Early involvement with Senator Robert Kerr; first contact with LBJ; Sam Rayburn and Kerr; managing Kerr campaigns; Kerr's early interest in LBJ for president; LBJ's work for Oklahoma; organizing Oklahoma for LBJ; 1960 Democratic National Convention; Kerr's involvement in the vice presidential decision; Kerr's 1960 campaign; Kerr and LBJ's friendship; Tulsa newspapers; federal judgeships; Kerr and JFK and RFK; personality and character of Kerr