Views on the duties of a Senate leader; circumstances of assuming office; 1959 speech relating views and reaction to speech; LBJ and committee assignments; opposition to depletion allowance; LBJ's support for Proxmire's re-election; 1957 Civil Rights Bill; impressions of Wayne Morse; LBJ's sources of power; counting votes; LBJ and Eisenhower; Alaska-Hawaii statehood; Harris-Fulbright natural gas bill; views on support of education; issue of regulation of electronic media; unemployment compensation; LBJ's relationship with Knowland and Dirksen; LBJ as VP; assessment of LBJ
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