948, 13.1 and n.
cost of statewide poll
private, 9.1, 10.1, 11.1, 12.1, 13.1; not done by Stevenson, 12.2
scientific, itr.1, 9.1
use in determining issues
poll tax (and poll tax sheets), 9.1, 9.2, 10.1, 16.1
financing by jefes and outsiders, 9.1, 9.2, 15.1
receipts used fraudulently, 9.1, 14.1
as upper vote limit, in Duval County election “counseling”, 13.1, 13.2, 15.1
poll-watchers, 9.1, 11.1, 13.1
Pool, Chub
Poole, H. L. (Ike), 11.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3, 14.4, 16.1
Port Arthur News, 11.1, 11.2
Porter, Jack, 15.1, 16.1
Porter, Paul A., 7.1, 15.1
Potter, D. Roland
poverty:
of LBJ’s youth, itr.1, itr.2, 1.1, 1.2, 6.1
of Stevenson’s youth, 8.1, 8.2
of Texas Hill Country, and LBJ’s efforts at aid, itr.1, 7.1
Powell, Wirtz, Rauhut and Gideon
pragmatism:
of LBJ, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 12.1, 16.1
as justification for O’Daniel speech by LBJ
of LBJ: origins of, 1.1, 16.1
Precinct 13, Jim Wells County, Tex., 9.1, 9.2
&nb
sp; ballot box stuffing, 14.1, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3; Salas’s admission, 16.1, 16.2
first primary vote of 1948
runoff vote, 13.1, 13.2; change of vote total, 13.3, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3; evidence gathered by Stevenson, 14.3, 14.4, 14.5, 14.6, 14.7, 15.2, 15.3, 16.4; fraud probe by Master-in-Chancery, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6, 16.5, 16.6, 16.7, 16.8; LBJ and evidence, 14.8, 14.9, 14.10, 15.7, 15.8, 15.9, 15.10, 16.9
“The Senator from” label for LBJ
see also Box 13
Presidency, itr.1
image damaged by LBJ, itr.1, 16.1
LBJ’s ambition for, itr.1, 1.1, 6.1, 6.2, 7.1, 11.1, 16.1, 16.2
LBJ’s use of
presidential elections:
1948, itr.1, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
1964 campaign, itr.1, itr.2, 16.1, 16.2
press and publicity:
LBJ and, 11.1; avoidance of reporters, as Congressman, 5.1; cooperation of reporters, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3; manipulation, 3.1, 11.2 and n., 12.4; planting of rumors, 5.2; self-portrayed war service, 3.2
and 1948 election, see newspapers
role in old-style campaigns
Washington conference of Stevenson, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
Price, Charles Wesley, 15.1, 16.1
primary system, in Texas, itr.1, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 11.1, 14.1
1948 primary, see Texas election for U.S. Senator in 1948
Progressive Party
public power, 1.1, 5.1; see also rural electrification
Public Utilities Holding Company Act of 1935,
Quill, Daniel, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2
racial discrimination, itr.1, 8.1
radio:
FCC regulation of, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3
LBJ’s stations, itr.1, 6.1, 6.2; see also KTBC
O’Daniel slot and speech, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
role in political campaigns, itr.1, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 9.1, 11.1, 12.1, 17.1; advertising, itr.2, 9.2, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 12.5; high cost of, 12.6; in LBJ’s 1948 race, 9.3, 10.1, 11.5, 11.6, 11.7, 11.8, 11.9, 11.10, 11.11, 11.12, 11.13, 12.7, 12.8, 12.9, 12.10, 12.11; in Stevenson’s 1948 race, 10.2, 11.14, 12.12
Texas State Quality Network
Rainey, Homer
Ramsey, Ben
Rather, Mary, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2, 14.1, 16.1
Rayburn, Sam, 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 6.1, 7.1
“Board of Education” of, 1.1, 1.2, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3
career in House of Representatives
and FCC
and FDR’s death
and LBJ, 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5, 15.1; committee assignments, 7.6; in FCC matters, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3; “professional son” relationship, 7.7
and New Deal
and Truman, 7.1, 7.2, 15.1
Raymond, Manuel, 9.1, 9.2, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 16.1
reactionaries, Texan
Read, W. O.
Reconstruction Finance Corporation (RFC), 6.1, 7.1
Reeb, James J., itr.1, itr.2, itr.3
Reedy, George
regulatory agencies, federal 90,; see also Federal Communications Commission; government regulation
Reilley, Wallace
Renfro, Connie C., 15.1, 15.2
Republican Party:
in control of House
in control of Senate
Richardson, Sid, 6.1, 6.2, 12.1, 12.2
Rio Grande Valley, 6.1, 9.1, 13.1, 14.1; see also “Valley” country
road system, Texas:
farm-to-market, 8.1, 11.1, 11.2, 12.1
highways, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 12.1
Roberts, Jack
Roberts, Morris, 11.1, 12.1
Roberts County, Tex., 13.1
Robinson, Ann Durrum, in
Roosevelt, Elliott
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 1.1, 2.1, 5.1, 15.1
death of, 7.1, 8.1
and LBJ, itr.1, 1.1, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.4, 5.1, 7.1, 7.2, 15.1; appointment to South-West Pacific survey team, 2.5; backing in 1941 special Senate election, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 12.1; LBJ’s prodding for high wartime job, 2.6, 2.7, 2.8, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4; question of 1942 Senate race, 1.5, 1.6, 2.9, 2.10, 2.11
New Deal of, 1.1, 1.2, 11.1, 12.1
support for Allred in 1942 senatorial
race, 2.1, 2.2
turned against Rayburn by LBJ
White House circle of
and World War II, 2.1, 3.1, 5.1
Rovere, Richard
Rowe, Elizabeth, 1.1, 1.2
Rowe, James H., Jr., 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 4.1, 4.2, 6.1, 7.1, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2
Rowe, James M., 9.1, 9.2, 14.1, 14.2
runoff primary of 1948, see Texas election for U.S. Senate in 1948: runoff results
rural campaigning, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 11.4, 12.1, 12.2
“missionaries” used in, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3
rural electrification, LBJ’s constituent
work for, 4.1, 5.1, 7.1, 11.1, 11.2
Rural Electrification Administration, 11.1, 12.1, 12.2
Russell, Richard Brevard, itr.1
Sain, Hubert
Safeway
Salas, Luis (“Indio”), 9.1, 14.1, 16.1, 16.2
and LBJ’s 1948 race, 9.1, 11.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 13.4, 14.1, 15.1; “Box 13” manuscript, 16.1
in probe by Federal Master-in-Chancery, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 16.1, 16.2, 16.3, 16.4
Salinas, Louis
San Antonio, Tex., 6.1, 9.1
1948 campaigning by LBJ, 12.1, 13.1; closing rally held in, 12.2, 13.2
results of first primary of 1948, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2
results of runoff, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 16.1
Truman campaign stop in
West Side ethnic vote, 9.1, 9.2, 12.1, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 16.1
San Antonio Light, 2.1, 2.2
San Augustine, Tex.
San Diego, Tex., 9.1, 9.2, 9.3, 13.1, 16.1, 16.2
San Marcos, Tex., 3.1, 13.1, 16.1
Saturday Evening Post, The, 16.1
Scanlon, Brig, Gen. Martin F.
Schmidt, Jacob, 6.1, 6.2
Schreiner, Scott, 12.1, 12.2
Schuetz, Leonard W.
Seay, Harry L.
Securities and Exchange Commission
Selective Service Act:
extension of (1942), 5.1, 6.1
LBJ’s bills to amend, 5.1, 7.1
Selma, Ala., itr.1–xvii, itr.2, itr.3, itr.4
Shelby County, Tex., 12.1, 14.1
Shelton, Edgar
Sheppard, Morris, 1.1, 2.1, 7.1
Sheppard (Morris) Air Force Base, 10.1, 10.2
Sidey, Hugh
Silver Star award, 4.1, 3.1, 3.2, 11.1
Simmons, W. B.
Small, Clint, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1
Smathers, George
Smith, Robert J.
Smith, William Robert, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 16.1
Smithwick, Sam, 16.1, 16.2
Sneed, Jerome
Social Security
social welfare and justice:
LBJ’s legislation, itr.1, itr.2, itr.3
Stevenson’s achievements in Texas, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 17.1
Truman’s agenda
soil and water conservation, as 1948 issue
Soil Conservation Service
Soliz, Eugenio, 14.1, 15.1 and n.
Solomon, Thomas C.
Solomon Islands
Southwest Texas State Teachers College, 3.1, 16.1
Stalingrad, battle of
Stamford, Tex., Cowboy Reunion
Standard Oil Company
Stanton, Frank, 6.1, 6.2
Starr County, Tex., 9.1, 9.2, 9.3
1948 first primary results
1948 runoff results, 13.1, 13.2, 13.3, 14.1, 16.1
State Capital Broadcasting Association
state courts, LBJ’s use of restraining order and injunction against recount, 14.1, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 16.1
State Observer (Texas), 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 13.1
states’ rights
an
d federal intervention in state election, 15.1, 15.2, 15.3, 15.4, 15.5, 15.6
States Rights party (1948), 14.1, 14.2, 15.1
Steinberg, Alfred
Sterling, Ross S.
Stevens, Lieut. Col. Francis R., 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 11.1
Stevenson, Coke Robert, itr.1, 7.1, 8.1, 17.1
ambition of, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4
attitudes of: toward government interference, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 11.1; toward labor, unions, and Taft-Hartley, 8.4, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2 and n.; toward Mexican vs. black minority, 8.5
background and early life of, itr.1, 8.1, 8.2
belief in constitutional law and government, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 14.1
character and personality of, 8.1, 8.2; dignity, 8.3, 8.4, 11.1; fairness, 8.5; frugality, 8.6, 8.7; honesty and integrity, 8.8, 8.9, 8.10, 11.2, 11.3; leadership qualities, 8.11, 8.12, 8.13; pride of, 11.4, 11.5, 12.1, 17.1; self-reliance, 8.14, 17.2; sense of humor, 8.15, 8.16, 8.17; simplicity, 8.18, 8.19, 8.20, 8.21, 12.2; sincerity, 8.22, 8.23; taciturnity, 8.24, 8.25, 8.26, 8.27, 8.28, 8.29
children of, 8.1, 17.1, 17.2
elections and political campaigns, 8.1, 8.2, 9.1, 14.1; aversion to, 8.3; campaigning on his record, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, 10.1, 11.1, 11.2, 11.3, 12.1, 12.2; campaign style, itr.1, itr.2, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 9.2, 10.2, 11.4, 12.3; for County Judge, 8.10, 8.11; for Lieutenant Governor (1938, 1940), 8.12, 8.13, 8.14, 8.15, 9.3; 1942 gubernatorial race, 8.16, 8.17; 1944 gubernatorial race, itr.3, 8.18; 1948 senatorial, see Texas election for U.S. Senator in 1948; for State legislature, 8.19, 8.20, 8.21; view of platforms and campaign promises, 8.22, 8.23, 8.24, 8.25, 11.5
as embodiment of Old West, itr.1, itr.2, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 11.1, 14.1
federal court suit against LBJ, 15.1, 15.2; in Supreme Court, 15.3, 15.4
as lawyer, 8.1, 8.2, 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
a legend in Texas (“Mr. Texas”), itr.1, 7.1, 8.1, 11.1, 17.1
legislative record of, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 12.1; anti-union, 8.4; fiscal controls, 8.5; prison reform, 8.6, 18.1; social reforms, 8.7, 8.8, 8.9, 18.2; state agency reorganization, 8.10; taxation, 8.11
marriages of:
first (Fay), 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5
second (Teeney), 17.1, 17.2, 17.3
nicknames for, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3
at 1948 Texas State Democratic Convention, 14.1, 14.2, 14.3
philosophy of, itr.1, 8.1, 8.2, 14.1; belief in law and justice, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 14.2, 15.1, 15.2; conservatism, itr.2, 8.6, 8.7, 8.8, 12.1, 17.1, 18.1; idealism, itr.3; individualism, itr.4, 8.9, 8.10, 8.11, 8.12, 8.13; Jeffersonianism, itr.5, 8.14, 8.15; love
for government, not politics, 8.1, 8.2, 11.1; love of liberty, 8.3, 8.4, 8.5, 8.6
physical appearance, 8.1, 8.2, 8.3, 8.4