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- live in Washington is that you naturally get going on the
telephone, and, you know, Joe's a great friend.
It's just easy to talk
to him and for him to talk to us.
There's a funny thing on the press though.
difficult relations were.
This is an example
- ; Russ Wiggins; 1960/1964 Democratic convention; meeting of JFK and Graham regarding the VP nomination; Home Rule; LBJ’s attitude toward the press; beautification; press relations; civil rights; assessment of LBJ’s presidency.
- with a Ph.D. in economics, but
who was a Texan--told me of his problems, and I said, being the political animal I am, the first thing I said was,
Vice President?
'~ave
you contacted the
I'm sure he would be interested in associating himself
with a project
- /loh/oh
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people concerned, was that the Secret Service people who had supervision
over the White House police tried several times to get people from
the Metropolitan Police Department assigned into the White House.
Of course we were pressed
- the motor carrier and railroad safety
functions, so we decided not to press hard at that time on the car
service functions.
M:
In general, from your point of view, was the passage of this act quick
enough to be impressive to you?
0:
It was the fastest
- of attention in
the press; they proposed programs which--most of which have
now become the law. I don't remember specifically what they
were, but they were pretty active.
B:
They were generally on the liberal side.
Bo:
That's correct. Most of them.
B
