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  • there in Los Angeles and made his plea. But at that time there was no--he had a few votes I think in the delegation. Vic D'Anfuso from Brooklyn, and maybe a few others. I voted for Kennedy in that delegation because I felt that he was, frankly
  • administration as I had with the State department. So I accepted this appointment, taking leave from my present work. I wasn't quite sure at the time how long I would stay over there, and I never talked to the President about it personally prior
  • 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
  • have lived here since I was about eighteen months or two years old. I'm a product of the Houston pub- lic schools starting in kindergarten at Montrose School, which was at that time, I think, a pilot kindergarten program. I completed elementary
  • ; 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
  • 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