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in for the President's night reading. Of course, these FBI full field examinations were primarily complete reports on people who were being considered for appointments to jobs. You had other FBI reports on national situations or possible subversive groups or what have

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 3 (III), 6/11/1972, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

all of the work for all of his appointments and the travel and all that sort of thing and signed Marvin's name to them. They just went into night reading, or went in to the President, Jones with Marvin's name on them. Then I guess after about a year
influence on LBJ to be greater than it actually was; LBJ’s love of telephones; LBJ’s “earthy” language and storytelling ability; LBJ’s private nature; LBJ’s relationship with the press; night reading; keeping LBJ’s schedule.

Oral history transcript, James R. Jones, interview 4 (IV), 1/28/1985, by Michael L. Gillette (Item)

on Sunday night and he had a little press conference on Friday. We had a drink in his private office off the Oval Office. He wanted us to argue with him as to whether he should or he shouldn't, and I think he had pretty well made up his mind then for certain
; working with Marvin Watson; night reading; LBJ’s memory; LBJ’s humor; a Chinese employee of Ambassador Raul Castro who came to work for LBJ; LBJ’s and staff’s relationship with the press and privacy; LBJ’s decision not to run for re-election in 1968

then at that time, or you just saw him? J: Just hello--a cordial handshake as he has done with millions of others. And then subsequent to that, while I was in night law school at Georgetown and working full-time for Congressman Edmondson, Tommy Boggs, who

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