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Guarded Secret. Though it was to end as history's most publicized gallbladder operation,* Johnson's ailment was a rigidly guarded secret for almost a month. His troubles began last Sept. 7, the day after Labor Day. In his first-floor bedroom at the LBJ Ranch, he awakened shortly after 6 a.m. with a sharp abdominal pain. His first thought was that it might have been something he ate. Then, perhaps mindful of the pains that accompanied his near-fatal heart attack in 1955, Lyndon woke Lady Bird, talked it over with her, and agreed that...
...that simple. Many of the most effective Republican politicians also regarded the campaign as a crusade. Certainly Shaddeg and White did. Nor can any book claim to tell the full story while shrugging off Kennedy's assassination, the Republican primaries, and the political polish of LBJ, as this one does...
...bargainers labored as long as 1½1 hours a day. As the strike deadline loomed, Johnson cut the lunchtime lag by sending in steaks and ice cream "to keep them hard at it." Toward week's end he talked direly of transporting both teams bodily to the LBJ Ranch where, he is fond of observing, the September sun can be a powerful persuader...
...LBJ SAYS 'RISE' THE SUN WOULDN'T DARE TO DISOBEY
...Lampoon is not a political organization, but most of its members have strong informed convictions. On the whole we have a certain amount of balance. One of the most disturbing sights of last Friday's demonstrations was a peace marcher, his face distorted with hate, stamping on an LBJ Easter egg which was rolling menacingly toward...