Acquaintance with LBJ during the Kleberg years; LBJ's ambition and energy; influence of Sam Rayburn and Alvin Wirtz; the 1941 campaign; Jim Ferguson's role in 1941; role of postmasters and country commissioners in Texas state politics; Frank Hamer files a perjury complaint against LBJ; Long seeks a no-bill; Dan Moody; Judge Archer; Coke Stevenson; James Allred; Lady Bird evaluated; Rebekah and Sam Ealy Johnson; the trial of Mac Wallace for the murder of Doug Kinser