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Adams, Horatio H. (“Rasch”)

agrarian revoit

Agricultural Adjustment Administration (AAA)

crop-reduction payments

and LBJ, as congressional secretary

Agricultural Extension Service, county agents

and Range Conservation program

agricultural technology

agriculture, see cattle-raising; cotton; farmers; farming; farm produce; Hill Country of Texas

Aiken, Paul

Alamo Purchase Bill

Allen, Robert S.：

on LBJ

and Pearson, Drew:

on Democratie National Campaign Committee

on Garner

on LBJ: as Democrats' hero (1940); as FDR's protege

Allred, James V.

and congressional election (1937)

fails to enter 1941 senatorial race

at (Sam Ealy) Johnson, Jr.'s funeral

Alsop, Joseph:

and Catledge, T.: The 168 Days:

on Corcoran

on Garner

on FDR

and Kintner, R.：

on FDR: and Garner; and LBJ's senatorial race (1941)

ambition:

of (Herman) Brown

as Bunton trait

of (Lady Bird) Johnson

of LBJ, see LBJ: ambition(s) of

of LBJ's subordinates

of (Sam Ealy) Johnson, Jr.

of Rayburn

Anderson, P. L.

Appleby, Paul

appliances, electrical

lighting, lamps

pump

refrigerator

washing machine

Arnold, Frank, 191 and n.

Arnold, Helen Hofheinz, 191 and n.

Arnold, Laurence F.

Austin, Tex.：

FHA grant to (Dec. 1937)

Indian threat to (i9th century)

LBJ buys land in (1939)

political support for LBJ in (1937)

population (1850), postmastership

Public Housing Authority:

compromise on, between LBJ and H.Brown

and FHA grant (1937)

LBJ proposes creation of (1937)

PWA projects in

Tom Miller Dam

Austin American-Statesman, and n. on Democratie Convention (1940), and LBJ:

congressional campaign (1937); poils

congressional election (1938)

on Roosevelt-Garner battle

senatorial campaign (1941)

on (Roy) Miller

Austin American-Statesman (cont'd.)

on political situation in Texas (1940)

see also Marsh, Charles E.

automobiles, LBJ and, see LBJ: and automobiles

Avery, C. N., in congressional election (1937)

Bailey, Joseph Weldon:

LBJ and

(Sam Ealy) Johnson, Jr., and

Rayburn and

Baines, George Washington (LBJ's great-grandfather)

Baines, Joseph Wilson (LBJ's grandfather)：

career

and daughter (Rebekah)

financial ruin, death

in Texas Legislature

Baines, Rebekah, see Johnson, Rebekah Baines

Baines, Ruth Ament Huffman (LBJ's grandmother)：

and LBJ

visits Johnsons

banks:

closings (1933)

and farmers

see also farm mortgages

Rayburn and

and Reconstruction Finance Corporation

regulation of

FDR and

Baptists

Bardwell, Malcolm

Barkley, Alben

Barnes, James M.

Barnwell, Milton

Basso, Hamilton

Bauer, Lenhardt E.

Beaman, Middleton

Bean, Joseph C.

beer and liquor interests in Texas: and Senate election results (1941), passim

Beiter, Alfred F.

Benner, August, Berry, Joe

Berry, L. D.

Birdwell, Sherman:

and 1RS investigation (1943)

and LBJ

as congressional aide to LBJ (1937)

at NY A

on LBJ's appendicitis (Apr. 1937)

blacks (Negroes)：

(Herman) Brown on

and LBJ:

colleges and schools, n.

in congressional election (1937), 407 and n.

Blalock, Myron

Blanco County, Tex.：

formation of (1858)

last Indian raid on (1875)

political campaigns in: (1930), (1932), (1937)

see also Hill Country of Texas; Johnson City, Tex.

Blanton, Thomas

Blue Sky Law (1923)

Blundell, James

“Board of Education,”

Boehringer, Eugenia (“Gene”)

Boland, Patrick J.

Bolin, L. T.

Bolling, Richard

Bolton, Paul, 590 Brandeis, Louis D.

bread lines and soup kitchens

Bright, John Harvey, Brogdon, Mary C.

Brooks, Thomas R.

Brown, George R.

and Corpus Christi Naval Air Station

and 1RS investigation (1942-44) of Brown & Root finances, and n.

and LBJ

on LBJ:

ambition to be President

and (Herman) Brown, passim

leadership style of

and (Charles) Marsh

on Marshall Ford Dam

see also Brown & Root, Inc.

Brown, Herman

ambition of

and Austin Public Housing Authority

financial support for LBJ

for congressional campaigns: (1938); (1940)

for FDR's presidential campaign (1939-40): national; in Texas, 592 and n.

for senatorial campaign (1941); 1RS investigation of(1942-44)

and Gamer

on (Alice) Glass

influence of, in federal government

and 1RS investigation (1942-44) of Brown & Root finances

and LBJ

financial aspects

see also Brown H.: financial support of LBJ

and Marshall Ford Dam

“high dam” proposai, passim

and naval contracts

oil interests of

see also Brown & Root, Inc.

Brown, Margaret Root

Brown, Russell M.：

on (Lady Bird) Johnson

on LBJ as congressional secretary

Brown & Root, Inc.

constructs electric lines for PEC project

contributions to Democratie Congressional Campaign Committee (1940)

and Corpus Christi Naval Air Station

financial support for LBJ

LBJ's diligence on behalf of, passim

and Marshall Ford Dam

and San Juan Air Base project

its subcontractors contribute to LBJ 1941 campaign

see also Brown, George; Brown, Herman

Brownlee, Houghton: in congressional campaign (1937)

Brown Shipbuilding

Bryan, William Jennings

Buchanan, James P. (“Buck”)

congressional primary victory (1936), n.

death of (Feb. 1937)

aftermath

and Hamilton [later: Buchanan] Dam

and Marshall Ford Dam, passim

and RE A loan policy

wife as possible successor

Buchanan (James P.) Dam [earlier: Hamilton Dam]

budget, federal:

Garner wants balanced

Hoover tries to balance

FDR and

budget, Texas', Bunger, Howard P.

Bunton, Desha (LBJ's great-uncle)

Bunton, Eliza, see Johnson, Eliza Bunton

Bunton, John Wheeler

ambition of

plantation of, Rancho Rambouillet

seulement in Texas

Bunton, Lucius (LBJ's great-uncle)

Bunton, Robert Holmes (LBJ's great-grandfather)：

as cattle driver

in retirement

settles in Texas (1858)

Bunton family strain

idealism

interest in ideas, abstractions

in LBJ

in (Sam Ealy) Johnson, Jr.

and Johnson strain, personality

physical characteristics

practicality and reaîism

pride

Bureau of Reclamation: and Marshall Ford Dam

bureaucracy, federal:

of AAA

agencies and programs of federal government, see New Deal: agencies and programs

LBJ and, passim

see also U.S. Congress: workings of

Burleson, Albert Sidney:

and LBJ's congressional campaign

LBJ's memorial tribute to

Burnet, Will: and LBJ, in congressional campaign (1937)

Burns, James MacGregor

business, regulation of:

banks

Public Utilities Holding Company Act (Wheeler-Rayburn, 1935)

railroads

Securities Act (Fletcher-Rayburn, 1933)

business, regulation of (cont'd.)

Securities Exchange Act (Fletcher-Rayburn, 1934)

in Texas

Utilities Holding Company Act (Rayburn-Fletcher, 1935)

businessmen:

and LBJ:

his assistance to, as congressional secretary

congressional elections: (1937); (1938)

and New Deal

political campaign contributions of

Rayburn and

Byron, William D.

California, LBJ trip

campaign financing, see money and politics

campaigns, political, see elections and political campaigns

Campbell, Tom

Carpenter, John W.

Carter, Amon G.

Carter, Amon, Jr.

Casparis, Louise

Catledge, Turner (and Alsop, J.): The 168 Days:

on Corcoran

on Gamer

on FDR

cattle-raising

as business

and cattle-buying houses

of (Sam and Tom) Johnson

New Deal program for

and soil erosion

Chapman, Mabel, see Ross, Mabel Chapman

child labor:

in cotton fields

in Depression

(Welly) Hopkins on

on roads

Christadelphians

Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC)：

camps in Texas' 14Ü1 District

LBJ proposes bill to merge with NYA (i94i)

FDR's pride in

Clark, Edward A.

on (Herman) Brown

and LBJ

on Brown & Root

on 1RS investigation (1942-44) of

Brown & Root finances

and LBJ

on LBJ:

and (Herman) Brown

in congressional campaign (1937)

as NYA director

and FDR's presidential campaign (1940)

on Wirtz

Clark, Ramsey

Clemens, Elizabeth Roper (LBJ's cousin)

Cohen, Benjamin V.：

drafts New Deal legislation:

Public Utilities Bill

REA Bill

Truth-in-Securities Bill

and LBJ

on LBJ and rural electrification

as New Deal strategist

and Rayburn

Cole, Sterling

Coleman, James P.

College Star (student newspaper)：

on LBJ

LBJ as editor and writer

selection of editor (May 1930)

Comanche Indians, in Texas

attack on Johnson home (1869)

raids in 1872

Commodity Credit Corporation

communications in rural areas:

newspapers

radio

telephone

Communism

Congress, see U.S. Congress

Congressional Record:

LBJ's use of, as Congressman n.

record of LBJ's participation in House debates, 549 and n.

Connally, John B.：

as LBJ congressional aide

with LBJ on Democratie Congressional Campaign Committee

and LBJ's senatorial campaign (1941)

Connally, Tom

conservatism:

of Garner

of Hopkins

of LBJ

in Congress

in Texas

of Kleberg

of Miller

of Texas campaign contributors

Texas Regulars

see also Republican Party

Constitution, see U.S. Constitution

construction contracts, federal:

LBJ and

see also Brown & Root, Inc.; dams

Cooke, Morris

Coolidge, Calvin

Cooner, James M. passim

cooperatives:

farmers', for RE A loans

of Farmers Alliance

Corcoran, Thomas G. (“Tommy the Cork”)

and congressional campaign (1940)

financing

defects from New Deal and FDR

on Garner and FDR

and LBJ

on LBJ's political aptitude and tactics

and LBJ's senatorial campaign (1941)

financing

and Marshall Ford Dam

and Rayburn

on Rayburn's skill with people

and REA:

drafts legislation (1936)

gets project for LBJ's benefit (April 1941)

on White House staff

Coronado, Thomas

Corpus Christi, Tex.：

and Depression

schools closed

and New Deal programs

Corpus Christi Caller:

on farm programs

on Naval Air Station

Corpus Christi Naval Air Station:

appropriations increased for

Brown & Root get contract for (1940)

early proposais for

LBJ and

Corrupt Practices Act

Corwin, J. O.

cotton:

in Hill Country

labor of growing, picking

picked by:

children

white men, in Depression

plow-up payments program

at Rancho Rambouillet

Rayburn's childhood labor on

Cotulla, Tex.：

description

LBJ teaches in (1928-29)

county agents

and Range Conservation program

Cox, Ava Johnson (LBJ's cousin)：

and LBJ

recollections of:

Bunton eye

LBJ: and attitudes of others toward family; college career; congressional campaign (1937); in fight (Feb. 1927); need for attention; physical appearance; as road hand; and siblings; and spankings; as swaggering

(Rebekah) Johnson

(Sam Ealy) Johnson, Jr.

Johnson household

washdays in Hill Country

Cox, Curtis

Cox, Mary

Cox, Ohlen

Cox, William (“Corky”)

Coxey, Jacob S.

Crawford, Kenneth G.

credibility, LBJ's:

about California trip (1924-25)

as child

in college

as Congressman

refusai to take firm stand

see also LBJ: character …: secrecy

Crider, Ben

Crider, Cynthia

Crider, Walter

Crofts, Joe

crop lien

Cummings, Homer

currency, control and reform of

and FDR

dams

Denison

fees from, scrutinized

Hamilton [later: Buchanan]

Inks (Roy) n.

Marshall Ford, see Marshall Ford Dam

Miller (Tom), Austin, Tex.

dams (cont'd.)

Muscle Shoals, Ala.

see also electricity; hydro-electric

power; Tennessee Valley Authority

Daniels, Jonathan

Daniels, Josephus

Davis, A. L.

Davis, Carol:

and LBJ

marries

Davis, Ethel

Davis, Thomas H.

Deadrich, Kate

Deason, Willard (Bill)：

on LBJ:

in college

senatorial campaign (1941)

LBJ gets Federal Land Bank job for

with/on LBJ's congressional campaign (1937)

with LBJ's senatorial campaign staff(1941)

on (Sam Ealy) Johnson, Jr.

with NYA in Texas

recollections of

and White Stars

on Wirtz

debating and debate teams:

LBJ and, at San Marcos

LBJ vs. Shelton in congressional campaign (1937)

of Little Congress

at Sam Houston High School

Dellinger, J. M.

Democratie Congressional Campaign Committee

contributions to:

from (Herman) Brown and Brown & Root

from (Charles) Marsh

from Texas oil men

and Democratie National Committee, and n.

history of

LBJ and:

appointment to Committee, 618 and n.

appreciation of his efforts

arranges endorsements, speakers

disburses campaign funds

provides information, entree

raises funds

role analyzed

staffs and organizes office

takes credit for campaign contributions

voting analyses developed

Democratie National Committee:

and Democratie Congressional Campaign Committee, 608 and n.

Flynn becomes chairman (1940)

and “new” oil money

Democratie National Convention:

1928, Houston

1940, Chicago:

campaign funding discussed at

and Hatch Act

LBJ at

strategy for

Democratie Party:

campaign spending, compared to Republicans'

liberal-conservative split in

and Populists

primaries (1940)

California (May)

Illinois (April)

Texas, passim

Rayburn's faith in

strength in Congress, compared to Republicans':

(1918-30)

(1931)

(1936-40)

(1940)

Depression, the:

bread Unes and soup kitchens

in Corpus Christi

and farmers

Hoover and

and jobs

on campus

federal; see also

patronage jobs

state

for youth; see also National Youth Administration (NYA)

Kleberg on causes of

public works

relief, public, passim

FDR and, see New Deal; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano

and schools

transients/hoboes

see also New Deal

Dies, Martin, Jr.

in senatorial race (1941) vs. LBJ

Dodge Hotel, Washington, D.C.：

bull sessions at

as residence for congressional aides

Dollahite, John

Donaho, W. T.

Douglas, Helen Gahagan: on LBJ in Congress

Douglas, William O. (Bill)：

and LBJ's senatorial campaign (1941)

financing

and Marshall Ford Dam

and other New Deal young lieutenants

with SEC

Drewry, Patrick Henry

drinking, rural attitudes toward

see also Prohibition

Driscoll, Clara

drought, in Hill Country

(1872)

(1888)

(1919 and 1920)

(1924 and 1925)

(1934, 1936, 1937)

Duke, J. T.

Dulles, John Foster

Durr, Virginia

Early, Stephen T. (Steve)

Easley, Lewis T. (“Tex”)

Edmondson, Frances Haskell

education and schools:

in Depression

Freshman College Centers

NYA student-aid program

Resident Training Centers

in Hill Country

in Johnson City

“literary society” of Rebekah Johnson

of LBJ, see LBJ: education of

LBJ's attitudes toward

Edwards, Bob

Edwards Plateau, Tex., see Hill Country of Texas

elections and political campaigns:

(1894)

(1896)

(1898)

1904, Texas House of Representatives

1906, Texas House of Representatives

1937, see LBJ: elections and political campaigns, 1937 (congressional)

1939，presidential primaries

1940，congressional

1940，presidential

1941，see LBJ: elections and political campaigns, 1941 (senatorial)

financing of

see also Brown, Herman: financial support for LBJ; Democratie Congressional Campaign Committee; LBJ: fund-raising and disbursing

methods:

addressing public, speeches, passim

advertising

billboards

corrupt (vote-buying and changing)

on Election Day

letter-writing

one-to-one appeals

pamphlets, circulars, mailings

publicity

radio

rallies and barbecues

speakers and endorsements

threats

see also LBJ: campaign tactics, strategy and techniques; LBJ: political tactics and strategy; money and politics

poils, public-opinion:

Belden

in LBJ's congressional campaign

in LBJ's senatorial campaign (1941)

in presidential campaign (1940)

electricity in rural areas:

appliances, see appliances, electrical

economie issues

and farmers' cooperatives

farmers' fear of

and farming

electricity in rural areas (cont'd.)

government involvement in

see also Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

and housework

hydro-electric:

and Hamilton/Buchanan Dam

and Marshall Ford Dam

and Muscle Shoals Dam

FDR and

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

and utilities

LBJ and, passim

in senatorial campaign (1941)

and leisure/amusements

lines installed in Hill Country (1938-39)

regulation of

and utilities

see also Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

Elliott, William P. and Mary

Ellis, Clyde

Emergency Relief Appropriation Act (1933)

entrée, in Washington: LBJ's mastery of

for businessmen

through Little Congress Speakership

entrée, at White House, LBJ's

rarity of audiences with FDR, early in congressional career

Epley, Margaret

Evans, Cecil Eugene (“Prexy”)：

and Freshman College Centers of NYA

and LBJ

Family Album

Farley, James A.：

and LBJ

and (Roy) Miller

as potential presidential candidate

resigns as chairman of Democratie National Committee (1940)

on FDR and Gamer

Farm Board

Farm Credit Administration

farmers, ranchers:

aaaaaaaaa

economie condition of

and banks

money/cash

purchasing power

relief, public

and electricity:

cooperatives to get REA loans

fear of

uses of

first Texas settlers

and government

in Depression

FDR's measures

grievances of

Johnson family as

and railroads

revoit of

and tariffs

see also farming, ranching, in Hill Country; farm mortgages; farm produce; People's Party; rural life

Farmers Alliance:

cooperatives

founding of

lecturers

in Texas

see also People's Party

farming, ranching, in Hill Country:

cotton

decline of

economie plight of

see also farm mortgages; farm produce: prices 、

and electricity

overproduction

and rainfall

see also rural life

farm mortgages

foreclosures on

refinancing of

LBJ's plan for 14th District farmers

farm produce:

prices

in Depression

parity legislation (1941), and LBJ

transportation to market:

by railroad

by road; LBJ's commitment to issue

by ship

Farm Relief Act (1933)

Farm Security Administration (FSA)：emergency loans to Hill Country farmers (Dec. 1938)

Fawcett, Truman

Fawcett, Wilma

Federal Corrupt Practices Act

Federal Farm Board

Federal Housing Administration (FHA)：grant to Austin Housing Authority(1938)

Federal Land Bank:

and farm mortgages

for Texas' 14th District

patronage jobs at

Federal Power Commission

Federal Trade Commission: creation of

Fehrenbach, T. R.: on Texas frontier life, 18 and n.

Fentress, E. S.

Ferguson, Thomas C.

fires, prairie

Fisher, O. C.

Fletcher, Duncan U.

Fletcher-Rayburn Act (1933)

Fletcher-Rayburn Act (1934)