floods, in Hill Country, control of

FSA emergency loans for (Dec. 1938) ; see also dams

Flynn, Edward J.：

becomes chairman of Democratie National Committee

and LBJ

LBJ's appreciation letter to

Foreman, Clark

Forrestal, James V.

Fortas, Abe:

and LBJ

and LBJ, as young Congressman

and Marshall Ford Dam

as New Deal young lieutenant

Fort Worth Star-Telegram:

on LBJ:

in Garner-FDR battle

in senatorial campaign (1941)

poils Texas delegation on Garner

Forum magazine

Fox, Noel P.

Fox, Phil

Frank, Jerome N.

Frazer, Edna

Frazier, Hollis

Fredericksburg, Tex.：

description (1913)

Johnsons buy real estate in

Friant, Julien N.

frontier (Texas)

Frost, Jack

furnishing merchant

Garcia, Daniel

Gardner, Sam

Garner, John Nance (“Cactus Jack”)：

on advancement in Congress

anti-New Deal,.

and (Herman) Brown

congressional career of

drinking habit

elected Speaker of the House (1931)

financial dealings threatened with exposure

and LBJ

and labor

and Maverick

and patronage power

and Rayburn n.

and FDR:

contests presidential nomination (1939-40), passim n.

final Cabinet meeting (Oct. 1940)

final meeting, private (Dec. 1938)

as FDR's man in Texas

Texas campaign for Presidency(1939-40)

effect of Illinois primary on

funding for

Rayburn's maneuvers for

telegrams on, to and from Rayburn

Texas congressional delegation's resolution on (1939)

and Texas' power in Washington

General Electric Company: LBJ's chance to be lobbyist for (1935)

Genthe, Arnold

George, Kate

German-Americans in Texas:

schooling of

unpopularity during World War I

Germany, E. B.

Gideon, Sim, Glass, Alice:

character and personality

idealism

and LBJ

reaction of others to relationship

and Marsh

physical appearance, style

Glass, Mary Louise:

on (Lady Bird) Johnson

on Marsh and LBJ's 1941 campaign n.

on political campaign funds

on sister (Alice)

Gliddon, Reverdy

Gliddon, Stella

Goldschmidt, Arthur E. (“Tex”)

gold standard

Goode, William: on LBJ as debate

coach, teacher

government:

and citizens

duty to “the people,”

and farmers

in Depression

FDR's measures

and public-assistance programs

in Depression

and rural electrification

and veterans

see also bureaucracy, federal; U.S.Congress

Grace Dodge Hôtel, see Dodge Hôtel, Washington, D.C.

Graf, Max

Graham, Elmer

grass of Hill Country

Green, Robert Lee

Greene, H. M.

Guinn, Jack

Gunther, John

Halberstam, David

Halcomb, “Hick,”

Hall, Horace

Hamilton (George W.) Dam

Hanna, Mark (“Dollar Mark”)

Harbin, Estelle, passim

Hardeman, D. B.

on Allred and senatorial race (1941)

on LBJ and Rayburn

on/with Gerald Mann's senatorial campaign (1941)

on political campaigning in Texas

Harding, Kenneth

Harding, Victor Hunt (“Cap”)

Harris, Merton, in congressional campaign (1937) vs. LBJ 427

Harzke, Al J.

Hatch Act (1939)

Hatcher, Jessie (LBJ's aunt)

Havenner, Frank

Hayes, Rutherford Birchard

Hays, Capt. Jack

Heard, Alexander: The Costs of Democracy

Helvering, Guy T.

Henderson, Charles (Chuck)

Henderson, Herbert C.：

with Democratie Congressional Campaign Committee

and LBJ

as LBJ speech-writer:

in Congress

in congressional campaign (1937)

at NYA

in senatorial campaign (1941)

Henderson, Mary: on NYA and LBJ

Herring, Charles

highways, in Hill Country, see roads, in Hill Country

Hill, Grover

Hill Country of Texas:

banks in

brush and cedar infestation

and Range Conservation program

cattle-raising in, see cattle-raising

description of

economie conditions

education and schools in

effect of New Deal on

farming in, see farming, ranching, in Hill Country

fires in

floods in

control of; and FSA emergency loans

German-Americans in

grass of

as Indian stronghold

isolation of, see isolation, in rural Texas

moral and religions attitudes in

on drink

on thrift

political campaigns and elections in:

(1904)

(1906)

(1930)

(1937)

and railroads

recollections of

roads in, see roads, in Hill Country

seulement of

soil of

as Texas frontier

towns in

water and rainfall in

drought

hauling water

springs emerge after brush-clearing

see also Blanco County, Tex.; electricity; Fredericksburg, Tex.; Johnson City, Tex.; rural life

Hitler, Adolf:

in LBJ self-description

Marsh and Alice Glass on

Mein Kampf

Hobbs, “Uncle John,”

Hobby, William P.

Hoblitzelle, Karl

hoboes and transients

Hoffman, Anna Rosenberg

Hofheinz, Helen, see Arnold, Helen Hofheinz

Hofheinz, Roy

Holding Company Act (1935)

Hollamon, Tom, Sr.

Homeowners Loan Corporation (HOLC)

patronage jobs in

homes, in rural Texas

(Rebekah) Johnson's

Honeyman, Nan Wood: congressional campaign (1940)

Hoover, Herbert:

and Depression

and farm legislation

and farm mortgages and prices

and relief, public

and tariff reform

Hopkins, Alice:

on (Alice) Glass

on (Lady Bird) Johnson

on LBJ

Hopkins, Harry L.

and LBJ

and Marshall Ford Dam

Hopkins, Welly K.：

on (C. N.) Avery

at banquet for LBJ and debate team (May 1931)

conservatism of

on LBJ:

ambition to be President

and (WKH's) appointment as Asst.Attorney General

as campaign manager for WKH(1930)

living quarters of, at Dodge Hôtel

as orator

political aptitude and gifts of

his senatorial campaign financing(1941)

proposes Kleberg as ambassador to Mexico

recommends LBJ to Kleberg

and union contributions to congressional campaigns (1940)

on Wirtz

Hornaday, Walter

House of Representatives, see U. S. Congress. House of Representatives

Houston, John M.

Houston, Samuel (Sam): at San Jacinto

Houston, Tex.：

description (1930)

LBJ as teacher and debate coach in (1930-31)

Huffman, Ruth Ament, see Baines, Ruth Ament Huffman

Huffman family

Hull, Cordell

Humble Oil & Refining Company (“the’Umble”)

contributions to LBJ congressional campaign (1937)

and East Texas pool

Wirtz as lobbyist for

Humphrey, William

hunger marches (1932-33)

Hunt, H. L., Hunter, John F.

hydro-electric power:

and Hamilton/Buchanan Dam

and Marshall Ford Dam

and Muscle Shoals Dam

FDR and

for rural areas/Hill Country

see also electricity in rural areas

hydro-electric power (cont'd.)

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)

and utilities

see also Rural Electrification Administration (REA)

Ickes, Harold:

and Buchanan and Marshall Ford dams

and (Amon) Carter, on federal funds

and congressional campaigns (1940)

financing of

and LBJ

on LBJ:

and Garner

and Rayburn

and FDR

on FDR:

Court-packing plan

and Garner

and LBJ

Indians (native Americans) in Texas

Inks (Roy) Dam n.

Insull, Samuel

Internai Revenue Service (1RS)：

investigation (1942-44) of LBJ's 1941 campaign financing

Irey, Elmer L.

isolation, in rural Texas

and ignorance of New Deal programs

and mass communications

political impact of

and power of gossip

on Texas frontier (19th century)

and youth, opportunites of

see also rural life

Izac, Edouard V. M.

Jackson, Henry M. (“Scoop”)

Jamieson, Ed

Janeway, Eliot

Jenkins, Ross

Jenkins, Walter:

as congressional aide to LBJ

on election night (1940)

recruitment of

and senatorial campaign (1941)

and LBJ

on LBJ:

colleagues' gratitude to

and Rayburn

Jews, European, helped by Marsh and Glass

jobs, see child labor; Depression, the: and jobs; National Youth Administration; patronage jobs; work; youth of America: and Depression: jobs for

Johnson, Alfred (“Boody”)

and LBJ

Johnson, Ava, see Cox, Ava Johnson

Johnson, Cari Wright

Johnson, Claudia Alta Taylor (Lady Bird)：

character and personality:

ambition

loneliness

putting others at ease

self-discipline

shyness

children of

courtship by LBJ

cultural appreciation

early life

as hostess

and LBJ:

courtship

expectations of Lady Bird

marriage

as journalist

at Longlea

nickname

physical appearance and dress

quotes, on:

commuting between Texas and Washington

Cotulla, Tex.

LBJ: his confidence; his congressional campaign (1937); his health; his parents; his role in marriage; and FDR; his senatorial campaign (1941)

Rayburn

Wirtz

relationships, to:

Boehringer, Eugenia

LBJ, see Johnson, Claudia …: and LBJ

Johnson, Rebekah

Johnson, Sam Ealy, Jr.

Rayburn, Sam Taliaferro

Johnson, Eliza Bunton (LBJ's grandmother)

on cattle drives

in Comanche attack (1869)

and LBJ's birth

practicality of

sells carriage to buy farm

Johnson, George Desha (LBJ's uncle)

Johnson, Jesse (LBJ's great-grandfather)

Johnson, John

Johnson, Kitty

Johnson, Lady Bird, see Johnson,

Claudia Alta Taylor (Lady Bird) Johnson, Lucia (LBJ's sister)

Johnson, Lucy, see Price, Lucy Johnson Johnson, Luther A.

Johnson, Lyndon Baines (LBJ)：

ambition (s) of

affair with Alice Glass as counter to

as Congressman

and (his) education

and father's ambition, compared

frustrated, as congressional secretary

as motivation for making friends of political enemies

national power desired (not State)

political focus of

to be President

subordinates affected by

to be U.S. Senator

appearance, see LBJ: physical appearance

attitudes, toward:

books and reading

criticism

education and schools

discipline

family's change of fortune

food; see also LBJ: eating habits of

injury, real or imagined

money, see LBJ: and money

and automobiles:

buys his own (1928)

careful checking of

(Carol) Davis'

Deason's, for congressional campaign (1937)

defiance of father about

Kleberg's

wild driving, on Washington-Texas trips

birth day

and blacks n., 407 and n.

campaigns, political, see LBJ: elections and political campaigns

campaign tactics, strategy and techniques:

contact with individual voters

counter-attack

emphasizes opponent's points

money given to voters

publicity

rallies

speeches

threats

votes: buying of; counting; “multiplying” of

see also LBJ: elections and political campaigns; LBJ: political tactics and strategy

career:

attempts to become lawyer

as congressional secretary, see LBJ: as congressional secretary

considered for Presidency of Texas A & I

considers lobbying job for G.E.

discouragements and setbacks in

in politics, see LBJ: political career

as teacher, see LBJ: as teacher

see also LBJ: political career

character, personality and temperament: aggressiveness

ambition, see LBJ: ambition(s) of

bragging and exaggeration

as college student, compared to as adult

confidence/assurance and insecurity:

as college student

as congressional secretary

insecurity; see also LBJ: education of: defensiveness about

as NYA director

as teacher

courage and cowardice

cynicism

discipline

dominance, need to win:

aschild

as college student

as congressional secretary

as Congressman: in Congress; at parties

energy of:

in college politics

LBJ, character (cont'd.)

in Congress

in congressional election (1937)

as congressional secretary

with Democratie Congressional

Campaign Committee (1940)

as Hopkins* campaign manager (1930)

at NYA

and relationship to mother n.

in senatorial campaign (1941)

as teacher: at Cotulla; in Houston

flattering and complimenting

flexibility of positions and opinions, see LBJ: refusai to take firm stand

idealism (as perceived)

leadership qualities

need for affection

need for attention, prominence

need for respect

need to win, see LBJ: character …：dominance

pragmatism, practicality and realism

secrecy:

as congressional secretary;

in Little Congress

as Congressman

about Garner

in (Alice) Glass affair

at San Marcos

self-criticism

sensitivity to criticism

story-telling ability

thoroughness, see LBJ: thoroughness of

viciousness

childhood

running away

in Congress:

and “Board of Education,”

committee assignments; effort at appointment to Appropriations; frustration with seniority System; Naval Affairs

cultivates friends among New Deal“lieutenants,”

demeanor during House debates n.

and electrification in loth District, passim

gets grants from New Deal programs, see New Deal: LBJ and

knows “levers,”

lack of influence as junior Congressman

legislative record

organization and control of office

as source of information for New Deal staffs

speeches made n.

and Texas delegation

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

as congressional secretary (1931-35)：

and agricultural issues

diverts attention, gratitude to self

and Kleberg

leaves Kleberg for NYA (1935)

and mail

and New Deal programs

office routines

and patronage power

and subordinates

passim and superiors

conservatism of

in Congress

in Texas

conversational style

see also LBJ: character …: storytelling ability

correspondence:

as congressional secretary

as Congressman

following campaigns and elections: (1937); (1940); (1941)

with (Alice) Glass

with Latimer and Jones

with mother

at NYA

with wife

credibility of:

about California trip (1924-25)

as child

in college

as Congressman

refusai to take firm stand

see also LBJ: character …: secrecy

cultural appreciation; foreign

with Democratie Congressional Campaign Committee, see Democratie Congressional Campaign Committee: LBJ and

dream/nightmare (of being caged)

eating habits of

education of:

at Albert School

and his ambition

college: in campus politics; decision to attend; early refusai to attend; as escape from physical labor; fear of failure at; at San Marcos (1927-30)

defensiveness about

defiance of parents on

at Johnson City High School

at Junction School

law school (Georgetown University, 1934)

limitations of, perceived by Margaret Brown

mother's teaching

at San Marcos Normal School

elections and political campaigns:

of (Welly) Hopkins (1930)

at San Marcos (1929-30)

“stolen,”; in Little Congress; at San Marcos (April 1930)

of (Edgar) Witt

see also LBJ: campaign tactics, strategy and techniques

elections and political campaigns, 1937 (congressional)：

age as handicap

analyzed

“barbecues,”

campaign travels, passim

compared to 1941 senatorial campaign

fund-raising and disbursing, poils

rallies; at Austin; at Henly; at San Marcos

speeches; first, at Johnson home; spontaneous

victory: LBJ's response to;

sources of

voting results

elections and political campaigns, 1938 (congressional) n.

financial support for

elections and political campaigns, 1940：

congressional, nationwide

LBJ's own, congressional

presidential

elections and political campaigns, 1941 (senatorial)

campaign staff; typists

compared to 1937 campaign

Election Day

financing, n.; amount of money raised and spent; cash used, passim; effect on Mann's campaign; investigation of, by 1RS; money given away to rally audiences; sources of; sources disguised

opponents

physical appearance of LBJ in

poils

publicity

rapport with individual voters

FDR's support in

speeches and rallies

tactics vs. O'Daniel

vote-buying

voting results

elections and political campaigns, 1948 (senatorial): position on New Deal

and father:

as adult; and congressional election (1937); at death and funeral of Sam Ealy, Jr.

as child

defiance of; on Calif. trip; on car; on college

imitation of

physical resemblance

political influences

sense of betrayal, humiliation

in fights

and foreign culture: Mexican

LBJ, fund-raising and disbursing:

in congressional campaign (1937)

for Democratie Congressional Campaign Committee (1940)

in senatorial campaign (1941) n. investigated by 1RS (1942-44)

for Texas campaign of FDR (1939-40)

health:

appendicitis (April 1937) and aftermath

exhaustion in 1937 congressional campaign

fear of short life

illness as sign of crisis

pneumonia: (1935); (1940)

rash on fingers

smoking

intellectual capacity and inclinations, and n.

and Johnson City, Tex.：

his desire to escape from

his implied identification with founding family

visits: (1932); (1937)

letters, see LBJ: correspondence

liberalism of

in Congress

and FDR

in Texas

see also New Deal: LBJ and;

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano:

LBJ's

political allegiance to

and money:

from (Herman) Brown, see Brown, Herman: financial support for LBJ

as child

in college, financial situation

desire to marry for

his “indifference” to (according to Alice Glass)

Marsh's help with Austin land urchase

in political campaigns, see LBJ: fundraising and disbursing

saves money on aides' salaries

spending habits (personal), in college

tempted by salary of G.E. lobbyist

moods and feelings:

anger at kowtowing to Rayburn

dation in success

fear of losing

loneliness

pride in Sam Houston High School debate team

quietness: as depression; for thinking/planning

in senatorial campaign (1941)

and mother:

as child

correspondence

during college n.

and his education

mistreatment (alleged) of Rebekah by LBJ

name

“Bull,”

“Chief,”

namesakes

Rayburn's usage

naval service in World War II

and New Deal, see New Deal: LBJ and

at NYA, see National Youth Administration (NYA)

and oil interests, and n.

contributions to congressional campaign (1937)

contributions to senatorial campaign (1941)

and peers and colleagues:

as congressional secretary; see also Little Congress

as Congressman; Texas delegation

at San Marcos

personality, see LBJ: character, personality and temperament

physical appearance:

(1933)

(1935)

attractive to women

as baby

as child; clothing

in college

in congressional campaign (1937)

as Congressman

(Alice) Glass's influence on

in senatorial campaign (1941)

as teacher in Houston

as teenager

physical labor:

attempts to escape from: college as; law studies as; teaching as

at college

in cotton gin, Robstown, Tex.

asroadhand: (1924); (1926-27); effect on his NYA job n.

political aptitude and inter est

ability to inspire crowd

conversation limited to politics

“knowing who's for you,”

meeting and greeting public

memory for names, details

transforming organization into political force: Democratie Congressional Campaign Committee; Little Congress; NYA; White Stars, passim

political career:

aspiration to; be more than Congressman; Presidency; Senate seat; succeed Kleberg as Congressman

chosen in preference to: lobbying; teaching

declines REA directorship (1939)

senatorial bid (1941)

uses each job to take next step

see also LBJ: in Congress; LBJ: as congressional secretary; LBJ: elections and political campaigns

political tactics and strategy:

analyzed

in campus politics

directs attention, gratitude to self

enemies: avoids making of;

made into friends

getting desired appointment

gifts given

organization/“machine,”; in congressional campaign (1937); “network” created in Texas; NYA as; planting men loyal to him; in senatorial campaign (1941); see also LBJ: political aptitude and interest: transforming organization into political force

refusai to take firm stand, see LBJ:

refusai to take firm stand

secrecy, see LBJ: character …: secrecy

working behind scenes, unseen

see also LBJ: campaign tactics,

strategy and techniques; LBJ:

elections and political campaigns

and power:

from campaign funds provided to: Congressmen; FDR

in elected (not appointed) office

from influence over federal contracts

from money: (Herman) Brown's, see Brown, Herman: financial support of LBJ; Texas money

national (not State) desired

range of, desired

requires acknowledgment of (his own)

at San Marcos

predictions of failure for

predictions of success

by (R.) Dougherty, Houston teacher

by Evans

by (C.) Henderson

LBJ's own; promise to return to Washington as Congressman (1935)

as President

by FDR

and press and publicity:

in congressional campaign (1937); following victory

on congressional election (1938)

as Congressman

on Gamer and patronage power

for Little Congress

on FDR-Gamer battle

in senatorial campaign (1941)

as “professional son,”

with Evans

with Marsh

with Rayburn

with FDR

with Wirtz

quotes and opinions, on:

father

FDR

ruthlessness of his campus political tactics

Student Council at San Marcos

LBJ, quotes and opinions, on: (cont'd.)

students at Welhausen School, Cotulla, Tex.

refusai to take firm stand:

and ability to raise and disburse funds

agrees with ail positions

as congressional secretary

in FDR-Garner battle

at San Marcos

relationships, to:

adults (as child)

childhood companions

father, see LBJ: and father

fellow congressional aides; see also Little Congress

fellow Congressmen; Texas delegation

fellow students at San Marcos

mother, see LBJ: and mother

opponents, political

siblings

students in classes he taught

subordinates, see LBJ: and subordinates

superiors, see LBJ: and superiors and the powerful

White House staff

wife, see LBJ: and wife

women, see LBJ: and women

for relationships of LBJ to in-dividuals, see their names, e.g., Wirtz, Alvin J.：and LBJ

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

social life:

entertains Rayburn

with New Deal “lieutenants,”

with NYA staff

with Rayburn's “Board of Education,”

as teacher in Cotulla

speeches:

in congressional campaign (1937); first, at Johnson home

in House of Representatives n.

for (Pat) Neff (July 1930)

in senatorial campaign (1941)

and subordinates:

their attitude toward LBJ: ambition; devotion; fear; gratitude

calls them “son,”

as congressional secretary, passim

as Congressman

conducts business in bathroom

criticism of, cruelty to

lack of courtesy toward

loyalty required

at NYA

submission/subservience required

as teacher in Houston

see also individual aides, e.g., Jenkins, Walter; Jones, L. E.; Latimer, Gene

and superiors and the powerful

businessmen

as congressional secretary

fiattering and complimenting

as NYA director

as “professional son,” see LBJ: as“professional son”

with Raybum's “Board of Education,”

at San Marcos

see also Evans, Cecil Eugene; Marsh, Charles E.; Rayburn, Sam Taliaferro; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, Wirtz, Alvin J.

as teacher:

at Cotulla, Tex. (1928-29)

of Dale Carnegie course (1930-31)

as hard taskmaster to students

at Houston (1930-31)

at Pearsall, Tex. (1930)

relationship to students

temperament of, see LBJ: character, personality and temperament

thoroughness of:

in congressional campaign (1937)

as congressional secretary

as Congressman

with Democratie Congressional Campaign Committee (1940)

at NYA (1935-37)

at Sam Houston High School (1930-31)

in senatorial campaign (1941)

travels: California trip (1924-25)

and wife:

courtship

demanding and critical attitude

domination of marnage

expectations of wife

and Longlea/Alice Glass affair

marriage