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  • come from the advertising world. I was asked to address the American Advertising Association in Boston, and I asked the President if I could be off to make the speech. He said fine; he did not ask to look at my speech, I didn't show it to him
  • officer who used to travel with me over to the phone. the phone." He came back, and he said, "The White House is on I laughed and said, "It's some drunk. there, Sergeant, and find out who it is." said, "No, it's the ~~hite House." Go on back He came
  • /exhibits/show/loh/oh ROBERTS -- I -- 5 had ridden in maybe hundreds of presidential motorcades all over the world, and you hear backfires all the time. Motorcycles get hot when they travel at slow speed and they backfire, sometimes they even catch fire
  • had to LBJ; 1964 campaign; LBJ’s inability to announce travel plans in advance; LBJ choosing a running mate; LBJ lying to the press; comparison of LBJ’s press secretaries; the Walter Jenkins incident; off-the-record interviews; naming Nicholas
  • in your background, who you were, what you were doing, and if he could help you in any way . G: Do you think he liked campaigning, traveling around the state making speeches? B: I don't think anybody likes it, because it is really hard work
  • , the owner and publisher of the Chronicle, was alive at that time. Mr. Jones chose Coke Stevenson to support. management to travel with Lyndon Johnson. I was assigned by It was very ticklish, but I will say that we maintained our friendship throughout
  • dad was a traveling salesman, my mother was a When we got ready for me to go to college, it was the end of the depression and my two brothers had gone to the University of Florida, but we were out of money and I was lucky to get a scholarship