First contact with LBJ; LBJ's 1941 Senate race in East Texas; circumstances of Sheppard's release from the army; LBJ's intervention for Sheppard in other areas; Big Inch pipelines; Carl Estes; LBJ and the oil companies; 1948 campaign; use of the helicopter; Charles Devall; 1954 campaign; support of J.R. Parten; Monk Willis; integration problem in East Texas; East Texas support for LBJ as President
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