Meeting LBJ for the first time; LBJ's relationship with Senator Thomas Kuchel; LBJ's work with Senate Minority Leader Everett Dirksen; Kuchel's work on the 1964 Civil Rights Act; LBJ's relationship with Congress; LBJ's political support of Kuchel; Kuchel's role in legislation directly affecting California; LBJ's gall bladder surgery and telephone call encouraging Kuchel to have the same surgery.