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- broke was that he sent for me and he was in the little Ways and
Means Committee room up on the second floor or the main floor of the
Capitol.
He had written out in longhand a statement for the press.
he sent for me to ask me what I thought
- by the press stories and the kind of questions I'd get from
people on working for Mr. Johnson, hard taskmaster, all kins of strange
personal extremes.
I never encountered that.
I had a great deal of
respect for the President both as a person and as President
- and cornmittments, but we
didn't have any long debate about it.
M:
Did he give you a chance to say yes.
F:
He just gave me a chance to say yes.
M:
Then immediately thereafter there was the press announcement.
F:
Within a matter of about five or six hours