Means of Ascent (114 page)
Authors: Robert A. Caro
self-education of,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
8.5
,
8.6
,
8.7
,
8.8
; in engineering
and architecture,
8.1
,
8.2
,
17.1
; as handicap while Governor,
8.3
; his reading,
8.4
,
8.5
,
8.6
,
8.7
,
8.8
,
8.9
,
17.2
speeches of,
8.1
,
8.2
; in 1948 campaign,
207–8,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
Stevenson, Coke, Jr.,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
17.1
Stevenson, Fay Wright,
8.1
,
8.2
passim
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
11.1
Stevenson, Marguerite King (“Teeney”)
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC),
itr.1
Symington, Stuart,
7.1
,
7.2
,
10.1
,
10.2
,
10.3
,
10.4
,
11.1
Taft-Hartley (Labor Management Relations) Act (1947)
as issue in 1948 campaign,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
and
n.
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
; Stevenson’s statements on,
11.3
,
12.6
,
12.7
Tarleton, Dudley,
14.1
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
,
15.4
Tarrant County, Tex., 1948 State Democratic Convention delegation of,
14.1
,
14.2
taxation, in Texas,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
Taylor, Minnie Patillo (Lady Bird’s mother)
Taylor, Thomas Jefferson (Lady Bird’s father),
4.1
,
4.2
,
6.1
teacher salaries, 1948 campaign debate on,
11.1
,
11.2
technological politics,
itr.1
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
17.1
telephone campaigns,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
16.1
telephone wiretapping, suspected in
television:
television stations and interests of LBJ,
itr.1
,
6.1
Texas (and Texans):
anti-union sentiment,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
Carpetbagger rule in,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
conservatism of,
itr.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
;
see also subentry below:
politics: conservatives
distrust of government,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
; of federal government,
8.4
federal money in, Stevenson’s concern,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
Fourteenth Congressional District
Hill Country,
1.1
,
1.2
,
1.3
,
2.1
,
6.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
8.5
; aridity,
8.6
,
8.7
,
8.8
; Edwards Plateau,
8.9
,
8.10
; LBJ’s efforts for improvements,
itr.1
,
7.1
; taxation,
8.11
old-age pension reform,
8.1
,
17.1
as one-party state,
itr.1
,
8.1
; and Democratic primaries,
itr.2
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
9.1
personified in Coke Stevenson,
itr.1
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
11.1
,
17.1
politics,
itr.1
,
7.1
,
7.2
,
8.1
,
8.2
,
11.1
,
15.1
,
16.1
; bossism,
9.1
,
13.1
,
14.1
; conservatives,
itr.2
,
7.3
,
8.3
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
14.2
; corruption in,
8.4
,
9.2
,
14.3
; liberals,
8.5
,
8.6
,
14.4
; lobbyists,
8.7
,
8.8
,
8.9
,
8.10
,
8.11
; Loyalists vs. States Righters,
14.5
,
14.6
,
15.2
; opinion polling in,
9.3
; reactionaries,
12.4
; in “Valley” country,
9.4
,
11.3
,
13.2
,
14.7
,
14.8
,
16.2
; votes for sale,
1.1
,
9.5
,
9.6
,
9.7
,
9.8
,
11.4
,
12.5
,
13.3
,
13.4
;
see also
campaign financing; campaigning; campaign spending; ethnic vote; money and politics; primary system; Texas elections
road system: farm-to-market roads,
8.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
; highways,
8.2
,
8.3
,
8.4
,
12.2
social programs,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
,
18.1
state government waste,
8.1
,
8.2
,
8.3
Stevenson’s legislative record: as governor,
8.1
,
18.1
; as legislator and Speaker,
8.2
,
8.3
10th Congressional District,
1.1
,
5.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
15.1
; electrification,
itr.1
,
4.1
,
5.2
,
7.1
,
11.3
,
11.4
; federal projects,
4.2
,
4.3
,
7.2
; LBJ’s constituent work,
itr.2
,
4.4
,
5.3
,
7.3
,
11.5
; loss of some support for LBJ in 1946,
7.4
; 1948 campaigning in,
11.6
see also
oil interests, Texas; “Valley” country
Texas Cowboy Reunion,
11.1
Texas Election Bureau,
13.1
,
13.2
,
13.3
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
14.3
,
15.1
Texas election for U.S. Senator in 1948,
itr.1
,
7.1
,
8.1
,
9.1
,
9.2
,
10.1
,
15.1
disputed ballots,
itr.1
,
14.1
,
14.2
,
15.1
,
16.1
vs. earlier elections: comparison of late corrections,
14.1
,
14.2
; comparison of lopsidedness,
14.3
,
14.4
ethnic (bloc) vote,
11.1
,
12.1
,
13.1
,
13.2
,
14.1
federal court challenge by Stevenson
,;
see also
Federal District Court; U.S. Supreme Court
fraud, in runoff,
13.1
,
14.1
,
16.1
; ballot box stuffing,
14.2
,
15.1
,
15.2
,
15.3
,
16.2
; “ballots” of dead and absent persons,
14.3
,
15.4
,
16.3
,
16.4
; evidence,
14.4
,
15.5
, evidence suppressed,
14.5
,
15.6
,
16.5
,
16.6
; national attention on,
itr.1
,
16.7
,
16.8
; Salas’ admissions of,
16.9
issues: alleged sale of pardons,
11.1
,
12.1
; Communist danger,
10.1
,
10.2
,
11.2
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
12.4
; farm-to-market roads,
11.3
,
11.4
,
12.5
; income taxes,
12.6
; inflation,
12.7
; isolationism,
11.5
,
11.6
,
12.8
,
12.9
; old-age pensions,
11.7
,
12.10
,
12.11
; “Peace, Preparedness and Progress”,
10.3
,
10.4
,
11.8
,
11.9
,
11.10
,
11.11
; soil and water conservation,
12.12
; Taft-Hartley Act and “secret deal” charge,
11.12
,
11.13
,
12.13
,
12.14
,
12.15
,
12.16
; teacher salaries,
11.14
,
11.15
; war-veteran aid,
11.16
juxtaposition of New vs. Old styles in,
itr.1
,
9.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
12.1
,
3.1
E
LBJ’s campaign,
10.1
,
11.1
,
11.2
,
11.3
,
12.1
,
12.2
,
12.3
,
17.1
; advertisements,
9.1
,
11.4
,
11.5
,
11.6
,
12.4
,
12.5
; anti-union vs. pro-labor stances,
11.7
,
11.8
,
11.9
,
12.6
,
12.7
,
12.8
,
12.9
; attacks on Stevenson’s integrity,
11.10
,
11.11
,
11.12
,
11.13
,
11.14
,
12.10
,
12.11
,
12.12
,
12.13
,
12.14
; buying of votes,
9.2
,
9.3
,
11.15
,
12.15
,
13.1
,
13.2
; campaign strategy,
9.4
,
11.16
; cooperation of
reporters and campaign,
12.1
,
12.2
; decision to run,
7.1
,
8.1
; Eastern labor and liberal money,
11.1
,
12.3
,
12.4
,
12.5
; federal contractors’ money,
9.1
,
12.6
,
12.7
,
12.8
; federal and postal employees’ participation,
12.9
,
12.10
,
13.1
; handshaking, meeting and greeting,
11.2
,
11.3
,
11.4
; health problems during,
10.1
,
11.5
,
11.6
; helicopter travel,
11.7
,
11.8
,
11.9
,
11.10
,
11.11
,
11.12
,
11.13
,
12.11
; issue tailoring and manipulation,
9.2
,
11.14
,
11.15
,
11.16
,
12.12
,
12.13
,
12.14
; loss of first primary,
11.17
,
12.15
; mailings,
9.3
,
11.18
,
11.19
,
11.20
,
12.16
,
12.17
,
12.18
,
12.19
,
12.20
; newspaper use,
9.4
,
11.21
,
11.22
,
11.23
,
11.24
,
12.21
,
12.22
,
12.23
; no effort spared,
11.25
; organization,
9.5
,
13.2
; “Peace, Preparedness and Progress” theme,
10.2
,
10.3
,
11.26
,
11.27
,
11.28
,
11.29
; private polling,
9.6
,
9.7
,
10.4
,
11.30
,
12.24
,
13.3
; pursuit of women’s vote,
12.25
,
12.26
; radio use,
9.8
,
10.5
,
11.31
,
11.32
,
11.33
,
11.34
,
11.35
,
11.36
,
11.37
,
11.38
,
12.27
,
12.28
,
12.29
,
12.30
,
12.31
,
12.32
; runoff campaign,
12.33
,
12.34
,
12.35
,
13.4
; runoff vote,
13.5
,
14.1
,
16.1
; rural vs. urban promises,
11.39
; speeches,
10.6
,
11.40
,
11.41
,
11.42
,
11.43
,
11.44
,
12.36
,
12.37
,
12.38
,
12.39
,
12.40
; speeches tailored to audiences,
11.45
; stealing of votes,
13.6
,
14.2
; stealing of votes proven,
14.3
,
16.2
; thoughts of withdrawal,
10.7
,
10.8
,
12.41
; use of lies,
11.46
,
11.47
,
12.42
,
12.43
; use of “missionaries” and whisper campaign,
12.44
,
12.45
,
12.46
; use of repetition,
11.48
,
11.49
,
11.50
,
12.47
,
12.48
,
12.49
,
12.50
; use of ridicule,
11.51
,
11.52
,
11.53
,
11.54
; Valley vote,
9.9
,
11.55
,
13.7
,
13.8
,
13.9
,
14.4
,
16.3
,
16.4