Means of Ascent (113 page)

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

and 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

popularity of,
itr.1
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
11.1
,
12.1
; eroded by LBJ’s attacks,
11.2
,
12.2

public career of,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
11.1
; County D.A.,
8.4
; County Judge,
8.5
; fiscal conservatism,
8.6
,
8.7
,
8.8
,
8.9
,
17.1
; Governor of Texas,
itr.1
,
7.1
,
8.10
,
8.11
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
17.2
; Lieutenant Governor,
8.12
,
8.13
; and New Deal,
8.14
; his repeated reluctance,
8.15
,
8.16
,
8.17
,
8.18
,
8.19
,
8.20
; shortcomings,
8.21
; State legislator and Speaker,
8.22
; style of governance,
8.23

as rancher,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
17.1
,
17.2
,
17.3
,
17.4