Edwin Johnson's use of a helicopter in the 1948 U.S. Senate campaign in Colorado; the work of Ed Johnson, Robert Kerr and LBJ on oil and natural gas legislation; the power of the southern and western states in the Senate in the 1950s; Ed Johnson's involvement in a bill regarding antitrust laws and professional sports; Senator Ed Johnson's primary interests and committee memberships; Ed Johnson's speech reference to Ingrid Bergman; LBJ's relationship with the Federal Communications Commission; Ed Johnson's reference in a television appearance to the hydrogen bomb project; the Democratic Policy Committee; the Arthur Watkins Committee relating to the Joseph McCarthy censure; LBJ's effectiveness as majority leader.
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