Means of Ascent (109 page)

and politics,
4.1
,
4.2
; on campaign trail,
4.3
,
10.1
,
12.1
; constituent
work,
4.4
,
4.5
,
4.6
; public speaking,
4.7
,
4.8
,
12.2
,
12.3
; telephone campaigning,
12.4
,
16.1

radio and TV stations of,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3
,
6.4
,
6.5
,
6.6
,
6.7
,
6.8

Rayburn and

Johnson, George (LBJ’s uncle)

Johnson, Lucy Baines (daughter of LBJ)

Johnson, Lynda Bird (daughter of LBJ)
,

J
OHNSON
, L
YNDON
B
AINES
(LBJ):

ambition(s) of,
itr.1
,
1.1
,
3.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
; to be Admiral,
2.1
; to be Secretary of the Navy,
5.1
; Bunton strain,
1.2
; no effort spared,
1.3
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
11.1
; for elective vs.

appointive office,
7.1
; for national vs. state office,
7.2
; for presidency,
itr.1
,
1.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.3
,
11.1
,
16.1
,
16.2
; for U.S. Senate,
itr.2
,
2.1
,
6.3
,
7.4
,
7.5
,
7.6

anti-war movement and,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
itr.3

appearance of,
see subentry below
.
physical appearance

attitudes of: toward labor and unions,
1.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1
,
12.2
, and
n.
,
12.3
,
12.4
; toward physical danger,
3.1
; toward World War II,
5.1
,
7.2

background and childhood of,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
1.1
,
11.1
,
16.1

birth of

and blacks,
itr.1
,
4.1
,
7.1

business pursuits of,
itr.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
; oil interests,
6.3
;
see also subentry below:
radio interests and ownership

character, personality, and temperament of, XXX,
7.1
,
11.1
,
15.1
,
16.1
; aggressiveness,
7.2
; ambition,
see subentry above:
ambition(s) of
; bragging and exaggeration,
3.1
; Bunton strain,
1.1
; charm,
1.2
,
7.3
; compassion for the poor,
itr.1
; contradictions in,
itr.2
,
itr.3
,
2.1
,
3.2
,
11.2
; courage vs. cowardice,
2.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
; cruelty,
4.1
,
4.2
; cynicism,
itr.4
,
1.3
,
12.1
; decisiveness,
15.2
; determination to win, XX,
1.4
,
11.3
,
15.3
; dominance, domination,
itr.5
,
1.5
,
2.3
,
5.1
, no,
7.4
,
7.5
,
15.4
; eloquence,
1.6
; energy,
1.7
,
1.8
,
1.9
,
3.5
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
11.4
; flattery and obsequiousness,
1.10
,
1.11
,
7.6
,
7.7
,
11.5
,
11.6
; leadership qualities,
2.4
,
6.1
,
15.5
,
15.6
,
15.7
; lying,
itr.6
,
itr.7
,
1.12
,
2.5
,
3.6
,
3.7
,
11.7
,
11.8
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
14.1
,
15.8
,
16.2
; manipulativeness,
itr.8
,
1.13
,
3.8
,
6.2
,
7.8
,
7.9
,
15.9
,
16.3
; mannerisms of, etc.,
1.14
,
7.10
; mood swings,
7.11
,
7.12
,
10.3
,
11.9
,
11.10
,
11.11
,
11.12
,
11.13
,
12.4
; need for affection,
7.13
,
11.14
,
11.15
; offensiveness,
11.16
,
11.17
,
12.5
; as pragmatist and realist,
itr.9
,
1.15
,
1.16
,
2.6
,
3.9
,
12.6
,
16.4
; ruthlessness,
itr.10
,
itr.11
,
11.18
,
11.19
; secrecy,
itr.12
,
1.17
,
2.7
,
2.8
; shaped by his youth,
1.18
,
16.5
; spellbinding,
1.19
; strong will power,
10.4
; talent for meeting and greeting,
3.10
,
3.11
,
11.20
,
11.21
; toughness of mind,
15.10

children of

circle of friends,
1.1
,
7.1

and civil rights,
itr.1
,
itr.2
; early record,
itr.3
–xviii,
7.1
,
10.1
; legislation,
itr.4
,
itr.5
,
itr.6
; 1965 speech before Congress,
itr.7
,
itr.8
,
itr.9

clothing of

as congressional aide,
1.1
,
1.2
,
3.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
7.1
,
11.1
; his methods in Little Congress,
1.3
,
16.1
as Congressman,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
1.4
,
1.5
,
3.2
,
5.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
12.1
,
14.1
; on Armed Services Committee,
7.4
,
7.5
; awarding of federal contracts,
1.6
,
4.1
,
7.6
; “Board of Education”, admitted to,
1.7
,
1.8
,
5.2
,
7.7
; champion of FCC,
6.3
; and civil rights bills,
itr.3
,
itr.4
,
7.8
,
10.1
; committee assignments,
5.3
,
7.9
; constituent work,
itr.5
,
2.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
5.4
,
7.10
; and electricity for 10th District,
itr.6
,
4.5
,
5.5
,
7.11
,
11.2
; failure to take stands,
5.6
,
7.12
; and Fair Deal legislation,
7.13
,
11.3
; fear of being stalled,
5.7
,
7.14
,
7.15
,; 140–1; knows “levers”,
1.9
; legislative record,
itr.7
,
5.8
,
7.16
; legislative record criticized by Stevenson,
12.2
,
12.3
; on Naval Affairs Committee,
2.2
,
2.3
,
5.9
,
5.10
,
7.17
; NYA-CCC merger proposal,
2.4
,
5.11
; position used to make money,
6.4
,
7.18
; salary,
6.5
; speeches,
5.12
,
7.19
; Taft-Hartley Act supported,
7.20
,
11.4
,
11.5
,
12.4
,
12.5
; his vote counting skill,
1.10
; voting record,
1.11

credibility of,
1.1
; “Gap” as President,
itr.1
; about war service,
3.1

elections and political campaigns: financing of,
see
campaign financing, LBJ’s campaigns; first congressional,
1.1
,
3.1
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
; issue manipulation,
9.2
,
11.4
,
11.5
,
11.6
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
; Lady Bird’s role,
4.1
,
10.2
,
12.4
,
16.1
; Little Congress residency,
1.2
,
16.2
; and Mexican vote,
9.3
,
9.4
,
11.7
,
13.1
,
14.1
; 1938 and 1940 congressional,
4.2
; 1941 senatorial,
itr.1
,
1.3
,
1.4
,
1.5
,
1.6
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
4.3
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
9.5
,
9.6
,
11.8
,
11.9
,
12.5
,
12.6
,
13.2
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
16.3
; 1942 congressional,
2.3
,
2.4
,
2.5
; 1942 senatorial, contemplated,
1.7
,
1.8
,
1.9
,
2.6
,
2.7
,
11.10
; 1946 congressional,
7.3
,
7.4
; 1948 senatorial,
see
Texas election for U.S. Senator in 1948
; 1964 presidential,
itr.2
,
itr.3
,
16.4
,
16.5
; in college,
1.10
,
16.6
; 1941, outstolen by O’Daniel,
1.11
,
8.2
,
9.7
,
13.3
,
14.4
,
14.5
,
16.7
; 1948,
itr.4
,
9.8
,
12.7
,
13.4
,
14.6
,
16.8
; Salas’s allegation of involvement of LBJ,
16.9
,
16.10
,
16.11

“ends justifies the means” maxim of,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
12.1

and Fair Deal,
7.1
,
11.1

and father,
1.1
,
3.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
,
16.1

in federal court on civil rights violations charge by Stevenson,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
; advice of counsel disregarded,
15.4
; appeal to Circuit Court,
15.5
,
15.6
; appeal to Supreme Court,
15.7
,
15.8
,
15.9
,
15.10
,
15.11

financial assets of: 1941 vs. 1948,
itr.1
; in 1943, after purchase of KTBC,
6.1
; in 1948,
itr.2
,
6.2
; in 1963,
itr.3

fund-raising and disbursing by,
see subentry below:
political fund-raising by;
and also the entries
campaign financing; campaign spending

“Great Society” of,
itr.1
,
itr.2

health problems,
3.1
,
7.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
; fear of early death,
7.2
; kidney stones,
7.3
,
10.2

and idealism: image conveyed to others,
2.1
,
3.1
; viewed by LBJ,
1.1
,
1.2
,
3.2

initials of his name

legacy of, Wicker on,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
16.1

letters: to FDR,
1.1
; to Truman,
7.1
,
7.2
; to wife,
2.1
,
4.1

loyalty and obedience demanded by, in

marriage of,
2.1
,
4.1
;
see also below:
and wife

mimic’s talent of,
11.1
,
11.2
,
16.1
,
16.2

and money,
itr.1
,
6.1
,
7.1
; Austin land purchase,
6.2
; charges of corruption,
7.2
; influence used in pursuit of,
6.3
,
6.4
,
7.3
; stinginess,
6.5
, in,
6.6
;
see also
below:
political fund-raising

and mother

names bestowed on,
3.1
,
16.1
,
16.2

Naval Reserve Service of,
2.1
,
3.1

and New Deal,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
11.1

at 1948 Texas State Democratic Convention,
14.1
,
14.2

as NYA director in Texas,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
11.1

physical appearance of,
itr.1
,
1.1
,
1.2
; Bunton strain,
1.3
; compared to father,
1.4
,
7.1
; facial expression,
itr.2
; at times of exhaustion,
3.1
,
7.2
,
14.1
,
15.1

political astuteness of,
1.1
,
7.1
; instinct for jugular in campaigning,
2.1
; knows “levers”,
1.2
; in seizing opportunities,
12.1
,
14.1
; vote counting skill in Congress,
1.3

political career of,
itr.1
,
1.1
,
7.1
,
18.1
; stalled in House of Representatives,
5.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
7.5
; war service in furtherance of,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
,
3.5