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out in your mind during his Senate days as to hi s press rel ati ons or to the events that he was involved in? B: I thought his press relations were rather brilliant myself. I think that to any man less critical of the way he was treated
Outline of journalistic career; LBJ's unique handling of press during both Senate and White House years; Kennedy and Johnson humor; Jacqueline Kennedy's appreciation of LBJ; LBJ's swearing-in ceremony in Dallas; Kennedys thoughts of death and LBJ's

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

affairs very much? I can't speak for the reading, because I've not seen anything that he reads, really, except through what the press tells me and people who work around here tell me . The press has given him an awfully lot of adverse criticism, since he
; department's speech drafts; review of speeches; "Rose Garden rubbish;" LBJ's sensitivity to press reaction to speeches' LBJ's relationship with the press; joke specialist on staff; LBJ as am accomplished storyteller and raconteur; LBJ's speech referring to his

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

around the table asking suggestions as to what he ought to be doing. Somebody brought up that he ought to go out and confront the demonstrators if necessary, but go out and press the flesh. And his feeling was [this]. I know he quoted John Connally

with Lyndon Johnson would hole up in an air conditioned hotel. (Tape 1 of 2, Side 2) C: And Horace Busby would give them press releases which they would use, and they didn't have to go out to the rally. I was under orders not to take a press release; I had

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

: Because I think it was the first stop on the railroad outside the metropolitan area. Also, it was close enough to Washington that all the local press and the foreign press could come to be in rural America, is my impression of it. As you know, Culpeper

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

being what they are, that you could have brought a dog in and given him the kind of publicity, all the press exposure he got, and no one ex post facto wouldn't have claimed him. A: It seems especially now that he was a famous dog [someone would have

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

the camel driver now--as the I was on that trip. word that got into the press back here, when he visited. Really sounded as if they'd come straight frorn the Koran or something. C: Well, I think that they no doubt were dressed up a bit, but I think he

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

that the climate was unsavory. up. There was rumbling of revolutions. Sun Yat-sen was coming My father and mother were quite close to Sun Yat-sen and many other important people of the revolution through the diplomatic corps and also through a press gentleman

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

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