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  • was, oh, sort of out to get Johnson? 0: I know you do . You get a lot in the press about that . Afterwards I never felt that while Jack was alive . I was really in my own shell of grief, and when all those things are written and you read them, do
  • to ,vork for him. never had a press man, you know. come over and see him. He t d So he called me and asked me if I would So I 'vent over and he asked me if I would like to go LBJ Presidential Library http://www.lbjlibrary.org ORAL HISTORY TRANSCRIPT
  • jobs and errands for the President; advice for LBJ’s press relations; Bill Moyers; LBJ’s treatment of George Reedy; Jenkins held LBJ in respect but not afraid to disagree with him; 1964 campaign; Mississippi delegation; Mooney’s admiration of LBJ; Eric
  • ?". He said, and he spoke very low, "The Speaker just announced me for the presidency." Sure enough, Rayburn had called a press conference over in the Adolphus Hotel without saying anything to anyone about it and made the announcement. Mr. Rayburn
  • , is that correct? M: That's right. G: Did he ever have you up to Washington? M: Oh, I was up to Washington. I didn't ever stay in the White House. One time I went in there when Kennedy had all the Texas press in there, and I wasn't on the list and I got
  • ; the Brazos River Authority; LBJ makes a last visit to Temple, Texas; at the Dallas Trade Mart with Storey Stemmons during the JFK assassination; LBJ is faithful to his friends; investigating the M-16 rifle; observing the Tet Offensive; Ted Connell; the press
  • if nobody else was there but me. B: Was that an innovation of yours? H: Oh, absolutely. People never dreamed of starting anything like that and never dreamed of having a secretary that was there at 8:30. B: I believe that you had regular press
  • Press Club here. And the person making [the presentation?], just casually, just like you were lifting something from a biographical sketch, mentioned that I was to be serving as chairman of the Texas Advisory Committee on Civil Rights, and a member
  • of the staff’s backgrounds; friction among staff mambers; Jacobsen’s opinions on the press; assessment of specific LBJ staffers; who had influence on LBJ’s decisions; LBJ’s temper; LBJ’s 'earthy' language; LBJ’s power of persuasion; the credibility gap; Mrs