Means of Ascent (106 page)
Authors: Robert A. Caro
Brownlee, B. M.,
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Brownsville Herald
,
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bureaucracy, Stevenson’s distaste for,
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Bureau of Naval Personnel,
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Burnett, J. M. (Mac),
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Busby, Horace,
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in LBJ’s 1948 campaign,
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businessmen, Texan:
campaign contributions to LBJ’s 1948 race,
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1948 campaign mailings targeted to
and Stevenson,
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Cain, Dr. James,
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Cameron County, Tex.,
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campaign financing:
conservative businesses as source of,
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;
see also
Brown & Root
federal contractors’ money,
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fraud and illegalities,
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labor money,
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LBJ’s campaigns,
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; in 1948,
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; questioned by Stevenson,
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1940 fund-raising by LBJ,
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oil interest money,
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Stevenson’s,
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campaigning:
bands,
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buying of votes,
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cost of,
see
campaign financing
;
campaign spending
frontier style,
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handbills and flyers,
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negative campaigning and personal attacks: LBJ’s use of,
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; rejected by Stevenson,
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new politics of technology,
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; advance men,
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; advertising,
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; helicopter use,
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; mailings,
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; mikes and loudspeakers,
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; polling,
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; radio,
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; telephone,
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newspaper articles,
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; relative importance in old-style campaigns,
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platforms and campaign promises; LBJ’s manipulation,
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–11,
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; Stevenson’s view of,
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role of “missionaries” (“travelers”),
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rural areas,
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see also sub entry
above:
new politics of technology
,
helicopter use
Stevenson’s style of,
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stump speeches,
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urban areas,
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use of repetition,
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use of ridicule,
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campaign newspapers:
Ferguson Forum
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Johnson Journal
,
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O’Daniel News
,
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campaign spending:
average in Texas statewide races
LBJ’s 1941 senatorial race,
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LBJ’s 1948 senatorial race,
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; questioned by Stevenson,
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vote buying,
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Carpenter, Leslie,
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Carpenter, Liz,
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Carpetbaggers, in Texas,
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KTBC as affiliate of,
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Chudars, James E.,
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Circuit Court of Appeals, Fortas’ strategy in,
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Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC),
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Civilian Youth Administration proposal,
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civil rights complaint of Stevenson, against LBJ,
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civil rights legislation:
LBJ and,
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civil rights movement,
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Clark, Edward A.,
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and LBJ’s 1948 Senate race,
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; money raising and dispensing,
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; post-election calls,
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; and vote dispute at State Convention,
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on Lady Bird,
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; on LBJ at State Convention,
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; on LBJ’s giving orders,
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; on LBJ’s 1948 campaign energy,
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; on 1948 election results,
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Clark, Tom C.,
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Cofer, John,
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Collier’s
magazine,
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Communism:
LBJ on,
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; control over unions alleged,
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Stevenson’s alleged ties to,
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Congress,
see
U.S. Congress
;
U.S. House of Representatives
;
U.S. Senate
congressional elections,
see
elections and political campaigns
; Johnson, Lyndon Baines: elections and campaigns
Congressional Record
,
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and
n.
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Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO),
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and
n.
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Connally, Ida Nell Brill (Nellie),
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Connally, John B.,
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congressional aide to LBJ,
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and LBJ’s 1942 run for Senate,
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and LBJ’s 1948 campaign,
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; money raising and dispensing,
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; and vote dispute at State Convention,
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Navy service in World War II,
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on LBJ at State Convention,
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; on 1948 election results,
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West Coast assignments with LBJ (World War II),
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