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  • to President Truman. However, President Truman had made his commitment before Symington entered the race. So it was a very hard fought and vigorous campaign. At the time in question, Senator Johnson was in Missouri to specl( on behalf of Mr. Symington's
  • ; criticism that LBJ didn’t devote enough time to party’s political machinery
  • college education? J: All right. I was born in Dallas, Texas, December 2, 1917. r~y family moved to Houston while I was still more or less an infant. For all intents and purposes, I consider myself a Houstonian rather than a Dallasite. Certainly I
  • ; eras of BOB; role of BOB in times of economic stress; LBJ's personal interest in management efficiency; LBJ as the most management minded President in Jones' experience; LBJ was the first President to personal participate in incentive award ceremonies
  • to report to President Kennedy just after he came back from Dallas. Then it did report finally to President Johnson just before Christmas of '63--had a meeting with President Johnson in the White House. G: Was that the first time you had met President
  • have them I served my last term as Supervisor--I ran for the I was elected in the 1922 election, when Governor Alfred Smith was reelected Governor. So I served one term in the state legislature. At that time there was a bill introduced known
  • and served a full career with them. thoraci~ I have been trained and have my boards in general and surgery. After being chief of thoracic surgery in both our hospitals in New York and Seattle, I was brought into Washington at that time largely
  • right . M: Then you were for a time special assistant to the Secretary of Commerce and then Deputy Director of the United States Travel Service . Right . B: M: And then you became Director in 1965? B: Yes . I was acting Director for about fourteen