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before you came in and I thought you should know about this." He said, "Oh," he read it, and he said, "Thank you very much," and put it in his pocket and he went on about his business. Well, I found out a 1itt le later in the day that she worked

Oral history transcript, Edie Adams, interview 1 (I), 5/13/1970, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

this?" or "Get that fellow up here and talk to him for awhile." F: I was there that night, incidentally, and I remember that I thought your patter was quite effective. A: Did Cactus feed you some of that? He was giving me some of his lines and telling me who

Oral history transcript, Peter B. Benchley, interview 1 (I), 11/20/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

have read, they being light humor pieces and drama criticism . BA : That's really why I asked the question . later, I might as well ask it now . BE : I was going to ask it Does the President's reading and his general knowledge go beyond public
Biographical information; TIME & A TICKET; LBJ's remarks regarding Vietnam; LBJ's reading and general knowledge; speech writing and the staff; "cussers/doubters/nervous-nellies;" consumer interest information; speech schedule put out on Fridays

Oral history transcript, Jane Engelhard, interview 1 (I), 2/19/1977, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

it. One of my best paintings, which is now in the apartment in New York, the Fragonard called "Lady Reading a Letter," was in the hands of Göring, who wanted it more than anything in the world. He even made an offer through Seyss-Inquart, who

Oral history transcript, Eugene Worley, interview 1 (I), 10/16/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

and that $10 a day wasn't hay back in those days of depression. Anyway, Lyndon was the same age. everything I read and heard about him I liked. I didn't know him then but And certainly we had a common bond being young and in politics and trying to get

to pass out cards for a young candidate at a political rally there in Smithville; that candidate was Lyndon Johnson. Cliff Carter met Lyndon Johnson that night. He became so deeply impressed with the man that he devoted much of the remainder of his life

Oral history transcript, Ben Wattenberg, interview 2 (II), 11/29/1968, by T.H. Baker (Item)

yourself to any of the other Democratic contenders? 'hi: Yes. First of all, I think it was exclusively for Humphrey, all the people on the White House staff. he wasn't going to run, ~:::J I know the night that Johnson said .".,ife was jumping up

Oral history transcript, Robert E. Waldron, interview 1 (I), 1/28/1976, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

was on the plane going out with us, and my room that had been assigned to me at the hotel there in Los Angeles had been taken over as an office, and I spent my first night in Governor Burns l suite. Then as a result of being invited by the President to serve

of calling Lyndon because he hasn't read the cables. When you get into one of these things you want to talk to the people who are most i n v o l v e d , and your mind does not turn to Lyndon because he isn't following the flow of cables." That was the only

Oral history transcript, William J. Crockett, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

know, I want every person to be two people to a room, you know, on this trip and I want II And he was capable, then, of sort of abusing you if you didn't fulfill this. He was capable of getting up in the middle of the night and going around to see

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