Oral history transcript, Robert E. Baskin, interview 1 (I), 3/16/1974, by Joe B. Frantz

First contacts with LBJ in 1953 in Texas campaigning; Johnson's role in Texas state politics in 1956; Sam Rayburn's selection of LBJ as favorite son in 1956; DOT (Democrats of Texas); contacts with LBJ in Senate; LBJ-Ralph Yarborough as senators; Texas delegation luncheons; "Rayburn Board of Education;" JFK-LBJ relationship in Senate; 1960 Democratic convention strategies and LBJ's nomination for vice presidency; LBJ's Berlin visit as vice president; visits to LBJ ranch; LBJ's frustrations as vice president; space program; LBJ relations with Eisenhower; LBJ and Robert Kennedy; JFK assassination; role of White House press; Walter Jenkins' resignation; Bobby Baker; presidential press secretaries; Nixon-Johnson relationship