Means of Ascent (107 page)
Authors: Robert A. Caro
Connally, Tom,
2.1
,
7.1
,
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,
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conservatism, conservatives:
LBJ and,
1.1
; 124–5; pretense,
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,
6.1
,
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,
12.2
of Peddy and East Texas,
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,
11.1
,
12.1
of Stevenson,
itr.1
,
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,
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,
8.3
,
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,
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,
17.2
Texan,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
12.2
; East Texas,
9.1
,
11.3
,
12.3
; and O’Daniel,
12.4
; in 1948 election,
11.4
,
11.5
,
12.5
,
12.6
,
12.7
,
14.1
; reactionaries,
12.8
contractors and subcontractors, influence-wielding with,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
14.1
;
see also
federal contractors
Corcoran, Thomas G.,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
4.1
,
6.1
,
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,
12.1
and LBJ’s 1948 campaign,
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,
12.1
,
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,
15.2
on retainer at Brown & Root,
1.1
,
1.2
Corpus Christi, Tex.,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Corpus Christi Caller-Times
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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corruption:
LBJ accused of, in 1946 campaign
in Texas politics and government,
8.1
,
14.1
; Salas on,
16.1
; “Valley” politics,
9.1
; voting fraud in Valley,
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,
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,
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,
13.1
,
14.2
,
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,
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,
16.2
court injunctions, use in 1948 election dispute:
by LBJ,
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,
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,
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,
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,
15.2
,
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,
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,
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by Stevenson,
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,
15.2
;
see also
Federal District Court
Stevenson as embodiment of,
itr.1
,
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Credibility Gap, LBJ’s,
itr.1
,
3.1
Crooker, John,
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,
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,
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,
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Daily Texan
,
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Dallas, Tex.,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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1948 runoff primary results,
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,
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1948 State Democratic Convention
Dallas County, Tex.,
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,
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,
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Dallas News
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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1948 election coverage,
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,
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,
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,
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Daniels, Jonathan,
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Davidson, Judge T. Whitfield,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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appeal of his injunction,
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,
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,
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,
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Deason, Willard,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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democracy:
political power and elections in,
itr.1
role of favoritism and influence in,
itr.1
,
8.1
,
14.1
Stevenson’s belief in,
itr.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
14.1
Democratic Congressional Campaign
LBJ’s 1940 fund-raising for,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
5.1
,
7.1
Democratic National Committee (DNC)
Pauley’s 1942 fund-raising for
Democratic Party:
Texas: Jim Wells County Committee,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
14.4
,
14.5
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
; Loyalists vs. States Righters,
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,
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,
15.4
; primaries,
see
primary system in Texas; reform members,
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,
13.1
,
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,
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,
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,
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; State Convention of 1948,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; State Committee (and Executive Committee),
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; ballot line for Senate in 1948,
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,
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,
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departments of federal government,
see
U.S. Department of Justice
;
U.S. Department of the Interior
Dibrell, Kellis,
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,
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,
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Dominican Republic,
itr.1
Donald, B. F. (Tom),
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,
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,
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,
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Douglas, Helen Gahagan,
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,
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,
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Duckworth, Allen,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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“Duke of Duval”,
see
Parr, George
Durr, Clifford,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
6.4
Durr, Virginia,
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,
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,
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Duval County, Tex.,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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1948 runoff results,
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,
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,
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,
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; fraud and “corrections” of,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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; evidence gathered by Stevenson,
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,
15.6
; fraud probe by Master-in-Chancery,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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education:
racial discrimination in,
itr.1
Eightieth (“do-nothing”) Congress
Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
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,
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,
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election law,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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elections and election campaigns,
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buying of votes,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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LBJ in,
see
Johnson, Lyndon Baines: elections and political campaigns;
Texas election for U.S. Senate in 1948
1948 presidential,
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,
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,
14.2
,
14.3
1948 senatorial in Texas, as watershed in politics,
itr.1
,
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,
11.1
,
17.1
;
see also
Texas election for U.S. Senate in 1948
1964 presidential,
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,
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,
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stealing of,
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,
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,
9.1
; by LBJ,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
16.1
Stevenson in,
see
Stevenson, Coke Robert, elections and political campaigns;
Texas election for U.S. Senate in 1948
see also
campaign financing
;
campaigning
;
campaign spending
;
Texas elections
;
votes (and voting)
electricity, rural, LBJ’s work for,
itr.1
,
4.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
electronics, political use of,
itr.1
,
9.1
see also
radio
El Paso Times
,
12.1
employment, desegregation of,
itr.1
,
7.1
Essex
, U.S.S.,
5.1
ethnic (bloc) vote, in Texas,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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“corrected” counts of, in 1948,
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,
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,
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Evans (Robert) and Novak (Stewart)
,
Fair Employment Practices Commission (FEPC),
7.1
,
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farmers, LBJ’s 1948 campaign promises to
farm-to-market roads,
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,
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,
12.1
favoritism, political,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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awarding of federal contracts,
1.1
,
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,
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effect on democratic government
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
in civil rights battles in South
investigation of 1948 Texas vote fraud
Federal Communications Commission (FCC),
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,
6.2
Cox Committee investigation of
handling of KTBC applications,
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,
6.2
and network affiliates vs. independent stations
susceptibility to congressional pressures
federal contracts, federal contractors,
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,
7.2
Brown & Root,
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,
4.1
,
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,
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,
12.2
political contributions by,
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,
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,
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,
5.1
,
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,
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,
12.2
,
12.3
see also
contractors and subcontractors
Federal District Court, Stevenson’s action against LBJ in,
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,
15.2
,
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,
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