Master of the Senate (231 page)

“The informal … footrace”:
Cormier, AP story, newspaper unidentified, Jan. 9, clippings file, LBJL.
“Millions”:
Ambrose,
Eisenhower
, p. 249.
Shunted; “It is difficult”:
Donahue, “The Prosecution Rests,”
The New Republic
, May 23. Same point made by Fleeson,
WS
, April 21.

Democratic dinner:
H P, WP
, April 17.
“Moderation”:
WN
, April 18.
Truman interview:
NYT
, April 18.
“I have got”:
CCC-T
, April 19.
“My heart”:
WP
, April 19.
“Many Democrats”:
WN
, April 18.
“Some Democrats”:
Fleeson,
WS
, May 11.
“Southern”:
Fleeson,
WS
, June 3.
“Malleable”:
Drummond,
DT-H
, May 6.
“Lyin’ Down”:
Pearson,
WP
, quoted in Dugger,
Politician
, p. 377.

70,000:
CR
, 84/1, p. 7723.

Anathema:
Goldsmith,
Colleagues
, p. 48.
Capehart’s amendment:
CR
, 84/1 pp. 7726–727.

“Taken for granted”:
Reedy,
U.S. Senate
, p. 108.
“Exercises”:
Shaffer,
On and Off
, p. 113.
Counts the same; “the housing bill”:
Reedy memo, June 8, Box 412, JSP; Steele to Williamson, June 9, SP.
With an air:
Evans and Novak,
LBJ: Exercise
, p. 150.
“Affably”:
Baltimore Sun
, June 8; Steele to Williamson, June 9, SP.
A mask:
Reedy interview.
It was true:
Johnson’s arguments to the southerners are in Matthews,
U.S. Senators
, pp. 128–29; in Miller,
Lyndon
, pp. 177–78; in Reedy memo, June 8; Reedy,
U.S. Senate
, pp. 107–10, and
LBJ
, pp. 83–84; Humphrey, Sparkman OHs; Reedy, Steele interviews.
“Only a little”:
Reedy, quoted in Miller, p. 178.
“One”:
Reedy,
U.S. Senate
, p. 178.
“Lyndon”:
Steele to Williamson, June 9, SP.
For an expurgated version:
Reedy, quoted in Miller, p. 178.

“Anyone”:
Douglas, in
CR
, 84/1, pp. 7734–735.

Getting Humphrey to Chamber:
CR
, 84/1, p. 7759; Humphrey OH II; Reedy interview.
“Damn it”; “as the”; had Johnson needed:
Steele to Williamson, June 9, SP.
“Capehart’s head”:
Reedy,
U.S. Senate
, p. 109.
Vote:
CR
, 84/1, p. 7753. Later, when it was certain that their votes would make no difference in the outcome, Russell and East-land voted aye, and were so recorded.
60 to 25:
CR
, 84/1, p. 7754.
“As soon”:
Reedy, pp. 109–10. And see Goldsmith, p. 49.
“A genius”; “I am frank”:
CR
, 84/1, p. 7759.
Scene in G-14:
Evans and Novak, p. 151; Shuman interview.

Eisenhower had proposed; working on subcommittee:
Evans and Novak, p. 149.
One-dollar minimum:
Lincoln,
WS
, June 5.

“The cloakroom”:
McCulloch interview.
“I think”:
Humphrey OH III, p. 27.
“Mr. President”:
CR
, 84/1, p. 7873.
“Zip, zip”; “boy, oh”:
Humphrey OH III, p. 27.
Hill didn’t know; Lehman “speechless”:
Evans and Novak, p. 150.

“Obviously”:
Reedy,
U.S. Senate
, p. 13.
Neely’s agreement; “some of”:
CR
, 84/1, p. 7874.
“I was wrong”:
McCulloch interview.
The last time:
Entire Senate Voting Record
, p. 301; Dugger, p. 293.
Laughing among themselves:
Fleeson,
WS
, June 9.

“The talk”:
Carpenter,
HP
, June 12.
“
LYNDON MOVES
”:
Lincoln,
WS
, June 11.
“The Texas-sized”:
WSJ
, June 10.
“On several”:
WP
, June 30.
“Snatched”:
Fleeson,
WS
, June 9.
“The deftness”:
Pearson,
WP
, June 13.
“THE TEXAN”:
Newsweek
, June 27.

Lack of enthusiasm:
For example, Fleeson,
WS
, June 3.
Russell’s withdrawal; “Will inherit”:
Timmons,
DMN
, May 28.
Byrd himself:
CR
, 84/1, p. 9559.
Smathers had; editorial:
Abilene Reporter-News, Orlando Sentinel
, July 3; Jenkins interview.
“Exuberant”:
The New Republic
, July 4.
“Gallery Glimpses”:
WP
, July 3.
“Be on”:
Evans and Novak, p. 89.

All dates are 1955 unless otherwise noted.

Krock luncheon:
NYT
, July 7.
“More than”:
Gonella interview; Mooney,
LBJ
, p. 58.
“It has”:
WP
, July 3.
So ashen:
Leslie Carpenter,
HP
, June 12.
Hardly one:
Jenkins interview.
“Chain-smoking”:
Baker,
Good Times
, pp. 335–37.
“A starving”:
Baker,
Wheeling and Dealing
, p. 70.

Illness during first campaign:
Caro,
Path
, pp. 433–36.
“I never”:
Caro,
Path
, p 425.
During second campaign:
Caro,
Means
, Chapter 10.

Suddenly clutched:
WP
, Aug. 14;Mooney OH; Busby interview.
“He ate”:
Smathers, quoted in Steinberg,
Sam Johnson’s Boy
, p. 413.
Cursory:
Steinberg, p. 298.
“A flutter”:
Chadwick interview.
“Near the edge”:
Steele,
WS
, July 6.
Dinner:
Symington OH I, pp. 14, 15.

During the morning:
Steinberg,
Sam Johnson’s Boy
, p. 414.
Chadwick episode:
Chadwick, Theis interviews; Theis OH; Chad-wick, “When a Lieutenant Outranked a Commander,”
AP Cleartime
, Nov. 1998, pp. 1, 2.
Lunch:
Evans and Novak,
LBJ: Exercise
, p. 91.
“I remember”:
Lyndon B. Johnson, “My Heart Attack Taught Me How to Live,”
American Magazine
, July 1956; Johnson, quoted in Miller,
Lyndon
, p. 101.
At Huntlands:
Brown, Oltorf interviews, OHs; Anderson OH.

“Lyndon, I think”:
Anderson OH; Anderson, quoted in Evans and Novak, p. 91, and in Miller, p. 181.
“An absolute”:
Caro,
Path
, p. 156; also see p. 174.
Coolness in Pacific:
Caro,
Means
, Chapter 3.
Ambulance ride:
Oltorf interview.

At Bethesda:
Dr. J. Willis Hurst, Lady Bird Johnson interviews; Jenkins, Reedy interviews and OHs; Montgomery,
Mrs. LBJ
, p. 53; Russell,
Lady Bird
, pp. 175–76; Steinberg,
Sam Johnson’s Boy
, p. 416.
“A real”:
Newsweek
, Nov. 7; Reedy interview.
“Where his will”:
Jenkins OH.
“Tell him”:
Mrs. Johnson, quoted in Miller, p. 181.
“Sensuous”:
Mrs. Johnson, quoted in Dallek,
Lone Star
, p. 486.
Doctors said:
Dr. Hurst interview; Jenkins OH.

All dates are 1955 unless otherwise noted.

“Fifty-fifty”:
Lyndon B. Johnson, “My Heart Attack Taught Me How to Live,”
American Magazine
, July 1956;
Los Angeles Inquirer
, Dec. 2; Reedy OH VIII.

Details of heart attack:
Interviews with Dr. Willis Hurst, M.D.; Cain OH; Lady Bird Johnson, “Can You Prevent a Heart Attack?”
This Week
, Feb. 12, 1956.
“A myocardial”:
NYT, WP
, July 6.
“The immediate”:
Fleeson,
WP
, July 5.
“HEART ATTACK”:
Nashua Telegraph
, July 6.
“Six months”:
NYT
, July 10.

“He felt”:
Jenkins OH.
“White”:
Culhane interview.
“For almost”:
Baker,
Wheeling and Dealing
, pp. 151, 152.
“For the”:
Reedy OH VIII.
“Project Impossible”:
Mooney,
LBJ
, pp. 60, 61.

“His nurses”:
Cain, quoted in Miller,
Lyndon
, p. 182.
“Simultaneously”:
NYP
, May 28, 1956.
“He really”:
Reedy OH VIII.
“Demanding”:
Baker,
Wheeling and Dealing
, pp. 151, 152.
“We”:
Jenkins to Johnson, July 18, Box 96, Masters, JSP.
“Oh, now”:
Boston Globe
, Sept. 15.
“Why”:
Lyndon B. Johnson, “My Heart Attack Taught Me How to Live,”
American Magazine
, July 1956.
“If he”:
Cain OH.
“To cut”:
Reedy OH, interviews.
“Mary”:
Jenkins to Rather, July 23,
Chronology
, “Chronologies,” 1955, LBJL.

“Over and over”:
Reedy OH VIII.
Illness had deepened:
Reedy OH VIII; Busby, Jenkins, Rather, Reedy interviews.
“Give Lyndon”; “I miss”:
Smith,
President’s Lady
, pp. 64, 65.
“Everybody”:
McGrory,
WS
, Aug. 21.

“Stay with me”; “at first”; Worley dinner:
Montgomery,
Mrs. LBJ
, p. 53.
“Lyndon wanted”:
Steinberg,
Sam Johnson’s Boy
, p. 418.
“Did fear”:
Jenkins OH.

Put the pack:
Lyndon B. Johnson, “My Heart Attack Taught Me How to Live,”
American Magazine
, July 1956;
Newsweek
, Nov. 7; Mooney, p. 62; Steinberg,
Sam Johnson’s Boy
,
p. 419; Jenkins, SHJ interviews.
“Every”:
Gonella interview.
Did not smoke; Cigarettes and coffee:
Jenkins, SHJ interviews; Jenkins OH.
“He became”; “incautiously”:
Reedy OH VIII.
“A fatty”:
WP
, Sept. 14.
“A cantaloupe”:
Jenkins OH.
“I believe”:
Mrs. Johnson to Terrell Maverick, July 28, LBJA SN, Box 27.
“I’ve thrown”:
Steinberg,
Sam Johnson’s Boy
, p. 419.

“Stories began”:
Mooney, p. 62.
“There are”:
McGrory,
WS
, Aug. 21.
“Sprawled”:
Newsweek
, Nov. 7.
“Innumerable”:
Beaumont Journal
, Aug. 29.
“Easy-going”:
McClendon,
AA-S
, Aug. 21.
“A man”:
McGrory,
WS
, Aug. 21.

“Representatives”:
AA-S
, Aug. 26.
“Thinnest”:
Rather, quoted in Miller, p. 182.
Drew an
X:
SHJ interviews.
Nightmares:
Goodwin,
Lyndon Johnson
, p. 125.

Responses to Little Beagle:
Montgomery, p. 56; SHJ, Rather interviews.
“Some days”; “He’s going”; Sam Houston knew:
SHJ, Rather interviews.
“Many things”:
SAE
, Sept. 11. And see Jenkins to Johnson, Aug. 26, Box 3, PPCF.

“The only deal”:
Califano,
Triumph
, pp. 29, 30.

Life at the ranch:
SHJ interviews; Jenkins, Rather, Reedy interviews and OHs.
“Oh”:
Jenkins OH.
“Every”:
Reedy OH.
“Outlets”:
Stewart Alsop, “Lyndon Johnson: How Does He Do It?”
SEP
, Jan. 24, 1959.
“His finger”:
Califano, pp. 51, 52.
“Hog call”:
Corcoran interview.
“When this”:
Steinberg,
Sam Johnson’s Boy
, p. 420.
“Get along”:
Lady Bird to Nellie Connally, July 16, Box 39, JSP.

“On new”:
Johnson to Reedy, Sept. 21, Box 566, JSP.
“Dear John”:
Johnson to Bricker, Sept. 16, Box 557, JSP.
“Never seemed”; “going”:
Palmie OH.
Subcommittee reports, leaks:
Newsweek
, Sept. 26;
NYT
, Sept. 13, Oct. 9;
WS
, Oct. 13; Reedy to Siegel, Sept. 5, Box 555, JSP.
To persuade
Time
:
Jenkins to Carter, Aug. 25, Box 30, “Master Files,” JSP; Carpenter to Johnson, undated, Box 557, JSP.

“Johnson’s Manso”:
Rather to Moursund, Dec. 20, Box 566, JSP.
“I don’t”:
Jenkins OH.
KANG negotiations:
Steinberg,
Sam Johnson’s Boy
, p. 335–36; for example, Jenkins to Johnson, Aug. 31, Box 96, “Masters File,” JSP;
Life
, Aug. 21, 1964;
WSJ
, Nov. 23, 1964;
WS
, June 9, 1964; Jenkins interview and OH; Stehling interview.
“It speeded”:
Reedy OH VIII.