LBJ’s election as whip; Senator Ernest McFarland; Senator Richard Russell; Preparedness Committee; Senator Estes Kefauver; Douglas MacArthur’s speech to Congress; natural gas bill; Tidelands bill; Walter Jenkins; LBJ’s love for the ranch and cattle; Dixiecrat-Republican coalition; Senator Russell’s run for president; Pat McCarran; Donald Cook; Allan Shivers; Drew Pearson