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

as a general assignment reporter for about six months till the end of 1963, then went to Newsweek in early 1964, spent three years there as an associate editor largely in charge of the radio and television departments, otherwise just "swing writing
; 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, William J. Crockett, interview 1 (I), 5/28/1974, by Joe B. Frantz (Item)

Department thinking in those days, as a stump we've got to p10w around or something. C: No, he really wasn't. He didn't impose as much of his personality into the State Department affairs as a Rooney did. I guess, in a sense, you would call him more
Contacts with LBJ as Senator in 1958 while a budget officer for the State Department; LBJ's reactions to State Department's "guidance" for his foreign country visits as VP; LBJ's concern for good impressions by his party in foreign countries; LBJ's

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

, and there wasn't one that would say, "No, here, this." organized. But Johnson knew. It wasn't, I felt, as He had everybody, he had twenty-three people but each one knew exactly in whose department what was. F: For instance, in that last night in Austin, you

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

constituents, or on naval--he was on Naval Affairs [Committee], and you know we were in pretty bad shape in naval affairs, I mean countrywise in '41. B: I think we might as well stop now so you can--[break for a ceremony Judge Worley had to attend] B: Sir

an answer, and you know he had one of the biggest constituencies there was. G: Did you also contact the various departments? H: Oh, yes, yes. At this time part of my job was the appointment of the [military] academy people, the young men

the war through the time of his death. M: r~r. Bartl ett, your newspaper career has certai nly been concerned for a large part with Washington, heads of government and politics, and foreign affairs and domestic problems, so I would like to emphasize

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

microfilm cameras; then we need something to look at our film on; and then we need readers. I understand that the Kodak Company is involved in this and has a big research department doing nothing but this." This interested him a lot, and he said, "Would

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