Means of Ascent (111 page)

law:

vs. legalisms,
14.1
n
.,
14.2
,
15.1
,
15.2

spirit of equity

Stevenson’s belief in,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
14.1
,
15.1
,
15.2

subversions of, in 1948 election in Texas,
11.1
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3

Lawson, William J.,
6.1
,
6.2

LBJ Company

Leach, Ed,
11.1
,
11.2

Lewis, John L.,
1.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
12.2

Lexington
, U.S.S.,
3.1

liberals, liberalism:

of LBJ,
11.1
; compromises,
itr.1
,
1.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
; pretense,
5.2
,
6.1
,
11.2
,
14.1

and LBJ legislation,
itr.1
,
itr.2
,
itr.3

LBJ’s circle,
1.1

Mavericks

in Texas,
8.1
,
8.2
; Loyalists,
14.1
,
14.2
,
15.1

Life
magazine,
itr.1
,
1.1
,
6.1

Lilienthal, David

Lincoln, Abraham

“Little Congress”,
1.1
,
1.2
,
7.1
,
16.1

Lloyd, Edward,
9.1
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
15.1
,
16.1
,
16.2

Lloyd, Frank B.

Lloyd & Lloyd

lobbyists, Texas,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
8.5

Lockhart, O. P.

Loeffler, Emil

Lone Star Gas

Long, Stuart

Longlea estate, Virginia,
2.1
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4

Longview Morning Journal
,
11.1

Look
magazine,
16.1

Looney, Everett,
6.1
,
7.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
14.1
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
,
15.4
,
15.5
,
15.6
,
16.1

Looney & Clark,
6.1
,
12.1

Louis, Alex

Lower Colorado River Authority,
7.1
,
12.1

“Loyalist” liberals, in Texas,
14.1
,
14.2
,
15.1

Lucas, Wingate,
4.1
,
7.1

Lyle, John

Lynch, Dudley
,

Maas, Melvin

MacArthur, Gen. Douglas,
3.1
,
3.2
,
5.1
,
11.1

Magnolia Petroleum Company

Magnuson, Warren,
2.1
,
2.2
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
7.2

mailings, political:

in 1941 senatorial campaign

in 1948 senatorial campaign,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
; of

campaign newspaper,
12.1
,
12.2

Mancha, Willie

Manford anti-labor bills (Texas),
11.1
,
14.1

Mangan, James W.

Mann, Gerald C,
1.1
,
8.1
,
14.1

Marcus, Stanley,
5.1
,
15.1

Marks, Leonard H.,
6.1
,
6.2
,
6.3

Marquat, Brig. Gen. William F.,
3.1
,
3.2

Marsh, Alice,
see
Glass, Alice

Marsh, Charles E.,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3

support given to LBJ,
2.1
,
2.2
,
6.1
,
7.1

Marshall, Gen. George C.

Marshall, Thurgood

Marshall Ford Dam

Martin, A. B.

Martinez, Conrado,
14.1
,
15.1
n
.

Martinez, Juan R.

Mashman, Joe,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
16.1

Mason, William H.

Matthews, Wilbur

Maverick, Maury,
1.1
,
1.2
,
5.1
,
9.1
,
13.1

Mavericks

Maybank, Burnet R.

Mayer, Margaret,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
18.1

Mayo Clinic

McAllen, Tex.

McClendon, Sarah

McCormack, John

McCredie, Sgt. Claude

McFarlane, W. D.

McIntyre, Marvin,
2.1
,
5.1
,
7.1

McKay, Seth

McKnight, Felix

McNeil, Marshall,
3.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

media, political use of,
itr.1
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1

manipulation,
itr.1
,
3.1
,
5.1
,
11.1
and
n.
,
12.1
,
12.2

money factor,
6.1
,
11.1
,
12.1

see also
newspapers; press and publicity; radio

Melasky, Harris

Melbourne, Australia,
3.1
,
3.2

Meredith, Fred

Mexican-American areas, Texas

vote of,
9.1
,
13.1
; in first 1948 primary,
11.1
,
12.1
; in 1948 runoff primary,
13.2
,
13.3
,
14.1
; San Antonio area,
9.2
,
12.2
,
13.4
,
13.5
,
13.6
; “Valley” area,
9.3
,
9.4
,
9.5
,
11.2
,
13.7
,
13.8
,
13.9
,
13.10
,
13.11

Mexico

Micenheimer, Stokes,
11.1
,
13.1
,
16.1

Middleton, Harry

Midway, battle of

Miller, Dale,
1.1
,
7.1

Miller, Merle

“missionaries” (“travelers”), in political campaigns,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5

Mississippi, civil rights battles

money and politics:

Brown’s financial support for LBJ,
1.1
,
4.1
,
9.1
,
12.1
,
12.2

“buying a ticket” on a politician

buying of votes,
1.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
9.3
,
9.4
,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2

influence derived from dispensing of,
1.1
,
1.2
,
5.1
,
9.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
14.1

in media-oriented campaigns,
9.1
,
11.1
,
12.1

wealth amassed through political influence,
6.1
,
7.1

Rayburn on

sources: conservative business,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
; federal contractors,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
5.1
,
9.1
,
12.4
,
12.5
,
12.6
; labor,
11.1
,
12.7
,
12.8
,
12.9
; oil interests,
1.4
,
1.5
,
5.2
,
9.2
,
12.10
,
12.11

in Texan internal affairs, Stevenson’s concern

see also
campaign financing; campaign spending

Montgomery, Ala.,
itr.1

Montgomery, Gladys

Moody, Dan,
8.1
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
,
15.4
,
15.5
,
15.6
,
15.7

Mooney, Booth

morality of the ballot box,
12.1
,
15.1
,
16.1

1948 Texas campaign as study in,
itr.1

Morgan, Dr. William,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3

Murchison, Clint,
12.1
,
12.2

Murphey, Robert,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
14.1
,
15.1

in 1948 campaign of Coke Stevenson,
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1

on later life of Stevenson,
17.1
,
17.2
,
17.3
,
17.4
,
17.5

Nachlin, Harry,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3

Nagle, John L.

National Guard,
itr.1
,
itr.2

National Youth Administration (NYA),
2.1
,
6.1

LBJ as Texas state director,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1
,
6.1
,
11.1

LBJ’s proposal for merger with CCC,
2.1
,
5.1
,
5.2

NBC network

Neff, Pat M.

negative campaigning,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
12.1
,
12.2

rejected by Stevenson,
12.1
,
12.2

Nelson, Garrett H.,
8.1
,
8.2

network radio,
6.1
,
6.2

New Deal,
1.1
,
7.1
,
12.1

FCC attacked by opponent of,
6.1
,
6.2

LBJ and,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
11.1

patronage and power in Texas,
1.1
,
7.1
,
11.1

Rayburn and

Stevenson and

New Guinea

New Republic, The
,
6.1

newspapers:

campaign,
12.1
,
12.2

campaign advertising in,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

coverage of 1948 election in Texas,
9.1
,
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
11.5
,
11.6
and
n.
,
11.7
,
11.8
,
11.9
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
,
12.6
,
12.7

coverage of 1948 results,
13.1
,
14.1
,
15.1
,
15.2

role in old-style campaigns

use of, in LBJ’s 1948 campaign,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

see also
press and publicity

Newsweek
,
16.1

New Yorker, The
,
16.1

New York Times, The
,
itr.1
,
7.1
,
16.1

Magazine
,
16.1

New Zealand, Navy liaison to

Nichols, Dorothy,
7.1
,
11.1
,
12.1

Nimitz, Adm. Chester,
2.1
,
2.2
,
3.1

Nixon, Richard M.

Nueces County, Tex.,
9.1
,
13.1

O’Daniel, W. Lee (“Pappy”),
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3

campaign style of,
8.1
,
9.1
,
11.1

demagoguery of

as Governor,
7.1
,
8.1

in 1938 gubernatorial race

in 1940 gubernatorial campaign,
8.1
,
9.1
,
9.2

in 1941 senatorial election,
1.1
,
1.2
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
14.1
,
16.1

in 1942 senatorial election,
2.1
,
2.2
,
7.1
,
8.1

and 1948 senatorial election,
7.1
,
7.2
,
9.1

O’Daniel News
,
12.1

Office of Price Administration,
2.1
,
6.1

Office of Strategic Materials

oil depletion allowance,
7.1
,
11.1

oil interests, Texas,
7.1
,
8.1

financial support to LBJ,
9.1
,
12.1
,
12.2

LBJ’s 1948 campaign promises to

lease fraud

1940 campaign contributions through LBJ (to DCCC),
1.1
,
1.2
,
5.1