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Oral history transcript, William S. White, interview 1 (I), 3/5/1969, by Dorothy Pierce (McSweeny)
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- ., N.W., Washington, D.C. This is Dorothy Pierce McSweeny. Mr. White, I want to begin our interview with a brief backgrounder on your very long journalistic career which began in 1927 with Associated Press. It was through AP that you first came
- force. Since Pat had been a friend and associate I asked him if I could get with the action, but I hadn't had any time to be briefed by him. I just knew that it sounded like the kind of thing that interested me. I had been working on related things
- of overpowering when you see him coming up from that 4 or 5 o'clock nap. He was looking ruddy and like he'd been out of the sauna and sunbathed --freshly pressed clothes and a folder in his hand. how are you, John? Good to see you. He said, '~ell, Come over
- it was a summer camp for children project that was begun and then there was some public outcry, at least in the press, and there was supposed to be a communist couple that ran the camp-- I've forgotten the exact details--but anyway the end result was that OEO cut
- to the White House." I said, "Why?" He said, "I can't tell you." So I was able to find a place for my wife and kids to stay at a motel, and the FBI got my suit pressed for me, got on the airplane, landed at Andrews Air Force Base, arrived at the White House