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Brownlee, B. M.,
13.1
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
15.1

Brownsville Herald
,
13.1

Buck, Raymond

Bunton family strain

bureaucracy, Stevenson’s distaste for,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4

Bureau of Naval Personnel,
2.1
,
5.1

Burnett, J. M. (Mac),
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3

Busby, Horace,
itr.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
12.1
,
17.1
,
18.1

in LBJ’s 1948 campaign,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
11.5
,
11.6
,
11.7
,
11.8
,
11.9
,
11.10
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
13.1

businessmen, Texan:

campaign contributions to LBJ’s 1948 race,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

LBJ’s pitch to

1948 campaign mailings targeted to

and Stevenson,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
17.1

Butt, H. E.
,

Cain, Dr. James,
10.1

Calvert, Robert,
14.1
,
14.2

Cameron County, Tex.,
9.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3

campaign financing:

cash,
9.1
,
9.2
,
12.1
,
12.2

conservative businesses as source of,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
;
see also
Brown & Root

federal contractors’ money,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
5.1
,
9.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

fraud and illegalities,
1.1
,
12.1

labor money,
11.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

LBJ’s campaigns,
1.1
,
6.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
12.1
; in 1948,
9.3
,
9.4
,
11.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
,
12.6
,
12.7
,
12.8
; questioned by Stevenson,
12.9
,
12.10
,
12.11

1940 fund-raising by LBJ,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
5.1
,
7.1

1942 fund-raising by Pauley

oil interest money,
1.1
,
1.2
,
5.1
,
9.1
,
12.1
,
12.2

Stevenson’s,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4

Texas largesse,
9.1
,
12.1
,
12.2

campaigning:

bands,
8.1
,
8.2
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1

buying of votes,
1.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2

cost of,
see
campaign financing
;
campaign spending

frontier style,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1

handbills and flyers,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1

negative campaigning and personal attacks: LBJ’s use of,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
12.1
,
12.2
; rejected by Stevenson,
12.3

new politics of technology,
itr.1
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
17.1
; advance men,
11.3
,
11.4
,
11.5
,
11.6
; advertising,
itr.2
,
9.2
,
11.7
,
11.8
,
11.9
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
; helicopter use,
itr.3
,
11.10
,
11.11
,
11.12
,
11.13
,
11.14
,
11.15
,
11.16
,
12.5
; mailings,
2.1
,
9.3
,
11.17
,
11.18
,
11.19
,
12.6
,
12.7
,
12.8
,
12.9
,
12.10
; mikes and loudspeakers,
8.1
,
11.20
,
11.21
; polling,
itr.4
,
9.4
,
9.5
,
10.1
,
11.22
,
11.23
; radio,
itr.5
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
9.6
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
11.24
,
11.25
,
11.26
,
11.27
,
11.28
,
11.29
,
11.30
,
11.31
,
11.32
,
12.11
,
12.12
,
12.13
,
12.14
,
12.15
,
12.16
,
17.2
; telephone,
11.33
,
11.34
,
12.17
,
12.18
,
12.19
,
16.1

newspaper articles,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
; relative importance in old-style campaigns,
12.4

platforms and campaign promises; LBJ’s manipulation,
9.1
,
11.1
–11,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
; Stevenson’s view of,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
11.4

posters,
11.1
,
11.2

role of “missionaries” (“travelers”),
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5

rural areas,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
12.1
,
12.2
;
see also sub entry
above:
new politics of technology
,
helicopter use

staffs,
11.1
,
11.2

Stevenson’s style of,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
12.1

stump speeches,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1
,
12.2

substance vs. image in

urban areas,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
13.1

use of repetition,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4

use of ridicule,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3

campaign newspapers:

Ferguson Forum
,
12.1

Johnson Journal
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

O’Daniel News
,
12.1

campaign spending:

average in Texas statewide races

LBJ’s 1937 congressional race

LBJ’s 1941 senatorial race,
1.1
,
9.1

LBJ’s 1948 senatorial race,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
,
13.1
,
13.2
; questioned by Stevenson,
12.6
,
12.7
,
12.8

Stevenson’s,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

vote buying,
1.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2

Carpenter, Leslie,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

Carpenter, Liz,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
16.1

Carpetbaggers, in Texas,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3

Carter, Amon,
12.1
,
12.2

Carter, Cliff

CBS network,
6.1
,
6.2

KTBC as affiliate of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3

Celler, Emmanuel

Center, Tex.,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

Cerda, Hector,
14.1
,
15.1

Cheavens, Dave

Christian, George

Chudars, James E.,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
11.5
,
11.6
,
11.7
,
11.8

Churchill, Sir Winston

Circuit Court of Appeals, Fortas’ strategy in,
15.1
,
15.2

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC),
2.1
,
5.1
,
5.2

Civilian Youth Administration proposal,
2.1
,
5.1

Civil Rights Act of 1957

Civil Rights Act of 1964

civil rights complaint of Stevenson, against LBJ,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
,
15.4

civil rights legislation:

LBJ and,
itr.1
-xviii,
itr.2
,
itr.3
,
7.1
,
10.1

under Truman,
itr.1
,
7.1
,
10.1

civil rights movement,
itr.1

Clark, Edward A.,
3.1
,
4.1
,
7.1
,
9.1
,
12.1

and KTBC advertising,
6.1
,
6.2

and LBJ’s 1948 Senate race,
7.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
13.1
; money raising and dispensing,
12.2
,
12.3
,
13.2
; post-election calls,
13.3
,
16.1
; and vote dispute at State Convention,
14.1
,
14.2

on Lady Bird,
4.1
,
12.1
; on LBJ at State Convention,
14.1
; on LBJ’s giving orders,
6.1
,
7.1
; on LBJ’s 1948 campaign energy,
11.1
; on 1948 election results,
14.2
,
14.3

Clark, Robert,
12.1
,
12.2
,
15.1

Clark, Tom C.,
1.1
,
2.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
9.1
,
12.1
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3

Clifford, Clark

Cochran, Jacqueline

Cofer, John,
14.1
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3

Cohen, Benjamin V.,
1.1
,
3.1

Coke, Richard,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3

Cole, Sterling

Collier’s
magazine,
16.1

Collins, Hal

Communism:

LBJ on,
10.1
,
10.2
,
11.1
,
12.1
; control over unions alleged,
12.2

O’Daniel’s Red-baiting

Stevenson on,
10.1
,
12.1

Stevenson’s alleged ties to,
12.1
,
12.2

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 office of LBJ

Congressional Record
,
5.1
and
n.
,
5.2
,
7.1

Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO),
12.1
,
12.2
and
n.
,
12.3

Connally, Ida Nell Brill (Nellie),
2.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3

Connally, John B.,
3.1
,
4.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
,
9.1
,
18.1

congressional aide to LBJ,
2.1
,
2.2
,
4.1
,
4.2

Governor of Texas,
7.1
,
14.1

and LBJ’s 1942 run for Senate,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3

and LBJ’s 1948 campaign,
9.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
; money raising and dispensing,
12.6
,
12.7
; and vote dispute at State Convention,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
14.4

marriage of

Navy service in World War II,
2.1
,
5.1

on LBJ at State Convention,
14.1
; on 1948 election results,
14.2

West Coast assignments with LBJ (World War II),
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
3.1
,
4.1
,
4.2

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