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Glynn (LBJ’s valet)

Goldberg, Arthur,
4.1
,
6.1
,
13.1
,
16.1
,
16.2

Goldfine, Bernard

Goldman, Eric F.,
8.1
,
16.1
,
25.1

Gold Star Mothers,
2.1
,
2.2

Goldstein, E. Ernest

Goldwater, Barry,
8.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
21.1
,
23.1
,
23.2
,
25.1

Gonella, Ashton,
3.1
,
5.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2

Gonzalez, Henry

Goodman, Andrew

Goodwin, Doris Kearns,
2.1
,
3.1
,
6.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
16.1
,
19.1
,
23.1
,
26.1

Goodwin, Richard,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
8.5
,
8.6
,
8.7
,
14.1
,
16.1
,
23.1
,
24.1
,
24.2
,
24.3

Gordon, Kermit,
13.1
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
18.1
,
19.1
,
19.2
,
21.1
,
21.2
,
21.3
,
21.4
,
22.1
,
25.1

Gore, Albert,
6.1
,
6.2
,
19.1

Gould, Jack,
2.1
,
13.1
,
15.1

Government Accounting Office

Government Printing Office

Graff, Henry,
itr.1
,
13.1

Graham, Katharine,
17.1
,
18.1
,
25.1

Graham, Philip,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2

    and vice-presidency offer to LBJ,
4.1
,
4.2

Grant, Ulysses S.,
18.1
,
25.1

Graves, Ralph

Great Britain

    
Profumo Affair of

Greater Houston Ministerial Association

Great Society,
itr.1
,
26.1

Greenland

Gronouski, John

Grozny,
8.1
,
8.2

Gruening, Ernest

Gugler, Eric

Gulf of Tonkin

Guns of August, The
(Tuchman),
8.1

Gunther, John

Guthman, Ed,
13.1
,
24.1
,
24.2

Hackett, David

Haddad, William

Haganah

Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia,
15.1
,
15.2
,
16.1
,
26.1

Halleck, Charles,
20.1
,
20.2
,
20.3
,
20.4
,
23.1
,
23.2
,
23.3

Hamilton, James

Harbin, Estelle

Hardeman, D. B.,
1.1
,
4.1
,
5.1

Harding, Warren G.,
2.1
,
4.1

Harding Administration

Harlow, Bryce

Harper, Reverend

Harriman, W. Averell,
8.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
20.1
,
24.1

Harrington, Michael

Harris, Charles

Hartke, Vance,
3.1
,
19.1
,
22.1

Hartson (NASA aide)

Hatcher, Andrew,
13.1
,
20.1
,
25.1

Hatcher, Jessie

Hayden, Carl,
1.1
,
3.1
,
15.1
,
18.1
,
19.1
,
23.1

Hayes, Rutherford B.

Head Start,
itr.1
,
26.1

Hearst, William Randolph, Jr.

Heller, Walter W.,
13.1
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
16.3
,
16.4
,
16.5
,
16.6
,
19.1
,
21.1
,
25.1

    War on Poverty and,
21.1
,
21.2

Hell’s Canyon Dam,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3

Helms, Richard

Henry V
(Shakespeare),
8.1

Heren, Louis

Herring, Charles,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
8.1

Herseth, Ralph,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3

Hersey, John

Hickey, George

Hill, Clint,
11.1
,
15.1

Hill, Lister

Hill, Ralph,
10.1
,
10.2

Him and Her (Johnson family beagles)

Ho Chi Minh Trail

Hoff, Irvin,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4

Hoffa, Jimmy,
3.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
24.1
,
24.2

Hoffman, Frank Nordhoff “Nordy,”

Holland, Spessard L.,
9.1
,
18.1

Holleman, Jerry R.

Holton, John

Hoover, Allen

Hoover, Herbert

Hoover, J. Edgar,
10.1
,
13.1
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
17.1
,
24.1
,
24.2

Hopkins, Welly,
1.1
,
3.1

House of Representatives, Texas,
1.1
,
1.2
,
21.1

House of Representatives, U.S.,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
7.1
,
9.1
,
13.1
,
15.1
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
18.1
,
18.2
,
18.3
,
19.1
,
20.1
,
26.1

    Appropriations Committee of,
3.1
,
18.1

    Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed by,
23.1
,
23.2

    
in Constitution

    discharge petition and,
20.1
,
20.2
,
20.3
,
20.4
,
23.1

    
District of Columbia Committee of

    
Finance Committee of

    
Housing Committee of

    
JFK assassination inquiry in

    Judiciary Committee of,
7.1
,
13.1
,
18.1
,
20.1
,
20.2

    Rules Committee of,
9.1
,
13.1
,
18.1
,
19.1
,
20.1
,
20.2
,
20.3
,
20.4
,
22.1
,
23.1
,
23.2
,
23.3
,
23.4

    
Un-American Activities Committee of

    
U.S.-Soviet wheat deal and

    Ways and Means Committee of,
7.1
,
18.1

    
see also
Congress, U.S.
;
Senate, U.S.

Houston, Sam

Houston Chronicle,
8.1
,
10.1
,
21.1

Houston Endowment

Hughes, Sarah T.,
7.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
13.1

Humphrey, Hubert,
3.1
,
4.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
10.1
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
16.3
,
24.1
,
25.1

    civil rights bill and,
9.1
,
18.1
,
23.1

    foreign aid bill and,
16.1
,
16.2

    LBJ’s power grab and,
6.1
,
6.2

    in 1960 election campaign,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
2.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
,
3.5
,
3.6
,
3.7
,
3.8
,
3.9
,
8.1

Hunt, George P.,
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2

Hunt, H. L.

Hurst, J. Willis,
13.1
,
21.1

Hurxthal, Lewis

Iceland,
10.1
,
10.2

Idaho,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4

Ikeda, Hayato

Illinois,
5.1
,
5.2
,
19.1
,
23.1

Indiana,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2

Indonesia,
24.1
,
24.2

Inside U.S.A.
(Gunther),
19.1

Interior Department, U.S.,
6.1
,
19.1
,
23.1

Internal Revenue Service,
3.1
,
8.1
,
10.1
,
21.1

International Brotherhood of Teamsters,
3.1
,
3.2

International Ladies’ Garment Workers Union,
4.1
,
16.1

Iowa,
3.1
,
3.2

Iran,
8.1
,
21.1

Ireland

isolationism

Israel

Itz, Anna

Jacks, Herschel,
11.1
,
11.2

Jackson, Albert,
21.1
,
21.2

Jackson, Henry M. “Scoop,”

Jackson, Robert M.

Jacobsen, Jake

Janeway, Eliot

Japan

Javits, Jacob

Jaworski, Leon

Jefferson, Thomas,
4.1
,
21.1

Jenkins, Walter,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
,
13.5
,
16.1
,
20.1
,
21.1
,
25.1
,
25.2
,
25.3
,
25.4
,
26.1

    Baker scandal and,
10.1
,
10.2

    
Lady Bird and

    1960 campaign and,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
,
3.5
,
3.6
,
3.7
,
3.8

Jetton, Walter

Jews

John F. Kennedy Library,
6.1
,
24.1

Johnson, Andrew,
1.1
,
4.1
,
13.1

Johnson, Edwin “Big Ed,”

Johnson, Eliza Bunton

Johnson, Lady Bird,
itr.1
,
1.1
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3
,
4.4
,
4.5
,
4.6
,
4.7
,
4.8
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
7.4
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
9.1
,
10.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
13.4
,
16.1
,
17.1
,
19.1
,
19.2
,
20.1
,
21.1
,
21.2
,
22.1

    
in Adolphus Hotel incident

    
Baker’s phone conversation with

    business holdings of,
10.1
,
10.2

    
Jenkins and

    JFK assassination and,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
13.1
,
13.2

    in JFK funeral procession,
15.1
,
16.1

    
JFK’s ranch visit and

    Johnson Ranch Christmas vacation and,
21.1
,
21.2
,
21.3
,
21.4

    in move into White House,
15.1
,
20.1

    in 1960 southern tour,
5.1
,
5.2

    
on Salinger’s resignation

Johnson, Lucia

Johnson, Lucy Baines,
3.1
,
4.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
,
17.1
,
20.1
,
21.1
,
21.2

Johnson, Lynda Bird,
7.1
,
7.2
,
11.1
,
17.1
,
20.1
,
21.1
,
21.2

Johnson, Lyndon B.

    
“Bunton strain” legacy of

    business interests of,
21.1
,
21.2

    
as champion of rights

    childhood of,
1.1
,
1.2
,
8.1

    childhood poverty of,
21.1
,
21.2
,
21.3

    college years of,
6.1
,
13.1

    compassion of,
20.1
,
20.2
,
21.1

    
cruelty of

    deception and secrecy of,
21.1
,
21.2

    education of,
6.1
,
13.1

    
elected to House

    
elected to Senate

    failure and humiliation feared by,
1.1
,
1.2
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
13.1
,
26.1

    
family background of

    
first national political experience of

    
Gettysburg speech of

    
handshake technique of

    heart attack of,
4.1
,
7.1
,
11.1
,
19.1

    
iconic swearing-in photograph of

    
illness of

    JFK misread by,
1.1
,
2.1
,
2.2

    
JFK’s 1960 debate with

    JFK’s vice-presidency offer to,
4.1
,
4.2
,
4.3

    Kennedy staff’s contempt for,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
12.1
,
16.1
,
16.2

    
LBJ moniker of

    
in 1960 southern campaign

    
personal image of

    physical descriptions of,
1.1
,
1.2
,
3.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
16.3
,
20.1
,
21.1
,
21.2
,
21.3
,
21.4

    
political genius of

    
political pressure applied by

    popularity of,
25.1
,
25.2

    presidential ambition of,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
1.4
,
3.1
,
13.1
,
20.1

    
private phone lines of

    RFK’s feud with,
see
Johnson–R. F. Kennedy feud

    ruthlessness of,
21.1
,
21.2

    
“sales pitch” of

    as Senate Majority Leader,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
4.1
,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
,
18.1

    
sense of conviction of

    southernness as liability of,
1.1
,
4.1

    speechmaking style of,
3.1
,
5.1
,
9.1

    
vote-counting skill of

    wealth of,
10.1
,
11.1

    
World War II experience of

    
see also
presidential transition of 1963

Johnson, Lyndon B., vice presidency of

    
Agriculture Department appointment and

    Baker scandal and,
see
Baker scandal

    
Bay of Pigs fiasco and

    
Camelot aura and

    
CEEO mandate change and

    Cuban Missile Crisis and,
see
Cuban Missile Crisis

    “dump Johnson” rumor and,
9.1
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
11.1

    
Finland visit and

    foreign trips in,
7.1
,
8.1

    
formal dinner invitations sought by

    
at formal meetings

    
former Senate colleagues of

    Gettysburg speech in,
13.1
,
16.1

    
Hughes appointment and

    
JFK-Connally meeting and

    
JFK’s editing of LBJ’s speech in

    
Kennedy Administration’s civil rights bill and

    Kennedy Administration’s exclusion of,
7.1
,
7.2
,
7.3
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
10.1

    
LBJ’s attempts to see JFK and

    LBJ’s demeanor and,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2

    
LBJ’s gift giving and

    
LBJ’s Senate power grab and

    
LBJ’s waning influence in

    loyalty pledge and,
7.1
,
7.2

    media and,
7.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3

    
Meredith crisis and

    office issue and,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1

    
presidential succession matter and

    
proposed executive order and

    
psychological and physical toll of

    
remembrance plaque episode and

    St. Augustine episode in,
9.1
,
16.1

    
Senate sessions and

    Seward episode and,
7.1
,
7.2

    transportation issue and,
7.1
,
8.1

    
White House dinners and

Johnson, Magnus

Johnson, Rebekah,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
21.1

Johnson, Sam Ealy, Jr.,
1.1
,
4.1
,
20.1
,
21.1
,
21.2
,
21.3
,
21.4

Johnson, Sam Ealy, Sr.

Johnson, Sam Houston,
1.1
,
1.2
,
7.1
,
8.1

Johnson, Tom

Johnson, U. Alexis

Johnson Administration,
16.1
,
21.1
,
21.2

    
Cuban fishing boats incident and

    
Kennedy team retained by

    
Kennedy team’s departure from

    
1965 budget and

Johnson Ranch,
1.1
,
3.1
,
21.1

    
JFK’s and Jacqueline’s visit to

    
private phone system of

    
RFK’s visit to

Johnson Ranch Christmas vacation (1963)

    
business of state in

    Erhard state visit and,
21.1
,
21.2

    
family photo session in

    
Joint Chiefs at

    LBJ’s image creation in,
21.1
,
21.2
,
21.3

    
media criticism of

    
1964 election and

    
outings in

    
press conferences in

    
press tour in

    
Stonewall state dinner in

Johnson–R. F. Kennedy feud

    
Corbin dispute and

    first face-to-face encounter and,
itr.1
,
3.1

    
Hughes appointment and

    
impact of

    Indonesia mission and,
24.1
,
24.2

    
JFK and

    
and LBJ’s public humiliation in meetings

    Mann appointment and,
24.1
,
25.1

    
mutual hatred in

    
remembrance plaque incident and

    
RFK on

    
RFK’s vulnerability and

    
social class and

    and vice-presidency offer to LBJ,
4.1
,
8.1

    
White House misunderstood confrontation and

Joint Chiefs of Staff, U.S.,
7.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
16.1
,
16.2
,
17.1
,
21.1
,
21.2

Jones, James

Jones, John T., Jr.,
10.1
,
21.1
,
21.2

Jones, Larry

Jones, Luther “L. E.,”

Jones, Winnie

Jordan, B. Everett

Judd, Walter

Just, Ward

Justice Department, U.S.,
7.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
18.1
,
18.2
,
21.1
,
24.1
,
24.2

    Anti-Trust Division of,
21.1
,
21.2

    “get Hoffa” squad of,
3.1
,
8.1
,
24.1

    
RFK’s staff at

Kansas

    
Democratic Party of

Kantol, Prince of Cambodia

Kappel, Frederick

Katzenbach, Nicholas deBelleville,
6.1
,
6.2
,
8.1
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
17.1
,
17.2
,
23.1
,
23.2

Kefauver, Estes,
1.1
,
1.2
,
2.1
,
2.2
,
2.3
,
2.4
,
3.1
,
3.2
,
6.1

Kellam, Jesse,
21.1
,
21.2
,
21.3

Kellerman, Roy,
11.1
,
13.1

Kempton, Murray,
10.1
,
10.2
,
24.1
,
24.2
,
24.3
,
24.4

Kennedy, Caroline,
2.1
,
7.1
,
13.1
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
,
15.4
,
15.5
,
26.1

Kennedy, Dorothy

Kennedy, Edward “Ted,”
3.1
,
3.2
,
3.3
,
3.4
,
3.5
,
8.1
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
24.1

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