LBJ's 1955 heart attack at George Brown's home and his health before the heart attack; LBJ's recovery from the heart attack; why LBJ was an effective Senate majority leader; LBJ's relationships with President Dwight Eisenhower and Sam Rayburn; speculation that LBJ might run for president in 1956; the 1955 tax bill; the Reciprocal Trade Bill; Smathers' view of Medicare legislation; parliamentary procedure in the Senate; the 1955 Minimum Wage Bill; the 1960 Democratic National Convention and LBJ agreeing to be JFK's running mate; LBJ's relationship with Richard Nixon.
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Oral history transcript, George A. Smathers, interview 1 (I), 2/14/1977, by Michael L. Gillette, LBJ Presidential Library, accessed August 29, 2025, https://discoverlbj.org/item/oh-smathersg-19770214-1-09-30