1948 Senate race; black vote in Houston; George and Herman Brown; Gus Wortham; Houston law firms; Judge James Elkins; Taft-Hartley; support of Connally for Governor; meetings of LBJ’s district men; LBJ’s speech to Mid-Continental Oil and Gas Association; theory of LBJ’s success as a legislator; 1956 precinct fight; LBJ and Shivers; 1956 national committeewoman controversy; 1956 Democratic National Convention; LBJ and Yarborough; LBJ’s 1960 Presidential aspirations; reaction to acceptance of VP nomination; LBJ and Texas appointments; LBJ as VP; RFK and LBJ; Houston meeting with the ministers; JFK’s November 1963 trip to Houston; rift between Connally and LBJ