Biographical information; Washington politics; Vice President Charles Curtis; meeting LBJ in NYA; court packing; LBJ in 1938 election; Allen and Drew Pearson; Senator Kerr; LBJ as Senate leader; Bobby Baker; Hubert Humphrey as whip; comparison of LBJ and JFK; LBJ and columnists; LBJ's press secretaries; LBJ and the press; Gene McCarthy; Bobby Kennedy; 1968 campaign; personal observations on LBJ