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- Oral historyx
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- 1948 campaignx
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- 1948 election that certified LBJ as candidate over Coke Stevenson; Stevenson's suit in state courts and efforts to unseat LBJ in the Senate; election fraud in Texas; Henry Wallace; Stuart Long's letters to LBJ while Senator; LBJ's…
- Biographical information; 1941 campaign; World War II; 1948 campaign; Roberts joins staff; LBJ’s interest in details of office operation; LBJ’s varied responsibilities; office procedure; the Vice Presidency
- Biographical information; prosecution of George Parr while U.S. district attorney; fist knowledge of LBJ; friendship with Dan Moody; appointment as master in chancery for Jim Wells County for 1948 election controversy; Judge J. Whitfield Davidson;…
- Biographical information; first association with LBJ in Congress; LBJ’s chief motivation and goals; 1943 and 1948 elections; Sam Rayburn; Charlie Murphy; oil/gas industry; Bob Kerr; Natural Gas Act of 1938; Senator Francis Case; Area Basin…
- Biographical information; Low’s father’s work in LBJ’s 1937 Congressional campaign; 1941 special election to fulfill Senator Morris Sheppard’s term; explanation of the east Texas ballots that allowed W. Lee O’Daniel to win over LBJ; Low’…
- 1948 election and the State Democratic Executive Committee; Byron Skelton; HST and General Marshall collaborate on the Truman Committee; the 1960 convention in Los Angeles; meeting JFK at Hyannis Port after the convention; Ted Dealey insults JFK;…
- Biographical information; working for Price Daniel; Jacobsen’s personal political philosophy; 1940’s and 1950’s political climate in Texas; LBJ’s reputation as a congressman; LBJ’s early advisers and associates; law suit involving the…
- Biographical information; investigation of the returns in Jim Wells County of the run-off between Coke Stevenson and LBJ; Stevenson’s campaign style; Stevenson as governor; political machine in South Texas (Parr Machine); Manuel Ramon, County…
- Background of covering news in South Texas including Duval and Jim Wells Counties; impressions of Duval County and George Parr; vote controversy in the 1948 election; leaders in the South Texas counties; investigation by the Coke Stevenson people;…
- Biographical information; first coverage of LBJ in 1946; personal evaluations of various Texas Capitol Press reporters; Stuart Long; reporters' preference for candidates at the time; LBJ's 1948 campaign for Senate; the helicopter; on the…