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  • . Is this background information all correct? W: It is all correct. It is true that I was executive assistant to the President of Lone Star Steel, but I officed in Dallas although our home was in Daingerfield. P: When did you first meet Lyndon Johnson and what were
  • , the survey that we made and printed in the paper, contrary to what a lot of people thought, that Johnson was just a young upstart, came out amazingly accurate in the final results of the election. PB: I believe the Dallas News made a survey at the same time
  • little time before, so I should have at least Some memory and some responsibility from the beginning of the system. M: Right. Now, I wonder if you could begin, perhaps, by recalling any early acquaintances that you had with Mr. Lyndon Johnson prior
  • in on November 11, 1966. I came from Rochester, New York, where I had been for some time previous connected with the Xerox Corporation and a practicing lawyer. I was chairman of the Board of Xerox and had been General Counsel and Chairman of the Executive
  • to Washington in 1935 because, very candidly, I was unable Where did you go to college? to afford to go to college . M: Those were hard times . B: Those were very difficult times . I had an opportunity to come to work for the Federal Housing