Biographical information; meeting LBJ through National Youth Administration; LBJ's 1938 campaign for Senate and decision not to contest the loss; details of 1948 Texas Democratic Convention Executive Committee's certification of LBJ over Stevenson; LBJ's relationships with Price Daniel and John Connally; Martin's activities as Secretary of State during Connally's governorship; the relationship between John Connally and Ralph Yarborough; LBJ and state government; 'Johnson Bill'; LBJ and the Texas Democratic Party; Connally's appointment as Secretary of Treasury by President Nixon; rise of Republican party in Texas; LBJ's ability as a communicator and as a politician; LBJ in retirement.